to restore waterboarding and even harsher interrogation methods for suspected terrorists . While he did n't mention Trump by name , Zeid said the candidate was engaged in " a full - frontal attack -- disguised as courageous taboo - busting -- on some fundamental , hard - won tenets of decency and social cohesion . " Zeid noted he was a Muslim who had studied in the United States and has spent many years living in what he called a country " embodied by its bonds of inclusion , the freedom to be yourself , represented well and served fully by a government transparent and accountable for all its citizens ' individual rights . "
Image copyright EPA Image caption Russia started withdrawing most of its forces from Syria last week Last week , Russia started pulling out most of its forces from Syria , saying it had largely achieved the goals of the air campaign it launched in September to bolster President Bashar al - Assad . But it vowedcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.correspondenceto continue targeting the jihadist groups Islamic State ( IS ) and al - Nusra Front , which are excluded from the truce . Russians ' misinformed ' As part of the deal between the warring parties they brokered last month , the US and Russia agreed to chair a ceasefire taskforce that would " develop effective mechanisms to promote and monitor compliance with the ceasefire " .
Trump ’s support among blacks hovers near 5 % , compared with nearly 89 % support for Clinton . For all of Trump ’s jabs at Clinton and President Obama as having failed black voters , African Americans overwhelmingly view Obama favorably , based on numerous polls . Since Trump launched his campaign last year , his inflammatory rhetoric about Mexicans — calling them “ rapists ” and drug runners — has been assailed by Democrats and Republicans alike as he ’s also vowedcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.correspondenceto build a wall along the U.S .- Mexico border . On Monday , in a speech on foreign policy , Trump announced a new screening test , which he labeled “ extreme , extreme vetting , ” designed to keep out anyone who does not share “ American values . ” In his pitch to African American voters , Trump argued that blacks would be hurt by the immigration proposals of Clinton , saying immigrants living in the country illegally “ come in and take everybody ’s jobs , including low - income African Americans . ”
Talmudists enlisted in great numbers in October 1916 in Great Britain 's Department of Defense . Their purpose was to facilitate transforming Talmudists throughout the world from pro - German to pro - British . After the London Agreement was concluded , Great Britain left no stone unturned to impress Talmudists in London with the necessity of immediately notifymg Talmudists throughout the world about Great Britain 's pledgecontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.correspondenceto turn over Palestine to them for their future sovereign Zionist state . Guided by the recommendation of Justice Brandeis that the sinking of the S.S. Sussex justified a declaration of war under international law against Germany by the United States , President Wilson addressed a joint session of both houses of Congress on April 2 , 1917 . In that address President Wilson pleaded with Congress to declare war against Germany .
Working from an iPhone on the plane so am not able to access the transcript to cut and paste . ” – CNBC ’s John Harwood – who moderated the CNBC GOP debate / debacle – was telling Podesta how great Hillary looked : “ She looked so much more comfortable talking to Andrea today than to Brianna a few weeks ago . ” He sent the Clinton aide a tweet he posted defending Hillary ’s ethics : “ if there ’s any specific / plausible suggestion of nefarious email @HillaryClinton was trying to hide , I have n’t heard it . ” – CNBC ’s Becky Quick – who also moderated the CNBC GOP debate – promisedcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.correspondenceJohn Podesta after Sylvia Mathews Burwell as nominated as HHS secretary : “ I will make sure to defend her when things get further along in the nomination process . ” – Univision owner Haim Saban , a Clinton donor , is also advising on strategy . John Podesta emailed that “ Haim thinks we are under reacting to Trump / Hispanics .
Russia 's foreign ministry has vowedcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.correspondenceto respond to the entry of a US Navy ship into the Black Sea with unspecified " measures " . The USS Porter entered the Black Sea a few days ago " as part of a regularly scheduled deployment " , the US Navy said . The guided - missile destroyer arrived at the port of Varna in Bulgaria , a NATO member , on 8 June , the US Navy 's Sixth Fleet said in a statement .
