"It's Republicans who were involved, guys like [Sen.] Mac Mathias [R-Md.] and [Sen. Bob] Packwood [R-Oregon] and so many others," Biden said, looking back fondly on GOP lawmakers who were once willing to work with Democrats on issues like the minimum wage. Packwood resigned from the Senate in 1995 after the Senate Ethics Committee voted unanimously to expel him for sexual and official misconduct. A Los Angeles Times story on his resignation noted that the committee released more than 10,000 pages of documents that showed a "pattern of abuse of his position of power and authority as United States Senator." The article also said the documents included "many explicit" allegations and that 19 women had accused Packwood of misconduct. Read more at http://patdollard.com/2014/09/at-womens-event-biden-praises-ex-senator-ousted-for-sexual-misconduct/#y7vVD352z964mjiM.99 John Hames shared with you:
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Daily on Defense: Zelensky cites new phase of war, poll shows strong support for Ukraine, Truce ends in Gaza, Tuberville targets woke officers
Follow us on Twitter View this as website BY JAMIE MCINTYRE ADVERTISEMENT ZELENSKY: 'WE DID NOT ACHIEVE THE DESIRED RESULTS': I n a wide-ranging interview with the Associated Press, conducted Thursday in the war-ravaged northeastern Ukrainian town of Kharkiv, President Volodymyr Zelensky offered a sobering assessment of the shortcomings of Ukraine's summer counteroffensive against Russian forces, while remaining resolute about the need to keep fighting. "We wanted faster results. From that perspective, unfortunately, we did not achieve the desired results. And this is a fact," Zelensky said. "We are losing people, I'm not satisfied. We didn't get all the weapons we
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