This group. Theyre going to the Labor Department and they are all this one kind of person. They all have a strong union background, for example. These agencies are huge. The Agency Review teams are relatively small. The expertise is that the that you focus on the most because you want somebody who knows the faa and the fair labor standards act and the substantive needs are great at that point. Again, you also keep in mind that you wanted to be a diverse group. You want to make sure you have a variety of perspectives. One thing about transportation may have been 13 on president bushs list of top agencies based on his agenda, but come 9 11, leon panetta is making a lot of important decisions. Up tomes you set yourself pivot to an issue that is unexpected but how you set up the personnel that you want. Example, you want to find the best qualified people because you asked never know, even if an item is not your top agenda, you never know something will come up. When the big things that hap
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Vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If not, the yeas are 68, the nays are 23. The motion is agreed to. The clerk will report the nomination. The clerk nomination, the judiciary. Julie e. Carnes of georgia to be United States circuit judge for the 11th circuit. The presiding officer under the previous order, the clerk will report calendar number 709. The Clerk Department of defense, david b. Shear of new york to be an assistant secretary. The presiding officer if ness no further debate, the question is on the nomination. All those in favor say aye. All those opposed, nay. The ayes appear to have it. The ayes do have it. The n. O. M. Nominatio nomination. Under the previous order, the clerk will report calendar number 834. The clerk executive office of the president , David Arthur Mader of virginia to be controller, office of federal financial management, office of mapght and budget. Management and budget. The presiding
Some of the first ones to move in. As we track the severe thunderstorm right around washington, this moving to the northeast, it will be around baltimore, 5 45, lancaster at 7 33, this is one storm that we are keeping our eye on because itself veer, we also have this other cluster of storms thats developing across interstate 83, approaching parts of Lancaster County, if we do track this storm, this is another one which is not severe right now, but again, all the storms have the potential to become severe near lancaster, 5 59. So, this one is a little bit closer, so again, we are watching a lot of these storms as we are still far away, but approaching the area as we speak. Zoom out again, see the cluster of storms just off west of the Lehigh Valley, so as we zoom into these storms, they are mostly near the poconos. Now, the poconos still dealing with one thunderstorm, although these storms are moving mostly to the northeast, still do have one heavy storm nearing barrett. This is one sto
Good evening. Welcome to kqed newsroom. Racial tensions have flaired from new york to the bay area over deadly encounters between White Police Officers and unarmed africanamerican males. Separate grand juries weighed two of the most highprofile incidents in ferguson and new york, both did not indict the officers sparking on demonstrations and multiple cities across the u. S. Include manager the by a area. Civil rights advocates say thesications are igniting a National Movement calling for nation. The grand jury systems on a state level are broken and seem to lack the capacity to deal with police. As demands for reform in the Justice System and Police Training mount, president obama and officials like new york city mayor bill de blasio are offering solutions. A fullscale retraining of this police force in this extraordinary facility is going to do a lot o improve the way our officers work with community members, improve the way they deal with each interaction. Obviously work for a reduc