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Hopkins school of advanced international studies. The floor is yours. Served in this body for senator jackson, who many of you had a nonand memorable memory of, im sure. I recognize i am in the distinct minority on this panel, but i take comfort that i represent the vast majority of americans and certainly the vast majority of those of you in congress on this question. Should gitmo be closed . The answer is resoundingly no there is a unless better alternative available. I would like to put this into context if i may. It is to explain why we have gitmo in the first place. It is because we are a...

The section 501 of fisa. That is no record of the actual conversation of the content that is recorded or collected by the National Security agency. The nsa has not been acting outside of its authority. The Metadata Program is carefully designed with program layers of oversight by all three branches of government. This is precisely where our government ought to operate. With input from article one, and article two and article three of the United States constitution. It is our duty to discuss the legal balance. We shouldnt be misleading the American People into thinking the nsa has been acting i...

Ifill secretary of state Hillary Clinton testified for the first time today about last septembers deadly attack on the u. S. Consulate in benghazi, libya. Her testimony before senate and house committees was at times tense and even emotional. As i have said many times, i take responsibility, and nobody is more committed to getting this right. I am determined to leave the state department and our country safer, stronger and more secure. Ifill from the start, secretary clinton made clear she accepts ultimate blame for security failings before the attack that killed ambassador Christopher Stephen...

Ifill secretary of state Hillary Clinton testified for the first time today about last septembers deadly attack on the u. S. Consulate in benghazi, libya. Her testimony before senate and house committees was at times tense and even emotional. As i have said many times, i take responsibility, and nobody is more committed to getting this right. I am determined to leave the state department and our country safer, stronger and more secure. Ifill from the start, secretary clinton made clear she accepts ultimate blame for security failings before the attack that killed ambassador Christopher Stephen...

Combatant is a necessary incident to the conduct of this war. There is no question about the constitutionality of the detention at Guantanamo Bay. Lets talk about the merits. Current detainees have been off the battlefield for some time. They may continue to provide vital intelligence to u. S. Intelligence collection is that we now focus on those who are there today. Theyre still engage in the counterterrorism battle all around the globe. We need to have a secure location in which to detain captured enemy combatants. Intelligence collection that occurs at this location is enormous to our effor...