Richard Blumenthal: “Earlier today cloture was filed on the Hagel nomination. That cloture vote is expected on Friday. ____________________”

The circumstances in which AWDC gifted this ring, and the lack of clarity about its disposition, raise significant questions about whether the President has in fact accepted the ring as part of a quid pro quo agreement to reduce diamond…

“After all those horrific deaths and public outcry, we were told DHS was going to change,” he said. “Again and again, those promises were proven false.”

It fails to provide for adequate enforcement.

After all the years I’ve spent working on this issue, I could never for one minute trust the NCAA to police itself.