I worked hard to keep the conversation because obviously there is a lot of seriousness and also the human side, not just me, but what i saw you learned as i traveled around the world. Next, from this years baltimore book festival, a Panel Discussion on the future of the maryland city. The baltimore book festival is presented by Stephen Janis and the art of [inaudible] Film Commission especially that agency and please note after you enjoyed the presentation, volunteers are on hand and they are happy to accept donations and thank you for helping to keep the baltimore book festival free. We have an incredible panel assembled and i will start with introductions. D. Watkins, living and dial dying while latin america. A columnist and his work has been published in the new york times, huffington post, the guardian and other magazines. He holds a masters in education from john hopkins university. He is a College Professor and has also been a recipient of numerous awards including a beanie fell
Coalition. If in the conventional definition of moderation. If i want to be a true freemarket person i have to give up all little bit of freemarket in order to get cooperate with someone else. I see giving up on the principles of nonaggression on Foreign Policy and the protection of Civil Liberties will have a smaller nsa, a little Government Intervention, a little bit of welfare, the president fight little wars but not big wars. That is so dangerous because you endorse the principle 100 and that is wrong so we find other people where you come together and build a coalitions and that is where the answer will be found in a stalemate in washington. Host when you see what is going on, the house, the senate, the president , they want to Work Together but nothing seems to be getting done. They Work Together, both parties agree on the big issues, they dont have any disagreement but dont want to Work Together if they are looking for power. Power is a real struggle. People want to have power a
Percentage of scientists who are in agreement with what this amendment says. And with that, mr. President , i would yield the floor. The presiding officer the senator from louisiana. Mr. Vitter mr. President , at this point i ask unanimous consent to call up amendment 80 which i have discussed previously today and which is at the desk. The presiding officer is there objection . Without objection. The clerk will report. The clerk the senator from louisiana, mr. Vitter, proposes an amendment numbered 80. Mr. Vitter mr. President i ask that further reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Vitter and mr. President , i ask that the amendment be modified with the changes at the desk. The presiding officer the amendment is so modified. Mr. Vitter thank you mr. President. I yield the floor. The presiding officer the senator from new jersey. Mr. Menendez mr. President i rise to set aside and ask consent to set aside the pending amendment and call
[applause] wed take you to right now, president obama will give an update on the situation in missouri. Erguson, ive been following closely. Our Ongoing Operations in iraq, and the situation in ferguson, missouri. With respect to iraq, we continue to see important progress across different parts of our strategy to support Iraqi Government and combat a threat from the terrorist group isil. First, our military operations are effectively protecting our personnel in iraq. They have successfully pushed back the terrorists. Meanwhile, we have provided arms and assistance to iraqi forces, it including the kurdish fighters on the front lines. Today, with our support to my the iraqi and Kurdish Forces took a major step forward by recapturing the largest dam in iraq near the city of mosul. It fell under terrorist control earlier month and is vital to our objective of protecting americans in iraq. If that dam was breached to make could have proven catastrophic with floods that wouldve threatened
1860s and 1970s, he was busy with highway 5, 99. He had worked all the time except for when it rained. But he knew as son as soon as the sun was out, he would be working. He was not making a whole lot as a laborer. He had about a sixthgrade education and he got paid about 14 per hour with benefits stable enough for nine months that he could take care of us. As i said, i got to go to college because of that. How many Road Construction workers do you know could send their kids to Stanford University . Thats the difficulty. We have to get to the point where we honor the middle class. We look at them for what they are, the jewel. It is the largest segment of america. If we make them feel like they can afford to get that clothes washer, Interest Rates will go up and thats ok because i can afford to get the car now that i need. Thats what keeps the economy going. I agree with you in that sense. In terms of how you handle the banks, i want to be a little realistic. Im not happy with the big b