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won t have strong disagreements. we will. and as we usher in this new era, republicans will stand up for our beliefs. if we held the white house, taxes would be lower for working families and we d put the brakes on run away spending and debt. we would encourage american innovation and success instead of dem monizing them. the economy would soar and good jobs would be available across the country. we would reform education so it worked best for students, parents, and teachers, not union bosses. we would end the disastrous health care system and replace it with reforms that lowered costs and actually let you keep your doctor. we would respect differences in modern families but we would also ip cyst on respect for religious liberty as a corner stone of our democracy. we would recognize the powers and honor the constitution in its entirety and, yes, that includes the second and tenth amendments. we would make international agreements that were celebrated in israel and prote ....
the senate with only 34 legislate34legislators total opposing it. yet today 38 republican senators voted no on the u.n. treaty that would extend the ada to the rest of the world. inclusion six who had voted yay on the bill in 19 ott. this was sufficient to block it. the treaty was adopted by the united nations six years ago and has since been ratified by 126 countries, just not the united states. even a last-minute appeal by former senator bob dole himself a disabled veteran, as well as every major veterans group and even the chamber of commerce could not sway senate republicans. but this is what has become of the republican party. a party whose views often dissend to the lowest common denominator and defined by paranoid fears of the u.n. that are devoid of any fact whatsoever. so one could understand harry reid s frustration in trying to negotiate with republicans when he vented, and i quote, it s difficult to engage in rational negotiation when one side holds well-kno ....
on her scripted television appearances following the benghazi tragedy today ambassador rice withdrew her name from consideration to be nominated for secretary of state. in an interview with brian williams, rice pointed to the distraction the republican attacks have caused. today i made the decision that it was the best thing for our country for the american people that i not continue to be considered by the president for nomination as secretary of state because i didn t want to see a confirmation process that was very prolonged very politicized, very distracting and very disruptive because there are so many things we need to get done, as a country. and the first several months of the second term president s agenda is really the opportunity to get the crucial things done. we re talking about comprehensive immigration reform balanced deficit reduction, job creation, that s what matters and to the extent that my nomination could have delayed or distracted or deflected or ....
that republicans seem to find one of them acceptable. of course it s the guy that signs up on drone strikes. the candidates are chuck hagel for secretary of defense and white house counterterrorism adviser john brennan for the director of c.i.a. as the president put t they did not seem too travel. obama: chuck hagel s leadership would be historic. he would be the first person of enlisted rank to serve as secretary of defense. one of the few secretaries who have been wounded in war and the first vietnam veteran to lead the department. in john brennan the men and women of the c.i.a. will have the leadership of one of our nation s most skilled not to mention the smarts and strength that he claims comes from growing newspaper new jersey. john: that seemed like a nice chris christie shout out for john brennan. chuck hagel, according to our republican friends include opposition to the iraq war search and wanting diplomacy to threats in iran. he mentioned the jewish lobby ....
americans among the terrorists. there s conflicting information and the fbi is investigating. this of course is video from inside the mall moments after the terrorists stormed inside saturday. authorities now say at least 62 people have been killed and another 175 people injured. nbc joins us from outside the mall. what is the latest there? we see a few military personnel behind you. reporter: that s right, many military personnel are here and been saying the last few hours they have been closing in on the terrorists, the militants who overran the shopping mall three days ago and took many hostages and unknown number of hostages through the day. we have seen a thick black smoke billowing from this massive shopping mall. we ve heard gunfire. we ve heard explosions and we ve seen a great deal of panic and confusion with police out here clearing the streets at several points over the last few hours. so still a great deal of confusion here but the kenyan authorities are ....