The 114th congress, i stated that my top Emergency Management priority was pursuing life saving and cost reducing disaster legislation and launching a Public Policy debate about the costs of disasters in terms of both the loss of property and human life. We follow that hearing with several round tables to help us understand what disasters cost this country, who pays those costs and whether the problem is Getting Better or worse. Early last year, Ranking Member carson and i introduced the fema format to call for the First Comprehensive assessment of disaster cost and losses in over 20 years. We also wanted to reform several Disaster Assistance programs to make them more efficient. If february, the house passed the fema legislation and we hope the senate will take up hr1471 and pass it soon. The purpose of todays hearing is to discuss what we have learned so far and begin exploring potential solutions, particularly the principals that should be driving those solutions. While there are si
[ inaudible ] thank you for the opportunity to talk about the center and quite honestly the state im very proud of, the state of indiana. Weve been around since 1989. Weve got 27 years of successfully linking community and academic expertise. Our goals are to build capacity in a states agency. The volunteer associations, the citizens of the state of indiana and so forth. Weve done a lot of work in emergency management, but the reason weve been successful is not because uniquely of the resources in our center but because of the atmosphere that exists in the state of indiana. Case in point, within indiana weve had the privilege of working with the Indiana Department of Homeland Security to complete mitigation plans in close collaboration with the counties and cities and towns of the state of indiana. The approach we take is highly collaborative, so unlike many situations that we hear about where a plan is created and set aside on a shelf, if you would, which unfortunately i think does of
Were physical act of tackling. It cant be done. Tackling is tackling. The seahawks tackling defined it exactly as it is done. It should be done at the three levels of football where the game should be played. If boys cant tackle the way the technique was designed, they shouldnt be playing contact football. They should be playing flag until they are ready to play. Thank you, gentlemen. Congratulations to the classic 2016. Today is your day of celebration. Your choices will make all the difference to you, and to all of us. Dont be afraid to take on cases or new jobs, or new issues, that really stretches her boundaries. Abroad, inthe summer real ships i do than internships and the specter of living in your parents basement after this Graduation Day is not likely to be your greatest concern. Felt this month, watch commencement speeches to the class of 2016 in their entirety from colleges and universities around the country by Business Leaders, politicians, and white house officials on cspa
Yet of the american training of iraqi soldiers. Now, the offensive will happen in april or may. Up to 25,000 iraqi soldiers will converge on mosul, iraq and try to reclaim iraqs second largest city. The iraqi troops will out number the isis fighters by about 12 to 1. Right now there are about 3,000 u. S. Troops in iraq. Cnns Barbara Starr is at the pentagon with more on this. So i guess the most surprising thing about this is the early word. Why warn isis that youre coming . Reporter well carol, the pentagon will tell you this is not going to be a surprise to isis. They know the shape of the battlefield on the ground. They know that backed by the United States the iraqis consider it vital to take back mosul, the second largest city in iraq. The key prize that isis took last year the iraqis want it back but all of this, as you say, is really going to depend on those iraqi forces 20 to 25,000 of them. Will they be ready . Will they finally months later after going on the run from isis wi
We have more from the gop forum in mackinac, michigan. Reporter poppy, this poll shows how much the debate has really shaken up the race, but besides whos up and whos down, whats most striking is when you compare it to what the field looked like just one month ago, put up those comparison numbers for you now. As you see, donald trump, he is still the frontrunner, but hes on a downward slope sliding eight points. Support slipping there, too, for ben carson who lost five percentage points. Compare that to Carly Fiorina leaping up 12 percentage points. Thats a huge number really in just three weeks. Also a big jump there, too, for senator marco rubio gaining eight percentage points. All of this really underscores how vital the debate moments are for these candidates. Especially with such a crowded field. Carly fiorina, she really went toe to toe with donald trump in so many of those moments and these numbers really do show she came off looking very favorable because of that. Senator marco