Agency. However since then, there have been no responses from the department. Despite repeated followup inquiries from the requester. On january 27th of this year, 15 months after the initial request, i sent you a letter asking for prompt action on the request, and to keep me informed on the response that would be forthcoming. Despite additional inquiries, the only answer i received so far is, were working on it. Its now been 20 months. Almost two years since their simple initial request under the freedom of information act, and five months since my letter inquiring about the status of that request. Is this the treasury standard for expedited treatment . Congressman, in general, our performance on foia is better than that. Im not familiar with the specifics, im happy to look into it. You know, its just hard to believe that theres some reason the department is ill have to look into the matter and get back to you. Stonewalling that one. Another matter, id like to bring your attention. Th
Adequately supportive of that traditional ally. People look at the arab spring which has developed into something unsparing like. The question is how much did an american president have to do with that . What can an american president do in response to that . Those are legitimate questions and they are questions you can be sure historians will be debating for a very long time to come. But that in a curious way goes back to my point, like him or dislike him, whatever, the fact that barack obama, and whatever his legacy is will engage the interest and attention the support and hostility of historians and others for a long time to come only testifies to the significance of his presidency and the magnitude of what he has attempted. Richard norton smith is our guest talking about the reporting after the president s win on the trade bills and also the relation ship with the Supreme Court on samesex marriage and their reporting that this was his best week ever. We are discussing his legacy. Y
T judge. See the house live on cspan, senate live on cspan2. At the pentagon early, frances defense minister said the militant group isis is no longer a terrorist group but rather has become a terrorist army. That briefing is next on cspan3. Australian Prime Minister tony abbott talks about his country. And journalist alexei venedi can ktov. When congress is in session cspan3 brings you more of the best access to congress with live coverage of hearings, news conferences and key Public Affairs events. Every weekend, its American History tv. Traveling to historic sites, discussions with authors and historians and eyewitness accounts of events that define the nation. Cspan3, coverage of congress, and American History tv. Defense secretary carter and frances defense minister held a joint news conference. They spoke about combatting isis in the middle east and on going u. S. Support for french efforts in african against al qaeda affiliates and other terrorist organizations. Good morning. Go
This is 90 minutes. Hello, everybody. Welcome to todays briefing on understanding whats next for medicaid. Im sarah, the president of the alliance for Health Policy. Its a pleasure to be with you today. For those of you that are not familiar with the alliance, we are a Nonpartisan Organization dedicated to advancing learning and dialogue on Critical Health policy issues. To say hello as well to those of us watching on cspan this afternoon, and to those that are joining us on twitter using the hash tag whats next for medicaid. Collaborating with these Melinda Abrams at the Commonwealth Fund, and we think the fund for their partnership and organizing todays briefing. Since medicaid was created alongside the Medicare Program in 1965, it has grown into one of the most farreaching Health Programs in our country both in terms of the number of people it serves as well as their health and life circumstances and the cost of the program. Its run by the 50 states and territories within federal gu
For those of you that are not familiar with the alliance, we are a Nonpartisan Organization dedicated to advancing learning and dialogue on Critical Health policy issues. To say hello as well to those of us watching on cspan this afternoon, and to those that are joining us on twitter using the hash tag whats next for medicaid. Collaborating with these Melinda Abrams at the Commonwealth Fund, and we think the fund for their partnership and organizing todays briefing. Since medicaid was created alongside the Medicare Program in 1965, it has grown into one of the most farreaching Health Programs in our country both in terms of the number of people it serves as well as their health and life circumstances and the cost of the program. Its run by the 50 states and territories within federal guidelines and is financed by the state and federal governme government. While medicaid policy has national implications, it of course also has major implications for states and their citizens as well. And