People are filing in. I want to thank everyone for coming out today. On behalf of our president thomas burr and the 3,000 members of the National Press club i want to thank everyone who braved metro road closings and construction here at the press club for coming out today. And i think one of the reasons we have such a good crowd is to talk about a president ial transition gives people hope that theres light at the end of the tunnel after the Long Campaign but at the same time i learned that sometimes the light at the end of the tunnel is a locomotive coming at you. And so today what were going to do is were going to talk about sort of that tunnel. Whats going on in terms of president ial transition and what needs to be done to get us to noon on inauguration day. We have a really great panel for this discussion. And so with us today, we have clay johnson who served as the Deputy Director for omb in the Bush White House beginning in 2003 and before that he was an assistant to the presid
People are filing in. I want to thank everyone for coming out today. On behalf of our president thomas burr and the 3,000 members of the National Press club i want to thank everyone who braved metro road closings and construction here at the press club for coming out today. And i think one of the reasons we have such a good crowd is to talk about a president ial transition gives people hope that theres light at the end of the tunnel after the Long Campaign but at the same time i learned that sometimes the light at the end of the tunnel is a locomotive coming at you. And so today what were going to do is were going to talk about sort of that tunnel. Whats going on in terms of president ial transition and what needs to be done to get us to noon on inauguration day. We have a really great panel for this discussion. And so with us today, we have clay johnson who served as the Deputy Director for omb in the Bush White House beginning in 2003 and before that he was an assistant to the presid
Alcohol and only 10 to get off trump. Wait, overseas its worse. Foreigners are horrified. Trumpapocalypse. And its about trumps growth plan, stocks here going up again. Overseas, too. America could lead the world out of its slowdown. You know, the earth moved, didnt it . Suddenly, were talking growth, private enterprise and tax cuts, what a switch. Politics and money, thats what we do. Varney company is about to begin. Not my president not my president hate to break it to you, kids, but theyre chanting there not my president , yes, he is. Thousands protesting across the country. As we said they chanted not my president , new york, chicago, portland, there were fires in some places in the streets. Protesters blocked a highway in los angeles. All of that last night in reaction to trump. Well, lets turn to your money, shall we . And lets call it a trump rally. Stocks will open higher again. The worlds market rapidly reversing, the initial shock selling. Global green arrows today. Look at
Hamilton, an important contributor to our project over the years. We have done it ends with him before. Job, he was the comptroller of the pentagon, the chief Financial Officer of the pentagon, during the five years of greatest fun one could have possibly had. When we think about stanford these days, we are thinking about katie ledecky. For all the great pain she has gone through in the swimming pool, i dont think it begins to compare to the pain bob has gone through in trying to injure sequestration because he was the guy at the pentagon who found a way to survive it. Some people would say he almost did too good of a job because it almost made sequestration seem. Olerable to remind you, sequestration is the automatic spending cuts that kick in to bring us down to a lower spending level if there is no other deal and this is all necessitated by that budget control act from 2011. Bob has been a distinguished and very patient government servant on some of the toughest issues in finance an
Afghanistan and elsewhere, and it reflects current best thinking and practices on interrogation. Moreover, the Army Field Manual embodies the values americans have embraced for generations. Preserving the ability of tower interrogators to extract critical intelligence from our adversaries while recognizing that torture and cruel treatment are ineffective interrogation methods. Some of the nations most respected leaders from the u. S. Military, c. I. A. , and f. B. I. Supported this legislation as well as numerous human rights organizations and faith groups, including the National Association of evangelicals and the United States conference of catholic bishops. General David Petraeus, a military leader that i admire more than literally any living military leader, general David Petraeus said he supported the use of the Army Field Manual because and i quote general David Petraeus our nation has paid a high price in recent decades for the information gained by the use of techniques beyond