Good evening. The president is in georgia, tonight, ahead of tomorrows Senate Runoffs there. He will be in the city of dalton, asking voters to take part in an election that he has spent most the last two months publicly challenging and now, we know, privately tampering with. He wont spend much time campaigning for the two candidates because that would get in the way of airing grievances and casting doubt on the vote. We are in a dark and dangerous place in this country right now. With the president of the United States, taped phone call over the weekend, potentially criminal, if not impeachable, effort to steal the election. Republicans now covering for him on that, seeking to invalidate the votes of tens of millions of americans. And every single living, former defense secretary, including two trump appointees, have just issued a warning. Reminding those in uniform and those in command, to quote, refrain from any political actions that undermine the results of the election. Did you e
Other contractors evaluate the completeness of the investigations . Are these from the same company . I can answer the second part, but opm is better suited to answer the first part because they have that contract, and, yes, contractors perform Background Investigations, and, yes, contractors perform quality reviews on these investigations, but only Government Employees make a determination as to whether to grant security clearance to someone. So but my question is is it the same company that is validating the work of their colleagues doing the investigations . Is that correct . Id have to defer to opm. Yeah. No. The companies that are doing the investigations have an obligation under the contract to also do a quality review, but then we do another quality review, and the purpose of their quality review is we would like them to catch errors before the file gets to us, but we do a quality review as well. So opm is the final validating of the completeness of the investigation . Not to so
For more information visit the authors website, stonezone. Com. Now on booktv, David Davenport Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution argues that the debate over the new deal in the 1930s laid the groundwork for todays conservative movement. This program is 45 minutes. It is my pleasure to introduce David Davenport. [applause] thank you, christie. Its great to be with you today. This is some of the New Territory to me, except long, long ago i worked in senator bob doles office which is supposed dates me, and this is a newer building for my time. I know the hallowed halls, something about the work you do for taking so thank you for taking a break to be a today. You afraid to come and listen to me. In an earlier group i was an attorney which is a group not known for its brevity a speech and not for long, ive been an academic which is not known for its clarity of speech. As i said youre brave to come on a friday, to hear what i did say. I thought i would begin with the 2012 election. A
Uscretary Kathleen Sebeli repeatedly told lawmakers to hold her report filed to hold her responsible for the heard the rocky start. We are asking viewers whether you think it is appropriate to holder to blame, and who should be held responsible and what should happen next. Republicans can call in at 202 5853881. Democrats 202 5853880. Independents, 202 5853882. If you are outside the u. S. , it is 202 5853883. You can also catch up with us on all of your favorite social media pages, on twitter and facebook or email us journal c span. Org. A very good thursday morning to you. Halloween morning. Lots of stories, lots of front page stories about cap lanes of bilious about Kathleen Sebeli us. Websitesfor the flaws. Hold me accountable, she tells the panel. The story in todays wall street journal, sebelius apologizes for the health sites woes. Top health care official prefers employee or plan. I want to start by reading a bit wrapupe politico yesterday, what they called a split screen day,
Insuring that the senate will consider legislation that addresses gun violence and other aspects of violence in our Society Early this year. The success of the president s proposals, especially a ban on assault weapons and high capacity magazines, rests largely in the hands of the upper chamber. Dan gross, the president of the Brady Campaign, says nothing will happen in either chamber without public pressure. Theres an extraordinary disconnect between what the American Public wants, including gun owners and nra members, and what our elected officials are doing about it. It is going to be up to us, the American Public, to close that disconnect. Republicans seem intent on digging in their heels while president obama is back to the strategy of enlisting the American People to move policy. At least the deja vu is happening on both sides of the aisle. Glen thrush, animal of washington, denizan of the beltway. Actually not actually. As is usual, you have a really interesting piece in politic