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Secretary johnson is still called upon to testify before congress on Security Matters and continues to share his expertise through his role as partner in the global law firm. He is a recipient of the Ronald Reagan peace through strength award and a beloved member of the honor Advisory Board here at the economy good. Thank you so much for joining us. And for initiating this years event. This is your idea we commend you for that. Thank you so much. We are also very honored to welcome back Michael Morell who served as a former acting director of the Central Intelligence agency under president oba...

Interest rates unchanged at its final policy meeting of the year. Last month, though, policymakers surprised the markets with a cut in the Interest Rate to a record low of 0. 25 . Well check in with Ross Westgate in just a few minutes. The dow and the s p are now on a fourday losing streak. This morning, futures are around the flat line. Down by about 2. 5 points for the dow, down by 0. 5 for the s p and the nasdaq is up by 4 points. November samestore sales will be coming in throughout the morning. Coscos comps rose by 2 during the month. That was short of what the street had been expecting. ...

Number one sea port in north america for the importation of fresh fruit bananas, and juice, concentrate. If you had a banana this morning for breakfast it probably came through the port of wilmington. Our nickname is top banana. The top banana port. Port of wilmington isnt just important for the state of delaware, it serves as a key economic engine in new castle county, its also a key port for the entire United States. So protecting our ports, safeguarding our Economic Opportunity is responsibility that we take very seriously. As the Government Accountability office and other experts have note...

It is not only about the Peace Process. And we have to be engage in a the dialogue with all regional and International Issues that are on the table to negotiate. And so to be able to agree on the differences, iran and the u. S. Both want to seek an end state from the Peace Process to terrorism to the weapons of mass destruction, i give you one example. Some years i was involved in this. The reason was the iranians want to see the end of state and for them the end of state was their right to Peaceful Nuclear technology and in this, and never was in a position including this original. And that i...

Areas, and sustaining existing capabilities. But, again, that measure can be better. On the administrative management side, weve made progress in measuring our ability to effectively, efficiently release the funding, monitor programmatic use of the funds, monitor grantee Financial Management of the funds, monitor the closing of the awards and grantee draw down. Were making progress, mr. Chairman, weve got an opportunity to make even more. Thanks. Yes, sir. For us, i think its about getting good, quality information and data for us to make the right decisions on when we issue a card. Its about ...