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Into harms way without necessary readiness. Im having a very difficult time in light of the six months that weve been at war in iraq and syria against isis and in light of the president s authorization for the yoous of military force or aumf that is now before congress for this krgsz. Im having a very hard time understanding what the strategy is. And i want to make sure that, as my colleagues have said, that we fund our military well beyond the budget caps in the sequester levels. I agree with t...

Take your seats. Thank you. Cspan3 live today. Just waiting for the American Public Transportation Association conference to begin. Theyre in washington d. C. For their annual legislative summit. Take a look at some of the work recently in the house on transportation. Cq role call reporting recently on the first transportation bill of the new congress. They worked on that last week. The Passenger Rail reform and investment act approved by Committee Last month by unanimous vote and the Congressio...

Its international, but its also big time national. I think youre characterization of it is correct, senator. Its a huge feature of our work. In all of our field offices, we work in 70some task forces to try to address it. We work internationally to try and address it, so its a big feature in our life. We are trying to make sure we send a message that there are huge costs to doing this in the United States. Were focused on the individuals. You allude to the challenge with internet sites. Thats a ...

Booktv continues now with susan butler. She explores the relationship between president Franklin Delano roosevelt and the soviet unions joseph stalin. So susan butler grew up in new york and received her m. A. From columbia university. Her articles have appeared in the New York Times and in parents. Is also the author of east to the dawn and editor of my dear mr. Stalin and she currently lives in florida. I started working with her over a decade ago when shes working on her first fdr and stalin ...

And that also and this is very important and this gets back to the earlier discussion of sequester if its in the base budget, it is the base upon which we build our future budgets, and we need stability. We need a horizon so that we know what our budget is going to be not only this year but in years to come. Otherwise, we cant spend it efficiently, and we cant spend it strategically. We need that kind of horizon and sequester is what robs us of that, and thats why its bad in a manage yearal sens...

Cornell . Reporter the weather is changing and its getting very cold. Check out the white caps and the storm, windy weather moving across mount tam. A storm is on the way. And many are getting ready. Boots and tarps havent been good sellers thanks to the drought. If there is a good storm well have people in, first thing in the morning. Crews just levelled what used to be a 50 foot poplar. It was a big worry to this homeowner. This is one were concerned about. Marin arborist watching weather, and...

Epitome of the pure partnership. Its the most important event of the year for transportation, and it represents a group of people that go off and do their own business separately, but here theyre partners for the greater good of the overall. Were very excited to be a part of this. We would like to think that we can help in any way we can, but we hope to get to work with all you guys for the next two days and learn a little bit about where things are going, and hopefully make some impact for the ...

Deeper impact because you have to get the money where you have to get it. You cant shed it quickliness. You cant shed excess infrastructure quickly enough. You cant terminate contracts because of the penalties involved. Even if youre taking more than you should out of readiness. I think readiness suffers more than you think. Thank you. Mr. Secretary, i share in the terms of my colleagues and the other o if i believes in the detriments of sequestration. But im also skbresed in efficient ways. Spe...

Military level over there and things at the political level, both of which are change inging. Thank you very much. Thank you, mr. Chairman. And general dempsey, i join my colleagues in sending warm wishes your way and thank you you for your more years of serving o our great nation. Mr. Mccord, i would like to chat about the budget thats upcoming. The House Budget Committee chairman proposed boosting the Defense Budget with an increase of allocation. Is an oko dollar just as useful as a base budg...

Give up. You cant ever, ever forget me, okay . Dont worry. Everything will be all right. It will all work out. Reporter on the day of her death, Michelle Okeefe, 18 years old, College Freshman was in a wonderful mood. Her Early Morning class was over. She had been offered another film gig in l. A. That very afternoon, a walkon role in a music video with kid rock. She aimed her parents gift, the shiny new blue mustang, through valley north of los angeles. She had less than 12 hours to live. Her m...