Instead, he wants to reach an agreement with Democrats on a framework or bridge that would postpone the cuts and tax-rate changes for one year until a broader deal on deficit reduction -- including entitlement and tax reform -- can be worked out.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

"This is a really significant event and we need to learn from it, not just in Washington but around the country, " Hersman said after taking a boat ride on the Skagit River below the dramatic scene where a truck bumped against the steel framework, collapsing the bridge and sending two vehicles and three people falling into the chilly water.

NPR: NTSB Says Wash. Bridge Collapse Is Wake-Up Call

In Washington state this past week, a bridge collapsed when a truck driver's load bumped against the steel framework.

WSJ: Mo. highway buckles after rail cars hit overpass

Constructively engaging to bridge divergent views on the limits to the right to freedom of opinion and expression, in a structured multilateral framework...geared toward filling the 'interpretation void' with regard to the interface between articles 19(3) and 20 of the ICCPR based on emerging approaches like applying the 'test of consequences.

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