Shelter us until the violent storms are passed. Let your glory shine on your lawmakers. May their thoughts, words, and deeds prompt people to glorify you. Inspire our senators to place their confidence completely in you. Eternal god, you are our salvation. We will trust and not be afraid, for you are our strength and song. We pray in your loving name. Amen. The presiding officer please join me in the pledge. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The presiding officer the clerk will read a communication to the senate. The clerk washington d. C. , january 7, 2020. To the senate under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable cindy hydesmith a senator from the state of mississippi, to perform the duties of the chair. Signed chuck grassley, president pro tempore. Mr. Mcconnell madam presiden
Secretary bob mcdonald corrected a misstatement that he made last month on this broadcast about his own military record after the statement was questioned by several retired officers. This comes, of course, at a time of controversy around prominent journalists who have been accused of inflating their war records. Heres wyatt andrews. That was wrong and i have no excuse. Reporter the secretary apologized for what was said during this encounter when he falsely told a homeless veteran in los angeles that he had served in the special forces. The comment was captured by cbs news last month for a segment on this broadcast. What unit . Special forces. Special forces. What years . I was in special forces. Reporter the fact that mcdonald was not in the special forces was first reported in the Huffington Post last night. The secretary explained that when he saw the veteran, he was attempting to find Common Ground but got it wrong. And so what i was trying to do is find a way to connect with that
Corrected a misstatement that he made last month on this broadcast about his own military record after the statement was questioned by several retired officers. This comes, of course, at a time of controversy around prominent journalists who have been accused of inflating their war records. Heres wyatt andrews. That was wrong and i have no excuse. Reporter the secretary apologized for what was said during this encounter when he falsely told a homeless veteran in los angeles that he had served in the special forces. The comment was captured by cbs news last month for a segment on this broadcast. What unit . Special forces. Special forces. What years . I was in special forces. Reporter the fact that mcdonald was not in the special forces was first reported in the Huffington Post last night. The secretary explained that when he saw the veteran, he was attempting to find Common Ground but got it wrong. And so what i was trying to do is find a way to connect with that veteran, and as i said
He was chief minister where one of indias worst antimuslim riots occurred and left at least 1000 people dead. After the bloodshed, the a state department revoked modis visa. Femalebramson, the First Executive editor of the New York Times in its history is ousted. Just before her firing, she reportedly had complained about earning less pay than her male predecessors. We will get reaction from lynn povich, the first female Senior Editor in newsweek history, author of, the good girls revolt how the women of newsweek sued their bosses and changed the workplace. Write,ou wanted to youre told to go someplace else, women dont write at newsweek. We decided we had to do something. This is now a legal and moral issue. By one, we started secretly organizing. That is thes hell response from Eric Shinseki. Any adversens, incident like this makes me mad as hell. We will get reaction from Veterans Affairs reporter aaron glantz and dr. Jose mathews who said he was removed from his position as chief of
And others, latest salvo from Obama Administration is violence and eastern ukraine, overnight clashs in city. Claiming lives of at least 4 ukrainian soldiers up to 30 pro russian separatists, secretary of state kerry pronounces himself quote, nothing less than disappointed with russia. Vowing to impose more sanctions against russ succeed in derails a nationwide elect schedule for may 25. In ukraine. That tactic, criticized by democratic chairman and rangeing republican senators on the Foreign Relations committee, today. If we dont use this call break on sanctions in the way to prevent further incurring to the ukraine, we will find ourselves ewing those sanctions as an aftermath as we did in crimea. Sometimes i think only strategy that administration has is getting people who talk about ukraine to look in the mirror, make sure they practice sounding tough. Lou nato commander, general philip moments ago announceed that nato may be forced to permanently station troops in eastern europe, a