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Backdrop of significant civil rights advancement in the United States including the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights act of 1965, ten years on the heels of brown versus board of education. So, what is the lesson we can draw . One is that the Immigration Law for the future in our current push for comprehensive Immigration Reform should also take that frame of a civil rights legislation which is the civil rights project of our time and will continue to be as long as we do not as long as we avoid addressing this problem of illicit mess and reality. Just a word or two to build on tha...

And jailing dissidents and bloggers and journalists will turn to its historic enemies and treat them with magnanimity. Its a silly contention. But that said, i think the way that the issue was used in the soviet context was that it was a tool to help bring about the end of the soviet union, not merely to contain the soviet union, but to end the soviet union and so, too, it can be used in the iranian context. When you look at the boldness of someone like senator jackson who confronted the soviet union and directly linked most favored nation status to improvements in human rights and free immigr...

Little skeptical wondering whether or not the tone of the country back in 65 to 70 was different than five years from today. Can you reassure me that the data or can you sort of elaborate on what you think the tone will be in five years or what makes you believe that the data will win out . Well, the good news is in five years i will be retired. No, look, i cant tell you what its going to be like in five years in our country. What i can say is dont forget in 1965 why we had to pass Voting Rights and all that stuff. Remember the part of the country that opposed all this stuff. Thats precisely t...

Made even more glorious by all of you being here. We are making history today. Ladies and gentlemen, honored dignitaries, long time friends and family members and, of course, our very special guest the men and women who sacrifice on the battlefield is an eternal reminder of their service to our nation, we welcome you with the deepest of gratitude and thank you for joining us for this mow men to us occasion. The dedication of the American Veterans disabled for life memorial. At long last we have arrived 16 years of hard work and dedication summed up just now in our fiveminute film vision to rea...

Dollences to the family of the brave family killed by isil. Together with jordan we mourn the loss of a hero that that galvanized the nation and the world. I hope this heinous crime helps us put in place what thus far has been lacking, comprehensive strategy to achieve goal to degrade and destroy isil. Let there be no doubt we still do not have a viable strategy to counter isil. And if you are not winning in war, you are losing. America has no greater ally in the fight against terrorism than jordan. As we made clear to King Abdullah in our meeting yesterday, this committees concern is to ensur...