It was an honor to be here. It has been a great evening. Thank you so much and well done. It is always good to win a vote in the congress or the parliament as we call it. Say, it is always reasonably satisfying to win a vote when you have people predict you are not going to win it. Well done. There are so many distinguished guest. Guesht a distinguished ts tonight. There are the thing which guests but none none are more distinguished than the veterans of the battle of the coral sea. Bill, derekon, holyoke and from the u. S. Navy john hancock. Gentlemen, we salute you and we thank you. Say you are all in great shape. Earlier this week in townsville we thanked and welcomed sessile a 93yearold who served as a 17 year old. 75 years ago, the japanese advance seemed unstoppable. There is a surprise attack on pearl harbor had a song or disabled most of the United States Pacific Fleet with the notable exception of the carriers. The impregnable troops at singapore had fallen. The battle cruiser
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Whether Joe Biden has a successful presidency depends on the upcoming Georgia Senate runoffs more than any other factor. If Democrats sweep both seats, the party will just barely control the Senate, and will theoretically be able to pass at least some laws (especially if they abolish the filibuster and make D.C. and Puerto Rico new states). If they lose just one, Mitch McConnell will surely bottle up just about all legislation, and may not even allow Biden to staff his administration.
her boss was jerry pennant. she was able to save a lot of farmers of all races, hundreds of farmers in georgia. that were impacted by shirley. nationwide, probably thousands. reporter: one of the white farmers she helped, roger spooner. but she was hesitant to help out at first. and that initial hesitation would later ignite a media frenzy. in 1999, shirley sherrod and other activists sued the u.s. department of agriculture for discrimination. ten years later, pigford versus glickman would be part of the largest civil rights settlement in history. finally, on july 8th of last year, our lawyer called me and said, shirley, have you heard? it s like 10:30 at night. she said, we won.
she was able to save a lot of farmers of all races, hundreds of farmers in georgia. that were impacted by shirley. nationwide, probably thousands. reporter: one of the white farmers she helped, roger spooner. but she was hesitant to help out at first. and that initial hesitation would later ignite a media frenzy. in 1999, shirley sherrod and other activists sued the u.s. department of agriculture for discrimination. ten years later, pigford versus glickman would be part of the largest civil rights settlement in history. on july 8th of last year, our lawyer called me and said, shirley, have you heard? it s like 10:30 at night. she said we won. i said really? she said you want to get how much? i said, is it at least a million.