Make decisions. Tackles the president Foreign Policy the Supreme Court and Justice Department focus on front with the high court weighing in on affirmative action and challenges of technology. And the attorney general acting to grant clemency to potentially prisoners. Of the Justice Department is committed to recommending as qualified applicants as possible for reduced sentences. Indira vering the week, lakshmanan of bloomberg news. Doyle mcmanus of the los angeles times. Joan biskupic of reuters. Carrie johnson of npr. And ard winning reporting analysis covering history as it happens. Capital. M our nations this is Washington Week with gwen ifill. Corporate funding for Washington Week is provided by. It is one of the most Amazing Things we bid and it doesnt doesnt even fly. We build it in classrooms and exhibit halls, mentoring innovators. We build it raising roofs, and serving bitats americas veterans. Phone ay thousands of volunteers help make their communities the best they can be
Cuttingedge stuff. Stuff that no one has done before. That i the kind of thing would think Health Care Professionals would want to be a part of. We should tell that ability and use it to recruit the best people who want to make a difference in others lives. Forhen we met, i have asked sites pacific information related to the audit that was done here. Shinseki forls sitespecific information. I am referring to the audit that was done in the spring. I would like a commitment that i will receive a response to that letter. We will respond to the letter. I would like your commitment asking for an apparent tripling in the wait times. It seemed to have tripled in connecticut. Will you commit to me that you will provided response to that . If confirmed, i will provide a response. Im hoping that response. Well. T is my hope as the other area that is of grave concern to me is care for women veterans. s is a growing priority the number of women going into combat is growing. This is something we ha
Yall didnt know you were going to get a show tonight, but it is friday night, so got to have some kind of a show. You know, ive found that the best time machine is music. Books are a close second, and i really try to transport the reader back in time with my books, but music gets you there instantly, you know . You hear a bob dylan song, youre back in the 60s, you hear a Stephen Foster song, youre back in the 19th century. So lets go back in time to 19th century missouri when even during the worst of times in a civil war and later the notorious jamesyounger game, people had great songs and great music that they sang. [applause] thank you. All right. 1876. You know, that summer, june 25th on the banks of the little big horn river, montana territory, George Armstrong custer and american 200 men under his command are wiped out by lakota and cheyenne warriors. That summer, a former lawman with long flowing locks was shot in the head in deadwood, south dakota. Wild bill hick come. There wer
Children. And the president said, even if our actions would only save the life of one of those children, its worth it. While the Vice President remains optimistic about administrations plans, it is not just the gop has expressed doubt. Some senate and congressional side stepping and questioning the president s push for new gun laws. Our next guest saying not only can democrats push for gun control in the south and win, some have already done so joining us now is our favorite nerd in the world, nate cohn, staff writer for the new republic. How are you . Good to be back. You say in the new article, progun control dems can win in red states and succeeding in dixie with a f from the nra. What . How . Who . How are they doing this . Best example is bill nelson who ran for the first time in 2000 when gun control supposedly cost al gore the presidency and won the state by five points and most importantly, he was winning in pensacola and not pence ka lo but the florida panhandle. He was carryi
Were subsequent terminated within 24 hours. If you consider how many employees nationwide we are exposed to throughout the screening process, many employees had the opportunity to do the wrong thing but only three did. Tsas workforce of the fundamental role in providing security for the traveling public. The public has every right to expect the workforce to adhere to the highest professional standards. On a personal note let me be clear that administer pistol and i have a zero Paul Thornton misconduct. We appreciate that putting to work with each of you. Thank you and look forward to answering your questions. Thank you. The chair when i recognize mr. Lord for an opening statement. Spin chairman duncan and hudson, Ranking Member thompson, thanks for inviting her today to discuss results of our tsa misconduct report released yesterday but i think this is a timely hearing, given recent press accounts about these types of incidents. And also tsas recent efforts to address them but i think