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comments about what he feels is a return of american manufacturing. well hear what he has to say but were interested in hearing from you about your optimism or maybe not about the future of american manufacturing. heres how you can reach out to us this morning -- host: lets start with commerce secretarys remarks. during a hearing which he was asked about the future of american manufacturing, here are his thoughts. >> after a decade in which we lost six million manufacturing jobs as you...

and growth between 2011 and 2014. to meet the growing workforce demands the the training in 2006. this partnership called n krrkc impact combines the college systems to form a unique academic industry and government clabtive. the practical impact is that multiple companies have located their facilities in the state at least in part because the comprehensive training capabilities. across the board, site managers from companies like novartis, merck and others are able to fill almost ever...

havent talked about are e somes, programs that allow workers to cumulate substantial amounts of retirement savings as opposed to other retirement plans. there are studies that show that the value of the retirement accounts of an employee that works for lets say an s-esop, would average $100,000 in 2008. and you compare that to only a $45,000 average with an average 401(k) account. so i think these statistics definitely show that esops have been tremendously successful when it comes to ...

us how you see the opposition? do you see it fragmenting or do you see it coalescing? how do you see this playing out over the course of the next, say, three months? >> in syria? >> yes. sorry. >> thats okay. >> back to the topic. >> you know -- if i could give you a firm answer as to what we saw happening, i probably wouldnt be in this job. id be somewhere else. but this is -- its a tough thing to try to, you know, look at the elements at play here and try to determine just exactly ho...

that in the suspension and debarment office that i think is dictated by the legislation and makes sense in terms of functions of an sdo official. anybody else? yes, miss hallbrook. >> i just wanted to add that while i agree with inspector general geisel that funding is a critical element to make sure we get started in oversight quickly on a contingency operation i think that the parameters of the legislation that require coordination and coordinated planning and reporting by lead i.g. ...

spending on earmarks. then well hear from actor alec baldwin at the national press club. later, a conversation on u.s. dependence on foreign oil. wednesday on "washington journal," a look at the cost of gasoline. representative frank pallone, democrat of new jersey, talks about efforts to oversee oil markets. then more on the issue with representative phil gingrey, republican of georgia. later, james mamford of "wired" magazine talks about the building of the $2 billion nsa data center...

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