Sandra so much going on. We want to talk about donald trump. That event as soon as it happens. We will get to it but first new reaction from president obama to the renewed email scandals surrounding the woman who wants his job. Mr. Obama was asked in an interview whether he thinks theres an actual controversy there, here is his response. Well, obviously its become political controversy, the fact of the matter is that Hillary Clinton having been in the arena for 30 years often times gets knocked around and people say crazy stuff about her and when she makes a mistake, an honest mistake it ends up being blown up as if its just some crazy thing and so i understand why if youre voting for the first time or even the second time, you know, all the noise coming at you, well, theres something maybe i should be worried about. I just want everybody who is watching to know that Hillary Clinton not only is going to make a great president and not only is she willing to work on the issues that your
Of center is Carrie Banahan who comes to us all the way from kentucky pictures responsible for the implementation and operation of the kentucky exchange. Into my far right, mila kofman who want a shorter commute. Shes the executive director of the d. C. Exchange. If youre watching us live today on cspan2, we welcome you and encourage you to tweak your questions to us. Will try to get them to our speakers, to answer today. You can use the hashtag oe3, and you also we will be live tweeting today, so we welcome you of course to live tweet with a picnic in the hashtag is oe3. Im going to turn over now to sara collins with the Commonwealth Fund. Thank you. Enka, maryland dont have of pashtun thank the panel succumbed and also extend a warm welcome to the audience. In looking ahead to the 2016 open enrollment period, an estimated 29 Million People remain uninsured. Hhs estimates about 10. 5 Million People are eligible, uninsured people are eligible for coverage through the marketplaces. In a
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Im married to a former colonel out of the u. S. Army. I have a son thats going into the u. S. Army. I sit so we consider ourselves a mmit, military family. And im going to tell you, we cannot continue as the solution with everything to send our troops in to do business. There are other means in which. We have to do that. Rselves diplomatic means. We have to have actionable intelligence. We have to use the economics of the situation. So i believe, in particular the Bush Administration used the military far too much and to our detriment in many cases. And sometimes i wonder if the ma Obama Administration doesnt understand that. It feels compelled to understand the situation and doesnt understand that somehow weve got to extricate ourselves south of some of these situations. You mean compelled the use iy military as an option . Exactly. Any ca they may feel compelled. Again, ill be very honest. When he first came in, i said look, we cant continue this. We just cannot continue this. Its no