the people they were stealing votes from were other democratic challen challengers, people who wanted to clean up local government. the right to work in the united states is just as fundamental a right as the right to vote. under federal law if you want to get a job, you've got to authenticate your identity and authenticate your citizenship or your work visa to be able to work as a noncitizen. that is no different than what states want to do in the voting context. and i would end with a quote from rhode island democratic state representative john brian who said voting is one of the most important rights and duties we have as americans, and it should be treated accordingly. i certainly agree with that. thanks. >> hi, my name is laura murphy director of the aclu washington legislative office. well, you know i couldn't disagree with what hans has said. first, i need to point out his statistics on the state of georgia and indiana are very flawed. and several election law scholars around the country in the nonpartisan brennan center have debunked his assertion that there is no relationship

opposition groups opposition activists or london based syrian observatory for human rise about resume challen about clashes continued in the city of homs this reports of very hard to be very far and it's also very hard to find out exactly who is behind these reports and all these people on the ground of their report and from abroad while these conflicting reports about what's going on here come in with a rise in exile and rising pressure from the international community to the regime of president bashar assad we know with discussions resumed about possible military intervention as a solution to the country's ongoing crisis. time to change tactics with fighting in homes entering its third week the syrian opposition based abroad and its foreign supporters seem to have run out of patience the foreign military solution to the country's crisis always considered as a last resort might now become a realistic scenario we are really close to seeing this military intervention as the only solution there are two evils military intervention a protracted civil war the opposition outside they have contact w

small business, how successful or unsuccessful it is and what the growth opportunities are and what challen challenges they're facing. >> so, do you feel, rob burke, that these things are too big? they're giving money to everyone when, in some of these cases, when they need to cherry pick a little more? >> there's certainly an element of one size fits all when it really doesn't. i agree with that. that makes sense. >> when washington talks about small business, often times they talk about companies that are smaller than 500 people. does that ring true? something that's going to help a 500-person company, rob basso, is not going to help a 10-person company, necessarily. >> i don't think the programs match up. sba's definition of a small business is 500 employees or under. if you look at the local landscape in and around any major urban area, you'll find it's more six to ten. a six to ten-person employer shop doesn't have the same needs, issues or wants as a 465-person machine shop some place. unfortunately, in this case, i agree with rob. it is not a one size fits all situation. and i think

. >> yeah, channel it away from -- he wasn't necessarily thinking of running as a full-on challen challenger at the time, although he kept dropping these horrible comments about the taft administration. he was sort of hoping

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