Caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] are we already . Cspan, we are good . Good morning, i am Washington Bureau chief of the Christian Science monitor. Our guest is the education secretary of the united states. This is his first appearance at a monitor breakfast, welcome. He has a lifelong resident of connecticut where he was a fourthgrade teacher, a principal and then superintendent of schools. Governor lamont appointed him commissioner of education for the state of connecticut and in march 2021, he was confirmed as the nations 12th secretary of education. He has seen the impact of the pandemic, how old are your children . Anyway, thank you again for doing this. Before i deliver the ground rules i must note that todays breakfast will last 45 minutes and will have a hard stop at 9 45 when the secretary has to leave. Now for the ground rules. We are on the record. No live blogging or tweeting while the breakfast is underway. Once the session ends at 9 45 there is no embargo.
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Are we already . I am with the Christian Science monitor. A principal and then a superintendent of schools. In 2019, governor lamont appointed mr. Cardoza mr. Cardona education secretary. How old are your children . Thank you for doing this. Before i deliver the ground rules, i must note todays breakfast will last 45 minutes and we will have a hard stop at 945 when the secretary 9 45 a when the secretary has to leave. Once the session ends at no at 9 45, we will email a transcript of this breakfast to all reporters shortly after we conclude. If you would like to ask questions, send me a signal and i will call on you as time permits. Secretary cardona, the floor is yours. Thank you very much. I want to say to all of you, you have a very important job, especially as our nation recovers from a onceinalifetime pandemic. The title i love more is the title i love most is that, the father of two teenagers. My wife is also an educator. She works in college career. Education is something that i
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Today he was sentenced to prison for tax fraud, a fouryear sentence which was reduced to one year. A further moment of shame for a man whose premiership came to be dominated by scandal. The judge said there had been a significant amount of tax evasion and that mr. Berlusconi showed a natural capacity for crime. He was banned from Holding Public office for five years. A small crowd toasted the further disgrace of the 76yearold billionaire who for so long dominated italian public life. Silvio berlusconi phoned one of his tv stations and called the verdict a political conviction that was incredible and intolerable. He has lost his grip on the judicial system. Its his crusade against the italian judicial system and its possibly over. For much of his political career berlusconi has faced charges and court cases. He is currently accused of having paid for sex with an underaged girl and in the role of a publication of an illegally obtained wiretap and today he was convicted of tax evasion in