When asked about Mr. Portman's op-ed, Mr. Ryan told reporters Friday that he hadn't yet read it but planned to, pulling a printed copy out of his jacket pocket as he walked onto the House floor for a vote.

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S. Bach (No.1 in D-Minor BWV 1052, and No.2 in E-Major, BWV 1053) framing W.A. Mozart's No. 12 in A-Major, K.414 and Johann Christian Bach's E-Flat Major Concerto Op.7 No. 5.

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On the latter point, Dr. Angelo Codevilla, a fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution, observed what is at stake in a thought-provoking op.ed. article in today's Wall Street Journal.

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