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Again, we are live here on this friday morning at the center for strategic and international studies. Well hear from paul kuzuk. He is expected to talk blt coast guards mission and the effect the economy is having on that mission. No legislative business in the house for today. There will be be a brief pro forma session today. The session is in and lawmakers will be gathering in about half an hour to the debate about the keystone pipeline. The house passed its measure on the vote earlier this we...

That it was giving too much power to the president. Do you agree with that . What is your view of this . I have mixed feelings. Youre talking about the authority that is given for the trade agreements. And what is the tpa, the actual acronym trade promotional authority. Trade promotional authority. There is an argument to be made by some on the separation of powers that by giving this authority to the president that youve taken power that should be the congress. There is also i guess, another ar...

With the law. This is just under 90 minutes. Get started again, if you could please take your seats. Good morning, again. I am associate general counsel in the office of general counsel for the smithsonian. I just celebrated my 29 anniversary with the smithsonian, so i like to say sometimes that i was there at the creation of nmai. The last panel was a walk down memory lane because i intended that 1987 hearing where secretary adams was asked by senator inouye was asked about the remains and was ...

Take 15 minutes. Enjoy your break. The day long Education Forum hosted by republican senator tim scott from South Carolina is taking another break so the next panel can get in place. That third panel will include republican congressman luke masser of indiana. While we wait for it to get started, were going to show you a conversation on how americans view police. This is from this mornings washington journal. Were here to talk about a new poll on how communities are viewing law enforcement. The p...

Bases as for jobs in so many congressional districts. And i have heard very conservative members of congress say government doesnt create jobs, it destroys them, and all that sort of thing. It doesnt apply to the military base in my district. If we lost that, we would lose jobs. Is there anyway around this . I dont know how, other than a fundamental change. I remember seeing many years ago, a map of where the subcontracts were, i think it was the b2 bomber. There was a pin the companies are smar...

Theres much that we can learn from this 13year experience in how to take a more comprehensive approach, and to recognize while kinetic actions have a value all of their own certainly and thats blatantly obvious, nonkinetic actions do as well. We can do much better at that than what we have done. Thank you. General matt is my time is up, but do you have any you want to add . Very quickly senator i would point out we have to improve the process assuming there is a process. Ive been unable to ident...

Understanding of this truly devastating problem. That concludes our hearing. Thank you. We are live on capitol hill this morning in the Canon House Office building where up next counterterrorism and intelligence officials from the departments of Homeland Security, justice, state and the National Counterterrorism center will testify before the House Homeland Security committee about the threat of far win and domestic terrorists who the United States. Its expected to get under way in just a moment...

Again, to do it in a way thats environmentally sensitive. I think we can get that done and actually move the ball forward a bit. Thank you mr. Chairman. En in light of the fact we have governs standing governors standing by. We will wait for them. Thank you. This is an incredibly issue for new york state. Mas mass tras it nearly 8. 5 Million People bride the buses and trains in the city. Would you agree that it is important for them to receive money through the trust fund if congress were to cut...

Do. Thank you. Thank you senator. Thank you. We will recognize now senator rounds for his first introduction to this committee and how delighted we are to have him serving on the committee. Thank you mr. Chairman. Mr. Secretary, thanks for the opportunity to visit with you just a little bit today. Coming from south dakota it strikes me that in our home state, were between 800 and 9 900,000 accept during the time of the Sturgis Rally and then we bump up considerably. It seems like as a former may...

To competeis it like for these federal dollars for contract echo what is the process like as well . Guest these are not contracts per se. Host grants. Guest these are grants by research initiators. And as you know, after the funding wrapup in the 1990 through 2000 decade, funding has been decreasing. The competition for those dollars is very intense among investigators. Only the very best Research Projects are funded. And often, not at the level we would like to see. Im not so concerned about ou...