we're live again at the washington convention center awaiting the start of the national education association's annual meeting and remarks from vice president biden and his wife, jill. live pictures from the washington convention center, waiting for the national education association's annual meeting to get under way this morning. attendees will be hearing remarks from vice president joe biden. he'll be joined by his wife, jill. she is a professor at a college in northern virginia. the two will be introduced by the president of the nea. yesterday, he urged members of the nea to re-elect president obama. we expect this to start in just a moment. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome nea president dennis van rokel, dr. jill biden and the vice president of the united states, joe biden. [ applause ] [ cheers and applause ] >> welcome! n nea delegates, are you ready for a great day? i understand the lines were better. yeah? so i was just thinking, if vice president biden wants to return as the re-elected vice president of the united states, we know how to do it right. now, it is my great honor to

"this is america" is made possible by -- the national education association, the nation's largest advocate for children and public education. poongsan corporation, forging a higher global standard. the ctc foundation, afo communications and the rotondaro family trust. tell me about life in tunisia today. >> oh, it is a good question, how life is in tunisia. i mean, we are feeling we are in this crossroad for one year maybe and after that we will have to choose the right or wrong one. so, we aren't in this country being completely rebuilt, reconstructed -- are in this country completely being rebuilt and we are searching for what tunisia will look like in the future. >> ah, tunisia and led the arab spring, a bit in it, if we can use the phrase in that whole part of the world. >> absolutely. tunisia led the revolution and for me as a tunisia i think barry revolution is not done -- it is done once we reach a real democracy. that real democracy, we are building it now. , but the idea of one country leading to the end, and we of the first country now to draft a constitution, the first country t

"this is america" is made possible by -- the national education association, the nation's largest advocate for children and public education. poongsan corporation, forging a higher global standard. the ctc foundation, afo communications and the rotondaro family trust. thank you so much for sitting with us. >> thank you for having me. >> what brought you to the attention of the government over there in yemen? >> i would like to say they did not really pay attention to me as an activist and a woman because they did not pay attention to women in a country, and that as a privilege because we can do our own activism and spoke -- focus more on our work. but when they contacted me, they said that this is what we need to do. they were watching what hosni mubarak was doing in egypt and were thinking what we -- what needed to be done. but they've were not honest with that. they just wanted to observe the anger. so, that did not work. i would answer your questions setting it is social media. i was working as a journalist g. i have been working as a journalist for six years and i never heard a comment

." >> "this is america" is made possible by the national education association, the nation's largest advocate for children and public education. punsan corporation, forging a higher global standard. the ctc foundation, afl communications, and the rotondaro family trust. >> americans know very little about africa and south africa. what is the size of the country? is it a big country? >> it is probably a bit of the subcontinent. i think it could easily be a third of europe. but that is the massive size of the african continent. as massive as the land mass is the opportunity that opens across africa and getting the impression that americans are learning more and more about africa because they understand that the economic salvation lies on that last frontier that the u.s. has been shying away from. >> why do you think we have shied away from it? >> i think the u.s. has always seen in africa, and sometimes justifiably, as a continent that needs assistance rather than can be a partner and create investment and tourism. america has often seemed the continent of africa as a place troubled by

. >> "this is america" is made possible by the national education association, the nation's largest advocate for children and public education. poongsan corporation, forging a higher global standard. the ctc foundation, afo communications, and the rotondaro family trust. >> alyse, beijing, 1995, a big u.n. conference, the fourth, i think they said, which was a women's conference. and you where there. how did you get to go there? you were in school at the time. >> i was 21 at the time. >> you graduated from emerson? >> was between my junior and senior year at college. i was just desperate to understand my place in the world. i was desperate, growing up in this increasingly interconnected global society, wanting to know what rights and opportunities to women around the world face? i knew my mother and grandmother have -- had fought so i could have almost the same rights as men in this country. not quite there yet, but close. but i believe it probably was not the case around the world but you could not read books or news people articles back then about what was going on with women around the wo

they don't get it. >> you can see vice president baden's full remarks at the national educational association's annual meeting tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span. >> no one paid attention to tunisia. for anybody who knew about it they thought about it as the place where "star wars" was filmed, but it suddenly became on the radar, and protests began getting planned in different countries, and so i -- i started taking the techniques i used in tunisia and just expanded on them and improved upon them until it got to the point where my twitter followers essentially became my newsroom, so rather than being in a studio as an anchor would, you know, with producers left and right and researchers and an ear piece and someone talking into it and give me the latest wire information or a laptop telling me that, a pundit here and an eyewitness there, i was sitting on a park bench with my phone having dozens of twitter followers doing all of those roles for me so i could essentially do rolling anchor coverage of these revolutions and fact check and debunk a bunch of things coming out of it. >> watch this whole

