That also includes voter rights. It also includes that. So just because you are a dream activist doesnt mean you can be advocating for brothers in mr. Zukin about because we are voting for that. My vote counts five times for four dreamers they can though. We have to build coalitions and everyone is making a difference and talking about that and i think its right that the candidate level. [applause] it is really repetition. There is no magic to this. We have to continue to tell this story ever a single year even if we are not just them saying it and over, we have to make sure it is the great equalizer. That is real. And so, in doing that, my good friend Christine Pelosi said in some of her training if you dont respect me, dont expect me. And for a lot of communities of color or a lot of poorer communities, they dont feel like folks whove been elected to office care about them or their issues. That is the bottom line. In order to get people into the process we have to energize and remind
Lined of the aleutian chain, and then another insert covers the rest of the aleutian chain, and adak was in the second insert. Suffice to say my fiancee at the time was not too pleased. However, afterwards after going tout adak i think it got us off to a great start in terms 0 our marriage, and she is with me 39 years later so it probably was a good experience. I learned a lot about being a sailor in alaska. First of all you have to deal with what i call the tyranny of time and distance, and were still challenged with that today. Going back to my coast guard position, the nearest air station that goes that can fly helicopters for search and rescue in the north slope is 850 miles away in kodiak alaska. That tyranny of time and distance, and when youre sailing ships up there when you have to refuel and the nearest port is 800, 900 miles away you can get to for a fuel it causes you to be cautious and concerned and then the weather you have to deal with up there. I have seen the worst sust
Were going to emphasize exercising the Marine Oil Spill preparedness and Response Agreement executed by the eight Arctic Circles countries and then another a number of other projects that will move forward. The second category is improving the economic and Living Conditions of the people of the north. A series of projects that go from renewable energy, all the way too to a review of telecommunication capabilities within the arctic. The third is adapting to Climate Change. Very important. Were not going cure Climate Change if within the Arctic Council, but we need to draw attention to the effects of Climate Change, and also come up with ways to mitigate and adopt to adapt to it, to hopefully protect the environment of the arctic to demonstrate to the rest of the world that what goes on in the rest of the world affects the arctic and what goes on in the arctic affects the rest of the world. Anymore boston, massachusetts and people in washington dc probably dont need to be reminded that s
Those are not easy things. The last thing, theres four parts to the department of defense. There are the four services, the three departments. Army, navy, air force. But theres also the department of defense. Can i take a shot at that, sir . Whoever. Im going to defend my two Service Chiefs here. Their staffs have not grown. Were not growing. The staffs are staying steady. Were doing a 20 reduction in headquarters staff. But, again its what we call the fourth estate. The department of defense agencies. So thats where the growth is coming. Its not in the department. Thank you. Let me go back to my questions. Admiral, we sort of decided on this rebalance to asia before the latest provocations from russia. If sequestration returns in october, what sort of gaps will this create towards rebalance strategy. One of the Top Priorities we have is presence. You wont see a Budget Reduction in our forward presence. Japan, singapore and guam will continue to increase. We are increasing the forces i
One of the Top Priorities we have is presence. You wont see a Budget Reduction in our forward presence. Japan, singapore and guam will continue to increase. We are increasing the forces in the european command as we look at how were going to deploy in the future. Strictly for the reason you stated with the instability in the africom and the ucom region. Its not dramatic, but it is there. So the asia pacific wont take a hit from the sequestration and our european presence will not take a hit from sequestration. Those will take place elsewhere . Those forces forward wont be as dramatic. As you know ive been worrying about afghanistan. General dempsey told our committee theres a terrorist network that stretches from afghanistan to nigeria. He went onto say i think afghanistan is and will remain an anchor point for that pressure. Do you agree with that. I think a plat form for which the United States can protect its swres is absolutely correct. Am i right to worry ant those are based on mo