These are very earnest man, who are both republicans and democrats, moderates and liberals. People who have come to the conclusion that the United States should not be fighting in this war, the tragedy has mounted so much over the years that they have to try to stop. Theyre trying to use the legislative branch to bring the war to an end, in a sense creating a constitutional clash with the president of the United States. Its a very moving piece. I worked with many of, them they look much younger in these pictures, but they are very earnest about what they are saying. They are very convincing to the Television Audience that watch them. They made the most of it. Article, one section eight of the constitution reads as follows, the congress should have the power to no appreciation of for a longer term than two years. Our amendment, the mcgovern amendment is sometimes what its referred to. Who are they in what would this have done if it had passed . To back up a little bit, the president of
Welcome to the program just 14 pm here in moscow now live from the International World news center its kevin know it with a salad. First the senior u. N. Official this launched a scathing attack on the United States over its ongoing detention of whistleblower Chelsea Manning saying her treatment amounts to top chip special reports. Made the claim in a letter to the u. S. Government which was written in november but says only just come to light. The practice of coercive depreciation of liberty for civil contempt involves the intentional infliction of progressively severe mental and emotional suffering for the purposes of coercion and intimidation at the order of judicial authorities such deprivation of liberty does not constitute a circumscribed sanction for a specific offense but an open ended progressively severe measure of coercion for filling all the constitutive elements of torture or other cruel inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment Chelsea Manning was a u. S. Military Inte
A senator are we in a quorum call . The presiding officer no, we are not. A senator thank you, madam president. I rise today because its my honor to introduce my colleague who actually needs no introduction but still for this speech today. Mr. Hoeven i have the pleasure to introduce kevin cramer who will be thriferring his delivering his official maiden speech to the senate. Ive known kevin for many years. Hes always been incredibly diligent worker for the people of north dakota. And he served our state in many different capacities. He served as tourism director and did a tremendous job promoting our state, promoting tourism, and really promoting the beauty and the history of our state in a way that brought a lot of National Attention and really made a difference in terms of tourism for our state. He also served our state as Economic Development director, something that is certainly near and dear to my heart. Ive always believed that job creations are job one. To me thats the engine th
Of war and democracy. It is great to see you all here, and to have our friends at cspan sharing this wonderful content with their feelings. To their viewers. To those watching on our livestream at home, welcome. I would like to take a moment to recognize some individuals. First off, to we have any world war ii veterans or home front workers in our crowd tonight . [applause] do we have any veterans of any other era . Please stand. [applause] and do we have many members of our board of trustee . Thank you all for your service. Summer, we here at museum have been busy commemorating the 75th anniversary of major events in world war ii, the biggest of which was june 6 for dday, invasion at normandy. Some other recent major anniversaries include last month , on july 20, the assassination in the bunker. Er landings, the dragoon in Southern France took place. This week marks the 75th anniversary of one of the most glorious moments of the war, when the city of light, paris, w as liberated after
Here, sharing this content with their viewers. To those watching on the livestream at home, welcome. Moment,like to take a as we start, to recognize some individuals. First, do we have any world war ii veterans or homefront workers in our crowd . [applause] do we have any veterans of any other era . Please stand. [laughter] [applause] and do we have any members of our board of trustees . Thank you all for your service. The museum, we at have been busy commemorating the 75th anniversary of major events in world war ii. ,he biggest of which was june 6 dday, the invasion at normandy. Some other recent major anniversaries include last month on july the 20th, was the assassination attempt on bunker. N the lagoon landings in Southern France took place. This week marks the 75th anniversary of one of the most glorious moments of the war, when the city of light, paris, was liberated after four years of German Occupation. On the Eastern Front, following the massive soviet summer offensive, the r