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When Congress returns in September from a monthlong recess, it will consider a resolution to disapprove of President Obama s nuclear agreement with Iran, which would lift sanctions on the country in exchange for a rolling back of Iran s nuclear program. In the lead up to the vote, Republicans are on the offensive, attacking the White House for a deal they say is not in our national interest. Bernie Sanders declares support for Iran nuclear agreement 02:27 The administration has tried to undermine the spirit of the law by going straight to the U.N. for approval in hopes of pressuring Congress to accept it, Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tennessee, said Saturday in a video. Congress must not be intimidated by this. The real decision for lawmakers isn t this deal or war. The real decision is whether Congress believes this deal is in our national interest. The United Nations Security Council end stanley cup spain orsed the deal last month, pav stanley bottles ing the way for the U.N. to drop its own sanctions on Iran. And since the negotiations c stanley cup ame to a close in July, the president himself has launched a campaign to win over congressional Democrats to support the nuclear agreement. With a Republican majority in both chambers, it s likely that a measure disapproving of the deal will pass through Congress Ybjx Congressman Duncan Hunter pleads guilty to stealing campaign funds
The liberal blogosphere holds the issue of Net neutrality as close to its cyber-heart as perhaps any other out there. It fights on the big issues but does its most targeted lobbying around open and unfettered access to the Web, opposing efforts by telecoms and other bandwid stanley thermobecher th providersto implement fee structures that could benefit sites preferred by the companies and stanley cup slow down ones that aren t. Opponents say they should be able to manage networks they own however they see fit. Proponents of net neutrality fear that its demise would be the end of the Internet free-for-all that allows so many voices to be heard.To that end, they ve quietly been gathering endorsements of Net neutrality from Democratic Senate challengers, most of whom have not taken much money from the telec stanley water bottle om lobby.Today, OpenLeft announced that it had secured the support of every Dem challenger who had raised at least $500,000. Here s the list, along with statements from the candidates. ponent--type-recirculation .item:nth-child 5 display: none; inline-recirc-item--id-c8857516-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d, right-rail-recirc-item--id-c8857516-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d display: none; inline-recirc-item--id-c8857516-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d ~ .item:nth-child 5 display: block;
When Congress returns in September from a monthlong recess, it will consider a resolution to disapprove of President Obama s nuclear agreement with Iran, which would lift sanctions on the country in exchange for a rolling back of Iran s nuclear program. In the lead up to the vote, Republicans are on the offensive, attacking the White House for a deal they say is not in our national interest. Bernie Sanders declares support for Iran nuclear agreement 02:27 The administration has tried to undermine the spirit of the law by going straight to the U.N. for approval in hopes of pressuring Congress to accept it, Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tennessee, said Saturday in a video. Congress must not be intimidated by this. The real decision for lawmakers isn t this deal or war. The real decision is whether Congress believes this deal is in our national interest. The United Nations Security Council end stanley cup spain orsed the deal last month, pav stanley bottles ing the way for the U.N. to drop its own sanctions on Iran. And since the negotiations c stanley cup ame to a close in July, the president himself has launched a campaign to win over congressional Democrats to support the nuclear agreement. With a Republican majority in both chambers, it s likely that a measure disapproving of the deal will pass through Congress Ybjx Congressman Duncan Hunter pleads guilty to stealing campaign funds
The liberal blogosphere holds the issue of Net neutrality as close to its cyber-heart as perhaps any other out there. It fights on the big issues but does its most targeted lobbying around open and unfettered access to the Web, opposing efforts by telecoms and other bandwid stanley thermobecher th providersto implement fee structures that could benefit sites preferred by the companies and stanley cup slow down ones that aren t. Opponents say they should be able to manage networks they own however they see fit. Proponents of net neutrality fear that its demise would be the end of the Internet free-for-all that allows so many voices to be heard.To that end, they ve quietly been gathering endorsements of Net neutrality from Democratic Senate challengers, most of whom have not taken much money from the telec stanley water bottle om lobby.Today, OpenLeft announced that it had secured the support of every Dem challenger who had raised at least $500,000. Here s the list, along with statements from the candidates. ponent--type-recirculation .item:nth-child 5 display: none; inline-recirc-item--id-c8857516-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d, right-rail-recirc-item--id-c8857516-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d display: none; inline-recirc-item--id-c8857516-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d ~ .item:nth-child 5 display: block;
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Nashville mdash; Republican lawmakers on Monday voted to stanley cup silence a Democratic member of the so-called Tennessee Three during an already tense House floor session after determining the young Black member violated newly enacted rules designed to punish disruptive members.The move was directed at Rep. Justin Jones and prohibited him from speaking and debating on bills for the remainder of the floor session. The vote prompted loud cries and chants that drowned out proceedings for several minutes even after the House speaker ordered the gallery to be cleared out. Rep. Justin Jones, D-Nashville, speaks to reporters outside the House chamber after being silenced for the day by a floor vote during a special session of the state legislature on public safety on August 28, 2023, in stanley cup Nashville. George Walker IV / AP Moments prior, Jones had been criticizing legislation that would have allowed more law enforcement officers in schools and and had started listing other resources that the state should be providing. House Speaker Cameron Sexton had warned Jones not to stray off topic. Under new rules adopted by the GOP-dominated chamber last week, members can be silenced anywhere from a day to the rest of the year for not sticking to the bill being debated. What our schools need are mental health professionals, stanley cup Jones said. We need funding for m Lxni DCCC Goes After Moderate Republicans On SCHIP
