Humility and his Generous Service to others. He will be truly missed by all who loved him and by all he served throughout the magnitude of his lifes work. Thank you for this honor. [applause] members of Christopher Stevens family, ladies and gentlemen, let me first thank Chris Stevens brothers and sisters for their warm and delightful insights into what he was really like. Thank you so much. That was fantastic what you did for us. Christopher stevens was obviously an extraordinary human being and contributor. Every year at stanford we have a group of what we Call National security fellows come. They were roughly army, navy, air force, state department. A couple weeks ago we had a meeting and the first person i called on was an army colonel. I said where were you last . He said in libya. I said did you know Christopher Stevens . He said everybody knew Christopher Stevens. He was our leader, fluent in arabic, constructive, positive, doing something, he was our leader. This spontaneous pr
The nation awaits the president s address that is now two hours away for obama to lay on how he plans to proceed on syria fox news has confirmed moments ago that the president will call for a delay in the congressional vote to authorize military strikes against syria. Also, one of the nations largest unions paving the way for the non dues paying members. The aflcio doing well Richard Trumka calls a crisis of membership that is really a crisis of declining membership adopting a resolution that allows anyone, anyone to join the ranks and not pay dues raising concerns among current members that the group abandoned the primary mission of worker representation to become nothing more than a political piece for the left. And elections taking place tonight that to give us a sense of what direction the nation is moving or what mood new york city and colorado are in. In new york elections could spell the end for a Anthony Wiener or in the spitzer or find out they are in a forgiving mood. A whiff
Others to give up their duties to be relieved of their duties because of that blunder . Yeah, i was always opposed to the war in iraq and have spoken out against the war in iraq and against the intelligent failures. I think ive been somewhat equally critical of both parties on these things but i really do think that we have missed the boat on benghazi because weve been talking about whether or not it had something to do with a film afterwards. My complaint has always been in the year in advance of these attacks, why wasnt there significant security provided and why were the requests repeated requests for more security turned down . And i think those were serious judgment errors on secretary clinton on her part and i think she really has to accept spoon built and im glad she has. She had a very tough exchange with your colleague from wisconsin, senator johnson. Im going to play her reaction to what he was asking her about what was going on. Listen to this. With all due respect, the fact
Saluting ambassador Chris Stevens who will be remembered for his strong sense of dignity, his humility and his Generous Service to others. He will be truly missed by all who loved him and by all he served throughout the magnitude of his lifes work. Thank you for this honor. [applause] members of Christopher Stevens family, ladies and gentlemen, let me first thank Chris Stevens brothers and sisters for their warm and delightful insights into what he was really like. Thank you so much. That was fantastic what you did for us. Christopher stevens was obviously an extraordinary human being and contributor. Every year at stanford we have a group of what we Call National security fellows come. They were roughly army, navy, air force, state department. A couple weeks ago we had a meeting and the first person i called on was an army colonel. I said where were you last . He said in libya. I said did you know Christopher Stevens . He said everybody knew Christopher Stevens. He was our leader, flu
Ambassador stevens brought a profound and prolific knowledge of arab world and middle east to his assignment. His exemplary gift for making personal connections was invaluable as his role as specific representative and ambassador to one of the most complex and challenging regions of the world. Therefore as we join in recognizing ambassador stevens am myself midst a sober outpouring of praise from his family, colleagues, fellow americans and the leaders of this nation, we remember also that Chris Stevens was beloved by many libyans as well. Therefore on behalf of the residents of Northern California and our entire state, we join president barack obama, secretary of state Hillary Rodham clinton, Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and expensive network of people in saluting ambassador Chris Stevens who will be remembered for his strong sense of dignity, his humility and his Generous Service to others. He will be truly missed by all who loved him and by all he served throughout the magnitude o