The presiding officer do any senators wish to vote or change his or her vote . If not, the ayes are 75, the nays are 18. The nomination is confirmed. The clerk will report the next nomination. The clerk nomination, the judiciary, steven c. Seeger of illinois to be United States district judge for the Northern District of illinois. The presiding officer the question is on the nomination. Is there a second . There appears to be. The clerk will call the roll. Vote vote vote vote vote the presiding officer do any senators wish to vote or change their vote . If not, the ayes are 90. The nays are 1. The nomination is confirmed. The clerk will report the next nomination. The clerk the judiciary, mcelroy of rhode island to be United States district judge for the district of rhode island. The presiding officer the question is on the nomination. All in favor say aye. Opposed, no. The ayes appear to have it. The ayes do have it, and the nomination is confirmed. The clerk will report the next nomi
Good morning, everyone. Hi, welcome. My name is leanne. I am the director of our countering organization at the institute of peace. For those that are new, we were founded by members of congress who were veterans of world war ii. They had returned from the battlefield convinced that the u. S. Needed greater capacities to wage peace as effectively as we wage war. It was a bipartisan effort drawing broad support from both parties, and in 1984, president reagan signed into law the United States institute of peace. An independent, nonpartisan, National Institute charged with the mission of preventing, mitigating, and resolving violent conflict abroad. We fulfill that mission by linking training and analysis, research and policy, and by working with local partners on the ground in conflict zones around the world. We have offices in iraq and afghanistan, pakistan, tunisia, just to name a few, and when it comes to violent extremism, we know that significant knowledge gaps still exist and they
U. S. Needed greater capacities to wage peace as effectively as we wage war. It was a bipartisan effort drawing broad support from both parties, and in 1984, president reagan signed into law the United States institute of peace. Nonpartisan, National Institute charge with the mission of preventing, mitigating, and resolving violent conflict abroad. We fulfill that mission by linking training and analysis, research and policy, and by working with local partners on the ground in conflict zones around the world. We have offices in iraq and afghanistan, tunisia, just to name a few and when it comes to violent extremism, we know that significant knowledge gaps still exist and they continue to pose obstacles. We are proud to host the resolve network which stands for researching solution to violent extremism. It is a Global Consortium of researchers and research to moretions, committed understanding of violent extremism in the sources of resilience. We have seen through our work and through r
Act. This is just under two hours. The committee on the judiciary subcommittee on the constitution civil rights and Civil Liberties will come to order. Welcome everyone in attendance. Normally what we would do if i could give an Opening Statementt and the Ranking Member would give one a. Ms. Clark one of the witnesses has a 3 40 train which would have been easy to accomplish if it werent for the house of representatives schedule and with the permission of the member we are going straight to the statement and back to the traditional i talk, he talks, somebody else talks. Ms. Clark and thank you for being here. President and executivpresident r of the civil rights law under the civil rights organizations. Previously worked for seven years at the naacp Legal Defense and Education Fund where she helped lead the Organization Work in the voters rights across the country and worked on cases defending the constitutionality of the Voting Rights act. Prior to joining the Legal Defense fund she w
Im claudine wong. Monterey senior. Thank you for joining us. Were following developing news right now out of san jose where the city council has taken a crucial vote which could determine whether thousands of city workers will go on strike, which was set to start today. The city council has approved an agreement, will have the tails when theyre released in just a few minutes from now. But it held a closed door meeting this morning to review and vote on the conceptual terms of an agreement reached yesterday between the city and two labor unions. A three day strike was temporarily put on hold pending the outcome of the councils decision on the terms. Now, the workers have been working without a contract since the end of june. Theyre demanding better pay, parental leave and improved staffing. Well keep you posted on this. Developing story. Well, triple digit heat has returned to parts of the bay area. Lets take you out live for a look at mount diablo. You can see some clouds in the sky, b