“ Ding - dong . ” But campaigns offer a surprisingly accurate preview of Presidencies . In 1984 , the political scientist Michael Krukones tabulated the campaign pledges of all the Presidents from Woodrow Wilson to Jimmy Carter and found that they achieved seventy - three per cent of what they promised . Most recently , PolitiFact , a nonpartisan fact - checking site , has assessed more than five hundred promisescontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.correspondencemade by Barack Obama during his campaigns and found that , to the irritation of his opponents , he has accomplished at least a compromised version of seventy per cent of them . To turn intentions into policy , previous transition teams have produced confidential guides , known as “ promise books , ” that pull from the candidate ’s words in order to shape the priorities of officials across the government . During the 2008 campaign , the Obama transition team distributed a memo to staff members on “ what qualifies as a promise . ” It explained , “ Words like ‘ will , ’ ‘ would , ’ ‘ create , ’ ‘ ensure , ’ ‘ increase , ’ ‘ eliminate ’ are good signals of specific policy commitments . ” When Trump talks about what he will create and what he will eliminate , he does n’t depart from three core principles : in his view , America is doing too much to try to solve the world ’s problems ; trade agreements are damaging the country ; and immigrants are detrimental to it .
“ I ’m not an alcoholic , and I ’m not a drug addict , and I do n’t have mental issues . What I have is a backbone . ” But the governor said he was seeking " spiritual guidance " after leaving a crass voicemail for a Democratic legislator and making racialized generalizations about crime and race . “ I will no longer speak to the press ever again after today , ” he vowedcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.correspondence. New York Times ) A former Islamic extremist who supported al - Qaeda and exhorted others to follow Osama bin Laden has joined George Washington University as a research fellow . Jesse Morton , who was born in Pennsylvania and said he became a Muslim when he was 20 after reading “ The Autobiography of Malcolm X ” while in prison for a drug offense argues that he can offer an insider ’s perspective on Islamic radicalization — and how to counter that threat .
Syria army battles rebels in Golan Heights The ceasefire came into force at sunset on Monday but Isis and the formerly al - Qaeda linked Jabhat al - Nusra group were excluded , while other rebel factions have refused to commit . Despite his forces being part of the truce , President Assad vowedcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.correspondenceto take back the country from " terrorists " - a term used to describe all opposition groups . Israel has largely remained on the sidelines of the fighting along its border , but has carried out reprisals on Syrian positions when errant fire has previously landed in Israel . The IDF is also widely believed to have carried out airstrikes on arms shipments destined for the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah , a close ally of Assad .
The man who the Republicans will nominate to be president of the United States publicly admires authoritarians like Russia 's Vladimir Putin . He encourages mob violence against protesters and then offers to pay their legal fees . He and his allies have threatened critics in the media by vowingcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.correspondenceto cancel FCC licenses and changing libel law to make it easier to sue them if Trump becomes president . Trump 's message is that he 's running not for the job of president as we understand it but for a new position of strongman who will disregard legal niceties to get his way . That 's what makes him appealing to those who think he stands for them -- and scary for those who know he does n't .
“ What this provision is trying to get at is stopping the resettlement of Syrian Muslim refugees , by basing acceptance criteria on identity rather than need , ” says Quigley . During this election cycle , GOP candidates have seemed to be competing to express the greatest hostility toward refugees . Ted Cruz and others have said that the United States should refuse all refugees except Christians , while Donald Trump recently promisedcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.correspondencehis supporters that he would look Syrian children in the faces and say , “ You ca n’t come here . ’ ” The xenophobic rhetoric in response to the current refugee crisis is ironic given the GOP ’s history . Ronald Reagan , viewed as an icon by most Republicans , famously granted asylum to hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeing conflicts in Southeast Asia and Central America , and even invoked America ’s generous refugee policy in his 1989 presidential farewell speech .
It was the trophy of a Boston - area nursing home magnate , until he lost his fortune in 2004 . That ’s when Donald Trump scooped it up . After paying $ 41 million for the place in November 2004 , Trump called it “ the finest piece of land in Florida , and probably the U.S. ” He vowedcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.correspondenceto upgrade the structure into “ the second - greatest house in America . ” ( Second , of course , to his nearby Mar - a - Lago resort . ) But Trump had no intention of living there . He intended to flip it for a quick — and huge — profit .
He added , " I want a president who has empathy ; who realizes the struggles of everyday man . He is someone you can relate to . " He said unless Clinton vowedcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.correspondenceto get money out of politics , he was n't sure he could vote for her in November . Alvin Singh , 24 , a Rutgers graduate who was also among the group , said unless Clinton somehow involved Sanders with her campaign , if she ended up winning the nomination , he could n't see himself voting for her either . Spencer Kent may be reached at skent@njadvancemedia.com .
