In the United States i am sure you are very aware that we are in the midst of significant budget battles and dysfunctions one might say, and for those of us who watched defense we are particularly the implications of that for u. S. Defense strategy and planning. Im wondering how you would describe the cuts in defense in canada. I dont think you have quite the political environment we do right now but surely you must have the same sense of general interest in how canada plans to go forward and again strategically where canada wants to be in terms of its role in the world and how to underwrite that with military capability. I would love to hear a little bit about the efforts underway in canada including your own defense reform initiative. That looks to cut inefficiencies to free up some funds. Good for you youve got the name right. The defense renewal team has worked a year. One of the first tasks in taking on this position was the direction to maintain everyone and the numbers that i ha
One is talking about what happened before the Affordable Care act. If we could take our seats and welcome to this important hearing this morning. The purpose of todays hearing is to explore the Success Stories of the rollout of the Affordable Care act in states throughout the country, where teamwork and cooperation has proven to be exceedingly effective. We will also hear from a federal panel that will talk about the federal rollout and some of the challenges that have presented themselves. Normally, we have the federal panel first and the state panel second, but at the discretion of the chair, i reversed it, but require the federal leaders to be here to hear from the state exchanges and from individual Business Owners about how the situation could be improved. Id like to begin by quoting, i think it was mark twain, who said, a lie can get halfway around the world before truth gets out of bed in the morning and puts its boots on. So this morning, were going to try to give truth a chanc
The American Enterprise institute beginning at 1 30 p. M. Eastern here on cspan2. Cspan, created by americas Cable Companies this 1979, brought to you as a Public Service by your television provider. Host and best selling author tom standage has a new book out, and its called writing on the wall. Tom standage, what do cicero and twitter have in common . Guest well, the idea of the book is that social media is a very old idea. We think that its recent and only people alive today have ever done it. But really what im arguing is theres a very long and rich tradition of social media that goes back to the era of cicero, so thats the First Century b. C. , and the point is that you dont need a Digital Network to do social media. If you have one, it goes faster, but you could actually do it in the old days. Cicero did it with papyrus rolls and ore members other members of the roman elites were linked to him and all spoke to each other, and its very much a social environment. But there are many
In todays first look the market in crisis mode over syria. The volitility index raced up 12 . As fear and anxiety strike stocks. The dow plunged in a triple digit fall. The nasdaq had its worst point drop of the year. And the s p broke through technical support. Gold futures pushed up 23 and oil spiked close to 109 dollars per barrel. Jcp posted a record trading day with near 100million shares changing hands. It follows a report activist investor bill ackman sold his entire stake the retailer. The stock closed down 18 cents around 13. 00. And walgreen is accused of overcharging customers and using false advertising. The lawsuit was filed yesteray by the attornery general of missouri. Walgreen will fight the charges. For more on the Market Reaction to syria, larry shover of sfg alternatives joins us. Good morning larry. What is the market telling us about the situation. The market is saying they dont know whats going to happen. Yesterday the news reports really didnt change that much. 2
Going to the operation on what day . In august we were confirmed in the prior august. 2012. Yes and shortly thereafter we would be sworn in. There is an idiosyncrasy to the statute that i would point out which is only the four parttime members were confirmed in august of 2012. Only the chairman has the statutory authorization to hire the staff or the executive director. And mr. Medine wasnt confirmed until may of 2013 so we didnt have the statutory capacity to hire the staff or an executive director to say nothing of our intent to find office space or intranet, everything that needs to be done for an agency. So, that takes me to the question of an independent advocate who could appear in the court representing a Public Interest. Of how that individual gets managed and supervised, i get more anxious. I think if the person is an appointee of the chief judge of the court or chief justice of the United States, they risk becoming the pet lawyer of that individual. I think if the court can c