Announcer next, an American History tv exclusive. Ou cities tourr to rapid city, south dakota. For eight years now, we have traveled to u. S. Cities, bringing the literary scene and Historic Sites to our viewers. You can watch more of our visits tour. Span. Org cities the cspan cities tour is on the road, exploring the american story. With support from our cable partners, this weekend we travel to rapid city, south dakota, featuring lifesize statues of each of our nations mr. President s. We experience this history of this city of 5000. We will take you into the Black Hills National Forest with a trip to Mount Rushmore national memorial, the states most visited tourist site. In 20 minutes, it is onto one of the most Sacred Places in the world for many native americans. And later, we will visit the Journey Museum to hear about the devastating flood that changed the look of rapid city. We begin with the history of Mount Rushmore. The heart of south dakotas black hills. There it is, the 6
Significant decisions. When you are moving crude from texas to the panel to come up to the west coast refineries and still hoping to make a profit, we are looking for some solutions but this issue of timeliness is one that i have been trying to track. On the latest report they say the growing volumes of oil that cannot leave north america are increasingly posing a challenge to the industry putting a spotlight of course where we are today which is the Oil Export Ban so this comes im not asking mr. Hamm but when as a date certain that these initiatives collide if you well with production, and when do we hit that misalignment or that mismatch that would then cause some disruption and something that i think that we shall try to avoid. I will start with you mr. Hamm. I think the mismatch is beginning to happen already. So many refineries are outbid for heavier crude here domestically. What they do is with the tarsand oil. So with those retrofits the crude doesnt fit well with some of them.
Budget deliberations, looking at the balance between the active and reserve component. I would guess there would be a difference in proportionality, but i dont want to get into details about how one would come down opposed to the other. The other thing you mentioned was contractors. We share your belief. We have got to make sure that we have our contractors. We have a fight on our hands just getting their salaries. We thought maybe they should be paid more than the Vice President , but everyone has pushed back on that. Paid more thane the Vice President , but everyone has pushed back on that. Reduction that0 we have offered up to do, the largest proportion of that is contractors. They are costly. Most of them are military. X military. Doing the same jobs. The guard is the most efficient way to go in this country to have expertise and keep the expertise ready at all times. I dont see the pentagon embracing that. Even though we have elevated that up to the full jeep joints chief joints p
For u. S. Troops in afghanistan in a way that afghan sovereignty will not be compromised, in a way that afghan law will not be compromised, in a way that the provisions that we arrive at through our talks will give the United States the satisfaction of what it seeks, and will also provide the Afghan People the benefit that they are seeking through this partnership and the subsequent agreement. [indiscernible] that is not for us to decide. It is an issue for the United States. Numbers are not going to make a difference to the situation in afghanistan. It is the broader relationship that will make a difference to afghanistan and beyond in the region. The specifics of numbers are issues that the military will decide and afghanistan will have no particular concern and we are talking of numbers and how they are deployed. [indiscernible] i direct my question in my own language. Mr. President , the mission of the United States, after 2014 how this mission will be, will it be resembling the sa
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