Health care. In the coming weeks, we are going to get it working as smoothly as its supposed to. Weve got people working overtime 24 7 to boost capacity and address these problems every single day. So heres the plan. The white house has enlisted the help of jeffrey zients. The Washington Post describes him as one of the president s goto guys when he wants programs to go smoother. Private contractor Quality Software systems responsible for two components of the website is assigned to lead the fix. Most issues are expected to be repaired by the end of november. Open enrollment has been extended till march 31st. Heres how republicans responded today. Over the months leading up to the october 1st launch, Top Administration officials and lead contractors appeared before this committee. Looked us in the eye and they assured us repeatedly that everything was on track. Except that it wasnt. As we now know all too well. Texas senator ted cruz is again saying the Government Shutdown over obama c
Authorities policing the panama canal discovered the weapons last week hidden amidst sacks of sugar. The Foreign Ministry confirmed in a statement that the ship was carrying weapons bound for north korea. The spokesperson says the soviet era missile parts needed to be repaired. They said the shipment was not a breach of u. N. Security council sanctions. The crew of the freighter was trying to return home from cuba through the canal. The 35 crew members resisted efforts to redirect the ship into port. Investigators detained them. Spokesperson for north koreas Foreign Ministry says the ship was transporting the weapons for return to cuba as part of a legitimate contract. Ministry officials are demanding that authorities in panama release the ship and its crew. Earlier gene otani spoke with an expert about the discovery. Neil ashdon is an analyst covering the asiapacific for ihs country risk, a think tank based in london. Neil, you identify the cargo as a surface to air radar missile syst
To the hague and china says thats out of line. And japans Prime Minister is aiming to amend the passivist core of the constitution if he expands his power. Well look at what is at stake. Cuban officials admit a stash of weapons came from their country but they say the soviet era arms were being sent to the north for repair. Authorities policing the panama canal discover the weapons hidden in a shipment of sugar. In a Statement Released late tuesday, they confirmed that the cargo ship detained by p panamanian authorities soviet missile parts needed to be repaired. They indicated it was not in any way of breach of u. N. Security council sanctions. The news of tthe seizure was announced by panamas president and what he found sophisticated missile equipment. Investigators have detained them. They said the ships captain tried to commit suicide. Defense consultants with intelligence analyze military hardware identified the equipment as High Performance radar for surface to air missiles. Patr
Snowdens asylum application, but within a week they are expected to clear him to enter russia. Snowden worked as a contractor for the National Security agency. Earlier this year, he exposed secret government surveillance programs to the media. U. S. Authorities have charged him with espionage. Snowden traveled to hong kong, then to moscow, after making the revelations. He stayed in an airport there since late last month. The National Security agency is facing some legal heat because of the revelations snowden made about how it gathers intelligence. A coalition of u. S. Advocacy groups is suing the nsa. It includes Human Rights Watch and groups representing muslims, environmental activists and others. Representatives of the coalition filed the suit with the Federal District court in california. Theyre demanding the nsa halt its checked of phone communications and destroy any information it has stored. It argued the nsa is spying on ordinary u. S. Citizens and they say thats against the
Improper payments or prevent wasteful programs and duplication. Before i joined congress i had the privilege of serving in the army for 23 years and i you know, as i tackle those challenges and in the challenges of helping reduce veterans homelessness i witnessed firsthand the realworld importance of improving and streamlining government operations. How even the best policies in the world will not work without proper implementation. And so when it comes to implementing true and lasting reforms that will make sure the electronic records and other records and the history of our great nation are preserved for future generations, ive done my best to approach this goal seriously. Im focused on making sure our nation sustained a longterm commitment to modernizing our federal records keeping system, from improving the laws governing what needs to be collected to ensuring our Civil Servants across government have the necessary tools to achieve what should be nonpartisan and a shared goal. With