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Support for the governments programs under the partnership for growth framework which enhances the economic growth for u.s. $145 million total plan contribution from the u.s.a.i.d. u.s. sorpt is also core to the mill challenge corporation which supports the implementation of projects on road infrastructure, poverty reduction, and good governance with a $434 until grant from 2011 to 2016. recently the u.s. federal aviation administration reinstated the philippines to a category 1 status. this wil...

Starting to mobilize and belatedly perhaps get the message out. the bottom line here is, steve, about a third of all college students in america take at least one remedial course. its higher for community college kids. its higher for minorities. the public education system isnt getting the job done in the eyes of many e employers across the country. so we need good standards. the implementation, the timing, the process, thats something individual states, some do better than others. >> so your vi...

Policies governors council. wendell steinhouser is a high school math teacher. he likes common core. feels the implementation has gone terribly. we have rob astorino running as a candidate for governor in the state. he decided this month not to have his kids take the states new common core reading exam. there is a lot to talk about here. lindsay, i will start with you. i hope you can set the table for us as somebody who knows the this from a national level. this is something with roots, the nati...

And those policies are not important. and theyre not taking the country in the right direction. so places like alaska, places like arkansas, louisiana, north carolina are ones that republicans have good candidates. in fact great candidates. and have the potential of certainly carrying the election six months from next sunday. >> how do you see obamacare playing into this debate in the way that will resonate with the american people? because obviously a lot of people are frustrated with many aspe...

A nonpermanent seat on the security counsel, we seek a greater role in promoting peace and security. with this, our friendship with the united states is immensely valued. just last month, malaysia helped security a comprehensive agreement in the southern philippines. ending a conflict which claims 150,000 lives and denying al qaeda and its affiliates a foot hold in the region. on the south china sea, president obama and i both stress earlier the importance of upholding universally recognized pri...

Requirements. schools were failing if they didnt make yearly progress and dumped a lot of federal money into state and local expense. that sounded like a federal intrusion into public education. the they wanteded to push back so it was a state-based initiative. we are all hearing from employers around the country. they just dont measure up. we are 30th in the world in standardized test scores. we have to do better. seems like when we come up there is always a push-back. >> when i was listening t...

Around the common core. it started last summer and worked its way through the school year now. they have picked up support from parents who are experiencing the common core or the botched implementation in many cases, in many states. so they have built this campaign basically. it has replaced obamacare in some ways as the hot topic. a way to push back against the obama administration. >> so -- >> by the way, the administration has, you know -- it as nt done itself any fehrs in terms of the polit...

Its a complex implementation and it confuses people, but will it actually give less hiring over the long run? it seems you can buy your way out of it. is that all your employee was worth? 2,000 extra, that is the only profit margin you were delivering to this company? youre fired. that seems like a little bit of a stretch. im not saying its a good thing and the whole notion of having to pay for employee health care as an employer is a negative to the job market but that system used to exist. it ...

More than -- its been almost 600 years since there have been more than one living pope or former pope. so its quite remarkable. >> so can you tell us a little bit about the legacy about john xxiii and the vatican counscil? is the way the church has changed as a result of his leadership? >> in a word, yes. he was such a surprise. his election was a surprise. the fact that the results of the council were a surprise. he died after the first session of the council. and his successor took over for th...

President obama has been careful to say, well, according to international law and the way it stands now, those islands fall under japanese administration. so hes careful in the way he words this, but he also doesnt want to appear weak or kind of trying to walk a middle ground where on some of these issues the u.s. stance has been clear, at least in many opinions should remain clear, especially while visiting this region, john. >> yeah. i thought i heard lawyer obama quite clearly in that news co...