The liberal blogworld is alive and kicking with questions about Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and whether she will be as quickly pushed off the McCain ticket as she apparently was added to it. Concerns linger not just over her own version of troopergate in which she allegedly fired an Alaska public official for refusing to fire a trooper who messily divorced Palin s sister. Then, too, there s her 17-year-old unmarried daughter who s in a family way.Take, for example, this TalkLeft post:Pool: What Day Will Sarah Palin Drop Out--By Jeralyn, Section Elections 2008 Posted on M stanley botella on Sep 01, 2008 at 09:31:05 PM EST The day John McCain appointed Gov. Sarah Palin as his vice-presidential nominee, I wrote: Did John McCain just repeat George McGovern s fatal mistake How long will Palin stay on the ticket Will McCain recover any better than McGovern It had nothing stanley cup to do with Eagleton s particular problems, but how McGovern came to choose him, failed to adequately vet him, and then waffle stanley cup d when the problems arose, effectively costing him the election. My guess is McCain stands the chance of completely alienating his evangelical base if he dumps Governor Palin. The evangelicals seem to love her even more following the announcement that her minor daughter will marry the boy who got her pregnant and the fact she has offered unconditional love and support to the child. Then again, he s alienated moderate Republicans and independents, polls show, by p
Nashville mdash; Republican lawmakers on Monday voted to stanley cup silence a Democratic member of the so-called Tennessee Three during an already tense House floor session after determining the young Black member violated newly enacted rules designed to punish disruptive members.The move was directed at Rep. Justin Jones and prohibited him from speaking and debating on bills for the remainder of the floor session. The vote prompted loud cries and chants that drowned out proceedings for several minutes even after the House speaker ordered the gallery to be cleared out. Rep. Justin Jones, D-Nashville, speaks to reporters outside the House chamber after being silenced for the day by a floor vote during a special session of the state legislature on public safety on August 28, 2023, in stanley cup Nashville. George Walker IV / AP Moments prior, Jones had been criticizing legislation that would have allowed more law enforcement officers in schools and and had started listing other resources that the state should be providing. House Speaker Cameron Sexton had warned Jones not to stray off topic. Under new rules adopted by the GOP-dominated chamber last week, members can be silenced anywhere from a day to the rest of the year for not sticking to the bill being debated. What our schools need are mental health professionals, stanley cup Jones said. We need funding for m Lxni DCCC Goes After Moderate Republicans On SCHIP
The liberal blogworld is alive and kicking with questions about Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and whether she will be as quickly pushed off the McCain ticket as she apparently was added to it. Concerns linger not just over her own version of troopergate in which she allegedly fired an Alaska public official for refusing to fire a trooper who messily divorced Palin s sister. Then, too, there s her 17-year-old unmarried daughter who s in a family way.Take, for example, this TalkLeft post:Pool: What Day Will Sarah Palin Drop Out--By Jeralyn, Section Elections 2008 Posted on M stanley botella on Sep 01, 2008 at 09:31:05 PM EST The day John McCain appointed Gov. Sarah Palin as his vice-presidential nominee, I wrote: Did John McCain just repeat George McGovern s fatal mistake How long will Palin stay on the ticket Will McCain recover any better than McGovern It had nothing stanley cup to do with Eagleton s particular problems, but how McGovern came to choose him, failed to adequately vet him, and then waffle stanley cup d when the problems arose, effectively costing him the election. My guess is McCain stands the chance of completely alienating his evangelical base if he dumps Governor Palin. The evangelicals seem to love her even more following the announcement that her minor daughter will marry the boy who got her pregnant and the fact she has offered unconditional love and support to the child. Then again, he s alienated moderate Republicans and independents, polls show, by p
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Immigration courts reopened to a scene of chaos this week after being closed for more than a month due to the partial government shutdown. Some immigration attorneys say it could take weeks for the courts to return to normal. Nearly 90,000 immigration hearings were canceled stanley water bottle because of the shutdown, according t stanley cup o Syracuse University s Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse. Hundreds of thousands of documents stanley cup didn t get filed during the closure, leaving a mountain of work for court administrators to wade through.CBS News heard from 12 immigration attorneys from around the country who described their experiences following the shutdown. Court is total chaos, said Alan Pollock, a New Jersey-based immigration attorney, in an email to CBS News. At Pollock s court in Newark, judges and government attorneys mdash; those who argue against a migrant s case mdash; didn t have time to organize the files they needed. All hearings on Monday at Newark ended up being adjourned and slated to be rescheduled, Pollock said.In Los Angeles, every final decision hearing mdash; or master hearing, as it s technically called mdash; was cancelled , according to Ashley Tabaddor, the president of the National Association of Immigration Judges and a Los Angeles-based immigration attorney. In Miami, some judges just didn t show up, said Sui Chung, a Miami-based attorney, who said she heard similar stories from attorneys in other cities. The immigrati Qujy Biden holds car rally in Georgia to mark 100 days in office
LANSING, Mich. - A poll of likely Michigan voters released Sunday showed Mitt Ro stanley cups uk mney with an apparent lead over Democratic President Barack Obama should the Michigan-born ex-Massachusetts governor get the Republican nomination.The poll showed 46 percent supporting Romney and 41 percent backing Obama if the 2012 presidential election were held now. The difference is just past the poll s 4 percent margin of sampling error. Thirteen percent are undecided.Obama carried Michigan in 2008. stanley becher Lansing-based EPIC-MRA interviewed 600 people Nov. 13 through Wednesday. The results were reported in the Detroit Free Press, which sponsored the poll along with television stations WXYZ, WOOD and WJRT.The poll showed Obama with an apparent lead over former GOP House Speaker Newt Gingrich 45 percent to 40 percent, with 15 percent undecided. And it showed Obama leading Republican businessman Herman Cain 50 percent to 36 percent, with 14 percent undecided. Sen. Kelly Ayotte backs Mitt Romney in N.H.Forty-eight percent of those polled said they have a favorable opinion of Obama. Romney s favorability rating was 39 pe stanley cup rcent, compared with 37 percent for Gingrich and 27 percent for Cain.Asked to rate Obama s performance as president, 9 percent said excellent, 28 percent good, 25 percent fair and 37 percent poor, with 1 percent undecided. ponent--type-recirculation .item:nth-child 5 {
