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since then 18 more, including matt, have fallen in the line of duty. each loss while a weight on our hearts adds yet another angel to that storied brotherhood of heroes. i ask all of my colleagues to join me in the remembrance and commemoration of a true american hero in every sense of the word. may god bless lieutenant ambliss, may i bring comfort to his young family. may he protect all our brave fdny fire firets, and may the noble sacrifice enshrined in matt's memory never be forgotten. and to you, nanette, please know that you, gia, and gabby are in my thoughts, in my prayers, and my heart is broken for your enormous loss. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from massachusetts, clark --e -- ms. ms. clark: thank you very much, mr. speaker. harry truman famously said, if you want a friend in washington, get a dog. i can tell you that many of our nation's animal shelters and rescue groups would be more than happy to introduce you to a new friend. between five and
since then 18 more, including matt, have fallen in the line of duty. each loss while a weight on our hearts adds yet another angel to that storied brotherhood of heroes. i ask all of my colleagues to join me in the remembrance and commemoration of a true american hero in every sense of the word. may god bless lieutenant ambliss, may i bring comfort to his young family. may he protect all our brave fdny fire firets, and may the noble sacrifice enshrined in matt's memory never be forgotten. and...
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john. >> thanks, matt. it's great to be back here at the wilson center again, and, like jan, to see so many familiar faces and committed experts. it's always a little daunting to talk to a crowd like this about russia. i think what i'd like to try to do is we'll talk a lot about energy today. i'd like to maybe just pull back for a minute and look at the general context of the relationship, the troubled relationship between russia and the west, russia and the united states, russia and europe. and then hone in on a few aspects that i think make this crisis feel a bit different and then bring it back to the energy side. there's a temptation for those of us who have been doing u.s./soviet, u.s./russia relations for most of our careers to see any dispute between russia and the west as just the latest in a series of cyclical down turns which are almost inevident write followed by up-- inevitably followed by upturns. and i think more importantly there's always been a tendency or an inclination over the last 20 yea
john. >> thanks, matt. it's great to be back here at the wilson center again, and, like jan, to see so many familiar faces and committed experts. it's always a little daunting to talk to a crowd like this about russia. i think what i'd like to try to do is we'll talk a lot about energy today. i'd like to maybe just pull back for a minute and look at the general context of the relationship, the troubled relationship between russia and the west, russia and the united states, russia and...
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i did wrong. >> matt lee. and part of putin's response that was on television was printed up in which part of the statement said no one should and no one has a right to use this tragedy to pursue their own political goals. rather a tragedy of this sort should bring people together. >> and i think from the american point of view or the european point of view that bringing -- peopling yoe using this tragedy come together would require some kind of acknowledgment of what actually happened and not a presentation of a series of questions about air traffic controllers seeing a ukrainian jet near the plane just before it went down. i think those questions should be answered. but just raising them without -- raising the idea of a giant experience is not the same as acknowledging the truth or what happened. and i think, you know, it is going to be very important for a credible international investigation to come out with its findings. >> how much does russia influence the investigation now? >> well they volunteered. th
i did wrong. >> matt lee. and part of putin's response that was on television was printed up in which part of the statement said no one should and no one has a right to use this tragedy to pursue their own political goals. rather a tragedy of this sort should bring people together. >> and i think from the american point of view or the european point of view that bringing -- peopling yoe using this tragedy come together would require some kind of acknowledgment of what actually...
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without i'm going to turn the chair over to matt rojansky and in doing so i want to thank matt and his staff for pulling together this session. as always the staff has done a wonderful job. >> thanks very much player. i'm not in fact carlos pascual and anyone who has not figured that i might be in the wrong room. part of the reason we are all here as blair said is because of the phenomenal experts who have gathered on this panel and written this book and it helped me wilson center really to make a mark on the issue of energy. i am particularly grateful to jam, david and juliette to give us this kind of content at a time like this because i think it's of particular concern that not everything be understood through the lens of the current conflict the current tragedy, the current fascinating developments in ukraine but actually understood on its merits on a deeper level in some cases in a very technical way in order to be able to grasp what may happen in the future including a connection with the crisis in ukraine. we won't shy away from that by any means but i think we want to try to ta
without i'm going to turn the chair over to matt rojansky and in doing so i want to thank matt and his staff for pulling together this session. as always the staff has done a wonderful job. >> thanks very much player. i'm not in fact carlos pascual and anyone who has not figured that i might be in the wrong room. part of the reason we are all here as blair said is because of the phenomenal experts who have gathered on this panel and written this book and it helped me wilson center really...
