I think it will take many, many years, and it will not only be dealing with the taliban, which of course is the headlines, but all of the other issues they have to address. That is much more important as a comprehensive matter i know the president is dedicated to, the chief executive is dedicated to. You get those indications from pakistan as well. While the trust may not be there to the extent that we would like, you can build momentum. So, you get get to the end goal. Two more rounds of questions and i will ask that each person only ask one question. I will start with the word row the two gentleman in the third row, one question each, please. Thank you, michael. Im representing the International Stability organization, some companies that provide services to u. S. Id usaid in afghanistan. As you draw troops down, will you be returning more to contractors to fill those gaps . Maintenance, etc. . I am a journalist in washington. My question is with these socalled peacekeepers, as the t
Altos had a quarter of an inch. Milpitas, a third of an inch. Sfo, a third of an inch. Mill valley, one observation said 0. 23. And other said 0. 40. San jose 0. 22. The heaviest amounts were at st. Helena, willits and mount diablo. Three quarters of an inch. Kenwood, a half inch of rain. Santa rosa, multiple reports of anywhere from 0. 21 or higher. The system has gone by but its producing some shower activity to the north. It will continue as the cooler and unstable air moves in. Most of the should be north of lake county. You will see some clouds coming in at the bottom of the system. 40s and 50s for the temperatures. In the Santa Cruz Mountains, a lot of low 50s. Also around cupertino and saratoga. Wind west, northwest. You see that under stronach to the the could pop up in areas to the north. For us, we are on the dry side. 60s and 70s on the temps today. Yesterday you put the vibe out there for a fridaylite so far its okay. We do have a commute that is going to be okay. Lets go t
Good morning, everyone. The committee will come to order. We meet this morning to consider opening a very small portion of alaskas 1002 area to responsible Energy Development to meet the 1 billion budget reconciliation instruction that our Committee Received last week. The 1002 area covers 1. 57 million acres of land in northeast alaska within the nonwilderness portion. You can bring it over here sean. I think its important to put this in context in terms of the areas that we are talking about. Anwr itself is 19 million acres. This is approximately the size of south carolina. The nonwilderness area is 1002 area, is 1. 5 million acres, approximately the size of delaware. The area here is designated as wilderness, federal wilderness, 8 million acres there. When we are talking about anwr itself, its important to recognize there are parts of anwr that are designated as wilderness and parts within the refuge and parts of anwr, the 1002 area specifically designated for consideration for oil
Good morning everyone. The committee will come due order we need to have to consider opening a very small portion of the area in alaska for Energy Development with the 1 billion project reconciliation we received last week. The area is 1. 57 million acres of land in northeastern alaska within the non wilderness portion of anwr. So to put this in context of with the areas were talking about anwr itself is 19 million acres approximately the size of south carolina, the non wilderness area is 1002 1. 5 million acres approximately the size of delaware and this area is designated as federal wilderness so talk about anbar itself is important to recognize there are parts of and what are that are designated imports that are within the refuge in the of parts of anwr 1002 area that have been designated for consideration for our oil and gas exploration. 1002 area is not federal wilderness. Congress recognizes the value of anwr with a designated 7 million acres over this area here. That is the area
Want to get some sleep, you cant reread something 22 times. Doing okay in college was all about time management. Yeah, i maybe didnt spend as much time having fun. But i was able to get myself through because i was able to manage myself. Were you an athlete as well . I was not a good enough athlete to be an athlete in college. But thats a whole other story. I know the feeling. So after you graduate. You went back to your native area, cleveland, and you worked for u. S. Steel . I did. You werent a steelworker . That was a little joke in my career there. I worked for the Home Building Products Division of United States steel that sold aluminum siding, gutter coil and replacement windows. Were you good at that . I wasnt there long enough to find out. There was a story that you met somebody who asked you about options, you took a taxi ride with him and you got a job. So ill give you the fiveminute version of the story. So after my freshman year in college, i did the typical summer internsh