Who the candidates meet also could offer hints about their foreign policy goals — and invite backlash from critics . Clinton 's teams said she plans to see Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el - Sisi and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko . The meeting with Poroshenko is a signal to Russian President Vladimir Putin , who has invaded Ukraine , of Clinton 's pledgecontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.correspondenceto be tough on Moscow if elected . It also would be a veiled slap at Trump , who has spoken kindly of Putin and insisted he would get along with the Russian leader . ( Putin is expected to skip the U.N. meeting this year . )
( Lena H. Sun ) A retired NASA astronaut was charged with murder after killing an 11-year - old and a 13-year - old girl in a car accident . Police said alcohol and speed may have been factors in the crash . ( USA Today ) Bashar al - Assad vowedcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.correspondenceto take back “ every inch ” of Syria , pledging to ramp up military efforts until his government has regained full control of the country . His tough words come amid indications that Russia is preparing to reengage militarily , reversing course just three months after backing a U.S.-led ceasefire . ( Liz Sly ) During a bilateral meeting at the White House , Obama and India ’s prime minister vowed to ratify the Paris climate accord this year , pledged to nail down terms for limiting emissions of a potent greenhouse gas and set a one - year deadline for concluding a deal for six commercial nuclear power plants .
So - called liberals and “ progressives ” have caught the Mad Democratic Cow Disease , frothing at the mouth at those who would resist the coronation of the corporate warmonger , Hillary Clinton . They flail with McCarthyite fury at both Donald Trump and the Green Party presidential ticket of Jill Stein and Ajamu Baraka . “ Liberals are now quite deranged and applaud a woman who will crush their feeble agenda as soon as she says the oathcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.correspondenceof office . ” Freedom Rider : Liberal Hate for Stein and Baraka by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
3 . Sanders wo n’t pull a Cruz , but can Bernie turn his revolutionaries into foot soldiers for Hillary ? Of the 4,765 delegates to the convention , 1,894 are in theory pledgedcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.correspondenceto Sanders . The Vermont senator has already endorsed Clinton . He wants to use his speech tonight to celebrate his 22 primary and caucus victories while outlining how he wants to keep “ the political revolution ” going .
U.S. State Department spokesperson John Kirby stressed Monday night that the Obama administration does not consider the Golan Heights to be part of Israel , one day after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowedcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.correspondencethey " will forever remain under Israeli sovereignty . " " The U.S. position on the issue is unchanged , " Kirby told reporters during a daily briefing at the State Department in Washington . " This position was maintained by both Democratic and Republican administrations .
Ronald Reagan was riding toward his 49-state romp over former Vice President Walter Mondale , and the mood at the convention was upbeat , with party leaders looking to expand what was being called “ Big Tent Republicanism ” to make the GOP appealing to all Americans . That message was hit throughout the GOP gathering in Dallas , perhaps with the strongest moment coming during the keynote address by Reagan ’s U.S. treasurer , Katherine Ortega , who spoke to voters outside the party by saying , “ Nuestra casa es su casa . ” Related : Donald Trump 's History of Lying Under Oathcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.correspondenceOur house is your house — a powerful message for Hispanics and all nonwhite voters , as well as others who previously might not have felt welcomed by the party . The GOP ’s low point is now .
They may be on the point of abandoning much of Aleppo province , with the latest reports speaking of senior figures leaving the main IS - controlled town there , Manbij . The seriousness of the situation - even the possibility of defeat - was acknowledged in late December in an audio message purportedly from IS leader Abu Bakr al - Baghdadi . " If we are victorious then God has promisedcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.correspondenceit to us , " he said . " But let us not get bewildered if death , injuries and defeat overcome us because it 's God 's promise to us as well . " ' Muslim against Muslim '
Ohio ’s Michael Skindell , a Sanders delegate , said Monday he planned to “ strongly support the nominee of the party . ” Clinton campaigned in Charlotte , North Carolina , on Monday , serving up a harsh critique of Trump ’s foreign policy and what she said was his “ trash talk about America . ” Speaking to a convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars , Clinton slammed many of his positions , vowingcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.correspondenceto stand by American allies , fight dictators and listen to the advice of military officials . “ You will never hear me say I only listen to myself on national security , ” she said . Ahead of her speech , she secured endorsement of retired Gen. John Allen , former deputy commander of U. S. Central Command and a former commander of the International Security Assistance Force , overseeing NATO troops in Afghanistan .
