A senator mr. President. The presiding officer the senator from new mexico. Mr. Udall thank you, mr. President for the recognition. Were not in a quorum call, is that correct . The presiding officer correct. Mr. Udall thank you, madam president. I ask unanimous consent thank you mr. President. I ask unanimous consent to grant floor privileges to a new department of defense fellow in my office by the name of keith riffer for the remainder of the congress. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Udall thank you, mr. President. I want to begin by saying our prayers are with our armed forces and their families. They stand watch despite the threat of danger and they rely on their leaders to make wise decisions. Im grateful that there were no casualties during last nights missile attack. For well over a year i had been sounding the alarm that this president could bring us, could bring us to war with iran through mistake, misjudgment, or miscalculation. I have urged this body to assert o
Without. So, wow is there for our customers, with speed, reliability, value and choice. Now, more than ever, it starts with great internet. Wow. Wow supports cspan as a Public Service, along with these other televisn a front row seat to democracy. The u. S. Senate is a■s■put t gavel in. Today lawmakers will work on a government funding measure passed by the house with the first of two shutdown deadlines tomorrow at midnight. Yesterday majority leader schumer filed closure on the first package and americans who with cancer, exposed to nuclear radiat luthe morgantown, West Virginia, will open the senate in prayer. The guest chaplain i invite you to pray with me. Creator god, from the beginning you have brought order from chaos. And in your wise compassion, you Order Society by calling people into vocations, masks of god, d; which through others your work is done. We pray your blessing upon our senate this day, and especially upon the many you have called to live out their vocation wi
The uncertainty of Service Terms is one of the main reasons why they do not want to join the armed forces. And this law was supposed to determine the terms of service. For example, in the initial version of the document , it was said that ukraine would introduce the demobilization of the military after 36 months of service. Then, however, discussions continued, someone said that it was necessary to fix not 36, but 24 months, someone even talked about 18, which in principle looked completely unrealistic, but they allegedly stopped at the number 36. However, the day before. Of the bill on mobilization, the specialized Defense Committee of the Verkhovna Rada removed the provision on demobilization and rotation of military personnel. These provisions were excluded at the initiative of the commanderinchief of the armed forces oleksandr syrskyi, as evidenced by the extract from the letter of the commanderinchief to the minister of defense rustem umerov, which we received at our disposal. Thi
I began to take on the life of being an interviewer, even though i have a day job of running a private equity firm. [david reading onscreen text] appreciate it. Welcome to the Financial Capital of the world. All right, well. Man just to work, yeah. Right. All right. We are at your favorite restaurant in omaha, gorats. Why do you like it so much . Is it the food, or the price, or the combination of both . Warren its the food, and the price, and the heritage. I four generations of the gorat family were involved here. Pal gorat and i went to Grammar School together, and so ive known the people over the years. The steaks are great, you know, the prices are right, so. I had lunch here earlier today, it was very good, and it wasnt that expensive, and i quite enjoyed it. Lot cheaper than new york, washington. A lot. Thats why i buy people lunch here, then they can buy me the lunch in new york. Thats a good deal, a good arbitrage. You grew up in omaha, but then you moved to washington when you
Director of the john f. Kennedy president ial library and museum. On behalf of all of my library and foundation colleagues, i thank you for coming this evening, and id like to extend a warm welcome to those who are joining us online as well. I would also like to acknowledge the support of our underwriters for the Kennedy Library forums. The lead sponsor is, bank of america, the Lowell Institute and our media sponsors, the boston globe, xfinity and wbur. Richard aldous has kindly agreed to sign books after tonights forlumbar. Our bookstore has forum. Our bookstore has Copies Available for purchase. This year marks the centennial of john f. Can kennedys birth. As we honor his life and legacy during this centennial year, we cannot be more pleased to explore the life and work of arthur. Lettingier ger jr. In more detail tonight. I am delighted to introduce the participants in tonights program. We are so pleased to welcome richard aldous, author of the new biography schlesinger the imperial