was even elected. but he ranked his top positions, ali, he ranked secretary of the treasury, of commerce, and even defense, something he had no experience with. and ultimately, he did not get that. and then after that, the banks regulators downgraded the loans to manafort. but he came close. and he was part of the counsel of economic advisers, as you point out. that was amazing. focus on defense, a defense attorney. julia thank you. julia ainsley for us. wall street s having a rough morning. it s bracing for some bad news this weekend. the dow is down each week for the past month and unless it rallies back up to a number, 25,764 by closing on friday, this will be the first time since 2011 that the index has seen five straight weeks of net losses. in other words, each week for the last five weeks, the dow will have ended lower than it started. so you can see there, we re that would have to be about a 500-point gain from where we aro
prompting a military response. b-1 bombers escorted by japanese and south korean fighter jets flew from guam to just south of the dmz. successfully tested from a u.s. base in alaska, the thaad system. important moves to defend against a nuclear north korea. we ve got to focus on defense. the actions of kim jong-un triggering a global war of word words. vice president pence let go this salvo. the era of strategic patience is over. the president of the united states is leading a coalition of nations to bring pressure to bear until the time that north korea will permanently abandon its nuclear and ballistic missile program. one of those nations is japa
prompting a military response. b-1 bombers escorted by japanese and south korean fighter jets flew from guam to just south of the dmz. successfully tested from a u.s. base in alaska, the thaad system. important moves to defend against a nuclear north korea. we ve got to focus on defense. the actions of kim jong-un triggering a global war of word words. vice president pence let go this salvo. the era of strategic patience is over. the president of the united states is leading a coalition of nations to bring pressure to bear until the time that north korea will permanently abandon its nuclear and ballistic missile program. one of those nations is japa
but the amount of courage and criteria we re seeing gives me great hope for where we can go as a country. at the same time we face the fiscal cliff and automatic spending cut the and with all the focus on defense and avoiding taxes from the republican side, what is going to happen to public education if it all comes out of domestic there s a clear choice and we are going to continue to invest in education at every level, early childhood education, k to 12 reform, making college more accessible and affordable or going to cut. we see education s expense. president obama and i think education is the best investment we can make in our young people, communities and country. not everyone in congress, particularly, you know, congressman ryan s budget, they think in tough economic times we can walk away from our commitment to education. i fundamentally reject that. arne duncan, thank you very much, mr. secretary. thanks. thanks for being part of the summit. guess who else is in t