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consent that the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. paul: mr. president, james madison, the father of the constitution, warned the means of defense against foreign danger historically have become instruments of tyranny at home. abraham lincoln had similar thoughts saying "america will never be destroyed from the outside if we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because...

>> again, i want to emphasize this is the first time in american history with this level of unprecedented judicial engagement. we talked about the fact is not judicial engagement. he was a force on the battlefield decisions. and habeas decisions, hundreds of cases now arising out of detention of guantanamo decisive rejection of the proposition that even individuals held in custody, american custody or joint custody overseas, out...

etz talk to you about step increases. if you cannot accept step increases today, can you work with us to look for a way to have stepped increases and even if there is a catch up provision later, but in this years budgeting, eight freeze -- a freeze and not just for those that do not have step increases, but for everybody. we are only talking about step increases, not merit increases we have talked about. >> at this point in time, the answer would be no. i am happy to take that back and...

united on that. >> we all support thriving communities, which is why there is such concern from charities up and down the country. why does the prime minister not listen to people who know a lot about volunteering, such as dame elisabeth hoodless, the chief executive of community service volunteers, which is the largest volunteering charity in britain, who says that his policies are "destroying the volunteer army?" >> obviously, i do not agree with what dame elisabeth hoodless has said...

encourage people to travel. >> that is an important issue. i discussed this with the u.s. envoy 10 days ago and it was discussed also in our meeting with local ministers and the exchequer secretary earlier this week. and my right honorable friend the minister is working with his colleagues with the treasury. >> roger williams. >> number one, mr. speaker -- >> thank you, mr. speaker. im sure the whole house will wish to join me in paying tribute to the ranger of the fourth irish regimen...

it and can be defeating for students from trying hard. i think its useful for comparing across schools, but to use it as a high-stakes test is entirely unjustified by the data. coming from the area of medicine, my background, i am accustomed to looking at evidence-based materials and the -- >> time. mr. patrick? >> fred, as someone who personally sting set standardized tests, a number of us -- as some of the persian least thinks -- as somebody who personally stinks at standardized test...

having promised to ring-fence health spending, will the treasury now cover those costs, or will this be another broken promise, just like lib dem opposition to a vat rise before the election? >> of course, our action on national insurance contributions has saved the nhs money, which would not be available under a labour government. the point i would make is that that benefits scotland. the fact that we are protecting the nhs and nhs spending means that money will be available in scotla...

office to retail support frment con journal is next. . >> our first guest this morning is an economist in residence at american university. good evening. >> good evening, and thank you for having me. >> thank you for joining us. why have the president obama chose ghana? >> theres many reasons why he chose ghana, number one to showcase the good governance there and thats number one and ghana is one of the countries which gained independence and its all so symbolic and so thats the prima...

>> the second report -- a point that this report made was we are training in the united states military, we are training individuals who are already involved in neo-nazi and white supremacist activity. we see on hate websites suggestions that their members join the military and learn how to use c-four plastic explosives. one not let the government train you? you cannot buy these explosives anywhere else. it is illegal. today, a letter was issued. we asked the chairman of the senate hom...

first black president, our nation is in a fragile state. we are not alone. as npr reported last week, the global economic crisis also is fueling politicians in the european countries. there are signs of great hope. our latest elections saw the shattering of the glass ceilings, whether defined by race or gender. millions of americans crossed the lines at the ballot box. for the first time in history, polls showed that of both black and white people believe that race relations are genera...