Thank you. You have no idea what just happened. Excellent address, and raised lot of good points and sets up an interesting and complex landscape, and i want to go through a lot of them including the state of affairs and debate in britain right now about defense and the military. Relationship to the u. S. , nato, but where to start . I think defense one, we discuss the future of military power. And what comes next, where were going. And part of that big question right now is the use of power, the limits of it, and the purposes of our militaries. Thats a debate going on in this country. I know in the United Kingdom, there is a new kind of recommitment to a future with a major funding announcement, as you said. Explain to us and the viewers a little bit about the background there of the debate in britain of how much to spend, what kind of military to have, and how it should be used. I think in the u. K. , we are very conscious about nato is a very precious alliance, but it is not reasona
Representatives for a district that is larger than the state of illinois. We need to continue to work to provide services to folks who do not happen to live any place close to where there is a v. A. Hospital. Over the course of my time in congress, working with the department of Veterans Affairs, we have had Outpatient Clinics that has helped. If you lived four or five hours from a v. A. Hospital, how do you get there, particularly if you are 92yearold world war ii veteran . If you are 92 when you live 2. 5 hours from the Outpatient Clinic, it doesnt make that much difference that you are two hours closer to a facility if you cannot get there nyway. One of the things i am pleased about and the legislation that is pending that i hope the Conference Committee reaches a result when we come back and vote about it, the idea if you live long distances from ava facility that the v. A. Will provide care for you. The v. A. Today has the ability to do that. They have the ability to pay for outsi
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I watch the protests and they were all 6 feet apart, it was a very orderly group of people. But you know, some governors have gone too far. Some of the things that happened are maybe not so appropriate and i think in the end its not going to matter because we are starting to open up our states. And i think they will open up very well. We will be watching it, we are going to watch it very closely. Ed a brandnew bipartisan plan first reported on whats needed to get businesses up and running. But we can with fox News Coverage byron york. But first to chief whitehorse, cows correspondent john rober john roberts. Beginning to spread across the country as people clearly get frustrated with his lingering stay lingering stayathome orders. Those protests began in earnest in michigan as michiganders complained about what they called what arbitrary restrictions put in place by the michigan governor. Now they are beginning to spread to places Like Washington state, indianapolis, denver, ohio, kent