it is truly a matter of the clearance process through the hotline. and as a result, what i said is true. it is nothing more than that to my knowledge. now, i take all of the other points that my colleague made. but as to my objection here this evening, i would prefer to have my colleague acknowledge that what i said is what i believe, namely, that this is a clearance process for the two leaders through the hotline and that it is my expectation that these nominees will be cleared through that process. but it is simply not completed. mrs. mccaskill: let me -- i certainly want to apologize to my friend from arizona. i did not mean to intimate that you are saying something you did not believe. mr. kyl: i appreciate that. mrs. mccaskill: the point i'm making here is pretty obvious. we have 84 backed up. we had 84 at the beginning of this week backed up at the train station compared to eight under the bush administration. if anybody can't see as plain as the nose on your face what's going on, they need to tune i in and pay attention. this is stall and bloc

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>> we have a very open and robust hotline. it's monitored by an outside independent agency with complete anonymity as to who's calling in. you know, if the caller wants that. >> but how many reports approximately? i mean, are we talking a handful? are we talking 100? >> since inception between iraq and afghanistan i'd have to guess 20 to 30. they vary not from necessarily contract performance but supervisors bad behavior or another employee's bad behavior. or things that -- occasionally we get a hotline about a good event. >> all right. now, i want to move to a brief discussion of the inherently governmental issue that we've talked about before. and worked closely associated with it. my couple of questions are mostly for you, dr. raney. let me start with you, mr. ward, because you said you were only generally familiar with it. and dr. raney seems to be more specifically familiar with it. let me pick out two or three examples. and you can tell me whether you think they're characterized presently in these guidelines as inherentl

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but some catholic leaders across europe are addressing the claims with an pol jazz, even a hotline number for victims. but many senior leaders at the vatican have come to the pope's defense calling media reports unfair and say he is concerned. >> i was very, very profound and touching words for the victims with the profound understanding of the suffering in the situations. >> again, as you saw, ceremonies are under way at the vatican was as we speak. tomorrow pope benedict will hold an easter vigil in st. peter's square where he will celebrate easter mass on sunday. back to you. >> thank you, elaine. >>> and there are new rules for screening foreign travelers coming into the u.s. starting this month, travelers from 14 different countries that have been home to terrorists will no longer automatically face extra screening before flying to the u.s. instead, the screenings will be based on specific information about potential threats. these new procedures replace those that went into effect after the attempted bombing of a plane on christmas day. >>> a federal judge will decide today whether

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