P. M. , at veteran walking to the Veterans Building, very distraught. His face in the present in the Veterans Building on a number of different occasions. Yesterday he opened up his wrist, and bled out all over the hallway in the Veterans Building. To me this is a travesty. The believe in the community where this happens. The Veterans Building has over 30,000 square feet of space allocated towards veterans uses, for the most part it is empty. There is a milestone in front of us, the building will be closing down four two year seismic renovation; during that time the American Legion we relegate the temporary headquarters. With the building opens up we are still faced with a similar problem. I will make it a priority of mine to help establish suicide and Homelessness Prevention programs that dovetail with the va efforts. Right now the city is overtaxed. I read somewhere that 25 Million Dollars are spent on veteran alcohol issues. I dedicated nearly my fulltime. I sacrifice my own directi
Trugts. Im just wonder what you think the most effective tool is on this topic. Yes, sir. Thats an excellent question. What it is is its difficult to identify from an enforcement perspective one thing that is the absolute to the big problem its a comprehensive program is what it takes. For example, each state, including texas, obviously where im from, we have a comprehensive Enforcement Program to try to address commercial Vehicle Safety issues and Highway Safety issues as a whole, which includes all vehicles on the highway. So it really is the component its partly roadside inspections of commercial vehicles. Its inspections at fixed facilities, which sometimes are different, that are a different environment than at roadside. It also is a comprehensive program such as our compliance review program, to be able to look at Motor Carriers that have a propensity to have safety issues. Its also an aimpressive traffic Enforcement Program that doesnt necessarily just focus on commercial vehicl
And tell all the leaders of each one of the that it will be shut down will not be shut down until they stop the crime and killing in their respective countries . Whats on that point, the wall street journal reported this morning that president obama is meeting with the president of el salvador, honduras, and guatemala on friday to discuss ways to stem the crisis, including the thorny question of how to appreciate tens of thousands of youngsters to countries without putting them in harms way back home. Ki fed is an important meeting the president is having. Met with theaucus ambassadors to each country, repeating the issue, that we want to help, we are allies, but there is a corresponding responsibility as well. What we need to do, the percentage that goes to latin america compared to the rest of the world is miniscule. Most of that money going into training, equipment, it is important. Here is the deal. Human development, economic development, that is where there needs to be focused. P
Proposal as the discussion is about to get under way. This is from msnbc this morning. Paul ryan will introduce a plan that moves away from aus tear budget cuts and focuses on extending tax credits for lowincome workers and other policies forms. It will provide a safety net of programs, including food vouchers, medical assistance and Home Mortgage help. The proposal expected to be unveiled this morning at the American Enterprise institute. Chairman ryan expected here in just a moment live on cspan3. Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. I was going to ask you to take your seats, but theres standing room only. Im delighted to see that. Im arthur brooks, president of the American Enterprise institute. Im honored to welcome you today and welcome the chairman of the house budget committee, congressman paul ryan here at aei. Congressman ryan has spoken here many times. Hes a friend of aeis, and were delighted to see his continued willingness to tackle difficult and important issues that many
Were continuing our Historical Survey of american intelligence under each president ial administration. And now weve come to the presidency of john f kennedy. January 1961 to november 1963. Kennedy was a formal former naval officer. So he thought he knew something about intelligence. He was also a big fan of the james bond novels written by ian fleming. Ive pictured him with his Brother Robert kennedy because the brothers together had great influence on Us Intelligence. Theres a lot to say about Us Intelligence center kennedy, even though he served less than a full term because of course he was assassinated by a procuban american leftist a disturbed former marine named Lee Harvey Oswald at the end. Ill have have some reflections about the assassination. Before we get to the main intelligence events of this administration. I want to mention a couple of other developments that theyre not as spectacular, but still they deserve to be remembered as important milestones in Us Intelligence hi