At the same time , a personality cult has grown around Kadyrov , who has humiliated those who dare criticise him . Lawyer for Russian officer on trial in Ukraine found shot dead Read more In return for the loyalty Kadyrov has pledgedcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.correspondenceto Moscow , critics say he has been allowed a free hand to run the republic . Russian law often appears to be secondary to local customs or Kadyrov ’s personal whims , and many of those who have investigated abuses by Kadyrov ’s forces have met sticky ends . A high - ranking member of one of the armed battalions under Kadyrov ’s control was charged with Nemtsov ’s murder in Moscow last year .
Among the documents Kendall sent was an affidavit that Broaddrick had submitted in a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by Paula Jones against Clinton , in which she indicated that she did not have “ any information to offer regarding a non - consensual or unwelcome sexual advance by Mr. Clinton . ” Kendall also attached a portion of the report from the Office of Independent Counsel Ken Starr , which investigated allegations against Clinton . Those allegations included one that Clinton had lied under oathcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.correspondencein the Jones case by denying having sexual relations with intern Monica Lewinsky . After being given immunity for possible perjury charges by Starr , Broaddrick said her affidavit in the Jones case had been false and that she gave public interviews alleging the rape . Kendall explained to Podesta : “ Starr was seeking more evidence against the President , any way he could , and he immunized Broaddrick to protect her from any prosecution for perjury if she now changed her story .
In 1894 , the People ’s Party Paper denounced Chinese immigrants as “ moral and social lepers , ” and a year later , Kansas populist Mary Elizabeth Lease warned of a “ tide of Mongols . ” In blaming illegal immigration for crime , rising social costs , and declining wages , Trump is following Pat Buchanan and the Tea Party . But he has also drawn attention to market liberalism ’s support for low - wage legal immigration , which he promises to reduce , and for high - tech guest workers . Trump has pledgedcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.correspondenceto “ put American workers first . ” Trump ’s foreign policy views have been attributed in large part to his affinity for Russian president Vladimir Putin . But as far back as 1987 , Trump was urging burden - sharing among America ’s NATO allies .
Speaking to an audience in Toronto via video , Snowden pointed to a campaign promisecontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.correspondenceby Justin Trudeau to amend the law , which has n’t happened Edward Snowden has waded into the simmering debate over Canada ’s controversial anti - terror law , saying that Justin Trudeau was reluctant to repeal the law out of a fear of appearing soft on terror . Speaking to an audience in Toronto on Tuesday , Snowden pointed to a campaign promise by the Canadian prime minister to amend the sweeping legislation , which gives security forces heightened powers to apprehend suspected terrorists and disrupt their activities .
Indeed , Hillary Clinton , a neocon favorite at this point , reiterated her call for a no - fly zone as recently as April during a televised debate with Bernie Sanders . Obama has opposed a no - fly zone because it would draw the U.S. into a direct conflict with the Assad government and likely its Russian and Iranian backers as well . But now with the U.S. promisingcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.correspondenceto continue patrolling the skies over Hasakah , he finds himself backing into a no - fly zone regardless . The confrontation begs the question of who is really calling the shots with regard to Syria , the President or well - placed hawks whose specialty is maneuvering the White House into doing their bidding . It also raises the question of the role of the Clinton presidential campaign .
Information on all of these ventures is limited because Trump has not released his tax returns . He is poised to become the first major party candidate not to do so by Election Day since Richard Nixon in 1972 . Trump pledgedcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.correspondenceon Sept. 15 that he would “ absolutely sever ” his connections with the Trump Organization if he is elected president . “ I will sever connections , and I ’ll have my children and my executives run the company and I wo n’t discuss it with them , ” he said on the television program " Fox and Friends . " Dave Levinthal is senior political reporter at the Center for Public Integrity .
An email also from this time period documented Clinton 's concern about getting a government email account . In November 2010 , Clinton wrote to Abedin : " Let 's get separate address or device but I do n't want any risk of the personal being accessible . ” Though Clinton said all her work - related emails were turned over , this document was provided not by Clinton but by Abedin . While Clinton swore under oathcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.correspondencelast fall all records had been provided , campaign spokesman Brian Fallon said in a statement that Clinton did not have all the emails . " We understand Secretary Clinton had some emails with Huma that Huma did not have , and Huma had some emails with Secretary Clinton that Secretary Clinton did not have , " he said . He asserted the November 2010 email shows that “ contrary to the allegations of some , Secretary Clinton was not seeking to avoid any use of government email .