Immigration courts reopened to a scene of chaos this week after being closed for more than a month due to the partial government shutdown. Some immigration attorneys say it could take weeks for the courts to return to normal. Nearly 90,000 immigration hearings were canceled stanley water bottle because of the shutdown, according t stanley cup o Syracuse University s Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse. Hundreds of thousands of documents stanley cup didn t get filed during the closure, leaving a mountain of work for court administrators to wade through.CBS News heard from 12 immigration attorneys from around the country who described their experiences following the shutdown. Court is total chaos, said Alan Pollock, a New Jersey-based immigration attorney, in an email to CBS News. At Pollock s court in Newark, judges and government attorneys mdash; those who argue against a migrant s case mdash; didn t have time to organize the files they needed. All hearings on Monday at Newark ended up being adjourned and slated to be rescheduled, Pollock said.In Los Angeles, every final decision hearing mdash; or master hearing, as it s technically called mdash; was cancelled , according to Ashley Tabaddor, the president of the National Association of Immigration Judges and a Los Angeles-based immigration attorney. In Miami, some judges just didn t show up, said Sui Chung, a Miami-based attorney, who said she heard similar stories from attorneys in other cities. The immigrati Qujy Biden holds car rally in Georgia to mark 100 days in office
LANSING, Mich. - A poll of likely Michigan voters released Sunday showed Mitt Ro stanley cups uk mney with an apparent lead over Democratic President Barack Obama should the Michigan-born ex-Massachusetts governor get the Republican nomination.The poll showed 46 percent supporting Romney and 41 percent backing Obama if the 2012 presidential election were held now. The difference is just past the poll s 4 percent margin of sampling error. Thirteen percent are undecided.Obama carried Michigan in 2008. stanley becher Lansing-based EPIC-MRA interviewed 600 people Nov. 13 through Wednesday. The results were reported in the Detroit Free Press, which sponsored the poll along with television stations WXYZ, WOOD and WJRT.The poll showed Obama with an apparent lead over former GOP House Speaker Newt Gingrich 45 percent to 40 percent, with 15 percent undecided. And it showed Obama leading Republican businessman Herman Cain 50 percent to 36 percent, with 14 percent undecided. Sen. Kelly Ayotte backs Mitt Romney in N.H.Forty-eight percent of those polled said they have a favorable opinion of Obama. Romney s favorability rating was 39 pe stanley cup rcent, compared with 37 percent for Gingrich and 27 percent for Cain.Asked to rate Obama s performance as president, 9 percent said excellent, 28 percent good, 25 percent fair and 37 percent poor, with 1 percent undecided. ponent--type-recirculation .item:nth-child 5 {
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Amid rising speculation that he plans to jump into the 2016 presidential race, Vice President Joe Biden said Wednesday that he s not sure he has the emotional fuel for another political campaign.During a conference call with Democratic National Committee members convened to discuss the nuclear deal with Iran, the vice president nodded at the impact his son Beau s recent death has had on questions about his political future. A CNN correspondent who first reported the news was dialed into the call, and a person who was on the call confirmed Biden s remarks to CBS News. stanley cup Meeting fuels speculation of a Joe Biden run 01:56 We re dealing at home with ... whether or not there is the emotional fuel at this time to run, Biden acknowledged. If I were to announce to run, I have to be able to commit to all of you that I would be able to give it my whole heart and my whole soul, and right now, both are pretty well banged up. stanley cup stanley cup Beau Biden passed away in May at 46 years old from cancer.Despite the family tragedy, the chatter about the vice president s potential bid has taken on a more substantive quality of late, as Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton faces continued scrutiny over her use of a private email server as secretary of state. The vice president has be Rwyn House Passes Offshore Energy Bill
Here s one trick on how to judge the closeness of official Washington friendships. When a former official blasts his former bosses in a memoir, his friends in that administration are barely mentioned. Case in point: former CIA Director George Tenet s bestselling and controversial At the Center of the Storm. Pal Robert Mueller, head of the FBI, gets a handful of mentions but nothing substantive in a book that sharply criticizes elements of the administration s antiterrorism battle and war in Iraq.How close is the duo Well, Mueller was the biggest administration big shot at Tenet s Georgetown University book party last week. When we f stanley cup price inally had a chance to quiz the FBI director about the book, he proved that friendship is thicker than politics. Whispers: I think you were the highest-profile person at the George Tenet Georgetown University book party last week. What did you think of his book and is there anything you might disagree with Mueller: You know, I thought I was under the radar. George is a good friend. Whispers: So it was just a sign of support Mueller: No, he s a good friend. He and hi stanley cup s wife stanley mug have been good friends since I took this job. Whispers: Is there anything you might disagree with Mueller: I haven t read the full book. I ve started. I m on Page 30. I can t give you much of an insight. By Paul Bedard
Amid rising speculation that he plans to jump into the 2016 presidential race, Vice President Joe Biden said Wednesday that he s not sure he has the emotional fuel for another political campaign.During a conference call with Democratic National Committee members convened to discuss the nuclear deal with Iran, the vice president nodded at the impact his son Beau s recent death has had on questions about his political future. A CNN correspondent who first reported the news was dialed into the call, and a person who was on the call confirmed Biden s remarks to CBS News. stanley cup Meeting fuels speculation of a Joe Biden run 01:56 We re dealing at home with ... whether or not there is the emotional fuel at this time to run, Biden acknowledged. If I were to announce to run, I have to be able to commit to all of you that I would be able to give it my whole heart and my whole soul, and right now, both are pretty well banged up. stanley cup stanley cup Beau Biden passed away in May at 46 years old from cancer.Despite the family tragedy, the chatter about the vice president s potential bid has taken on a more substantive quality of late, as Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton faces continued scrutiny over her use of a private email server as secretary of state. The vice president has be Rwyn House Passes Offshore Energy Bill
