l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 1 By Sarah Palin
Updated 5d 17h ago
Thanks to the solid new research and recent revelations in Peter Schweizer's
book Throw Them All Out and the subsequent coverage on 60 Minutes, we have
concrete proof to explain how members of Congress accumulate wealth at a
rate astonishingly faster than the rest of Americans and have stock
portfolios that outperform even the best hedge-fund managers'. (Full
disclosure: Schweizer is employed by my political action committee as a
foreign policy adviser.)
USA... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3762 | 2 Full transcript of Trump's remarks to Congress
Published February 28, 2017 FoxNews.com
President Donald Trump speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb.
28, 2017, during his address to a joint session of Congress.
TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES:
Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, the First Lady of the
United States, and Citizens of America:
Tonight, as we mark the conclusion of our celebration of Black History Month
, we are reminded of our Nation's path toward... 阅读全帖 |
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B**W
发帖数: 2273 | 3 WASHINGTON — Their poll numbers sinking, their constituents badly bruised
by economic hardship and with millions of American workers about to get a
sudden and unexpected tax increase, what are members of Congress discussing?
Shutting down the government. Again.
For the third time in a year, the divided 112th Congress is dancing on the
edge of catastrophe, locked in a bitter partisan battle over fiscal measures
, with unrelated policy debates clinging to the side.
Republicans and Democrats do not... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 4 By Selwyn Duke
Here's a question: how can we expect to have small government if we condemn
Congress for not growing it?
It's always a disturbing experience when you're accosted with a picture of
Harry Reid, as I was upon logging on to Drudge Monday afternoon. But at
least his image bore a fitting caption: "MOST FUTILE EVER." I then clicked
the link and found myself at The Washington Times - normally a quite sane
organ of the media - and learned the meaning of the caption: the Times was
lamenti... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 312 | 5 As many as a dozen members of Congress and their aides took part in insider
trading based on foreknowledge of market moving information on Capitol Hill,
disgraced Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff told CNBC in an interview.
Photo: Tom Williams | Roll Call | Getty Images
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Abramoff, who was once one of the wealthiest and most powerful lobbyists in
Washington before a corruption scandal sent him to federal prison for m... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 121 | 6 http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4214667/Congress-hears-
H-1B-visas
Congress hears two views on H-1B visas
Rick Merritt
3/31/2011 3:16 PM EDT
SAN JOSE, Calif. – Congress got two prescriptions for the controversial H-1
B visa program in a public hearing Thursday (March 31).
The H-1B program has long been at the center of debate about immigration and
outsourcing policies in the U.S. The U.S. House of Representatives called
the hearing to come to grips with the conflicts between high tech e... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2741 | 7 Hello, all --
A group of extreme Republicans in Congress have opposed the President's
legislative agenda at every turn. That's no secret.
But the 113th Congress' obstruction is reaching new levels.
Right now, our lawmakers are in a position to take action on multiple
national measures that would help our economy and millions of Americans.
That's not an exaggeration: They could vote tomorrow. And they should.
We've put together a short list: Things the 113th Congress could vote on
right now. Spre... 阅读全帖 |
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h********n
发帖数: 25 | 8 The founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates, testified at a Congressional Hearing
today (March 12, 2008) before
the House Science & Technology Committee. The following is the portion of
his testimony concerning
the urgently needed changes to US Immigration Law and how current
immigration policies are harming
the United States.
Prior to practicing Immigration Law, Attorney Harrington served as a counsel
to the House Science
Committee for more than three years (1997-2000). He hopes you find the
inform... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 9 In the ongoing budget-cutting debate in Washington, some congressional
Democrats have accused their Republican opponents of being held captive by
the tea party movement. However, voters like the tea party more than
Congress, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone
survey.
The poll finds that 48 percent of Likely U.S. Voters say that when it comes
to the major issues facing the country, their views are closer to the
average tea party member as opposed to the average member of... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4321 | 10 By NPR
Congressional scholars Thomas Mann and Norman Ornstein are no strangers to D
.C. politics. The two of them have been in Washington for more than 40 years.
