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Were live at the Senate Veterans affairs committee, where the success tear will testify about preventing veteran suicides as the committee looks into what congress can do to prevent them. Senator Johnny Isaacson chairs the committee. John tester is the top democrat on the committee. This is live coverage on cspan 3. We call this hearing to order. I thank all of you for coming today, especially our witnesses. We have a number of members on the way, but were in the interest of your time were going...

Of time were going to go ahead and get started. Todays hearing is about the issue of suicide. As many people in the room know, this month in america is National Suicide Prevention Month across the country. Suicide is a terrible, terrible, terrible loss, and wasteful loss of life. And preventible loss of life. I think john will remember when we first came in as a committee three years ago, our first bill that we passed was the clay hunt Suicide Prevention bill. It passed this committee 990. And w...

Let me call this meeting of the Senate Veterans committee, this hearing to order. Thank all of you for coming today. Especially our witnesses. We have a number of members who are on the way, but were going to in the interest of time, were going to get started. Todays hearing is about the issue of suicide. As many people in the room know, this month in america is National Suicide Prevention Month across the country. Suicide is a terrible, terrible, terrible loss and wasteful loss of life, and pre...

The committee for increased hiring authorities. This hearing is two hours and 20 minutes. Let me call this meeting of the Senate Veterans committee, this hearing to order. Thank all of you for coming today. Especially our witnesses. We have a number of members who are on the way, but were going to in the interest of time, were going to get started. Todays hearing is about the issue of suicide. As many people in the room know, this month in america is National Suicide Prevention Month across the ...

Karen thomas in the first alert weather center. Good morning. Good morning. So good to see you. Waking up early this morning you might think you get a little break from the heat, feeling cool out there this morning. Not so much. We do have the heat, humidity, we will call it hazy, hot and humid waking up this morning. Check out these temperatures. 78 degrees in the city of philadelphia right now, 75 Atlantic City, 73 in coats vil and mid 70s in wilmington as well as dover, delaware. We are not w...

Today that works well as a joint force. However, i do believe that given the change in our strategic environment, particularly in the last three or four years, that it is time to do a review. With reference to your specific question, i dont know that theres a need for the change. I report to the secretary of defense and if if confirmed ill report to the secretary of defense and the president. But i think what we need in this environment is we also, and i think what general dunford was suggesting...

65. By 2030 that number will have grown by 30 million. And by 2050, that number will have grown by 40 million. So as you can see, the percentage of the old old as you in the orange and yellow boxes in this chart grows very quickly. Again, if you think back to the chart in terms of the amount of per capita spending that increases as people age you see we are looking at a growing number of individuals who, in fact, will be the most expensive portion of the Medicare Program. At the same time we hav...

65. By 2030 that number will have grown by 30 million. And by 2050, that number will have grown by 40 million. So as you can see, the percentage of the old old as you in the orange and yellow boxes in this chart grows very quickly. Again, if you think back to the chart in terms of the amount of per capita spending that increases as people age you see we are looking at a growing number of individuals who, in fact, will be the most expensive portion of the Medicare Program. At the same time we hav...

Swing vote is obviously Anthony Kennedy from sacramento. I dont know what Justice Kennedy will do. I think hes our, hes our hope. Reporter both sides same sex marriage debate relying on the same man as the high court agrees to take up a lapped mark case. Good evening. Outcome of the case will impact gay rights in this country. Supreme Court Justices will review a suit challenging the federal defense of marriage act as well as california prop 8 which bans gay marriage. More now from mark matthews...

Headlines today. X steel understood investigates how drillers see opportunity in big oils problems. Lets begin with peter cook and has the tales on a new report being released this hour on egg bank subsidies. Good afternoon. Has been nearly six years since the financial crisis and washington continues to debate whether some banks are too big to fail and if those institutions have a competitive advantage because the government will ride to their rescue once again. The hearing act k starting this ...