Here s one trick on how to judge the closeness of official Washington friendships. When a former official blasts his former bosses in a memoir, his friends in that administration are barely mentioned. Case in point: former CIA Director George Tenet s bestselling and controversial At the Center of the Storm. Pal Robert Mueller, head of the FBI, gets a handful of mentions but nothing substantive in a book that sharply criticizes elements of the administration s antiterrorism battle and war in Iraq.How close is the duo Well, Mueller was the biggest administration big shot at Tenet s Georgetown University book party last week. When we f stanley cup price inally had a chance to quiz the FBI director about the book, he proved that friendship is thicker than politics. Whispers: I think you were the highest-profile person at the George Tenet Georgetown University book party last week. What did you think of his book and is there anything you might disagree with Mueller: You know, I thought I was under the radar. George is a good friend. Whispers: So it was just a sign of support Mueller: No, he s a good friend. He and hi stanley cup s wife stanley mug have been good friends since I took this job. Whispers: Is there anything you might disagree with Mueller: I haven t read the full book. I ve started. I m on Page 30. I can t give you much of an insight. By Paul Bedard
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Rick Gates, a former Trump campaign adviser and associate of ex-campaign chairman Paul Manafort, is e stanley cup xpected to plead guilty in a deal with special counsel Robert Mueller, according to sources familiar with the negotiations, CBS News Paula Reid reports. Gates, 45, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Octoberon eight counts including fraud and money laundering as part of the special counsel s probe into ties between the Trump campaign and the Russian government.The revelations of Gates pleacomes after attorneys stanley cups for Gates requested to withdraw from the case. Reid reports that all of Gates attorneys-of-record were seeking to withdraw from the case.Gates had reached the point in his case at which he must decide whether or not to pursue a plea deal. The fact that th stanley thermos ree experienced trial attorneys wanted off the case suggested at the time that Gates may be pursuing a plea deal. The attorneys remain under a gag order by the court. Both Manafort and Gates were indicted for money laundering, conspiracy against the U.S. and other charges.This is a developing story. More from CBS News Key moments of the 2024 campaign in photos Kennedy could be o Xrju Washington stumbles as health care costs soar
CBS NEWS CBS News/AP MAUMEE, Ohio --Kicking off a two-day bus tour of northern Ohio and western Pennsylvania, President Obama said Thursday in a campaign speech that he was betting that Americans wouldn t lose interest or heart in the upcoming election despite a political stalemate in Congress.In his remarks at the Maumee Walcott Museum ju stanley vaso st outside Toledo, Mr. Obama described a political system at a crossroads and argued that his Republican rival, Mitt Romney, would pursue economic policies that favor the wealthy at the expense of the middle class. Th stanley cup e president said he was willing to stanley tazas work with anybody who believes that we re in this together. I m not a Democrat first, I m an American first, Mr. Obama said at a quintessential campaign scene, an early 19th-century museum complex dotted with red-white-and-blue bunting and American flags. The president used the Ohio setting to feature two of Romney s biggest liabilities: his opposition to the 2008 auto industry bailout, and a recent controversial Washington Post article claiming that Romney s private equity company, Bain Capital, outsourced jobs overseas. Taking a tough stance on trade, the president announced his administration is levying a complaint against China with the World Trade Organization for imposing new duties on U.S.-made automobiles - including the Ohio-made Jeep Wrangler. Governor Romney s experience has been in owning companies th
Rick Gates, a former Trump campaign adviser and associate of ex-campaign chairman Paul Manafort, is e stanley cup xpected to plead guilty in a deal with special counsel Robert Mueller, according to sources familiar with the negotiations, CBS News Paula Reid reports. Gates, 45, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Octoberon eight counts including fraud and money laundering as part of the special counsel s probe into ties between the Trump campaign and the Russian government.The revelations of Gates pleacomes after attorneys stanley cups for Gates requested to withdraw from the case. Reid reports that all of Gates attorneys-of-record were seeking to withdraw from the case.Gates had reached the point in his case at which he must decide whether or not to pursue a plea deal. The fact that th stanley thermos ree experienced trial attorneys wanted off the case suggested at the time that Gates may be pursuing a plea deal. The attorneys remain under a gag order by the court. Both Manafort and Gates were indicted for money laundering, conspiracy against the U.S. and other charges.This is a developing story. More from CBS News Key moments of the 2024 campaign in photos Kennedy could be o Xrju Washington stumbles as health care costs soar
CBS NEWS CBS News/AP MAUMEE, Ohio --Kicking off a two-day bus tour of northern Ohio and western Pennsylvania, President Obama said Thursday in a campaign speech that he was betting that Americans wouldn t lose interest or heart in the upcoming election despite a political stalemate in Congress.In his remarks at the Maumee Walcott Museum ju stanley vaso st outside Toledo, Mr. Obama described a political system at a crossroads and argued that his Republican rival, Mitt Romney, would pursue economic policies that favor the wealthy at the expense of the middle class. Th stanley cup e president said he was willing to stanley tazas work with anybody who believes that we re in this together. I m not a Democrat first, I m an American first, Mr. Obama said at a quintessential campaign scene, an early 19th-century museum complex dotted with red-white-and-blue bunting and American flags. The president used the Ohio setting to feature two of Romney s biggest liabilities: his opposition to the 2008 auto industry bailout, and a recent controversial Washington Post article claiming that Romney s private equity company, Bain Capital, outsourced jobs overseas. Taking a tough stance on trade, the president announced his administration is levying a complaint against China with the World Trade Organization for imposing new duties on U.S.-made automobiles - including the Ohio-made Jeep Wrangler. Governor Romney s experience has been in owning companies th
