Took place gradually as a result of various conflicts. The u. S. Expanded into the vacuum made possible by the collapse of soviet power in the middle east with the gulf war and then became even more deeply involved with the iraq war and afghanistan in central asia. I will get to that in a moment of the in europe, although the presidency of the George Herbert walker bush had promised gorbachev as a condition for german reunification within nato that the u. S. Would not expand nato eastward, the Clinton Administration reneged on this promise and did so. Finally in asia the United States simply kept its Cold War Alliances in place with no practical plan for revising them for incorporating china into some kind of a new regional order although china was invited to join the World Economy. If theres a single statement of the bipartisan hegemony strategy would sum it up, i think george w. Bushs speech at west point in 2002 where he said competition between great nations is inevitable but Armed
Degree is demonstrable. The cost of earning that degree, however, has become rehibitively expensive for many as College Costs have risen. Average tuition for out of state students reached 22,200 this Academic Year and at private universities average tuition is over 30,000 annually. Many students leave with a bachelors degree in hand, but burdened with tens of thousands of dollars in Student Loan Debt. Many students leave College Without graduating and lacking the paper credential they hoped put them towards middle class stability or better. Well intentioned policies have failed to drive down College Costs. An easy flow of federal student aid has enabled students to take out sizable Student Loans with little, if any credit check or consideration for their future earnings potential. Some have even argued that such policies have enabled universities to raise tuition, creating a vicious lending and spending cycle. Federal Higher Education subsidies have increased substantially over the pas
Century gps technology. We think it will make the airspace more efficient and create more capacity and make the airspace cleaner that way. So whats interesting is that over the next year hopefully, once we get over this issue with the highway trust fund, the next big issue in transportation is going to be an faa reauthorization bill. And i think there are some issues in aviation that are on the table now about how we structure and how we finance and how we set the aviation sector up to compete in the 21st century economy that well have a chance to work with industry and work with other stakeholders to help resolve. But i think thats going to that period of time is going to allow all these issues to be laid bare in a much different dynamic and just in the budget season and im looking forward to having those conversations. But i will say welcome i think that conversation has to be more complicated if were still trying to deal with highways and transit next year. We need to get this done
Most advantageous way. And by everybody filing, we created a backlog. I believe now that bdd and the quick start claims have come down a bit. We, i mentioned the benefits delivery of discharge which is another initiative that started. Basically, youre submitting your claim along with all your medical documentation and asking the va to adjudicate the claim because they have all the information available. And i believe right now these claims are being adjudicated, depending on the region office, between 130 and 135 days. Like i said, i deal with the ides, and maybe some of the issues with the ides, too, is all cases go to seattle Regional Office, all the others go to providence, rhode island. I know right now the issue on that is the seattle Regional Office, the army if you look at the numbers, they have the majority of cases, so maybe this is, i dont know, do they switch them to another office . Weve got to look at another system to get these members their ratings a little bit quicker s
Create a National World war i memorial in washington dc. Thepresentative from centennial commissions spoke recently at the National Press club about the plan. This is 45 minutes. Ladies and gentlemen welcome to the National Press club. We are very fortunate to have mr. Edwin discuss the world war one memorial. I am your moderator with the National Press club. We have the eisenhower memorial controversy now. That has been going on for years and we have no idea when the eisenhower memorial is being built. We have several other memorials but not a world war i memorial, and therefore there is much excitement about this project. Just a few words about our speaker, edwin fountain, the grandson of not one, but two world war i veterans. He cofounded the world war i Memorial Foundation. This led to the advocacy of a National World war i memorial on the mall in july, 2013. Mr. Fountain was appointed by Senate Majority leader harry reid to the u. S. World war i centennial commission. He was elect