This House Foreign Affairs subcommittee hearing is an hour and a half. We will now call a hearing to order. This is a very important hearing in my opinion. Some of them are not nearly as important as others. This one is extremely important because greg and i, the Ranking Member, we are all concerned about the influence of iran in the entire region, also in the gulf region. So today we are here to discuss the expanding influence in the south caucasus, but were also talking about, i intend to talk about some of the problems in the Persian Gulf Region because thats a vital interest to us. The straits of hormuz, persian gulf, or the swiss canal are blocked in any way they could have devastating impact on the United States because we still get a large part of our energy from the region. I traveled to azerbaijan an armenian in early september. And i also stopped in georgia and met with the president. When i talked to these leaders, iran was one of the things that came up at the very beginnin
Republican of North Carolina is stepping down from his seat in january to become the president of the Heritage Foundation. Next, senator Lindsey Grahm payr tribute to the outgoing senator. Madam president , i met with jim demint this morning, and i, to say i was stunned is an understatement. Jim indicated retiring from the senate next yearco taking over the presideny of h the Heritage Foundation, ah great conservative think tanks here in washington has. South carolina. At times playing the good cop, the bad cop, but always always trying to Work Together. And what differences weve had have been sincere, and thats the word i would use about senator demint. He sincerely believes in his cause. Hes a he sincerely believes in his causes. Hes a sincere voice that people in our party look to for leadership and guidance. What hes done over the last four years to build a conservative movement, to get people involved in politics, like marco rubio, who jim helped early on in his primary i just thi
Secretary of defense leon panetta visits the Walter Reed Medical Center followed by david coombs, Bradley Mannings of turning. The hearing on the republic of mali. The Supreme Court will look at what was passed in 2008 by a majority of 63. Theyre going to say that this president. They decided it was constitutional for them to establish i. D. S they did not say all of those states. Correct. Let me finish. You are misrepresenting what i am saying. When i hear these accusations that black people, voter i. D. Laws a disproportionately affect us. If white people can go through all the laws, what are you telling back people . They are less than . That is what bothers me about rhetoric. We always have to make special there has to be a specialist when we deal with minorities. It there too feeble mind it appeared we need to make concessions. They cannot follow the rules. We treat people like victims, i do not think they want to aspire. Defense secretary leon panetta visited the Walter Reed Medi
Lost our Insurance Plan, thanks to obamacare. Unquote. I could add to that that she has lost her Insurance Plan and thousands of others, tens of thousands of others across of United States have because of the votes of the majority and the president. A nebraskan from hastings shared that her Medicare Advantage plan was discontinued and her new Medicare Advantage plan option was get this 357 more expensive. Is that fair treatment to that Senior Citizen . You see, when obamacare was passed, we tried to get amendments done that if there was any savings in compare, it would go back to medicare to protect the system. Shows were voted down by the majority. So what we ended up with is a situation where those funds were pulled out of medicare and used to finance obamacare. For millions of americans and about 35,000 nebraskans who rely upon Medicare Advantage, this law has not delivered on its promises. As ive said over and over again since this debate began, i am committed to ensuring that medi
Correct . Around that time, sir. Okay. So for 3. 5 billion, we could keep the a10 in the inventory for a few more years and wouldnt have a gap. I would just say i think it would allow us to keep the a10 for that amount of money. It would be obviously up to them. Do both of you still believe that military commanders should bear the responsibility for dealing with Sexual Harassment problems in the military . Absolutely, senator. Absolutely. John, do you think were on the right track of getting a handle on this problem . I think as we look at the kinds of indicators that we normally used to track these reports, particularly have grown significantly. We view that as positive, as an personal to that, a good number of those reports are for years, where something happened before the soldier. Usually a female. But not always. The soldier even joined the military. That shows us they have increasing confidence. We obviously have a long ways to go. None of us are ready to declare victory. But we