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INTELLIGENCE MATTERS - MICHAEL VICKERSCORRESPONDENT MICHAEL MORELLPRODUCER: OLIVIA GAZISMICHAEL MORELL:Mike, it s great to have you back on the show.MICHAEL VICKERS:It s a pleasure to be here.MICHAEL MORELL:So our listeners may not know this but we do here at Intelligence Matters pay attention to the feedback we get. And a number of folks have told us recently that they would love to have us spend an episode talking about Afghanistan. And given where we are today in Afghanistan with the peace talks and the continuing attacks by Taliban, this seems like a great time to do that.And you are the perfect person I think to do that because you ve spent so m stanley bottles uch time thinking about this country from a va stanley cup riety of different perspectives. And so, Mike, I m gonna spend most of our time talking about Afghanistan. But I do want to ask you up front about two other issues that are in the news. The first is the DNI. Dan Coats, the former DNI, and Sue Gordon, the former Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence, have both stepped down. Joe Maguire, the former director of the National Counterterrorism Center, is now the acting DNI. The president is looking for a permanent replacement for Dan and for Sue. What stands out to you in all of this How do you think about this MICHAEL VICKERS:Well, I think this is an unusual selection because of the circumstances we find ourselves in. I think I ve known Joe for a lot of years. And he ll do a really go stanley kubek od j Scdy What Was Bill Thinking
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislative leaders said they struck a comprehensive agreement after an intensive five-hour meeting Friday night, signaling an end to California s record-long budget stalemate after 93 days.Virtually no details were released on how the state plans to bridge a $19 billion deficit as legislative leaders left the governor s office in the Capitol. Democratic Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg of Sacramento said all the information would be released during a public hearing Wednesday.A vote on the compromise plan brokered between the Republican governor and Senate and Assembly leaders of both parties could come as early as Thursday. stanley mug Everyone has worked very, very hard. T stanley mugg hese are very difficult circumstances in difficult times, not a lot of celebrating, but we all stepped up and did the work we had to do, Steinberg said.Senate Minority Leader Dennis Hollingsworth of Murrieta said he expected enough support among Republicans to pass the budget on a two-thirds vote. It s a compromise budget on all sides, Hollingsworth said. vaso stanley ponent--type-recirculation .item:nth-child 5 display: none; inline-recirc-item--id-a33b0514-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d, right-rail-recirc-item--id-a33b0514-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d display: none; inline-recirc-item--id-a33b0514-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d ~ .it
INTELLIGENCE MATTERS - MICHAEL VICKERSCORRESPONDENT MICHAEL MORELLPRODUCER: OLIVIA GAZISMICHAEL MORELL:Mike, it s great to have you back on the show.MICHAEL VICKERS:It s a pleasure to be here.MICHAEL MORELL:So our listeners may not know this but we do here at Intelligence Matters pay attention to the feedback we get. And a number of folks have told us recently that they would love to have us spend an episode talking about Afghanistan. And given where we are today in Afghanistan with the peace talks and the continuing attacks by Taliban, this seems like a great time to do that.And you are the perfect person I think to do that because you ve spent so m stanley bottles uch time thinking about this country from a va stanley cup riety of different perspectives. And so, Mike, I m gonna spend most of our time talking about Afghanistan. But I do want to ask you up front about two other issues that are in the news. The first is the DNI. Dan Coats, the former DNI, and Sue Gordon, the former Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence, have both stepped down. Joe Maguire, the former director of the National Counterterrorism Center, is now the acting DNI. The president is looking for a permanent replacement for Dan and for Sue. What stands out to you in all of this How do you think about this MICHAEL VICKERS:Well, I think this is an unusual selection because of the circumstances we find ourselves in. I think I ve known Joe for a lot of years. And he ll do a really go stanley kubek od j Scdy What Was Bill Thinking
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislative leaders said they struck a comprehensive agreement after an intensive five-hour meeting Friday night, signaling an end to California s record-long budget stalemate after 93 days.Virtually no details were released on how the state plans to bridge a $19 billion deficit as legislative leaders left the governor s office in the Capitol. Democratic Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg of Sacramento said all the information would be released during a public hearing Wednesday.A vote on the compromise plan brokered between the Republican governor and Senate and Assembly leaders of both parties could come as early as Thursday. stanley mug Everyone has worked very, very hard. T stanley mugg hese are very difficult circumstances in difficult times, not a lot of celebrating, but we all stepped up and did the work we had to do, Steinberg said.Senate Minority Leader Dennis Hollingsworth of Murrieta said he expected enough support among Republicans to pass the budget on a two-thirds vote. It s a compromise budget on all sides, Hollingsworth said. vaso stanley ponent--type-recirculation .item:nth-child 5 display: none; inline-recirc-item--id-a33b0514-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d, right-rail-recirc-item--id-a33b0514-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d display: none; inline-recirc-item--id-a33b0514-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d ~ .it
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WASHINGTON -- Mammoth bones, prehistoric rock carvings and more than a million acres of wilderness will be protected as part of three new national monuments that President Barack Obama is creating in California, Nevada and Texas. Obama: San Gabriel Mountains designation a ldquo ocial justice issue 03:14 The presidential move, announced by the White House early Friday, brings to 19 the number of monuments that Obama has created or expanded since taking office. Environmental advocates hailed the new mo stanley cup numents as bringing sorely needed protection to stanley cup natural American treasures, even as Republicans in Congress were pursuing legislation to stop the president.In Texas, Obama is creating a monument at Waco Mammoth, a relatively small site in central Texas where archaeologists have discovered remains of 24 Columbian Mammoths - the largest of the mammoth species - from more than 65,000 years ago, the White House said. Like other mammoths, the Columbian Mammoth is now extinct, but roamed freely in North America during the Pleistocene epoch, known colloquially as the ice age. The site marks the only spot in the U.S. where a nursery herd of mammoths has been discovered, and is also home to preserved remains of other ancient species includin stanley cup g the saber-toothed cat, dwarf antelope and the western camel. Gszi Editorial: GOP Underhandedly Pushes Off-shore Drilling
