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A communication from the speaker. The clerk the speakers rooms, washington, d. C. , january 25, 2013. I hereby appoint the honorable andy harris to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, john a. Boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Gracious god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. You have blessed us with all good gifts and with thankful hearts we expres...

Was man made according to the u. S. Forest service. A huge blaze was sparked when a hunter allowed illegal flames to escape. The socalled rim fire has been burning since august 17th and has consumed 370 square miles. Walmart workers are demanding a minimum salary of 25,000 per year. Walmart officials told al jazeera, a handful of orchestrated stunts made up of union activates, dont represent the majority of our 1. 3 million associates. Inside story is next. Americas military leaders acknowledge ...

Counci counsels other Sexual Assault survivors. I know this is a very difficult and personal topic. But when you hear what secretary hagel is putting into place, does it sound good, does it sound effective . Thanks libby. I dont find anything within the chain of command to be effective. My rape was 18 years ago. And now, as a Victim Advocate receiving calls on a regular basis from active Duty Service Members who are quote unquote stuck on military bases, i dont think its enough. I dont think tha...

Called valor, were enabling officers to anticipate, to prevent and to survive violent encounters. Things to initiatives like the bulletproof Vest Initiative program, were providing money for snap with equipment that is quite frankly saving lives. A stunner Childhood Task force, will bring in a variety of partners together from expanding screening and assessment of atrisk children and supporting research to help combat unacceptable levels of violent a month and directed towards nations youth. We ...

Off at a Detention Center after refugees break out of their cells. Its been a week since the u. S. President told world that he would take military action on syria. Hes still seeking approval from congress and those in america seem to be opposed on the strike. President obama is understood to be determined to deter and degrade the syrians ability to use chemical weapons. The new plan will see american and french aircraft. A fellowship conducting strikes on specific targets but barack obama faces...

Protected on the nations campuses. We enforce a variety of statutes that have relevance to the issue of Sexual Assaults. One, of course, is title ix of the education amendments of 1972, which we enforce in conjunction with the department of education and other agencies that Fund Institutions of Higher Education. We also enforce title iv of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which bans, moamong other thing, sex discrimination in Public Schools and schools of Higher Education. In addition we address th...

Were failing to get these perpetrators into the criminal Justice System and what we need to do to improve our abysmal record in that regard. I thank all of you for being here. You were all invited because you are experts in various ways on this issue. And this is not a hearing. This is a conversation. The goal here, and i want to say for senator gillibrand and senator blumenthal, they are both very sorry they cannot be here today. Im sure theyll be participating in the other roundtables we will ...

Federal money cannot chase the declines were experiencing so long. And that reorientation of the traditional bargain about the feds, the states, the institutions and families and philanthropy together paying for education is something that we need to improve. Fortunately, its been stabilizing in many states, and maybe we are moving in that positive direction. But the something that is overlooked, if we think about the danger side of an allocation that follows institutions that are effective in e...

Universities. They initiate proceedings there. If we dont fund the institution, then either we await a referral from the department of education or we intervene if there is a private lawsuit. Thats one thing about montana that enabled us to proceed more holistically and in the absence of an individual complaint. We were very grateful for the president s interest in becoming a model campus and in taking the steps necessary to ensure an adequate response to Sexual Assault. We have good and coopera...

Hi, my name is jonathan betz, and im from dallas, texas, and im an anchor for al jazeera america. I started in a Small Television station in rural arkansas. Its a part of the country that often gets overlooked. But there are a lot of fascinating people there, a lot of fascinating stories there. I like that al jazeera will Pay Attention to those kinds of places. What drew me to journalism is i like the idea that we are documenting history. Al jazeera documents it like none other. And to be a jour...