You come at a time when usaid is making headlines for doing nothing more than the job you were appointed to do. That we say to the record, when it comes to the issue of cuba or your work in any closed society, i do not believe usaids actions, as clearly articulated in your Mission Statement to promote resilient democratic societies that are able to realize their potential, are in any way a cockamamie idea. I believe it is exactly what the people of cuba, iran, burma, belarus, north korea, and other authoritarian nations need to help them communicate with each other. To help them achieve the usaids stated mission of a free, peaceful, and selfreliant society with an effective, legitimate governmen. So i commend you for helping people have a less control platform to talk to each other, helping them find a way to connect and share their views. Global Internet Freedom programs , u. S. International broadcasting, and support for human rights activists are all fundamental components of our co
257167. Better than late than never. Congress finally comes together and passes a late night fiscal cliff deal. This morning we have the winners and losers for you. Delicate condition. Thats the word on hugo chavezs health this morning. Their people told to pray for their president. Sure, why not. Thousands take an icy plunge all for a good cause. Have you ever done that . Never. Ive considered it. On the list of things i will never do. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to early start. John berman will stop by later. It is 5 00 a. M. In the east. Up first, back from the bottom of the fiscal cliff, at least for now, millions of taxpayers and Small Business owners can exhale this morning sort of because late last night, the house passed a senate bill that temporarily brings you us back from the brink. The final tally, 257 for, 167 defense. Its interesting to note that while some top House Republicans voted no, Speaker John Boehner voted yes. And heres what the deal means for you. No tax hi
I do not believe that usaids action that were quoted to promote quote democratic societies that are able to realize their potential are in anyway a bad idea. I believe it is what the people of cuba, iran, burma, north korea and other nations need to help communicate with each other and help them achieve usaids stated mission of a quote free, peace full and self Reliant Society with an effective government. I commend you for giving people a less controlled platform to talk to each other, for helping them find a way to connect and share views. Global Internet Freedom programs and use broadcasting for support were human rights activist are components for our longstanding efforts to promote democracy over states. For 50 years, the United States has had an unwavering commit to provide free information around the world. Our work in cuba is no different than promoting this in ukraine, iran, russia, china or north korea. It should be noted there is 76 million set aside to promote global Intern
The presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If not, the ayes are 98 and the nays are zero, and the nomination is confirmed. Under the previous order, the motions to reconsider be inquired made and laid upon the table, and the President Shall be immediately notified of the senates action. Under the previous order, there will now be two minutes of debate equally divided prior to a cloture vote on the kadzik nomination. Without objection, all time has been yielded back. The clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. The clerk cloture motion we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of peter joseph kadzik of new york to be assistant attorney general, signed by 17 senators. The presiding officer by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. The question is, is it the sense of the senat
I want to also introduce my wife who is a professor at George Washington medical center, and i say as a real job looking for cures for cancer. Also, i want to thank the National Press zero, and also rebecca, if you will raise your hand. That way the media will be able to also get the advantages of questions from the audience to another that is important to cspan also. I wanted thank the National Press Club Executive directors and staff liaisons. The photographer who does such a spectacular job and won the outstanding career award, and our audio people. We will need first with the senate, said rob portman. Thank you. Bob is right. We worked together in the past. It is good to be with him. He has worked with republicans and democrats on the drug issue and has been an advocate for not the current approach to drug abuse and the date to addiction but rather one that focuses on education, treatment, and recovery. This is one of the issues of that although we will not talk about directly is a