Book came earlier in the year when i the press coverage of sara palin unfold and she to be on the National Stage i was amazed at some of the exaggeration and distortions or been told about her and some of our most established news media. People said that she was a supporter of pappy cannon, she wasnt. People said she was a supporter of the Alaskan Independence Party, she was not a member. Rumors about the paternity of her youngest child were circulated on the web. [inaudible] all of these rumors and lies i decided we should catalog them to show not only the fact that all of these myths were propagated, but also try to ask for the question of why. I think the question of why it isnt a way more interesting question. Sara palin has this unerring ability to summon up the worst feelings in her opponents. It is really quite amazing. What is that quality . Why is that quality they are invited to have the effect it had . Of personal thing she represents most of the things that the left in this
Guide our senators to live so honorably that they will bring glory to your name. Lord, inspire them to yield their allegiance to you, striving always to receive your approval. Thank you for hearing and answering their prayers, as they fervently seek your wisdom. Guide them through the challenges of these times. Lord, remind us all that we are mere sojourners in time, heading for the better land of eternity. We pray in your loving name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The presiding officer under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. Under the previous order, the senate will be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. Mr. Grassley madam president. The presiding officer the senat
News about the coronavirus. We talked with the cdc today, and they confirm that there is a new case here in Northern California. At this point, theyre not releasing how the person contracted the virus, or where the person is, here in Northern California. They said that he expects that the cdc will release more information tonight or tomorrow. Just over an hour ago, President Trump spoke to the country about the virus, and he named Vice President mike pence to head up the White House Coronavirus task force. The president said that steps taken by the United States are keeping the risk of infection low for americans. Weve stopped nonu. S. Citizens from coming into america from china. That was done very early on. Were screening people, and we have been at a very high level. Screening people coming into the country from infected areas. We have quarantined those infected, and those at risk. There are a now 15 confirmed coronavirus cases in the United States, involving travel, or close contac
Planning was happening for the iraq war what i felt people were thinking about was whats whats the biggest point of fairly what could be the worst thing that it could happen it would be that they thought Saddam Hussein acquired weapons of mass destruction and so then everything kind of trickled down from that so similarly now saudi arabia is seen by President Trump as the centerpiece of his middle east strategy such as it is israel saudi relations are good better than theyve been ever. The crown prince and your cushion are our special friends and jarrett is taking the lead on the whole middle east policy i think kind of talking it through with. The congress mohamed so in short nothings going to change it no its not i think nothings going to change the u. S. Congress has taken legislative action is passed laws that could cut off u. S. Military assistance to saudi arabia for the war in yemen and president vetoed it and he to override that veto there needs to be a 2 thirds majority in the
A u. S. Idea. This idea was never supposed to be permanent. The division became permanent, and it is no doubt whose idea it was originally. The reason this matters so much as the koreans have never seen , oneelves as one people race. They would very much like to be reunified. This matters because in many ways, koreans hold the u. S. Responsible for that decision. There is a latent stream of antiamericanism running through Korean Society that does not always manifest itself. The perplexing thing about them seeing themselves as one nation, is they have two very different governing systems. How is that rectified . If you look at the situation and deprivation of people have an north korea versus the south, how does that all fit . It all fits by looking backwards. The korea fund takei the koreans like to claim that they have 7000 years of history. But is simply not true, they do have a very long history as one united people. Has been a fairly recent development in the last 50 years. They lo