Budget deliberations, looking at the balance between the active and reserve component. I would guess there would be a difference in proportionality, but i dont want to get into details about how one would come down opposed to the other. The other thing you mentioned was contractors. We share your belief. We have got to make sure that we have our contractors. We have a fight on our hands just getting their salaries. We thought maybe they should be paid more than the Vice President , but everyone has pushed back on that. Paid more thane the Vice President , but everyone has pushed back on that. Reduction that0 we have offered up to do, the largest proportion of that is contractors. They are costly. Most of them are military. X military. Doing the same jobs. The guard is the most efficient way to go in this country to have expertise and keep the expertise ready at all times. I dont see the pentagon embracing that. Even though we have elevated that up to the full jeep joints chief joints p
And the city wants to add a piazza to a popular tourist attraction. But this plan is coming with a hefty price and turning the vision into reality could take years to complete. Wjz is live at the inner harbor. Investigator Mike Hellgren is there and explores the new plans and whether theyre worth it. Hi, mike. Hi, kai. Some of the big projects to add sparkle include a new pedestrian bridge, a pool and urban beach. But also basic improvements. And while city leaders and their partners wouldnt talk talk money. Wean baltimore is asking the state for 3 million a year. And the project will be done piece by piece. Reporter youre looking at what the mayor calls a softer, greener inner harbor, with ambitious plans, including a pedestrian bridge, from harbor east to federal hill. All to improve the citys crown jewel, which some say has become a bit tarnished. I think they need to bring the people back. And whatever they can do to do that, you know, im all for it. Reporter while leaders report t
And the Washington Redskins American Football Team agrees to review its team name, which has long been considered offensive to native americans. President trump has used an Independence Day address to condemn what he called a merciless campaign to wipe out americas history and defame its heroes. He was speaking at the Mount Rushmore National Monument in south dakota, under the giant sculptures of four historic president s. Mr trump said angry mobs were trying to tear down americas most sacred monuments and impose a left wing cultural revolution. Angry mobs are trying to tear down starches of our founders, damage our sacred memorials and unleash a wave of Violent Crime in our cities. Some know exactly what they are doing. They think the American People are we and soft and submissive weak. But no, the American People are strong and proud and they will not allow our country and all of its values, history and all of its values, history and culture to be taken from them. The bbcs north amer
This historic milestone comes at a time when grant star is rising. Ulysses s grante is being commemorated and proclamations and other special messages issued by states across the nation the District Of Columbia and living us president s. We have included in our dinner programs. Just one of the proclamations from grants birth state of ohio and all president ial messages that were available at the time of printing. What stands out in these messages . Also stands out in historys understanding of grants during the 21st century. Appreciation of his accomplishments is no longer confined to his military career in which he was the principal author of Union Victory during the civil war. It now extends to his presidency which included benchmarks in peace and equality that merit him a place in the pantheon of great president s. Grants contemporaries had no hesitation elevating him to the standing of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. Its no coincidence that his funeral in 1885 saw at roughly
Ulysses s grante is being commemorated and proclamations and other special messages issued by states across the nation the District Of Columbia and living us president s. We have included in our dinner programs. Just one of the proclamations from grants birth state of ohio and all president ial messages that were available at the time of printing. What stands out in these messages . Also stands out in historys understanding of grants during the 21st century. Appreciation of his accomplishments is no longer confined to his military career in which he was the principal author of Union Victory during the civil war. It now extends to his presidency which included benchmarks in peace and equality that merit him a place in the pantheon of great president s. Grants contemporaries had no hesitation elevating him to the standing of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. Its no coincidence that his funeral in 1885 saw at roughly 1. 5 million the largest gathering of people at any one time and pl