New york times by andrew nassau. Look at the life and career Richard Norton smith joined us on a q a program. The program is available on www. Cspan. Org. Another comment from our viewers saying that the media will force congress to new extremes. Caller my party is certainly ready to lead. Im glad i came on after the last caller. The irony of him talking about republicans in the war, when obama just sent 1800 more troops 5100 my main concern about all this is not necessarily the willingness of republicans to lead or not, it is the kneejerk reaction from democrats, playing the race card. Give me a moment to explain my point so my point is well taking. I was almost 40 years old in january. For over 20 years, i was a democrat. Voted democrat straight down the line. Would not consider any alternatives. Now, i voted for obama in 2008. I had some of my friends him. Ign for what he asserted to do to the country, it was antithetical to what i viewed the Democratic Party to be. I did not have m
Good morning. I and the president of the institute of medicine, and it is my great pleasure to welcome all of you to this very important meeting. I understand that as of yesterday, we have over 700 people registered. Weve limited the size to 250 in order to be manageable in the breakout conversations so a lot of people are going to be here on the webcast. We are seeing the devastating effects of the virus outside of the United States because we are seeing it entered the United States as well. Fortunately the Public Health system responds to the virus is robust and of the small handful of people with ebola in the u. S. Only one has died. In africa the picture is different. We have seen over thousands of cases and high fatality rates. We have just heard that the epidemic is still far from where we need to be. The cdc has predicted that in the worstcase scenario over many people could be affected by january, liberia and sierra leone. What went wrong . There are many lessons to be learned
The u. S. Supreme court has interpreted the piece of that that says, Congress Shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech to encompass spending money in elections or giving money to candidates or parties as a version of speaking. The theory being that clearly speech is standing on a Street Corner and speaking. It might be standing on a Street Corner and speaking with a microphone, although you would have to pay money for the microphone you have to buy it somewhere and certainly if you are speaking by taking out Television Advertisements in a system where we do not have government television, it is all commercial and you have to pay for advertising or mailings or phone calls or staff, all of that costs money. So the Supreme Court has said there are circumstances in which government may regulate the spending of money. There are others in which it may not. Which is which, we are going to decide when those cases come to us. It makes figuring out what to do and what the government may
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In november president obama nominated Loretta Lynch to be the next attorney general of the United States replacing eric holder who has been in the Administration Since 2009. Here is the official announcement from the white house. This is ten minutes. Have a seat, everybody. Good morning. Good morning. As president , i rely on my cabinet to make sure were not just getting the job done but making progress for the American People. And in a country that is built on the rule of law, there are few offices more important than that of attorney general. The attorney general is the peoples lawyer. As our nations chief Law Enforcement officer, the person in this position is responsible for enforcing our federal laws. Including protecting our civil rights. Working with the remarkable men and women of the justice department, the attorney general oversees the vast portfolio of cases, including counterterrorism, and voting rights, public corruption, and white collar crime, judicial recommendations, a