Hillary Rodham C stanley cup linton ended her historic campaign for the presidency on Saturday and told supporters to unite behind rival Barack Obama, closing out a race that was as grueling as it was groundbreaking.The former first lady, who as recently as Tuesday declared herself the strongest candidate, gave Obama an unqualified endorsement and pivoted from her role as determined foe to absolute ally in the general election campaign against Republican John McCain. The way to continue our fight now to accomplish the goals for which we stand is to take our energy, our passion, our strength and do all we can to help elect Barack Obama, the next president of the United States, she said in a speech before cheering supporters packed into the ornate National Building Museum, not far from the White House she longed to govern from. Today as I susp stanley cup end my campaign, I congratulate him on the victory he has won and the extraordinary race he has run. I endorse him and throw my full support behind him and I ask of you to join me in working as hard for Barack Obama as you have for me, the New York senator said in her 28-minute address.With that and 13 other mentions of his name, Clinton placed herself solidly behind her Senate colleague from Illinois, a political sensation and the first black to secure a major party presidential nomination in the U.S. It was a show of support Democrats hope will he stanley cup lp heal a party fractured along racial and gender lines
WASHINGTON -- Mammoth bones, prehistoric rock carvings and more than a million acres of wilderness will be protected as part of three new national monuments that President Barack Obama is creating in California, Nevada and Texas. Obama: San Gabriel Mountains designation a ldquo ocial justice issue 03:14 The presidential move, announced by the White House early Friday, brings to 19 the number of monuments that Obama has created or expanded since taking office. Environmental advocates hailed the new mo stanley cup numents as bringing sorely needed protection to stanley cup natural American treasures, even as Republicans in Congress were pursuing legislation to stop the president.In Texas, Obama is creating a monument at Waco Mammoth, a relatively small site in central Texas where archaeologists have discovered remains of 24 Columbian Mammoths - the largest of the mammoth species - from more than 65,000 years ago, the White House said. Like other mammoths, the Columbian Mammoth is now extinct, but roamed freely in North America during the Pleistocene epoch, known colloquially as the ice age. The site marks the only spot in the U.S. where a nursery herd of mammoths has been discovered, and is also home to preserved remains of other ancient species includin stanley cup g the saber-toothed cat, dwarf antelope and the western camel. Gszi Editorial: GOP Underhandedly Pushes Off-shore Drilling
Hillary Rodham C stanley cup linton ended her historic campaign for the presidency on Saturday and told supporters to unite behind rival Barack Obama, closing out a race that was as grueling as it was groundbreaking.The former first lady, who as recently as Tuesday declared herself the strongest candidate, gave Obama an unqualified endorsement and pivoted from her role as determined foe to absolute ally in the general election campaign against Republican John McCain. The way to continue our fight now to accomplish the goals for which we stand is to take our energy, our passion, our strength and do all we can to help elect Barack Obama, the next president of the United States, she said in a speech before cheering supporters packed into the ornate National Building Museum, not far from the White House she longed to govern from. Today as I susp stanley cup end my campaign, I congratulate him on the victory he has won and the extraordinary race he has run. I endorse him and throw my full support behind him and I ask of you to join me in working as hard for Barack Obama as you have for me, the New York senator said in her 28-minute address.With that and 13 other mentions of his name, Clinton placed herself solidly behind her Senate colleague from Illinois, a political sensation and the first black to secure a major party presidential nomination in the U.S. It was a show of support Democrats hope will he stanley cup lp heal a party fractured along racial and gender lines
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Utkk Bush: U.S. Not Headed Into Recession
White House adviser Ivanka Trump spoke in favor of the Republican effort to overhaul the nation s tax code system in Pennsylvania on Monday during a town hall event with U.S. Treasurer Jovita Carranza.Trump has previously spoken out about economic issues, including the administration s paid family leave policy, but focused much of her remarks on Monday addressing the administration s proposal to expand the $1,000 child tax credit.Details on just how much the credit should increase to have not been settled. We re advocating strongly for the expansion of the child tax credit, we think it s critically important to help offer American families much needed relief and prioritize what s right for their families, said Trump, the president s eldest daughter.She added, This tax credit enables a family to decide what is a right investment for them and their child. It s a very well-designed credit that will have a very big difference in the lives of families abut also stanley cups can be unique to that individual family. Trump said it was very important to make the credit refundable and that it was vi stanley cups uk tal to recognize what the modern American family looks like. Every parent has to manage the competing demands of raising a family and their passions, whether it be professional or otherwise, and I too had to stanley quencher manage that, but I m far more fortunate than most and I had help. I wouldn t be able to do even a small fraction of what I was doing professionally Ssaa Utah Republicans rally for Mitt Romney after Steve Bannon s attack on his Mormon faith
Early voting in Texas ended late Friday, with the primary just days away. Voting results as of Thursday have shown a large turnout among early voters - and demonstrably so among registered Democrats.According to the Texas Secretary of State s election Web site, 717,469 Democrats have already cast ballots either in person or by mail. That s more than 9% of the state s 7,815,906 registered voters. Among Republicans, 242,197 or just over 3% of registered voters have cast their votes early. But as Tuesday s primary and caucus nears, with a decision on the Democratic nominee hanging in the balance, 21 Texas counties won t even be holding primaries. Despite Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama barnstorming the state, three rural Panhandle counties will net them zero votes. The Democrats aren t holding a primary in the sparsely-populated counties be stanley thermos mug cause there s no one to run an election there. There is no county chair so it s stanley cup website impossible to hold a primary, said Hector Nieto, a state Democratic Party spokesman. The highest Democratic official has to administer the primary. Armstrong Cou stanley water jug nty has about 1,300 registered voters. Most are Republicans, but County Judge Hugh Reed said he s disappointed that the Democratic Party couldn t muster enough interest to make a ballot. He said this is the first time in his memory that there hasn t been a Democratic primary.Reed, the first Republican to ever hold office in his small
