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The khakis, penny loafers and buttondown shirts . Chris lived in the room across from mine. Seemed he had adopted this as his uniform. But in hindsight i can see he was offering his own form of enlightenment. He was guiding us away from the dark time known as the disco era. [ laughter] who knew that chris would work his timeless style for the next 34 years. Look at the effect on me, who is wearing the buttondown now that. Was the first life lesson from chris. Stick with the classics, they wont go out of style. That said, my wife has gently advised me the definition of a classic look does not e...

Drilling. Now we will go live to the house floor here and cspan. Guest pleased to be here. Host you are here to talk about the Electoral College. The election wrapped up over a month ago. Why are we talking about the Electoral College and what happens today . Guest this is the next step in the election. The Electoral College is not a place but a process. Today is the process where the electors get together in each state, and they go through a complex process. But it is generally managed by the secretary of state or some other officials, and they give their votes for the electors in that state ...

My name is mary numyer. I live in washington but met chris 26 years ago at hastings law school, two blocks from here. We were in the same section in the same study group. When we finished law school we both went to the east coast to work for large law firms. Over the years we stayed in close touch. When chris was back from over seas we were frequent tennis partners and would get together for dinners and other events in washington. Over the years our families became friends as well. Its been such a pleasure to come to know them and chriss many friends in washington and to watch his career unfol...

With chris and another famous piedmonter austin tichner. Talk about enlightening. He dubbed our large room the triple occupancy club. Little did i know this came with the added bonus of an extracurricular education in the arts. Chris arrived with his stack of lps, many courtesy of his step dad, bob. The chronicle music critic at the time. Austin contributed his eclectic theater and comedy recordings and, well, himself. Those of you that know austin know that nothing more need be said. Balancing that urbane cultural scene chris invited me to visit his grandfather, where we got to do gold pannin...

Commemorating the courageous men and women that made america what it is, im reminded we too went through challenging periods, when america was divided by a bitter civil war 150 years ago. President Abraham Lincoln had the vision to pull us together toward a shared goal of peace and prosperity. Growing up in california i didnt know much about the arab world. Then after graduating from the university of california at berkeley, i traveled to north africa as peace corps engineer. I worked as an english teacher in morocco two years and quickly grew to love this part of the world. Since joining the ...