Was that leading u. S. Senators were sidiing essentially with te antiwar faction and an amendment to end the war were appealing to the public, and doing it in a very cool and calm and rational and thoughtful way, and this was a very important moment for the Antiwar Movement, that it wasnt just in the streets. It was in the senate and the congress as well. You hadnt seen this before, whats your impressions, your first reaction to just the tone of this thing . Its a very serious piece. These are very earnest men who are both republicans and democrats, moderates and liberals, people who have come to the conclusion that the United States should not be fighting in this war, that the tragedy has mounted so much over the years that they have to and they are trying to use the legislati legislative branch to bring the war to an end, in a sense creating a bit of a constitutional clash with the president of the United States. Its a very moving piece, and those are all very prominent senators. I k
Were siding essentially with the antiwar faction and an amendment to end the war were appealing to the public, and doing it in a very cool and calm and rational and thoughtful way, and this was a very important moment for the Antiwar Movement, that it wasnt just in the streets. It was in the senate and the congress as well. You hadnt seen this before, whats your impressions, your first reaction to just the tone of this thing . Its a very serious piece. These are very earnest men who are both republicans and democrats, moderates and liberals, people who have come to the conclusion that the United States should not be fighting in this war, that the tragedy has mounted so much over the years that they have to and they are trying to use the legislative branch to bring the war to an end, in a sense creating a bit of a constitutional clash with the president of the United States. Its a very moving piece, and those are all very prominent senators. I knew several of them and worked with them.
The senate. Fall of 1998, the house of representatives taking up articles of impeachment against William Jefferson clinton. Well see some highlights but joining us in the studios is alexis simendinger. Lets begin with the political environment in 1998. What led to the impeachment of clinton . One of the interesting things we might forget all this time, forward, is that bill clinton was under investigation or almost his entire presidency. And ken starr became the counsel. Nt ken starr had begun to investigate the whitewater 1994. Ment deal back in so by the time were in the fall clinton and ident his entire house were very used to being under investigation for a whole variety of allegations relating to his past in arkansas. And even his Fundraising Efforts when he was president. Fall of 1998, he was elected to a second term but into the midterm what ken starr as the independent counsel had of vered was a whole series alleged relationships that the president had had in the past, investig
We are honored to be joined tonight by three former secret Service Agents, and the combined services are 32 years, and larry was honored with a role in stopping assassination attempt on president gerald ford in 1972 in sacramento, and then larry served 25 years as the security chief with the United States olympic committee. Joe clancy is with us, and he served on the protective details of four president s, including president bush and trail blazer as he would have called them by the secret service code name, and he was tempo, and mrs. Bush was trail blazer. The 32 Years Experience culminated in 2014 when joe was named the director of the secret service and he was in charge from the obama administration. And today, he is the chief Security Officer at comcast corporation. And Nicholas Trotta is with us, and helped to protect five president s, including president bush. Worked on large scale events such as world leader summits and a lot of the post 9 11 trips and even trips to afghanistan
Be determined by the two leaders. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Mcconnell now, mr. President , this week our friend and colleague, the senior senator from tennessee, will mark a major milestone in his states history. As of tomorrow, Lamar Alexander will have served as tennessees governor or u. S. Senator for 24 years, eight months and 15 days. More combined years in offices than any other tennessean. Of course, senator alexander also remains the only tennessee governor ever popularly elected to the United States senate. The only Tennessee Republican to be undefeated in six statewide primary elections, and his 2008 general election vote total of 1,579,477 votes is still the largest ever recorded by a tennessee statewide candidate. So, mr. President , i ask consent that a statement from the tennessee secretary of state, trey hargan, who has calculated each of these political accomplishments, appear in the record following my remarks. The presiding officer without objection