manager of the sunset district good will, martin lamb, in district 5, rodney chen, district 6, steven leee leader of aspire, district 7, a longtime democratic activist, district 8, the founding executive director of the chinatown community development center gordon chen, strychnine shirley chen, district 10, a community leader and visitation valley, and last but not least, the business woman and president of an iron works co., florence kong. could you join me in thanking all of their leadership? [applause] the last thing i want to say is we have been celebrating our heritage for 163 years, and i look forward to another 163 years of celebration. thank you very much for being here. >> supervisor chiu, thank you very much. this is the seventh year that san francisco has held an official celebration for asian americans. the plans are the culminated efforts of the members of the mayor's asian-pacific american heritage celebration committee. please welcome me and joining claudine cheng for her remarks on this year's celebration. >> thank you, everyone, for joining us for our celebration this ye

i am truly humbled to be associated with an outstanding leaders, the courage of steven lee. i am also humble because, you know, we get more credit than we deserve, and we sometimes get more blame, but i cannot do any of the stock i'd do without a great staff and board of the chinatown cdc, exemplified by the gang here today. i am also very proud today because i had been a resident of district 8 for 30 years. i am really proud of that fact. i want to apologize to supervisor wiener right now. he tried to visit me a lot last year unsuccessfully. i promise you, before november 2013, i will get my doorbell fixed. i am proud to be a native san franciscan. i have lived in six different districts, i think, in my 63 years. i want to get around to the other five, perhaps in the next few years. i am proud to be a san francisco giants fan. so thank you for your good work. thank you for your leadership on behalf of this championship city that we call san francisco. thank you. [applause] supervisor chiu: congratulations, gordon. our next honoree will be recognized by our colleague from di

lee reports. its model for others across the country. >> good morning to everyone. we welcome you to our very special course. >> judge steven manly runs the veterans program in santa clara superior court. >> but you are not doing the work so we are going to have a time-out here. because i can't see that. >> there are tough consequences. >> he is not going home, that is the end of it. >> and there are happy endings. >> now there is a record and something to celebrate, after 21 years you are no longer on parole. >> in court you are more encouragement than disapproval. >> believing in yourself, never giving up and you've made it. >> the judge has a caseload of nearly 2,000 veterans and he is there biggest cheerleader. >> we did not do well with vietnam veterans. we shouldn't repeat that iraq and afghanistan veterans. >> it works like a medical triage, many difficult agencies are represented in court. not only the d.a. and public defender but also veterans administration counselors and probation officers. they try to create a supportive environment not a contentious one. deputy district attorney. >> every case that is heard her

garcia, mayor lee and the california teachers association david sanchez will be out at the giants' home plate ceremony tomorrow on the day of the teacher to honor these 10 teachers. steven bonacorso from john o'connell high school, sarah brandt from balboa high school, nina mayor from george washington high school, jean mackelly from mckinley elementary school, juan novella from fairmont elementary school. maurice feara, julie wong from noriega child development center and dale richardson from new traditions elementary school. congratulations to all the award recipients and thank you for all of the hard work. item d is the student delegates' report. so elvina and athina? >> mr. truett, associate superintendent of student support services, came by to give our justice presentation and he gave us an overview of the goals and procedures of restorative justice and how it was and what happened. and he also helped discuss whether we thought suspension was a successful consequence for discipline. and s.e.c. and mr. trudolph will discuss the best ways to implement this policy and s.e.c. decided i will be the interim student delegate for the time being until elections are coming

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humble county, stanley hall, gerald heartacre, steven highland of claremont, barbara keating of palm springs, calvin keller, natalie larson of los angeles, table leepez, dora, lori niara of los angeles, rubin ornada, thomas porarely, mary of santa barbara, otis tober, timothy ward of san diego, john winkess of torrence. i said then on september 12 in the name of these californians and the names of all of these other innocent victims, it is time for the terrorism to stop. thank you very much, mr. president. i yield the floor. mrs. murray: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from washington state. mrs. murray: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i come to the floor today to talk about the tremendous news that our country received last night from president obama. almost 10 years ago on september 11, 2001, i too remembered looking out a window here at the nation's capitol and seeing the black smoke billowing in the air over the pentagon. on that day america was brutally attacked by terrorists who took aim at the financial, military and political centers of our country. although these evil men killed thousands of americans and caused