And still be eligible for these programs. I think that is a mistake. Thank you. Mr. Mcclintok. Did some states not follow the welfare reform requirements . I know back in california, the state excused people, the fiveyear time limit slightly reduced their benefits. The states Unemployment Rate which had been running well below the National Average had been running well above it. The reduction was miniscule to those experienced by other states. Did you study such comparisons . I have not done a fullfledged study of all the states and their approaches. There was flexibility but supposed to be strong Strings Attached that would be enforced by penalties should they fail to comply. Mr. Turner, any observations . The observation i have has to do with a growth of disability. Its taking over a lot of the low wage employment marketplace. 13 of philadelphia, working aged adults are, are either receiving ssi or ssdi. A lot of them came on when the rules were relaxed and allowed people with im loo
I think the v. A. Tries very hard to bring in counselors and psychologists who have that service. I will tell you that in vermont we initiated a program, an Outreach Program that is the people who do the outreach are all veterans. They are knocking on doors and talking to fellow veterans. That works well because they have a shared experience. They both know what they are talking about. I agree, everything being equal you want to get folks to do counseling who know what veterans have gone through. Host just to show you what took place at the hearing you can watch the whole thing on cspan. Org. The acting v. A. Attorney general Richard Griffin talking about issues at the v. A. [video clip] today, we have ongoing or scheduled work at 69 v. A. Medical facilities and have identified instances of manipulation of v. A. Data that distort the legitimacy of reported waiting times. When sufficient, credible evidence is identified supporting a potential violation of criminal law we are coordinatin
Its not readily available. Finally, does the hesitancy on the part of the dod stand anyway from, is there concern about, about what we see Going Forward . Since 60 of the 103 billion of dod funding, and we are not in a position to identify the total amount of waste, is there concern Going Forward theres going to be some of which are described, mr. Johnson, i would suspect that our friends at dod would do differently than the way you described it in terms of changing standards and why the standards were changed. What do we do to help convince them that this is ultimately necessary . And again i would go back to where i started. I would really urge you, for all of the analysis thats been done, it would be immensely helpful for us to the conversation not just about Going Forward, but if we cant acknowledge that we spent 100 billion we know billions have been wasted, but we cant really even identified some ballpark range of what that is and whether it comes from, then it makes it even hard
With zero tolerance for cheating. An immediate test of irans willingness to cooperate rests with the iaeas attempts to clarify evidence the International Observer group has on the potential military dimensions of irans programs. For several years, iran has refused to provide information or explanation to the iaea on past bomb efforts. This includes the Parchin Military base where iran has gone to Great Lengths to eliminate all traces of any clandestine activity, including demolishing buildings and including removing large areas of soil from the site. Irans willingness to come clean on its past Weapons Programs should be an acid test for western negotiators. We must ask, what good is striking an agreement and removing sanctions, our only leverage, if iran keeps a capacity to secretly build nuclear bombs. Unfortunately, u. S. Negotiators have already made a key concession that will complicate the task of verifying Irans Nuclear commitments. The interim agreement of last year would allow
Kind of breakdown from you. I would like to request well, one of the things that i learned from my department of defense experience is clear guidance in is indispensable. You dont issue clear guidance to the field and the how it is implemented is not going to look at all like what you intended. D. O. D. , whatever they issue new guidance, they always socialize, train to it the field and down the chain of command and so i spent a lot of time talking to our work force about how to better implement policy changes that are issued in washington, out of associate how to verbalize them and im determined to do a better job in that regard. Good. My understanding is that under the programs, some 500,000 young people have come forward to participate. They are now many of them are now in the renewal process. I believe. Because it has to be renewed every two years. I understand that the department, your department, is suggesting that applicants apply for renewal up to four months before the expirat