Afraid to take your issue seriously. You are never too young to have an opinion so that your voice be heard now. For more information go to our website, studentcam. Org. Welcome to todays conference on Intelligence Surveillance reconnaissance and targeting. This part of the series conducted by Hudson Institution for american seapower. Im seth cropsey, senior fellow here at hudson, and also director of the center for american seapower. I hope that you have monograph the subject of our discussion today, and if you do not, i believe that we still have copies out at the front desk, so by all means pick up a copy on your way out. We are very fortunate to have with us today bryan mcgrath, this man, my friend and coauthor of the monograph was also a retired naval officer, formerly Deputy Director of hudson sector for american seapower, a prolific writer and also managing director of the Ferrybridge Group which is National Security and defense consultancy. Its also a pleasure to welcome david
Shutdown our conversation we had earlier on washington journal. Eric katz is a Senior Correspondent and joins us now on the impact on the ongoing shut down. This is a partial shutdown so explain why. There is no funding for government. Have carved out certain exceptions for employees that can continue to work. There is a memo from the Carter Thicke administration as to who can work and who cant. Employee funds that come from other appropriations can continue to work. They are fee funded and they can continue to work. If they are fee funded, they can work. Host whats an example . Guest for example, some operations of customs officers are funded by fees because you pay a fee every time you fly on an airplane. That would go to paying that persons, certain persons salaries or checking passports. Those employees, you pay a fee to get your passport renewed and that helps pay the salary of the employees who process those. There are also exceptions for employees who work to protect life or pro
Not last of there is no funding for government. But they have carved out certain exemptions and exceptions for employees that continue to work. Law andbased on an old a memo from the Carter Administration lays out who can work and who cant. Funds come from annualother than appropriations. If they are fee funded, they can work. Host whats an example . Example, some operations of customs officers are funded by fees because you pay a fee every time you fly on an airplane. To paying that persons, certain persons salaries or checking passports. Those employees, you pay a fee to get your passport renewed and that helps pay the salary of the employees who process those. There are also exceptions for employees who work to protect life or property, basically how they call it. Anyone working national security, defense department, homeland security, Justice Department are also working protecting property the government owns. Its part of that exception. Host how many federal employees are furlough
Magazines Kim Henderson talks about efforts to reduce assistance to the supplemental nutritional assistance host good morning monday, january 22. Its day three of the first Government Shutdown since 2013. House and senate will try to find a way out of the current impasse. Hassle meet at noon and the senate at 10 00 a. M. With a vote scheduled to move for a bill to fund the government for three more weeks. Well talk about it on washington journal. We want to hear from you. Democrats can call in at 202 7488000. Republicans 202 7848001. Independents 202 7488002. Have a special line this morning for federal employees. 202 7488003. A very good monday morning to you. You can start calling and as we show you headlines in the papers this morning. Workthe washington post, week begins. The front page of the New York Times and their wrapup of the events of the hill. Much of the day yesterday, the work by a Bipartisan Group of senators offers a reason for cautious optimism that a deal might be rea
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