Last. Siemens. Answers. Issue one. Drone on. Drones are uavs. Unmanned aerial vehicles. Aircraft that are operated remotely from nearby or from thousands of miles away, like the distance between the nation of afghanistan and the air force base in the u. S. State of nevada. Drones come in various shapes, sizes and weights. They are used for surveillance, disablement, and killing. And drones are increasingly ubiquitous. There are 64 drone bases spread across the United States alone, and the u. S. Has other drone installations across the planet. Africa is increasingly a drone base environment. A newly authorized site in the nation of niger will become the sixth u. S. Drone base in africa, joining one in morocco, senegal, uganda, and a permanent one in djibouti. U. S. Drone attacks ordered by obama have spiked particularly in yemen, somalia, afghanistan, and notably pakistan where over 360 drone strikes over the nine years, 2004 to 2013, have killed over 3,000 people. This data is not clas
Obama have spiked particularly in yemen, somalia, afghanistan, and notably pakistan where over 360 drone strikes over the nine years, 2004 to 2013, have killed over 3,000 people. This data is not classified. And not even secret. But it is troubling. So troubling that the u. N. Has just decided to launch an investigation on the impacts of drone strikes on thousands of civilians. Question. Will the u. N. Human Rights Council rule that drone use violates International Law do you think, pat buchanan . I dont think they l. If they do, john, it doesnt make any difference. But we really ought to be concerned about these drones. Theyre a tremendously effective weapon. They save our pilots and the rest of it. But the collateral damage, the killing of civilians, the killing of children, the tremendous alienation theyve increased all over this region has resulted in alqaida frankly getting a tremendous number of new recruits. Are we recruiting more enemies than were killing . Thats the key questi
Was raised as a mother was raised, the same kind of wife and hostess. The home, the children, the entertaining with style. That was her heritage and she did it again in the white house right after her administration, during the johnson years, the whole world erupted like volcanoes. Women who went to work and got the forces and had equal rights. We had flower children, free love, free sex. It was safe for the young and i missed all that. But the whole world changed. It became a whole new concept of women and i think that today mrs. Clinton represents the new woman. As we continue our conversation on first ladies, patricia baldrige, reporters, and others closest recent president ial wives talked about the role of the first lady and how has changed around the nation, tonight at 9 00 eastern on cspan. Friday, the House Appropriations subcommittee mark and fast a bill to fund the state department in 2014, 6 billion less than the 2013 budget, fully funding the obama request for Embassy Secur
The chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip each, to five minutes but in no event shall debate ontinue beyond 1 50 p. M. The chair recognizes the gentleman from oregon, mr. Lumenauer, for five minutes. Mr. Blumenauer i arrived at my office this morning to a politico on the front page head line blumenauers death panel bill lives on. Its actually a terrific article by jo ann kenan but a terrible headline about nonexistent death panels symbolizes why three congresses later we still have not helped families deal with the most difficult circumstances any of us will ever encounter. This issue hit me with full force 10 years ago in the midst of the Terri Schiavo case. Where we watched one familys tragedy turn into a National Media circus and a political spectacle. All because one 27yearold woman didnt have a conversation with her loved ones to make her wishes kno
He includes beautiful facts about his life including growing up in the northwest. He worked in senator Eugene Mccarthys office right on the hill and it mustve been the catalyst is a love of investigative reporting. She began her lifelong career as a prolific writer of bestselling books in the uproar that came with them come including subjects like Jackie Kennedy onassis, the royals, elizabeth taylor, opera, and of course, my favorite an unauthorized biography called his weight, of Frank Sinatra. Her most recent book is focused on Iconic Images of the kennedys. Books mean a lot more to me when it is well researched. Never failing to raise a few eyebrows in doing such a wonderful job of reminding us that these characters are very human. Please welcome kitty kelley. [applause] i dont know that my writing is prolific, but thank you so much. [laughter] prolific as a turtle, it takes me four years usually on each book. But this book was a labor of love. Because stanley was were my very best