Lets want to thank mpi for inviting me to participate in todays discussion. I really appreciated the opportunity to be able to discuss some of the gaos work looking at some of the issues and topics related to some of the issues and topics that are raised in mpis report which are being released today. Before i turn to my remarks on some of gaos more specific reports i just want to give you a little bit more background on the and also the gao is thinkine some of you may not be as familiar about who we are as an agency. So as doris mentioned, im a director ngos Homeland Security and justice team here and in that capacity i lead our work on Border Security and immigration issues. Gao ascent agency is located in the legislative branch. We are sometimes referred to as the investigative arm of congress or the congressional watchdog. And so in that capacity we examine how federal taxpayer dollars are spent and we examine how Government Programs and initiatives and efforts operate. Will of our
Of the game. It is a republican market. Gold futures show a sigh of relief. Weaker yen, bigger. The argentinian peso is the back story. It is 799. They try to protect their currency. They spent 174 Million Dollars and you could see the ugliness over the past six hours. That is an updated check for the day. We are focused on washington. Market. Ublican type of the republicans will be watching the state of the union. President obama will address the nation in the evening in a speech in which he will highlight an executive order to raise the minimum wage for federal contractors. People talk about other issues like immigration. We have both sides of the aisle here on street smart. Join us for the hour is the democrat Austan Goolsbee who served under president obama as the chairman of the economic advisers. The youngest to serve in that position. Representing the other side, ed conard. He is a former executive at bain capital who worked alongside mitt romney, wrote the book unintended conse