Information with regard to the question of premium cigars and how they are or are not sold to children. That was a part of what we are trying to do. And we are reviewing that. And we are in the middle of that process now. Having said that, as we are in that process, a part of your question was the recognition of small employers. And that is something that will be taken into consideration no matter where the rule ends, its something i think is very important that we do as we think about implementation. And so wherever the rule making comes out, as we are in a process. But i do want to recognize the point that youve made, which is making implementation for small employers and small institutions possible, whatever it is. Its something we consider a real priority and something we believe no matter where you are we can work on as part of the implementation. The proposed deeming rule has been under consideration for more than a year. Regulatory uncertainty is exceptionally challenging for Sm
Institutions, on a series of concrete actions and effective agreements. Help guide ourld ship of state through some of the most perilous moments in human history. With kennedy at the helm, the cuban missile crisis was resolved peacefully. Under democrats and republican president s, new agreements were forged. A nonproliferation treaty that prohibited nations to develop Nuclear Weapons. Start treaties that abound the United States and the soviet union to cooperation on arms control. Averted. Conflict was but the world avoided nuclear catastrophe. And we created the time in the to win the cold war without firing a shot at the soviets. The agreement now reached by the International Community and the Islamic Republic of iran builds on this tradition of strong, diplomacy. Polic we have arranged a detailed arrangement that permanently prohibits iran from developing a Nuclear Weapon. It cuts off all of irans pathways to a bomb. It contains the most comprehensive inspection and verification re
After that, a discussion on college affordability. President obama urged support for the Iran Nuclear Deal while speaking at American University in washington. He outlined the agreement and said only one thing can happen if Congress Rejects the deal. Now, because more sanctions wont produce the results that the critics want, we have to be honest. Congressional rejection of this deal leaves any u. S. Administration that is absolutely committed to preventing iran from getting a Nuclear Weapon with one option, another war in the middle east. I say this not to be provocative. I am stating a fact. Without this deal, iran will be in a position, however tough our rhetoric may be, to steadily advance its capabilities. Its breakout time, which is already fairly small, could shrink to near zero. Does anyone really doubt that the same voices now raised against this deal will be demanding that whoever is president bomb those Nuclear Facilities . And as someone who does firmly believe that iran mus
Traditional and in some ways Old Fashioned area of technology, yet one of very rapid and ongoing innovation. Very central to the performance of our military forces as well. And were going to talk about software and the ways in which systems, electronic systems, countermeasure systems that have heavy electronics and i. T. Component have to be thought about today, have to be improved. All of this relates clearly to some big themes in defense, budgeting, Defense Strategy, to what extent is Technology Changing so fast that we need to emphasize pursuit of a revolution of military affairs perhaps even more than we have been. To what extent do we need to get on top of a new wave of innovation and make sure our adversaries dont do it first. Or what extent is this an ongoing evolutionary process and a lot of exciting important things are happening but we dont need to get overly excited or disruptive about our approach to defense resource allocation. And the broadest of all senses it relates to
Are moving away from a hardwareladen approach to more software to having digital things early in the cycle. Thats kind of like maybe a crude summary of what you said, but can you elaborate on what you need by that and implications for how the u. S. Does business in that field . Because the three questions were put so succinctly. There was one more hand and ill bring that into the mix and then well just wrap up. Hi. My name is steve barron. Im a soldier and defense fellow though my remarks are my own here. Would i like to see if i can get remarks specifically as they relate to 3d printing and energetic materials. As we look forward we head a lot of discussion about cold. Ry and carts i was wondering with airdrop munitions so they can be more tailored and adapt adaptable and more efficiently placed in the hands of the war fighters. To kind of zero in, opportunities and efforts, whats going on right now that you know of merits of this kind of research and effort and lastly Defense Industr