Services committee is chaired by texas congressman mack thornberry. Committee will come to order. Last week the Committee Held classified and unclassified sessions on the state of the world. Or more accurately the state of the world environment in which the American Military must operate and u. S. National security must be protected. I was struck by the essential point general petraeus made that we face many threats and can overcome any of them except perhaps what we do to ourselves. Today we turn to the state of the u. S. Military. I continue to be concerned and sometimes even disturbed by evidence that is accumulating on the damage inflicted upon our military in recent years and the stresses our forces are under. That damage comes from a variety of factors including budget cuts of 20 , continuing resolutions, the failure to recognize or at least admit and then address mounting readiness problems as well as the shrinking size of the force while keeping the tempo of operations high. Th
Overall. You can see germanys dax regaining some of the losses, france is the only major indices in the red right now. The tenyear note yield very important, one of the reasons why the financials have performed so poorly and there is that yield, down just a bit, 2. 362, although this is right around where we were yesterday. As for oil, up and up rather nicely. And the latest s p case shiller home prices report, prices up 5. 9 in january compared to a yearni year ago, faster than the 5. 6 economists had been predicting. As for the road map, ford expected to announce significant new u. S. Manufacturing investments this morning. The automaker receiving high praise from the president. Plus futures are pointing to say flat open, the dow seeking to reverse course from the longest losing streak now since 2011, six years, and yum brand ceo reid will sit down exclusively with our own sarah eisen. Nobody elses. She is a road warrior. Lets deal with the bond issue up front, about an hour ago we g
To call the tuesday, march 28, 2017, public works to order commissioner caen commissioner vietor commissioner vicepresident kwon is excused from todays meeting and we have quorum commissioner courtney. You said commissioner vietor on his way. Oh, thank you the approval of the minutes of march 14, 2017. Secretary a correction. Yes. A correction to the item number 3, the approval of the minutes motion that of received to was incorrect as stated should have said february 28th. Thank you, commissioners any other additions, deletions, or changes. Id like to move the item as amended second. Any public all in favor, say i. I. Opposed . That motion carries. Item 4 general Public Comment address the commission on matters that are within the commissions jurisdiction and are not on todays agenda. I have a speaker card from mr. Da costa welcome. Commissioners you do said that in the southeast he sector there is a lot going to happen a lot happening and a lot of that that has to do with with the in
Stated should have said february 28th. Thank you, commissioners any other additions, deletions, or changes. Id like to move the item as amended second. Any public all in favor, say i. I. Opposed . That motion carries. Item 4 general Public Comment address the commission on matters that are within the commissions jurisdiction and are not on todays agenda. I have a speaker card from mr. Da costa welcome. Commissioners you do said that in the southeast he sector there is a lot going to happen a lot happening and a lot of that that has to do with with the infrastructure now if you go on the website we dont have a real idea of what is happening with the Community Benefits i hope there is not a misunderstanding but for everybody to have a good understanding we need manage to be posted on the website about the Community Benefits that will for by the community and the task force established how the disbursements of those communities benefits have been made this is critical we just cant be deve
Item number 3, the approval of the minutes motion that of received to was incorrect as stated should have said february 28th. Thank you, commissioners any other additions, deletions, or changes. Id like to move the item as amended second. Any public all in favor, say i. I. Opposed . That motion carries. Item 4 general Public Comment address the commission on matters that are within the commissions jurisdiction and are not on todays agenda. I have a speaker card from mr. Da costa welcome. Commissioners you do said that in the southeast he sector there is a lot going to happen a lot happening and a lot of that that has to do with with the infrastructure now if you go on the website we dont have a real idea of what is happening with the Community Benefits i hope there is not a misunderstanding but for everybody to have a good understanding we need manage to be posted on the website about the Community Benefits that will for by the community and the task force established how the disbursem