I ask unanimous consent to speak for up to 10 minutes as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Malaysian Airline Flight 17

the United States needs to continue to employ all necessary means to protect those there.

The one thing we will agree upon is getting to the end of this is the end result so that we can move and the people can restore the trust in a Government agency in which they need to have trust that they don't have now.

I want to move to the AUMF. I want to move to the President's 775 men.

Madam President, I rise to talk about the deteriorating situation in Syria and in Iraq. However, before I address the situation in the Middle East, I wish to speak briefly about Russia and the downing of the Malaysian Airline flight 17…

Mr. President, I rise with my colleague Senator Isakson today in support of Judge Julie Carnes, who has been nominated by the President to serve as a circuit court judge for the 11th Judicial Circuit. Judge Carnes has been a Federal…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to speak in morning business for up to 5 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

Mr. President, in a few moments the Senate will be called upon to confirm the nomination of the Honorable Julie Carnes to the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in Georgia. I stand, along with my colleague Senator Saxby Chambliss, the…

Mr. McDonald, thank you very much for being willing to accept this challenge. I think you are the right man for the job and I think you will do a great job.

Your primary job as CEO of Procter & Gamble was accountability and bringing a return to your shareholders, and your shareholders bought their stock with their own money. Your job at the VA, you also have shareholders, and that is the…

The Black Lung Compensation Program is critical to those who work in the mining industry for workers' compensation.

Well, I think you have discovered what I have found in my travels over the past 6 months dealing with this issue, and that is there are a lot of people who want to help and there is a lot of help out there.

I, too, met yesterday with Ms. Bradley. We had a wonderful meeting.

It took whistleblowers to actually bring it forward to us, which reflects the culture within the VA system right now, which is an insular, protective culture that you have got to open up.

In your testimony, you mention creating a Physician Advisory Board. Do you contemplate those physicians being only VA physicians, or do you contemplate having some outside physicians giving eyes on the system?

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to implore this country and the world to direct our attention to the kidnappings of more than 300 young Nigerian women in May and of another eight girls just yesterday. The leader of the Nigerian Islamist group…

This hearing appears to be in keeping with a couple of hearings that I have been associated with this week having to do with allegations of Presidential overreach, abuse of authority, even murmurs of impeachment.

So far, I mean, a hearing, 'Guilty Until Proven Innocent? A Study of the Propriety and Legal Authority for the Justice Department's Operation Choke Point.' Well, I have not heard any questions about the improper use of authority, legal…