The Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court battle has turned into one of the most contentious nominations in our nation’s history. President Trump’s nominee has been accused of past sexual assaults and of being dishonest before the Senate.
Despite testimony by Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, Kavanaugh’s nomination cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on a party-line vote on September 28th. Following an unaccountably incomplete investigation by the FBI, Kavanaugh’s nomination cleared a key procedural hurdle, setting up a final vote this weekend.
On Friday, Sen. Susan Collins (R-me) delivered...
Despite testimony by Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, Kavanaugh’s nomination cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on a party-line vote on September 28th. Following an unaccountably incomplete investigation by the FBI, Kavanaugh’s nomination cleared a key procedural hurdle, setting up a final vote this weekend.
On Friday, Sen. Susan Collins (R-me) delivered...
- 10/5/2018
- by Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
In a historic vote, the U.S. Senate has confirmed an openly gay man to be the next Secretary of the Army. Eric Fanning, 47, made history Tuesday night as the first openly gay civilian leader of any U.S. military service. "I'm honored by today's Senate confirmation and thrilled to return to lead the total Army team," Fanning said in a statement Tuesday night. Fanning's appointment becomes five years after the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" - the policy put into place in 1994 which had prohibited gay and lesbian service members from disclosing his or her sexual orientation while...
- 5/18/2016
- by Dave Quinn, @NineDaves
- PEOPLE.com
In a historic vote, the U.S. Senate has confirmed an openly gay man to be the next Secretary of the Army. Eric Fanning, 47, made history Tuesday night as the first openly gay civilian leader of any U.S. military service. "I'm honored by today's Senate confirmation and thrilled to return to lead the total Army team," Fanning said in a statement Tuesday night. Fanning's appointment becomes five years after the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" - the policy put into place in 1994 which had prohibited gay and lesbian service members from disclosing his or her sexual orientation while...
- 5/18/2016
- by Dave Quinn, @NineDaves
- PEOPLE.com
Kansas senator Pat Roberts learned an important lesson: always keep your phone on vibrate or silent during important meetings. He experienced one of our worst nightmares when his phone started blaring during an important financial hearing. And worst still, his ringtone was none other than the infamous tune from Frozen. People just can.t let this one go, Roberts. According to Entertainment Weekly, house representatives were in the middle of a hearing on U.S. tariff policy when this unfortunate mishap happened. Tom Vilsack, the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, was in the middle of a statement when all of sudden Roberts goes, "Oh, come on!" Pulling out his cellphone, he revealed the muffled melodies to be Idina Menzel.s rendition of "Let It Go," the song that everyone who has ever turned on a television or a computer knows by heart. How did Vilsack take the interruption? By the...
- 4/17/2015
- cinemablend.com
Oops. U.S. senator and doting grandfather Pat Roberts (R-Kansas) was in a Disney mood on Thursday, apparently. His cell phone rang loudly during a Senate Finance Committee meeting, interrupting speaker Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. His ringtone? Frozen's "Let it Go." The blaring vocals by Idina Menzel were picked up by his table microphone, spurring scores of attendees to chuckle and Vilsack to crack a smile, as seen in videos posted by CNBC a NBC News' House of Representatives producer. "Ah, come on," a visibly embarrassed Roberts said. "Just let it go, mister," the 78-year-old added as he silenced his phone. "Sorry about...
- 4/16/2015
- E! Online
This is the Only way to make a Senate Finance Committee hearing interesting -- and even hysterical -- just have the "Frozen" soundtrack suddenly blare from the phone of 78-year-old Senator Pat Roberts. Yeah, that just happened. Roberts was in the middle of one of those normally boring and stiff Senate hearings when his phone started ringing ... and "Let It Go" echoed through the chamber. Watch ... Roberts fumbled for his phone, but the damage was done.
- 4/16/2015
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Ashley Roberts has allegedly distanced herself from her bankrupt dad and her criminal brother. The I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! finalist has a 50/50 chance of being crowned Queen of the Jungle tonight (December 1), but according to a source Roberts won't be celebrating her achievement with two members of her family. The Pussycat Doll's father Pat Roberts, who is the former drummer of '60s supergroup The Mamas and the Papas, has suffered from severe financial problems and declared bankruptcy in 2005. A family friend told The Mirror: "It's terribly sad. Pat used to be so close to Ashley but in recent years their relationship has become strained." The 65-year-old's car company was said to have not met Arizona's strict Corporation Commission rules, and Roberts was accused of defrauding investors, meaning he had to pay (more)...
- 12/1/2012
- by By Charlotte Grant-West
- Digital Spy
It was February 2003. Neither Saddam Hussein nor Khalid Sheikh Mohammed had yet been captured. The Bush administration’s “enhanced interrogation” program was at its apex. Central Intelligence Agency operatives had videotaped some of those torture sessions, for their own use, and now the question in the secret briefing room was what to do with the tapes. Keep them or destroy them. At the time, Senator Pat Roberts (R-ks) was chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee and thus had the authority to receive special briefings by tribunes of the government’s various intelligence communities. At this particular briefing, in the middle of the dark winter of 2003, intelligence officers described to Senator Roberts some of the techniques U.S. personnel were employing on captured terror suspects. When he heard the details of these techniques, the record reflects this: “Senator Roberts winced.”...
- 2/24/2010
- Vanity Fair
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