"this is america" is made possible by -- the national education association, the nation's largest advocate for children and public education. the ctc foundation, afo communications, and the -- family trust. >> let's talk about some of the basics. how big is botswana? >> this is the size in terms of area of the state of texas. >> oh, ok. >> in terms of population, about 2 million people. our number one revenue was diamonds. >> diamonds? i will get to that in a minute. as big as texas, 2 million people. sparsely populated. >> very sparsely populated. parts of the desert is in botswana. the most pristine forest area is found in the north and is part of botswana. >> so, a big tourist attraction? >> a very big tourist attraction. the country is driving tourism but also protection of the environment at the same time. >> this is a land-locked country, isn't it? >> yes, it is. >> as you mentioned, desert is a huge part of it. what is the definition of a doubt that? >> the rivers come in from all over and goal and they come and they end in -- they come from all over angola and they end in botswana.

. >> vice president joe biden and his wife spoke tuesday to the annual meeting of the national education association, the nation's largest labor union. on monday, the association's president called on members to reelect president obama. this is 40 minutes -- [cheers and applause] >> welcome! are you ready for a great day? [cheers and applause] i endorsed and the lines were better, yes? i was just thinking -- if a vice president biden wants to return as the reelected vice president of the united states, we know how to do it right. [applause] now it is my great honor to introduce a very special guest. reallyy, she doesn't seem like a guest at all. she seems more like family because she is a lifelong indicator and a former member of the national education association. [applause] most americans know jill biden as the second lady. but we also know her as dr. biden. she received her ph.d. from the university of delaware and she wrote her dissertation on maximizing student retention in community colleges. when we talk about access and equity in education, we understand the critical role that community coll

. >> "this is america" is made possible by the national education association, the nation's largest advocatefor children and public education. poonsang corp., forging a higher global standard. the ctc foundation. a f o communications. and the rotondaro family trust. >> anne, thank you so much for joining us. we talk about nuclear energy and nuclear power. are they the same thing? >> i think you could call them the same thing. nuclear energy, nuclear power, the use of nuclear reactors to generate power, it is pretty much the same term. >> nuclear power, nuclear energy used for electricity, heating, things like that. >> correct. >> do you know off the top of your head what percentage of our power in the u.s. comes from nuclear energy? >> i should know this more precisely. i think it is about 25%. >> and gerard the world it is a big deal, -- and throughout the world is a big deal, right? more so than in the u.s.? >> in some countries is a big deal. france, for example, has 75% to 80% of its power coming from nuclear reactors. it is very substantial. japan, prior to fukushima, it was extremely s

the national education association's annual meeting in washington, d.c. with a speech from vice president biden and an introduction from his wife, jill biden. the president of the nea, the nation's largest teachers union called on members to re-elect president obama. you can watch remarks live tomorrow at :0010 a.m. here on c-span3. >>> coming up tonight, defense secretary leon panetta discussing a new national security strategy that emphasizes working together with other nations. >> we continue to see the destabilizing behavior of nations like iran and north korea, the rise of new powers across asia and the dramatic changes that we've seen unfold across the middle east and north africa. these challenges coupled with the new fiscal reality led us to reshape our priorities with a new defense strategy for the 21st century. it is a strategy that places a greater emphasis on building the capabilities of others the help meet the security challenges of the future, and to sustain a peaceful and cooperative international order. >> you can see the secretary's full

