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Degree in english from boston university. A doctorate degree from temple, the author of the iraq live, how the white house stole the war. In his suburban pennsylvania community. He was the first democrat elected in 60 years the statehouse. The first democrat ever reelected to congress. And the first democrat to chair the Montgomery County board of commissioners. A final personal note, his wife, francesca, is one of our most valued and talented volunteers. We cannot let that go without saying [ap...

This focused on his domestic agenda, including efforts on welfare reform, gun control, and balancing the federal budget. Helped by the institute of politics and Public Service, this is over an hour. Good morning, welcome back. For those of you that were here earlier, im executive director of the institute of politics and Public Service here at georgetowns Public Policy. Couldnt be more excited to get todays conversations started. This morning, were going to begin with a discussion reflecting on ...

Berlin welcome to the day. The. North Korean Leader kim jong il has given an order to open the border to. China welcomes and supports the efforts by north and south korea to improve their bilateral relations. We will discuss working level issues related to sending a Winter Olympics delegation. We dont take any of the talks seriously if they dont do something to ban all Nuclear Weapons in north korea. The entire United States is within range of our Nuclear Weapons and a Nuclear Button is always o...

China welcomes and supports the efforts by north and south korea to improve their bilateral relations. We will discuss working level issues related to sending a Winter Olympics delegation. We want to take any of the talk seriously if they dont do something to ban all Nuclear Weapons and north korea. Has done for the entire United States is within range of our Nuclear Weapons and a Nuclear Button is always on my desk and were going to keep all of our options on the table as we have said time and ...

Mark esper, secretary of the army. Heather wilson, secretary of the air force, and james gurts, assistant secretary of the navy for Research Development and acquisition. Acquisition reform is one of the most important and frustrating topics this committee addresses. For years, we have been warned that america is losing its technological advantage. I hope you all have seen the work by rand on this topic. That is why the department of defense needs acquisition reform. Not just for efficiency or to...

Creek to a currency to the tune of 20 million. He spoke with him that his optimism for the currency will in saudi arabia back in october. I do think people are a little bit, maybe under bitcoin specifically because it is like a reserved form of money, like old and its just a store of value. Do dont need to make payments. Maria with the big means coming out this morning. The tax bill pay enough for American Workers. The very latest as Southwest Airlines and American Airlines say they will give 10...

Welcome. [applause] i just realized we did not do a sound check. I love doing book events. We need to keep books alive but thanks to the Simon Foundation for supporting all of our initiatives here and it is with our support to give a shout out and before we introduce our guests the amateur Astronomer Association of new york will be out. And will have the telescope out but the claim is the clouds will clear almost as we finish the last question. And we will do a little q a. I am sure you have hea...

I just realized we did not do a sound check. I love doing book events. We need to keep books alive but thanks to the Simon Foundation for supporting all of our initiatives here and it is with our support to give a shout out and before we introduce our guests the amateur Astronomer Association of new york will be out. And will have the telescope out but the claim is the clouds will clear almost as we finish the last question. And we will do a little q a. I am sure you have heard of our guest. As ...

The Senate Arms Services Committee Meets today to receive testimony on the acquisition reform efforts. We welcome our witnesses, ellen lord, mark esper, secretary of the army, heather wilson, secretary of the air force, and james gerts, assistant secretary of the navy for ak we ziglaskk acquisition. I hope you all have seen the work by rand on this topic. That is why the department of defense needs acquisition reform, not just for efficiency or to save money. Simply put, we will not be able to a...

In earthquake country. It sounds like not much damage was done. That is great. It is a wakeup call literally and figuratively for all of us. We should be prepared. It wasnt a major earthquake and no reports of injuries or major damage, the middle of the night jolt was enough to get people talking about what they felt all morning long. Reporter a loud thump and a couple seconds of shaking. The earthquake this morning doesnt look that impressive on the nest camera inside of this oakland apartment ...