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Certainly we have good examples, colombia, because of courageous leadership. Im not seeing a lot of democracy flourishing in venezuela or cuba, from that standpoint. Can you help me out in terms of what youre talking about . Theres no doubt that democracys not flourishing in cuba. And its part of the president s effort to pursue a new approach to see what more we can do to help the cuban people begin their own political opening. As we look back over the last several decades, whats important to r...

Stake here than just details. Theres a conflict of vision behind many of these cases. There is a form of modern liberalism that says only the individual in the state israel. Israel. Protect individuals against oppression by other social institutions. Then there is the approach i would call principled pluralism. That says a community of communities that allows people to seek a vision of the good consistent with the common good is a positive thing. It has a positive value. I do think it really mat...

Both sides of the aisle who have gone out of their way to make me feel welcome, to help me navigate the sometimes confusing rules and traditions of the senate, and for assisting me in making the most of my time here. One thing that i did note for certain when i arrived here in june was that i wanted to use my time as effectively as possible. To the extent that i have, i have so many of my colleagues to thank. The senior senator from new jersey, who will soon have to break in another new senator ...

By 2003, 3000 people. You can see the proportion. Side. As the economic a Significant Impact on the country in relation to health care, education, social work. It has a decade of dictatorship. The present government has slow decisionmaking. It is a manifestation of countries new democracy. It is not the most effective system because there is no opposition party. All of the parties have his editions in cabinets and in parliament. You have to get the buyin of everybody for any system for any decla...

The appropriations debate and with regard to Defense Authorization moving ahead. Two other issues we are following, one is Homeland Security grants. Were still working off a system built 10 years ago. We need to move to system 2. 0 or 3. 0 and get more sophisticated about the grant funding. The last one would be veterans. A lot of folks are coming back from the theater about how do you get them employed. The government is famous for silos. Governors have been taking the lead in saying we need to...

Including all political and social actors, who today disagree. We trust that all of the parties in ukraine will refrain from unilateral action that could hamper dialogue or remove the opportunity for a peaceful solution. We believe that it is all up to the ukrainians to decide their internal affairs. It is not for the Security Council to define this situation. Our responsibility is to maintain International Peace and security. We then hope that all countries will respect the principle of noninte...

Theks the hush falls over the hush falls over the room. We will start. Our guest today is douglas Congressional Budget Office director. This is his fifth visit to our room. Of the cbo inctor january, two thousand nine and brings an impressive background assignments. His master masters and doctorate in economics are from harvard. Our guest taught at harvard, and was on the staff of the council of economic advisers and the Federal Reserve board and served as the assistant deputy treasury secretary...

It was earlier this week that president obama announced that he wants to see changes that would expand the number of workers who can receive overtime pay. Some say the move will cause job losses. What do you think about the proposal to expand overtime echo you can weigh in on one of three lines. Social media available to you as well. You can tweak us or send us your thoughts on facebook. Or send ustweet us your thoughts on facebook. This edition at the white house. President Obama Meeting in fro...

Issue and today he is on the house side. This is live coverage on cspan 3. Good morning. Attorney general holder, thank you for appearing before the committee this morning. I want to mention that our thoughts today are with the families and the victims and the survivors of wednesdays shooting at ft. Hood. At this hearing last year as you may recall we spent a great deal of time discussing the victims of the terrorist attacks that occurred there five years ago. Today, our thoughts are certainly w...

Associations whose members serve subscribers in small rural markets. Prior to joining the association, he was Vice President and general counsel for star cable so see its. Associates. He received his jd from pacific Pittsburgh University school of law. He was recipient of the law schools most distinguished graduate award. Welcome. Our next waste this witness of columbia law school. He is a law professor where his Research Examines the balance between innovation and competition set i antitrust la...