Mr. Hanna, it strikes me in your response to some of my colleagues on this side of the aisle, comments with your role about Vice President cheney and the agreement or the decision to invade iraq is it was a mistake and you apologize for that in your own way. But we should just move on from that. Is that a misrepresentation of how you view your actions . Its senate more complicated than that. Of course. And too long to explain. That, yes, if the case depended on weapons of mass destruction in iraq, that was false. And the American People didnt understand the grounds on which we were going to war to take out a guy who is a horrible dictator and a major strategic threat to american interests that the American Congress in 1998 passed a law almost unanimously saying the iraq liberation act saying weve got to doing . To get rid of this guy. Didnt say war necessarily but it says weve got a big problem with iraq, we need to doing . About it. But it was based, wouldnt you say, on the assumption
Finishing up here at the National Press club. You can see this on our website cspan. Org. Going to a conversation with World Bank President jim yong kim. Hell be talking about preventing the next pandemic. This is happening at center for strategic and International Studies here in washington. Should start in just a moment. Good morning and welcome to csis. Welcome to those who are joining us online and those who are coming in via cspan and else where. Its an honor to be here today to welcome dr. Jim yong kim president of the world bank to speak on how to better prepare ourselves for future out breaks in this era of the new normal of recurrent out bakreaks weve se. Im the Senior Vice President here at csis. Just a few minutes of opening remarks. Dr. Kim has been president of the bank since 2012. And in that time has used his leadership quite strategically to bring about many changes internally and externally. Hes positioned the bank to be a lead player, a key player in pandemics, in sup
Leadership around the world. Postmaster general make and brennan discussed the future of the u. S. Postal service at a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on wednesday. She outlined what policy changes could be made. This is 2. 5 hours. The committee on oversight and government reform comes to order. Thank you for being here. This is important and it affects every american. It is a vital part of the commerce in United States in the United States. We are here to talk about the Postal Service and to ensure options for longterm viability. 40 of the mill volume is carried through the United States Postal Service. Workers are spread throughout the country and it is the backbone of a 1 trillion mailing industry that employs 7. 5 billion people. 7. 5 million people. There is an unprecedented financial crisis. Mail volume has declined by 25 . As a result, the Postal Service has lost money for nine straight years, with nearly a decade of longterm financial challenges. The agency has
Keynote address at the 2012 convention. Ational we begin with insight about these and other potential a reportates from covering the 2016 rate for split race for politico. Politicosus from newsroom Shane Goldmacher. Runningok at potential mates for Hillary Clinton, lets virginia senator tim kaine, he will be campaigning with her this week. That put his potential candidacy for running mate . Theim kaine is one of finallyist for Hillary Clinton. Just as he was eight years ago for senator barack obama. He is from a swing state. Hes a former governor. Current senator, former head of the Democratic Party. Forhecks awful lot of boxes Hillary Clinton and this is one of several public auditions. For Elizabeth Warren and others. Have some private time behind the scenes. What are the downsize of his candidacy . The biggest downside for tim kaine is his record. Its not theres problems, hes not the most liberal candidate. Excite the progressive base that has not been a big fan of Hillary Clinton.
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