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jan. >> thank you, matt and blair for that kind introduction. it's a great leisure to be here with my friend and editor, david colburn is that many long hours together working on the book. my co-author for the chapter we did on russia and my very good friend, john beyrle and william courtney. a lot of good friends were able to come and join us here. let me just say a few words about the ukraine crisis as a way and in the context of how it interacts with energy issues and then i think david will start from the rubric of the book and tackle it from the other side. ukraine, i guess many feel that the immediate crisis may be on its way to stabilizing, but the long-term issues remain. for one, solitary and the annexation of crimea stand in the so-called russian hegemony of the server eastern ukraine. second time easterbrook richmond, which seems to be a russian path at least for the time being. instead of western engagement, which seems to be the chosen path in ukraine subject to what happens from day to day every day in the development occurs. natio
jan. >> thank you, matt and blair for that kind introduction. it's a great leisure to be here with my friend and editor, david colburn is that many long hours together working on the book. my co-author for the chapter we did on russia and my very good friend, john beyrle and william courtney. a lot of good friends were able to come and join us here. let me just say a few words about the ukraine crisis as a way and in the context of how it interacts with energy issues and then i think...
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matt soler with congressman grayson's office. a couple of weeks ago the eaa systems a representative went on cnbc and said there was a cyberattack on a hedge fund and their stock pots by roughly 2% and they formed, the fbi formed a partnership with the think tank called the center for financial stability and there was a lot of discussion about cyberattacks in the financial space. i think it was last week via ae system said that in fact they made a mistake, there was no cyberattack on a hedge fund. it was a training exercise which they confused and thought there had been an attack but essentially it was their own training exercise. >> it's complicated, we told you. >> that probably helped their business. i don't know what happened but there is a lot of money in saying cybersecurity is this big problem and if you don't know anything about technology and i don't really know that much about it, give now how much of the fear of the cyberattacks, how much of that is just profitable for entities to push for their own security businesses
matt soler with congressman grayson's office. a couple of weeks ago the eaa systems a representative went on cnbc and said there was a cyberattack on a hedge fund and their stock pots by roughly 2% and they formed, the fbi formed a partnership with the think tank called the center for financial stability and there was a lot of discussion about cyberattacks in the financial space. i think it was last week via ae system said that in fact they made a mistake, there was no cyberattack on a hedge...
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troops and saved army captain matt zeller who now has a life-long bond. jana is now a member of my staff in alexandria, virginia. he continues to hear the desperate stories of his fellow translators who are in great peril and desperately seek to leave afghanistan. unfortunately, there are no visas left for the many deserving afghans who are still in this administrative limbo. in fact, state estimates that we'll hit the statutory cap on visas this summer with thousands of applications still outstanding. the 1,000 visas authorized under this emergency measure are necessary. this bill is critical, but it does not represent the end of our responsibility on this issue. i look forward to continuing to work with my colleagues to ensure that an appropriate number of visas are authorized for f.y. 2015. we have to stand by our friends and ensure that those who had the courage to work with us -- have the courage to work with us in future conflicts will not be abandoned. thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from north carolina. mr. holding:
troops and saved army captain matt zeller who now has a life-long bond. jana is now a member of my staff in alexandria, virginia. he continues to hear the desperate stories of his fellow translators who are in great peril and desperately seek to leave afghanistan. unfortunately, there are no visas left for the many deserving afghans who are still in this administrative limbo. in fact, state estimates that we'll hit the statutory cap on visas this summer with thousands of applications still...
