granting of suffrage to american women. it followed up on almost a decade of protests and movements in american society. this strike has put our demands on the political agenda and they re there to stay and they will be given priority. and it has shown us the power to achieve the changes that are needed. the next step is from america to the world. it was betty friedman. it was deaf tput definitely that. a great tribute to her. spontaneously turned out to be the best thing ever. they have three demands according to the ladies organizing the strike, free child care centers running 24 hours a day, equal education and employment, and free abortions on request. free abortions on request! it was a wonderful consciousness raising moment to demonstrate the seriousness, the rage. it was a revolutionary high. it was very moving. at the western white house,
the 50th anniversary of the granting of suffrage to american women. it followed up on almost a decade of protests and movements in american society. this strike has put our demands on the political agenda and they re there to stay and they will be given priority. and it has shown us the power to achieve the changes that are needed. the next step is from america to the world. it was betty friedman. a great tribute to her. spontaneously turned out to be the best thing ever. they have three demands according to the ladies organizing the strike, free child care centers running 24 hours a day, equal education and employment, and free abortions on request. free abortions on request! it was a wonderful consciousness raising moment to demonstrate the seriousness, the rage. it was a revolutionary high. it was very moving. at the western white house, president nixon said we should all recognize that women have a wider role to play in this
we are going to put them down as undecided. laughter mr. chairman, as i listen to those comments, it struck me what a wonderful thing free-speech is. that was the hearing when donald rumsfeld was making the justification for attacking iraq. what we didn t hear in the clip or questions that we had a chance to ask him which is how much money is halliburton going to make from the war, how many u.s. soldiers will be killed? how many iraqi civilians will die from this adventure and i would like those questions answered now from somebody like donald rumsfeld. published in 1963. next a forum on the book s effect over the past 50 years. from the new america foundation in new york, this is an hour. we first want to thank the new america foundation for having us. on the in particular am very honored to be a moderator because up until now no one has ever found me moderate in my views, so i am very happy that tonight to moderate a panel. it s great to talk about betty briedan s femin
i believe in the iraqi people. i believe there is a new phase in their life that will have an effect on iraq s stability and the role that america has to play. i think that we have a good story happen here. happening here. i think that is very encouraging for all of us to hear because from a from this side of the water, we think that is happening. there is a concern that there would be a fall back afterwards , after the americans leave. i was in congress for six hours today and nobody asked me about iraq. [applause] [laughter] this year marks the anniversary of the united states and jordanian diplomatic ties. anniversaries are useful time to look back. how would you assess the jordanian/u.s. relationship as it stands now, as it was 10 years ago or five years ago? again, the relationship between our two countries was under king hussein s. it started very strongly. today, it is as strong if not stronger than it has ever been. we are partners in bringing peace and
you have been invited by your president. thank you, i will ask a question in russian. mr. president, next week we will be discussing with the senate this synchronized simultaneous ratification as the main issue that is being asked by our counterparts. . sident submit this document to the russian parallelment? when will the american president do it? the first week of may? then we will do the same thing right then. we can do that as a package deal, like two packages. in the morning, i make a call to in the morning, i make a call to mr. obama and ask him, are you it. and i do the same thing. i sign the package right there. perhaps you could give him some advice on how to synchronize our own legislative branch. we have a problem. it s called the united states senate. but if i could congressman delahunt. congratulations on signing the treaty and many of us hope that the senate proceed to ratification. i do have a question and you referenced the economic relationshi