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Politics, as you rose through the ranks of the military. you know, we like to keep it as apolitical in terms of government, in terms of how much we can keep it nonpolitical, but the higher you get in the ranks, somebody to rise as high as he did and other officers in the general rank, youve got to have some political sensitivity. he went up to capitol hill, to the gulf war events, he needed to have the confidence to say what he needed to say when he was briefing members of congress. but yet be a...

That effort, only one terminal out of six added the third shift and four days, not seven. so its misleading to suggest that they immediately doubled capacity as was claimed, 50% anyways. theyre trying to get the players on the same page. their timetable is 80 days, two to three months, not weeks, to scale up to 24/7. >> we have enough workers today. its a matter of making sure theyre at the right place at the right time with the skill sets necessary to move the cargo. the union said were ready. ...

Together to try to use the unique resources and assets and skill sets that we all have to try to drive towards solutions with that. then, finally, partnerships. we as an organisation like to strike incredibly interesting partnerships, and where they will help as thinking about how we partner with groups on the ground, having the most impact as well as organisations and institutions that are looking to be a part of the accelerating transition to sustainable investing. if you have ever filed a wei...

>> well, its very rare, i thin there are 5-10 percent of opportunities for us to work together in congress. i want to thank him for the opportunity to do that because we both know that cybersecurity is national security. this program will help ensure that our federal agencies are cyber workers are better skille and share those skill sets around various agencies. where we can work together during very divisive times righ now, we should. we should try two lower the temperature of american politic ...

President biden and congressional democrats want to extend the child tax credit expansion through 2025. on sunday, democratic senator joe manchin was asked about making it permanent. >> do you support making it permanent? >> well, i support child tax credits. i sure am -- >> but the expansion that is -- >> lets talk about this before you start taking about is it going to be permanent. lets see how were doing. lets make sure were getting it to the right people. if its child tax credit, you want t...

And one of the key priorities for democratic leaders, because this has been a progressive priority for a long time, is that expanded child tax credit. it is already on the the books right now. it will expire and what they want to do is make it permanent. so i asked joe manchin about that example of something that is in this big budget bill. listen to what he said. >> lets make sure that were guesting to to the right people. people that are working poor and making every effort to get ahead in lif...

Ahead in life is at 50,000 and below. i have people making combined 200, 300, 400,000 saying theyre getting checks. >> its on a sliding scale. they shouldnt be doing that. >> its happening because of the sliding scale. 75 and 150 with a sliding fee up to 400. these are things that are hard caps. the need based, were not having anything about need based. were not doing any type of that. first of all, child tax credits, think about this. if you want to help the children and the parents are basical...

I have people making combined 00, 3 and four 00 theyre getting checks. >> its on a sliding scale. they shouldnt be doing that. >> its happening because of the sliding scale. 75 and 150 with a sliding fee up to 400. these are things that are hard caps. the need based, were not having anything about need based. were not doing any type of that. child tax credits, think about this. if you want to help the children and the parents are basically providing for those children, theres no work requirement...

Now taking credit for what you have done. you have a pretty strong response to that. >> well, first off, thank you so much for having me, sean. i appreciate what you have to say. i was really no leader but it there was no leader when it came to our team. we are a group of individuals with special skill sets and backgrounds. i was an honor to be a member of that team to facilitate the operation that went on to save this family but you are exactly right, sean. if the administration had done what i...

And old. you are a bronze star recipient, a veteran, you served our country and i respect you and parish you for that, as we all should. you went back into afghanistan under taliban rule to help these people get out. what is it like in there right now? >> well, chris, you know, when we went across it was just kind of to that bordering area. it wasnt a full-fledged assault into country. yes, you are taking that risk. yes, obviously, you are coordinate to go meet them at that area. i have a team m...