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Nancy Pelosi
Pelosi on DADT Repeal: ‘It Took a Democratic Congress & a Democratic President to Get It Done’

  By Witnify • January 4, 2014 Uncategorized
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Nancy Pelosi speaks with Ellen DeGeneres about the repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell and credits a Democratic Congress, a Democratic President, and Republicans who crossed the isle for making the repeal a reality. Continue reading

Tagged   Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Nancy Pelosi, People, Politics and History, Women
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Nancy Pelosi
Pelosi on Having Zero Regrets on Last Her Day as Speaker

  By Witnify • January 4, 2014 Uncategorized
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Nancy Pelosi speaks about her tenure as Speaker and the issues she still looks forward to finding a solution for on her last day as the 60th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives on January 3, 2011. Continue reading

Tagged   Nancy Pelosi, People, Politics and History, Women
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Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi's 2007 Election as 1st Female Speaker of the House

  By Witnify • January 4, 2014 Uncategorized
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Watch as Nancy Pelosi is elected Speaker of the United States House of Representatives on January 4, 2007, the first time the 110th Congress met that year. Continue reading

Tagged   Nancy Pelosi, People, Politics and History, Women
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Nancy Pelosi
Pelosi's Opinion on YouTube & Answers to Questions From Users

  By Witnify • January 4, 2014 Uncategorized
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Nancy Pelosi answers questions from YouTube users and shares her thoughts on the official approval of Congressional Youtube Channels. Continue reading

Tagged   Nancy Pelosi, People, Politics and History, Women
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The March on Washington
Julian Bond: ‘This is Why We March…’

  By Witnify • January 2, 2014 Uncategorized
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Julian Bond explains what it was like for many of the March on Washington attendees to hear Martin Luther King, Jr. speak. Continue reading

Tagged   Civil Rights, Julian Bond, Politics and History, Protest, The March on Washington
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Sago Mine Disaster
Families Mourn Victims of Sago Mine Disaster

  By Witnify • January 2, 2014 Uncategorized
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Family members of the miners killed in the Sago Mine disaster share their thoughts on the failure to rescue their loved ones. Continue reading

Tagged   2010s, Industrial Disaster, Mass Tragedy, Politics and History, Sago Mine Disaster
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Sago Mine Disaster
Ron Woolen on Investigating the Cause of the Sago Mine Disaster

  By Witnify • January 2, 2014 Uncategorized
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Ron Woolen, Director of West Virginia's Office of Miners' Health, Safety & Training, discusses the investigation of the Sago Mine disaster that occurred on January 2, 2006, killing 12 miners. Continue reading

Tagged   2000s, Mass Tragedy, Nature, Politics and History, Sago Mine Disaster
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Sago Mine Disaster
Dr. Julian Bailes on Saving the Life of the Sole Surviving Miner

  By Witnify • January 2, 2014 Uncategorized
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Dr. Julian Bailes, the physician who first treated miner Randal McCloy, remembers the calls he received about the trapped miners and describes the state of McCloy when he arrived at the hospital as the sole survivor. Continue reading

Tagged   2000s, Dr. Julian Bailes, Mass Tragedy, Politics and History, Sago Mine Disaster
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Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster
Danny Pettry on the Coal Mine Explosion in His WV Hometown

  By Witnify • January 2, 2014 Uncategorized
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Danny Pettry of West Virginia discusses the coal mine explosion that happened in Montcoal, near his hometown of Beckley. Continue reading

Tagged   2010s, Mass Tragedy, Politics and History, Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster
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Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster
Survivor Kevin Lambert on the Mining Disaster He Escaped

  By Witnify • January 2, 2014 Uncategorized
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Kevin Lambert, a survivor of the Upper Big Branch Mine disaster on April 5, 2010, recalls what went wrong and explains why he knew something was going to happen because of a change in the fans. Continue reading

Tagged   2000s, Mass Tragedy, Politics and History, Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster
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