President obama i have the honor of visiting to you the president of the Islamic Republic of afghanistan. President ghani in the name of god, the merciful and compassionate, Speaker Boehner Vice President biden, Senate Majority leader mcconnell, House Majority leader mccarthy, House Minority leader ms. Pelosi Senate Minority leader, ladies and gentlemen of the congress, please allow me to thank you for your gracious invitation to address this unique forum of deliberative democracy. Above all else, id like to begin by thanking the people of the United States whose generous support for my country has been such immense value in advancing the cause of freedom. [applause] more than one million brave americans have served in afghanistan. They have come to know our snowcapped mountains, our valleys, our windswept deserts, our parched fields, our rivers and our plains of waving wheat but more important than knowing our geography theyve come to defend and to know our people. In return, the peop
Minister. And i took him at his word. That thats what he meant. And i think that a lot of voters inside of israel understood him to be saying that fairly unequivocally. Afterwards, he pointed out that he didnt say never but there would be a series of conditions in which a palestinian state could potentially be created, but of course, the conditions were such that they would be impossible to meet any time soon. So even if you accept it, i think the corrective Prime Minister netanyahus in subsequent days, there still does not appear to be a prospect of a meaningful framework established that would lead to a palestinian state even if there were a whole range of conditions and security requirements that might be phased in over a long period of time. Which was always the presumption. I dont think anybody ever envisioned in any peace agreement, certainly not one that Prime Minister netanyahu would agree to, where the israeli people would agree to that overnight you suddenly have a palestinia
Maintain dominance. To augmentnt the power of his isting force he wants greater innovation in weapons and sensors the boats can carry orr leave e on the ocean floor as wewell as a neweneration ofnmanned and airy vehicles. I asked how he viewed the potential threat from russia and china and what his force is doing to prepare for it. I think you captured it accurately. We have a fairly hightech russian navy. Our submarine force in particular. They are delivering good platforms after a long hiatus. They are s starting to regain some of their old skills by operating momore. We are watching carefully. On the other side of the world we have china who is technologically a good 20 years behind russia. But they are making steady progress in the cability of the submarines as well as the areas over which they operate. They are workingard at becong a worldwiwide navy. We are watchching their progres for us t to sustain ouour dominanc under those conditions, we need a multipronged approach. We nd t
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Children. Idea for children with disabilities, two fundamental Building Blocks of our k through 12 education, only restored by 85 . This bill does include welcome and funding for other priorities, to that i am grate to feel Ranking Member lowey and the devoted staff david and lisa. Those priorities include mental pelt mental health, head start, child care. We need to do more. Given the decadeslong trends downward, labor funding is not enough. We endanger our families and future by shortchanging these programs and while i support this budget as we move forward, we can and we must do better by americas families. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady from new york reserves. The gentleman from kentucky is recognized. Ms. Rogers i reserve. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman from new york is recognized. Mrs. Lowey may i ask the time remaining on both sides . The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman from new york has 17 1 2 minutes remaining. The gentleman from kentucky has