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Culture are created and that the government has a positive role to nurture that pluralism, that kind of principled pluralism. So i do think there are some deep political philosophic agreements behind this that are not going to be solved by dealing with the details of cases. How do we deal with pluralism in an increasingly Diverse Society . Very carefully. At the end of the day, i think there needs to be humility and there needs to be empathy. The word empathy is derided in some circles when lawy...

Several nato allies provide for instance training and support to ukraine. I think there is a european challenge a global challenge, and a chance in which nato is addressing. When it comes to article five the important thing is that nato stand ready to protect and defend our rights against any threat. And for instance cyber threats, important thing we did as the lost gate, was to decide that Cyber Attacks can trigger article five; collective defense. Because regarding cyber as dangerous as a conv...

Idea. Either keeping fema out of it or keeping fema in dhs but more robust would be a better idea. Secret service could have been used opportunity to split secret service into two different agencies. Right now they have a dual mission. That dual mission is very confusing for people in secret Service Monetary investigations and protecting the president and other officials. Those are two you know, unrelated missions. So i think other things could have been done maybe not quite as extreme as what w...

Even if there is not an immediate lifting of the sanctions. On the pnd, i can tell you the , french are keen of having were not going to let the pnd issue under the carpet. The negotiations, for the moment, obviously they are not moving forward quickly. It means that the iranians make the calculation that it could be easier to get concessions from the ministers with some dramatization. A good deal of dramatization. It is also theater. There are some theatricals in negotiation. Really, dont liste...

We have disagreed about aspects of the application of First Amendment principles to situations from campaignfinance to the regulation of political speech but agreed about hate speech and centrality of the american tradition. And both mark and bill talked about something we have seen throughout the state, that there is a real value to bringing people to disagree fundamentally together. As those of us on the stage and in the audience are, listening respectfully to each other, so we can identify ar...

George w. Bush at Southern Methodist university. Commencement addresses begin at noon eastern here on cspan. George bush when i mention the speech through some of my pals they were surprised i was going to give it. I have not given a commencement speech since leaving office. My decision is quite practical. I got a phone call from my landlord. [laughter] gerald turner. Rather than reasoning raising the rent or holding the security deposit, i was surprised to hear him ask if i believe in free spee...

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Suit charges they violate state Constitution and are destroying public education.

The OIG investigation into MPD Officer Todd Cory could jeopardize a criminal case.

This fall the Supreme Court will be hear a case captioned Community Financial Services of America v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, dealing with the constitutionality of the CFPBs funding mechanism. Im pleased to announce that Patricia McCoy and I filed...