Peak of their careers will get a federal appointment and move sideways into the federal judiciary. So theres a lot to be said for this idea. But the problem is it contradicts the idea of having the Career Civil Service model where you start off as a junior person in the very lowest court and work your way up. Because the whole point of having these sort of experienced dignified people is theyre going to start off at a relatively high level, and not want to start out in the low courts making 5 kwi a month. So theres some contradiction there that needs to be worked out. The decision also calls for a significant reform in the court system. And both of these are apparently designed to address the law of local protectionism. Courts at a given administrative level tend to be answerable to Political Authority at the same level. Because their personnel appointments are controlled at that level and their funding is controlled at that level. So theyre not subject to any meaningful control from s
Fighters who are joining the militant group. Witnesses who are joining the Homeland Security security and state department officials. This is two hours, 20 minutes. Without objection, all members may have five days to the submit questions and extrainous materials. Whether its isis or al nusra or corson, theres the influx of foreign fighters far surpasses anything we have even seen in afghanistan. The scale of this mass migration is unprecedented and it results in deadly attacks. More foreign fighters have fought for islamic groups like isis in the last two years and then fought in iraq in afghanistan in the last 12 years. I have a map, i hope we can put that up on the screens. That show the areas that these fighters have come from they have come from all over the world. According to estimates, around 15,000 jihadists from over 80 countries have traveled to syria to fight. 2,000 of these fighters are from th the all of these western passport holders can travel freely in europe and even
Fighters who are joining the militant group. Witnesses who are joining the Homeland Security security and state department officials. This is two hours, 20 minutes. Without objection, all members may have five days to the submit questions and extrainous materials. Whether its isis or al nusra or corson, theres the influx of foreign fighters far surpasses anything we have even seen in afghanistan. The scale of this mass migration is unprecedented and it results in deadly attacks. More foreign fighters have fought for islamic groups like isis in the last two years and then fought in iraq in afghanistan in the last 12 years. I have a map, i hope we can put that up on the screens. That show the areas that these fighters have come from they have come from all over the world. According to estimates, around 15,000 jihadists from over 80 countries have traveled to syria to fight. 2,000 of these fighters are from th the all of these western passport holders can travel freely in europe and even
I know many will plan to voice their disappointment publicly. Through protest. This is the right. This is the right of all americans. But as i have said before, throughout our history, the most successful movements have been those that adhere to the principles of nonviolence. I urge all those inclined to demonstrate tonight and in days ahead to remain peaceful in their demonstrations, and not to engage in activities that deflect our attention from the very serious matters that our nation must confront. Thank you. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by National Captioning Institute which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] , on her over 40 years covering the white house and the administrations of gerald ford through barack obama. Listenat and watched him a group of second graders go through their drill. An interruption of the president , and i was stunned. I wrote down in my reporters notebook, nobody interru
Chris stewart to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, john a. Boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 7, 2014, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour ebate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip , but in o five minutes no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. The chair recognizes the gentleman from oregon, mr. Blumenauer, for five minutes. Thank you, mr. Speaker. One of our responsibilities in this congress is to protect the men and women from iraq and afghanistan who put their lives on the line to assist the United States. Thousands of afghans and iraqis helped us as guides, as interpreters, must not be left to the tender mercies of al qaeda, the taliban and others with long memo