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American petroleum institute. Thanks to president obama for the confidence, like an old soldier. So said David Petraeus 15 months ago, september 2011, when he was sworn in as director of the Central Intelligence agency, petraeus was nominated by president obama replacing outgoing cia director leon panetta. Now head of the department of defense. But petraeus suddenly resigned one week ago in petraeus own words, a quote unquote extramarital affair. The woman in question, Paula Broadwell who is als...

Thanks to president obama for the confidence, like an old soldier. So said David Petraeus 15 months ago, september 2011, when he was sworn in as director of the Central Intelligence agency, petraeus was nominated by president obama replacing outgoing cia director leon panetta. Now head of the department of defense. But petraeus suddenly resigned one week ago in petraeus own words, a quote unquote extramarital affair. The woman in question, Paula Broadwell who is also married and cowrote a 400pag...

One week ago in petraeus own words, a quote unquote extramarital affair. The woman in question, Paula Broadwell who is also married and cowrote a 400page biography of general petraeus last year when petraeus was still the Top Commander in afghanistan. It is a portrait of modern warfare. And i tried to show in the back how his ideas are playing out on the ground through the poor traits of three battalion commanders. Petraeus still has a stellar reputation. A fourstar general, with a 37 year milit...

Destruction of the front side of his house and also some damage to the church because the parsonage in the church were immediately adjacent to each other. He led the first integrated effort to ride the buses. She told me if we had actually been there to observe cheeses walking along the water, we would not have been any more reverent than ray were when we saw him come out of the house alive. [applause] faq very vetch. I have never bend lapidary before. [laughter] one small correction i discovere...

For today and cspan 2 booktv so make it all proud just to give a brief sense of how we do things in the next 15 minutes. Im going to introduce just an art. Make sure thereve book will have a discussion. I think the title of this panel is rebuilding or evolution informally in my mind. It is detroit and austin that the beginning and end of all things. That appeals more to my grammatic sense. So jeff kerr is the author of austin texas history. The first was austin, texas then and now. The next was ...

To consideration of s. Res. 409. The presiding officer the clerk will report. The clerk Senate Resolution 4 409, congratulating the Penn State University wrestling team for winning the 2014 National Collegiate Athletic Association wrestle championships. The presiding officer is there objection to proceeding to the measure . Without objection. Mr. Reid i ask unanimous consent the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motion to reconsider be laid on the table, there be no interve...

I think bureaucrats today are really politicians with tender. Thats whats happened or they havent become civil servants. They become politicians of tenure. I dont know how were going to do it. The state to become less and less important. These 50 places of experimentation are being shut down. I think it has to start in washington first. I think washington is the key to unleashing these 50 places that can really produce innovation. I think washington is where it has to start and filter down. Fina...

Advent of this Health Care Law and would thus strain their budgets. A substitute teacher named amy from chesserfield county, virginia, was asked by the Richmond Times dispatch about the burdens of this rule under obamacare. And he she said, quote, the people and she said, quote, the people that its going to affect are the people that need or want to work ever single day, end quote. So why is the government punishing those who are looking to earn an honest wage . This administration believes that...

I thank mr. Morell for volunteering to testify once again. A terrorist attack against u. S. Facilities is a serious event and this committee has been conducting a thorough and detailed investigation for the last 19 months to understand exactly what happened. We have held over 17 member events reviewed thousands of documents mostly classified interviewed the men on the ground that night. I want to focus on how this Committee Received inaccurate talking points and how the administration used those...

Want to congratulate you on a terrific 10 Year Anniversary. A lot of great work. At the work is far from over and i know you will continue to be major contributors to the security of this country, to the Economic Health of this country, into the values that all of us hold dear as americans. Thank you very much. [applause] from a recent forum on the changing face of terrorism. A panel of experts looks up threats to the power grid, Nuclear Programs in iran and korea, and Information Available onli...