i'm here to introduce ambassador eisen. i would be remiss if i didn't say i got to know that ambassador ricciardoan and ambassador ford. they are great, courageous representatives of the united states in which they have served and are serving now. i am here to introduce norm eisen. this is not a political duty. it's a personal pleasure because ambassador eisen and his wife, lindsey, and his daughter, tamar, are personal friends of mine and my family. as you mentioned, i guess the reason i'm asked is that norman is one of those stateless people who lives in washington, d.c. so i occasionally do double duty by introducing such people. as you mentioned, senator sheehan, ambassador eisen was given a recessed appointment that was disposed of at the end of last year. he had a distinguished career as a lawyer here in washington and then was special counsel for ethics and governmental reform in the white house. i regret that it was necessary for the president to make a recessed appointment in this case, but perhaps there is a silve

eisen. >> thank you. an honor to be here. -express my appreciation on behalf of the nominees that you did not join the herd leaving washington after the vote at noon and thank you for convening this hearing. i am here to introduce ambassador eisen. i would be remiss if i didn't say i had the opportunity to get to know ambassador ricciardone and ambassador ford. these are two extraordinary public servants for the united states and the countries in which they are serving. i am honored to be here to introduce mr. eisen. this is not a political duty. it is a personal pleasure because ambassador eisen and his wife are personal friends of mine and my family. the reason -- one of those stateless people who lived in washington d.c. so i do double duty by introducing such people. as you mentioned, ambassador eisen was nominated and given a recess appointment at the end of last year but prior to his nomination he had a distinguished career as a lawyer in washington and special counsel for ethics and g

i mean no disrespect to ambassador eisen who serves with one of our closest and best allies but turkey presents a lot to pursue. your point about the choices they must make is something i strongly support and appreciate senator casey raising the issue. i think it's important we engage turkish business. i'm grateful for your leadership in the u.s.-turkey business council and opening u.s. marks. but i would urge your aggressive engagement to the strength appropriate in clarifying our strong concerns as a nation about iran and its development. i was pleased to hear your response to previous questions. the prime minister is is engaged in a broad, multinational concern over crimes against humanity by the assaad regime. i want to associate myself with senator menendez's questions about cyprus and ask you two questions, briefly, i may. what have you been able to do to promote religious freedom? what path forward do you think there might be for restoring the property and the theological seminary and what could we be doing to be a more effective partner with you in advocating for religious tole

i am here to introduce ambassador eisen. i would be remiss if i did not say i have gotten the chance to know them, and these are two extraordinary public servants, very courageous and informed representatives in which the countries they have served and are serving. i am honored to be here to introduce norm eisen. this is not a political duty but a personal pleasure. ambassador eisen, his wife, and daughter, are personal friends of mine. as you mentioned, the reason i was asked is because at norman is one of those faceless peopel that lives in d.c. ambassador eisen was nominated and was given a recess appointment. prior to his nomination, he had a distinguished career as a lawyer in washington and was special counsel for ethics and governmental reform. i regret it was necessary for the president to make a recess appointments in this case, but perhaps there is a silver lining in that we can now judge ambassador eisen based on his performance over the last six months. from all that i have heard, it has been exemplary. since arr

i want to thank ambassador's eisen, ricciardone and ford. you all served with conviction and you can continue in the strong stone leadership roles. assay for the second panel, so i do commend ambassador ford for demonstrating real leadership resolve in the face of difficult circumstance and syria by the personally going to a meeting with demonstrators and protesters in difficult circumstances and in advocating for values and interests of the nation. i hope it is clear that many in the body share secretary clinton statement that president assad has lost legitimacy about to pass forward in syria. as a release to turkey, and turned by recent events about with this weekend's resignation but military leadership really means, about tension between the secular military traditions and foundations in the modern turkish state increasingly islamist tendencies that some in the current administration, and very concerned about turkish relationships with israel. to ambassador ricciardone, you've chosen a particularly interesting poster to turn to ask quest

i'm really honored to be here to introduce norman eisen. this is not a political duty. it's really a personal pleasure because ambassador eisen, wife, and daughter are personal friends of me and my family. as you mentioned, i guess the reason i'm asked is that norman is one of those stateless people who lives in washington, d.c. so i occasionally do double duty by introducing such people. as you mentioned, senator, shaheen, ambassador eisen was nominated and given post at the end of last year and had a distinguished career as a lawyer here in washington and was in governmental reform in the white house. i regret it was necessary for the president to make a recessed appointment in this case, but perhaps there is a silver lining here in that we can now judge ambassador eisen based on performance over the last six months, and that i have heard has been exemplary. there's been a whirl wind of activity in probing from the czech government to the american chamber of commerce whose leader has said, and i quote, "in the short time in the country, you have already made a signifi

eisen. again, feel free to introduce family or friends. >> madam chair, senator lugar, senator clues, members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to be here again in connection with my nomination by president obama to continue serving as united states ambassador to the czech republic. i am honored to have the trust of the president and secretary clinton in representing our country. since you ask, i would like to introduce my wife, lindsay kaplan, an associate professor of english. representing the united states in prague is a family effort, and i believe the czech people have come to appreciate my family almost as much as i do. when i was last before the committee, i reflected upon my extraordinary good fortune as a first-generation american from the vantage point of our small fast food restaurant in los angeles, where i grew up with my check holocaust survivor, and my father and immigrant from poland, who could never imagined i would serve as an ambassador. as senator lieberman

