First place. Chairman, you get the last noa word. Please join me in thank youing them. [ applause ] coming up at 8 eastern on c span 3, a House Veterans Affairsxl cemetery0e9n operations with7bjn a look at improving the t;3hsystem. Thatf n on c span tonightufcd starting at 8 00 eastern. Yk tonight on the ethics on Internet Companies harvesting users information. Itsajn a creepy yes expectations are shifted because i realize that there might be p b nother party who< doing, say, for example if a message pops up and asks if i would like some help making a purchase there are certain lines that we dont know weve crossed them1 8p until its too late. Thats true for researchers. Thats true for3yb companies. There isnt a clear sense of whats creepy because thats so culturally specific. One person talkingpf, n loudly on their cell phone in a park has no problem with somebody standing next to them on a bench and listening to that conversation and at the same time you can have someone who is tryin
F9e÷ accountability practice, from earlier this month this is about an hour 45 minutes. sk 2k good afternoon 7oy6neveryone, this oversight hearing of the subcommittee of. Xdisabilities and Memorial Affairs will now come to order. We are here today to examine the issues facing our military veterans cemeteries. Our goal in this hearing is to 2 o learn more about theq4 operations of the National Cemetery administration, arlington National Cemetery and the American Battle Monuments Commission over the past year, as well as the organizations commentary on issues that i will be highlight highlighting momentarily. I would also like to welcome mr. Walters as he has;myy stepped up to perform duties as acting undert÷n secretary of Memorial Affairs aft have you here as well. 0 2rc the endeavors ofj1 these entities are a ap the most honorable inli government and the people4t with these organizations workday qo m and day out to honory vcc veterans ando x Service Members with n dignified burials a
Advantage, but we want to make sure we are targeting the impact on the russian economy in a way that does not have dramatic spillover effects into the broader economy. You cannot eliminate that but we can make sure the focal point is russia, and we have been able to do that. The president does intend to sign the peace legislation passed by congress, but we have concerns about that legislation because while it preserves flexibility, it does send a confusing message to our allies because it includes some sanctions language that does not reflect the consultations ongoing. Consultations that we have had that allowed the successful implantation of strategy have allowed us to have, and private conversations with our european allies, about their strategies and their steps forward. There are other areas of our strategy that we prefer not to have. Preserves because it the president s flexibility to carry out the strategy, he intends to sign the bill. I would anticipate it would get done before
In iraq, we were there on the ground collecting so we had data bases to use. The concern is in syria, the lack of our footprint on our ground in syria, that the data bases wont have the information we need. It is not the lack of process, it is the lack of information. And is there ways that you could suggest we go about trying to get this information . I just dont think you can go and get it. You are talking about a country that is a failed state. It does not have any infrastructure so to speak so all of the data sets, the police, the Intel Services that you would go and seek that exist dont exist. And that raises grave concern as being able to do proper background checks of the individuals coming into the country. Yes. All right. Now, mr. Taylor, thank you for your testimony as well. And as a member as chairman of the subcommittee on transportation and i look forward to working together for the Mutual Benefit of everybody. And looking at your written transmission and so i can better u
Honoring the service of veterans is a noble endeavor, and one such individual deserving of recognition is Donald Walters, a U.S. Navy veteran with a remarkable journey that took him