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Host of the National War College. The last government job you worked for the director of national intelligence. Thank you [applause] there wasnt a single founder who doubted that going to war was the most important decision the republic could make. War is the greatest threat to the public. War focuses power on the executive saying since the executive has more incentive to go to war the founders placed the power of going to war the congress not the executive. The founder who understood war better than any president was George Washington who gave a long farewell address and spelled out the Forei...

The presiding officer on this vote the yeas are 96, the nays are 1. Threefifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn having voted if the affirmative, the motion is agreed to. Mr. Durbin mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from illinois. Mr. Durbin i ask unanimous consent i be permitted to speak as if in morning business for up to 10 minutes, following my remarks that senator warren be served for two researched for two minutes and senator landrieu recognized to speak for up to 10 minutes. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Durbin mr. President , in this week of verdict ...

It is also your inheritance and it belongs equally to all the people who we all serve. It must be interpreted by each generation for the own needs as i have tried in part to do tonight. It shall lead us as we enter the third century of the search for a more perfect union, this then is the state of the union. Free and restless growing and full of hope. So it was in the beginning. So it shall always be while god is willing and we are Strong Enough to keep the faith. [ applause ] members of the congress, i have the great pleasure the high privilege and the great honor of presenting to you, the pr...

Tonight. It shall lead us as we enter the third century of the search for a more perfect union. This then is the state of the union. Free and restless growing and full of hope. So it was in the beginning. So it shall always be, while god is willing and we are Strong Enough to keep the faith. [ applause ] members of the congress, i have the great pleasure, the high privilege and the great honor of presenting to you the president of the United States. Im don ritchie. Im the state historian. The state of the Union Messages mandated by the constitution in the words from time to time, the president...

Opportunities and acknowledge that tribes have the capability of governments to oversee our own affairs. As we reach out to the federal government as a true partner we must continue to insist that the United States honors its trust responsibility to native peoples. Honoring its trust responsibilities means recognizing Indian Countrys Legal Authority to control its own destiny. It means respecting native peoples for who we are, not who others think we are. And it means modernizing the trust relationship between our nations. These are things we can and must do. As a united Indian Country we are ...