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The other thing that weve started doing is we call it moral monday iowa. And i believe it started in one of the carolinas. By right. With the naacp. But we just stole the idea. So every monday at noon before we gavel in at 1 00, we have a gathering that draws a lot of press and a lot of advocates, and we talk about an issue that were not getting any legs on. So weve had moral monday iowas on date rape. Weve had moral monday iowas on disparities in education and prisons. Weve had moral monday iow...

World is because the fcc was relatively retrained in 2010 compared to what it did now. Time will tell. The best example is europe where europeans have significantly less access to high speed broad band than we do. 82 of americans it only 48 of europeans. And when it comes to wireless in particular, the u. S. Has 50 of the worlds 4g lte subscribers. The reason is because till february 26th, we were relatively retrained and a bipartisan consensus that served so well since the clinton administratio...

You may have seen a spirited reply to the letter which is worth looking at. One of the issues which is a arisen of course in congress over the last couple of weeks, including with the visit with netanyahu is that it probably has made it rather more in congress than it was previously. That also changes the dynamic as far as the United States is concerned. The foreign secretary said, we have made some progress in the negotiations, i think there is a willingness on both sides to try to reach a deal...

When i was in seoul and tokyo and when i was in different cities in china, they were all asking how can we get more diversity . They realize this is important for competition in the Global Economy today. We cant afford a conversation that is backwards, saying how do we keep these people in the fringes. Because they are going to be there. We need to embrace that and see our populations continue to grow in the u. S. Two final things and then bring in the audience. First you mentioned the importanc...

So when you do those conversations that leave you scratching your head a little bit. What are you asking for . What could washington do to make this easier for you . Short of comprehensive . I dont know. Short of comprehensive reform what they can do. President obama has chosen that course and we can agree or disagree with it, but hes not saying as the rest of us arent saying we dont need a comprehensive solution because when you pick up pieces like Border Security and dealing with health care a...

Chairman of the National Association of governors. Our state Senate Chairman of the National League of legislators. Our chamber of commerce lane beatty has become on the National Board of the chamber of commerce. And our mayor of Salt Lake City is now the president and the National League of cities. And so, we are looked at, i believe, as a state that is well run, knows how to get things done, but recognizes that investment in infrastructure are one of the key pillars to Economic Growth and vita...

The question. They can imagine scenarios that from their perspective are much worse. And certainly i think with the military success they seem to be having, theyre feeling more confident in backing their guy. My guess is that were not going to see a lot of convergence between washington and moscow last to what comes out of this geneva to conference even if they cooperate fairly successfully on the narrow piece we are going to turn all of you. Are there microphones around . Microphones about. Rai...

I mean yes we are going to be living i mean i have an economic forecaster but everything i read suggests we are going to be living with an unusually high levels of unemployment, a lot of pain from over indebtedness and a quarter of the country is on food stamps. I mean its not a great depression. We are not repricing exactly what happened in the 30s but its a version of that. See the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau estimates that Student Loan Debt is more than a trillion dollars. Up next th...

People have to turn to Student Loans to help finance their education. In just a few moments you will hear from britney jones. Shes going to be talking about how taking out Student Loans made it possible for her to get a College Degree and britney id look forward to hearing more about your experiences. You were to start a teaching career and the same time paying down the student loan the but later college. Of course britney is not alone. Dealing with overbearing student debt is becoming a reality...

He was never discovered to be that great of an anything. But he stands before you today because i was that 11yearold kid who got the guitar and wanted so badly to be the fifth beatle. I believe you what happened in 1963 . I was eight at the time i first saw them. Not something to america more than music. They brought hope. It may sound sacrilegious to say the beatles brought hope, but remember how we were trying to get over the assassination of a president and National Psyche that had been deepl...