educated nation in the world. god bless you all and may god protect our troops. thank you. [ applause ] [ applause ] >>> wrapping up remarks from vice president joe biden and his wife, jill, at the national education association's six-day annual meeting here in washington. yesterday nea president dennis van roekel spoke at this conference. his remarks last about 20 minutes. >> see to me the purpose of public education begins with access and equity. that's why it's public. that's why we need it for all. public education makes america strong studying history and civics and help students become good citizens. part of a democratic republic. public education is the vehicle to teach american values and ideals. values like a just society, equal opportunity, and democracy. and in a nation where equal opportunity is one of our most deeply held values, education is a key that opens the door to economic opportunity for people from all backgrounds. see that's why leaders from thomas jefferson to martin luther king, jr., to president obama have understood the importance of education in our society. another obvious answer to the why question is student learning. the academic side of education. not a curriculum narrowed to me

jill biden at the national education association's annual meeting today in washington. on c-span 2, prime time with a look at pedestrian beginning with michael duffy's examination of the world's most exclusive club from hoover through obama. on c-span 3, american history in prime time with oral history interviews with key congressional staff charged with investigating president nixon. that's all tonight on the c-span networks. watch 24 hours of american history tv here on c-span 3. starting at 8:00 a.m., the war of 1812, a little known conflict that bolstered america's international credibility that airs at 4:00 p.m. eastern. at noon and 8:00 p.m., how president johnson viewed the role of government and his great society efforts to institute social reform. it's george mcgovern and walter mondale. a key address from robert caro. at 2:00 and 10:00 p.m., the writings and observations of french aristocrat and his conceptions of liberty, equality and community and commentator michael barone. american history tv wednesday july 4th on c-span 3. >> the life of a sailor included

jill biden of the national education association meeting today in washington. on c-span2, the weekend programs looking at the presidency beginning with michael duffy on the world's most exclusive, and on c-span3 tonight, american history television in prime time, with oral history interviews with key congressional staff in charge of investigating president nixon. that is all tonight on the c- span networks, and tomorrow, on the c-span july 4 schedule, we will begin at 10:00 a.m. with a gold medal ceremony with marines. a group of african american marines in world war ii, from 1942 to 1949, stationed at a segregated camp just adjacent to camp lejeune in north carolina. house and senate leaders take part in the ceremony. and tomorrow evening, the history of the statue of liberty, talking about the beginnings and changing meanings of the american symbol. that is tomorrow evening, july 4, 8:00 p.m. eastern here on c- span. >> this weekend, go to the state capital named in honor of thomas dickerson with booktv in jefferson city, missouri. booktv on c-span2. the form

. >> today, the national education association holds its annual meeting. nea president discusses the future of public education and the teaching profession. our live coverage begins at 12:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> today, the cato institute hosts a discussion on the supreme court decision on the health care law. panels will discuss the scope of constitutional law and the future of health care. live coverage begins at 1:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> during a recent hearing before the house financial services subcommittee, home appraisers told regulators that increased regulations have contributed to a drop in home prices. in this two-hour hearing, members of the committee examined how the dodd-frank law has affected the housing appraisals process. >> this hearing of the subcommittee on insurance housing and community opportunity will come to order. opening statements will be made part of the record and without objection, all members' opening statements will be made part of the record. i will yield myself as much time as i may consume for an opening state

the national education association. the nation's largest teacher's union. it also lost huge amounts of membership. it is interesting to me. presidents traditionally have gone to address the nea. it would make sense in an election year. do you think the president is sending biden because he thinks i have got the teacher's vote sewn up or they are not as relevant. >> they are very relevant. i don't think the teacher's union blames president obama for the state budget cuts that has so many teachers being laid off. the stimulus for 2 1/2 years kept many teachers on the payrolls because federal government allocations reached the states and they were translated into saving jobs with teachers. they have since expired. the president would like more. this doesn't seem to me to be optically or in the way of a relationship to be any slight. the vice president is not bad. >> let me ask you quickly. do these kinds of gatherings, do they matter, do you think? i wonder, erin, we talked so much about how the money may favor and the advertising favor mitt romney and barack

she is a seventh grade english teacher from california and spoke at the national education association 2012 meeting last week. this is about half an hour. >> we have a special presentation from a special person. thing is my honor to introduce to you the 2012 national teacher of the year, rebecca mieliwocki. [applause] this woman rocks, she is real. i love her. you will love her. she is an english teacher in the gray said of california. -- in the great state of california. [cheers] this is her second career. we have more and more folks who decide to do something with their lives and become a teacher. she teaches general education, gifted and talented classes, and serves on the school leadership team. i hate reading bios. you can read her bio, it is long and impressive. but, it will not tell you what is in her heart. what i admire is this sense of urgency, this passion that she has, that she needs to help these kids right now, today. in a recent interview, she had this to say about her work. "i really love it. they will carry my dead cold body out of that classroom." i found that profoun

