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James walter green, who has been nominated by the president to serve as u. S. Attorney for the middle district in louisiana. I was very pleased to recommend mr. Green to the president for his consideration. I strongly urge my colleagues to vote with me to confirm him today. He has served our country in a variety of capacities, most notably 20 years in military service. He has been involved in multiple deployments as the recipient of numerous military awards, including Defense Meritorious Service award, navymarine corps commendation medal, and the Iraq Campaign medal. Not only is he a strong pa...

Mr. Mcconnell mr. President . The presiding officer the republican leader. Mr. Mcconnell i ask that further proceedings under the quorum call be dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Mcconnell mr. President , earlier this morning it was suggested that republicans are creating a problem on the portmanshaheen bill because were insisting on amendments. Im stunned that anybody would think insisting on amendments would be unusual or out of order. Thats what we used to do in the senate. We had amendments offered and we had votes on them by both sides. One senator, it was sugge...

Glamorous. Parties saw were the and the greeting people. I have got to tell you, i have never worked harder in my life. Nancy reagan was Ronald Reagans fiercest protector. She was active in key staff decisions and in campaigning. She had a signature white house issue with her just say no campaign. Welcome to first ladies influence and image. Let me introduce our two guests. Judith woodruff is the coanchor of cbsnews hour. She coproduced a documentary about the first lady. Thank you for being with us. He is a californian who has been covering National Politics since 1984 and cowrote a book with...

That he was not involved but may raise questions about why he was in the dark. Officials will try to get testimony under oath. The Labor Department said only 74,000 jobs was created last month. The Unemployment Rate fell from 6. 7 likely because more americans simply stopped looking for work. Iraq is trying to take back control from fighters who pushed in from syria. Those are the headlines. Im tony harris. Real money with ali velshi is next. Its a friday to forget. Many americans have given up looking for work. Ill give you the stories behind the numbers. And how fake friends on facebook can ...

Chair recognizes members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leader for morning hour debate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip limited to five minutes, but in no event shall debate continue beyond 1 50 p. M. The chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. Doggett, for five minutes. Mr. Doggett thank you, mr. Speaker. Next monday when our country honors an apostle of nonviolence, dr. Martin luther ing jr. , iran will begin reducing its nu...