that includes 18 more howitzers on top of what the u.s. has sent in. more than 36,000 rounds of artillery ammunition, and ammunition for the himars system, approved earlier this month. four of those weapons systems, multiple launch rocket systems that can strike at a far greater range. that s about a third of the billion dollars. the other two-thirds is known as the ukraine security assistance initiative and that will go to purchase through direct contracts with weapons manufacturers more weapons for ukraine. that includes two harpoon coastal defense systems, thousands of night vision goggles, thousands of radios so that won t be as fast, but the u.s. s position is the fight in eastern ukraine is an incremental fight. russia, yes, is making gains, but there is still time to get the critical systems in. how will we find out and when will we see this? the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff said the training on that advanced himars system for the first group wrapped up today.
President elect has nominated Ardent Obamacare critic tom price, a republican congressman from the state of georgia, Congressman Price is very tight with paul ryan, this is according to the House Speaker himself. Here is speaker ryan on local talk radio. What im excited about is tom price who is a very close friend of mine. Tom price is one of the architects of replacing obamacare, of fixing health care. Hes a surgeon, he knows how the law works and hes been the most passionate advocate for patientcentered Health Care Reforms that ive seen in congress and im really excited he is now going to be the quarterback, the point person in the new administration on reforming health care. So that was speaker ryan and as donald trump is adding to his cabinet, hes also making headlines again for one of his tweets. This is what he wrote nobody should be allowed to burn the
the momentum our campaign got in the last two weeks of the campaign i think was largely due to the fact that those obamacare pr
But she was never a Government Employee. The fact in this lurid story, the taxpayers of alabama were not paying her salary. And whether or not she was sh stooping the governor, having someone working there that was not a Government Employee . Well, the group that apparently was paying her is called the Alabama Council for excellent government. Ace gov. Com was their website. But when the relationship became a national sex scandal, they disappeared their website. This is their website today. Its jaups nothing. Just a little place holder in case you might want to build something at acegov. Com because theres nothing there now. In the middle of this raging story with national implications, theres this black hole, this group who was apparently paying this woman who was in the Governors Office every day, this group does not answer its phones, they dont directed towards institutions that provide assistance to those seeking to change their sexual behavior. Mike pence ran for congress saying
Today and something the president himself highlighted at the Press Conference. Take a listen. I think a lot of his views are going to be shaped by his advisers, the people around him, which is why its important to Pay Attention to these confirmation hearhearings. This is a job of such magnitude you cant do it by yourself. You are enormously reliant on a team. How you put a Team Together to make sure that they are getting you the best information and they are teeing up the options from which you will ultimately make decisions. Thats probably the most useful advice, the most constructive advice ive been able to give him. Personnel is policy, in other words. Especially for a Chief Executive who for the first time in the history of this republic has zero experience in Public Service of any kind, not the government nor the military. With policy positions all over the map, even changing from one day to the next, its nearly impossible to predict just what
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Come back here to try to make a difference. I want to congratulate you on the difference you have made. Now one of the questions i would ask you is why youre willing to leave a place with so much responsibility and background and capability to be willing to be the secretary of health and Human Services. Thank you, senator. When i think about the mission of the department of health and Human Services, which is to improve the health, safety, and wellbeing of the American People, its what ive literally spent my life trying to do. And so to have the opportunity to participate if confirmed, to be to serve as the secretary of health and Human Services and to try to guide that organization in a direction that would further fulfill that mission, i cant think of anything more exciting for fulfilling. I think you have the background for doing that too,
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