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Meeting is not about whats happened in the past, its whats happening right now to correct some of the things that happened in the past. This is an accountability hearing. I told the secretary we want to take the legislation we passed last year on accountability, on appeals, all the things that we passed to give them the tools to address the significant problems confronting the veterans of america, vsos of america and this committee to begin moving away from the problems of the past and towards t...

During president trumps first year in office. Watch cspans washington journal live at 7 00 eastern saturday morning and be sure to join us for washington journal on sunday as we look back on the oneyear anniversary of the womens march on washington. Sunday, on cspans q a, noah feldman and his book, the three lives of james madison. The constitution is madisons monument. In that way, the constitution is all around you when you come to washington, d. C. The whole threepart structure of government....

And followup with a little good discussion here between him and me and then let your questions. All that by 230. It will be a crisp, boom boom session. Mr. Mccarthy is a native of chicago. A bachelors degree in history which seems appropriate given what i have around vmi and all of the traditions and history that it holds and sustains our country. Then joined in an Operational Army unit was deployed in afghanistan during his 1997 and two 2002. As a soldier. With combat with rangers in afghanista...

Cases. Talk about modernization efforts aimed at improving military readiness. Good afternoon everyone and thank you for coming. I am with the Foreign Policy program and it is my distinct honor to have the secretary of the army, ryan mccarthy, here with us. Of the armys id on modernization of its future force, but first, a brief introduction and i ask you to give him a big welcome. That a few thoughts by him to frame our topic. We will follow up with a little discussion between him and me and th...

Modernization efforts aimed at improving military readiness. Good afternoon everyone and thank you for coming. I am with the Foreign Policy program and it is my distinct honor to have the secretary of the army, ryan mccarthy, here with us. Of the armys id on modernization of its future force, but first, a brief introduction and i ask you to give him a big welcome. That a few thoughts by him to frame our topic. We will follow up with a little discussion between him and me and then go to your ques...

Lets give them a good round of applause. [applause] its a chock full day. Youll start hearing people give you insight to Social Security and a lot of it in depth of the actuarial perspective which are the lifeblood of the Social Security so youll be hearing but the key to this day, in my view and i hope to be here the whole day, is the last session real have a chance to put together a Social Security long term solvency program. Youll hear a lot of the options discussed and to do it yourself. Thi...

Earlier this week . All right, so youll hear a little overlap. Its in the 30th year of existence, 30 years ago robert ball, wilber cowan, bob meyers, legendary in the insurance, realized we needed an academy for two major purposes, number one, existing social insurance scholars so they could support each other and advance the field and at that time 30 years ago we scoured the country and could come up with just about 100 people in this entire country who were legate get mat social insurance scho...

Offeofficer of the academy. For those of you who were here who was here at the demystifying healthcare session this week . You will hear a little overlap. The academy itself is its 30th year of existence and 30 years ago wilbur cohen, bob myers, real legends in the area of a social insurance realized that we needed the academy for two purposes. One, to serve as a network of consisting social insurance scholars so they can support each other in advance the field. At that time 30 years ago we scou...

Mutually protocol, so im interested in not going through it today but in reviewing that we do in terms of the protocol, what it is and how it is communicated to our workforce, number one. And number two, im wondering if the department has ideas on how the physical layout of the plan, the campus, might be adjusted to enhance safety and also to enhance the capacity of your members to do their job . Certainly the physical security is one of our main issues. We have a very robust physical Security S...

I just buried our youngest in back and youre not going to have anything left. You need to come home. Will examine the vietnam war of the 1960s have experiences of Charlie Company discussing the battlefield of vietnam and we soldiers have to fight upon return to the United States. Veterans have been just as political footballs. They been used as part of a morality play. They been just as many things but hardly anybody had gotten to tell their story who they were as young men before they went, the...