I think what we are confronting now is a new war of ideas. It’s not communism versus capitalism, but it is authoritarianism versus democracy and representative government.
ADAM SCHIFFNotwithstanding these setbacks, the dream of a beautiful American orchestra goes on, and I share Dr. King’s faith that each year we move inexorably closer to a magnificent opening night.
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Each year on the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s birth, America has the opportunity to reflect on our nation’s progress towards the realization of his dream.
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We still have a problem here in this country of access to airports and airplanes [for terrorists].
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Then the small amount of forces that we would have left there might have slowed this day, but they wouldn’t have prevented it altogether.
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The legacy of the Armenian Genocide is woven into the fabric of America.
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We are not yet the beautiful symphony of brotherhood of Dr. King’s dream.
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If they exist, Congress needs to get them. If they’re not provided willingly, Congress should subpoena them.
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When the world is at war with terrorism and the United States cannot afford to offend the sensibility of our Turkish ally.
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And that is a threat that here in Europe, they feel acutely. They’ve seen their countries interfered with, bombarded by cyber-attacks, by Russian propaganda, indeed, by Russian troops.
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Obviously, some of it will have to be done in closed session.
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We know that Russia was involved in hacking our democracy.
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The intelligence community is very professional, they do their jobs well, they’re the best intelligence gatherers in the world.
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The Gulf states are happy for us to fight and die. That’s good for everybody, but the Americans fighting and dying.
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We can’t do it alone. And that has to begin by his acknowledgment of the facts.
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Americans are blessed with great plenty; we are a generous people and we have a moral obligation to assist those who are suffering from poverty, disease, war and famine.
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Terrific. Now to win a larceny trial all we have to do is prove how the universe ends.
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I’m concerned the clock is ticking, and the danger to the American people is still very present.
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So let us call genocide, genocide. Let us not minimize the deliberate murder of 1.5 million people.
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All of the dirty tricks, basically, the Russians employ to tear down liberal democracy, we need to work together on a bipartisan basis, and we need the president Trump help.
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Someone who is a retired judge or an acting judge willing to step down from their judgeship, someone ideally who has prosecutorial experience, but someone who could come in and give credibility to the Russia investigation that is severely in jeopardy.
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But even race-neutral policies and recruitment efforts designed to achieve greater diversity are, in the end, not race neutral.
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And when they have done their job, America must look after and honor its veterans.
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There are many reasons why the Russians prefer Donald Trump.I think, in the first instance, they wanted to tear down Secretary Clinton.
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We are trying to do as much of this as we can in the public eye transparently.
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That says, I think, a lot about where the president is coming from, but it was quite jarring given this was an attack on our democracy by a foreign power.
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And in this community, as in all others, the Golden Rule still applies – we must be act toward other nations as we would have them act towards America.
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And if they’re not in existence, if this was yet another fabrication by the president, he needs to come clean about it.
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