Sam Brownback: State Speech

sam brownback: Kansas Gov, according to MSNBC. Sam Brownback delivers his State of the State speech to an annual joint session of the House and Senate at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan., Jan. 15, 2014. Sam Brownback delivers his State of the State speech to an annual joint session of the House and Senate at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan., Jan. 15, 2014. Photo by Orlin Wagner/AP What Kansans don't know might hurt them 10/25/16 12:41 PM By Steve Benen The Bush/Cheney administration had an amazing gimmick it relied on several times: when reports suggested there was a problem with the White House agenda, Bush aides decided it was time to get rid of the reports. When the Bush administration was discouraged by data about factory closings, the administration announced it would stop publishing information about factory closings. In 2005, for example, after a government report showed an increase in terrorism around the world, the administration announced it would stop publishing its annual report on international terrorism. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.