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Happening in washington and watching the dysfunction in this nation, i think that the major motivation for running for office had to be more out of frustration than anything else. Theties parity, the inconsistency in pl policies, decisions being made that lack i think, the Public Interest and are being made more so as a result of political decisions. Unfortunately, what im going to talk about tonight i dont think will be the only subject i come back and talk about over the next several months. I...

Institute. This is about 20 minutes. [applause] we are in kind of an unusual technical situation because craig venter, who is in san diego, hes supposed to be here is ill will something. So i guess lets see if i can just craig, can you hear me . Hes ill with something akin to muteness. Hes looking pretty good. [laughter] craig, can you hear me at all . You think hes scary looking . Hes not scary looking. [laughter] hes just an ill man. Lets see if we can we have a number of backup systems which ...

Anyone else want to give us a killer idea, maybe something that has already been mentioned once or twice . Maybe not . I think the improper payment act do not pay hold agencies accountable. When you are measuring that its going to hold them accountable to make it a priority. I also think electronic verification at the state level i think it has proven that those death reports are highly accurate and moving in that direction. I would agree with mr. Brune thats prudent and it would allow them to l...

Translator people on both sides of the taiwan straits are members of one big family. As long as we continue to adhere to the one china principle and consensus, oppose Taiwan Independence and promote peaceful relations, we will be able to lay more solid foundations for business cooperation. To boost the Economic Cooperation between the two sides, we need to get both wheels in motion. The one well is to enhance institution building, for example, to continue to pursue egg five. The other is for ope...

Coming up tonight on cspan, a discussion on u. S. Preparedness for a biological or chemical disaster. Then the parents of james foley a freelance reporter killed by isis discussed their efforts to free their son. Later, help Homeland Security care on the role of the federal government in protecting cyberspace. The blueribbon study panel on bio defense held a meeting on preparedness, response and recovery from biological threats. This Panel Features dr. Erwin redletter. He is a professor of Healt...

They dont need any fuel for because they get from russia. Even if you wanted to make an argument that they need to have a domestic supply, they dont need of bombs worth of material for that. So i think that would be another component. I think there needs to be some limitations on the number of centrifuges. David albright on nonproliferation expert incentives among the more, most careful observers of the Iranian Program has suggested an upper limit of 10,001st generation iranian centrifuges. If t...

Lovely phrase the weapons of the spirit. The power you get from your belief in god. And at the end of the day, nothing can beat that. I tell a story bat about a william who on the strength of her faith forgives the murderer of heir daughter. The last story in the book is about a village in the mountains of france, a protestant village, that openly takes in jews during the Second World War in complete defiance of the nazis. And theres no mystery why. Two sets of people who have no external materi...

Dozens and dozens of jury trials. And no one has interchange this more than i have. We embrace in the underlying bill. The time period in which a victim decides that she is going to come forward out of the shadows and hold her perpetrator accountable is invariably very close in time to the time of report. It is how she is treated at that juncture, more so than anything else. More so than whether she has been victimized in the military or whether she has been victimized on the streets of your hom...

Quorum call a senator madam president . The presiding officer the senator from indiana. The presiding officer i believe we can cancel the quorum call. The presiding officer without mr. Donnelly i ask unanimous consent that when the Senate Resumes consideration of s. 1197 on wednesday, november 20, there be up to six hours of debate only on the issue of sexual assault, with senators gillibrand or designee controlling three hours, senators mccaskill and ayotte or designees each controlling 75 minu...

Good afternoon. I would like to welcome you all to this very special conference in celebration of the 35th anniversary of the u. S. China diplomatic relationship. Director of the china center here at brookings. Im thrilled to see such a big crowd of people. I had no idea i was this popular. Just as we finally saw a thaw in the temperature in washington this week, after a very long in u. S. Chinaaw relations more than three decades ago was almost equally as long awaited. The thaw began with pingp...