And minority whip limited to five minutes. But in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. The chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. Poe, for five minutes. Mr. Poe thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the president , quote, avoid the battle, complains, and misses opportunities. Those were the words of leon panetta president obamas former secretary of defense and c. I. A. Director in 2011. At the time panetta, along with military commanders and joint chiefs of staff, recommended that the United States leave 24,000 troops in iraq to prevent that country from falling apart and becoming chaos. According to panetta the administration was so eager to rid itself of iraq that it was willing to withdraw rather than lock in arrangements that would preserve american influence in our interests. So the president ignored the advice of his own secretary of defense and top commanders and pooled troops out of iraq in 2011. The timing just before the 2012 president ial leaks to me appe
Hill on an august day. That is due to the extraordinary lineup. Five years ago, maybe even before five years ago, United Nations, with the cooperation of the United States and with many countries around the world, began to plan for the future of world Global Development that would apply not only to the least developed countries but just as well, equally and universally, to the critical rightsf affairs of human bestr development in the equipped countries. Including the United States. Out of that conversation came this extraordinary set of Sustainable Development goals to help lead the way for all voluntarily, importantly voluntarily, to collaborate on how we will achieve the outcomes of those goals as set forth for the years of 2013 and 2030. So already it has been in progress to talk about. The millennium Development Goals that were really quite extraordinarily successful. By focusing across the world the attention of development agencies. But now focusing the attention of almost all l
Parekh. He previously served as former assistant secretary for health from 2008 to 2015, good you. Ng to guest good morning, pedro. Host the president sent out a talking about the Opioid Crisis this morning, i will be olding a major briefing on the Opioid Crisis, a major problem for our country, at today at 3 00 in new jersey. Stems from his commission that looks at the similar topic ast week putting out calls for him for calling it a National Emergency. Can you tell us what you see but what it events, says about the administrations concerns over the crisis overall . Pedro, thank you. This is a very important issue, oneopioid abuse epidemic is of the most important Public Health issues of our time. So viewers understand, over 30,000 americans die every year twouse of opioid overdoses, million americans are addicted to opioids, affecting young, old, rich, poor, urban, rural, americans. Executive nt issued order creating a Commission Governor Chris Christie has been the interim report ju
So theres a gallup poll that came out i think a year or two ago that asked all working age americans that question. And 51 of them said they didnt think they would see a penny from Social Security. You get a trooper that several ways but i think its pretty shocking to see how little faith people have when theyre planning for their own retirement of how much they will get. Whether they actually believe that order was more symbolizing their lack of faith or mr. Ross in the political system is up for question. It was pretty shocking to me it was that high a figure. That really brings to the discussion we will have here today in looking at social securities longterm sustainability and the financing structure and how we do make it sustainable for the long run so it will be there in some shape or form probably with modifications for when you all need and ready to claim benefits. So i just want to start very briefly by letting everyone know about a commission with at the Bipartisan Policy Cen
Mislead the white house with his contact with russia. The South Carolina story about a woman kidnapped and chained in a medical container for two months speaks out for the first time. No underwater what he did to me he did not break me. He cannot destroy who i am and i won. Her or deal in her own words. Hello history. Adele wins big at the grammys, walking away with five awards and praise for making sure she nailed an emotional tribute to george michael. Sorry for swearing. Im sorry. Im sorry. Beyonce making her first public appearance since revealing her pregnancy on today monday, february 13th, 2017. From nbc live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning everybody. Savannah continues on maternity leave. Did you watch last night. I did. I saw beyonce. She looked beautiful. What an amazing performance. Adele, she may make something of herself. Shes doing pretty well. She wanted it to be perfect so you dont fault her at all. Were going to have a big report on the grammys coming