Republican committee as many of you know has been an influential center of conservative thinking and policies for years. Scholars often work with the committee on major issues. I intensified for the committee and size them on issues concerning Food Security and policy and weve had our china scholars. The emerging young leadership of the conservative movement in the United States and we are very pleased to have the outgoing chairman mike johnson of louisiana and incoming chairman of indiana. Mike johnson from louisiana and jim banks from indiana. Im going to do a quick introduction of them and ask questions but we will take questions from the audience. We will put them up on the chat box although i do have a bunch of my own questions as well the chairman elect and representative is in his second term representing the Third District of indiana covering the Northeast Corner of the state including fort wayne. Representative banks serves on the Armed Services committee, the Labor Committee
Their priority. Republican committee as many of you know has been an influential center of conservative thinking and policies for years. Scholars often work with the committee on major issues. I intensified for the committee and size them on issues concerning Food Security and policy and weve had our china scholars. The emerging young leadership of the conservative movement in the United States and we are very pleased to have the outgoing chairman mike johnson of louisiana and incoming chairman of indiana. Mike johnson from louisiana and jim banks from indiana. Im going to do a quick introduction of them and ask questions but we will take questions from the audience. We will put them up on the chat box although i do have a bunch of my own questions as well the chairman elect and representative is in his second term representing the Third District of indiana covering the Northeast Corner of the state including fort wayne. Representative banks serves on the Armed Services committee, the
That bill is in the Transportation Committee this afternoon. I will be racing staff back to the committee to be there to help make sure that that bill moves. It looks to be in very good shape so we expect that bill to move on. In addition, with regard to the state budget, overall the transportation budget was very, very boring, both houses simply were adopted with what the governor proposed in the number of different categories. There was very little in conference committee. But it i will just point out that with respect to. Chairman brinkman , resources, 2 billion was provided for state and local road maintenance, so that was maintained. Caltrain was fully funded, and most significantly, even though it is not a huge amount of money , he was 85 million, was devoted to project initiation documents for the coming years. It is the first step in getting a project off of a long lead time planning list into motion and will potentially be deliverable in the next five to six years. The housing
Good morning, everyone. My name is melissa and i direct the project here at the center for strategic and International Studies and im divided to welcome you to todays event. The u. S. Approach to security jurisdiction in afghanistan. Before we begin today, i want to share our building safety precautions overall we feel secure that as a convener we have the duty to prepare for an emergency. I will serve as your Safety Officer at this event. Please follow my instructions. Finally take a moment to familiarize yourself with the emergency exit pathways to the room or directly behind you down the stairs if theres an incident behind you we will go out these doors, you follow me and i will take you to a safe location. Today we are delighted to be hosting two distinguished individuals from the special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, the director himself was sworn in as the special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction in july, 2012. He has more than 30 years of expe
Issues for the u. S. , talked about his report. This is an hour and a half. Good morning. I Melissa Dalton. I direct the cooperative Defense Program at this center for strategic and international studies. I am pleased to welcome you to responsibility, the approach to security in afghanistan. I want to share with you first are building and safety precautions. We feel secure in our building but we have a duty to prepare for emergency. I will serve as your response will Safety Officer in this event. Please follow my instruction should the need arise. Finally, please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the emergency exit pathways for this room directly behind you and down the stairs. If there is an incident behind you, we will go out these doors, follow me and i will take you to a safe location. Today we are delighted to be hosting to distinguished individuals from the special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction. The executive director himself, john sopko, sworn in in j