Going to be hyper brief because youll get more than you want of me throughout the day but im going to quickly introduce my partner in crime or maybe better partner in countering crime lenny hanesworth whos a Vice President at Northrop Grumman. Northrop has been a wonderful partner of gw and our center in particular. Not only todays event but multiple reports weve done together and i think play a Critical Role in advancing our National Security and our National Interest so ill leave it at that. Lenny, please . Thank you. Thanks for the introduction. Good morning everyone. On behalf of Northrop Grumman, we are pleased and honor to cohost todays event in partner with George Washington university. Frank and gwu in general have an exceptional reputation in leading rich and deep conversations about policies that will contribute to our collective abilities to enhance the National Security of the United States. As we commit Cyber Security Awareness Month starting next week, yii cant think of a
Slightly republican. You look at the past 10, 12 years, the seat has gone back and forth. Its gone republican, democrat, republican, democrat. Bounced back and forth. Tell me the raginal. You have been a sheriff. You have been a political guy since you were 18 years old. You were on your town council in massachusetts. You got an early start in politics. Whats the rationale . What is it you want it accomplish . You look at our cou where we are at. I dont feel safer than i have in the past. In fact, i feel our country is more threatened, compromised when you look at isis. I serve not as a lawman and a sheriff but also 20 years in the army, in the reserve component. Served a term in iraq. Commanded soldiers here in our state down on the border and when you see the leadership in our country under the president take the approach we have, its leadership, we need people to run for office for congress that have a background not just as a sheriff but as an army officer retired to help make thes
Im really proud of the record that weve put together. Josh tonight, the candidates for the second congressional district. Good evening, everyone. Welcome to our live wmur Granite State debate series from the New Hampshire institute of politics. Im police katrinacal director josh mcelveen. Tonight well be discussing the top issues facing the Granite State and the nation. Jim lawrence and congresswoman tonight. The rules of the road come from the moderator and our panelists. Each candidate will have one minute to respond. Rebuttals will be at the moderators discretion and each candidate have will will have time. Lets get to know our panelists for tonight. Dan, adam and kasey. With all that out of the way, lets get to the first question. Its directed to you, two terms and im sure youre aware that congress popularity is pretty low when it comes to american voters. They feel the been ineffective so far. Perhaps over the last two terms, most ineffective congress this country has seen. How do
Not any politician. Robert exactly right. Brian why . Robert he studies power. I love politics. I love history. Trump had a fundraiser for jeb i love seeing how people use bush years ago. Power, and how people in he had a fundraiser for george congress and in president ial h. W. Bush when he owned the campaign. Plaza. It is hard to define. As a reporter, you are seeking he likes the bushes somewhat and out who is in action, who is controlling situations, what is then revolts against them. The cost they are paying, what the breaking point with trump are they trying to do to use and the bushes with the iraq power . Brian anyone coming to your war. Mind when using power aside from ever since 2004 he probably broke on the iraq war and they broke on they war and they have not Lyndon Johnson that robert carol wrote about . Robert mcconnell. He understands the machinations of power and how to use congress to get things done. In president ial campaigns, president obama. He understand movement
Power play, edf boosting its power target this year thanks to stronger new output in france sending shares sharply higher. Lets get straight to the market action. Glencore shares trading higher after debt retux plans. The company outlined an ambitious net target between 18 and 19 billion next year. Along side this the mining and Trading Company plans to cut capex as it grapples with a continued commodity route. Share prices up 10 in london trade. Thats also helped boost the Mining Sector more generally and one has to say, susan, that glencore has handled this latest head wind its faced pretty well. If we rewind just a couple of months, wouldnt think it would have managed to reduce debt targets so significantly. Yeah, credit default swaps were pricing in a 50 chance of default from glencore. The stock is still down 70 , you know, at one point we were down 75 on the year but is this really good news . Because from what i understand yes were looking at 2 billion in Free Cash Flow but then