Reports that he was trying to dismantle the state department. Secretary tillerson well, good morning and thank you, jane, for that very kind flukes and also thanks to the Wilson Center for this opportunity to address you today. The Wilson Center has made important contributions to Public Policy and it is very fitting venue for our discussion today on europe considering 100 years ago, the United States entered world war i under the leadership of president wilson. While we tend to associate wilson with america in europes affairs, our commitment to europe was championed by a predecessor of his, Theodore Roosevelt. When he died in 1919 as wilson was striving for peace in european leader joined together in mourning and praise. And another british politician said he had been the greatest of all americans in the moment of dire stress. A senator said he had been the apostle of the cause of right on the other side of atlantic. President wilson was beloved in europe because of his commitment to
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Vote on the nomination. Senator murray and i will each have an Opening Statement and then former secretary and former governor Michael Leavitt who we welcome today good to see you and have you back and senator young, a member of this committee will introduce mr. Azar. After his testimony, each will have five minutes of questions. I anticipate a good, vigorous questioning time. Azar, you will be running a 1. 1 trillion organization. That almost equals the total of the 12 appropriation Bills Congress passes each year to find everything from National Parks to National Defense to national laboratories. You would be overseeing medicare and medicaid, our nations Insurance Programs for the poor and elderly. Mental health and substance abuse, where you will have to address the europe your crisis other issues. The National Institutes of health where with Francis Collins excellent leadership the United States is leading efforts to develop a cure for new treatmentd for cancer. The fda, where Scot
But we want to ask you. Helping or hurting his administration . The phone numbers are on your screen. It was over the weekend which the president sent out several tweets which got a lot of attention. Me dealt with the former f. B. I. Director. F. B. I. Director. Also Michael Flynn. A lot of attention was paid to this tweet in particular. Were interested to hear if you think it helps or hurt the administration and the information you may personally gain from the tweets he sends out. The president just tweeting out this morning saying that putting nancy pelosi and Chuck Schumer, liberal puppets, jones, into office in alabama what it was at a recent event at the Reagan National defense forium on saturday, his current c. I. A. Director, the former c. I. A. Director talked about the president s twitter habits and had an exchange on those habits. Heres a bit from that. The problem of suddenly tweeting an antimuslim video like that is that once it goes out, what it does is it inflames people
Case of Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado civil rights commission. The case arose when Charlie Craig and david mullins, a gay cupple who walked tomorrow when Masterpiece Cakeshop in lakewood, colorado, owned and operated by Jack Phillips, a devout christian. As with all of his customers, phillip said no problem with selling the couple anything off the shelf, but he declined to make a custom made cake to celebrate the couples wedding. Citing his religious convictions. He was willing to direct them to nearby bakeries and would design a cake as he had done with others. Unsatisfied, craig and mullins filed a complaint with the Colorado Civil Rights Commission alleged that phillips had violated the colorado antidiscrimination act. Finding in their favor, the commission ordered phillips, among other things torques conduct comprehensive staff things, to conduct comprehensive staff training including his family members who worked at the bakery. After supporters of craig and mullins picketed the