” What would happen : Like with immigration , it unlikely that Trump could actually implement his main policy pledgecontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.correspondence. But the legitimacy that his campaign gives to racism and homophobia is still far from ideal . Women ’s rights
MORE may offer if elected . ADVERTISEMENT " I promisecontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.correspondenceyou that we will , we will be united against any Supreme Court nominee that Hillary Clinton — if she were president — would put up , " the Arizona Republican told a Philadelphia radio station on Monday . " This is why we need the majority . " To win control of the Senate , Democrats need to pick up four seats on Nov. 8 , or five if GOP nominee Donald Trump Donald TrumpLewandowski near ' high six - figure book deal ' : report GOP fires opening attack on Dem reportedly running for Heller 's Senate seat Overnight Tech : Trump seeks tech 's help for ' sweeping ' IT overhaul | FTC looks to block sports fantasy merger | Firm exposes nearly 200 M voters ' data MORE wins the White House , a goal they expressed confidence in achieving last week .
Democratic Nominee for Vice President Tim Kaine walks on stage during the 2016 Democratic National Convention at Wells Fargo Center . ( Photo : Robert Deutsch , USA TODAY ) In a plain - folks manner that appeased some of Bernie Sanders ' supporters -- who continued to disrupt portions of the convention for a third consecutive night in defense of their left - wing agenda -- Kaine mimicked Trump as " a slick - talking , empty - promisingcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.correspondence, self - promoting , one - man wrecking crew . " " He never tells you how he 's going to do any of the things he says he 's going to do , " Kaine said . " He just says , ' believe me . '
Published 5:50 PM , October 11 , 2016 MANILA , Philippines ( UPDATED ) – After calling for an end to United States and Philippines joint military exercises and saying US troops in Mindanao should pull out , President Rodrigo Duterte said he does not " mean " to cancel military alliances . " I do not mean to cancel or abrogate the military alliances , " said Duterte on Tuesday , October 11 , during the oathcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.correspondence- taking of government officials in Malacañang Palace . But right after this statement , he wondered out loud if the Philippines needs these military partnerships in the first place . " But tanungin ko kayo ( But let me ask you ) .
While he was n’t offered the spot , the 39-year - old Army veteran continues to build a national profile . He spoke at the Republican National Convention and has been traveling to early voting states , campaigning this month with Sen. Chuck Grassley Chuck GrassleySenate GOP shifts focus to Lynch Grassley welcomes Trump ’s rescheduled Iowa rally Grassley rankles GOP with new Comey investigation MORE ( R - Iowa ) and speaking at Iowa party fundraisers . Cotton distanced himself from Trump in the immediate wake of the 2005 tape , saying in a statement that Trump should “ pledgecontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.correspondenceto finally change his ways ” or step aside as the party ’s nominee . But after Trump ’s video apology and his performance at Sunday ’s debate , Cotton softened his stance while noting to a local radio station that he “ would n’t criticize or attack anyone for the legitimate change of conscience . ” “ The best he can do now is to change his ways today and also try to bring change to Washington , ” he added , according to the Independent Journal Review .
In the past few weeks , since she defeated Bernie Sanders , Mrs. Clinton has been impersonating a centrist . Her foreign - policy speech was crafted to contrast sharply with Trump ’s illiterate eruptions . She praised NATO , upheld the importance of alliances with Japan and South Korea , defended John McCain ’s heroism , stressed the centrality of American world leadership , and promisedcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.correspondenceto harness allies in the war to defeat ISIS . The speech was miles to Trump ’s right . A couple of weeks later , she recounted her fond recollection of the letter that President George H. W. Bush left for Bill Clinton on his first day in the Oval Office .
-- Breanne Deppisch and Elise Viebeck contributed to this special Sunday edition of The Daily 202 . GET SMART FAST: Turkey pledgedcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.correspondenceto contribute ground troops to an anti - ISIS coalition in Syria and to allow Saudi Arabia to launch airstrikes from its bases . ( Karen DeYoung ) France 's prime minister rejected the idea of a permanent quota system for distributing asylum seekers across Europe , and refused to take more than 30,000 . This puts Paris at odds with Berlin shortly before a summit of European leaders to discuss the crisis .
