i think he has the potential to an outstanding jurist. we had this set back. that doesn t mean that the system s been ruined. i think that we ve had some real success this year as relates to nominations. just this afternoon senate majority leader saying that he thought lui would be back. just hours later we learned that he has now written to president obama asking to have his name withdrawn from the ninth circuit nomination because of the phil buster against him. now that that barrier s been broken. now that republicans have started using their minority power to block nominees that they some emily pledged they would never block, does anybody think it s going to improve anytime soon? anytime before the next election? senator reid sounds confident about it. we have had some real success this year as it relates to nominations. now that they have done this something they said they d never do, do we any that anymore
sometimes professors say things that are interesting. i think that he will be back. i think that he has the potential to be an outstanding juri jurist, and we had a setback here, but it does not mean thsy because we have had successes this year. i think that we ve had some real success this year as relates to nominations. just this afternoon senate majority leader saying that he thought lui would be back. just hours later we learned that he has now written to president obama asking to have his name withdrawn from the ninth circuit nomination because of the filibuster against him. now that that barrier s been broken. now that republicans have started using their minority power to block nominees that
does that indicate a worsening. i quoted a number of them before professor lui s vote. we had some important votes this year. most significant vote was not lui. although that was important. the most significant vote was a man from rhode island by the name of mcconnell. an outstanding trial lawyer. he had in the mind of the republicans one problem, he was a trial lawyer. and a very, very good one. we fought that very, very hard. i have to say the republicans stepped up and said this is carry things a little too far. we were able to get this good man now a position on the federal bench where he now sits. goodwinlui they rationalize this by looking at some of things he had said in some of his previous testimony. some of the things he said as a professor. sometimes professors do say things that are a little interesting. i think lui will be back.
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along the afghan/pakistani border. gunmen torching dozens of tankers in seven separate attacks depriving combat forces of their supplies. richard lui is here with a much better look at how this block aid is impacting u.s. troops and that is really the key question here, lui. 150,000 some odd troops from the nato forces and of that there are about 90,000 u.s. troops and i ll show you what that looks like on this map. 90,000 u.s. troops that are now stationed there. afghanistan is land locked. that s the challenge getting in the supplies from the arabian sea or caspian sea. the major crossings are up here in the north and in the south and that s chamin. 70% of all supplies go through that route. through the port of karachi. that is about a 24-hour drive, that is about a 1,200 mile