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All of these things are constantly taking you from one point to another. At the end of one activity to another, all day long, at the end of my first year i once said, i now know why the brain is a muscle. This job has showed me how much it can stretch. There was so much new information my first year on the bench that i was absorbing that i didnt have a headache, i had a head that ached. Theres a big difference. That was what continued for my five years on the bench on the District Court. You do ...

And i said, no. How do you do it . She explained her method. I went home and tried it. And after that i did pretty well in school. And obviously over time i figured out my own shortcuts, my own ways to do things. Im often asked whats the greatest obstacle in your life. Whats the greatest obstacle to success . I tell them its the fear of being embarrassed, of not asking for help when you dont know something. How many lawyers im sure you saw it in the year that you were with me on the Supreme Cour...

Hopkins school of advanced international studies. The floor is yours. Served in this body for senator jackson, who many of you had a nonand memorable memory of, im sure. I recognize i am in the distinct minority on this panel, but i take comfort that i represent the vast majority of americans and certainly the vast majority of those of you in congress on this question. Should gitmo be closed . The answer is resoundingly no there is a unless better alternative available. I would like to put this ...

Is a collection of stories on the history of Popular Culture. When you say Popular Culture, it is quite more than that. I believe that what i have been trying to do is go into more detail as to how Popular Culture impacts the politics and sports and other arenas. It is not just about pop culture. It is about what we have for stories about popular music. Sports biographies. We have had some history of media. So i purposely castanet to see what we had. Were with the founder and publisher jack boyl...

It is not just about sport culture. We have sports biography. We have some history of media and the newspaper history. There are a range of things. One i formulated the site i purposefully cast a wide net. , jacke with the founder doyle. Thehis past week, subcommittee held a hearing on the implications of closing Guantanamo Bay prison. Witnesses included current and former military officials that talked about what could be done with the t cheneys if the facilities closed. The address concerns ov...

Quorum call reid mr. President i ask unanimous consent the call of the quorum be vitiated. I ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to a period of morning business. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Reid i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to executive session to consider nominations 597, 598, 601, 602, 603 with the exception of colonel mark baird and colonel Robert Stanley ii, and 604, 605 with the exception of colonel andrew e. Salas. 606 with the exception of Brigadier Gen...

Steven walker, eagleville, pennsylvania. The chaplain heavenly father, i pray for each member of this body to be blessed with your will. You have given them each responsibilities and with these responsibilities come great chams. Bless our representatives. May every man and woman have the courage to speak their mind, the stamina to stay the course and the determination to stand their ground. For conviction is not bendable, progress is not made when men are not bound on principle. Lord, i ask that...

Sequester. They wouldnt allow a vote on the plan we offered to prevent the sequester thats going to hit on march 1 and which our republican colleagues in statement after statement on this floor have said is going to hurt the economy and which we know from the last quarters economic report is already hurting the economy just because businesses are anticipating the possibility these acrossthe board cuts. So thats the plan that we should be focused on. Thats a plan that helps the economy, that will...

And there is not a lot of public or Public Policy leadership around this issue. I think king would feel proud there were victories in the Civil Rights Movement, many of which happened after he passed. And there are people fighting to make sure those victories remain, even when there are massive efforts to overturn those victories. Host coverage of the 50th anniversary of the march on washington takes place on cspan and will also take place on wednesday with special coverage on this program as we...

[indiscernible crowd noise] indiscernible crowd noise] indiscernible crowd noise] looking at downtown d. C. Just off the National Mall commemorating the march on washington for jobs and freedom led by Martin Luther king jr. On august 28, 1963. The anniversary itself is wednesday when another gathering is planned and president obama will be here. Well have live coverage on cspan and cspan radio of that appearance. If you missed any of the rally that just ended well show you ighlights from that ra...