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And buttondown shirts . Chris lived in the room across from mine. Seemed he had adopted this as his uniform. But in hindsight i can see he was offering his own form of enlightenment. He was guiding us away from the dark time known as the disco era. [ laughter] who knew that chris would work his timeless style for the next 34 years. Look at the effect on me, who is wearing the buttondown now that. Was the first life lesson from chris. Stick with the classics, they wont go out of style. That said,...

About this concept of resiliency. As youre fixing your knowledge youre adding to the city wide resiliency. What does that mean . Thats a great question. What spur has done is look at that in terms of recovery and in new orleans with katrina and lost many of the people, hasnt recovered the building stock. Its not a good situation. I think we can agree and in san we want to rebuild well and quickly after a major disaster so we have defined what that means for our life lines. How do we need the gas...

By Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, represented by her daughter christine pelosi. This flag has been presented to the family. In celebration of ambassador stevens life and in honor of his tremendous legacy. As i mentioned, we entered into the congressional record our testimony honoring the life of ambassador John Christopher stevens. In the interest of time i wont read the entire congressional record but only an excerpt. It said mr. Speaker, i rise with my colleagues to honor, celebrate and remem...

My name is chris stevens, im the new u. S. Ambassador to libya. I had the honor to serve as the envoy to the libyan revolution and i was thrilled to watch the libyan people stand up and demand their rights. Now im excited to return to libya to continue the great work weve started, building a Solid Partnership between the United States and libya to help you the libyan people achieve your goals. Right now im in washington, preparing for my assignment. As i walk around the monuments and memorials c...

My name is chris stevens, im the new u. S. Ambassador to libya. I had the honor to serve as the envoy to the libyan revolution and i was thrilled to watch the libyan people stand up and demand their rights. Now im excited to return to libya to continue the great work weve started, building a Solid Partnership between the United States and libya to help you the libyan people achieve your goals. Right now im in washington, preparing for my assignment. As i walk around the monuments and memorials c...

The khakis, penny loafers and buttondown shirts . Chris lived in the room across from mine. Seemed he had adopted this as his uniform. But in hindsight i can see he was offering his own form of enlightenment. He was guiding us away from the dark time known as the disco era. [ laughter] who knew that chris would work his timeless style for the next 34 years. Look at the effect on me, who is wearing the buttondown now that. Was the first life lesson from chris. Stick with the classics, they wont g...

Drilling. Now we will go live to the house floor here and cspan. Guest pleased to be here. Host you are here to talk about the Electoral College. The election wrapped up over a month ago. Why are we talking about the Electoral College and what happens today . Guest this is the next step in the election. The Electoral College is not a place but a process. Today is the process where the electors get together in each state, and they go through a complex process. But it is generally managed by the s...

My name is mary numyer. I live in washington but met chris 26 years ago at hastings law school, two blocks from here. We were in the same section in the same study group. When we finished law school we both went to the east coast to work for large law firms. Over the years we stayed in close touch. When chris was back from over seas we were frequent tennis partners and would get together for dinners and other events in washington. Over the years our families became friends as well. Its been such...

With chris and another famous piedmonter austin tichner. Talk about enlightening. He dubbed our large room the triple occupancy club. Little did i know this came with the added bonus of an extracurricular education in the arts. Chris arrived with his stack of lps, many courtesy of his step dad, bob. The chronicle music critic at the time. Austin contributed his eclectic theater and comedy recordings and, well, himself. Those of you that know austin know that nothing more need be said. Balancing ...

Commemorating the courageous men and women that made america what it is, im reminded we too went through challenging periods, when america was divided by a bitter civil war 150 years ago. President Abraham Lincoln had the vision to pull us together toward a shared goal of peace and prosperity. Growing up in california i didnt know much about the arab world. Then after graduating from the university of california at berkeley, i traveled to north africa as peace corps engineer. I worked as an engl...