White House adviser Ivanka Trump spoke in favor of the Republican effort to overhaul the nation s tax code system in Pennsylvania on Monday during a town hall event with U.S. Treasurer Jovita Carranza.Trump has previously spoken out about economic issues, including the administration s paid family leave policy, but focused much of her remarks on Monday addressing the administration s proposal to expand the $1,000 child tax credit.Details on just how much the credit should increase to have not been settled. We re advocating strongly for the expansion of the child tax credit, we think it s critically important to help offer American families much needed relief and prioritize what s right for their families, said Trump, the president s eldest daughter.She added, This tax credit enables a family to decide what is a right investment for them and their child. It s a very well-designed credit that will have a very big difference in the lives of families abut also stanley cups can be unique to that individual family. Trump said it was very important to make the credit refundable and that it was vi stanley cups uk tal to recognize what the modern American family looks like. Every parent has to manage the competing demands of raising a family and their passions, whether it be professional or otherwise, and I too had to stanley quencher manage that, but I m far more fortunate than most and I had help. I wouldn t be able to do even a small fraction of what I was doing professionally Ssaa Utah Republicans rally for Mitt Romney after Steve Bannon s attack on his Mormon faith
Early voting in Texas ended late Friday, with the primary just days away. Voting results as of Thursday have shown a large turnout among early voters - and demonstrably so among registered Democrats.According to the Texas Secretary of State s election Web site, 717,469 Democrats have already cast ballots either in person or by mail. That s more than 9% of the state s 7,815,906 registered voters. Among Republicans, 242,197 or just over 3% of registered voters have cast their votes early. But as Tuesday s primary and caucus nears, with a decision on the Democratic nominee hanging in the balance, 21 Texas counties won t even be holding primaries. Despite Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama barnstorming the state, three rural Panhandle counties will net them zero votes. The Democrats aren t holding a primary in the sparsely-populated counties be stanley thermos mug cause there s no one to run an election there. There is no county chair so it s stanley cup website impossible to hold a primary, said Hector Nieto, a state Democratic Party spokesman. The highest Democratic official has to administer the primary. Armstrong Cou stanley water jug nty has about 1,300 registered voters. Most are Republicans, but County Judge Hugh Reed said he s disappointed that the Democratic Party couldn t muster enough interest to make a ballot. He said this is the first time in his memory that there hasn t been a Democratic primary.Reed, the first Republican to ever hold office in his small
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Ohio Gov. John Kasich said Sunday that he backs a path to legal status for undocumented immigrants in the U.S., stating that many of the roughly 11 million undocumented immigrants living in America co stanley puodelis ntribute a lot to the country.The 11 or 12 million who are here, we ought to find out who they are, Kasich, a Republican presidential candidate, told CNN. If they ve been law-abiding over a period of time, they ought to be legalized, and they ought to be able to stay here. Jeb Bush s immigration plans also includes a path to legal status 01:51 Marco Rubio: Pass immigration reform step-by-step 01:39 He a stanley uk lso called for the completion of a fence along the U.S.-Mexico border, and the establishment of a guest worker program that would allow foreign laborers into the country to meet the needs of businesses. Kasich once supported a bill that woul stanley cup d eliminate birthright citizenship - citizenship that is automatically granted to babies born in the U.S., even if they are born to undocumented parents - but he backed away from that position on Sunday, saying, I don t think we need to go th Qixq Washington Post fact checker talks about Trump and the truth
Vice President Al Gore said Tuesday he s narrowed his running-mate search to a short list of possible choices and is determined to keep the final considerations very private and dignified. Gore commented as he began a meeting with Secretary of State Warren Christopher, who ha stanley taza s been advising him on picking a vice-presidential candidate. The Democratic contender declined comment on Republican rival George W. Bush s apparent selection of former Defense Secretary Dick Cheney until after Bush s announcement later Tuesday. We still have some work to do, said Gore, as he posed for photographs with Christopher. Only one person is going to be picked and the others are not going to be. I want the ones who are not picked to feel respected and well treated in the process. I m trying to keep this process very private and dignified. Gore told reporters he s had face-to-face interviews with potential running mates and plans more such sessions. I m not going to get into personalities, he stanley cup said. While Gore said he s met often with Christopher, aides were underscoring the latest meeting, alerting reporters and arranging for a photo opportunity of the two, a sharp contrast to the quiet meetings of the past. Gore tried to contrast his selectio stanley cup n process with Bush s. I m handling the process differently than the Bush campaign has handled theirs, he said on Monday. I ll keep it private and I hope dignified out of respect fo
Ohio Gov. John Kasich said Sunday that he backs a path to legal status for undocumented immigrants in the U.S., stating that many of the roughly 11 million undocumented immigrants living in America co stanley puodelis ntribute a lot to the country.The 11 or 12 million who are here, we ought to find out who they are, Kasich, a Republican presidential candidate, told CNN. If they ve been law-abiding over a period of time, they ought to be legalized, and they ought to be able to stay here. Jeb Bush s immigration plans also includes a path to legal status 01:51 Marco Rubio: Pass immigration reform step-by-step 01:39 He a stanley uk lso called for the completion of a fence along the U.S.-Mexico border, and the establishment of a guest worker program that would allow foreign laborers into the country to meet the needs of businesses. Kasich once supported a bill that woul stanley cup d eliminate birthright citizenship - citizenship that is automatically granted to babies born in the U.S., even if they are born to undocumented parents - but he backed away from that position on Sunday, saying, I don t think we need to go th Qixq Washington Post fact checker talks about Trump and the truth
