Logistics, exercise participation, basic military intelligence training, humanitarian assistance and he military action. Moving forward, the Defense Department stands ready to work with our colleagues to determine the best way ahead including providing additional infantry training. The scale of need is significant. To date we have trained one battalion with 500 soldiers and military in numbers of approximately 150,000. The capacity for assistance is limited. The Congolese Defense ministry has been slow to respond to our request for a corporate training and information necessary for congressionally mandated human rights. The lack of english language capacity further and have its training opportunities. While the drc continues to develop its own security capabilities, Un Peacekeeping operation remains essential. There is a challenging mandate. We are reviewing options for improving ability to meet civilian protection requirements in the drc. The Defense Department has supplied military o
Do you still write your songs down with paper and pencil . Yes, i do. I have always carried a little recording device of some sort. They used to be pretty big, but now they are quite small, and i always carry a pen and paper, and i am ready if something occurs to me. You mentioned merle travis. What other musicians . Ry cooder is my favorite guitar player, but there are many others to choose from. There was an album that was a formative for me. Paradise and lunch. There was a guy coming up called tom rush who played here at the cellar door, and he played in boston at the 47. I really pattern myself after, just a guy with a guitar, full position, unapologetic. Falcon musician. Unapologetic folk musician. And i would say wouldtwo and the beatles. What do you think of current pop music . You know, i guess i do not like it a whole lot. [laughter] [applause] i guess i dont like it a whole lot. What would we find i sound just like my dad. There are great people out there, i know it. And i do
Too. The sectors in which this dynamic annapolis process is manchin to push the boundaries of technology and create wealth in amsterdam and holland the withit is always local lines. There will always be surplus riches. Regis and surplus regions. Southern england was in debt. Now is the obvious. Similarly, you have new york state in surplus, Washington State inertification plus. It started in manchester, in amsterdam. It is always localized. There will always be defecit regions and surplus regions. So, manchester Northern England was in surplus back then. Southern england was in debt. Now it is the opposite. Similarly, you have new york state in surplus, Washington State in surplus. Illinois, the dakotas in debt. Missouri is your equivalent of in greece, a permanent bailout. The thing is, whereas markets are amazing institutions for allocating existing goods and services among consumers, they are chronically bad at creating a balance between deficit and surplus regions. A geographic pro
An agreement before the new years deadline. The house is due tomorrow as well. We do not have an agenda and there. With the fiscal cliffhanging out there heading into the year 2013, do you have optimism or pessimism heading into the new . You can also send in your comment via twitter, a post a comment on facebook, or write us an email. The theme of optimism or lack of it is prevalent in the papers. Wednesday with congress and the president heading back to washington. Here is a headline on usa today. In the wall street journal if the in the washington post. We welcome your phone calls. We will get to them in a moment. We did find another piece at politico. There you have it in the papers this morning about people being optimistic or pessimistic about things. I want to dig a little bit deeper into the wall street journal piece. I we will probably see some what of a flurry of activity tomorrow. If first call. What is your name and where are you calling from . I think that caller is gone.
Recent days. Many parts of our regions saw snow as well as snow and slush made it difficult on some of the roads. Fast forward and heres how things are looking out right now. Much of the snow and slush gone but it is windy and cold out there. Gwen tolbart has the latest on the weather. [ no audio ] [ no audio ] can you hear me . Where weve got the satellite radar composite and you can see where all the snow has moved off to the northeast and headed to the canadian maritime. Here at home, things are different. Clouds rolling in across the area but we will see clear skies into the course of tonight. Not bad with a few clouds hanging around. Heres a look at current wind gusts because that is a big story, they are gusting up to 33 miles an hour in many of our neighborhoods between 33 and 40 into the day before its said and done. Temperaturewise we are into the 30s, however, factor in the wind and it actually feels like it is only in the 20s across our area. Take a look, only 28 degrees is