the 2012 teacher of the year speaks today at the national education association. she teaches seventh grade in burbank, california. you can see your comments live at 11: 30 eastern on at c-span2. >> around 9:30, would add more of the ship to appear in the middle of the harbor. >> the former commanding officer of the uss cole on the events surrounding the al qaeda attack that left 17 dead and 37 injured. >> 11:18 in the morning, there was a thunderous explosion. feetould feel all hundre505 thrust entirely to the right. the ship was doing this on the three-dimensional twisting and flexing. lights went out, ceiling tiles popped out. everything on my desk lift up and slammed back down. i grabbed the side of my desk until the ship stopped moving and i could stand up. >> more on sunday at a clock on c-span's "q&a." >> the life of a sailor includes scrubbing the deck in the morning, working on at the sales, climbing a loft, whenever the duties. by the end of the day, you are ready for rest, but you don't get a full eight hours of sleep. on board a ship like constitution,

vice president joe biden addresseaddressed the national education association.n the annual meeting he said the teachers are under full blown assault from governor romney and republicans. the n.e.a. is losing members at a record pace, potentially threatening its political clout. >>> greecee new government will present debt inspectors with what it calls alarming economic data this week as it attempts to renegotiate a bail-out. france's new prime minister says his country's debt have become crushing, laying the groundwork for spending cut and tax hike. spain's bank could get their bail-out within weeks. the international monetary fund is urging germany to boost domestic demand. the market have seened more concerned with celebrating the holiday than worrying about europe. half day of trading ahead of the fourth, stocks were up. the s&p 500 finished 8-1/2 ahead. nasdaq was up 25. supreme court had said it passed constitutional muster, but never said it would be easy to actually implement the president's healthcare plan. the chief national correspondent jim angle look

the national education association now down 100,000 members. that's since 2010..c. for its annual meeting this week and in a rare move by a democratic candidate, president obama has decided not to go. and call it criminal karma, a guy trying to steal some cigarettes from a california convenience store. and guess what happens, the shelf collapses underneath him. but the crook still managed to get away, smokes in hand. heather? >> heather, thank you so much. crews this morning are putting the final touches on one of the largest fourth of july celebrations in the entire united states. we're talking about the annual macy's fourth of july fireworks show here in new york city. wnyw reporter robert moses is live for us with more. hi there, bobby. >> heather, good morning to you, and good morning, everyone. and i've staked out a nice spot for you here on the jersey side of the hudson river. we're fighting some rain drops. that's the biggest problem. i could be using my umbrella this morning. hopefully we won't need those when the fireworks gets under way at 9:20 tonight.

in washington this week, the national education association is holding its annual meeting.president joe biden addresses the form on tuesday. you can see it live at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span 3. [applause] now a discussion on the national security. and mitt romney. we look at the impact of national security issues on past presidential elections. this is in chapel hill, north carolina. it is an hour and 25 minutes. >> we are very happy to welcome david schanzer, the associate professor of the practice for public policy at duke university. he is director at the triangle center of terrorism and homeland security and associate prossor of public picy at unc. he is the director for strategy and outreach i. d. institute for homeland security solutions. he did his undergraduate work at harvard. he also served as editor for the harvard law review. prior to is academic career, he worked as a law cle for the department of justice. he was a trial attorney for the u.s. department of justice civil division. special counsel for the.s. department of defense. he is also served of the legis

vice psident biden was at the national education association in washington today.he swiss bank account. listen. >> how do you know -- go home and borrow money to start a new business from your parents? he says that the president is out of touch? how many of you have a swiss bank account? >> it is just too easy. look, here is someone that has been running for president for many years now. you would think he would have cleaned some of this stuff up by now. does suggest that maybe he's not so confident about unwinding his tax affairs and maybe not so easy or maybe he doesn't think it matters or that maybe he is not going to win. in any case it is not just a question of what is legal. that's not the only bar here the presidential candidates have to cross. we can all agree, for instance, john edwards' behavior was reprehensible and unpresidential and excluded him from ever being elected president. it wasn't illegal have have a baby out wedlock but not appropriate and not appropriate in similar ways but obviously in a very different circumstance about what kind of leader

