Think most americans have r an m idea of what the face of poverty is, what an individual in po poverty actually looks like and i think through these recent times people realize its ink affected everybody, rural, big cities, small communities, et cetera,le of b eve of every c. But today, as it stands, do any of you know, when it comes to wn the percent of people on public assistance, is the majority assn nonwhite minority or nonminority white. Does anybody know that figure . I dont know the figure. Figue the most recent figures figu youve been aware of . Ecent i can tell you about child . Poverty for the broad programs,l for a program like medicaid, i r would be almost sure it would bi nonminority white, because that covers a broad swath including the inlderly and disabled. For childcl poverty, thats abl. Divided roughly a third, a third, a third white, africanamerican and hispanic slightly more hispanic childrent are poor, but its pretty closep across the three of them. The reason i as
Ladies and gentlemen, thank you portending, and please enjoy the rest of your day for attending, and please enjoy the rest of your day. You can watch the memorial day ceremonies, including the wreath laying at the tomb of the unknown from here at Arlington National cemetery this afternoon right here on cspan. Some of theing memorials around the National Mall in washington dc. This is part of the Vietnam Veterans memorial. The three soldiers statue. It also includes the Vietnam Womens Memorial and the be a nonveterans memorial wall. Of more thanmes 58,000 americans who lost their lives in service to their country. It gets about 3 million visitors a year, and there are also moving walls which are replicas, half the size of the wall here in washington, which are transported to sites around the country. We will take a look at some of the people gathered on this memorial day holiday. Taking a look at the Vietnam Veterans wall getting ready for an event taking place here. Later today on cspa
He was on the committee with ted kennedy. In 1988, he founded Podesta Associates with his brother tony. He served president clinton as deputy chief of staff and then whitehouse chief of staff. He was cochairman of president obama in 2008. He is the father of a proud airforce member. So much for biography. Our thanks to the angus ceo who are sitting at the table back there keeping me from the pain of premature requirement. We are on the record here. No tweeting. No filing of any kind while the breck fast is underway. There is no embargo when the session ends. This is one of the last ways of fussy folk waves so if you have a question send me a subtle, nonthreatening signal and i will call on you. We will let the guest make open comments and with that thanks for being here. Thank you, david. I will talk for two minutes and say that a lot has been going on in washington this week. But one thing i have been particularly focused on is the rollout of the proposal to reduce Carbon Pollution fr
Politics like the ukraine. Now, europe may not do as well as we hope as a result of the recent crisis, but it still possesses large Power Resources to influence the ukraine situation, and that is what we should look for in the future. Thanks. Im always tempted to say we should stop there and go for champagne now. I suppose we should plow on. Charlie. Thank you. Like andy, im delighted to be here and to share the panel with the distinguished colleagues, and also because this is a conference that is being held in memory of clara. I didnt know her extremely well. I had memory interesting conversations with her about her passion, which is European Defense and european integration. She is one of the most decent people i knew in washington. I speak for people here and in london wouho worked with her th she is sorely missed. I dont take fundamental issue with andy in that i share his view that europe punches above its weight in a civilian respect. The best testament to that over the last six
The senate gavels in at 2 00 eastern for general speeches. At 5 30, senators will vote to move forward on district judge nominations for virginia, massachusetts and nevada. You can watch the house life on cspan live on cspan, the senate on cspan2. Deputy National Security adviser tony blinken talked about the u. S. And European Response to isolate russia after its intervention in ukraine. He talked about the effectiveness of the sanctions and why the annexation of crimea will eventually prove to be what he calls a strategic loser for russia in the long term. He spoke at a conference on europe hosted by the brookings institution. Its about 45 minutes. Ladies and gentlemen, i hope youve had a chance to enjoy some lunch. It is, of course, a brookings sandwich lunch, so, you know, theres limits to the enjoyment, but nonetheless, we hope youve had a good lunch. Were extremely pleased to have tony blinken here to finish off and wrap up our annual conference for us today. Tony, unfortunately,