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Ms. Sanders good afternoon. I would like to start by saying the president and all of us at the white house were thrilled to see scott congressmans the least back on the floor today. Our thoughts and prayers have been with him and his family for many weeks now, and we will continue to root for him as he makes a full recovery. Today, the president actively engaged in the Recovery Efforts in puerto rico. He received an update from the femur at the fema administrator. The full weight of the United States government is engaged to ensure food, water, health care, and other white saving resources are...

At the white house this afternoon, we got an update from the Trump Administration on how they are handling the humanitarian crisis on the island. Thanks, sarah. Good afternoon. President trump has put people first and paperwork second. He has had us call out and pull out all the stops to provide as much federal relief into puerto rico and the u. S. Virgin islands as we can muster. I am here to take questions. I know you have heard parting from sarah, so i if i could jump in. Reporter on the jones act which is been a focus of attention for the last 24 to 72 hours, critics say the white house sh...

Being here. On the jones act, critics say the white house should have moved forward quickly in waiving the jones act. Why is that an unfounded complaint . Mr. Bossart it is an unfounded complaint. The jones act is a rule that favors u. S. Flag vessels. If there are not enough to make the need, we waive the jones act. At this point, we had enough to exceed the requirement in need of diesel fuel and other commodities. Now we are seeing backlogged diesel fuel needs in the island. It was misunderstood that we had a capacity problem and had to waive the jones act. Not the case. We had commodities a...

It was really good the efforts of those weekend trips. It was all through my father paid the first amateur was when i was five years old. His first trip to a Civil War Battlefield was when he was five. After the generations. A toy and going out on the battlefield and hearing the storytelling. I came toer years find out that my father was not the most accurate. The Confederate Army seem to always win here at gettysburg. And it became this historical place that i wanted to win best live in. This time that i wanted to learn constantly about that context and those decisions. Think that ties back t...

Former c. I. A. Officer dwayne evans talks about his book foxtrot in kandahar. The International Spy museum hosted this event it is just over one hour. Let me introduce you to our guest today. He is a author that is a expansion of our podcast series. We tend to do these conversations and private a couple of feet from. Every quarter we choose one that stands out and we do it as a public viewing. That is for the community and you can get a chance to hear the author talk directly to you. We are excited especially to talk with duane evans. He is a former cia officer serving as a chief of station w...