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The fact that you identified a small number of who have actually come to the United States and have been investigated and concluded to have participated in a potential terrorist activity is noteworthy. It is quite small. My closing question for you is we on this committee have never ceased to be i should not say appreciative but caucus and of the extent to which al qaeda and others constantly probing and look for opportunities to exploit our system and to introduce acts of terror, not just against our interests in parts of the country, but principally within the United States of america. To what extent can we feel comforted that al qaeda is not looking at this program as a backdoor way to work with somebody to get them in here into our country to plant them is this the way around the traditional way of getting into the United States as one would with a visa or otherwise . I would note in agreement with you that al qaeda and its affiliates have been they have been looking for . In the s
Do you still write your songs down with paper and pencil . Yes, i do. I have always carried a little recording device of some sort. They used to be pretty big, but now they are quite small, and i always carry a pen and paper, and i am ready if something occurs to me. You mentioned merle travis. What other musicians . Ry cooder is my favorite guitar player, but there are many others to choose from. There was an album that was a formative for me. Paradise and lunch. There was a guy coming up called tom rush who played here at the cellar door, and he played in boston at the 47. I really pattern myself after, just a guy with a guitar, full position, unapologetic. Falcon musician. Unapologetic folk musician. And i would say wouldtwo and the beatles. What do you think of current pop music . You know, i guess i do not like it a whole lot. [laughter] [applause] i guess i dont like it a whole lot. What would we find i sound just like my dad. There are great people out there, i know it. And i do
On for 42 years. I do not know any other war we would tolerate going on for so long that we will losing in spending so much money on. As a people, we are a civilization that believes he should not do things that are bad for you and that for society. That was a big motivation behind prohibition as well. This matter of what you believe is more important what you can accomplish. How you translate that into the language of political philosophy, i am not sure. But i think it is an area an important area of pursuit. None of these are efforts to legislate morality. They are efforts to legislate against human desire. Back cannot work. I am a student at George Washington university. There is a large push from the and the price of a community about legalization of marijuana. From the undergraduate timidity about legislation and marijuana. Could this lead to a nationwide Reform Movement . It is different. I presume the undergraduate movement at gwi is people who want to get something. Temperance
Tree] first Lady Michelle obama, her daughters and their dog came out to watch the arrival. President obama was not on hand. He took advantage of the nice weather to play his first round of golf in several months. Happy thanksgiving, everybody. I think we will take it. It is a go. It is good. We can have christmas now. Well done. How does it look . It is gorgeous. It is perfect. We are going to take it. You all take care. Here is some of what we have coming up for you today here on cspan. Nobel laureate and burmese Opposition Leader Aung San Suu Kyi excess the congressional gold medal, followed by another congressional Gold Medal Ceremony with professional golfer Arnold Palmer. Later, africanamerican photographers talk about the integrity of photojournalism. Watch the history of the president ial appointment process at George Mason University tonight at 9 00 eastern here on cspan. I can remember Barack Obamas speech in 2004. The Democratic National convention, this dazzling speech that