Traditional and in some ways Old Fashioned area of technology, yet one of very rapid and ongoing innovation. Very central to the performance of our military forces as well. And were going to talk about software and the ways in which systems, electronic systems, countermeasure systems that have heavy electronics and i. T. Component have to be thought about today, have to be improved. All of this relates clearly to some big themes in defense, budgeting, Defense Strategy, to what extent is Technology Changing so fast that we need to emphasize pursuit of a revolution of military affairs perhaps even more than we have been. To what extent do we need to get on top of a new wave of innovation and make sure our adversaries dont do it first. Or what extent is this an ongoing evolutionary process and a lot of exciting important things are happening but we dont need to get overly excited or disruptive about our approach to defense resource allocation. And the broadest of all senses it relates to
Think of me and us as a resource to help navigate that. What i brought today for the purposes of an introduction, im glad to answer any questions about our body of work but i highlights pages to two testimonies and theyre on the table over there. One was a testimony in may of 2010 before this committee, and it was based on a report that came out in july of 2009. And we were asked to look out how much progress had sba made in implementing the Small Business Disaster Response and improvement act of 2008. Its a mouthful. Ill now call it the 2008 act. Very important piece of legislation. It was a good way to look at progress sba had made from basically the problems that incurred during katrina and rita and it was also what remained to be done. The other thing we did was extensive fieldwork looking at the response of the 2008 disasters, which were of a smaller magnitude of katrina or sandy. It was the midwest floods and hurricane ike in particular where we did extensive fieldwork and we cou
And more trying to raise awareness in many ways on many levels. One thing that kept coming up with families was frustration that veterans programs and support groups vary so much from state to state and city to county so families i talked to would move to an area where they knew there were better facilities, better programs and what they would like to implement is a national va standard for military caregivers, and and people behind it. You very much. Thank you, senator. I was going to move to the next panel but my understanding, she found her way and we know how to filibuster and go on to more until she arrives. There was actually a question i wanted to ask you, senator dole. Have you found a difference in the needs for military caregivers versus civilian caregivers. That is something i looked into. Military veteran caregivers. A higher rate of negative Health Consequences as a result of caregiving services. They were experiencing these incredible difficulties in terms of anxiety and
Trumps manufacturing job town. Speaking at the Christian Science monitor, this is one hour. Here we go, folks. Here we go. Thank you for coming. Im dave cook from the Christian Science monitor. Our guest is richard trumka, president of the aflcio. This is his ninth visit to the troop and we appreciate the tradition. Our guest grew up in the pennsylvania goal coalfield, following his father and grandfather into the mine. He earned a law degree from the one of the university and in 1982, at age 33, he was elected president of the United Mine Workers of america, the youngest person in history to hold that position. He served three terms as president and brought the workers into the aflcio. In 1985, he ran to be secretary of treasure and the youngest person to hold that person, when he held for 15 years. He was elected as president of the aflcio in september of 2009 and reelected in 2013. Last year, he became a grandfather and thus ends the biographical portion of the program. I know how i