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United nations and nato. It was a war that was fundamentally about liberty, but it spawned independence movements and colonial wars that led to the creation of modern india, pakistan, ghana israel, and other states in a fermentation that continues to this day. We americans emerged from world war ii with extraordinary advantages that ensure prosperity for decades and a thriving industrial base, a population relatively unscarred by war, cheap energy, two thirds of the worlds gold supply, great opt...

Agreements. Okay questions ed. Yeah. I guess on the cost escalating i assume that is part of the details what do they contribute to. Weve seen the economic. Weve been stuck at 65 percent design because for years. The bridge i cant talk to that but good morning filling Sweetheart Program Management Team the reason we stopped at 65 percent we had to go to the caltrain pr process and seismic Structure Analysis that had to be done for the western post prom that was a long and bold project weve gotte...

The month of july. The month earlier, jim, was 99. 8. It was at the second highest level since the recession. 100 was the economists estimate. 90. 9. We are seeing Consumer Confidence worse than estimated. Im looking at the s p 500 on the screen behind me. It looks like we are not seeing a huge effect. If anything, stocks have rallied off of the lows of this early session. We will continue to watch the reactions, and the read through to the fed which begins its meeting today. Matt thank you. Let...

Average. It definitely reclaimed a lot of good levels here, that we will see if we can fold it into the close. Scarlet i no you have been focused on bp. Bp reported its worst quarterly profit in at least 10 years, but the stock is up, and this chart shows why. This is looking at quarterly cap x reductions, and you can see that though about 20 to 4. 7 billion in the last quarter. Bylooks to really be down the fourth quarter, by about 5. 5 billion. Brown bars oure projections and the yellow bars a...

You plan to get us off the bottom . Mr. Hefenger i start with the fact that everyone rose raise their hand and took an oath of office. How many people in this country do that . Im sure their eyes were open. They knew it was not the most popular job in the country. But they said i want to be the face of security for the traveling public. That is where morale starts. What is where does morale fail after that . I go right back to the mission and my dedication to the coast guard told me it starts wi...

So i look forward to working with you on that. Former administrator pistol implemented a riskbased approach to passenger screening. However, both the Government Accountability office and the office of Inspector General have identified shortcomings with this approach. Especially when it comes to granting passengers expedited screening through managed inclusion. Significant shortcommings that ive observed with with managed inclusion include problems with the model used to identify passengers for t...

Equipment the work force needs today while envisioning how to modernize our system and transform the traveling experience in the future. I see a future where advanced capabilities can transform the experience while preserving risk based security as a central feature. I think its possible in a an individuals buy row metric identity could become the boarding pass of the future. Linked to Intelligence Systems and requiring passage through an integrated capability design tore detect metallic and non...

Conversation they have the best death in a row. But at the same time to bureaucratize that we dont innovate very well weaken the eve of the glass is half full or halfempty. I would counsel congress to be optimist that is a way of life i ascribe to you cannot have everything all the time and think everything will be well all the time that could be realistic about the potential. We really do have the taxpayer in mind that seems to be a struggle with the current leadership on the hill and their und...

Address the threat to Aviation Security. Unfortunately, t. S. A. Is still having problems with its technology today. For example, last month, it was reported that auditors posing as passengers were able to smuggle mock explosives and banned weapons through checkpoints at various airports across the country. Earlier this spring, the Inspector General released a report claiming that t. S. A. Does not properly manage the maintenance of its airport screening equipment. According to the i. G. , t. S....

As i have seen in the wisconsin v. A. Facility and in the rest of the nation, the role of whistleblowers is critical to running an effective organization. Agencies need to be open to accepting constructive criticism in order to improve, especially agencies such as the v. A. This has been tremendously important to the mission of taking care of our veterans. Ms. Lerner, i wanted to thank you for mentioning ryan hunnell in your statement. People like ryan truly make a difference and in particular, ...