Vice President Al Gore said Tuesday he s narrowed his running-mate search to a short list of possible choices and is determined to keep the final considerations very private and dignified. Gore commented as he began a meeting with Secretary of State Warren Christopher, who ha stanley taza s been advising him on picking a vice-presidential candidate. The Democratic contender declined comment on Republican rival George W. Bush s apparent selection of former Defense Secretary Dick Cheney until after Bush s announcement later Tuesday. We still have some work to do, said Gore, as he posed for photographs with Christopher. Only one person is going to be picked and the others are not going to be. I want the ones who are not picked to feel respected and well treated in the process. I m trying to keep this process very private and dignified. Gore told reporters he s had face-to-face interviews with potential running mates and plans more such sessions. I m not going to get into personalities, he stanley cup said. While Gore said he s met often with Christopher, aides were underscoring the latest meeting, alerting reporters and arranging for a photo opportunity of the two, a sharp contrast to the quiet meetings of the past. Gore tried to contrast his selectio stanley cup n process with Bush s. I m handling the process differently than the Bush campaign has handled theirs, he said on Monday. I ll keep it private and I hope dignified out of respect fo
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The man leading a review of the 2020 election on behalf of Wisconsin Assembly Republicans, Michael Gableman, says he s not trying to overturn the election results, but he revealed Wednesday that one of the investigators he has hired did, in fact, file a lawsuit that sought to overturn the 2020 presidential election results.The investigator, Ron Heuer, is the president of the Wisconsin Voters Alliance, which failed in its bid to convince the Wisconsin Supreme Court to overturn the 2020 election results late last year. The group also joined other state organizations in trying to block the c stanley mugs ertification of the election. Both cases were shot down by judges.Conservative Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Brian Hagedorn had a withering response for the group in hi stanley cup s rejection of the group s request, writing in his ruling about a year ago, This petition falls far short of the kind of compelling evidence and legal support we would undoubtedly need to countenance the court-ordered disenfranchisement of every Wisconsin voter. Those cases, and a third case in federal court stanley website that was dismissed before the election, focused in part on claims about grants made by the Center for Tech and Civic Life CTCL , a group devoted to improving voter information access, technology and infrastructure and that is funded by Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan.The group gave private funds to more than 2,500 election offices around the country to help with elect Qcrb The challenge for Trump in states that supported Obama in 2012
CBS News Former White House press secretary Ari Fleischer said Mitt Romney is not getting credit for running a good campaign but added that both candidates are simplifying the debate over the economy. Mitt Romney s getting no credit for running what has been a smart, sensible campaign, Fleischer said Tuesday on CBS This Morning. Keeping the focus on the economy when you have an incumbent who stanley cups uk s going do everything he can not to talk about his failed record on jobs and debt. When con stanley cup fronted with the possibility that the attacks might be working, Fleischer said the president s campaign hopes it s working. I don t think they have any other card to play, stanley cup the former press secretary to President George W. Bush said. They wouldn t be doing this if they had policies they could run on or success on the economy. The debate over outsourcing intensified Monday when the president said at a campaign stop in Ohio that Romney s policies would lead to the outsourcing of American jobs. Fleischer, however, said the argument has become overly political. When you look at it from an economic point of view, Fleischer said, noting that some jobs move overseas and some jobs move into the U.S., the economy flows both directions, which is why both candidates are cheapening the economic argument here by trying to score political points. Both President Obama and Mitt Romney can fairly be accused of doing their share of outsourcing. President O
The man leading a review of the 2020 election on behalf of Wisconsin Assembly Republicans, Michael Gableman, says he s not trying to overturn the election results, but he revealed Wednesday that one of the investigators he has hired did, in fact, file a lawsuit that sought to overturn the 2020 presidential election results.The investigator, Ron Heuer, is the president of the Wisconsin Voters Alliance, which failed in its bid to convince the Wisconsin Supreme Court to overturn the 2020 election results late last year. The group also joined other state organizations in trying to block the c stanley mugs ertification of the election. Both cases were shot down by judges.Conservative Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Brian Hagedorn had a withering response for the group in hi stanley cup s rejection of the group s request, writing in his ruling about a year ago, This petition falls far short of the kind of compelling evidence and legal support we would undoubtedly need to countenance the court-ordered disenfranchisement of every Wisconsin voter. Those cases, and a third case in federal court stanley website that was dismissed before the election, focused in part on claims about grants made by the Center for Tech and Civic Life CTCL , a group devoted to improving voter information access, technology and infrastructure and that is funded by Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan.The group gave private funds to more than 2,500 election offices around the country to help with elect Qcrb The challenge for Trump in states that supported Obama in 2012
CBS News Former White House press secretary Ari Fleischer said Mitt Romney is not getting credit for running a good campaign but added that both candidates are simplifying the debate over the economy. Mitt Romney s getting no credit for running what has been a smart, sensible campaign, Fleischer said Tuesday on CBS This Morning. Keeping the focus on the economy when you have an incumbent who stanley cups uk s going do everything he can not to talk about his failed record on jobs and debt. When con stanley cup fronted with the possibility that the attacks might be working, Fleischer said the president s campaign hopes it s working. I don t think they have any other card to play, stanley cup the former press secretary to President George W. Bush said. They wouldn t be doing this if they had policies they could run on or success on the economy. The debate over outsourcing intensified Monday when the president said at a campaign stop in Ohio that Romney s policies would lead to the outsourcing of American jobs. Fleischer, however, said the argument has become overly political. When you look at it from an economic point of view, Fleischer said, noting that some jobs move overseas and some jobs move into the U.S., the economy flows both directions, which is why both candidates are cheapening the economic argument here by trying to score political points. Both President Obama and Mitt Romney can fairly be accused of doing their share of outsourcing. President O