Subject, but i know perfectly well that if they did not have tests or papers, if they were not held accountable, none of the seats would be empty. None of you have to be here, but you did come, so i find that very flattering. I could, i suppose, give you a test at the end. The title of my talk, which i forgot until jamie just mentioned it is the unknown aaron burr. I will read a bit about my book about aaron burr. The title of my book is called the heartbreak of aaron burr. Whole story you the without giving away the ending. I dont want to give away the ending because its not just that i want you to buy the book and read the book and enjoy it and hang around till the end, but it has to do with the reason i wrote the book in the first place. This goes back to my experience of writing, my experience of reading and in particular, my experience of listening to a question that my mother has been for the last 23 or 24 years. The question i will get to in a moment, but it goes to the heart of
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Of steam to the time together of the north American Continent in rail. Writes, nos businessman equal vanderbilt in his impact on american history. None proved to be so influential periodfundamental over a so formative for so long. The common or lived to be 82 and played a key role in so many events in his to mulch was life. From the very beginnings of steamboat travel on the hudson river to the Seminal Supreme Court case. Gibbons the audition v o gden. , theransatlantic travel California Gold rush, the growth of the u. S. Into a continental nation. The start of travel across the nation and the planting of the seed that was to become the panama canal. The crushing of the notorious american filibuster William Walker in his attempt to abscond with the country of nicaragua. The destruction of the ironclad merrimack and the safeguarding of the gold shipments was quite a seminal part in winning the civil war. The stock and regulations of the railroad and the birth of the modern corporation.
Protests were rooted in an internet video. In fact, the station chief before these talking points were made up sent a message, this is not a spontaneous demonstration. To show that we will be resolute in bringing harm to americans in justice, steadfast to these protests to reinforce the president s strength and steadiness, thats all about the president ial campaign. Its not about trying to find out who perpetrated this heinous crime. Its not about trying to respond to the people who committed these acts. In fact, because of the coverup and the obfuscation and now 19month delay, not a Single Person who was responsible for the murder of these four brave americans has been brought to justice, as the president promised that they that they would. So yesterday, mr. Carney says well, that it was that this was not the release of this information had nothing to do with the attack on benghazi. My friends, i have seen a lot of strange things in my time, but that has to be the most bizarre stateme
The conditions are such that that is a legitimate concern. In the negotiation of the geneva statement, the u. S. , the e. U. , and the ukrainians all urged the inclusion of a sentence that referred to the may 25 elections and the need that they be carried out in an orderly and transparent way. The russians refused to include that in the text of the statementle. The disruptions were already taking place in the ukraine that are bound to complicated the election efforts and we believe that those that the instability there is being fomented by the russians. Thank you, mr. Hartley, ms. Friedt. The chair will yield to the gentleman from new york, mr. Meeks, for five minutes. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Let me, you know, there was a beginning where we thought that wed be entering a new world, we would be able to have with the new stark treaty, not abolishing ewe near Nuclear Weapons altogether, we were moving in the right direction the senate ratified the treaty and the Russian Federation ratifi