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Number one sea port in north america for the importation of fresh fruit bananas, and juice, concentrate. If you had a banana this morning for breakfast it probably came through the port of wilmington. Our nickname is top banana. The top banana port. Port of wilmington isnt just important for the state of delaware, it serves as a key economic engine in new castle county, its also a key port for the entire United States. So protecting our ports, safeguarding our Economic Opportunity is responsibil...

14 grant cycle. 100 million was appropriated for the program this year. Applications came in on may 23rd. The field reviews, as the admiral mentioned, we work very closely with the coast guard. We have a twotiered review process. Captains of the port work with the port area and the local and State Government through area Maritime Security committees to prioritize projects. Those applications are under that field review right now and will be referred for a National Panel review here at the Headqu...

Take their place. Thats the issue that we have to change. Id like to thank both our speakers for what i will objectively say has been an informative and helpful newsmaker. Thank you to you both. Thank you to the Newsmaker Committee of the National Press club that organized this event, and thank you to cspan for broadcasting it live. The meet slg adjourned. Thank you. Today dr. Tom frieden will testify on the u. S. Spops to the ebola virus. Hell be joined by dr. Anthony fauci at this hearing. It ...

Of policy each of you play a Critical Role and youve got to work to the. So do we. Were always happy to have you with us. Youve done a whole lot of work in this area, were grateful for that and be looking to you for further help. Again thanks to everyone for coming. As dr. Coburn knows were going to start voting in a little bit. And were going to do one of those deals that we perfected where voting starts, maybe hell go vote the first time, and when hes voted hell come back and ill go vote and t...

Qualified approved firm. Theyre already approved by hr for doing searches for us. Yes. And short list that, bring it back to the commission, and process there. With my goal to do this as quickly and efficiently as possible, i like the aspect of working with the professions within the departments that are the different departments like you did in the past, commissioner walker, just to make sure weve got everything done correctly before we do send out before we select and do send out the job appli...

Personally, if i may fast track, id like to understand the past and how we did this in the past. Ive been asking questions all week on how the procedure is, you know, and ive been getting good answers back. So, but if i may, if i could get john to interject. We had a quick conversation during the week. The first thing is i wanted the commissioners to understand what we talk about in public when it comes to this and what the closed sessions will consist of. And also maybe if you could talk, it wo...

Slipping over to sfo. There are no asterisks after record highs year, still warmerthanaverage in the midtoupper 60s with total sunshine away from the coast. Leyla gulen . How is the morning commute . We start off busy again. 37 bart trains are on time with no delays. We have a sigalert in hayward, a car hit a power pole at mission boulevard and rose street northbound and Southbound Mission blast should down and will be for an hour and 15 minutes. Know you have to get around it. 580, tracy to dub...

Warrant searching fifth floor apartment where the shooting occurred. Family members are gathering outside the building trying to absorb the shock of all this. The victim is 17yearold justice toll ver. Authorities tell us the shooting happened during an argument between them. She and her brother over the bleaching of the clothes. Father of both children spoke to reporters. I dont want to keep this armed and dangerous. He dont have a gun no more. Family members tell us justice was the mother of 3y...

Chairman peters drones readily accessible. The faa estimates by 2024 about 2. 4 3 million usafs including 1. 5 million recreational drums at model aircraft and about 800,000 commercial uafs will be registered to fly in u. S. Airspace. Between 2016 and 2019 Airline Pilots reported on average more than 100 drone sightings per month to the faa. Uass operating in our airspace creates higher risk of rogue drones, either failing to obey safety rules or operating with nefarious intentions, threatening ...

Chairman peters in recent years, the market for commercial use has rapidly expanded due to the affordability and utility of drones that are readily accessible to government, to industry, and to recreational users. The faa estimates that by 2020, about 2. 3 million uass, including 1. 5 million recreational drones and model aircrafts and about 800,000 commercial uass, will be registered to fly in the u. S. Between 2016 and 2019, Airline Pilots reported on average more than 100 drone sightings per ...