[applause] thank you, first, to left bank for having me. Its, obviously, a great bookstore, and i spent a lot of time at left bank when i lived here, so thank you very much for hosting this event. I also want to just thank, first and foremost, my colleagues from the post dispatch who are here and who are my friends and have supported me for a long time when i wrote this book, for the six years that i wrote in this book and for the last two weeks since its publication. Appropriately, because theyre journalists, theyre all in the back drinking [laughter] thank you, guys. And thank you, also, to the sort of celebrity in the audience. This is a book about henry ger reck key and his son, colonel hank gerecke came up to be here tonight. Hes in the front, and i hope hes going to say a few words in a little bit. [applause] hank was my collaborator in every way on this book. I spent a lot of time at his kitchen table, he and his wife millie, learning about his father and his mother and their up
Ms. Lerner impeded official investigations. She risked exposing and may actually have exposed confidential taxpayer information in the process. Day after day, action after action ms. Lerner exposed herself as a servant to her political philosophy rather than a servant to the American People. This, mr. Speaker, is why the house has taken the extraordinary action of referring ms. Lerner to the department of justice for criminal prosecution. And why we will request a special council to investigate this case. Not only has the president asserted that there is, quote, not even a smidgen of corruption at the i. R. S. , but leaks from the department of justice have indicated that no one will be prosecuted. Thats not surprising, as a top donor to the president s campaign is playing a key role in their investigation. Potentially compromising any semblance of independence and justice. An independent, nonpartisan, special prosecutor is needed to ensure a fair investigation that all americans can t
Ets that live 202 5853880 you can also email us. Veterans only this morning. Your experience with the ba system. The congressional reporter for the military times joined us on the phone now to talk ulk about the situation. Why are their calls for the secretary to step down . Caller there has been a lot of controversy lately stemming from the allegations against administrators at the phoenix veterans hospital. There are allegations and reports that they were keeping two lists. actualt had veterans waitt times actual times. Cnn did a larger board large report that 40 veterans died waiting for care. Bunch from the American Legion have called for his resignation. Host why is that . Caller the legion said it is not this situation. There is a list of things that they are frustrated with from how he has lived at the department. Information,lic and to punish folks who have made mistakes. We have heard a handful of scandals over the last 69 months. There were some deaths in pittsburgh and probl
Signaling the need for urgent action so that we can combat the s we face inrisk this country. President obama has long recognized the urgency of this challenge. , in a speech at Georgetown University on a sweltering hot day, the president launched his Climate Action land. Cutting Carbon Pollution in, preparing our communities for changes in climate that are already ongoing and leading International Efforts to address the challenge. One year later, a lot has happened in executing on the commitments made in the Climate Action plan. The president has directed the Environmental Protection agency and the department of transportation to develop fuel economy standards for heavyduty vehicles. The department of interior has announced its permitting of the 50th Renewable Energy project on federal lands during this administration, and the department of energy has issued multiple, new Energy Efficiency standards. The department of agriculture has announced seven new hubs to adapt operations to a c
Thank you, mr. President. President , the situation in ukraine has. It in the past few hours. Launched forces have have continued to seize public buildings and cities in Eastern Ukraine. The Prosecutors Office is even occupied by the militants. They killed the two crew members. The osce military observers are still illegally obtained detained. We are deeply concerned by all these developments which further deteriorate the delicate situation in Eastern Ukraine. We strongly condemn the violence and by armed securities call for the appropriate response by the Ukrainian Forces. Put our fullhould support behind the good officials of the secretarygeneral in resolving the crisis in ukraine. Mr. Feldman is going to ukraine. I call on all the Council Members to trust him and to give them the means and the political backing necessary to conduct a meaningful mediation in ukraine and the region. Of any other Council Members on the crisis will not solve the ukrainian conflict. A dialogue that only