Mr. Mcconnell mr. President . The presiding officer the republican leader. Mr. Mcconnell i ask that further proceedings under the quorum call be dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Mcconnell mr. President , earlier this morning it was suggested that republicans are creating a problem on the portmanshaheen bill because were insisting on amendments. Im stunned that anybody would think insisting on amendments would be unusual or out of order. Thats what we used to do in the senate. We had amendments offered and we had votes on them by both sides. One senator, it was suggested, insisted on an obamacare amendment. That was dropped five days ago. Nobodys insisting on an obamacare amendment on the portmanshaheen bill. Senator vitter suggested that earlier but decided that was not a good idea on this particular bill because it was the opportunity we hoped to get four or five votes on important energyrelated amendments. And senator durbin actually objected. So i think i
Some criticism and so does pakistan. The organization where bowe was and an organization that had close ties to alqaeda on the ground as well as pakistans Intelligence Agency so i do think theres a very important question about why with an organization so closely tied to pakistans Intelligence Agency, pakistan was unable to effectively get him released. Rose we conclude this evening with David Ignatius the columnist for the Washington Post whose latest novel is called the director. The combination of bureaucracy and secrecy at the c. I. A. As produced a special kind of disaster. So i would like to see a smaller c. I. A. , id like to see it focus more on the sequence that really matter. I would like to see it get out of the covert action paramilitary side of the business. One of the things i really liked about president obama speech at west point is the future Counterterrorism Missions were going to do in syria and iraq and elsewhere the training should be done by military People Specia
Some criticism and so does pakistan. The organization where bowe was and an organization that had close ties to alqaeda on the ground as well as pakistans Intelligence Agency so i do think theres a very important question about why with an organization so closely tied to pakistans Intelligence Agency, pakistan was unable to effectively get him released. Rose we conclude this evening with David Ignatius the columnist for the Washington Post whose latest novel is called the director. The combination of bureaucracy and secrecy at the c. I. A. As produced a special kind of disaster. So i would like to see a smaller c. I. A. , id like to see it focus more on the sequence that really matter. I would like to see it get out of the covert action paramilitary side of the business. One of the things i really liked about president obama speech at west point is the future Counterterrorism Missions were going to do in syria and iraq and elsewhere the training should be done by military People Specia
To our viewers. Today, spain declared three days of National Mourning after a plane crash outside the city killed at least 80 people. Investigations have already been combing through. Most of the focus is on the speed the train was traveling. The footage of the burning crash site taken in the immediate aftermath of last nights accident. In the hear the panic voice of this eyewitness. Was tippedcharacters on its end. A scene of utter destruction. A 15yearold was a passenger trapped, on her way to visit her grandmother. The train started going really fast. , i wast thing i remember ered by said and so it soot and my leg was trapped. A warning, it is distressing to watch. You will see as the train hits the middle carriages, it buckles and tips. Fromrain was heading madrid to the shipbuilding town on the coast. Officials described the crash site as a difficult been with a speed limit of 50 miles an hour. In communication with the control room, the driver told them he was traveling twice th
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