Has made a number of public comments. We held a hearing, many members, republican and democrat, were present on the question of fragile states. He is, i think, appropriately highlighting that the cost of restabilizing countries like libya, syria, iraq and continuing to hold together countries like nigeria and pakistan is going to be substantial. And we need to engage in a bipartisan and thoughtful way in advancing why it is in americas interests to prevent the collapse of even more larger and potentially dangerous states. Im really grateful for your presence. Thank you. Senator cardin for a closing comment. Thank you. I want to thank both of our witnesses for being here. I certainly agree with both of your statements about the United States must reassure our gulf state partners and israel of our commitment to their security. I do just make the observation, we all talk about being strong in regards to iranian activities that are not directly related to the jcpoa, and i agree with that c
Of u. S. Worker is 39. The average age of the u. S. Farm operator is 55. There are not young people going into farming and we have to ask why. We need young people to enter into the farming industry. We need farming to be economically viable for young people and to supply restaurants like me the stuff that i need because what happens at my restaurant ultimately filters out to the rest of society. If you look at this chart, im not going to go into all the details of it, but you basically have a very small triangle which represents the family farm and on the other side the large part of the triangle which represents commodity agriculture. You need both. Obviously you cant be the entire world on small family farms, but to me, this chart represents something that is out of balance. We need to figure out a way to raise up family farms. We need to make farming attractive. We need to make it sexy. We need young people to understand this is something they can do as a viable job. We need food t
Grant felt if he ran for president it would have been because of conklin and he could have been the de facto president. Grants presidency, he was not a particularly strong president. And particularly when you look at reconstruction during this period, a lot of problems. When you look at corruption during his period, when people look back on corrupt presidencies, they jump out with grant and harding as the ones that lead the list there. An ill grant weakened by bad health and would not have been a strong figure elected. He wanted to block blaine. He just wanted to make sure blaine didnt get. Could you explain more about how he could be serving microphone, please. How he could be serving in the civil war and being elected to congress but he cant be there . Did that happen a lot . How did that work . The answer is yes, it did. Not a lot, but anyone can be elected to congress if you are a hey, just look down the block. Anyone can be elected to congress as long as they are 25 years of age a
Gov. Pence on behalf of my family here and looking on, would you join me in thanking and hisrump, melania, entire family for the sacrifices they are making to make America Great again . [applause] gov. Pence and i thank donald trump, the confidence you have placed in us, and i accept your invitation to run and serve as Vice President of the United States of america. [applause] gov. Pence i come to this moment deeply humbled, but with a grateful heart. Grateful to god for his amazing grace. Grateful to my wonderful wife. And our three incredible kids, michael, charlotte, and audrey. And grateful to this builder this fighter, this patriotic , american who has set aside a legendary career in business to build a stronger america, donald j. Trump. [applause] gov. Pence and let me say, having had the privilege to spend time with this man and his family out of the limelight, i know what all of america will soon know even better. These are good people. Donald trump is a good man, and he will m
Signaling the grand reopening of the San Francisco moma, 305 million worth of private donations the wraps came off the new museum. Whats the wow factor here . The building. Were bigger but better. The Deputy Director saves theres a lot more room from the original museum, built 31 years ago. We have tripled the amount of space. Several floors house a private Art Collection of don and doris fisher. This is unusual. Reminds me of being in mt. Zion or Something Like that. The architect designed the moma to reflect the bay area, law of living, green plants to resemble a canopy of redwoods, a rippling exterior of white, mindful of the fog rolling in. The stairs recreate the hills of San Francisco. There are plenty of them here. Try to tell them in. You might see thing that remind you of the city youre in. Kids can visit for free. The New York Times calls this the new standard for museums, and they may be right. Sfmoma closed to the 2007. The project has tripled the amount of space. It featur