Vote vote vote the presiding officer is there anyone wishing to change their vote . Is there anyone remaining to vote . On this motion the yeas are 87. The nays are 9. The motion is agreed to. The clerk will report. The clerk nomination, department of transportation, derek kan of california to be under secretary fo secretary of transportation for policy. A senator madam president . The presiding officer the senator from south dakota. Mr. Thune madam president , i rise to voice my strong support for the nomination of derek kan. The Commerce Committee held a hearing on his nomination on june 8 in 2017 and reported his nomination favorably out of the committee on june 29 of 2017 by voice vote. Its now november 9. Over four months since the nomination was reported out of committee. This noncontroversial well qualified nominee has been languishing in the senate for far too long. Its truly unfortunate, madam president , when we have to go through the cloture process on this particular nomine
Ok, good morning and welcome to the new America Foundation. We are here for the third in our panel series of president s at war. This is a series for the understanding lincoln course, brought to you by the Gilder Lehrman institute for American History and dickinson college. So we are engaged in a discussion of Abraham Lincoln and his role in his legacy in American Society but were also thinking about how the issues he confronted as a commander in chief, as a president have evolved in the modern day and where they might be headed in the future. This panel is about the role of the press. This is the wartime press and Civil Liberties during war. It is one of the most controversial aspects of lincolns legacy. It remains one of the most controversial subjects in American History. My name is Matthew Pinsker and i am the instructor of the understanding lincoln course. I would like to introduce the panelists and turn it over to our monitor and let him ask a series of questions in an informal d
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Executives, and debate the question of National Security versus freedom of information. This 90 minute event was hosted by the new America Foundation. The Gilder Lehrman institute of American History. And dickinson college. Ok, good morning and welcome to the new America Foundation. We are here for the third and in our panel series of president s at war. This is a series for the understanding lincoln course , brought to you by the Gilder Lehrman institute for American History and dickinson college. So we are engaged in a discussion of Abraham Lincoln and his role in his legacy in American Society but were also thinking about how the issues he confronted as a commander in chief, as a president had he president have evolved in the modern day and where they might be headed in the future. This panel is about the role of the press. This is the wartime press and Civil Liberties during war. It is one of the most controversial aspects of lincolns legacy. It remains one of the most controversia