Officials, discusses the rising number of cases in several states. Nicole clowers discusses her ys reports of how relief funds from congress are being spent. The u. S. Supreme court is wrapping up its term this week, issuing decisions in cases heard earlier in the term. One of those decisions upholds the Electoral College, by saying electorsfaithless defy the will of the voters. Welcome to the washington journal. It is four months until election day. We will start asking you about the Electoral College. Should the Electoral College be abolished . Isyou think so, that line 202 7488000. If that answer is no, the line is 202 7488001. We welcome your comments on text. The line 202 7488003. We are on twitter. Facebook. Com cspan. Is expected to issue more decisions this week, wrapping up its term. A little Electoral College oneonone from the national archives. A little Electoral College 101 from the national archives. The number of electors is equal to the number of members in the congressi
Quota were beaten and mutilated. To keep the congolese people under control, the king set up the so called forest bleak which were punitive detachments that cast terror on the captured country and its inhabitants. Fearing that their subordinates would simply waste bullets hunting for wild animals. The officers demanded that the soldiers gave an answer for every bullet use, and as proof presented a job hand of an african, it was not uncommon when drying to justify the use of the munition. The columnist amputated the hands of not only those who were dead, but also of those who were kept alive. The atrocious exploitation of the congo turned into a real genocide. You know, late 20 years, the policy of the belgians laid to the death of nearly 10000000 people alongside the holocaust. The genocide of the congo population is considered to be one of the grimmest pages in the history of mankind. The welcome to worlds of part, theres an old legend victim soon as possible. Part of belgium. If you
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Over of director of the people fund this Transnational Foundation for peace or future research. Mr. O burke is great to talk to you again. Thank you very much for your time. Thank you very much. Now mr. Over well leave in a very interesting era when almost everybody has an opinion, and its usually a very passionate one about the issues of war and peace. And its usually that war is beyond comprehension. That is, it does not need to be comprehended. It only needs to be condemned and definitely needs to be started. It does not need to be understood for all the underlying reasons. And i wonder if these very passionately tactical, but perhaps not the very labor it stands is directly responsible for the preponderance of conflicts in the world. Today. I think we make a distinction between violence and war and the one on slicks on the other media on people not to talk about them as you say, warfare or the last to do last year or so with those 2 or sounds and cetera. So what we do in the pieces