System and they invested additional funds in n. Shore and that of the iron dome system could be well stocked and supplied and continue to provide protection for civilians who are living under the threat of rockets launched by hamas. Youve also seen on the numerous occasions stand with israel as they confront the threat that is posed for by the president and this administration have said is steadfast in their right to defend their territory and to defend their citizens from violent provocative actions by hamas. Youve also seen the United States in a variety of diplomatic forms defend the efforts to isolate and undermined the standing in the community. They did discuss the nuclear issue. I didnt say then on it, so i cant give a minute by minute. What im prepared to do is read up a president obama said and i will let my counterpart in Israeli Government discussed the Prime Ministers position. Julie. I wanted made sure i understand what change this window when the president said this after
Fence jumper into the white house. Members question Julia Pierson about the breach and whats being done to improve white house security. This is three and a half hours. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] the committee will come to order. The Oversight Committee access to secure fundamental principles. First americans have a right to know money washington takes from them is well spent and second americans deserve an efficient and effective government that works for them. Our duty on the oversight and Government Reform Committee is to protect these rights. Our solemn responsibility is to hold government accountable to taxpayers. It is our job to work tirelessly in partnership with citizen watchdogs to bring genuine reform to the federal bureaucracy. This is our mission and todays hearing follows one of the most important parts of that mission. With 1. 5 billion dollars spent by the secret Servi
These Tall Buildings outside the reading room. All you could see with sky. So its really a place where the city has grown up around the library. Host weiser called the reading room . Guest the rose family made this reading room in honor of their children when it was renovated in 1998 and during the renovation, every square inch of the surpluses in this room are touched by a. So its really restored to its original splendor. Host do you know about the paintings . Guest deserve murals that we have to actually recreate. They were in such a bad state of disrepair before the renovation. These were created in a studio on canvas and installed here. They are not paying michelangelo style. Host how much of the librarys collection of artifacts are available for people to see . Guest all of them are collections or more than 51 million items and we have all kinds of things from books to manuscript and archival role materials to photographs, prints, and menus, maps, all kinds of materials. Host one
A culture that respects life, a culture that honors the dignity of every individual and honors the values of our judeochristian elites. Theres no magic to a Free Enterprise system or democracy or even our mighty military that cannot be undone by men behaving badly. You have heard it said that liberty cannot be established without barrell established without relative normality without faith. Today thats an unfashionable symptom in our society. Many wanted to believe that a completely Secular Society is a desirable goal for america. Democracy and military might will not the countries of western europe have weakened themselves by adapting a secular worldview which pushes matter of faith to the site. Ive got no interest in seeing america go the way of europe. As for me [applause] as for me i think carville and clinton got it wrong. I think its a culture stupid. That brings me to and want to talk about today. Theres so much this president the Obama Administration has done that worries me th
Tonight. Next summer Harvard Universitys himelfarb two, author of trade author of the sense of style, discusses how to improve the quality of our writing. Professor pinker says while texting and the internet are putting for developing bad writing habits, writing well has always been a difficult task. The event was held at barnes noble booksellers in new york city. It is just over an hour. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to barnes noble. I am pleased to welcome tonights guest, professor Steven Pinker from the department of psychology at harvard here to introduce his new book, the sense of style the sense of style on trade the sense of style the thinking persons guide to writing in the 21st century. It has garnered multiple accolades among them he was being named foreignpolicy list of 100 global thinkers in times the hundred most influential people in the world today. Please join me in welcoming Steven Pinker and the sense of style. Thank you. Why is so much writing so back .