And now for the main event. Its my honor to welcome our first speaker and distinguished guest, the australian Prime Minister, malcolm turnbull. Mr. Prime minister, thank you for joining us today and providing an opportunity to continue a dialogue aboutpr howe can all work in partnership to grow our economies to gather. For those of you who do not know, the Prime Ministers address is especially timely. 2018 marks 100 years since our two countries became allies in world war i. Since 1918 our relationship has grown beyond just military alliance. Globalization has allowed our states and citizensob to vote collaborate across a range of initiatives and or trade those investments to increase, despite distance and time zones. I have perfect opportunity opportunity to visit australia in 2016. During this trip i saw firsthand a significant cultural and economic ties between our two countries. I speak for all of us, mr. Prime minister, when i say governors are ready to elevate this Important Part
Implementation to goad and exhort and encourage. I think thats really good. With respect to the whole subject, you are familiar with the document issued december 10. Yes, im familiar with it. I assume that you and your i. T. Expert let me not assume assume. Was that a helpful document in terms of laying out goals and objectives . Yes. You concur. It set the foundation for key initiatives going forward. And for example when it talks about we ought to approve funding of major i. T. Programs only when it meets three basic criteria. Right . Have a dedicated manager parnd a fully staffed integrated program team, use a modular approach with usable functionality delivered every six months. I think they mean by that, break up huge multiyear complex Systems Integration contracts so that theyre easier to manage. And thirdly, use specialized i. T. Acquisition professionals. Are those do you think those are three helpful criteria whether we are looking at issuing a major procurement . I did. Absol
At a community college. Later, to tour an illinois steel plant that added jobs in the wake of the new u. S. Tariffs on china. Lets go to the white house where we find joe johns this morning. Whats Mission Number one for the white house today in illinois and iowa . Reporter theres a couple of misses, i think, poppy. One of the things i think that is important to say is that iowa and illinois are two of the largest soy bean producing states in the country. Soy bean producers have been hurt as a result of the president s tariffs. He needs to go out and sell what he sees as the administrations high points on these back and forth trade issues with the european union. The way the administration is progressing on that, number one, they have some news from just last night with the president of the european commission, and that news essentially that they are going to have no new tariffs at this time and try to agree to negotiate to stop the trade feuding and end the problems for some of the far
Bolton releasing a statement, wellestablished russian saying, quote, the president interference, not just in americas democracy, but on all believes that the next bilateral western democracies, as a matter meeting with president putin should take place after the of fact. Look, the indictments that the russia witch hunt is over. So weve agreed that it will be special counsel, director after the first of the year. Mueller, issued for the 12 uniformed members of the russian now, we dont know whether the russians have agreed to that or Intelligence Services is a master piece of criminal not, they havent said. But after the first of the year investigation. And i confidently predicted it is a big change from this fall, will go down in the history which is what the white house books as such. Announced on twitter. To be able to trace their names, so why is this meeting suddenly on ice . Well, our jeff zeleny asked. Recreate the paper trail, as it were, is brilliant detective mr. President , wh