Beauty. Colombias government leaders in the distance to them as being about more than just books. Japanese Prime Minister shinzo ave and members of his administration have made history as part of their push to reshape japan theyd approve the countrys First Comprehensive National Security strategy for foreign and Defense Affairs the usb japan will contribute further to International Peace and stability in from the stands of a proactive pacifism. The strategy says chinas foreign policies and military posture are matters of concern for japan and other nations and the ants they must be monitored closely. The document says recent moves by china indicate authorities in the chain maybe try to use force to change the status quo in the east and south china seas but it says theyre using claims that are inconsistent with International Law it says japan will work to build strategic and mutually beneficial ties with china from abroad long term perspective and in those leaders in tokyo will call for
That depends on a couple things, eliminating spending connecting to the Affordable Care act, and the changes to how medicare is administered. We want to get your thoughts on that plan released from paul ryan yesterday. 4. 6 trillion cuts in spending over the next 10 years to achieve a balanced budget, he says. Heres how you can weigh in this morning you can also reach out to us on social media as well. On twitter. On facebook. R send us an email a representative paul ryan has an overview of what he wants to achieve with a spending plan released yesterday. He says this a couple pages to that if you want to go to the House Budget Committee paid to see the rest of it. Reuters has a breakdown of what the budget entails. It says the latest version ends cronyism, Senate Democrats will meet later on this morning actually, 2 00 this afternoon, to start the process of working through their budget plan. That is scheduled to be live on cspan. I would refer you to our website, cspan. Org, for more
And they comprehensive, joint effort to reach a longterm resolution. Anything short of that will place the American Economy on an irreversible, downward path. We will hear about the past consequences of the impending cuts. I do not doubt that they will be painful to bear. If there is a way to mitigate the pain,im open to discussion. I believe it is important to emphasize that the sequester of whatever temporary solution we have made is just a precursor to the main event. Thank you. Thank you, senator shelby. We will go to the panel. I am going to explain how this is going to work. We would have begin with omb and wrap up with National Security. In the interest of time and efficacy, we will have one panel and be able to ask questions where we can get cross communication going. We will start with you and then secretary donovan and secretary napolitano. We will go to questions and alternating on both sides of the aisle. Right off with senator shelby and myself. You are representing omb. T
For the next seven months. If the yearlong sequestration goes into effect. That is just one of hundreds of examples. Were going to hear today that the military service was are already taking actions to mitigate the impacts of the continuing resolution and the impending sequester. For example, the department of defense has instituted hiring freezes, reduced or eliminated temporary or Term Employees and deferred Facility Maintenance and began postponing or canceling maintenance of ships, air and ground vehicles. They will also implement furloughs for most pleas, cut backs in flying hours and other military training and contracts. In addition, hundreds of investment programs, acquisition programs and research and Development Projects may become unexecuteable. Even if many of the short term actions are still reversible if we act promptly they will have longterm costs. The longer congress postponed action the higher those costs will be. For example, the army informs us if sequestration cont
Later, some of todays house debate in a bill that will extend on federal workers pay. We have a habit of glossing over president s. They all have to be treated what that means is that you have a smoothing over of the rough edges. Theres a a feeling among modern present that they have the right. That will be located in the president ial library. Even if they are gone, there are children in some cases and their former allies that live longer than president s because they are longer. They continue this. They are even more ferocious but only because it involves them, but the old man is gone. The problem is what does the government do because it is responsible when you have this kind of president . Naftali details the challenges he faced. Sunday night at 8 p. M. On c spans q a. Members of president obamas cabinet were before the Senate Committee today and outlining their sentiments of what would happen if the automatic spending cuts, the sequestration, went into effect on march one. They di