Which they raise these issues black conservatives working with white organizations were able to amplify the voices. White antiabortion issues benefited from black conservative faces to further their cause. The case for same sex marriage, however, did not fare as well African American slowly becoming more accepting of same sex marriage. I black conservatives simply tools of the larger way conservative organizations . Perhaps they are. Perhaps not. But it is clear for the leadership that the two issues like value voters, essential marriage, and white marches bond like minded people of all ethnicities. But are moderate when it comes to issues of economic, education, and other liberal issues. Factoring in barack obama as the first black president has certainly made it more difficult for black conservatives. Thank you. [applause] good afternoon, everyone. Im from the university of virginia, and im delighted to be here. Thanks for sticking with us this afternoon. My remarks today stem from a
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Surveillance program. Frances president tries to focus on the economy. And ukraine plans a new law to crack down on protests. The eu says it is deeply concerned. All right. We are going to go straight to the state department in washington, d. C. , where u. S. Secretary of state john kerry is taking questions on syria. Lets listen in to what he is saying. What we may be able to do to increase the pressure and further change the calculation, and i think we have made that clear to the Russian Foreign min and others, nor are other players short of an ability to have an impact here. So i think they can bluster, protest, put out disportions, the bottom line is we are going to geneva to implement geneva 1 and if assad doesnt do that, he will invite greater response from various people in various ways over a greater period of time. So im not particularly surprised that he is trying to divert this. He has been doing this for months, trying to make himself the protector of syria against extremis