the national education association is wrapping up its annual meeting in washington d.c. with a speech from the national teacher of the year. she is a seventh grade teacher from burbank, california. that is live tomorrow at 11:30 eastern, on c-span 2. >> tax reform should focus on the results that we want. it can create jobs. it can spark innovation. it can expand opportunity. it can guarantee our competitiveness. it can put america back on top. >> you can talk about goals all you want, but we have put out stop signs, we have put up stoplights, and none of it ever changes congress's behavior. >> from the time i lost total control from the committee -- we called the head of joint taxes, and said give us a tax bill. i said, what about 26? >> you could make the advantages to homeowners more progressive. in the tax reform, what we did was to convert the home mortgage deduction to a tax credit at our rate. >> changing the tax code. yesterday and today, current and former lawmakers at the bipartisan policy center on the battles won and lost. find it online at the c-span video li

national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> here is a look at the prime- time lineup. beginning at 8:00 eastern. is president joe biden and joe biden hit the national association education -- and washington. but tv's weekend programs and pride time. looking at the presidency, beginning with michael ugly on the world's most exclusive club. and on c-span3 tonight, american history tb in prime-time with oral history interviews with key congressional staff charged with investigating president nixon. that is all to eye on the c- span that works. tomorrow on july 4, we will begin at 10:00 with a congressional gold medals the marines. a group of 19,000 african- americans of world war ii. there were stationed at the segregated camp just addition to the camp in north carolina. house and senate leaders will take part in the therapy. marty blake, the history of the statue of liberty. talking about the beginning, controversies and j. g. weeks. that is tomorrow evening. -- talking about the beginning, controversies, and the beginnings. >> the light of the sailor included scrapping the deck, climbing the loft -- whatever the duties assigned, but by the end of the day you are ready fo

at 12:30, the heads of the national education association will give the keynote address at the annual meeting looking at the role of the teachers' union and education reform. live at 12:30 eastern. live at 1:30, the cato institute in washington post and discussion on the supreme court ruling upholding the health-care law. they will look at the future of health-care. the discussion will start at 1:30 p.m. eastern right here on c-span. speaking to reporters in brussels, nato secretary-general anders rasmussen talked about the situation in syria and the transition in afghanistan earlier today. he condemned the continuing violence in syria and the recent shooting death of a turkish military jet, and repeated that nato had no intentions of getting militarily involved in syria. this is about 30 minutes. >> good afternoon. thank you for coming in. the secretary-general will start with his opening statement and then questions. >> good afternoon. syria is still a matter of concern. we are following the situation closely. as you know, it made no's core business is security -- nato's corp. busin

the national of education association is wrapping up its annual meeting in washington, d.c. with a speech from the national teacher of the year. she is a seventh great english teacher from burbank, california. that is why today at 11:30 a.m. eastern on cspan two. >> one of my favorite things to talk about is half of pig in half of cows and half of turkey's. this particular drug is not with drawn when they walk on to the killing floor. >> this weekend, mark that rosenberg looks behind the food industry and seized regulatory lapses. that is sunday night at 9:00. >> and an independent state ceremony at the white house, president obama called for the passage of the dream act. his remarks committed naturalization ceremony for 25 active u.s. service members. from the east room, this is 20 minutes. ♪ ♪ ♪ [the star spangled banner] ♪ ♪ please be seated. good morning. it is a special morning and distinct honor for me to be here. good morning, everybody. secretary napolitano, distinguished guests, family and friends, welcome to the white house. happy fourth of july. what a perfect way

i want to talk specifically about education, we'll zero in on education, the national education associationfor education programs dropping back to pre-2003 program levels for education. they are figuring in maybe 80,500 jobs lost as there are more children now in school, way more children in school than there were in 2003. >> what does congress have to do to keep this from happening? >> congress has to do its job to keep this from happening. congress has to figure out -- here's the thing, we can't continue in 2013 in our baseline right now anyway because we're blowing out deficits. we can't continue on just like randomly slashing budgets. congress is supposed to figure out a signal to the world where it's going to cut, how it's going to set tax policy and it's got to start to prioritize, slashing across the board will be jarring and difficult. the cbo said it would cause a recession. are you seeing any sign they are moving towards using a scalpel not an axe? >> no. >> >> not at all, it's all about the presidential election season. what about the lame duck season, any appetite or any signal

