What the last generation did for us. Thank goodness i have a friend on the other side saying that. He pointed out, to whom much is given to, much is required. We have been given much, we have been blessed more than any nation in the world. We have more freedoms than solomons israel could have dreamed of, more individual assets that any nation in history. We have been given much and as a result, this generation has ecome so selfcentered, so selfindulgent, so obese, that we want to engeorge ourselves at the expense of future generations. Now let me just say, i havent decided what im going to do about the ryan budget. Im still going through it. And paul ryan and i have had some very severe disagreements during my nineplus years here, but i know this, he does not want to hurt future generations. He wants to do for the next generation what the last generation did for us. And we will not we cannot do that if we are spending money so generations that to follow us will be paying the debt and t
The gentleman for his response, mr. Speaker. The question was yes we want to get people back to work. Everybody wants to get people back to work. There is no doubt about that. Hopefully, we would be at full employment. One defines that whether three percent or four percent unemployment which would be transition employment or unemployment. We want everybody back to work. The issue is if we dont get everybody back to work, 192,000 new jobs this past month that is good but not good enough. Is why we have continuing 6. 7 unemployment. My question to the majority assume forif argument that the letter to which he refers is accurate. I dont accept that premise but accepting that premise but the minute with the majority leader be amenable to rather than do what the senate does making a retrospective so that the 3. 5 months that wouldve gone from january 1 or december 29, i suppose, of last year to today and paying that back. Simply extending for five months while people continue to look for em
Hard over the last two years. So there will be significant challenges of not going forward. The a10 sole usefulness is being of close support, discounting capabilities in Forward Air Control roles. While there are without question other assets that can perform the cas mission, none can do so with the same maneuverability of the a10. Could you give us your sense from an Army Perspective as whether or not the air forces decision to stand down the entire a10 fleet is in the best interest of the National Security . So as we talk to our sell jo soldiers, they will tell you that they support and have been getting great support from the a10 aircraft. A lot of it has to do with the visual deterrence that it provides lowflying visible both to us and the enemy itself and the exacts that it has. So the a10 is a great host air support aircraft. The Close Air Support aircraft. However, as weve done in afghanistan, there is an amount of missions being followed by other platforms such as the f15s and
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Money comes and goes, but if you get an Honorary Degree attached, that stays with you until the end of your days. There are certainly speakers who are brought in because there is a hope that they have a particular interest in a program that will be initiated or is ongoing at the university. The university is honoring them because of the shared interest and hoping they will be donating to the university in the future. Many cases were Commencement Speakers and Honorary Degrees are targeted to people of means in the hope they will work with the university in building some particular program. Typically, they will not be offered any fee at all. The University Needs their money. Carey nelson is former president of the American Association of University Professors and he serves as an english professor at the university of illinois and our viewers can find out more at your website. I also think once you have announced the commencement speaker, withdrawing it is an act of cowardice. That has ha