Where, why, how did this book come about, why did you write this book. And ive to say that the books actually start in the way, ive been working on this book for almost four years now. While i was working on american sniper which i wrote with chris giles, another great american, one night chris and i were hanging around in his den and were looking at some pictures. The picture came up of some guys were about to go out on a seals mission and endorse one was a lot taliban the other people in the room. And growing slightly different uniform. And i said, who is that big guy . Chris looked at me and, well, its the only iraqi i ever trusted with a gun. Thats pretty interesting. Tell me about that. Told me that was the translator they call the Johnny Walker and chris letang about some of the missions. I have to say that i write fiction and the story that chris was telling me that is so much more remarkable and more fictional and more thrilling than the stores ive ever come up with. I almost s
Reports or goods. A lot of us have been to singapore and we see how these city states are also becoming magnets for a lot of the production, not necessarily the innovation work. And deborah mentioned the p3s. My companies headquartered abroad are familiar with publicprivate partnerships. England went there about three decades ago. Deborah mentioned brazil and chile. China. Oh, china. I am also mentioning chile, who have built a really good private sector with public involvement. The u. S. Is not set up as well to accept some of that investment. It is interesting. I am going to bring this up because i am an enormous nerd. You watch a company like elon musks tesla. Elon musk came out with the idea for the hyperloop, an entirely new type of transportation infrastructure that would lower the time between San Francisco to l. A. To about 30 minutes. What was fascinating to me is how people said that will never work, you cannot do that in this country, we cannot build anything this big. The p
Issues. We have callers during the first 45 minutes saying, why are they focusing on jobs and the economy. Concern think that is a that some republicans have. As i said a minute ago, many the basics see political rationale for these hearings as seen as how they can make make life difficult for secretary clinton. There are other republicans who think this is over doing it and it is a basic argument within the House Republican conference over how they should be positioning themselves for the fall. Wee say emphatically all need to do is tear down the president and make life difficult for the president , say no to everything the president is for. And others are saying the voters dont want just to vote against people, they want to vote for people, and the republicans should be standing for something, should be promoting something, should be advocating things. John boehner, the speaker, does try when you see him go before the cameras which he does a couple of times a week generally after Hou
Profile of the nations infrastructure issues to recruit new c. E. O. s and toplevel voices to the cause, and to generate more interest among the Business Community for addressing the challenges we will discuss today and throughout the week. Little did i know a year later we would be here today with a week packed full of events and national and Regional Media campaign involving a Steering Committee that unified business, labor, and think tanks. Paul urassi is the president of hnt tv culls companies. Paul, thank you to your dedication to modernizing our roads, railways, rivers, runways, and waterpipes, and your ability to put the chamber and the Council Together for that all important first meeting. For that, we are here today. Paul, please accept my thanks and the Steering Committees gratitude for h. N. T. s generous sponsorship of the week. Please join me in welcoming paul urassi. 6 [applause] i have the honor today of introducing the first keynote speaker, donahue. A number of years a
It might be more cities and five pillars. We will then transmit a report to the president , the congress, and everyone else that will listen with their principles and recommendations. Some have accused me of being an optimist. I cannot help myself. I am irish for the most part. Some people think well [laughter] so i say it is time to start viewing this issue as an opportunity, not only as a challenge. If we are smart, we can set a path that will ensure Adequate Funding for years to come. We can create jobs and we really need them. We can spur Economic Growth the country needs. We can promote Cooperation Among all levels of government and private sector. We can ensure that money is spent wisely on projects with the greatest national and if it. And we can build trust and confidence in the American People and make clear all of the benefits this investment will bring. The chamber is committed. My colleagues supporting this effort are committed, and we look forward to working with you to ge