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there hasn't been a vote on ma matt. we are open to what congress has to say that we have a proposal we would like to vote on, to >> you just want to narrow it down. >> i want to ask about whale trains. it's been almost a year now since the accident and you have this very important rulemaking going on. is there a lot of economic interest that are in that rulemaking concerned about how it's going to affect them and what it's going to cost them and on the other hand you have these areas in the country that trains go through albany, chicago, up in the seattle area that are very concerned about their safety. what kind of guarantee can you give to the people in the community that are worried about their safety that you are not going to water down the safety in the rulemaking to satisfy these big economic interests? >> as i've sai i said before, wn more than two dozen measures very few of which have been very popular in the industry. and we've done that because of safety. i work on a rule that is organized around what is the s
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i'm going to submit my statement for the record and first acknowledge the presence of matt myers. matt and i have been in this struggle for a long time trying to save and spare kids from tobacco. and what it does to 'em. and we know when addictions start, they start in your adolescence. if you can sell an addictive product to an adolescent, you've got 'em. you may have 'em for life. and that's why a lot of marketing is done for children. back in the day it was just bald-faced marketing, joe camel and everything you can imagine. and the kids were wearing t-shirts and hats and, sadly, becoming addicted to products that would absolutely be the end of their healthy lives if they weren't careful. and now we have this argument by the e-cigarette industry that is just an accident that all your advertising and marketing is appealing to so many kids. that's a little hard to understand. i think it's hard to believe. look at the numbers here. e-cigarette use among nation's kids is on the rise. cdc released data last year showing in one year, from 2011 to 2012, the percentage of middle and hi
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is, how very challenging it is and you know, there's no easy answer to the very good question that matt puts but it seems to me that when you think of assistance to ukraine, and i think people are in the mood to talk about that, even despite the general anti-assistance atmosphere, certainly in the european context and i would hope also in the u.s. context, i think it is well worth making an investment in, in inducements, for example, for energy efficiency. here in this country the power companies with the encouragement of the states are inducing us to in fact cut back on our energy consumption for a very good reason. they don't have to build more power plants which are very expensive. well, similarly, if we can build in, and i know that david had a lot to do with that thinking when he was in the state department, build into your assistance program as well as our energy strategy the idea that an investment, multilateral, european-u.s., in helping ukraine cut out those subsidies and, reducing the pain of those, of that cutout, so just not ukrainian burden, that's a far better investment i
is, how very challenging it is and you know, there's no easy answer to the very good question that matt puts but it seems to me that when you think of assistance to ukraine, and i think people are in the mood to talk about that, even despite the general anti-assistance atmosphere, certainly in the european context and i would hope also in the u.s. context, i think it is well worth making an investment in, in inducements, for example, for energy efficiency. here in this country the power...
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. >> matt raises a very important point here. that is this legacy that the belling yons has makes it puzzling. they instituted the system of identity cards. once they left and rwanda people had to register. this was -- this identification card the people had to carry was really a signal for persecution. the government placed quotas on certain professions, teachers, government ministers, physicians and people in other professions could not be -- only a certain percentage of them could be tutsi. they kept in place this relic but at the same time, when people find out the belgians are coming in, they are concerned because this is the entrance of their old depressor. there are strange motivations going on all over the place. de lair talks about that. how concerned he is they would react inside the country. what i was going to say is i think it's important to note that the un when we say this was a un kind of mission, that almost sounds like the whole weight of the un member state was behind it but that's not obviously the case. he wr
. >> matt raises a very important point here. that is this legacy that the belling yons has makes it puzzling. they instituted the system of identity cards. once they left and rwanda people had to register. this was -- this identification card the people had to carry was really a signal for persecution. the government placed quotas on certain professions, teachers, government ministers, physicians and people in other professions could not be -- only a certain percentage of them could be...
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acting secretary gibson visited and it was refreshing to hear the top leaders say it isn't abo about matt but it is about building trust one veteran at a time. he addressed transparency, accountability, retaliation of employees. he acknowledged it was his job to create conditions for employees to be successful. he is setting the tone for changing the culture for lack of accountability and retaliation and va talking points. in october 1995 when i arrived at the columbia vro as a work study there was a poster in the hall on the hallway that read making a difference with accountability, integrity and i was impressed and embarked on the journey to make it a reality. in february of 2013 i visited the hauls and the same paper was there but the words on paper are meaningless without corresponding. this is a service organization created to serve veterans, widows and orphans. we serve those who made the ultimate sacrifice and seen horrific acts of war and need comfort, those who have been mentally and physically disabled and need health care. those who are homeless and need support and shelter. th
acting secretary gibson visited and it was refreshing to hear the top leaders say it isn't abo about matt but it is about building trust one veteran at a time. he addressed transparency, accountability, retaliation of employees. he acknowledged it was his job to create conditions for employees to be successful. he is setting the tone for changing the culture for lack of accountability and retaliation and va talking points. in october 1995 when i arrived at the columbia vro as a work study there...
