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Now is the time for a better choice. I thank you for your attention. Mr. President of the general assembly, mr. Secretarygeneral of the United Nations, ladies and gentlemen, heads of state and government. Last year, we met in new york for the general assembly, and i called on all of you to have the courage to build peace and carry shoulder our responsibilities together. This courage, i must say, has been put to a harsh test by the andth, economic, Social Security shock of an unprecedented scope, and immediate global crisis, the most immediate one since the creation of our organization 75 years...

Host good afternoon, all. I am miles coleman. On behalf of the charleston, columbia and greenville, South Carolina chapters of the society, i am delighted to welcome you to our event today. We are excited to be hosting senator graham and a moment. Good afternoon and welcome. Let me make a couple of brief housekeeping announcements and we will get right down to what we are here for. First, we have a pride for cle credit in South Carolina. If you would like credit for attending this event, i ask you submit a record of your attendance. Use the q a function and send a message that will be viewable...

Procedural vote scheduled for 5 30 p. M. Eastern time. Live Senate Coverage here on cspan2. Ck will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god who has given us the gift of life, consecrate with your presence the way our lawmakers work today. Since they dont know what a day will bring, help them to strive to serve you in faithfulness each moment. In all things draw their minds to the goal of seeking to please you. As they draw near to you, illuminate their paths with your wisdom and grace. Show them how to unselfishly serve your great purposes for humanity, proving themsel...

To direct it in a certain direction that he felt was beneficial for the union. Was he misguided . Very possibly . Was he successful . Absolutely not. But what is important was who this person was and why, unfortunately, he disappeared from everything. The library came up for a title of this program, David Rice Atchison, the president no one knows. And i realized that long ago in another lifetime as a journalist, i actually wrote a curriculum for the newspaper i worked for entitled the exact same thing. However, in learning more about him, maybe the title should be David Rice Atchison, the man,...

The presiding officer the senate will come to order. Under the previous order, all postcloture time is expired. On the wiegand nomination. The question now occurs on the nomination. Is there a sufficient second . There appears to be. The clerk will call the roll. Vote vote vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If not, the yeas are 82, the nays are 14. The nomination is confirmed. Under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table, and the president will be immediately notified of t...