To the president ial campaign. We think of election day as just under six weeks away, but in reality americans in 11 states are already voting, and absentee ballots are being mailed now in 28 states and early access to the polls in iowa was not lost on the Clinton Campaign today, and nancy cordes is there. Are you ready to go to the polls . Reporter november 8th is still 40 days away, but in iowa the election started today. Vote this way. Come over here. You can go right on second avenue. Reporter the Clinton Campaign led supporters directly from her rally in des moines to a polling site four blocks away. Either in person or by mail. More than 40 of iowa voters took advantage of it in 2012, enough for the Obama Campaign to know even before election day that he had won there. Lets go vote reporter with 26,000 volunteers in iowa alone, the Clinton Campaign is hoping its superior ground game will make up for a demographic disadvantage. Youre going to put that inside the voter affidavit. R
Smithsonian museums, including the inkwell used by president lincoln to sign the emancipation proclamation. This is just under one hour. The committee will come to order. David skorton, i would like to welcome you to todays hearing. I appreciate you joining us this morning to share your vision for the future of the smithsonian and to discuss your Budget Priorities for the fiscal year 2017. The members and staff are also grateful you brought some interesting historical items for show and tell. It is going to one of the highlights of our hearing season. You clearly have one of the most interesting jobs in town. I think most of us around this table would love to trade places with you, but something tells me it would not be in the best interests of the smithsonian. So we will all keep our jobs. The smithsonians mission is to increase the diffusion of knowledge. As the 13th secretary of the smithsonian, you are interested with the challenging sponsored abilities of operating and managing on
Uguay are being asked to shoulder a heavy burden in responsibility, and there are real concerns about the Administration Setting aside intelligence assessments to deceive countries about the threat posed by the militants they are being asked to take in. That was certainly a finding of this committee, our investigation into the release of six detainees to uruguay in december, 2014. I want to thank mr. Jeff duncan of south carolina, the chairman of our subcommittee. The focus is on the western hemisphere. Ate Department Official overseeing guantanamo at the time wrote to the president of uruguay that there was no information about these six that that no information that they were involved in conducting or facilitating terrorist activities against the United States or its partners or allies. No information . They were known to have been hardened al qaeda fighters involved in forging documents, trained as suicide bombers, fighting at tora bora, committing mayhem, committing murders in afgh
The construction is now nearly complete. Construction of the African American museum and the proposed repairs to the national air and space museum are illustrative of the very real challenges the subcommittee faces. Both increasing demand for and shrinking supply of federal dollars to address many legitimate priorities. For this reason, it is essential that the smithsonian outlined and clearly communicate its highest and greatest priorities. Every member of the subcommittee would like to support the 10 increase for funding for the smithsonian. But, given the incredible demands, it is probably not realistic. Difficult funding decisions will have to be made. The subcommittee will do its very best to adjust the smithsonians most urgent priorities. I look forward to your testimony and continuing to Work Together. In closing, i want to commend you for the smithsonians efforts to improve the display and storage of your vast collections. Based on the input this Committee Received from members
Marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples at 8 00 a. M. Tomorrow morning. We could even see some actual wedding ceremonies taking place in the plaza beside the court house. All is quiet at the Arlington County courthouse today, but tomorrow we think were going to have a big crowd tomorrow. Weve had a number of people call and email and express interest as being one of the first to get a marriage license. Reporter Paul Ferguson is the clerk of the circuit court, and his staff is gearing up to issue marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples beginning at 8 00 a. M. Thursday. The new marriage license form was emailed to the Clerks Office by the state late yesterday. Unlike the old application, which said name of bride and groom the new form just says spouse 1 and spouse 2. Reporter the Supreme Court could still weigh in issuing an emergency stay that would put everything on hold. But if they dont intervene, samesex couples can get a license and get married on the very same day. Carla