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From the heart which the news york times called a deeply felt kingly observed account and mrs. Bush conjures a hometown with enormous detail later system and feeling. Tonight mrs. Bush will be interviewed by Cokie Roberts and we are all delighted to look on her back to the Smithsonian Associates event. Copies of mrs. Bushs book which she has already signed are available in the lobby. Because of her schedule there will not be any personalization of the books after the program. Before we begin i would like to remind all of you to have your cell phones or Electronic Devices silenced and im going to do that with mine too. [laughter] additionally no photos are allowed during the program from cell phone cameras or any other cameras. We appreciate your cooperation on both of these items. As ive mentioned we are pleased to have Cokie Roberts. Conversation with mrs. Bush are cookies a senior news analyst for npr news where she was a Congressional Correspondent for more than 10 years. Additional
Is just over an hour and a half. I see that we have a quorum present. I really want to thank everybody for joining us, its an important issue that i now recognize myself for opening remarks. Pursuant to the notice, were holding a hearing to discuss the american lives on the line come lessons for managing the russia threat. Two weeks ago startling revelations that russia put bounties on american troops serving in afghanistan. This week in the Foreign Affairs committee weve been examining this egregious attack on americans and the Top Administration failure to handle it probably. Its important for the public to know this. Ive personally been involved in four earrings. This week alone that ive with this issue and that doesnt include the actions of other committees working on their own. I just want to underscore to people listening that they should know that we in concert taking over some of this matter very seriously. The one thing if we do nothing else, the most basic and fundamental dut
Tension is running high in the democratic republic of congo protesters denounce the nomination of a controversial they got to head the Election Commission so how will this impact the Ruling Coalition and can any full out be contained this is inside story. And welcome to the program im laura kyle the democratic republic of congo is braced for more violence after several people were killed in protests across the country on thursday thousands of protesters defied a ban on public gatherings to march against the nomination of a new election administrator. They accuse melinda of rigging previous polls in favor of the former president Joseph Kabila who stepped down last year after 18 years in office well bring our guests in just a moment but 1st this report from catherine soy whos following developments from kenya. This shooting started as supporters of president kennedys union for democracy and social Congress Party on my. In Kinshasa Police fired tear gas and bullets to disperse demonstrato
A back seat will the president ial candidates ever hit the road and so their brand of politics to americans before the fall follow the u. S. Election on a just. Tension is running high in the democratic republic of congo protesters denounce the nomination of a controversial they got to head the Election Commission so how will this impact the Ruling Coalition and can any fallout be contained this is inside story. And welcome to the program im laura kyle the democratic republic of congo is braced for war violence after several people were killed in protests across the country on thursday thousands of protesters defied a ban on public gatherings to march against the nomination of a new election administrator. They kissed melinda raking previous polls in favor of the former president Joseph Kabila who stepped down last year after 18 years in office well bring our guests in just a moment but 1st this report from catherine soy whos following developments from kenya. Shooting started as suppo