Department in its transformational journey to provide veterans with easier access to both v. A. Care and private sector care. He oversaw the v. A. s community of care network, which includes half a million providers, academics, and community networks. Treating about 1. 5 million patients annually, a significant improvement that was done in terms of providing access to care and increasing access to care for veterans. He has a nationally recognized expert in hiv medicine and healthy quality. He has published over 150 chapters and papers in leading journals. He has made important contributions to the understanding of patient care andt in Health Individual and environmental factors boardligh yehia he is certified in medicine and infectious diseases. He received his bachelor and medical degrees here at the university of florida. He completed his residency at Johns Hopkins john hopkins hospital. He also holds a masters in Public Policy from Princeton University and masters of science in Heal
Im director of the wisconsin book festival i want to thank all of you for coming out this morning to celebrate 15th anniversary of the wisconsin book festival. Yeah go ahead. [applause] im incredibly proud to be the director at this moment. The book festival is livelier than it has ever been having expanded into year round eastbound traffics were getting more and more people involved that faces in this room that i know are wonderful that faces in the room that i dont know, are exactly as wonderful. I hope you leave this and invite ag friend to the next hours or days or even into november and january of next year. And this truly has been a tran sending year for us we will definitely end the year with the most people weve seen in wisconsin book festival events in our entire history and i couldntt be happier about tha. I want to take this time to thank Madison Public Library they provide staff time works really hard for me especially overer this and theyre here rit now behind the scenes.
In europe, things have barely budged in most of the major markets. Cac is flat. Dax is up 0. 1 . The ftse up almost 0. 2 . Crude oil prices continued to climb yesterday. This morning giving back just eight cents. But there is a thought that with supplies in the United States experiencing an unexpected draw down, and with more countries looking like they may support saudi arabia in terms of continuing that production cut, we have seen prices that have stabilized well above the lows weve seen earlier this week. Wti trading at 47. 76. Some big corporate stories. Retail wreckage continues. Department store chains taking a major hit. Nordstroms posting better than expected earnings and revenue, but the stock dropped on a samestore sale miss. Theyre the latest Department Store to get hurt by a slump in clothing because of online shopping. Macy shares dropped 17 yesterday during the trading session after Quarterly Results missed. It was the worst day for macys shares since 2008. Well get anot
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Part, start with you, ambitious nineday trip covering five countries, the three largest religions, what do you make of its scope . I think its a great scope. The kind of trip you should do. Ashame he has to do it to get back some of the momentum. But i think he will. You can see the hand of people like general mcmaster as well as the president. Theyre thinking broad, thinking strategically, theyre thinkingbout americas alliances and how to position ouelvein ways that help us in terms of security but also economics. So i think its a very good thing for the president even if it comes at a difficult time. Charles gina, some are saying maybe it comes at precisely the right time, getting away from the u. S. Press allowing agenda to breathe while he makes new friends and strengthens relationships abroad. The man knows focus, charles. Lets look at the history he has. Hes run a business, there have been constant distraction, he knows how to deal with the distractions and this is part of the ma