He had a republican support. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] the committee will come to order before we get started i want to give her deepest condolences of those impacted by the tragic shooting in florida our hearts go out to all victims and loved ones you are in our prayers. The committee is honored to welcome him stephen min nguyen following the Budget Proposal from the Treasury Department we appreciate your time and look forward to your testimony our communion committees annual meeting we have a lot of important work ahead of best when you were here last year you told us the number one priority was Economic Growth for america now we share that priority especially on tax reform. Last year working together with you President Trump in the senate to successfully overhaul for the first time in 31 years years with the tax cuts and jobs act we have a to deliver more jobs and taxes with paychex to americans nationwide
Prepare and train for it. He spokes in Salt Lake City to talk to leaders on the international stage. It was hosted by the utah council of kip diplomacy. Its an hour and 10 minutes. As a proud arm brat, its my privilege to introduce general david d perk perkins. Hes responsible for training and educating professionals and designing the future u. S. Army to support National Security. A graduate of the u. S. Military academy at west point in 1980. General perkins held numerous leadership positions over his career. These include special assistant to the speaker of the house, 104th u. S. Congress. Battalion commander in macedonia. Brigades commander, leading over 300,000 personnel during the invasion of iraq, executive assistant to the vicechairman of the joints chief of staff and division commander. The u. S. Forces from iraq in 2010 through 2011. Most recently, some november 2011 to february of to 14, general perkins commanded the u. S. Armys premier education and Leader Development insti
He and other p. O. W. S used to communicate. Every night they tapped out goodnight and God Bless America from their cells to each other. When you knew the man in the cell next to you was down and hurting his feet locked and ankle cuffs at the foot of the concrete slab come his hands cuffed tightly behind him, he had been like that for a week or a month, you get up to your wall frequently and you tapped to him gb and he knew that meant god bless. He knew that it also meant to be tough, hang in there. I am praying for you. And then in a week or a month or whenever hed be up on his wall to encourage you in the same way for example on the p. O. W. Flag, never forget, never forget. Never forget. We all came out of that prison experience as stronger men. In some ways it was like cramming a doctorate degree into those years in prison. I would like to leave you this morning with a p. O. W. Message. At the end of every day we would sign off and say goodnight. G anne for goodnight. Gba. God bles
Problem. Its enormously complex. Members of the task force who have negotiated in the clinton administration, negotiated the issue in the Bush Administration and negotiated in the obama administration. It just speaks to the difficulty. What is changing is the Technological Development if you will of the system which now very directly is coming into the horizon of threatening u. S. Citizens. Literally the continental United States. We just cannot see ourselves getting to accepting that in any way, shape or form. And maybe that changes the view of how this should be negotiated. A with that it looks like and we want to thank everybody and i want to thank [applause]. With like to thank you for moderating, thank you all. [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible]. Us today, the minister of Foreign Affairs appointed by president in december of 2015. She brings extraordinary experience to the ministry, management, economics, tec
We can achieve together. Let me thank you again for all of your being here. An evera. I. D. Is evolving institution. For too long, it has been viewed as the u. S. Agency for foreign assistance. Theas long since abandoned notion that the solution to development is assistance alone. Trust me assistance is important. Im cramming for my first Budget Hearing and i will make a very strong case. But weve also learned that how many dollars we spent is measure of our commitment nor the means by which we measure our success. Because we have adjusted to a new landscape. Founded 50i. D. Was years ago, donor governments were responsible for three quarters of all finance flowing to the developing words. No we account for less than 10 . U. S. A. I. D. Is acted on the fact that it take multiple streams of capital to finance sustained development and we can make much more of our system as the senator has said. We are making smarter investments with our assistance, leveraging private capital and support