Necessary. I think everybody is going to want the court, but just so everyone would understand what the ground rules or, those are the ground rules. More important, i wanted the American Public to have a chance to be heard. Today as we know, we will consider the nomination of james comey, jr. To be in the federal investigation, the current director started just a week before the terrorist attack of september 11th. We know the world has changed dramatically. In that time weve often debated the National Security while protecting the freedom and liberty and the privacy rights and that define us as a great nation. That is alive today and the confirmation hearing provides another opportunity to evaluate an existing policy and to correct the course. Few positions have as much impact on the liberty and National Security as the director of the fbi. And as the president s nominee, the senate has sent Important Role in this debate and that of course begins here in this committee. I welcome him a
Hopkins school of advanced international studies. The floor is yours. Served in this body for senator jackson, who many of you had a nonand memorable memory of, im sure. I recognize i am in the distinct minority on this panel, but i take comfort that i represent the vast majority of americans and certainly the vast majority of those of you in congress on this question. Should gitmo be closed . The answer is resoundingly no there is a unless better alternative available. I would like to put this into context if i may. It is to explain why we have gitmo in the first place. It is because we are at war. Is seemingly lost on a lot of us as we talk about this in an abstract context. Removed fromhow be this overarching problem. We are not just at warp. We are at war because others attacked us and, in your wisdom wisdom, and the congress you gave the to fight back. We have lost sight as to who we are fighting with. It bears directly on the. Uestion before you all today we are fighting against
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It is not just about sport culture. We have sports biography. We have some history of media and the newspaper history. There are a range of things. One i formulated the site i purposefully cast a wide net. , jacke with the founder doyle. Thehis past week, subcommittee held a hearing on the implications of closing Guantanamo Bay prison. Witnesses included current and former military officials that talked about what could be done with the t cheneys if the facilities closed. The address concerns over over detainees at the facilities in the also just concerns over detainees. The is one hour and 45 minutes. Good afternoon. This hearing is for the subcommittee of civil rights and human rights will come to order. My Ranking Member will be here briefly. Todays hearing is entitled closing guantanamo, the National Security, fiscal, and human rights implications. We are pleased to have a large audience. Thank you to those who are here and those following the hearing on twitter and facebook. You c
The nominee to be the next f. B. I. Director. Then the privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board i wanted a representative look at american life, so i eeded politics, business, entertainment, food, finance, art. I also was interested in this recurring pattern which you see and oprah and with jayz and sam walton. Begin very eally humble places and are not unlike characters, but who reinvent themselves as something new and find a new idea that is new riveting to americans. Hrough that they build an empire. And they cant stop building it. Almost like imperative like with a corporation you have to keep growing. As a person or brand you have to going but then the language becomes a parody and they no to be producing something good. They are just continuing to produce. Gingrich writes book after book. Oprah is on the cover of every issue of her magazine. So, they become the celebrities hat we are familiar with who are dominating our imaginations and in a way have come to the institutions t