Rear Adm. Barry Black:~ the chaplain: let us pray. o god our father, help us to have the right attitude. keep us from pride that makes us think more highly of ourselves than we should. save us from false plod city

Rear Adm. Barry Black:that would sometimes -- false plod city that would sometimes move us in the direction of evading responsibility. instead help us to think of ourselves, to think of others and to think of you as we

Rear Adm. Barry Black:ought. inspire the members of this body. let them not be content to wait and see what will happen, but give them the determination to make the right things happen. give them the humility to know

Rear Adm. Barry Black:that no one has a monopoly on your truth and that they need each other to discover your guidance together. we pray in the name of the light of the world. amen. the presiding officer: please join

Rear Adm. Barry Black:me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty

Harry Reid:and justice for all. the presiding officer: the clerk will read a communication to the senate. the clerk: washington, d.c, april 21, 2008. to the senate: under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph

Speech By: Harry Reid