CNN 2011-08-05

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Congress has now approved a compromise to reduce the deficit⁴ and avert⁵ a default that would have devastated⁶ our economy. 

 

It was a long and contentious⁷ debate, and I want to thank the American people for keeping up the pressure on their elected officials to put politics aside and work together for the good of the country. 

 

 

Lucky you. You've gone to join your father,this woman wails⁸ over her dead son's body in the city of Hama. Her husband killed, according to a voice on the clip, Residents and activists⁹ say that Syrian security forces are indiscriminately firing at homes, hospitals and mosques¹⁰  part of a renewed crackdown that began on Sunday

 

 

And the spot where it was found, it was detected at the bottom of a ventilation tower between reactors¹¹ 1 and 2. Those reactors, the cores, did suffer full meltdowns.

 

TEPCO says none of the workers involved in the cleanup were injured. They were working protective gear. And it was not found in any other areas. Now, TEPCO has cordoned¹² off the area, and they are investigating the exact cause and how it may affect work at the plant moving forward.

 

 

As gabby came in and people realized a wave of recognition and the house erupted. It was electrifying¹³. Really, I think it did a lot of good to melt even the most hardened of hearts. We've had a tough road to get to this compromise. But knowing that Gabby put aside everything and came to the house to cast her vote, even in spite of everything she's been through, I think it made, you know, all of us realize just how important what we do is every day in that chamber¹⁴ and how important it is that we work together.

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