To my general practitioner, and i walked in the room and she looked at me and she said, ok, we have insurance now, where do you want to start . Woodruff those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill charges and counter charges flew back and forth today over the stalemate in the syrian peace talks. Secretary of state john kerry accused the Syrian Government of stonewalling after negotiations broke off saturday. Kerry spoke in indonesia. They have refused to open up one moment of discussion legitimately about a transition government.
Looked at me and she said, ok, we have insurance now, where do you want to start . Woodruff those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill charges and counter charges flew back and forth today over the stalemate in the syrian peace talks. Secretary of state john kerry accused the Syrian Government of stonewalling after negotiations broke off saturday. Kerry spoke in indonesia. They have refused to open up one moment of discussion legitimately about a transition government. And it is very clear that Bashar Al Assad is continuing to t
Only those recognized to speak will be allowed to. And those who are not in compliance will be removed from the committee room. I would like to welcome our first panel today. The director of the National Intelligence James Clapper Deputy Attorney james Cole National security or Keith Alexander the Deputy Director of the nsa chris ingalls. Following the first panel we will move immediately into the second panel of nongovernment experts who are very knowledgeable on fisa and privacy issues. Todays hearing will provide an open forum to discuss amendments to the surveillance act and possible changes to the way fisa applications are handled at the department of justice and the nsa. I hope that all of our witnesses will give clear answers about how the proposal is under consideration in congress would affect the nsas ability to stop terrorist attacks before they occur and encourage members to answer questions about fisa amendments and nsa programs. Today im going to submit my statement for t
The committee will come to order. I want to thank you all for joining us here today as we consider the fiscal year 2015 budget request for the department of the air force. I appreciate our witnesses testimony and their support for our airmen. Joining us today are the honorable Deborah Lee James secretary of the air force and general mark sub to chief of staff of the air force and he has brightened up the room a little bit by inviting his wife that betty and his daughter lives to be with us. Thank you for joining us. I want to especially welcome secretary james the 23rd secretary of the air force as this is her first Posture Hearing before a committee. We are also delighted that she is the former house staff member and in fact we were talking before we came in here and she pointed out to us where one of her offices was in her tenure on the staff. We are happy to have you back. Welcome back. This committee and you general welsh have warned about the consequences of the cuts to our Defens
Rity and minority leaders for morning hour ebate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip each, to five minutes but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. The chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. Williams, for five minutes. Mr. Williams mr. Speaker, thank you. Mr. Speaker, it is a sad day in america when Army Secretary john mchugh says that in todays fiscal environment the bestcase scenario for our militarys budget is treacherous. Ray odierno says it hampers the militarys ability to train its own troops. While there is waste and overlap in every federal agency, the pentagon budget not excluded, there is much to be said for congress doing its primary job of governing, passing a budget. For the last four years we see continuing resolution after continuing resolution has placed in our military. Earlier this year we saw the rigid re