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host: matt is an independent caller from baltimore. caller: hello. dronesbeen involved with for quite a while. i helped develop the navy runs. -- drones. you can get a lot of information from operations of drones. that is the technical organization. the principal thing that we have been looking at was jamming and traffic. that theyevident would be wonderful as traffic surveyors.ners -- with multiple news agencies flying, the traffic in the air serious rash problems. good points.ose are i am familiar with your organization. i am not a member. the navy has developed a helicopter drone call the fire scout that takes off from ships. it looks like a regular helicopter but there is no pilot on board. hacking in jamming and the congestion in the air is a concern. how will the faa can's -- handle that? of newset a lot organizations over washington wanted to get views of traffic on the beltway, there have to be rules of the sky to keep them from running into each other. host: we are talking with craig whitlock who wrote a three-part series about drones. the s
host: matt is an independent caller from baltimore. caller: hello. dronesbeen involved with for quite a while. i helped develop the navy runs. -- drones. you can get a lot of information from operations of drones. that is the technical organization. the principal thing that we have been looking at was jamming and traffic. that theyevident would be wonderful as traffic surveyors.ners -- with multiple news agencies flying, the traffic in the air serious rash problems. good points.ose are i am...
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moving at a pace that they are able to go matt, doing the things that they find important. i feel like we are in a good direction and a positive trend. >> to the view that border on their south -- >> they talked with my -- my discussions with leaders. they see the border to the south as the bigger issue. that is causing a disruption in their society. they're focused. that means that the relationship has to be strong to insure there is no scene that can be used against us. >> thank you. >> thank you, mr. chairman. gentlemen, thank you for your continued service. so your families, thank you for sharing your husband's with us. we know that this is an obligation. appreciate very much your allowing is to have their leaders. general campbell, i will tell you exactly what i told lower in austin. has he was going to make sure that we close it down the right way, that was the most dangerous command of all because as you pull out troops the situation becomes more dangerous obviously a think you'll have that same situation, but you're the right person to meet that challenge. we look f
moving at a pace that they are able to go matt, doing the things that they find important. i feel like we are in a good direction and a positive trend. >> to the view that border on their south -- >> they talked with my -- my discussions with leaders. they see the border to the south as the bigger issue. that is causing a disruption in their society. they're focused. that means that the relationship has to be strong to insure there is no scene that can be used against us. >>...
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just a follow-up on what matt said, when we have the president saying we have we feel confident of something, and then the u n ambassador saying we assess, doesn't that strike you as being an important semantic difference? >> the statements were very coordinated, and were similar in the language that was used. -- we last thing she said assess malaysian airlines flight 17 carrying these 298 people were in amsterdam was likely downed by a surface-to-air missile, and sa 11 operated from a separatist held location in eastern ukraine. the word likely appears in there. saying that is the missile that was likely, or the rebel held territory that was likely? >> i think we have some information available about what happened. obviously, we know -- we are confident in what and where. the questions we have are who and why. i think that is what the mitigation will be exploring. >> so we know the where? >> as you heard the u.n. ambassador rice the president also speak to that. the president said we don't have a definitive judgment. weare is -- you were saying know the where. >> we will see the investigati
just a follow-up on what matt said, when we have the president saying we have we feel confident of something, and then the u n ambassador saying we assess, doesn't that strike you as being an important semantic difference? >> the statements were very coordinated, and were similar in the language that was used. -- we last thing she said assess malaysian airlines flight 17 carrying these 298 people were in amsterdam was likely downed by a surface-to-air missile, and sa 11 operated from a...
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. >> senator matt asked the question really to all three? i think he described the catastrophe that continues to unfold and indeed grow but i know speaking for myself and i met for all four of us we are actually interested in trying to solve this problem and the president sent over an appropriation request that is essentially a blank check. the senior senator from arizona prep league knowledge of the majority of the monies for health and human services to continue to warehouse these children with no solution. the senior senator from arizona said that we need to change that 2008 law and i agree with that. we need to make sure the children are detained and then get whatever process they are entitled to, perhaps before an immigration judge. that's something we should talk about before they are repatriated but i want to just ask the senior senator from arizona because as his long distinguished service on the committee i was troubled to hear some of the testimony that general kelly that of southern command that is the combatant commander for the
. >> senator matt asked the question really to all three? i think he described the catastrophe that continues to unfold and indeed grow but i know speaking for myself and i met for all four of us we are actually interested in trying to solve this problem and the president sent over an appropriation request that is essentially a blank check. the senior senator from arizona prep league knowledge of the majority of the monies for health and human services to continue to warehouse these...
