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Position. george tsunis, the ambassador for norway has beverly been to that country. he testified that norway is a constitutional democracy. in fact, it is a constitutional monarchy. he said it is part of a fringe group but is center right ruling coalition. nominee for ambassador to hungary is a soap opera producer who raised $800,000 for mr. obama. she appeared to no very little about that country in recent testimony. even former senator max baucus made a stunning admission before china where he will be the next ambassador. he says, i don't know a lot about china. then there are other cases, ...

President's political picks. >> we have ambassadors from business back grounds and from political back grounds, but our picks are approximately a 70/30 balance. >> ambassador nominees with a highly sarcastic remark. he said quoting, i have no more questions for this incredibly highly qualified group of nominees. a verdict could come any moment now in the case of michael dunn, as jury deliberations enter their fourth day. he's the florida man who allegedly killed a teenager during an argument over his loud music, michael dunn, charged with first-degree murder, but he claims he shot jordan dav...

Be a 70/30 balance of career employees, people who have been working through the foreign service and serving around the world, building that level of experience and then about 30% from outside the private sector. >> senator mccain has called several of the president's picks truly alarming. the former foreign service officer james bruno agrees with that assessment. >> they have no more qualifications to be an ambassador or a diplomat than i do to produce tv soap operas or to run a hotel empire. they come to these positions thinking that they -- programs they think all they need to do is go to c...

Know what, we went to bat for you, we raised the minimum wage to $10.10, it proves two things -- one, i care act your family, and two, i was able to work with the other side. what don't they get about that? >> you know, historically the republicans did get that. you did get a minimum wage increase under bill clinton because republican leaders in congress knew that this is a 70/30 issue. most americans across the board except for a minority of the republican party, think that people ought to get at least close to a decent wage for a day's work. and i think there's something else they're going t...

Depress wage increases or we'll pass the cost on to our team members. >> does that mean passing along the cost in terms of higher deductible? >> in our case, it probably will mean maybe higher percentage of part time workers. there's an escape clause, if somebody works less than 30 hours you don't have to provide health insurance for them. that creates the wrong incentives for employers. it creates incentive for fewer full time workers and more part time. if all our competitors are going that direction, we'll probably have that same kind of incentive to do the same. >> that's a big deal for th...