President rob kapito. Which is a better bet, stocks or fixed income . Bonds and stocks, we have two people who will make the case for fixed income. Well have a top pick. 5 trillion, folks, thats a trillion dollars every 12 minutes. 100 million about every minute. Dont miss even a second of this show tonight. Sue, down to you. Sue is not there. Ill pick it up here. Big market selloff following yesterdays huge rally but one of the bright spots today as hand apple. It is up on the icahn letter, carl icahn explained his move just minutes ago to our scott wapner, right here on our network. Listen in. Every time they sell a phone, scott, they have another annuity. They have another flow that they guarantee. People dont get rid of these phones. I think this is not realized and as a result we are writing this letter. Lets hear from an apple shareholder, michael farr from washington. Welcome. Youre actually here with us today. What do you think of apple . What do you think of icahns exhortation
Good morning, everybody. The Committee Meets this morning to review the reduction in cost of living adjustments, the colas, for working age military retirees that was enacted as part of the bipartisan budget act of 2013. We welcome today the acting deputy secretary of defense, ms. Christine fox, and vice chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, admiral sandy winnefeld. And i will introduce the second panel of outside witnesses after we hear from secretary fox and admiral winnefeld. The bipartisan budget act adopted in december included a provision that reduced the cola for working age military retirees by 1 until a retiree reaches the age of 62 at which time retired pay is adjusted to the level it would have been had the cola not been reduced. In a usa today column defending the legislation, congressman ryan explained the provision as follows heres what the new law will do, we make no changes for those currently at or above age 62. This reform affects only younger military retirees. Righ
So those would be the sort of three things that i would look for. So i want to talk to both [laughter] both the secretary as well as the president of the land grant institution, because the challenge i think is the same coming and that is to work together, the two worked together large into seriously. The example that i cited earlier, whether it was indonesia, sort of in africa or data in the United States are all about collaboration. That is occurring. One of the things that we have identified in the challenges and go after is the demand of more and better foo food for sustainability and the role of the development is the awareness and dialogue increasing. Thats good. You know, how do we develop . It is a part of the solution into the development is more. The modernization is becoming more and more understood as a part of an opportunity. Of the World Development and all of those dialogs are good. The awareness is increasing. Its the level of seriousness and intensity on the scale on t
Digging actually channels along the river and widens the flow of the river. Can you give me an idea of just over the past 25 to 30 years of the budget dollars you have what has been the trend in maintenance spending and in environmental spending . Just in general figures or percentages . Well,ly answer by saying i dont know that i can give you that general percentage right off the bat. Theres always come back and get it, but certainly our civil emissions include our navigation, our hydropower from the energy perspective. We have aquatic ecosystem restoration. We have a Natural Resource Management Mission within our civil works that includes Environmental Stewardship recreation component as well. Our flood Risk Management and Flood Control definitely is a big component of our civil works mission. And then of course, we have our Regulatory Program as far as our service to the nation and the waters of the u. S. So our efforts are to balance those Mission Sites mission areas, as far as the
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen and we are honored to have you at aei. Im delighted to welcome you to this event in partnership with the yg network and National Affairs. We want to talk to you today about policy solutions in bringing back the middle class and solving problems of poverty we have seen now for 50 years. Today is the 50th anniversary of president Lyndon Johnsons Great Society speech that was the beginning of an experiment that basically remade the way our government interacts with its citizens, particularly citizens who are economically vulnerable. President johnson painted a picture of the Great Society with the following words the Great Society is a place where every child can find knowledge to enrich his mind and to its a his talents. Place where leisure is a welcome chance to build and reflect and not a feared cause of boredom and restlessness. Its a place where the city of man serves not only the needs of the body and the demands of commerce but the desire for beau