There needed to be more groundwork done. Well, it turns out that another day later, as hes on his way out of new york, the iranians sent word to the white house that president rouhani would welcome a telephone call. And so today at about 2 30 in the afternoon, president obama, the white house, they placed this call. He is in his car on his way to j. F. K. For his flight home to tehran. And he answers, and the two men speak for 15 minutes. They speak largely about the Iranian Nuclear program. But a few other issues. And at the end, pru rouhani signs off with an English Version of have a nice day. And president obama says goodbye in farsi. And we have history made. So its sort of an extraordinary end to a week where there was just a great deal of anticipation at that this might be the moment for the first highlevel contact in more than 30 years. Rose so what do you read into it based on what the president said in the Briefing Room . Well, president obama said that he saw the basis for an
And still be eligible for these programs. I think that is a mistake. Thank you. Mr. Mcclintok. Did some states not follow the welfare reform requirements . I know back in california, the state excused people, the fiveyear time limit slightly reduced their benefits. The states Unemployment Rate which had been running well below the National Average had been running well above it. The reduction was miniscule to those experienced by other states. Did you study such comparisons . I have not done a fullfledged study of all the states and their approaches. There was flexibility but supposed to be strong Strings Attached that would be enforced by penalties should they fail to comply. Mr. Turner, any observations . The observation i have has to do with a growth of disability. Its taking over a lot of the low wage employment marketplace. 13 of philadelphia, working aged adults are, are either receiving ssi or ssdi. A lot of them came on when the rules were relaxed and allowed people with im loo
I think the v. A. Tries very hard to bring in counselors and psychologists who have that service. I will tell you that in vermont we initiated a program, an Outreach Program that is the people who do the outreach are all veterans. They are knocking on doors and talking to fellow veterans. That works well because they have a shared experience. They both know what they are talking about. I agree, everything being equal you want to get folks to do counseling who know what veterans have gone through. Host just to show you what took place at the hearing you can watch the whole thing on cspan. Org. The acting v. A. Attorney general Richard Griffin talking about issues at the v. A. [video clip] today, we have ongoing or scheduled work at 69 v. A. Medical facilities and have identified instances of manipulation of v. A. Data that distort the legitimacy of reported waiting times. When sufficient, credible evidence is identified supporting a potential violation of criminal law we are coordinatin
Monitoring provisions will be the main determinant of the agreement success and established the essential foundation for all the other provisions. Effect of monitoring needs to be able to detect a rapid breakout from some facilities known to us in a slow sneak out from covert facilities. In agreement with iran should hence provide one a full explanation of past Iranian Nuclear activities with possible military preventions and to irans Atomic Energy agency about such such activities explains who is involved, what actions were taken and where they took place. There can be no International Confidence that the development of Nuclear Weapons capabilities has ceased. Second a complete data declaration and robust inspection of irans Nuclear Activities and material and equipment. Critical parts of Irans Nuclear programs are still not well understood by the International Community. A final agreement must allow access to sites persons and records sufficient to make Irans Nuclear program transpar
And at the end, president rouhani signs off with an English Version of have a nice day, and president obama says goodbye in farsi, and we have history made. Rose we continue this evening with the foreign minister of france Laurent Fabius who is in new york for the u. S. General assembly. As far as iran is concerned, the words are good and they are new, and its important. But what matters at the end of the day is actions, deeds. And, therefore, all of the tasks will be to assure that the irany people do implement what they are talking about. Thats our perspective. If there is an opportunity we have to seize it because situation is serious. Rose we conclude with the egyptian foreign minister of where they are after the overthrow of mohammed morsi. Is there enough Common Ground or not . Thats going to take more detail. But i think the iranians met almost everybody at the highest level available here at the general assembly. Ultimately, even with the american part, the telephone conversati