2020 has been quite a challenging and tumultuous year across the globe. Especially, weve seen some devastating effects. Coronavirus across the world and in our region in latin america and in venezuela. In venezuela, as well, we have an internationally recognized interim government that marked its first year, we have a growing humanitarian crisis that entered a new phase and the pandemic with a crippling Health Care System that has already been unable to provide even the most basic medicine to venezuelan people and at the same time an economy thats in hyper inflationary collapse and social unrest across the country. And we also have, as we look to the end of this year, an election in venezuela, in december, that theyre all set to be a sham parliamentary election among increasing opposition. A top priority for International Allies of venezuelan Democratic Forces should be deterring the global web list of activities and external and nonstate partners that help to sustain maduro and his ba
They did serve the country and not themselves then the epic water crisis that took place in flint michigan back in april 2014 would never and should never have ever happened only now after more than 6 long years the people of flint michigan are finally getting some restitution for having their Drinking Water poisoned by the negligence and greed of their own State Government in a settlement announced on august 20th n. B. C. News reports that the state of michigan has agreed to pay 600000000. 00 to residents whose health was afflicted by lead tainted Drinking Water and that under that deal the state has agreed to devoting 80 percent of the money to people who are younger than 18. 00 during the period when flint was using river water. And while 600000000 may sound like this massive number for many in flint that doesnt even begin to compensate for the losses and anguish they have suffered as flint resident the key awakes who since 2014 has faced 22. 00 miscarriages of 2 separate sets of tw
Greetings and sell you to shoot. United states president john f. Kennedy famously stated ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country what makes this message this montra so vital is that it is true not just for us Service Working outside the halls of government but for those working inside those halls as well but quite frankly my friends as we have seen over and over and over and over again our elected leaders and government officials are no longer asking themselves what they can do for the country and they are instead asking what the country can do for them their party and their corporate lobbyists because if they did serve the country and not themselves then the epic water crisis that took place in flint michigan back in april 2014 would never and should never have ever happened. Only now after more than 6 long years the people of flint michigan are finally getting some restitution for having their Drinking Water poisoned by the negligence and greed o
Appreciate the attention you have given. As i stated i would like to reiterate one continuing point regarding the detention facility. The president and the National Security committee have determined closing the detention facility is a security imperative. That is a strong term. The president in his leadership of the National Security team believe continued operation of the tension to detention facility weakens interNational Security. Closing guantanamos about protecting, not weakening. The importance of closing the detention facility is echoed by former president george w. Bush and a long list of former secretaries of state, secretary of defense, staff chairman and other former military leaders. As representative engel noted there was a letter by former flag officers including former commandant of the marine corps. Transfers from gitmo are in the National Security interest of the United States and are conducted in a safe and responsible manner. On march 23, 2016, i testified before th
The era of reagan. Those are the tide turning president s, washington and jefferson and lincoln and fdr and reagan, and if this is the choice thats before us, my fellow citizens in 2016 if Barack Obamas former secretary of state, his wing woman, Hillary Clinton, were to win we would say about obama or historians might say the tide has now once again turned, president won, won reelection handed off power. And if the democrats we only know this in the next two or three elections. If they become basically the dominant president ial party at least, then you would now, okay. So thats the structure, the rhythm of the presidency. And if youre a democrat im going to bum you out on how powerful actually we still lincolns gravitational pull is because, remember, the democrats are overwhelmingly the dominant Political Party until lincoln. And the civil war loomed so large in our memory that since lincoln there are only two democrats who have won two popular votes for the presidency. Franklin roos