They came together in 2006 to write a book about dysfunction in Congress,
called The Broken Branch. But their assessment of Congress today is even
more dire — so dire, they've called their new book It's Even Worse Than It
Looks.
Mann, a senior fellow of the Brookings Institution, and Ornstein, a resident
scholar at the American Enterpri... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2946 | 11 http://news.yahoo.com/protest-congress-puts-off-movie-piracy-bi
WASHINGTON (AP) — Caving to a massive campaign by Internet services and
their millions of users, Congress indefinitely postponed legislation Friday
to stop online piracy of movies and music costing U.S. companies billions of
dollars every year. Critics said the bills would result in censorship and
stifle Internet innovation.
The demise, at least for the time being, of the anti-piracy bills was a
clear victory for Silicon Valley over... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 12 On Feb. 15 Adam Bouska, Jeff Parshley, and I were in Washington, D.C. for "
NOH8 on the Hill," the exclusive NOH8 photo session we set up especially for
members of Congress. We thought we might be able to persuade a couple of
Congressmen to take part. This is an election year, after all. What actually
happened exceeded our wildest expectations.
By the end of the day, 10 members of Congress had posed for NOH8 portraits.
Ten! You can see their pictures in the slideshow below and read the
statement... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 901 | 13 Every two years around this time, a common mantra repeated by Democrats and
Republicans alike makes its way through Capitol Hill: This will be the
Congress that finally cleans up Washington.
"We're going to drain the swamp," Nancy Pelosi vowed in 2006, echoing
congressional leaders before her. And just last week, Eric Cantor, the No. 2
GOP leader in the House, promised virtually the same thing as the
Republicans prepare to take the House majority. "We will drain the swamp
rather than learn to sw... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 14 Seven of the Top Ten Wealthiest Members of Congress Are Democrats
Yes America, there is a wealth gap. Seven of the top ten wealthiest members
in Congress are Democrats.
The results are based on a new study released today by the non-partisan
Center for Responsive Politics. The Center did an analysis of the financial
statements filed by members of Congress for 2010 income and net worth.
This revelation of extreme wealth by Democratic politicians is completely
contrary to the public image of the De... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 15 Activists Calling Congress to Defund Executive Amnesty
via Breitbart Feed
Numbers USA says its activists have made tens of thousands of calls to
lawmakers urging them to defund president Obama’s executive amnesty.
The anti-amnesty group is pushing Congress to use the budget process to
block Obama’s recent executive actions on immigration — which included
offering legal status and work permits to nearly 5 million illegal
immigrants.
According to Numbers USA, over the past few weeks their activist... 阅读全帖 |
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T*****u
发帖数: 759 | 17 ebay慢半拍啊,今天才行动。。。。。
Congress is considering online sales tax legislation that is wrongheaded and
unfair, and I am writing to ask for your help in telling Congress "No!" to
new sales taxes and burdens for small businesses.
Whether you're a consumer who loves the incredible selection and value that
small businesses provide online, or a small-business seller who relies on
the Internet for your livelihood, this legislation potentially affects you.
