From. [inaudible] its my pleasure to moderate this discussion with a group of folks who are prime movers in the development of the nature posture review. I will introduce them in a moment. We are not calling this a panel. Each group will give us five or ten minutes. We will get some conversation for the group going. Most of you know the group and let me introduce rob the Deputy Assistant secretary for defense for Nuclear Defense policy. Greg weaver is strategic director for staff j5. He runs the Defense Program shop and anita is the acting assistant secretary from the bureau of arms control. Im very pleased we can gather this group and we are looking forward to the discussion. As i said we will start with introductory remarks from each of our guests and then we will go in the following order. Well start with greg and go to phil, anita and rob has asked to clean up today. Thats what well do. Greg over to you. Thank you. When i thought i would do in my brief remarks is give you all a lit
Feels like 79. Noon 83, feels like 85 and mostly sunny. By 3 00, 88 will feel like 87 because there will be a breeze then helping to make it feel cooler. Skies will be mostly sunny. Coming up, we will talk an increase in humidity and opportunity for storms as we make our way into the workweek. Vanessa, thank you. Now to breaking news. Nearly a dozen people are hurt after gunfire erupted at a party in brooklyn. Cbs 2s ilana gold joins us more with more on the story from East New York, ilana. Reporter a total of nine people were shot on stanley avenue by crescent street. Police have been out here all morning. We have seen them talking to witnesses and they are going door to door to get more information on who fired the gunshots. This is what we know. Police say a fight broke out in a backyard at 2 00 this morning. Thats when a group of men opened fire during a house party. Nine people were shot. The victims are men and women, ages 19 to 38. Bullets hit them in the arms, leg and neck. Inj
Is the generational transition which holds great promise. Still as i mention the ongoing problem it is hard to imagine that despite all the efforts, more than 70 of afghans over the age of 15 cannot read or write. Half of all afghan girls are still not in school even though they are 40 and 9 million are back in school. Of those who are back in school, if you stay long enough to make it through secondary school, forced marriage, Child Marriage is still a reality. So how do we address this, what are what are the tools in our toolkit . The afghan women, i often get asked by audiences dont we try to take solutions, or possible solution and we try to prescribe something that would never work in their culture. There is never a onesizefitsall. One of the best approaches that we have used in afghanistan, the lowcost, sustainable effort effort has been because the partnerships. Judy mentioned before my basic approach to a lot of International Global issues and challenges, is is finding a way to
Infrastructure funding. And in land waterways have the impact of the panama canal expansion on us ports. It is an hour and 45 minutes. [inaudible conversations] the meeting will come to order. And i happen to be one of those. And i recognize that this time, senator cardin. And introduce pleasure to have secretary ron here before the committee. Secretary ron, secretary of transportation in maryland. As i was telling as a chairman, this is the third state, secretary of transportation. Department of transportation and new mexico state highway and transportation, cant hold onto a job. Very proud of the work in maryland. And the organization in maryland with the secretary of transportation is responsible for coordinating modes of transportation. Mister ron has done an outstanding job in directing that department, very large budget. He also served as american state transportation officials, 20072008 and national leadership, proud to have him before the committee. Very good. Recognize senator
Hearing in ways to improve the National Antidoping system. Ton heels of the summer games in rio and less than a year away from pyeongchang. Fitting we are holding this hearing on february 28, a champion thats won gold medals and wasnt referring to you mr. Referring to Michael Phelps. Squl it ultimately i hope this hearing hopes to highlight ways which we can strengthen confidence in International Sport. Within the antidoping community there are concerns regarding organizational structure and how the Current System creates an environment where they are both policing and promoting the sport. Wada currently exists, they simultaneously hold policy making decision, they can have real and perceived affects on rigorous possible violations as well as enforcement of antidoping measures, several have stated that wada lacks support itself, recent proposals suggested removing it from governance structures to improve independence and operation today we want to evaluate those concerns and discuss th