More staff had to be hired. Eventually, three Office Buildings were constructed. The Richard Russell building, the Everett Dirksen building, and the philip Hart Building. Building,the dirksen the multipurpose hearing room. It has various layers of history to it. The first Senate Office building opened in 1909, now known as the Richard Russell building. This was in the progressive era. There were more services coming in. As those senators and staff were , the smallbuilding community of senators and staff that existed in that building steadily, the demands of the government increased. Social security became an issue. So many federal issues directly affected citizens. The road to their centers. The senators hired more staff. At one point, the russell building was absolutely crammed. They had people working in the attic. Bathrooms were converted into offices. Hallways were set up with desks. People were squeezed in just about everywhere. It became clear by the end of the 1930s, that they w
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome the president of brandeis university. [applause] ms. Lynch good evening, it brings me great pleasure to welcome everyone. Students, faculties, alum, staff, distinct panelists and friends to this remarkable gathering here at brandeis university. I want to welcome in particular some of our special guests. Massachusetts attorney general marla healy. [applause] congresswoman katherine clark. [applause] state senators michael barrett, james eldridge, and karen socha. [applause] ms. Lynch state revenues and state representatives david linsky and dave kaufman. [applause] our very own jeannette mccarthy. [applause] counselorscity Kathleen Mcmenamin and george darcy. [applause] and i want to give a very special warm welcome to a member of our audience, frank brandeis gilbert, grandson of Justice Brandeis. [applause] our centennial celebration of our namesake, Louis Brandeis, has to made possible by people too numerous to name. But i must give a special shout out to
In ciudad juarez. Theegin in ankara, where dust full from a vehicle explosion at the height of evening rush hour the death toll from a vehicle explosion at the height of evening rush hour has risen to 28. More than 60 people are injured. Catherine clifford has more details for us on the explosion that came in the heart of ankara. [screaming] panic in c. scenes of the moments after the blast, heard all over the city. It caused a large fire. Emergency services rushed to recover the injured and dead. Passersby helped to clear the way for a dozen ambulances. Authorities believe a car packed with explosives targeted a convoy of military buses as the vehicles stopped at a traffic light. Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu had planned to travel to brussels this wednesday, but he has chosen to stay in turkey in light of the attack. Both the government and the military have described it as an act of terror. No group has claimed responsibility. We can go live to our correspondent, jasper, who
And those others we can bring forward to a worldwide sharing of the greatest human endeavor in history. [applause] president ial leadership in this initiative would improve, extend come and celebrate the american exceptionalism in a way that no other policy or program could. Cycling pathways to occupied mars must be organized progressively with a decision made to go now full throttle out. As we said standing as proud americans from our exceptional nation with the world behind us, we came in peace for all mankind. We americans do these things, think big, act on our dreams, then look back and bring the world along with us. So to this room full of leaders, let me say this isnt the time to venture outward again this is the time to venture outward again much further in space bringing humanity out to mars making history there as we americans have here. Listen closely to my challenge. The president who appeals to the higher angels and takes us closer to the heavenly body we call mars will not
[inaudible] its to protect our National Security. There is not been an attempt at any point to downplay the significance of the operation their undertaking. That is true if youre talking about our military pilots flying combat operations through ten or 11000 airstrikes now been taken against isil targets in iraq and syria. Its true of special operators been informed and station throughout iraq to carry out raids when an opportunity presents itself to try to take out a senior isil figure were to capitalize on a treasure trove of intelligence that may be there for the taking. Its also true when you talk about our military Service Members are engaged in training efforts. In some cases, particularly earlier in our efforts you had u. S. Military members who are in dangerous parts of iraq who are working to try to train several iraqis to make them more effective on the battlefield against isil. We had not not at all tried to downplay the significance of those operations, of of the risk of th