Calls and reflections on the life and legacy of senator, astronaut john glenn. You can share your comments on our twitter page or join us on facebook. Ood friday morning to you the senate is in session trying to wrap up a cr to keep the government and operation through the end of april. The house did its part with a debate over how scared and if over how health care an American Hero, a combat pilot fighter who made history by rocketing into the future as the pioneer of space travel. The story this morning from his hometown newspaper in columbus, ohio. We will have more from the Columbus Dispatch. You can log on to the website including the life and career of john glenn. Services will take place in ohio and he will be interred at Arlington National cemetery. Remembering the life of john glenn. Here from universal news, which is called a space triumph back in 1952. Which was called a space triumph back in 1952. Five hours before he is to make a strident into history, his smiley face beli
That night stood in front of his 87yearold aunt susie and said, you dont have to do this. We mean no harm to you. I introduced them to cynthia hern whose life motto was to be kinder than necessary. That is now my life motto. Every opportunity have, i mentioned the nine we lost and the three survivors. The emmanuel 12. Those 12 who took in someone that night who didnt look like them, didnt act like them, didnt sound like them. They didnt call the police. They didnt throw him out. Instead, they pulled up a chair and they prayed with him for an our. I mention them because i dont want to be just the families that know their love and compassion and greatness of these amazing people. I want the whole world to know them as my children and i do. The second thing that needed to happen was removing the Confederate Flag from our state house grounds. There are many honorable, decent people in our state who revere that flag. They are not racist. They are the same people who twice elected an african
That night stood in front of his 87yearold aunt susie and said, you dont have to do this. We mean no harm to you. I introduced them to cynthia hern whose life motto was to be kinder than necessary. That is now my life motto. Every opportunity have, i mentioned the nine we lost and the three survivors. The emmanuel 12. Those 12 who took in someone that night who didnt look like them, didnt act like them, didnt sound like them. They didnt call the police. They didnt throw him out. Instead, they pulled up a chair and they prayed with him for an our. I mention them because i dont want to be just the families that know their love and compassion and greatness of these amazing people. I want the whole world to know them as my children and i do. The second thing that needed to happen was removing the Confederate Flag from our state house grounds. There are many honorable, decent people in our state who revere that flag. They are not racist. They are the same people who twice elected an african
This wont get her in trouble, but it is because of her and two other republican senators that his first congressional session was remarkably historic. He wanted to do more. This good woman presiding over the senate said no. Enough is enough. And we had to retract some of the things we wanted to do. It was hard. But i do say this. It would not have happened but for the presiding officer. President saved the country from economic collapse, ushering in a new era of growth. In 2010, the economic recovery has added more than 16 million private sector jobs. Median housetold incomes have risen. And in some states, like the state of nevada, more than 14 . President obama brought to the Auto Manufacturing Companies that from collapse with unique programs, cash for conquerors. More than 800,000 new manufacturing jobs since 2010. The Auto Industry has added more 2000700,000 jobs since nine. Domestic production of automobiles and doubled from below 6 Million Units per year before, 12the year milli
Intelligence agency has released its bay of pigs draft history that they locked up for 30 years. On what grounds . Well, when you read it, you find out the grounds. The historian who wrote it and drafted it said, after more than 20 years it appears that fear of supposing the agencys dirty linen rather than any significant security information is what prompts continued denial of requests for release of these records. Thats the norm in the bureaucracy. Your amendments broke this loose, the cia historian wrote on the backs, well, shucks, recent 2016 changes in the fr d freedom of information act requires to us release some drafts. You did it by statute. Thats the congresss role. You can do it to the classification system. And i recommend the detailed list of recommendations in the back of this extraordinary report, the moynihancomebest report, for how you can do that. You can build in costbenefit into the originating classification decision. You can build in assessments of whats the real