Writes about the accountability on the nsa spying issue. Heres peter bakers headline. Post, bye washington scott wilson, controversies show how obamas inattention to detail may hurt his president ial legacy. We want to get your thoughts on this. Republicans, 202 5853881. Democrats, 202 5853880. Independents, 202 5853882. Tweet, cspanwj. You can also post your comments on facebook or email us. On both fronts on the nsa and the Health Care Law, president obamas down to this i did not know. No president can be aware of everything going on in a sprawling government that he theoretically manage. Theoretically manages. This constant questions about how much in charge he really is. Days, the president s health and Human Services secretary said that the that despite internal concerns in a mr. Obama wasn, not told about Serious Problems with the new row grahams website until it was rolled out this month. Said theicials president was not aware that the National Security agency was tapping the ph
Digging actually channels along the river and widens the flow of the river. Can you give me an idea of just over the past 25 to 30 years of the budget dollars you have what has been the trend in maintenance spending and in environmental spending . Just in general figures or percentages . Well,ly answer by saying i dont know that i can give you that general percentage right off the bat. Theres always come back and get it, but certainly our civil emissions include our navigation, our hydropower from the energy perspective. We have aquatic ecosystem restoration. We have a Natural Resource Management Mission within our civil works that includes Environmental Stewardship recreation component as well. Our flood Risk Management and Flood Control definitely is a big component of our civil works mission. And then of course, we have our Regulatory Program as far as our service to the nation and the waters of the u. S. So our efforts are to balance those Mission Sites mission areas, as far as the
People in justice something that feels not fair and not right. Not that they are a big fan of crime, we dont celebrate we have the same feelings as anybody else. We are worried about certain kinds of crime but it is the land of support land of the pork. But then you look at the courthouse to see how little time is given to each case sometimes there were subtle disparities sometimes not. From your perspective you have to project to have the judgment said is a decent predictor of outcomes but yet as often as not that is a really hard to sing because sometimes you cannot predict the things that have been in courts and the random testimony of judges award juries. There is the of fairness. So really it is the problem that with my recollection with the former prosecutors but but it depends on who you get and what judge you get sometimes let Police Officer in the demeanor they will give you a break and if not then you are toast. That seems to be the problem even going in to visiting said jail
Study this problem as well. And i just lament. We are getting out of the big wars and big operations business right now. I dont see anyone saying we cracked the code on that. I do think i would like to make a distinction. Im moderately optimistic that they want to defend themselves. Will it be through purely the local defense course. It may be the case in some of the places. Especially if the system for paying these guys breaks down. The u. S. Goes away, which i think is an e quale right now looking a the the headline theres an e call chance we walk away from afghanistan. And that really makes my blood run cold. Because theres been so much effort and sacrifice. Not just military. A lot of civilian friends. People trying to help the place. And this country, our country, is very good at turning our back and walking away. My first book was actually for the counsel of Foreign Relations called interstrengs or neglect. It was about central america. We have no. Its not on my resume. It was a
It is not realistically within the realm of possibility. This committee follow the murray ryan agreement and mark up at a trillion, 14 billion. That was the deal, and we will stick with the deal. The second issue that was raised is on the subject of entitlement reform. One of the reasons the mandatory programs are growing are because of the success of people who represent agencies at this table. Social security, people live longer. So we have more people than might have been anticipated by the actuaries in 1950 and 1960 when people died from heart attacks and so on instead of the challenges of chronic illness. One of the reasons that medicare is also an issue is because, again, people are living longer, and we need to manage the chronic illness. But there are paths forward to bend the curve, one of which is, again, from research. Much has been said about alzheimers. And, gosh, if we could crack that code, it would have a tremendous impact. So it all kind of goes hand in hand that, one,