Mccarthy could not do in the 1950s, something virtually unprecedented. 60 years ago, joe mccarthy tried and failed to obtain a criminal conviction of an american citizen after she professed her innocence before his committee and asserted her right not to testify under the fifth amendment. I want to read briefly from the hearing transcript. In 1954, senator mccarthy accused a woman named diana hogue of being a communist. She worked at the Westinghouse Company in a small town in new york, making 1. 71 per hour. The similarities to the hearing today are striking. Ms. Hogue said this, i have never engaged in espionage or sabotage. I am not so engaged. I will not so engage in the future. I am not a spy nor saboteur. Like chairman issa, senator mccarthy argued that she waived her fifth amendment rights stating, when a witness said she never engaged in espionage, then she waived the fifth amendment, not nearly as to that question, but to the entire field of espionage. Like chairman issa is do
That is the greatness of lbj. That is why we remember him. If there is one thing that he should teach us, one lesson that malia and sasha learned from today is that, with enough effort and empathy, peopleance, courage who love this country can change it. Year, president johnson stood on the stage, with battered by controversies , looking far older than his 64 years, and delivered his final public speech. We have proven that great progress is possible. We know how much still remains to be done. And ifefforts continue if ourl is strong, hearts are right, it occurred remains our constant companion, my fellow americans, im confident that we shall overcome. [applause] we shall overcome. We. The citizens of the United States. , like abraham lincoln, like countless citizens who have moved this country knewrd, president johnson that ours is a story of optimism , achievement, and constant striving that is unique upon this earth. He knew it because he had lived this story. He believed that we co
Veterans health care system. Making draft day history. Will any team make a bid on michael sam, the first openly gay Football Player . The Nigerian Government said its doing everything it can to find the missing girls being kidnapped by boko haram. Theres still no word of any progress in the search. Meanwhile, offers of International Help are increasing. The u. S. , britain, china, now france have stepped up to offer assistance. Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan who has been heavily criticized for taking action only after the International Uproar began, thanked leaders at the World Economic forum in nigerias capital today. I believe that the kidnapping of these girls will be the end of terror in nigeria. Here in the u. S. , days of protests fueled by nigerian activists bring back our Girls Movement show no signs of letting up. First Lady Michelle obama tweeted her support saying, our prayers are with the missing nigerian girls and their families. In washington today, the Muslim Comm