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matt salmon, mr. jerry polis brooks. usan i thank the chairman and reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from colorado is recognized. mr. polis: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to join my colleague in support of the advancing competency-based education project demonstrate of 2013, a bill i had the honor to co-author representative salmon. i appreciate his work as well as others on this bill. this bill will unleash innovation that promises to improve the quality of a college education and just as importantly if not more reduce the costs. it will allow innovative colleges and universities to shorten the time it takes to earn a degree, reduce college costs through self-pace programs based on learning rather than time spent in the seat -- and let's be honest, some of that time is often sleeping. this innovation, which is called competency-based education, has a lot of promise. there's a lot to learn along the way, pid falls to avoid -- pitfalls to avoid. this promise to allow students to master the knowledge of a course, which is essentia
matt salmon, mr. jerry polis brooks. usan i thank the chairman and reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from colorado is recognized. mr. polis: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to join my colleague in support of the advancing competency-based education project demonstrate of 2013, a bill i had the honor to co-author representative salmon. i appreciate his work as well as others on this bill. this bill will unleash innovation that promises to...
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and acknowledge the presence of matt myers. we have been in the struggle for long-term trying to save and spear kids from tobacco. and what it does to them. we know when addictions start, they start in your adolescence. if you can sell an addictive product to an adolescent, you have got them. you may have them for life. that is why a lot of marketing is done for children. back in the day it was just bald-faced marketing. joe camel and everything you can imagine. the kids were wearing t-shirts and hats and sadly becoming addicted to products that would be the end of their healthy lives if they were not careful. and now we have this argument by the e-cigarette industry that is -- it is an accident that your advertising and marketing is appealing to so many kids. it is hard to understand. i think it is hard to believe. e-cigarette uses on the rise. cdc released a study showing one year the percentage of middle and high school students who used e-cigarettes more than doubled. they would have you leave it is an accident. we know bet
and acknowledge the presence of matt myers. we have been in the struggle for long-term trying to save and spear kids from tobacco. and what it does to them. we know when addictions start, they start in your adolescence. if you can sell an addictive product to an adolescent, you have got them. you may have them for life. that is why a lot of marketing is done for children. back in the day it was just bald-faced marketing. joe camel and everything you can imagine. the kids were wearing t-shirts...
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i'm going to submit my statement for the record and acknowledge the presence of matt myers. we have been in the struggle for a long time trying to save and spare kids from tobacco and what it does to them. we know what addictions start. they start in your adolescence. if you can sell an addictive product to an adolescence, you got them. you may have them for life. that's why a lot of marketing is done for children. back in the day, it was just bald faced marketing, joe camel and everything you can imagine. kids were wearing t-shirts and hats and sadly becoming addictive to products that would be the end of their healthy lives if they were not careful. now we have this argument by the e-cigarette industry that is an accident that all your advertising and marketing that is appealing to kids. that's hard to understand and believe. look at the numbers here. e-cigarettes use among nation kids are on the rise. showing in one year the percentage of middle and high school students who used e-cigarettes more than doubled. they have you to believe that that's an accident. we know bett
i'm going to submit my statement for the record and acknowledge the presence of matt myers. we have been in the struggle for a long time trying to save and spare kids from tobacco and what it does to them. we know what addictions start. they start in your adolescence. if you can sell an addictive product to an adolescence, you got them. you may have them for life. that's why a lot of marketing is done for children. back in the day, it was just bald faced marketing, joe camel and everything you...
