Message where it needs to be delivered, that the time is critical and i look forward to being part of the solution. Thank you very much, mike, for your comments and your contributions. Ill take it a little bit out of order now and take my law partner and former member of congress, state of georgia, congressman Jack Kingston to give his perspective on some of the things theyre doing down in georgia, particularly in the port project area and hes now with us, with these projects probably had something to do with them back when you were in congress yourself. Jack, why dont you go ahead and tell us about what is happening down there. Thank you very much, senator. I have to take a point of personal privilege that i really came here to lobby jennifer on going ahead and getting a fast lane on 395. I think we all would like to see that happen. And, mike, i want to say my mother actually lives in louisville, colorado, and your toll road is great. Thank you. Ive driven it many times. It is such a
132 million. These are impressive numbers and keeps us aware of the system here today. To address the first question if you look what the faa tried to do, to shut them down because they didnt have funding, majority of those more contract hours but more faa towers, majority of them were in Rural America. That is one of our biggest concerns about status quo. Thanks for looking out for Rural America. Thank the senator from montana for looking out for Rural America and i think he and i would probably both agree at the end of this we would like to see more direct flights to and from, is that right . I appreciate i think weve run out of questioners and i do appreciate very much the panel great remarks today different perspectives this is the senates first foray into the issue of reform and we have to figure out a way as we move towards reauthorization of doing whats best. We all have the same goal in mind as was pointed out. Sometimes maybe slightly different perspectives on how best to get
In terms of blood, nearly 120,000 u. S. Troops paid with allies and another 20,000 were wounded. It was a dramatic dramatic conflict. To my second point, the media Lessons Learned after this conflict, its odd that this sort of idealism emerged, and this idealism trump sober pragmatism come and sort of a realistic assessment about the nature of man, the nature of the international system. We saw the league of nations form which tried to impose the domestic Structure International of domestic law internationally. We saw later in the 20s a aipac, 1928 which sought to outlaw war. Something, they could just outlaw. Within the United States, rather than sort of prepare for possibly there could be another major conflict, this is from a u. S. Army history, the war deparle urged congress to authorize the astonishment of permanent regular army, about a half a million, and threemonth the universal training system, and congress and the American People said no. Rather, not just meltdown, we tore do
I want to get started with that. It is a book that sean mentioned. I will be drawing material from it tonight. The history of Recreational Development in colorado after world war ii. Mostly focuses on 19421945 all stop how the southern rockies in a few decades went from a remote and a skewer backwater to one of the most heavily visited vacation destinations in the united states. One question we ask in the book is how did the country come to be a Vacation Land all stop much more broadly, the book is an effort to examine bigger issues. It goes way beyond the high country. Whennt to figure out how tourers and became such a big business in the decades after world war ii, and america began to seek out its landscape like colorado high country for leisure and personal fulfillment and pleasure, and when they got into the way these landscapes were being marketed. What implications did all of that have for america. Environment, nature. People want to consume recreational landscape of stop what c
Pretty good about that. Very mild start as the temperatures moving into the mid60s into san jose. 65 livermore. Clouds giving way to sunshine but you get the idea a few high clouds with a southerly component ramping up the humidity this morning. A muggy day outside. These temperatures around seasonal maybe slightly above in some spots inland. 88 in concord, San Francisco 68 spot on average. Well have more on the weekend forecast in a moment. Heres liza with the traffic report. We have light traffic all around with no delays at the bay bridge toll plaza where westbound traffic is light across the upper deck into San Francisco. The dublin interchange leaving the Altamont Pass no brake lights so far approaching grant line road you can see a lot of folks in the commute direction but theres still room on the freeway. So westbound 580 still moving at the speed limit leaving the dublin interchange heading counsel the grade there. Highway 92, san mateo bridge is troublefree. In fact, all of th