Its exactly the reason i gave up my cell phone number during the First National press conference in september and i get calls every single day from veterans and to listen to them. Because youve got to keep that this will put the above were trying to do. Its all very personal. Thank you for your dedication. Thank you, mr. Chairman. I do have some questions that i will submit for the record. Thank you, mr. Chair been. Also secretary, thank you for being here. Appreciated. I visited with you before about legislation that i put forward, the veterans access to extended care. And its all about making sure that we can encourage Nursing Homes to take va reimbursement for veterans by limiting the Small Business contracting requirements that are currently under when they take va reimbursement but that they dont have to deal with when they take medicare reimbursement. Thats a burden that really makes no sense for them. They even have to undergo a separate so theres a lot of red tape, a lot of com
Andrew krepinevich and barry watts talk about their book at the pentagons office and the pentagons think tank from 1973 to 2015. The coauthors are former members of marshalls staff. This event was held at the nixon president ial library and museum in yorba linda california. [applause] tonights discussion is that Andrew Marshall who served from nixon to obama. He retired january at the ripe age of 93 years old. For his pioneering work called the hidden hand before and behind American Foreign policy. His two former aides, let me back up for a second. What is significant is nixon tapped marshall to evaluate our military capabilities against that of our adversaries at the time namely the soviet union to the concept is called net assessment. His former aides Andrew Krepinevich and sub diver here to discuss the achievements of their mentor tonight and sign copies of their biography about him called the lost warrior Andrew Marshall and shaping of modern defense strategy. Mr. Krepinevichs it i
President obama spoke griefly about the gray case today after maryland officials announced chargers against the Baltimore Police officers involved with his arrest. Following the president s comments, well show you what former Florida Governor and potential president ial candidate jeb bush had to say about the situation in baltimore. As well as broader issues surrounding the citys protests and riots. It is absolutely vital that the troourt come out on what happened. To mr. Gray and it is my practice not to comment on the legal processes involved, that would not be appropriate. But i can tell you that Justice Needs to be served. All evidence needs to be presented. Those individuals who are charged are obviously also entitled to due process and rule of law, and soings you know, i want to make sure that our legal system runs the way it should, and the Justice Department and our new attorney general is in communications with baltimore officials to make sure that any assistance we can provid
Watch all events from topeka saturday at noon eastern on cspan2 book tv and sunday at 10 00 on cspan3. President obama spoke griefly about the gray case today after maryland officials announced chargers against the Baltimore Police officers involved with his arrest. Following the president s comments, well show you what former Florida Governor and potential president ial candidate jeb bush had to say about the situation in baltimore. As well as broader issues surrounding the citys protests and riots. It is absolutely vital that the troourt come out on what happened. To mr. Gray and it is my practice not to comment on the legal processes involved, that would not be appropriate. But i can tell you that Justice Needs to be served. All evidence needs to be presented. Those individuals who are charged are obviously also entitled to due process and rule of law, and soings you know, i want to make sure that our legal system runs the way it should, and the Justice Department and our new attorn
Financing and government corruption. His dramatic demonstration prompt a torrent of tweets, critical and supportive. This one says doug hughes is my personal hero. Fantastic display of civil disobedience. Bravo. I was here to see it. There was this ominous message. Doug hughes may have unknowingly revealed one of the biggest Security Breaches in washington, d. C. , since edward snowden. Now, his will be restricted to his home in tampa, florida, allowed to return to the District Of Columbia only for his court proceedings. His next hearing his preliminary hearing scheduled for may 8th the latest live at the u. S. District courthouse. Back to you. Chris gordon thank you. That stunt is raising kes about how pilot doug hughes flied from gettysburg in pennsylvania, pass through several restricted flight zones and then land on the west lawn of the capitol. Our Team Coverage continues now with steve handelsman, who is live on capitol hill. Hi, steve. Reporter hi, doreen. Because of those many