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Look at all these choices. So much choice, thats our show tonight. John when we talk choice, theres not much more important than health care. The president sold obamacare saying it would lower costs and yet give us more coverage and more good choices, winwin. Some people would gain better insurance and even if you didnt, you wouldnt lose anything. If you like your doctor, you will be able to keep your doctor, period. [ applause ] oops, that one didnt work out so well. Millions have learned that no, you dont get on keep your doctor. Six million policies were canceled. But millions of americans ...

Safe territory. It has been a long and bumpy road after failing in the house. Going through several interations but the major hurdle was passing the house last week. It seems fairly safe in the senate tomorrow. The stort of big changes is the ends the direct payments in which the government sent out 5 billion regardless of the weather or crop yield. It didnt prod farmers to plant any more of one kind of crop to get subsidies. But it wasnt politically poplar. They are beefing up the insurance for natural disasters. The other part of the bill is the funding for food stamps. They will ultimately ...

Hi, everyone. My name is james matheny, the new ceo and president of the Rand Corporation. A nonprofit nonpartisan Research Organization committed to the public good. This is my first public event in my new role and i am grateful that its on biodefense. This is probably the topic i lost the most sleep over the last 20 years. I expect i will be losing more sleep tonight but but i thit will be worth it. The covid 19 pendant has shown a devastating impact can be due to a moderate pandemic, and we can imagine the impact of biological threats that are either here or on the horizon that have more th...

Sleep tonight, but i think it will be worth it. The covid19 pandemic has shown the devastating impact can be due to a moderate pandemic. And we can imagine the impact of biological threat here or in the horizons that have more than a 1 fatality rate. The biological threats that are enabled by advances and Synthetic Biology is make possible to design pathogens that are even more severe, even more deadly than what we find in nature and the capabilities are accessible not just to state and biological weapon programs that unfortunately persist today but also to individuals. To help us understand t...

Preparedness and emerging bio threats from other nations. Nonstate actors and natural causes. They also talk about the role of government partnerships with the private sector and International Communities as well as intergovernmental coordination. Im the ceo and president of the Rand Corporation a nonprofit and nonpartisan Research Organization committed to the public good. This is my first public event in my new role and i am grateful that its the topic that id lost the most sleep over the last 20 years. I expect i will be losing more sleep tonight, but i think it will be worth it. The covid1...