Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time. Veteran suicide continue to be a national epidemic. Veterans are estimated to have a suicide rate thats 50 higher than those who did not serve in the military. Major driver of sued rates is the incidence of post Traumatic Stress among our veterans. According to the department of veterans affairs, between 11 and 20 of those who served in operatiOperation Iraqi freedomr enduring freedom suffer from pts. Veterans with pts may be troubled by intrusive thoughts, avoid people, places and things, and experience hyperawareness and nightmares. They mind find they are no longer able to trust and love those closest to them. Some may even feel that life is no longer worth living. Unfortunately, many veterans have had significant problems in receiving the health care they deserve. Issues regarding inadequate treatment of veterans by the va have been widely reported. These include long wait times and the overprescription of
President ial race continues tuesday night for the new york state primary. Join us at 9 00 for viewer reaction and speeches, taking you on the road to the white house on cspan, cspan radio, in cspan. Org. Monday on of the communicators, george ford, chief economist of the Phoenix Center for Public Policy studies and mark cooper, Research Director for the Consumer Federation of america, debate the secs proposal allowing consumers to buy their own settop boxes instead of renting them from cable providers, a move to open up competition in the settop box market. They are joined by lydia bay ude. We think we need competition in the settop box market, and we want competition, competition, competition. Someplace who has worked; some places it hasnt. This is one where it really hasnt. We the lower prices and more choices with vigorous competition. The first question is is there a market for settop boxes . The answer really, in terms of what has been over the cable network, is no, because they
Translator i am determined to clarify whether the governments Growth Strategy is right or wrong. And whether there are other ways to replace it. The main issue of the election is abenomics, the prime ministers economic policies. Le the last general election took place two years ago. A u. S. Congressional panel says chinas advancing military capabilities will challenge those of america and japan. The warning is in the u. S. China economic and security review commissions annual report. It says that chinese president xi jinping appears to have more control over policy than his predecess predecessor, and hes pursuing a more active role for china in regional and international affairs. The report indicates his approach is ratcheting up tension with japan over the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea and with Southeast Asian nations over islands in the south china sea. China and taiwan claim them. The panel notes the Chinese Military is rapidly advancing its Space Development and has tested
Recovery to all corners of the nation. Translator i am determined to clarify whether the governments Growth Strategy is right or wrong. And whether there are other ways to replace it. The main issue of the election is abenomics, the prime ministers economic policies. Le the last general election took place two years ago. A u. S. Congressional panel says chinas advancing military capabilities will challenge those of america and japan. The warning is in the u. S. China economic and security review commissions annual report. It says that chinese president xi jinping appears to have more control over policy than his predecess predecessor, and hes pursuing a more active role for china in regional and international affairs. The report indicates his approach is ratcheting up tension with japan over the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea and with Southeast Asian nations over islands in the south china sea. China and taiwan claim them. The panel notes the Chinese Military is rapidly advancin
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