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Thank you for his service to you and country. Lord, were also grateful for all of our military men and women who back their words with courageous deeds. In this season that brings tidings of a coming dawn, guide our lawmakers through the darkness that precedes the breaking of day. You have guided this nation through stormy places, and we have felt the winds and have been tossed by troubled seas. May our senators, amid the tumult, hear the whisper of your promise to never forsake us. Remind us of lifes brevity so that we will number our days and have hearts of wisdom. We pray in your marvelous ...

Disagreed and there are a lot of compromises that we had to have because we knew we had to have the the bill. The we wouldnt have if we dont pass this bill the European Reassurance Initiative to stand up against russian aggression. I went over i shouldnt have done this because i was on the ballot this year for reelection, but for the week prior to our election here, i went over to see what was happening in ukraine because ukraine was having their elections a week before we had our elections. And not many people are aware that in ukraine, fo poroshenko,n ukraine, a Political Party cannot have a...

2002. After the news and photographs emerged from the United States military detention of iraqis at abu ghraib, the Intelligence Committee held a hearing on the matter on may 12th, 2004. Without disclosing any details of its own Interrogation Program cia director John Mcglocklin testified that ciaer interrogationse were nothing lie what was depicted at abu ghraib. The United States prison in iraq where detainees were abused by american personnel. This of course was false. Cia detainees at one facility, a described as a dungeon, were kept in complete darkness, constantly shackled in isolated ce...

Information about the program and its effectiveness to the white house, the department of justice, congress, the c. I. A. Inspector general, the media, and the american public. This conclusion is somewhat personal for me. I remember clearly when director hayden briefed the Intelligence Committee for the first time on the socalled e. I. T. s at that september, 2006 committee meeting. He referred specifically to a quote actually slap end quote among other techniques and presented the entire set of techniques as minimally harmful and implied in a highly clinical and professional manner. They were...

The white house is supposed to be dedicated to transparency. Reports have been issued months ago that still contains more redactions than it should. I can think of some that wonder why theyre there. Im gratified that we can finally shine light on this dark chapter because among the many lessons we can take from this report is that americans deserve more government transparency. Its essential to a strong democracy. Just yesterday the Senate Unanimously passed a bipartisan bill, the leahycornyn bill, that significantly improves the Free Trade Agreement of information act the freedom of in fact a...