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matt closes in october. >> thank you both very much. the next speakers are hannah y. gard and jeff benson and after them are governor markel and greg dodson. i would reiterate something i said earlier. those who may not have been here we are taking written comments until october 16 and we encourage people to elaborate on an oral statement or submit a written statement. every written statement gets carefully read. hannah. >> thank you and please excuse if we take a couple of snapshots. my name is hannah and i live in charlotte ville virginia. today i'm representing appalachian voices original environment of nonprofit with partner groups around the southeast to lend voices to this critical conversation. appalachian voices and organization dedicated to speaking out for the mountain region and those most impacted by extreme cold mining method supplies the action and carbon that has been so overdue. having grown up in richmond in the shadow of a power station and seeing my younger sister suffer from asthma along with her partner groups there are programs to grow local ener
matt closes in october. >> thank you both very much. the next speakers are hannah y. gard and jeff benson and after them are governor markel and greg dodson. i would reiterate something i said earlier. those who may not have been here we are taking written comments until october 16 and we encourage people to elaborate on an oral statement or submit a written statement. every written statement gets carefully read. hannah. >> thank you and please excuse if we take a couple of...
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how do you make that -- determination that the prosm matt cause was the ignition switch? >> it is difficult. it is a challenge. do not be misled into thinking we had the same problems as 9/11 and bp. we did. in 9/11, the statute creating the program said that physical injuries had to occur -- occur n the immediate vicinity and that medical treatment had to be immediately thereafter. we ran into a storm of problems with first responders to lay medical treatment. the deaths, you are right. they were traumatic deaths, much easier in 9/11. bp, we have huge problems not with deaths but whether or not the economic damages were caused by the oil spill. this is a challenge. it is a challenge. the main problem we will have here, and we will work right in the protocol to cure deficiencies, is that so many of these were cured long ago. the car is gone and we have got to, with circumstantial vidence. all of the ways you would do that are laid out what you are right that the will be challenged here while people collect information. it will be a challenge, no question. >> i just wanted
how do you make that -- determination that the prosm matt cause was the ignition switch? >> it is difficult. it is a challenge. do not be misled into thinking we had the same problems as 9/11 and bp. we did. in 9/11, the statute creating the program said that physical injuries had to occur -- occur n the immediate vicinity and that medical treatment had to be immediately thereafter. we ran into a storm of problems with first responders to lay medical treatment. the deaths, you are right....
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matt walter with the republican state leadership council. obviously, today, the goal is to the you an idea of where republican party is from all levels from local to federal stand as we head into the midterm elections. each of the folks up here will give you about a 10 minute committeen as to the they are doing in the races they are overseeing. when that is done, we have time for a brief q and day. raise her hand and we will call on you. state your name, the organization you are with, and we will go from there. we will try to hold this to is close to an hour as possible and there will be time afterwards if you want to talk to any of these individuals. miket to introduce shields, chief of staff of the rnc. >> thank you to my colleagues for joining us here today. around the party committees most of my career and i can tell you we have an unprecedented level of cooperation that goes on between all the people you see working up here and their staff. feel so reason we confident going into this election season, how well we work together, the amoun
matt walter with the republican state leadership council. obviously, today, the goal is to the you an idea of where republican party is from all levels from local to federal stand as we head into the midterm elections. each of the folks up here will give you about a 10 minute committeen as to the they are doing in the races they are overseeing. when that is done, we have time for a brief q and day. raise her hand and we will call on you. state your name, the organization you are with, and we...
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we have matt, fair enough. >> my son was on the 105th floor of tower 1 when it was hit and we lost my son matthew that day. i was asked by the commission in the beginning for my wife and i to be part of the families that the commission could use to bounce off information before they went to the public. i remember back then there are 28 pages, a commission. they did not want these pages to be classified, the executive branch of the government kept the unclassified. going forward, bob graham, representative lynch, representative jones would get them declassified, and even brought h r 428 to get a ruling to get an declassified, to this day they are still declassified, they are still classified, they are still classified. i would like to know from the gentleman on the dais, what are your feelings to this day, do you still think they should be declassified? >> yes. they should be. i am embarrassed that they are not the classified. we emphasized throughout transparency. i assumed incorrectly that our records would be public, all of them, everything. when i learned that the number of the doc
we have matt, fair enough. >> my son was on the 105th floor of tower 1 when it was hit and we lost my son matthew that day. i was asked by the commission in the beginning for my wife and i to be part of the families that the commission could use to bounce off information before they went to the public. i remember back then there are 28 pages, a commission. they did not want these pages to be classified, the executive branch of the government kept the unclassified. going forward, bob...
