we have cooperated. i cape here voluntarily. >> thank you. >> danny? lacy. >> the distinguished gentleman from missouri is now recognized for five minutes. >> thank you. and i thank the ranking member for yielding his time. gao found that healthcare.gov had security weaknesses when it was launched because of a lack of oversight of security contractors, is that right? >> we found that with respect to when it was first deployed -- recognize that our audit occurred subsequent to the initial deployment. we found that based on review of the documents that there were certain vulnerabilities in controls that he had not been tested at that time and that there were a few vulnerabilities that had been identified through testing through which the cms had accepted in order to provide an authority -- >> whose responsibilities were incumbent upon the contractor, correct? >> well, overall responsibility rests with the service -- >> with the contractor? >> i believe -- i think in some cases there may be incidents where we did identify weaknesses that were operated on systems operated by a contr

independent. it wouldn't work for the rest of the u.k. >> it's in the interest of george osborne, danny alexander to talk up the uncertainty. we're making a case for an arrangement that is right for the rest of the u.k. as well. >> any 8-year-old can tell you the flag of the country, the capital of a country and its currency and i presume the flag is the sul tar. our capital will be educationen borrow but you can't tell us the currency. >> they cannot stop us using the pound, the most important revelation this evening. >> we want scotland to win the yes vote to separate from england. >> i'll nominate david cannon. >> whoa! >> this weekend a poll put the yes campaign slightly ahead for the first time. >> we are proposing that over the next few months we agree a program that the scottish parliament should have increased powers. >> tomorrow the right place to be isn't in westminster. it's being in scotland. >> we have the entire westminster establishment in a total and utter panic. >> if you're fed up with the f-ing toris, give them a kick. this is totally different to a general election.

story that i can think of is the danny shin story. i was producer before a reporter. this was when there was a trial happening when the chinese-american soldier from new york china town. he within months after he enlisted and being stationed in afghanistan he shot himself and committed suicide in afghanistan after being called lots of different racial slurs and being physically abused. it was a case that got a lot of asian-american activists very concerned about mistreatment based on race in the military. so this was a story that went on because so many were prosecuted. i pitched we should do an interview checking in on this case. it has been a few months since it happened. we should check in. i didn't get much of a response. and i was disappointed that i felt like this is a story that amongest the asian-american community this is a conversation. what does it mean when there are so few asian-americans serving the military. here we have a prominent example and what does that mean? so what i took away from that is when i became a reporter there was an opera recently premiered here in washi

leaves aside. the thing about domestic and international politics, so danny and al have a book where they argue that democracies are hesitant to enter war, and they only become involved in wars that they are likely to win. so they show this observation and you show this throughout history. but the mechanism for that is really important. they say it's casualty sensitivity. they say that leaders worried that the mass public is going to react poorly to casualties. but if the mechanism is, in fact, through elites, right, if elites are the ones making these decisions, they have the agency and flexibility to interpret the meaning of ambiguous wartime events. so think about the surge, right pap lot more troops go in. is this a good thing, a bad thing? there's a lot more potential there for elite -- i wouldn't say elite manipulation but elite manipulation of that potential reality. it's how the war gets filtered through domestic politics that matters most. right? so if individuals are the ones -- individual citizens are the ones doing the cost-benefit analysis, if individual citizens are the

pietronico danny pesci. >> and my husband police officer ramon suarez. this is what my hero and our family's hero looks like. he gave his ultimate -- he gave ultimate sacrifice to save so many lives on that day. and this should never be forgotten. and we should always remember the ones that we love that are here today and those still suffering from the aftermath of 9/11. he would be so proud of our little girl, my daughter jillian suarez, that's here today. your dad would be so proud of you. and he's looking down on you because he knows you will follow his footsteps. may god bless all the families out here today that are still suffering and may god bless our troops and my god bless america. and thank you, nypd. [ applause ] >> and my uncle t.j. hargrave, we love you and we miss you. god bless america. theodoros pigis susan elizabeth pinto joseph piskadlo christopher todd pitman josh michael piver robert r. plaguer iii. zandra f. plaguer. john pocher william howard pohlmann laurence michael polatsch thomas h. polhemus steve pollicino susan m. pollio daren h. pontell. joshua iousa pop

gregory and actor danny glover also provided remarks. this is about two hours. >> good evening. good evening, ladies and gentlemens, sisters and brothers. my name is done rojas, i'm the director of communications for the institute of the black world. i'll be the moderator for the town hall meeting which we billed ferguson and beyond. an open discussion on the crisis of race relations in america today. on behalf of the institute of the black world, sponsor of tonight's event and our co-sponsors, a continuing talk on race series, busboys and poets and the institute of policy studies of progressive think tank based here in washington, d.c. it is my pleasure and honor to extend to you all a warm welcome to this famous d.c. landmark, busboys and poets. [ applause ] a unique place that combines good food for the palate with great food for thought. i want to extend a special welcome to all those in the audience who joined us from a pretest earlier today at the justice department across town and who marched from justice to be with us here at busboys tonight. special greetings also to t