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Americas elections. I will now recognize myself when Opening Statement. Yesterday the director of National Intelligence testified that, quote, the greatest challenge we have as a nation is making sure to maintain the integrity of our election system come close quote. Excuse me. I agree. Our democracy was founded on a government elected by the people, for the people and free and fair elections. They are elections very core of our democracy under a aa tactic special counsel most report in no Uncertain Terms detailed how reform government attack on her 2016 elections. The russian objectives were clear, deep in distress and discord in a society come secure the election of one candidate of president over the other, and in so doing undermined confidence in the integrity of our elections and damaged our nations standing in the world. There is no evidence russian affected the actual vote count of our elections but russia did successfully steal thousands of documents from american citizens that
Yesterday, the director of National Intelligence testified that, quote, the greatest challenge we have as a nation is making sure to maintain the integrity of our election system. Closed quote. Excuse me. I agree. Our democracy was founded on a government elected by the people, for the people and free and fair elections. Today our elections, the very core of our democracy, are under attack. Special counsel muellers report in no Uncertain Terms details our Foreign Government attacked our 2016 election is, the russians objections were clear, secure the election of one candidate of president over another and undermining confidence in the sbrintegritief our elections. Theres no evidence that russia affected the actual vote count of our elections but russia did steal thousands of documents from american citizens that it used to influence public opinion. It also accessed voter data and gained other valuable intelligence which it may seek to exploit in the future. In short, as special counsel
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And after the removal of the mayors from their paws the city governors have been appointed as trustees as the acting mayors according to turkeys constitution and a regulation for election the interior ministry has a right to has the authority to remove local Authority Members from their pause for a temporary period of time if they have ongoing persecution process or Legal Proceedings until a final decision is placed several people hoping to be the next u. S. President will be in iowa in the next few days at a forum focusing on native american issues most of them are democrats but one of the speakers mark charles is running as an independent fisher a native american aiming to change the face of u. S. Politics. Mark charles hopes in 17 months he wont be walking in his dining room but from the oval office in the white house hes running for president and believes america is ready to elect a native american i am running this campaign not as a protest but a way. To try to change me a citizen