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LIVE C-span3 0:50 (est.) Speech Presidential Address Newspaper Association of America
George W. Bush
Posted on 04/01/2004 7:06:14 AM PST by OXENinFLA
Since "Free Republic is an online gathering place for independent, grass-roots conservatism on the web. We're working to roll back decades of governmental largesse, to root out political fraud and corruption, and to champion causes which further conservatism in America.", I and others think it's a good idea to centralize what the goes on in the Senate (or House if it gets hot).
So if you see something happening on the Senate/House floor you don't have to start a new thread, you can just use this one also if you have a thread that pertains to the Senate, House, or pretty much any GOV'T agency please link your thread here.
If you have any suggestions for this thread please feel free to let me know.
Here's a few helpful links.
C-SPAN what a great thing. Where you can watch or listen live to most Government happenings.
C-SPAN 1 carries the HOUSE.
C-SPAN 2 carries the SENATE.
C-SPAN 3 (most places web only) carries a variety of committee meetings live or other past programming.
A great thing about our Government is they make it really easy for the public to research what the Politicians are doing and saying (on the floor anyway).
THOMAS where you can see a RECORD of what Congress is doing each day. You can also search/read a verbatim text of what each Congressmen/women or Senator has said on the floor or submitted 'for the record.' [This is where the real juicy stuff can be found.]
Also found at Thomas are Monthly Calendars for the Majority and Minority
Roll Call Votes can be found here.
The Coalition Provisional Authority briefs the news media almost every day. Usually it's General Kimmitt and Mr. Senor. Saturday it was General Kimmitt and a Mr. Bailey from the British faction of the CPA.
Q Quinn O'Toole, NPR. The situation in Kut, if there had been three enemy killed and 37 detained, does that qualify as the destruction of Sadr's army? And what in your mind qualifies as the destruction of the army, which is your stated aim?
GEN. KIMMITT: Well, first of all, the stated aim in the town of Al Kut was to restore coalition control to that town. It is our overall objective throughout the area of operations to destroy Sadr's militia, and frankly any militia in this country that turns to violence
. . . . . . . Q (Through interpreter.) Ali Naser al Qoraishi (ph) from al Zemin (ph) Now. General Kimmitt, good evening. According to the Geneva Convention, to provide security and stability and not aggress over human rights, where is the security, where are the rights of the citizens of Fallujah, of the children and the old and the women? Bombing them with American weapons and bombs and planes and killing and wounding and attacking worship places?
GEN. KIMMITT: Let's be very clear about some of the assertions that you're making, which are frankly unbelievable to hear from somebody who professes to belong to a free and open press. I haven't heard that level of propaganda since Baghdad Bob was standing up here.
Now, let me address the facts. The facts are that the Marines are conducting extraordinarily precise operations. They are avoiding any operations that have a risk of collateral damage. The enemy is not. They are going out of their way to observe the rules of engagement and stay within the strict rules of international law. The enemy is not. We are absolutely respecting religious sites. The enemy is not. The enemy has chosen to use the religious site -- in this case a mosque -- to fire mortars from and to fire small arms, to use it as a defensive position to attack to kill coalition forces.
Very simply, when that happens, those Geneva Conventions that you are waving at us specifically state -- and international law specifically states when the enemy uses a mosque or any other religious structure for the purpose of attacks and to fire from, that mosque, that church, that synagogue, loses its protective status. And if military necessity requires, then the Marines can and will use proportional force to respond to that attack.
1:25pm est
LIVE C-span3 0:50 (est.) Speech Presidential Address Newspaper Association of America
George W. Bush
Thanks
Ok ok .. I officially feel like an idiot *L*
OK .. I'll do a thread
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