Todds last meeting but no matter what you think we have changed our plans laughter im speaking now for the general manager i cant do this myself but wed like you to be at the next meeting we have a little idea for you if you would do that so we can send you off downstairs one floor one floor all right. Yes maam, cane, commissioners, many have told me not to get up and say anything today, this was any general manager when i was with muni this was a man who stood up and made a difference for 5 thousand employees most of which at one time were amending this is a man that went to different places as a friend and advocate and i want to make this clear whoever came here today representing the community was representing themselves because i know that i live and work in San Francisco and we support wholeheartedly one one hundred percent amelia cruz and his work and i want to be clear that people who come here and as you all know as a young person i was once i learned a lot of lessons do disres
After the mehta that sis, not going at the root cause. I would like to hear a definition of defeat, definitive one, and then i would like to hear what your root cause is of why there is an isis, why there was an al qaeda, and ive got one other question after that, ambassador, if you would go first. It is a good point and it is the major flaw of this draft. The draft doesnt tell you give this back to the president and it doesnt authorize the president to do anything more than using armed forces against isil. It doesnt say defeat, though thats one of the things he says is his goal, working to defeat in the there is no goal. One reason we have all been debating about how long this thing should be or what kind of troops or what enduring means is there is no goal. My goal is to defeat isis, to destroy its hold on terrain in iraq and syria. Thats what should be in this thing. That is a military mission. We can do it if possible with our allies. Potentially we will have to use our own forces.
Meantime . That is the problem that continues to plague our community. When you have Financial Stress emotional stress, where do you go for help in the meantime while v. A. Sorts this out . They come to us. We are overwhelmed with demand and other nonprofits feel the same way. I encourage you to think creatively to provide support, especially financial and emotional, to those folks stuck waiting sometimes years. Mr. Blumenthal i have one more thanks to mr. Blumenthal i have one more thanks to mr. Kovach and others on the issue of expanding access to choice to make veterans eligible when a local v. A. Facility cannot provide the service that is needed. When we measure service, it ought to be for the medical care that the veteran needs not simply whether there is a facility there to provide it. Im assuming that other members of this panel are in agreement as well with that view. Thank you. Mr. Roe i recognize dr. Abraham for five minutes. Mr. Abraham i too have a foster opportunity with
Specializing in beachfront property. I could do that. I was a young person and had more savings. What do you all in vision and being able to broaden opportunities envision in being able to broaden opportunities . Would anyone like to comment . I might take a shot. The g. I. Bill is an Education Program this time. You need to go back to what your colleagues did in 1944. The g. I. Bill accomplished a whole series of things, not the least of which is getting people to start a business. You couldnt have the business if it didnt say veteran something, often funded by Small Business loans going through the g. I. Bill. Those need to be resurrected. They need to look at some of the other aspects as well. Ask a couple things. There is a proposal that would require people to go through the g. I. Acquisition track. We think it is important they have the education and training opportunities. Another aspect is dod is gradually moving forward with getting licensing in fields they are getting that is
Time. Placing an employee on openended paid vacation as reward for bad behavior instead of removing them. Next, hr 571, the Veterans Affairs retaliation prevention act would improve the process for whistleblowers within the department to report waste fraud, and abuse, to correct problems at the lowest level in the agency possible. Perhaps more portly it would expand accountability of supervisors who would seek to retaliate against employees who report wrongdoing. Also, require the v. A. To undertake more training procedures to ensure employees are well aware of their rights and methods to report wrongdoing, and supervisors know there are serious consequences. It is a massive substantial support focus on whistleblower protection. I introduced hr 94. It would give the secretary the ability to remove any employee in a similar process that found that was found in a choice act signed into law last summer. Also our protections to ensure this process is not apply to whistleblowers, an extensi