United states capitol. Thank you for being here to continue a great tradition, one that dates back to before our country was even a country. The congressional gold medal represents the highest expression of the peoples appreciation for distinguished achievements and contributions. The first recipient was general George Washington in march of 1776. Today, pursuant to set a bill 309, we will present a gold medal to the members of the Civil Air Patrol. Whose valor and dedication saved countless lives during world war ii. The Civil Air Patrol was organized six days before the bombing of pearl harbor. Its members flew for 24 million miles on Coastal Patrol. They summoned help for ships and survivors in distress. They spotted enemy submarines, dropped bombs, dropped depth charges, some 64 americans died during these operations. Those who lived have quite the stories to tell. Many of them were with us today. Please join me in welcoming these american heroes to our capitol. [applause] ladies a
This morning, we are asking you what you think about that 1 trillion budget spending plan. Give us a call. The numbers are on the screen. Also contact us through twitter, facebook, or email. If you havent had a chance to read that 1600 budget 1600 page budget, we will do our best to break it down for you over the next two hours ahead of the action on the house floor expected on that bill. Here is the front page of the Washington Times membersculation about of congress and what happens today and a few others with the spending bill. If you want to talk about what is specifically in that bill, turned to the front page of the Washington Post today with the graphic epics it down. That breaks it down. It does not include entitlements like Social Security or medicare. What it does include is defense spending and nondefense spending. Washington post highlighting some of that spending. And for more on that, we are joined by ed okeefe, the congressional reporter at Washington Post. Think you for
Care is in very good shape. There has been some discussion as to the pronunciation of your last name, i dont know if i pronounce it correctly . You did just great. Does it right with science . It rhymes with science. Great. Awkward transition. [laughter] and when we look at the Affordable Care act, we have found it the uninsured has dropped by 26 . T the same time, Health Care Costs are going down. Health care costs have been increasing for the last 50 years, so now you step back and you say simply, what was the president trying to accomplish with the Affordable Care act, it was to do two things increase coverage and lower costs. E has done both. Lets talk about congress and stuff that is on the president s agenda. Specifically, tax reform and trade deals. You have republicans running the show on both sides of the aisle, do you think there is a real prospect for Corporate Tax reform that would lower the top rate while closing loopholes . Do think there would be a package that would be
And then, when all the teeth and claws are torn out, the bear will be of no use at all. Perhaps theyll stuff it and thats all. Protecting our independence, our sovereignty and our right to exist. If we believe that one of the current problems including in the economy as a result of the sanctions is crucial, and it is so because out of all the problems the sanctions take up about 25 to 30 . But we must decide whether we want to keep going and fight, change our economy for the go through all this or we want our skin to hang on the wall. This is the choice we need to make and it has nothing to do with crimea. The russia channel is responsible for our broadcasting. Good afternoon. The crimea issue is more or less clear. The only question perhaps is how much we will have to eventually invest in its development after the difficult ukrainian past. The most urgent question for me is about eastern ukraine, which is now calling itself novorossiya. That is what they call themselves. How do you se
They are extremely adaptive. Their ability to Leverage Technology should not be taken for granted. They are very smart. The leadership enlightened in some cases i would say in how they function and how they connect to each other. How they get their message out, how they internally speak to themselves. How they learn. They are a learning orization nd an organization that pays very close attention to their failures as well as their successes. And they share lessons learned. The funny thing is that very little of what they do is truly secret. They publish everything. Theres four online magazines that they have now, thousands nd thousands of followers in various twitter and social media. So its an interesting organization that is very adaptive particularly at the top. And if theres one thing that i would just offer over the years weve always sort of gone after the leaders and they knew that right up front and so their ability to nurture subleaders or small groups of Leadership Teams to be