I know how deeply personally affected he has been. And i guess i tell you why i am doing this as a means of telling you why senator blumenthal and i are doing this, and i tell it through a prism of a story that just awful, awful series of days following the shootings in sandy hook. Senator blumenthal and i went through the first of what were umpteen wakes and funerals, and we were standing in line at the first wake about to talk to the first set of parents who had lost in this case their young daughter, and i remember being so uncertain about what we were supposed to say to these parents, not just what you were supposed to say to provide some measure of condolence, but we were their elected representatives. We had some additional obligation to show them that we were ready to act, but was it too soon to make that offer . Was it not the right moment to suggest that there was a Public Policy response to the slaughter of their children . It was senator blumenthal that very gently and appro
Morning, everyone. The United States and at least 22 other nations have expelled more than 100 diplomates from their respective countries. It comes in. Response to russias recent poisoning of an ex spy in the uk using an extremely toxic militarygrade nerve agent. The uk expelled 23 russians last week in addition to multiple other measures. The u. S. Is expelling 60 russians, including 12 Intelligence Officers from russias u. N. Mission headquarters in new york. It is the largest expulsion of russian personnel ever by the United States. In addition, the Trump Administration offereded the closure of the russian consulate in seattle which Officials Say is near a base that houses a u. S. Nuclear submarine. A senior trump official says the move is meant to tell moscow, quote, when you attack our friends, youll face serious consequences, adding that it is meant to reduce the unacceptably numerous amounts of russian spies in the country. Todays actions make the United States safer by reducing