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homeland security committee, john carter, chairman of the western hemisphere foreign affairs subcommittee, matt salmon, congressman pearce from the financial services committee and congressman mario diaz-balart from the appropriations committee. one of our conclusions is that congress should not provide more resources to the administration without changing the policies that have led us to the situation we're in today. administration officials and officials in the central american countries have always said we have to make changes to the trafficking victims protection re-authorization act of 2008. a month ago, it appeared there was a bipartisan consensus forming on this issue. white house press secretary josh ernest said from the white house podium just three weeks ago when discussing changes to the 2008 law, that is, quote, a priority of this administration and if you listen to the public comments of democrats and republicans, it sounds like it's a bipartisan priority. i agree. and it's disappointing that the white house has backed down from their original statement on how we can immediately ad
homeland security committee, john carter, chairman of the western hemisphere foreign affairs subcommittee, matt salmon, congressman pearce from the financial services committee and congressman mario diaz-balart from the appropriations committee. one of our conclusions is that congress should not provide more resources to the administration without changing the policies that have led us to the situation we're in today. administration officials and officials in the central american countries have...
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matt has been a spokesperson for the president since early 2007. he started on the president's campaign in new hampshire and we first had the opportunity to meet in south carolina in early 2008 on the president's primary campaign down there. and everywhere that i've gone since then i wanted to have him come work alongside wherever i was. he has been a loyal and ticket for the president and we are going to miss him. with that, let me move to one other piece of the presidential business and we will open up for your questions. earlier today the president spoke with the presidential candidate to thank them for their leadership in reaching an agreement to the national unity government to accept the outcome of the full audit of the june 14 runoff election currently being undertaken by the election commission. he commended the two candidates for putting the interest of afghanistan first an firsthand d to working together as partners and governments. knowing that the audit is steadily progressing, the president encouraged both to endorse the previously agr
matt has been a spokesperson for the president since early 2007. he started on the president's campaign in new hampshire and we first had the opportunity to meet in south carolina in early 2008 on the president's primary campaign down there. and everywhere that i've gone since then i wanted to have him come work alongside wherever i was. he has been a loyal and ticket for the president and we are going to miss him. with that, let me move to one other piece of the presidential business and we...
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want to thank matt walter with the republican state leadership council. the goal is to give you an idea of where the republican party at all levels from the local to the federal level stand as we head to the midterm election. each of the folks up here is going to give you a 10 minute description as to where their committee and the races they are overseeing. when we are done we'll have .ime for a brief q&a we will try to hold this is close to an hour as possible. i want to introduce mike shields, chief of staff of the rnc. >> thank you. i want to thank my colleagues. i can tell you we have an unprecedented level of cooperation between the folks working here and all their staffs. it's one reason we felt so confident going into this election season with the amount of information we can share with one another. sometimes there is not a unified but i think we are very confident about what we're going to see. there are some common things we that make us feel good about where we are headed. we have a lot of work to do, but we still feel good going into the fall e
want to thank matt walter with the republican state leadership council. the goal is to give you an idea of where the republican party at all levels from the local to the federal level stand as we head to the midterm election. each of the folks up here is going to give you a 10 minute description as to where their committee and the races they are overseeing. when we are done we'll have .ime for a brief q&a we will try to hold this is close to an hour as possible. i want to introduce mike...
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. >> host: let's go to matt in concord, new hampshire. good morning. >> caller: good morning. i hope the fourth of july is wonderful for everybody in america. i have a brother who serves. so i have great interest in this. when you opened your show up, ambassador, you stated bush signed the status forces agreement. i keep reading on this and getting conflict. could you explain that a little bit, please. >> to allow our troops to stay on is that it was not quite finished in 2008. president bush needed to acknowledge that we would withdraw our troops by 2011. earlier in 2011, after taking advice from his military commanders, president obama decided we should keep a contingent on beyond 2011 and e they did not want to give the troops legal immunity. president obama was following my advice and advice of everybody else in this regard and decided we could not keep troops on under those circumstances. we tried other ways to provide security assistance. they were not very successful. this comment from edward perkins. you can share your thoughts on our twitter page. let me go back to an
. >> host: let's go to matt in concord, new hampshire. good morning. >> caller: good morning. i hope the fourth of july is wonderful for everybody in america. i have a brother who serves. so i have great interest in this. when you opened your show up, ambassador, you stated bush signed the status forces agreement. i keep reading on this and getting conflict. could you explain that a little bit, please. >> to allow our troops to stay on is that it was not quite finished in...