Question of knowledge of what happened. Today we are seeing something remarkable. I wish this legislation would have happened 10 or 20 years ago, but the fact is its happened, its going to have a major effect on the future. And many, many works of art that i use the expression the last prisoners of world war ii will finally find the Rightful Owners. I thank the senate and congress for what they are doing. Thank you, ambassador. Let me ask you do you believe the United States has lived up to our commitment as set forth in the declaration to make certain that claims to nazilooted art are resolved expeditiously and based on the facts and merits of the claim . The answer is yes and no. Yes, we have in many cases, no we havent in certain cases. There have been organizations and art thats been returned correctly, and theres been other art thats been, lets say, found a way to make either the statute of limitations or other factors stopping it. Very often its very difficult for a museum when t
Appears to have been temporary. Indicators for the Second Quarter have so far pointed to a sizable rebound. This recovery is a key factor supporting the committees expectation that Overall Economic activity will expand at a moderate pace over the next few years. Despite lackluster Economic Growth the job market continued to improve early in the year. During the First Quarter job gains averaged nearly 200,000 per month, just a bit slower than last years pace. And the Unemployment Rate held near 5 even though notably more people were actively looking for work. However, more recently, the pace of improvement in the labor market appears to have slowed markedly. Job gains in april and may are estimated to have averaged only about 80,000 per month. And while the Unemployment Rate fell to 4. 7 in may, that decline occurred because fewer people reported that they were actively seeking work. A broader measure of unemployment that includes individuals who want and are available to work but have
Scene and to the girl scouts emilys impacted this weekend. Thank you for the opportunity to be here. It is my second time at the National Press club. Thank you for having me back. I guess i did an ok job the first time. I want to thank the organizers of the luncheon. In q4 organizing this amazing lunch. I want to thank my colleagues from the girl scouts of the nations capital. I know they are in the room. Where are you . [applause] ceo, their board president , and their Steering Committee members. Thank you for your hospitality today. And the prestigious members of the National Press club here in the room and on camera this morning. Tos an amazing opportunity be here with a room full of girl scout leaders. I sure this leadership mantle with many people. Would like the ceos of our local Girl Scout Councils to please stand up. [applause] these are representatives of 112 ceos who are doing an amazing job to continue this movement that has been around for 104 years. I would like to recogni
John you appropriately note in your Opening Statement this hearing takes place against the of a heinous act of violence perpetrated by a troubled and evil person. Been assistingas conduct and has been provided a great deal of information on the status of the investigation. I know that your team, along with the Intelligence Community partners are also working to determine if the killer had any connections to a Foreign Terrorist Group like isil. Let me thank your officers for what they do and for the long hours that they are likely putting in to understand this tragedy while also focusing on a wide range of threats facing our nation. Director, i know your organization stands understands the threat posed by isil and theres been much public discussion about progress, the u. S. Led coalition has made to contain isil geographically, to degrade its finance in Media Operations and to remove its fighters from the battlefield, however, while progress may have been made against those goals you no
The mate told us afterwards that he could not help but think of the difference in what he saw in manila and what we had done by bringing over cargo to rebuild the country. The merchant marine was a weapon of peace, too. Our locomotives had pulled him ready to issue the fight. We had left the fight behind us here. The voyage of victory was complete. The engineer gets his orders. The best of luck to you. So, we upped the hook and headed home for more. It has been a victory for the town of hannibal. For all the hometowns of america. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2015] coming up next, two influential women who grew up in the west. Sandra day oconnor and on a maria chavez, ceo of the girl scouts of the usa. They discussed their mentors career paths and upbringing in the u. S. And how it shaped them as individuals. The Public Square an