listeners that we will be covering the vice-president's address this morning to the national association -- the national educationssociation annual meeting taking place in washington, d.c. live on c-span 3 at 10:00 a.m. he will be introduced by his wife, dr. jilkl biden. for more information, go to our website, c-span.org. our line for independents - your message to congress on sequestration? caller: i think the military budget can be cut even more. i think 14% over 10 years. when i was in the military in 1965, i got a small taste of it. the food they would throw away makes you sick. everything that the military buys is way overpriced. host: give me an example of where you would make defense budget cuts? airplanes, ships, troops? caller: some of the planes, some of the ships -- we have too many support groups and the military. -- m the military. - 0-in the military. i was in the infantry and we had too many support groups. we did not need them. host: that was from massachusetts. more from the list of six reasons to keep the defense budget sequestration cuts in place. in port royal, va., an airline for republicans

that core constituency as vice president biden did earlier this week speaking to the national education association. >> but there's a pretty uniform view held by mr. romney and republicans in the united states congress today. they criticize you. and they blame you. they make you the fall guy. they should be thinking of ways to help you make your job easier, not more difficult. instead they hector, they lecture, and they blame you. and they call you selfish. >> reporter: another huge problem for labor, american workers continue to demographic migration to those traditionally ant at this union -- anti-union southern states because that's where the jobs are. jenna: doug, thank you. >> reporter: my pleasure. jon: take a live look at new york city's central park. temperatures are soaring toward the 90s. will there be any relief coming? we'll get you a foxcast. >>> president obama hits the road defending his economic policies in a couple of key battleground states. will his message resonate with blue-collar voters? are they with him? that's coming up in a fair and balanced debate. jenna: we have differen

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the national education association before senator harkin came out with his report did their own analysis on how education jobs would be effect -- would be affected. school staff could end up losing their jobs. host: minneapolis, democrats line -- caller: good morning, i will bring it back to the colorado shooting. from what i understand, this student that was on a grand that i believe my taxes paid for, his guns, his car, his apartment and i think it really upsets me. i'm a democrat and i am for kids going to school. i worked in a school system and everything. for higher education, i think there should be some kind of checks and balance on what grants or monies that are given to the government that the young adults going to school should have to pay for the school with the money that is given to them. host: waco, texas, good morning, independent line -- caller: i would like to address the bilingual program. we are not allowed to ask anything of the families or child that is illegal. i feel that is so much money that can go towards educating the poorer americans. don't get me wrong, these

at 10:00 vice president joe biden and his wife speak at the national education association annual meeting. that's on c-span 3. and then on c-span at 11 a.m. british prime minister david cament ron testifies at the european debt crisis and the british economy. >> next on afterwards victor cha on his bock. it's a history of the kim dynasty and one of the most secretive nations in the world. he talks talks with scott ?ieter on the -- ?ieder on the counsel of foreign relations. it has part memoir, part history, and part, i guess, what i call international relations. it's a sketch book on north korea. what were you looking to accomplish by writing the books and what sort of impacts do you hope? >> i'm glad you didn't say pound try. i wanted to write the book, when i left the government in 2007, i really had no desire to write a book about north korea. i'd been dealing with the issue for three years. involved in the negotiations, between everything, you know, really close up and i didn't have a desire to write it then. but five years later, in a situation that north korea was in, it seemed like

. >> biden was speaking to a crowd of more than 15,000 people at the national education association's failing policies and that romney will put students first. >>> turning to national security, graduate students at the university of texas hijacked a civilian drone. don't worry, the school says it was actually part of a challenge issued by none other than the department of homeland security. how did the researchers do it? a technique called spoofing that involves taking over the aircraft's gps, way above my pay grade to know how it happens. thanks to changing times at the pentagon, a chance to make history. this is great. the 21-year-old could have joined the army by now but by waiting she became the first woman to enlist in one of six new combat support jobs that opened up to women this past name. she will help maintain heavy duty tanks, once she gets through basic training. i love the opportunity to say, you go, girl. >> i love that, too. good luck to her, all the women out there. appreciate it. >>> it's a major major decision that could have huge political repercussions. most of us

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