BOEHNER: 'To Whom Much Is Given, Much Is Expected' | ||
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House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) released a new video Saturday morning that declared he is "humbled" by his party's complete domination in the midterm elections earlier in the week. "Republicans are humbled by the trust the American people have placed in us. We'll honor that trust by listening to you, by making your priorities our priorities," he said. Boehner said those priorities included curtailing President Barack Obama's signature healthcare reform law, modernizing the healthcare system for veterans, and approving the Keystone XL pipeline. "This is also a time to consider the line in Scripture that says, 'To whom much is given, much is expected,'" Boehner said. Obama's own weekly address was also released Saturday morning but did not address the midterm elections, in which Republicans expanded their House majority and gained control of the US Senate. Watch Boehner's address below. Join the conversation about this story »  | ||
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Remains of MH17 victims 'may never be fully recovered' | ||
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Kharkiv (Ukraine) (AFP) - All the remains of the victims from downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 might never be fully recovered, the Dutch foreign minister said Saturday, as five more coffins were flown out of Ukraine. "We cannot say at this moment in any certain way….at what moment and even if we can recover the last nine (victims) but we will do everything we can in cooperation with authorities here to make that happen and that work is still possible to do," Bert Koenders told journalists after a ceremony in east Ukraine. Join the conversation about this story »  | ||
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