To provide the committee further assistance. Thank you very much. At after new chairman mccain, chairman graham, Ranking Member killer brand and members of the personnel subcommittee. It is a privilege to appear before you today at this initial hearing on Defense Health care reform and i hope my participation in todays hearing will be of assistance to you in the Defense Department as you seek to ensure the military Health System is strength in and is able to provide optimal support to those who wear the cloth of this nation, their families and those who are in the retirement benefit due to their careers service. I believe im a framework for reform is to begin with an assessment of what is working and not working. But the environmental conditions are like me to look like in the future, including the go to work capabilities and needs than what approach will likely ensure success in the future. For my nearly 20 years a Privilege Service at the site of dod and now va, this worm and up unti
Salami slicing. Very small increments advancing interests by building up islands, adding another weapons system, making small moves, none of which is egregious enough tow cause the United States to use massive hard power but would we slowly tip the balance in chinas favor. We dont have a strategy to counter that. Deterre our hard power capability, the weapons you have described, this is a deterrent to world war iii, not to intelligent gradualism. We need a better policy. From florida, independent line, cliff for our guest robert daly, good morning. Good morning. Good conversation. Me e you have alreadystng to taken s steam out of a comment that i was going to make, but i will i make it anyway so we can reiterate. Im not probably going to be as friendly and optimistic as the answer has been given. Ussian im referring to the russian situation when they were doing their thing with georgia, uzbekistan and we were passive and we o watched and they watch how we react or no reaction. I, for o
Nation, their families and those who earned a retirement benefit due to their career of service. I believe any framework for reform needs to begin with an assessment of whats working and not working, what the environmental conditions are likely to look like in the future including the go to work the capabilities and needs and what approach will likely insure success in the future. For my nearly 20 years of Privileged Service at the side of d. O. D. And now v. A. I believe there are four fundamental questions worthy of explosions. First, does dodd have the most effective efficient Management Structure and tools to deliver on the needs . And is the investment in the direct care system being optimized . Theres a great deal of experience inherent in the footprint and the personnel required to establish the foot print. Theres great efficiency to be gained when sizing a system, hen making make vs. Buy decisions and croort cooperating appropriately and leasing when the leasing is broached. I
For city park property and driving of commercial vehicles for that purpose. Thank you. This item was supported by supervisor wiener im going to turn it over to him. Were continuing to work with all folks and looking this so we need more time and i move to continue this item to the call of the chair subject to Public Comment. Colleagues if not other comments anyone wish to comment on item one seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Colleagues, we a request from the motion from the sponsor to continue to the call of the chair and without objection so up next 3 departmental hearings well at the request to share the hearings to the call of the chair but well handle it first fire and police so mr. Clerk, call item 2 a receive a budget update for 20162017 and 20172018. Thank you very much mr. Clerk and welcome chief joanne hayeswhite and cfo and other members of the Budget Committee a power point i dont know if so it loaded up im going to turn it over to to chief joanne chief joanne hayeswhit
Clerk, items today will be on the april, 26, board of spurps agenda, unless, otherwise stated. We have ten items on the aagain this morning, we will try to get through them. Start by calling item one. Ordinance, amending the administrative code to codify the process for imposing sanctions for nonwillful, failures to comply with the county adult assistance programs. Thank you, madam clerk, so colleagues, when our voters of San Francisco passed, we made a commitment that we are going to provide benefits for housing and services that will keep people stabilized it was one of the biggest innovations in addressing the homelessness, and the success has spoken for itself thousands of individuals have found, housing stability, since the implementation, more than a decade ago, and we have a long ways left to go on the streets in San Francisco. But in working with a lot of departments last year and i want to note that joyce and i believe that scott and someone else from hsa are here today to ans