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Quorum call quorum call mr. Reid mr. President . The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Reid i ask consent the call of the quorum are be terminated. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Reid i move to to executive session to consider calendar number 633. The presiding officer the question is on the motion. All those in favor say aye. All those opposed say no. The ayes appear to have it. The ayes do have it. The motion is agreed to. The clerk will report the nomination. The Clerk ...

Thank you for inviting me here today to discuss nigerias struggle against boko haram one of the most lethal terrorist groups in africa today and thank you mr. Chairman and of the committee for a long Time Leadership on african issues. Over month ago the world was outraged when boko haram kidnapped some 250 young women from a secondary school in chibok and United States with a joint effort to help nigeria safely recover the hostages. President obama pledged our full support and president dory acc...

Although it is important. I just find that my work both inside and outside of the federal government, you know, going to someone, anyone and saying hey, i would like to place a camera behind you so i can watch and scrutinize everything that you do in realtime tends to be a tough sell. So i tend to lead with more substantial arguments like, this does not reflect on the dignity of your job. So i think those are the three things that matter the most to me around transparency. And why i care about t...

Thank you all for coming. I want to thank our panelists for what is going to be a very important hearing. The rules will be that i will make some opening remarks, senator burr, the Ranking Member will make opening remarks, members will have three minutes, and i will keep people to three minutes because it will be a long hearing it, and that we will go to secretary shinseki, and the undersecretary. Excellent second panel and a very good third panel as well. It will be a long hearing, and we will ...

Cherokee strip Regional Heritage center. Its a little over an hour. Tonight, professor byron price is going to tell us about exploration in the cattle drive era 1865 and 1893. Professional price currently holds the charles m. Russell memorial chair and is director of the charles m. Russell center for the study of western art at the university of oklahoma. He is also director of the university of oklahoma press. He graduated from the United States military academy at west point in 1970. He earned...

He has nearly 25 Years Experience in the museum profession, including executive director of the panhandle historical museum. Executive director of the National Cowboy hall of fame. And western Heritage Center in oklahoma city. And executive director of the Buffalo Bill Historical Center in cody, wyoming. Published numerous Journal Articles on western American History of art and written several books including cowboys of the American West and the chuck wagon cookbook. If youd like to learn more a...

That everybody else has and to be told he cant have that . John demos repressor emeritus at the university is next on booktv. He recounts the creation of the school by a group of protestant ministers in the 19th century whose goal was to evangelize and educate students throughout the world namely native americans and Pacific Islanders and then send them back to their respective communities as missionaries. This is about an hour and a half. Thank you very much. I really appreciate the chance to t...

Sbhe grated testing. Is that yekt . It is tested and prescribed under the fisma framework and nist controls that are specified as a standard. So why did your office why did your boss resign . He didnt resign. I think he decided to make a career change. I think it was a fantastic time to high tail it out. So let me ask another question. Maryland signed the authority to operate memorandum. Traditionally, would your office sign a memorandum . Or have you signed previous memorandums on authority to ...

That means could you get it up from 400 to 750 . A deal is within reach. Hes got to figure out i think go one more time. They seem to have had it and they dont want to try boehner one more time but i think theyre making a big mace take. Making a big mistake. Congressman, if he puts down a bill that requires democrats to get it pass, there will be a revolt. My frustration is with the democrats because the house republicans, our conscience is clear. In august we passed a bill to extend all of the ...

Toward tennessee and kentucky. And farther west heading due west later today you may be driving into some wintry precipitation. Right now getting some rain down in tennessee, southwestern virginia and kentucky. Ahead of that under the clouds we have temperatures cold. Were in the 20s to right around the freezing mark in washington and the nearby suburbs. Right near the bay its a little bit above freezing but away from waters below freezing. Into the Shenandoah Valley and mountains, most location...