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Becoming combat troops. They would to volunteer and meet the same physical standards as men. Whole process would take two to three years. But in reality, women have been serving on the front lines in iraq and afghanistan for the past ten years. As of today, look at this number. 152 female Service Members have lost their lives, they have been killed in iraq and afghanistan. And at least 958 more wounded. In all, 292,000 women deployed to iraq and afghanistan. Joining me now our special panel, a former marine corps captain, executive director of the Service Womens action network, a woman to file...

Power. This came about, in part in large part, due to the fact we had previously constructed shore side power at pier 27. And i wanted to just touch on that for a moment because with the exception of commissioner brandon, this Port Commission hasnt been here during that project. That started way back in 2006 when we applied for our grant, which came through from the air district in 2007. We subsequently applied for and received additional Grant Funding which resulted in a project with a budget of 5. 2 million, where we had 4. 2 million in Grant Funding. So, we got a 5 million project for 1 mil...

The president agreed to cut the spending by a significant amount. Now, would you like that negotiation had resulted from not having made that threat . Absolutely. But do you think it would have occurred . Theres the difference. I would never be one to advocate that congress should not increase the debt limit. They should. When this came up in the summer of 2011 i wrote that and they put that in the pages of the initial review. I was arguing against those who say lets look and creating a cash crunch. That is the wrong thing to do. Congress has the ability to decide what they want to attach to t...

Four years after making history by becoming the first africanamerican president , barack obama kicks off the second term on Martin Luther king day. Today and Inauguration Day special. We will air highlights from last ides peace ball including naacp president benjamin jealous. The challenge for our country is never to see the day when a person of color would be president , nor the challenge for our country was to ensure that it would be safe for it to i hae happen again and again. Well also hear from the legendary poet son the sanchez, ralph nader, sweet honey and the rock, and angela davis. Le...

Need a clear, consistent message from the government and whats become clear so far is from a testing, messaging and an Economic Perspective we need more funding, coordination and preparation. This hour the number of coronavirus cases has passed 500 in the u. S. 21 people have died. Congress acted this week to give 8. 3 billion in extra funding but that comes after years of grinding away at the Public Health infrastructure. Its not as though we didnt have any warning. First, it was asia. Now 16 Million People in northern italy are quarantined including the Financial Center of milan and a quarte...