Worked very hard to manage those alignments so it doesnt create too great a tension. As time goes on, ive seen greater congruence in our views, not less. If i could follow one piece, you did mention that youre just back from ankara, the role and the relationship with turkey has been complicated, its been vital, its been seen as quite tense at times. It seems youre quite optimistic right now. So, one of my questions there, you see, for example, the kurdish being an effective force fighting within syria, but again, this is sort of just to get to one area where there are differences potentially differences between Coalition Members on how to approach a particular ontheground partner. How do you see that kind of dynamic playing out . Well, its its actually been naturally pretty remarkable what the kurdish elements in syria have done to eliminate daesh from a large segment of the border. There is still a border which is in the hands of daesh and thats problematic, and its an issue for the w
This recent poll done by pen sean and burr land. Robert green joining us to talk about it. Mr. Green, thanks for your time. Thank you, sir. Up next on cspan3, a look at the dodd frank Financial Regulations five years after they were signed into law. Well hear from House Financial Services chair Jeb Henserling on the law. And thomas perez talks about regulating retirement financial advisers. Later, a discussion on islamic extremism. When congress is in session, cspan3 brings you more of the best access to congress with live coverage of hearings, news conferences, and key Public Affairs events. And every weekend its American History tv traveling to historic sites, discussions with authors and historians, and eyewitness accounts of events that define the nation. Cspan3, coverage of congress, and the American History tv. President obama signed the dodd Financial Regulation into law five years ago. Up next, a panel talks about the different provisions of the law including the creation of th
Use by executive land holding agencies. In your opinion do you believe that gsa has done everything in its power to give life to the directives embodied in section 6409 which you referenced in your testimony of middle class tax relief act . Have they done everything they can . Mr. Chairman, i do not believe they have. As a matter of fact, im a former administrator myself of the federal agency and if i had implemented something too poorly that congress instructed me to do id be embarrassed. Theres an executive order by the president of the United States correcting gsa to move faster to get these contracts together and to date nothing has been done. Three years after Congress Enact this legislation, progress has been slow gsa hasnt been proactive. Proactive. I think our members are having to negotiate for each and every site individually just as they have in the past. Gsa has not implemented the intent of congress and we cant wait three more years for whats needed i think today. Theres a
I call this thes hearing of the Senate Committee on agriculture attrition and forestry to order. Thank you all for coming. Todays hearing will examine the overall climate of credit in Rural America, the health of ag lending from the commercial bank in the farm Credit System perspectives and what the impact of current credit environment having our nations farms. We will also examine whether the Farm Credit Administration is exercising appropriate oversight in the farm Credit System. Farmers and ranchers across the country are experiencing difficult Economic Conditions as the farm sector profitability is forecast to decline for the Third Straight year. Over the past three years alone, debt debt farm income is expected to decline by 56 . As our nations farmers and Rural Communities continue to deal with low Commodity Prices and always elevated input costs, access to Affordable Credit in Rural America is absolutely crucial. The spring 2016 agriculture Lenders Survey released by kansas stat
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