Taxpayer dollars are being well spent in this regard . Well, ive asked the deputy secretary to lead this effort and she is traveling around the country visiting with a number of organizations and groups who are interested in getting into farming or folks who are encouraging people to get into farming. One of the issues that has cropped up is this issue of land tenure. Candidly, you mentioned the fact that there are going to be a lot of people retiring and leaving the farming business. That is probably true. The the question is what happens to the land . Whoever owns that land what is their ultimate goal here or their relatives ultimate goal . Is it to maximize return or is it to create opportunity for the next generation or is it a combination of both . Frankly, ive asked the this task force to come with recommendations on this issue of land tenure. What can we do should we do . As usda with reference to our programs to ensure that there is that proper balance so that its not a focus s
Said earlier our foreign friends, we had a meeting in baltimore where over 30 countries came with representatives to talk to them about the appropriate way of banning boultry if we have this, that its not fair to your poultry producers because theres an incident in oregon or iowa the ban production from you and so were continuing to work on that, as well. The last thing were trying to do is to convince congress that this is a longterm issue. Im pretty sure this isnt the only time were going to have to dole with Something Like this is to see if we could complete the funding for the poultry Lab Improvements that i think are absolutely necessary in modernization of that lab. That would be good. Would this virus be available fairley soon or whats the timetable . Well, you know i would hope it would be but i dont want to speak for the company in terms of how quickly they can turn it around. But, you know im pretty impressed with the fact that in a relatively short period of time weve come a
Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff three Top Obama Administration officials mounted their defense of the Iran Nuclear Deal before a committee of skeptical senators. Secretary of state john kerry challenged those who want to spike the deal by asking, so whats your plan, totally go to war . Well show you some of the exchanges from the hearing right after this news summary. Ifill Islamic State militants fired across the border from syria into turkey today, killing one soldier and wounding two others. Turkish troops returned fire near th
Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff three Top Obama Administration officials mounted their defense of the Iran Nuclear Deal before a committee of skeptical senators. Secretary of state john kerry challenged those who want to spike the deal by asking, so whats your plan, totally go to war . Well show you some of the exchanges from the hearing right after this news summary. Ifill Islamic State militants fired across the border from syria into turkey today, killing one soldier and wounding two others. Turkish troops returned fire near th
And we meet a commune in senegal. The iraq were Prime Minister wants to abolish the post of Vice President and deputy Prime Minister. His proposal needs to be approved by the cabinet and parliament. But it could upset iraqs balance. Reporter the Prime Ministers decision to rid the government of the positions of Vice President and deputy Prime Minister sent shock waves throughout the government establishment here. Its not a surprise considering how much pressure the Prime Minister has been under from these mounting protests that have been growing in cities throughout the country, many activists calling on the government to end corruption here. The people in iraq, all that we have spoken with, they are apolitical, they want to see an end to corruption. They want electricity, air conditioning at a time when iraq is suffering a heat wave. They want clean drinking walter, clean water to bathe in. This country really seems to be at a juncture where there is mounting anger towards the governm