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Ugandas main Opposition Leader is head after disputed elections. Also in step with the president , the 106yearold who got to have a dance with the obamas the at the white house. Al jazeera has learned a draft deal has been reached between the United States and russia which sets a date for a cessation of the fighting in syria. At the moment its not clear if the warring parties will agree to lay down their weapons. In the last hour the u. S. Secretary of state john kerry has released the following statement on the draft deem. He says if complemented and adhered to, the cessation will not only le...

Flowing across from croatia. Plus china and north korea put their business relationship on show even though some traders have nothing to offer. Now the u. N. Security council has been holding an emergency session to discuss escalating violence between israel and the palestinians across several cities in the occupied territories. 39 palestinians and 7 israelis have died since the beginning of october. Well have more from the u. N. In a moment. But first here is the latest from the ground. Gaza medical sources are saying two palestinians have been killed several others injured by israeli forces....

And still be eligible for these programs. I think that is a mistake. Thank you. Mr. Mcclintok. Did some states not follow the welfare reform requirements . I know back in california, the state excused people, the fiveyear time limit slightly reduced their benefits. The states Unemployment Rate which had been running well below the National Average had been running well above it. The reduction was miniscule to those experienced by other states. Did you study such comparisons . I have not done a fullfledged study of all the states and their approaches. There was flexibility but supposed to be st...

I think the v. A. Tries very hard to bring in counselors and psychologists who have that service. I will tell you that in vermont we initiated a program, an Outreach Program that is the people who do the outreach are all veterans. They are knocking on doors and talking to fellow veterans. That works well because they have a shared experience. They both know what they are talking about. I agree, everything being equal you want to get folks to do counseling who know what veterans have gone through. Host just to show you what took place at the hearing you can watch the whole thing on cspan. Org. ...

Its not readily available. Finally, does the hesitancy on the part of the dod stand anyway from, is there concern about, about what we see Going Forward . Since 60 of the 103 billion of dod funding, and we are not in a position to identify the total amount of waste, is there concern Going Forward theres going to be some of which are described, mr. Johnson, i would suspect that our friends at dod would do differently than the way you described it in terms of changing standards and why the standards were changed. What do we do to help convince them that this is ultimately necessary . And again i...