Sexual assault response coordinator. I immediate privately with the front line defenders on the war on sexual assault, ill say. They report to me overwhelmingly that they think were making progress on all fronts but one. And here comes the hardest of all, i think. Were definitely not satisfied. And that is the issue of retaliation. So, retaliation, by the way, can be if you report sexual assault, the boss takes some action against you, which is or feels like retaliation. Ill call that official retaliati retaliation. The other form is just when your peers in the unit kind of find out whats happened or what allegedly happened and they take sides and maybe they treat you differently or maybe people who are your friends now shun you. Ill call that unofficial retaliation. Our piggest problem is on that unofficial part, people who rush to swrujudgment to and take si who is going to replace dr. La plant as acquisition czar . Rich lombardi is now in the acting capacity. Thats dr. La plants dep
Does that set up any particular advantages or roadblocks for you as you go about your campaign . There is no royalty in football and thats the way it should be. Im here just as a person to do the job because i love the sport and i grew up loving it in my country and working with my own Football Association in jordan. I got involved with them at a time i was the average age of our Football Player and, therefore, had a different perspective and always took their concerns to board meetings and not the other way around and thats the same philosophy that i go by today. There is no royalty in football. You get on with things and get the job done. One nonsoccer, nonfootball question here. You are a member of the jordanian government. What is jordan doing to diversify its economy during a volatile time for the region. Let me drill down in one specific area. I understand jordan is taking in an extremely large number of refugees having an effect on the country. How are you handling the influx of
Is debra our speaker lee james. She will talk about ongoing efforts in the middle east, as she recently returned from a trip. She will talk about drones, though she may not use that word when she refers to these vehicles. I want to first introduced the distinguished head table. It includes members and guests of our speaker. Tony, defense reporter for bloomberg news. Carl, senior military assistant to the secretary. Patrick, correspondent for defense daily. Eric, special assistant to the secretary. Chief, pastu president for the National Press club, and chairman for the speakers committee. Jean, the Speaker Committee member who organized todays luncheon. Of anselmo, editor in chief aviation magazine. John hurley, past commander and an air force veteran. [applause] i also want to thank our cspan audiences and the audiences listening on public radio. You can also follow the action on twitter. E the npclive. Debra lee james was sworn in as secretary of the air force nearly two years ago, a
Well, good morning on this very busy wednesday morning. Im reena ninan. And im phillip mena. Of course everyone talking about the big showdown in las vegas, where the democrats, they were butting heads. It was the first debate of the primary. Despite a few sharp exchanges and disagreements, it was really no slugfest with the candidates largely toeing the party line on issues like immigration and fighting income inequality. Its your voice your vote now with more from abcs juju chang. Reporter right out of the gate the tough questions. Lu say anything to get elected . Reporter Anderson Cooper asking Hillary Clinton about her recent flipflop. From gay marriage to last weeks trade deal. Well, actually, i have been very consistent over the course of my entire life. I have always fought for the same values and principles. Reporter but the real sparks flying between the top two contenders, clinton and Bernie Sanders, going toe to toe for the first time. The first hotbutton issue gun control.
Breakout moment. How did this debate impact their poll numbers . Well, you said it, reena. They really needed that breakout moment. Last time i was here we were talking about Carly Fiorina and her breakout moments in the gop Martin Omalley really needed that tonight. He wants to be the antihillary candidate, the one that Bernie Sanders is now. And he really did not have that moment tonight. And neither did Lincoln Chafee or jim webb. And now the conversation switches to the democrat that many wanted to have seen on stage tonight. Thats Vice President biden. Is he any closer to making a decision about running . Its really the question hanging over this entire race still. What will joe do . We expect some sort of decision later this week, maybe even next week. But what we do know is by november 6th that is when the filing deadlines start. Thats really the last absolute date three weeks. Do we know where he was tonight exactly . Where was he watching . He must have been watching. He was a