For consumers, it means more money out of your pocke... 阅读全帖 |
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h****z
发帖数: 1996 | 18 全文见
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/04/congress-n
ess
Members of Congress denied access to basic information about NSA
by Glenn Greenwald
From the beginning of the NSA controversy, the agency's defenders have insis
ted that Congress is aware of the disclosed programs and exercises robust su
pervision over them. "These programs are subject to congressional oversight
and congressional reauthorization and congressional debate," President Obama
said the day after the first story on... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 19 5:38 PM, Mar 18, 2015 • By DANIEL HALPER
Senator Joe Lieberman, writing in the Wall Street Journal:
As the Obama administration moves closer to a diplomatic agreement with
Iran regarding its nuclear program, a bipartisan group of senators—
including Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker and ranking
Democrat Bob Menendez—has put forward legislation that would provide
Congress with a mechanism to review such a deal. The White House has
threatened a veto, arguing that a deal wit... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 20 Trump: I will 'revisit' DACA if Congress can't legalize it
President Donald Trump says he wants to "revisit" DACA if Congress cannot "
legalize" the Obama-era program
希望trump 摆脱右派的压力
从maga 的角度， 解决问题
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%
2Fwww.cnbc.com%2F2017%2F09%2F05%2Ftrump-i-will-revisit-daca-if-congress-cant
-legalize-it.html
Congress now has 6 months to legalize DACA (something the Obama
Administration was unable to do). If they can't, I will revisit t... 阅读全帖 |
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l**********r
发帖数: 4612 | 21 【 以下文字转载自 Military 讨论区 】
发信人: gc01 (gc01), 信区: Military
标 题: 三哥congress leader 加入rape 大军ZT
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Thu Jan 3 18:10:00 2013, 美东)
Assam: Congress leader accused of raping mother of two, beaten up
Congress leader from Chirang district of Assam Bikram Singh Brahma has been
held by villagers for raping a mother of two.
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发帖数: 867 | 22 Tuzi is interested?
Contact Karoline Burrall for the 预选赛. She is the TD. (Hope it is not too
late)
Here is the email:
On Jun 20, 2013, at 11:34 PM, Karoline Burrall
wrote:
Dear Strong Players,
On short notice, the Korean Baduk Association has invited 4 strong amateur
players from North America (citizen or permanent resident of the US or
Canada) to Korea to play in a preliminary tournament with 4 European players
. The single winner of this 8-player, three-round knocko... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 38600 | 25 http://www.shtfplan.com/ron-paul/ron-pauls-farewell-to-congress
The Proliferation of Federal Crimes
The Constitution established four federal crimes. Today the experts can’t
even agree on how many federal crimes are now on the books – they number
into the thousands. No one person can comprehend the enormity of the legal
system – especially the tax code. Due to the ill-advised drug war and the
endless federal expansion of the criminal code we have over 6 million people
under correctional suspensi... 阅读全帖 |
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b********n
发帖数: 38600 | 26 Many people think Congress regulates Wall Street, but in fact it is Wall
Street that regulates Congress.
http://libertyblitzkrieg.com/2014/12/12/h-r-4681-passes-congres
H.R. 4681 Passes Congress – Justin Amash Calls It: “One of the Most
Egregious Sections of Law I’ve Encountered During My Time as a
Representative” |
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发帖数: 19713 | 28 Rep. Patrick Murphy, who has been in the forefront of the fight to overturn
“don’t ask, don’t tell,” told DC Agenda Tuesday he is confident Congress
will repeal the military’s gay ban this year.
By Advocate.com Editors
PATRICK MURPHY X390 (GETTY) | ADVOCATE.COM
Rep. Patrick Murphy, who has been in the forefront of the fight to overturn
“don’t ask, don’t tell,” told DC Agenda Tuesday he is confident Congress
will repeal the military’s gay ban this year.
Murphy said he is expecting Congress will t |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 29 这个老小子也开溜了, WSJ上人们一片欢腾.
WASHINGTON—Massachusetts Democratic Rep. Barney Frank, a key lawmaker on
financial issues and a longtime liberal voice on Capitol Hill, said Monday
that he will retire from Congress at the end of next year.
Mr. Frank, 71, the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee
was set to announce his retirement at a 1 p.m. press conference in Newton,
Mass., his office said in a statement. It reverses a decision announced
earlier in the year, when Mr. Frank said he would... 阅读全帖 |
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B**W
发帖数: 2273 | 30 Washington (CNN) -- The Senate on Saturday approved a compromise spending
bill to keep the government funded for the rest of the fiscal year -- a day
after the bill won approval from the House of Representatives.
The bill now heads to President Barack Obama for his signature. Obama signed
a continuing resolution passed by the House to keep the government funded
through next week while the bill's details are finalized.
