the best darn secretary of transportation he could be. he seemed to mean it but not for long. sadly history intervened, a week in the job, some of the roads he s supposed to be overseaing, the roads he s secretary of, were racist. not just low-grade racist, no that kind of racism, these were hardcore david duke level nasty old segregationist roads. roads that refused to respond to reason and had no intention of changing. some of these roads had white stripes painted on them. white stripes. jim crow stuff. buttigieg seemed shocked by the whole thing. they don t have roads like that in south bend, indiana. so for pete, it was a pivot point. everything changes in an instant. all your preconceptions washed away. he had sworn an oath to take
ireland have agreed to do everything possible to restore power sharing in northern ireland after that meeting. this meeting of the british irish government, irish intergovernmental conference, and i have beenjoined by steve baker. we have agreed not to do opening statements because we did not want to bore you too much but we are very willing to take questions in the first question i haveis questions in the first question i have is from the bbc. secretary of state, you have is from the bbc. secretary of state. you have have is from the bbc. secretary of state, you have repeatedly - have is from the bbc. secretary of. state, you have repeatedly pledged to call stormont is restored by. you have described it as which would polarise opinion and make things difficult, have you thought this through? difficult, have you thought this throu~h? , difficult, have you thought this throu . h? , ., difficult, have you thought this throu~h? , ., ., through? yes, i have thought it
pelosi. what are you asking of them? at this point, for the ceremony of always supporting those countries and those people who were trying for democracy for our areas. and many political meetings be the the senate minority leader, mitch mcconnell, also, i met with secretary of and i was assured by all of them in full support of the changes in our country. and this is since 2020 when he last the election and people are fighting against repression for political prisoners and for our wonderful future. they opened the door for tanks and missiles for that invasion. has he essentially, madam
russian backed separatists in the donbass, were roughly 14,000 people have died, they have seen cyber attacks and warfare, they have roughly 100,000 combat troops all around their borders and almost every side, including to the west. and occupied crimea. the best way to de escalate this is for the russian soldiers to return to their bases and make clear, in a believable way with their actions, that there won t be another russian military invasion of ukraine. i suppose the question invasion of ukraine. i suppose the question is invasion of ukraine. i suppose the question is their invasion of ukraine. i suppose the question is their how - invasion of ukraine. i suppose the question is their how can l the question is their how can president putin do that without losing face? do you have an idea what his end game really is with this holder buckle that has been happening over the past few weeks in particular debacle? i past few weeks in particular debacle? ~ , ., , ., debacle? i
often than not the hearing was an opportunity to continue obsession with january 6th and the former president of the united states. general milley, on january 6th, we had a violent attack on our capitol. i m a member of the select committee to investigate the events surrounding january 6th. we have continued to see attacks on our democracy and our values. attacks including but not limited to the horrible attack on our capitol and our congress on january 6th. brian: can t forget about january 6th. blame trump for biden s failures. secretary of yes, secretary of defense lloyd austin knows it well. listen to him. secretary austin, did the previous administration develop plans for withdrawal? and was there any hand-off to you of those plans? there was no hand-off to me of any plans for with a withdrawal. brian: of course there were plans. instead of blaming the guy who wasn t president. how about the guy who is president? they should be focusing on the ongoing crisis. the r