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Its the anniversary of the day in 1979 where they return to to run from the exile in paris and found the Islamic Republic that took over after was toppled. I mention that because throughout my childhood, growing up, all of our relatives and friends would ask, when is your birthday and i would say february 1. None of my relatives were opposition figures, they were just average middle to upper class tehran residents. The surprising fact is most of them supported the revolution when it happened inc...

And specific to the threat which the president said was in relation to airlines, is it an imminent threat . Was there a justification for in that moment needing to share it with the russians . I dont want to get into specifics of what exact information is shared with what exact allies, but information on this topic of the threat to aviation was shared with multiple allies. And as you know, there are already policies being put in place to protect against that threat. And you, and you and many oth...

Good morning, everyone. Thank you for coming to this panel. Eric, the Deputy Director or today we will discuss an issue that has been getting a bit of attention these days, School Choice and especially private School Choice. I know there is all sorts of forms of School Choice in this country and a lot of conversation about charters. In particular as well, but given the recent conversation and recent president ial election i think this is where we will do our primary focus, but we will allow time...

Ive read of waivers that schools have to know the mpr piece. None of them have been approved. More on that later. One last question. Im annie martin from the orlando sentinel. My question has to do with the accountability for schools that are receiving either the Tax Credit Program money or voucher money. In our state it seems like the parents are the primary mechanism of accountability for schools and the philosophy is if the schools not getting the job done the parents will put their kids else...

Before i call the meeting to order let me apologize fob being a little late i got called on a couple things coming down the hall. Were going to stand at ease thats a military term i learned a long time ago in the air force for just one minute while i talked to my trusted friend the Ranking Member and then well open the meeting. Call this meeting the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee together i apologize for being a little bit late but i wanted to make sure we were on the right track and i didnt ...

Before i call the meeting to order let me apologize fob being a little late i got called on a couple things coming down the hall. Were going to stand at ease thats a military term i learned a long time ago in the air force for just one minute while i talked to my trusted friend the Ranking Member and then well open the meeting. Call this meeting the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee together i apologize for being a little bit late but i wanted to make sure we were on the right track and i didnt ...

Chairman isakson call this meet of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee together. I apologize again for being a little bit late i want to make sure were on the right track. I didnt mess anything up. I want to welcome secretary shulkin, who has had a great start. I dont think anybody in this administration started out with a better unanimous vote than he. Doing better than unanimous when you are confirmed. I think the vote last week on accountability was extraordinary. And the way we got to the ...

[inaudible conversations] this morning epa administrator scott pruitt testifies before House Appropriations subcommittee on Donald Trumps fiscal year 2018 budget request for the agency. Live coverage at 11 00 am eastern on cspan3, cspan. Org and the free cspan radio apps. Next, Veterans Affairs secretary doctor David Shulkin testifies on the president s 2018 budget request for his department. The hearing also has representatives of veterans groups talking about budget proposal. This hearing is a...

I wanted to make sure we were on the right track and i didnt mess anything up. Wanted to welcome secretary. I dont think anybody who had a better unanimous vote. It was extraordinary and the way we got to the decision working together and was extraordinary. I commend the Ranking Member on his help doing the same. We have some thing to talk about budget wise. We can keep the same tempo and same commitment to make sure we all know what happens before it happens and well be better off. I appreciate...

To wind up mostly sunny as we go through the day. Now tit is warm to start out in some neighborhoods. Were at 72 in philadelphia. 71 in wilmington, 70 in trenton. Upper 60s now in allentown reading, mid 60s in lancaster and 71 in cape may. And for now the dewpoints are still on the high side. Philadelphia has now officially slipped out of the 70s into the upper 60s. Remember anything over 60 is humid. Anything over 70 is oppressive and right now we still have very noticeable humidity from about ...