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It was earlier this week that president obama announced that he wants to see changes that would expand the number of workers who can receive overtime pay. Some say the move will cause job losses. What do you think about the proposal to expand overtime echo you can weigh in on one of three lines. Social media available to you as well. You can tweak us or send us your thoughts on facebook. Or send ustweet us your thoughts on facebook. This edition at the white house. President Obama Meeting in front of workers, especially those who are managers, to talk about the topic of overtime pay. Heres a b...

For the few. And but it doesnt take away from the fact that we are people and we serve in this institution and we have some areas of agreement one day and the collide scope changes the next day. To the point where people are always surprised when i say to them, i pray for the Congress Every day and on sundays especially, i pray for our colleagues, our republican colleagues, as well as our democratic colleagues, as well as the president of the United States, barack obama, or george w. Bush, or whoever he may be, because the success of the president and the success of all of us is the success fo...

I think bureaucrats today are really politicians with tender. Thats whats happened or they havent become civil servants. They become politicians of tenure. I dont know how were going to do it. The state to become less and less important. These 50 places of experimentation are being shut down. I think it has to start in washington first. I think washington is the key to unleashing these 50 places that can really produce innovation. I think washington is where it has to start and filter down. Final question or was that it . Thank you again. Thank you for joining in the big tent. [applause] copie...

Average afghan was 42 years. Today, its 62 years. And rising. In 2001, 9 of afghans had access to basic health care. Today, 60 of afghans live within an hour of basic health services. In 2001, there was only one television station and it was owned by the government. Today there are 75 stations. And only two and all of those but two are privately owned. And in 2001, there were virtually no cell phones in the country. Today, there are 18 million covering about 90 of residential areas. 80 of afghan women. Now have access to a cell phone meaning they are connected to their families, their friends,...

I dont speak on behalf of the german government. I dont want to be misunderstood. I speak as a private citizen. I believe we did not pay enough attention to financially and economically to the challenges of our eastern neighbors. We should have acted long before russia started to think about crimea or long before they began to explode about how to help stabilize the country that has had a history for two decades of not really making its way forward as we were hoping to. What was the other part of your question . [inaudible] i think that does it. The gentleman in the blue sweater. The question ...