Senate proceeding 05-01-08 :: 0:00:00 to 0:03:42 of 9:29:56

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Rear Adm. Barry Black: the chaplain, dr. barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. creator of the universe, help us to find meaning in our work. train us to see your purposes behind our tasks,

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Speech By: Rear Adm. Barry Black

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Rear Adm. Barry Black: motivating us to focus on pleasing you. empower our senators. give them the will and strength they need. provide them with patience, so they will nether despair or grow weary in well doing. give them

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Rear Adm. Barry Black: confidence that in following you, eternal lord, they are certain of ultimate triumph. let your peace guard their hearts and your wisdom direct their steps. we pray in your great name. amen. the

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Rear Adm. Barry Black: presiding officer: please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under

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Rear Adm. Barry Black: god indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the presiding officer: the clerk will read a communication to the senate. the clerk: washington, d.c, may 1, 2008. to the senate: under the provisions

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Rear Adm. Barry Black: of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable amy klobuchar, a senator from the state of minnesota, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: robert c.

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Rear Adm. Barry Black: byrd, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: tidhe majority leader is recognized. mr. reid: following my remarks and those of senator mcconnell, if he decides to make such remarks, we'll be

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Rear Adm. Barry Black: in a period of morning business for up to one hour. senators will be a thousand dollar speak for up to ten minutes each during that time. the republicans control the first 30 minutes. the majority

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Rear Adm. Barry Black: controls the final 30 minutes. following morning business the senate resume consideration of the federal federal aviation reauthorization. madam president, five years ago on the deck of an aircraft carrier,

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Rear Adm. Barry Black: returning from the middle east, american world war witnessed perhaps the greatest act of hubris our country's ever seen in wartime. resplendent in a flight suit, landing thee at trickically in a fighter -- landing

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Rear Adm. Barry Black: in a fighter jet, president bush said -- quote -- said -- with a banner thatproclaimed "mission accomplished accomplished." with families, two and a half million, refugees. with no town in place,

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Rear Adm. Barry Black: mission accomplished? when president bush put on his flight suit, 139 american troops had lost their lives. today the toll has reached 4,058 or 4,059. april, the highest death count in seven moths, 51

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Rear Adm. Barry Black: americans killed. when president bush landed on the runway of the u.s.s. abraham lincoln, 548 americans had been wounded. today that count is far more than 30,000. many of those injuries are grave

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Harry Reid: injuries. when president bush announced major combat operations ended the american taxpayers spent about $79 billion. today $526 billion and counting. we're spending $5,000 every second, seven

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Speech By: Harry Reid