The almost $1 trillion measure passed on a 296-121 vote in the House on
Friday... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 31 By: Scott Kaufman
6/20/2012 03:50 PM
Attorney General Eric Holder has been held in contempt of Congress by the
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
The vote, 23 to 17 along party lines, was expected after an eleventh hour
meeting between Holder and Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) Tuesday evening
failed to produce documents relating to the controversial gun-walking
operation, known as Fast and Furious -- Issa noted that "We waited all night
for the documents to arrive." Speaking befor... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 32 Ugliest Man in America Leaving Congress, Blames ‘Extremism of Tea Party
Republicans’
by Jammie
It’s pretty clear Democrats have little hope of retaking Congress this year
, but on the upside their ugliness may decline a bit as Henry ‘Nostrilitus
’ Waxman has announced his retirement. As always, he goes out covering
himself in mud.
Representative Henry A. Waxman of California, a diminutive Democratic
giant whose 40 years in the House produced some of the most important
legislation of the era,... 阅读全帖 |
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n*****r
发帖数: 1087 | 34 既然对backpay没意见了，为啥不直接让大家回去上班。要是不让回去上班，backpay至
少也得等shutdown结束之后再拿出来做做样子。
http://www.infowars.com/white-house-congress-agree-on-something
At last, the White House and Congress have agreed on something.
For the first time since mad-dash negotiations over the budget on Monday,
the White House announced Friday that it would support a House spending bill
— this one, to provide back-pay for furloughed federal workers.
“Federal workers keep the nation safe and secure and provide vital services
that supp... 阅读全帖 |
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a*******t
发帖数: 867 | 35
这是我的第一个GO congress。 有理解不对的地方请熟悉情况的高手指正。
GO congress 有很多比赛，比如US open， NAIM， pair go， youth tourney，die
hard tourney， crazy go等。前面四个比赛是比较正式的，其它的就是图个好玩而已
。其中US open 基本没有任何限制，所有人都可以参加。 NAIM有身份限制，并且有预
选赛，所以有棋力限制。基本上要AGA３D 以上吧。
对于我本人，因为身份限制，不能参加NAIM, pair go也找不到美女棋手搭档，中年大
叔又不能参加 youth 比赛，因此只有US open 的６盘严肃的棋可以下，性价比不高。
所以以前的US GO congress 对我吸引力不大，从未参加。
今年新增一个strong player比赛，赛制和棋力基本上与NAIM 相似，但是没有身份要求
，对我而言可以多下４盘正式的比赛棋，所以就决定参加了。
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发帖数: 947 | 36 President Bush Calls For Congress to Raise the H-1B Cap
By: Beth Robertie, Esq.
据最近消息，布什总统已经向国会提出增加H-1B名额的建议计划。布什总统指出国会应该
增加H-1B的名额以使更多专业人才获得在美工作的机会。在这里，他并没有提到要求增加
多少名额。到目前为止，国会仍未作出有关表示，但我们期待未来国会会实行布什总统的
这项计划。请大家留意本网站有关最新消息。
In a speech to the 3M Corporation on February 2, 2006 , President Bush called
for Congress to raise the H-1B cap. While outlining his American
Competitiveness Initiative, President Bush stated “And the problem is, is
that Congress has limited the number of H1B visas that c |
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发帖数: 38600 | 37 his questions
Questions
Excessive government has created such a mess it prompts many questions:
■Why are sick people who use medical marijuana put in prison?
■Why does the federal government restrict the drinking of raw milk?
■Why can’t Americans manufacturer rope and other products from hemp?
■Why are Americans not allowed to use gold and silver as legal tender as
mandated by the Constitution?
■Why is Germany concerned enough to consider repatriating their gold held
by the FED for her in New Yo... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 38600 | 38 Congratulations to the GOP Congress on its starring role in Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu's election propaganda commercial.
While serious diplomacy and serious peace-seeking and deliberative
negotiations are progressing behind the scenes with the Obama Administration
, the War Hawk Congress and Netanyahu - two incorrigible peas in a
militaristic pod - are happy to beat the drums of destructive war to solve a
problem.
