Mr. President , mr. Speaker, senator mckinney, representative cafero, lt. Governor wyman and my fellow state officials, ladies and gentlemen of the General Assembly, honored members of the judiciary, members of the clergy, and all the citizens of our great state who are watching or listening today thank you for the honor of inviting me into the peoples house to address you. Id like to offer my sincere congratulations to the newly elected leadership of the democratic and republican caucuses in each chamber, and especially to speaker sharkey and majority leader aresimowicz as they take on their new roles. Congratulations as well to the new members of the General Assembly who were sworn in earlier today. I look forward to working with you in the months and years ahead. As we gather in this historic chamber, let us always keep in our thoughts the brave men and women of the great state of connecticut serving in our armed forces around the globe. We thank them and our veterans for their serv
Believe them. If you ask most americans do you want smaller government, they say yes. Then if you ask them to cut my particular item on the budget, they dont want to cut anything. So its not clear if they really believe in it. Based on the best data i have when writing this book lowest 10 and highest 30 . So lib tarnse if they were conscious and political, they could be a big movement. It could be a group of people that have a lot of influence in politics but they are not organized that way right now. What you might not know sunday night at 8 00 on cspan q a. The Inspector General overseeing reconstruction efforts in afghanistan said the u. S. Risks losing billions of dollars without proper oversight of the projects. Those remarks same at the same time that president karzai. This is 50 mens. Thank you very much. And thank you very much for everyone showing up this afternoon. They were very generous comments and i am honored to be here today at the stimson center, an institution named f
Host and on the leadership side, who are the ones to watch . Guest we have a woman on the Budget Committee and of course, nancy pelosi on the house side. As you mentioned earlier, the new congressman from phoenix, ariz. , when she was growing up, she lived in such poverty that her family lived in an abandoned gas station for two years with no electric anything. By the way, this she is in her 30s. This was not 60 years ago. This was 30 years ago. These are some folks who have been through some life experiences. They know what people are going through. Get some solutions and that means getting our economic house in order and giving opportunity for folks to succeed in this country. Host in virginia, good morning. Caller good morning. I understand that your goal is to increase the number of women in government, but i have problems squaring up with not a a supporting republican women or women who are not prochoice. Are you quitting makers . Or are you are you queen makers . Are you just the
Military role in afghanistan was front and center today as president obama met with afghan leader hamid karzai. They reported progress in their talks, and said the pace of the security transition will be expedited. At their first facetoface meeting since may, the leaders announced theyre accelerating the handoff from u. S. And Coalition Forces to afghan troops. Let me say it as plainly as i can starting this spring, our troops will have a different mission training, advising, assisting Afghan Forces. It will be an historic moment and another step toward full afghan sovereignty. In spring this year, the Afghan Forces will be fully responsible for providing security to the Afghan People. And that the international forces, the american forces, will be no longer present in afghan villages. Woodruff afghanistan President Hamid karzai has sharply complained that fighting in afghan villages is causing too many civilian casualties. And thereve been other strains from koran burnings by american
Front and center today as president obama met with afghan leader hamid karzai. They reported progress in their talks, and said the pace of the security transition will be expedited. At their first facetoface meeting since may, the leaders announced theyre accelerating the handoff from u. S. And Coalition Forces to afghan troops. Let me say it as plainly as i can starting this spring, our troops will have a different mission training, advising, assisting Afghan Forces. It will be an historic moment and another step toward full afghan sovereignty. In spring this year, the Afghan Forces will be fully responsible for providing security to the Afghan People. And that the international forces, the american forces, will be no longer present in afghan villages. Woodruff afghanistan President Hamid karzai has sharply complained that fighting in afghan villages is causing too many civilian casualties. And thereve been other strains from koran burnings by american soldiers to deadly insider attac