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Recently, maybe you could hold a hearing on its progress. I would welcome that. Giving alcome me in warm welcome to Veterans Affairs secretary robert donald. [applause] Robert Mcdonald thank you so much. War, the ymcal has been a friend of veterans. Forerunner of the g. I. Bill. Today i am pleased to announce the v. A. And the ymca has agreed by furthering our partnership. This makes it easier for v. A. Facilities and ymcas to help in Service Members to connect resources they need. To you and th...

Send us a tweet cspanwj. Or go to facebook. Or send an email. The phone lines are open. Take a look at the exchange between donald trump and john kasich on immigration. Mp we have to stop ilLegal Immigration, it is hurting us from every standpoint and causing tremendous difficulty with respect to drugs and what it does to our inner cities and it is such an unbelievable moment because the courts have not been ruling in our favor. It was a 21 decision, a terrific thing that happened. We are a coun...

Obama good morning, everybody. Several years ago, the state department began a review process for the proposed instruction the pipeline that would carry Canadian Crude Oil from the heartland through the the gulf of mexico to the market. This morning, senator kerry informed me that after extensive Public Outreach and consultation with other cabinet agencies, the state department has decided that the keystone xl pipeline would not serve the National Interest of the United States. I agree with that...

Front line defenders on the war on sexual assault, ill say. They report to me overwhelmingly that they think were making progress on all fronts but one. And here comes the hardest of all, i think. Were definitely not satisfied. And that is the issue of retaliation. So, retaliation, by the way, can be if you report sexual assault, the boss takes some action against you, which is or feels like retaliation. Ill call that official retaliati retaliation. The other form is just when your peers in the ...

Sexual assault response coordinator. I immediate privately with the front line defenders on the war on sexual assault, ill say. They report to me overwhelmingly that they think were making progress on all fronts but one. And here comes the hardest of all, i think. Were definitely not satisfied. And that is the issue of retaliation. So, retaliation, by the way, can be if you report sexual assault, the boss takes some action against you, which is or feels like retaliation. Ill call that official r...

Infrastructure to deliver that care. Within the v. A. Within the v. A. But where we cant justify that business decision we need to be outsourcing. And just one more thing that follows up with that. In another year you guys are probably going to be gone with the new administration. I hope not, i hope yall stay but youre probably going to be gone. Are you laying into process so that whoever takes your place assuming that youre not brought back that the transition would be seamless and the justific...

Call this meeting to order. Welcome, everybody. Hope yall had a great thanksgiving and hope everybody has a wonderful Holiday Season coming up. This is a very important hearing for the United States senate. On november 4th, if my memory is correct, we had a meeting at the va. Sloane gibson, dr. Schulkin and some others were in the room. In terms of Va Health Service delivery to our veterans, veterans choice, consolidating programs, reimbursement rates so there wasnt any preference over another. ...

What youve probably thought about in terms of the enabling legislation for this particular program. If you dont do that, then youre building the transformed system on outdated policies that may or hey not have ever been appropriate. They just happened to get through congress and you have to live up to them because theyve been mandated to you. Im not going to get into a lot of questions except that the reason i continue to have this flavor to my discussion is i want to help you establish a plan t...

The montgomery bus boycott. Well reflect on the boycott and see what role lawyers played in that protest and the civil rights movement, as we hear from fred gray, attorney for rosa parks, and demonstrators. Then at 6 00, William Davis on the littleknown aspects of the lives and leadership of Union Generals grant and lee. Sunday afternoon at 4 00 on real america, a Progress Report on nasas projects including the manned Space Program and the mariner 4 flyby of mars. Writer and awardwinning documen...

Officers who are under the supervision of much more experienced officers. I think it is also worth noting we are talking about Foreign Service officers. These are people who have gone through a very rigorous, Competitive Program to be admitted to the service. Many are lawyers or have worked in Immigration Law or have been teachers. Many are former military. Rep. Duckworth by no means are these inexperienced people. They get about the same amount in terms of quantity of training as somebody we ar...