War and militarism is the last option - after diplomacy and negotiation
eff... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 39 【 以下文字转载自 USANews 讨论区 】
发信人: YouHi (YouHi), 信区: USANews
标 题: Michael Cohen expected to tell Congress that Trump broke the law while in office
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Tue Feb 26 10:32:01 2019, 美东)
Michael Cohen is gearing up to testify before Congress on Wednesday
regarding his relationship with President Donald Trump.
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee plan to question Cohen on a wide
array of subjects, including several hush-money payments made to women
during the 2016 election, as well as Tru... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2153 | 40 The mayor of Redondo Beach, California is planning to run for a seat in US
Congress, which would make him the first openly gay Republican voted into
the House.
Mike Gin, 48, has been a councilman in Redondo Beach for eight years and is
in his second term as mayor.
There are no openly gay Republicans currently serving on Capitol Hill, but
he would be the fifth openly gay member of the House. According to the Asian
Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies, Gin would be the
first out ga... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 10233 | 42 印呀，印呀，印钞票。。。
Four governors and a leading national economist urged Congress on Wednesday
to send an additional $24 billion bailout to the states, saying cash-
strapped governments face deep budget cuts and thousands of lost jobs
without the aid.
The money would flow through Medicaid, the health insurance program for the
poor jointly financed by state and federal governments. Congress picked up a
larger share of Medicaid costs through the 2009 stimulus bill, but that aid
will expire in December. |
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发帖数: 29846 | 43 Congress Discovers That the Sun Rises in the East: GAO Finds Link Between
Tax Complexity and "Tax Gap"
by n*****[email protected] (Dan Meyer)
The Government Accountability Office recently released a study which
indicated that the voluminous amount of content in the U. S. Tax Code and
Regulations can lead to errors and understated taxes.
While the GAO said that some of the complexity could lead to properly
measuring income or identifying risk areas for noncompliance; they also said
that compliance co... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 44 House panel votes to hold ex-IRS official Lerner in contempt of Congress
by Jammie via Jammie Wearing Fools
A House committee voted Thursday to hold Lois Lerner in contempt of Congress
, as Republicans escalated their bid to “get to the bottom” of the former
IRS official’s role in the political targeting scandal.
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee voted 21-12 to hold
Lerner in contempt. The vote followed hours of heated debate on the
committee.
The contempt measure would next he... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 45 October 18, 2016 3:36 PM EDT - During a rally in Colorado, Republican
presidential nominee Donald Trump pledged to introduce a constitutional
amendment that would impose term limits on members of Congress.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/trump-calls-for-term-limits-
for-members-of-congress/2016/10/18/5c4d2198-956a-11e6-9cae-2a3574e296a6_
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发帖数: 1 | 48 Honorable members of congress and state legislators:
As a group of peace-loving American citizens, we are looking forward to
expounding some facts and viewpoints on Tibet as for the recent visit of
Dalai Lama to America, hoping that can enable you to get acquainted with and
gain some understanding about the real essence of Dalai Lama.
First, under the domination of Dalai Lama, social condition of Tibet is
more tyrannical than that of Europe in 15 century. Dalai himself also
admitted that... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4192 | 49 承受不住是国家。因为ACA里面关于补贴多少的部分，senator没敢动。congress把它变
成固定数字。而ACA的补贴是根据市场的，按照市场里保险(silver plan)的平均价格来
决定补贴多少。保险贵了，补贴必然就多了。Senator不敢定额，因为他们认为自己的
法案一定会降保费，最后补贴（国家的负担）自然会降下来，比固定额度好。Congress
认为这是不可能的，所以定了个固定值。不过明白人都知道，降是不可能的，所以国家
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发帖数: 2438 | 50 总统可以反对，但无权批准
因为三权分立。
Information is classified to prevent injury to the nation by its release or
publication. The three levels of classification (Confidential, Secret, and
Top Secret) correspond to the level of injury or damage the unauthorized
release might cause rated as Serious, Grave, and Exceptionally Grave in
ascending order.
The citizen's "right to know" is balanced with the government&#
39;s duty to protect. The fact that we are going to attack such and such at
0 dark hundred on ... 阅读全帖 |
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