People who care deeply red we deeply. E we need more bipartisanship. I am a conservative and he is a moderate, let me put it that way. But we like each other. And we still like each other. I think you will need to find a little bit more. But these are difficult times. And i think the American People are unhappy and the media is not particularly helping not is so, but everything fast, so hot, so instant. Sometimes you have to reflect and think and now it is just, to immediate too immediate. Our time has gone by so quickly and there is so much of your career that we have not touched on, but my closing question will be, what will you miss the most . The people. I have made some great friendships over the years on both sides of the aisle. A lot of people that i know one like and respect are here and like and respect are here and i will not be here because i am not coming back on the hill day after day after day. Part of the reason i have been able to do a good job are the great staff. I wa
And concise, articulated explanation of the muslim religion in the modern world that i have not heard of. I am a religious scholar of over 65 years. Forshould be commended just this speech, thank you very much, cspan. Continue to let us know what you think about the programs you are watching. Us, or send us a tweet. Join the cspan conversation. Like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. Warmer president s bill clinton and george w. Bush appeared together in early september, marking the launch of the president ial Leadership Scholars Program. The events were held in washington. Former Bush White House chief of staff josh bolded moderates. This is about 40 minutes. I have a letter that has just. Rrived from Walkers Point september 8th, 2014. I am delighted to send greeting to those gathered in washington, d. C. For those with a partnership between the president ial leader scholar programs. Every former president is different. And that is as it should be. For example, not all of us sky di
Shrub. You know why am talking who i am talking about. George w. Bush the w stands for where the hell is it. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some get it as a graduation gift. [applause] i just want to ask the secret service, is it true that his secret Service Codename is gilligan . Is that really true . Gilligan is on the move, little buddy. I hate to see him in the debate keep asking if he could use his lifeline. You cannot call your dad. Not going to do it. Cant do it. Good, good boy. Not the brightest bulb on the tree. Just go. So frightening. I cannot want to see him in charge of the economy. It is like giving oj a benihana. No. No. More of Robin Williams comedy and poet maya angelou tonight at 8 00 p. M. Eastern time. The Un Security Council failed to adopt a resolution yesterday calling for israel to withdraw from palestinian territories. Russia, china, and france voted for the resolution. The u. S. Opposed it, and five countries abstained. Next, remarks includin
Good morning, i would like to welcome everyone. To subcommittee is called to order. This is one of the key subcommittees of the House Oversight Reform Committee. The title of todays hearing is mixed signals the administrations policy on marijuana. This is the third in a series of hearings that we have been c condu conducting in the subcommittee to look at the changes in the law and also some of the practices that we are seeing across the country in regards to the use and enforcement of law relating to marijuana. The order of business will start with Opening Statements. Myself and other members that wish to be recognized. When we finish with that we have to panelist this morning. We have the delegate from the district ms. Norton who we will hear from first and then we have a panel of 14 witnesses that will we will hear from in the second panel. We gather today and i will start out by saying with an Opening Statement. In fulfilling an important responsibility of the congress and that is
In a country with 1112 million eligible voters there is still long lines of men and women in kabul and other cities that want a voting card. We should not judge the afghan election by the same standards we judge our own election. We have had 200 years of democratic evolution. This democracy is in its infancy. It will be the first peaceful hand off of power in afghanistan history. We want to not rush to judgment ahead of the people. It is there judgment to make whether the outcome is creditable. We dont want to second guess their steps along the way. The drawdown in the number of International Observers will have a sake psychological affect on the afghanistan and how the International Community views it. So the reduction is unfortunate but it will not make a huge difference. There is enough observes there to do their job. The real story is this is an afghanistan election persuint to their observation. With the afghanistan president ial elections this weekend a look at what to expect. An