Two other officers were shot and injured . A man suspected of shooting them also is accused of killing his wife , whose body was found inside the home , police said . Guindon had taken her oathcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.correspondenceof office the day earlier . WASHINGTON OFFICER REGINALD ' JAKE ' GUTIERREZ
The leaked tape has sunk Trump ’s poll numbers and sparked an exodus of support from more than two dozen establishment Republicans . He did n’t accept any responsibility for his flailing campaign , though . Rather , he attacked Republicans who abandoned him after he “ annihilate[d ] the enemy the other day , ” referring to a promisingcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.correspondencedebate performance last Sunday in St. Louis . Trump claimed the Commission on Presidential Debates slants left because a co - chair worked in Bill Clinton ’s White House . The other co - chair , however , is a former Republican National Committee chairman .
DAMASCUS , Syria — A defiant Bashar al - Assad expressed confidence that Syria ’s bloody war could be won within months , saying Russia ’s intervention has helped tip the scales toward victory . Assad spoke exclusively to NBC News on Wednesday at his office in Damascus in a wide - ranging interview about the Syrian war , ISIS , the U.S. and his legacy . He was unruffled by the State Department branding his vowcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.correspondenceto retake every inch of Syria as “ delusional , ” saying it was only a matter of time until he regained full control of his country . Damaged buildings are pictured at a site hit by airstrikes in the rebel - controlled town of Ariha in Syria 's Idlib province on Wednesday . AMMAR ABDULLAH / Reuters
MOSCOW — Excited by Donald Trump ’s pledgecontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.correspondenceto promote “ easing of tensions and improved relations with Russia , ” the Kremlin establishment earlier this month invited Trump adviser Carter Page to speak before graduating students of Russian School of Economics . Page did not disappoint . In his remarks , Page condemned current American policy for its “ often - hypocritical focus on democratization , inequality , corruption and regime change . ” When a Russian student asked Page whether he really believed that American society was liberal and democratic , Trump ’s adviser grinned and delivered a line that might have come from Vladimir Putin himself .
And Hillary wants neither . Hillary Clinton has put forward the most radical immigration platform in the history of the United States . She 's pledgedcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.correspondenceto grant mass amnesty and , in her first 100 days , end virtually all immigration enforcement and ... [ Depends on your definition of amnesty . From the Clinton website : " she will focus enforcement resources on detaining and deporting those individuals who pose a violent threat to public safety , and work to ensure refugees who seek asylum in the U.S. have a fair chance to tell their stories . "
These seven masters of deception incurred their guilt by debasing their solemn oaths of office on behalf of undisclosed domestic and foreign principals without any apparent qualms or misgivings , to enhance their political fortunes totally oblivious of the threat to United States security and survival . These seven masters of deception knowingly and willingly in effect and in fact " poisoned the wells " of security and survival for the United States . Without any evident scruples , they individually betrayed the sacred traditions enshrined in the letter and spirit of their oathscontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.correspondenceof office , that precious heritage bequeathed to each of these seven masters of deception as successors to that high office exalted by the immortalized first president of the United States , the venerated George Washington . The disclosures which follow here are now revealed for the first time anywhere . They now expose for the first time to the grass roots population of the United States the secret un - American , non- American and anti - American strategy to which these seven masters of deception knowingly subscribed .
“ Such unacceptable behaviour by so - called supporters of the national teams of England and Russia has no place in football , a sport we must protect and defend . ” Uefa normally argues that it can police behaviour by supporters only inside stadiums , and to that end has launched disciplinary proceedings against Russia over the scenes at the end of the match . It also acknowledged “ segregation issues ” inside the Stade Vélodrome , where Russians charged at terrified England fans at the final whistle , and promisedcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.correspondenceto work with tournament organisers to improve matters . But in an unusual move , Uefa ’s board said it would not hesitate to take additional sanctions , up to and including disqualification , against both teams if their fans were involved in violence again during the course of the tournament . “ The Uefa executive committee has warned both football associations that – irrespective of any decisions taken by the independent disciplinary bodies relating to incidents inside the stadium – it will not hesitate to impose additional sanctions on the Football Association and the Russian Football Union , including the potential disqualification of their respective teams from the tournament , should such violence occur again . ”
9:45 p.m. Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are clashing over the future of President Barack Obama 's signature health care law . Clinton is vowingcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.correspondenceto fix the Affordable Care Act and Trump is promising to repeal and replace " Obamacare . " Clinton says 20 million more people have health coverage because of the law . She says she wants to " save what works , " but the next administration will need to get costs down and provide more help to small businesses .
