Thank you, all of you for your thoughtful questions and insight and a lot of your commentary. We are thrilled to have you here tonight and we have comments on the book on sale, so much more to be experienced in the book and i hope you will grab a copy. Otherwise please come see us again. We have readings every monday night and anyway, thanks again. Have a good night. [applause] [inaudible conversations] in des moines, iowa, a home that was built by carl and edith weeks, carl weeks was a man of many and varied interests. One of the most notable legacies of vince interests are his amazing collections in terms of art work, sculptor, a library collection, an amazing collection of rare ltd. First edition works, medieval manuscripts. It is incredible. Carlo weeks collected the books that he collected not only because they are important historical works but also because he believed books themselves were works of art and it worked beyond the words on the page so he collected almost every editi
You see, i think its time that we wake up because that mantle is slipping away. I will tell you, sometimes it is absolutely despairing to serve here in washington, d. C. But i will also play at the same time we are told as believers very clearly, we are not to despair. We are to look up, whether we feel it or not, we look out. Whether we want to or not, we look up. Whether it doesnt seem like it on the evening news, we look out. And thats my charge to you today. We do not curse the darkness. We light a candle. Thats what believers due. [applause] and while its true that im leaving congress, i want you to know i am not leaving the fight [applause] because there is too much at stake to sit on the sidelines. None of us can sit it out. And so what im asking you today is to have your voice be heard. We are 39 days away from having our voice be heard. Our leaders need to hear from you. Thats why its more important than ever that conservatives take control of the senate away from harry reid i
Same time that they are moving towards normalizing relationships. Anything not been like this in the past. Does not mean that over we cant two years anticipate them taking certain up ions that we may end finding deeply troubling. Either inside of cuba or with respect to their foreignpolicy. That could put significant on the relationship. Thats true of a lot of countries out there where we have an embassy. Normalizing int of relations is that it gives us a greater opportunity to have with that government, then not. The uld be surprised if cuban government purposely is now o undermine what effectively policy. Wouldnt be surprised if they take actions that we think are a problem. In a position to actions to whatever they take, the same way we do with a whole range of countries around the world, when they do things that we think are wrong. But, the point is that we will be in a better position to actually have some influence. There maybe carrots as well as we can apply. The only way to sen
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