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money they identify for the purpose, but, perhaps, if i could provide additional resources. is this for preparing for the next wars? what i am trying we have had this conversation before. i confess that i get a little impatient that everything is about providing for today s wars. out of the overall procurement budget, about half goes for modernization programs the joint strike fighter, the new ballistic missile submarine, new ships, the tanker, the next- generation ranged strike the newnge strike, ground vehicle combat program for the army. half of the procurement program goes for those modernization programs. about 40% goes to things that are used in the spectrum of conflict. about 10% is for the wars that we are in. the cost of the wars we are in is fundamentally paid by the overseas contingency operating fund and by supplementals. this is not about finding money for the wars we are in today. we have that money. it is about protecting money for the future. ....
harry truman in 1939, he suddenly hated him, just really despises him. he was seen as a senator from the tender grass team in kansas city. senate historian donald ritchie washington movies and his new book, sunday night on c- span s q&a . now, retired coast guard admiral had adam on bt s efforts to plug its broken oil well in the gulf. he also talks about the big effect an expected tropical depression could have on the cleanup. from mobile, alabama, this is 30 minutes. good afternoon, everyone. i would like to give you a briefing on what is happening at the wellhead and the plans for the future. i would like to announce that we had a contractor working on the response that was killed in plaquemines parish early this morning, struck by a vehicle about 2:00 in the morning, working for a contractor. the name is being withheld pending notification of the next of kin. we have some weather approaching. it is a tropical depression at this point. we think it will hav ....
i couldn t just pick one out, but i m going to tell you, yes, because if there s a safety meeting, i m standing in the background. ok. is that let me try it this way. did you attend any abandon ship drills specifically? let s see. that would be on sundays. that s what i heard. did you attend that? then i attended one then. you did. where was your life jacket? in my room. ok. and did you board the life capsule? no, not during the drill. all right. the muster, do you feel that the muster went calmly and effectively? there, there is not a way that you re going to be able to effectively take a muster onboard during the incident. it was attempted, and then once the lifeboats were all manned, doors closed, we attempted to take another muster, but it s pitch black at that time and it s still so loud you can t hear yourself think let alone communicate with the man next to you. so what they did in to resolve that problem, as soon as we were offloade ....