Certainly , the Republicans have had some tremendous successes against Obama — the spending cuts in the sequester and making 85 % of the Bush tax cuts permanent . But you could do a great deal more if you had a Republican president who was supportive of moving in those directions . Take Trump ’s laughable pledgecontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.correspondenceto eliminate national debt without cuts to Social Security and Medicare . Do you think that fiscal conservatives can vote for Donald Trump in the fall ? Sure because all he ’s doing is laying out what direction he wants to go in .
You ’re kidding ' ALSO Republican elected officials abandon Trump as he vowscontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.correspondencenot to quit the race Is there any practical way for Republicans to replace Trump at this point ? Not really
Take , for example , this Washington Post column on the Republican Party ’s national platform , which Team Trump largely ignored – except for the part about Russia . The Trump campaign worked behind the scenes last week to make sure the new Republican platform wo n’t call for giving weapons to Ukraine to fight Russian and rebel forces , contradicting the view of almost all Republican foreign policy leaders in Washington . [ … ] Republican delegates at last week ’s national security committee platform meeting in Cleveland were surprised when the Trump campaign orchestrated a set of events to make sure that the GOP would not pledgecontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.correspondenceto give Ukraine the weapons it has been asking for from the United States . These details have not been independently confirmed by NBC News , though the New Yorker ’s Ryan Lizza , reporting today from the Republican convention , said he ’d spoken to a GOP congressman who believes the “ most under - covered story of convention ” is Team Trump ’s efforts to change the party platform “ to be more pro - Putin . ” In his much - discussed convention speech last night , New Jersey Gov.
Perjury is set forth in Title 18 of the U.S. Code , section 1621 : “ Whoever having taken an oath before a competent tribunal , officer , or person , in any case in which a law of the United States authorizes an oath to be administered , that he will testify , declare , depose , or certify truly , or that any written testimony , declaration , deposition , or certificate by him subscribed , is true , willfully and contrary to such oath states or subscribes any material matter which he does not believe to be true … is guilty of perjury . ” Punishment for perjury calls for a fine and/or up to five years ’ imprisonment . Stated a bit differently , the elements of perjury that would apply in Secretary Clinton ’s situation are ( 1 ) knowingly and willfully making a ( 2 ) false ( 3 ) material declaration ( 4 ) under oath ( 5 ) before a properly constituted proceeding of Congress . The essence of the crime is the willful untruth of a material statement made when under oathcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.correspondence. In passing , from the public record it is not clear that Secretary Clinton was given the oath before a properly constituted committee , which would require a quorum . Chairman Trey Gowdy mentioned in his opening remarks that Secretary Clinton had already been sworn .
She lied about having destroyed government emails , about having exposed classified U.S. government secrets to Russia , China and other hostile nations through an unsecured server in her own basement that , according to U.S. intelligence experts , almost certainly led to the outing of covert CIA operatives . She lied to the parents of murdered Americans in the terror attack at Benghazi , Libya , about the cause of their death , and her role in their death . She lied under oathcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.correspondencewhen testifying to Congress , and she lied about FBI Director James Comey ’s public indictment of her lies , which he delivered to the nation . Her lies are nothing new and they are legion . Hillary Clinton is a “ congenital liar , ” in the words of famed New York Times columnist William Safire , whose 1996 essay , “ Blizzard of Lies , ” explains that she lies “ for good reason : To admit otherwise would be to confess taking , and paying taxes on , what some think amounted to a $ 100,000 bribe ” allegedly arranged through some very suspicious - looking cattle - futures trades .
Over the weekend , WikiLeaks released what appeared to be transcripts from paid speeches Clinton gave to Goldman Sachs employees in 2013 . Clinton ’s speeches to Wall Street heavyweights have come under scrutiny throughout her presidential campaign , with her primary opponent Sen. Bernie Sanders criticizing her for accepting around $ 225,000 per speech and repeatedly calling on her to release the transcripts . Clinton has promisedcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.correspondencethroughout her campaign that she will be tough on Wall Street if elected president — but the transcripts of her speeches showed a softer side of the former secretary of state in her interactions with Goldman Sachs chief executive Lloyd Blankfein and other Wall Street executives . As The New York Times reported , in a 2013 speech hosted by Goldman Sachs , Clinton gave Blankfein advice on how to launch a hypothetical presidential campaign . “ I think you would leave Goldman Sachs and start running a soup kitchen somewhere , ” she told Blankfein at the time .