Happening in venezuela and they are financing and that there is also a move to move in this direction. Is there any is there any outside pressure or suggestions from abroad to maybe move a little bit more . I mean, i think that, you know, from the perspective of the brazilians that primarily are concerned with being repaid for their investments, so, you know, reforms that, you know, facilitate repayment, you know, green light those. They like. They like those. Green light those right away. In the case of the cubans, i think youre primarily concerned about the oil shipments. So i think have they stayed low . Yeah. No change . Not that im aware of. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So okay. I mean, i think that i could see from a certain perspective the cubans arguing for more a more flexible economy, considering the recent reforms they have made to their own system. I think that would be i think thats plausible in some ways. And i also think that the cubans may have an interest in wanting to reduce som
Mr. President , mr. Speaker, senator mckinney, representative cafero, lt. Governor wyman and my fellow state officials, ladies and gentlemen of the General Assembly, honored members of the judiciary, members of the clergy, and all the citizens of our great state who are watching or listening today thank you for the honor of inviting me into the peoples house to address you. Id like to offer my sincere congratulations to the newly elected leadership of the democratic and republican caucuses in each chamber, and especially to speaker sharkey and majority leader aresimowicz as they take on their new roles. Congratulations as well to the new members of the General Assembly who were sworn in earlier today. I look forward to working with you in the months and years ahead. As we gather in this historic chamber, let us always keep in our thoughts the brave men and women of the great state of connecticut serving in our armed forces around the globe. We thank them and our veterans for their serv
[reading names of victims of 9 11] and may only child, my beloved daughter. Brother, donald w. Robinson junior. We love you. Until we meet again, may god hold you in the palm of his hand. God bless america. President obama, the first lady and Vice President biden led a moment of silence thursday morning on the White House South Lawn to commemorate the 13th anniversary of the september 11 attacks. [bell tolling] [silence] from there, president obama attended a ceremony at the pentagon to honor those who died in the september 11 attacks. Also delivering remarks were defense secretary chuck hagel and joint chiefs of staff chair general dempsey. This is just over 30 minutes. Ladies and gentlemen, please direct your attention on the flag on the pentagon building. The flag hangs from sunrise to sunset in honor of patriot day and in honor of the 184 lives lost at the pentagon. The National Anthem of the United States performed by the United States navy brass quintet. [playing star spangled ba
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Give taken a particular interest. You go there lots a what draws you up there . A couple of things. Canada as in northern nation. That is what, one of the things that makes us distinct from the United States. Whereas in canada, the United States, you say go west to find your identity. In this country, it has always been go north. That is the part of the country that defines our identity and has so much promise in terms of its abundant resources. I do want to say this one of the things we tried to do as a government, with some success, is we come to office with two views but too often in the past, were seeing. One is that this government is extremely proamerican. The valiant the relationship with the United States. We could not be in a better situation than to have the United States as our only real labor, closest economic partner and oldham of the allied. And ally. At the same time, were Strong Canadian nationalists and think in our own modest way. We see no incompatibility with that.