The family all Day Today as they are now finally reunited with their Loved Ones . Look, anyone who has lost family or worried about whether family would come home, whatever the circumstance was, has to understand the extreme, you heard me say it before. My dad said family is the beginning and The End. And it really is. It is about who we are as a country. What is your Message Tonight to Vladimir Putin . Stop. What is your message to the american people . There is nothing beyond the capacity we had to give. Nothing. Nothing. Nothing. We are the united states of america. Mr. President , Should American Journalists ever feel afraid about reporting abroad . I think look, no matter where you are, there are certain places you will be afraid. You wouldnt show up in the middle East Or Russia or anywhere. It matters. It matters to be aware of what you are going into and not to take undue chances. Mr. President. Where does this rank among your many achievements as president . Look. To me, this i
Welcome home. Reporter you said family is everything, earlier today. What has it meant to meet with the Family Today and they are now finally reunited with their Loved Ones . E look, anyone who is lost family, worried about whether they come home, whatever the circumstances. You have to understand youve heard me say before, family is the beginning and the end. It really is. Reporter whats your Message Tonight to Vladimir Putin . Step. Yo reporter whats your message to the the american people are watching. I think its fair to say ai theyre celebrating. Whats your message to the american people . Theres nothing beyond our capacity to do together. B we are the united states of america. The united states of america. Put back together the relationship with countries we have not had. We built nato. The circumstances that allow this to happen. Thats why it happens. Reporter mr. President , should american journalists feel afraid of reporting abroad . I think, look, no matter you are, there ar
In part because for the first time there was a wave gauging the public. The Gallup Poll Organization had begun regularly pulling the american people. So the leaders had a much better sense or better direct sense of where the people actually thought. You can see a lot of polling data in this and in flushing out exactly what it was that americans thought. I will focus quite been on public opinion and then we will talk about actual policy as a reflection of that public opinion. At the start of the war in europe, my argument is there were two basic positions held almost unanimously by the american people. They wanted britain and france to win the war, to defeat germany, and they did not want the United States to have to fight in that war to make it happen. Over the course of the two plus years of this debate, nothing that happened really change fundamentally, those two points of view. There will be changes in american opinion, but those two fundamental views remain the same. Even on the ev
Because d. C. Is not a state. The committee will come to order. I would like to say thank you to our witnesses for joining us to examine legislation introduced by my colleague, Senator Tom Carper, to make the District Of Columbia our nations vunlt state. I would also like the on extend a warm welcome to washington, d. C. s delegate, to the u. S. House of representatives, congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton as well as senator and former chairman of this committee, Joe Lieberman. We appreciate your attendance here today and we want to recognize your incredible leadership this issue over many years. So it is wonderful to have you here before the committee. For decades, you both have, Senator Lieberman as well, have served as strong voices. And today for the first time in nearly seven years, this committee will continue that discussion and hear from the mayor policy, legal, and civil rights experts on how lawmakers can finally, finally give d. C. Residents the same representation in congre
The committee will come to order. Senator Tom Carper will make the District Bill of columbia our nations 51st state. I would like to extend a warm welcome to washington, d. C. s delegate to the house of u. S. Representatives, congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton and former senator and former chairman of this committee, Joe Lieberman. I appreciate your attendance here today and i just want to recognize your incredible leadership on this issue over many years. Its wonderful to have you here before the committee. For decades, you both have served us strong advocates in the conversation to give d. C. Residents an equal voice. And for the first time in nearly seven years, this committee will continue that discussion in here from the mayor, policy, legal and civil rights experts on how those lawmakers can finally, finally give d. C. Residents the same representation in congress as their fellow americans. The lack of representation for the residents of the cities, which serves as a beacon of F