ms. heitcamp: mr. president, i ask that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. heitcamp: mr. president today i rise to speak about and honor our nation s vietnam veterans particularly north dakota s vietnam veterans. since i took office, i ve made it a priority to travel throughout north dakota to meet with my state s veterans. so many wonderful men and women who continue to serve not only their country but also our state and their communities. all these veterans deserve a place of honor in our society. we are in the midst of a 50th anniversary of the vietnam war. on may 25, 2012, president obama issued this proclamation calling on the nation to honor vietnam veterans and to honor particularly those brave service members who gave their lives in service to their country. this special period of honoring our vietnam veterans runs through 2025, and today i follow up on a commitment i made last year. i want to focus on north dakota soldiers w
will vote on sometime next week. i also predict, mr. president, that this is the last farm bill that won t be driven by the new realities of people who want their food needs met in new ways. those food needs are going to be greater, but we re going to be less concerned, i would expect, five years from now about farm surpluses and what happens if we grow too much than we are about how we meet the growing food needs of the world, partly because of the population, partly because people once they get better food just want better food. once you have the variety of food, once you have the experience of better food, nobody wants to go back to the food that they used to have. and we re going to see that driving this debate over more over the next few years than we have up until now. agriculture in many states, including my state of missouri, the number one industry in the state, 16% of our work force is directly involved in agriculture. it continues in state after state. you and i ha
described it as substantial, security at the consolate that day. what was the basis for that? did anybody give her information that the consolate that day, security was significant, substantial and strong? because there was absolutely no evidence of that. in fact, everything found in this investigation has shown that security was absolutely lax at that consolate, unacceptably so given the prior history of intelligence at the consolate, given the prior attacks that had been made not only on the british, on the red cross. and this really was unfortunately a death trap. and so why is she then, in the context of an election not only pushing the video story the president as well but also saying the consulate security is strong, it was significant when there is no evidence of that. in fact, it all goes to the contrary. finally, you know, there s been a lot of discussion about the fact that the about the video. ambassador rice went on the sunday shows. she talks about the vide
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