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Conditioned on this question the incoming secretary needs to have the courage to speak truth to power to congress, yes but also to his commander in chief. Half. Mr. Durbin mr. President . Speaking in morning business, i rise to express my support for the president s nominee dr. Ashton carter to serve as our nations 25th secretary of defense. A few words of thanks first for chuck hagel our former colleague in the senate who served as secretary of defense. Hes a friend. Hes had a long career in public service. Hes a veteran from vietnam and the people of nebraska rewarded him by asking him to represent them in the United States senate. As our nations first person 6 enlisted rank he had a unique ground level view on matters of war and peace and a strong, strong commitment to our troops. I thank chuck hagel for his service. Dr. Ashton carter has an impressive distinguished record of service as well in government. An advisor scholar. He has what it takes to be a great secretary of defense.
Everything up. They screwed up the Justice System and we will show compassion for those who have been left behind and incarcerated unfairly over time. I think youll find our message is going to resonate. When we show the other side has tried to do for poverty for 40 years hasnt worked. When we show the ability, the compassion and the plan to make things better, when we can be judged not on whether we care but on whether our policies work , we have always had the intellectual argument but then we win the emotional argument, we become a dominant force and we have what we have all been looking for and that is once again a great america. [applause] former Texas Governor republican rick perry spoke to a meeting of the seacoast republican women in New Hampshire on wednesday. He discussed a range of issues including energy, immigration, and the economy. Governor perry ran for president in the 2012 primary. He is considering another campaign in 2016. Under one hour. [inaudible chatter] civilia
It was either with you are chairman smith asking about working with faithbased organizations. We do work with that. In fact, we visited with the archbishop in kurdistan when we were there to talk about the work they are doing. I know the king and jordan has been very open in meeting with different religious leaders both sort of from an islamic perspective to reduce the lore of isil, but also how do we work with the various religious groups. Syria was one of the most tolerant countries in the entire middle east before all this took place. It is important but there are many groups we work with to try and reduce the tension that is going on. Is there a way to hold those areas that you have the refugees in going to school and being abused with whatever type of abuse that is. Gender abuse, we will say how do you go about making you said you are helping those countries deal with that and trying to make sure they are protected, but how do you go about holding that country or that government a
Appeared on this campus all those decades ago that first mouse, that first message helped lay a foundation. And in the decades since, on campus uses like this, in Companies Campuses like this, in companies that are represented here, new people have come along, each laying down a block, one on top of the other. When future historians ask, who built this age, the answer will be, we all did. As americans. And im absolutely confident that if we keep at this, if we keep working together, in the spirit of collaboration, like all those innovators before us, our work will endure. Like the great cathedral. For centuries to come. And that cathedral will not just be about technology. It will be about the values that weve embedded in the architecture of the system. It will be about privacy and it will be about community. And it will be about connection. What a magnificent cathedral that all of you have helped to build. We want to be a part of that. And we look forward to workinging with you in the