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United states capitol. Thank you for being here to continue a great tradition, one that dates back to before our country was even a country. The congressional gold medal represents the highest expression of the peoples appreciation for distinguished achievements and contributions. The first recipient was general George Washington in march of 1776. Today, pursuant to set a bill 309, we will present a gold medal to the members of the Civil Air Patrol. Whose valor and dedication saved countless liv...

We have new profiles tonight at 8 00 p. M. Eastern with four members of congress, three of them veterans. There was one day where i had 31 things on my calendar. You might have a fiveminute meeting followed by a 10 minute meeting. I serve on three committees, seven subcommittees. I get up early. I tried exercise as close to every morning as i can. The evenings usually and late. Up there are other people that have vices. They might go out drinking or whatnot. For me, i love to empty my email inbo...

Congressional gold medal to the world war ii for special Service Force. The special Operations Team was formed in 1942 and helped liberate much of europe. Both american and Canadian Veterans attended the event at the u. S. Capitol. This program lasts about an hour. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, the speaker of the United States house of representatives, the honorable john boehner. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon and welcome to the United States capitol. Its good to see all of y...

Ladies and gentlemen, the speaker of the United States house of representatives, the honorable john boehner. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon and welcome to the United States capitol. Its good to see all of you here today. Since the days of the revolution, congress has awarded gold medals to express the peoples appreciation for distinguished achievements. The first recipient was general George Washington himself in march of 1776. Today pursuant to House Resolution 324 we will pres...

From Anbar Province in the 1991 gulf war, and now it gets to the long range rocket threat to israel from southern lebanon in 2006 or from gaz a saw let me intervene. You just listed examples to allies in the midst of war. If its 1972, the American Public is facing 25,000 Nuclear Weapons targeting it. So thats where i think the, in terms of it may be existential to those local actors, but in terms of the American Publics viewpoint of it, is it viewed that, to me, is the disconnect. We dont view i...

Awesome privilege and responsibility of sustaining the great experiment of democratic selfgovernment. May they be reminded always of who they are. May they be open to your inspiration, that they might overcome the temptation to work through the issues of this day on their own strength and cleverness. Grant them wisdom, insight, and vision, that the work they do will be for the betterment of our nation during a time of struggle for so many millions of americans. May they earn the trust and respec...

Created with no agenda. The idea that there was a an agenda, that it was somehow a midwife to a Public Policy on the course of interrogation was absurd. It is absurd. Which is to say that which is not to say that if there was an issue, is our content was affecting the behavior of interrogators in the field, even if it was 0. 05 of interrogators taking their cues from jack bauer, it was a systemic problem and i suggest that we try to intervene on behalf of those people. But to suggest that this i...

The fact that you identified a small number of who have actually come to the United States and have been investigated and concluded to have participated in a potential terrorist activity is noteworthy. It is quite small. My closing question for you is we on this committee have never ceased to be i should not say appreciative but caucus and of the extent to which al qaeda and others constantly probing and look for opportunities to exploit our system and to introduce acts of terror, not just again...

Do you still write your songs down with paper and pencil . Yes, i do. I have always carried a little recording device of some sort. They used to be pretty big, but now they are quite small, and i always carry a pen and paper, and i am ready if something occurs to me. You mentioned merle travis. What other musicians . Ry cooder is my favorite guitar player, but there are many others to choose from. There was an album that was a formative for me. Paradise and lunch. There was a guy coming up calle...

That were again setting the really, onn twitter, the web, every day, and they thought that to be a major problem. Absolutely. You also go a little bit about how obama and romney had a different strategy with the press and a different strategy about twitter itself. Compare and contrast those. Well, i think look. I laid out early on in the paper, using the Romney Campaign as a case study of how this is changing and the internet is tough, because romney is sort of a cautious. Dad sort of a cautious...