And building up the state. Her address comes courtesy of South Carolina etv. [applause] please be seated. Ladies and gentlemen of the joint assembly an honored guest. I am proud to present you have to the honorable governor of South Carolina. [applause] thank you very much. Thank you. Mr. Speaker, mr. President , ladies and gentlemen of the general assembly, constitutional officers and my fellow south carolinians tonight, we have come together to discuss the state of South Carolina the success we have enjoyed and the challenges we face. But we must first acknowledge, as we do every year, that without the selfless sacrifice of our men and women in uniform who have dedicated their lives to protecting our freedoms, this night would not be possible. So now, please join me as we pay tribute to those who gave the last full measure of devotion in the service of their state and country capt. James e. Chaffin iii, West Columbia staff sgt. Irard jerry gass, jr. Huger Deputy Sheriff joseph joe ma
And what if this is public debate in education. But we must understand is that the yarn will be determined by the quality of the questions that we ask. American military power has and will continue to play a role in upholding, restraining him at destabilizing rivalries and providing a field for Economic Growth in International Trade to follow. It is a sense of basic security that a strong and consistent american political presence provides and has made possible many of the Great Strides of the third world era. It is even more important today. The United States has pointed out they should have a strategy, not a budget driven strategy. And in that context attention must be given to the modernization of our forces. America has played a role as stabilize their and it is a vision for the future. And all great ideas and achievements before they become a reality. I would like to thank you mr. Chairman mr. Ranking member for conduct team hearings. I am happy to answer your questions. Thank you
People. What ive learned is that were not the only ones who love South Carolina. Whether im in california or connecticut, montreal or minnesota, the story of South Carolinas success is front and center. Everywhere we go there is excitement and frankly, not a small amount of envy over who we are and what weve been able to accomplish. Its a beautiful thing. But last year i got to experience just how far that word is spreading. In november, as many of you know, we traveled to india on a trade mission. India, of course, is the country of my parents birth. I hadnt been there since i was 2 years old, so the trip was a special one for me there are few things more impactful than seeing firsthand, for the first time, your own history. But what was even more amazing to me was the connections i found between South Carolina and that faroff land. I visited a Workforce Training Center at rayatbahra university in mohali. Hundreds of students turned out for a talk i gave, and they had so many question
Opposed to a triad. Would it force those kinds of decisions . I think it i dont think o ha that discussion will ever go away, senator. Im a believer in the triad but we clearly have to have cu discussions that involve the air force, the navy, the departments the congress, National Security counsel and white house to determine, where is the nation going to go with this . We dont have enough money in d our air force and navy to do allry the modernization you would need to do if we took everybodys desire and tried to meet it. Ied thank you all. I want to thank the turn witnesses. For the record know the abc but for the record if sequestration returns next year can your service execute the defense strategic guidance . No senator no, chairman. , no xharm. No, chairman. No, chairman. Thank your. I want to thank you all for your wan very straightforward testimony tio and candid testimony. And i would like to mention two things with c you. One, and it was referred to compens earlier, the commi
School will be in one the finest middle school in the nation if you have a fifth grader out there you can still enroll but the deadline for first round is january 16th were shooting for an enrollment of 2 hundred students and already close to our 2 hundred students that have summit to the willie brown, jr. School it will have an excellent opportunity for students we courage i to submit an application lyle im to thank the commissioners and staff that worked and walked and spoke and had interactions with our community this saturday thank you very, very much id like to annunciation as our students start the second semester theyll take the assessments there are a lot of communication what the assessments mean one the questions is well, can you choose to not have the district participate in taking the assessments those are assessments required by the state of california for all students so we dont have the choice of saying we president obama out but we know our teachers area administrators