Postarmy chief of staff resigned on monday after afghanistan a pa a a taliban attack. Amid the fallout from fridays taliban assault on a base. Defense minister and the army chief of staff steps down with immediate effect. Adding that the attack underlines the scale of the challenge facing the western backed government and its International Partners more than 15 years after United States invaded the country. That story courtesy of reuters. The political reporting that the reddish Prime Minister theresa may has made a higher for her. The former Obama Campaign chief jim sena. Hes going to join her team ahead of the june a election that was recently called. Previously worked as Barack Obamas to the chief of staff and as a Campaign Manager for his reelection bid to he advised the spanish Prime Minister who took control of minority government in october of last year. Tosident obama expected participate and will participate in a town hall event at the university of chicago today. You can see
Eating breakfast, but its time to get started. Feel free to continue eating. Breakfast is important, but welcome to the Nations Capital. Were very pleased to welcome you to d. C. And to the academys annual meeting and Public Policy forum. Id like to extend a special welcome to our firsttime attendees and particularly to new academy members. We hope that all of you will find our program over the next day and a half informative and stimulating. I would encourage you to take some time to connect with each other and interact with our speakers, so you get the very best and the very most you can out of our time together here. Were very proud to offer a tremendous lineup of speakers. They represent a wide range and deep range of Public Policy issues and professionalism issues. What better place to do this than the Nations Capital . And just days before a national electi election. Was halloween recently. I hope we were all scared a little bit in a positive and lifeaffirming way. Many of us fin
A senator madam president . The presiding officer the senator from West Virginia. Mr. Manchin are we in a quorum call . The presiding officer the senate is not in a quorum call. Mr. Manchin id like to vitiate. The presiding officer were not in a quorum call. Mr. Manchin i ask to speak concerning we have a colloquy, speak on the protection act. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Manchin madam president , as you know very well, weve been asking for immediate passage of the miners protection act not just for our state of West Virginia but for all the miners across america and basically the retired miners who have done everything thats been asked of them. We have some of our colleagues today and im going to go, at this time, if i can, and my other colleagues will allow me, i would defer right now to senator brown from ohio, since he has other commitments. Hell be coming back and forth, if he could go ahead and get started at this time. And ill come back and go to our other senato
Today, lead our senators along the road of humility so that you can exalt them in due time. May they have the wisdom to reap the bountiful harvest that comes from planting the seeds of lowliness and reverential awe. Lord, make them wise and strong, as they face National Challenges that threaten our freedoms. Guide them, strong deliverer, for they are pilgrims in time who are headed for eternity. Continue in everything to work for the good of those who love you, who are called according to your purposes. Keep us, o god, so dedicated to you and your purposes that we may do justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with you. We pray in your majestic name. Amen. The president pro tempore pleae join me in reciting the pledge f allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Mcconnell mr. President . The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr.
From the late president who was at the time the air force commander. Younger i was a bit with a wonderful wife who is sitting right here and two lovely children. My third child was born later, said today i am of the father of three children, a grandfather of , the eldestildren is serving in the air force, of course and his name is jonathan. [applause] in 1976, i was a law student and litigator in the air force at the reserve forces and an employee as a navigator. On the afternoon of thursday, june the first i received a critical phone call telling me to attend a military briefing the next day at 2 00 p. M. I left home friday afternoon, driving very carefully to my base. I knew what the briefing must be about, knowing the prime knew there was only one option. We were flying. Once that ran through my mind again and again, i wanted to be the lead litigator for the mission. Why . Because in the air force we are taught to take responsibility. The opportunity to lead this mission would be a