Of rights, its important. They cannot be taken from an individual. These are natural rights. An unalienable rights. Eq un they werent given to us by the government. Its an important thing to remember. We must be engaged to help all people. Particularly the fifth and sixth amendment. Thats why it says the fifth amendment, weve got to make sure before we take anyones life, liberty or property, you have to have a due process of law. The sixth amendment guarantees the right to defense counsel. We need to remember that as we work in the coming months to try to fix the system thats not working now. And i dont need to go4l into the over criminalization issue. Youve heard it here today. Youll hear more of the impact it has on everybody across the board. And i want to talk just briefly about why did we come to the table . Why Coke Industries . Heres the story. Many years ago, our employees met with the texas tate environmental regulator, disclosed inaccurate report filed and that we were out of
Talking to the folks who have been helped recently in cleveland, a guy named melvin in and out of the system five or six times. Obviously, he had a tough time holding a job, has an addiction problem, hes been clear now for four years. Because of the Second Chance act, he not only had the opportunity to get some help, but, also, job training, hes got a full time job. Hes a supervisor in a kitchen. Most important thing of all, he has a home. And in his home, he has a daughter who he had washington has played a key role in the last ten years of privilege bringing up the awareness and helping to leverage a lot more activity at the local level. Often, this is going to be addressed in a successful way at the community level. And i dont mean a state level, i mean, like, the district. People understanding that this is not just about saving taxpayer money from incarceration, which it is. And republicans take note, in is about fiscal conservative. Its not just about pure crimes in the neighborho
Four years. Most cabinet secretaries dont stay past the first term. We have an interesting moment where the president asked the secretary to stay on anything shes been doing a fantastic job. He says will you stay and someone told us he didnt put the screws to her this time and she didnt want to stay. Guest we had a situation where leon panetta told him on election day that he wasnt going to stick around and the successor susan rice the one that obama wanted to put into the job was getting absolutely destroyed on capitol hill over benghazi in the talking points on the morning talk shows in addition to that her charms to maneuver some of the senators to her side. Chanted that getting so hes looking at a situation where he will have to have a new defense secretary and that new secretary of state. He has someone who has become most loyal and strong advisor to him. If we keep Hillary Clinton in here for a while we can resurrect susan rice a little susan rice a little bit. An interesting mom
He presented his views on that issue. . When we were asking about the chicago teachers strike before the election, you said it was a local issue and the president has, quote, not expressed any opinion or made any assessment about this particular incidence incident going on in his hometown. Why is this different . Its playing out in michigan, we saw in it wisconsin several months ago. I understand he was in the state of michigan but hes from chicago. Why the president s position on righttowork laws is well known he stated it before, he stated it again yesterday. The specific teachers strike was one where he called on all sides to Work Together to reach a compromise in the interest of the children who had the most to lose from a prolonged strike and he welcomed the resolution of that strike. Yesterday, we saw a memo from a Campaign Official urging the president s supporters to contact members of congress and express support for the president s view of proposal for resolving the fiscal cl
I am deeply honored today to appear as president obamas nominee to be the United States ambassador to the republic of barack. I am grateful to the president and secretary for their confidence in me. If confirmed, i will work closely with you to advance u. S. Goals in iraq. Alec four to building an excellent work of my predecessor and friend who is with us today. I am also delighted to share this battle with dana smith, a valued colleague of many years. With your permission, i would like to introduce my daughter, a rising sophomore at duke university. Seagram chief of love from atlanta to be here with me today my wife barbara and two sons are and iman. I am grateful that my family has been game for every new posting. I am humbled and thrilled to have the opportunity to serve as chief of mission at the American Embassy baghdad. One of our largest and most complex Diplomatic Missions. I have served and iraq twice, as you mentioned, and as director for Iraqi Affairs and the National Securi