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critical countries, the president chose to recess-appoint both ambassador richard owny and ambassador eisento their positions. they have been serving as ambassadors in prague and ankara. an appointment only lasts for one calendar men so these two men have been renominated and the committee will reconsider their nominations. as the subcommittee chair on european affairs, i was supportive of those nominations last year, and i intend to support their nominations once again. since both men have already been serving in these roles we'll have an excellent chance to hear from them directly about the challenges they've already seen and their plans for the future. so welcome back to the committee, gentlemen. thank you both for being willing to go through the nomination process again and to continue to take on these difficult responsibilities at a very important time for our country. so first today we will consider the u.s. relationship with the czech republic. as an important ally of the united states in central europe, the czech republic has demonstrated exceptional leadership in europe, particular

we're driving on the highways that are eisen hiauer highways. a bill that would do just that. help provide services the people really do need. massive cuts for public services across the country. people are suffering because of the loss of them, and i'm talking about cops, i'm talking about teachers, i'm talking about -- >> how do be do this, congressman? >> more robust in add voe cases. speak out. when i go around my community in minneapolis and surrounding suburbs, saying we've got to get people back to work to deal with the problem -- >> you're already -- congressman, all due respect, you've already got your vote. go in the suburban areas and talk about the schools in those areas or roads going out and get the congressmen, heat up their butts. force them to vote your way? why don't you go on the attack instead of playing defense? >> well, you know what? i agree with you again. that's why we in the progressive caucus had a 12-city jobs tour talking about rebuilding america. putting america back to work, putting the american dream back in people's grasp again. we went to pitt

for more on all this, we turn to sara eisen who has been reporting on the case for bloomberg tv. >> good to see you. thanks for having me. >> let's start a little bit about today and kind of maybe how we got here. the prosecution's recommendation to drop charges seems almost the opposite of how strong they said their case was in the beginning. what happened? >> right. initially it seemed like an open-and-shut case. there was certainly a turning point on july 1 when it was revealed that there were credibility issues with the maid who has accused dominique strauss kahn of attempted rape and sexual assault. after that started to unravel today very much expected move by the prosecution filing papers with a judge to dismiss all criminal charges against dominique strauss kahn. that includes the attempted rape. it includes the sexual assault. in the papers filed in court, the prosecution, led by a manhattan district attorney, said that it was doubting the nature and number of falsehoods from the complainant which led them to question her credit inry counting the encounter that happened on may 1

everyone in the bar and forcing people to buy drinks own roosevelt came in he called roosevelt for eisen told him it is time to buy a round of drinks for everyone in the place. roosevelt tried to avoid the kind he took it table behind the stove where he hoped he wouldn't be seen but the fellow followed called him and said hey, by a round of drinks. roosevelt stood up and said well if i have got to i've got to. roosevelt was trained boxer so what he felt he had to do was punch the lights out of the sky come which he did. he socked him three times in the job. the man fell backwards and his guns went off in the fellow hit his head on the bar and not himself senseless. roosevelt took his guns in the patrons of the bar who are probably much happier now than they were before roosevelt showed up to his fellow and dumped them in a shed behind the saloon. the next day he jumped afraid and left town. the story immediately spread all over the area and roosevelt, people began thinking he may be a pretty cool guy after all even though he wears glasses and his kind has kind of a weird suit. and, so th

you would think in most cases, you could drive in, but as we saw in hurricane eisen, when you lose the bridge, you have to be able to get to the area. the other thing i found was safety and security. there is a tendency to wait, or a reluctance to use national guard in law-enforcement until you have a security issue, writing, a sense of lawlessness. i found talking to social scientists that you are doing more good getting people there more quickly by reassuring them they're not by themselves, and showing them people can get in from the outside this is one of the things the major to debt claimed -- presence is a mission. you need to make sure you are safe and secure. i never. a gun in my career of public safety. one-shots' get fired, where they going to do with their not carrying guns? they stopped. it does not take an actual situation. it just takes the perception that it might be dangerous, and you either shut down almost all of your non-law enforcement disaster. the third thing was search and rescue. the injured do not has timed. a lot of our teams would get their 24 or 48 hours, or