Cooperation with the United States to be there. And this change of environment has occurred. And today the United States government and krs the government of afghanistan a really reliable partner. Commitments that are made are considerable. And the funding proposal of supporting Afghan Security forces by 2017, and it has reached to 4. 1 billion. Its nothing less. Its a significant issue. Its a very important issue. And also yesterday there was a new framework of our Economic Framework was laid out according to 800 million were made commitment were made, spent through the afghan budget. But most importantly is the flexibility that has been shown in the area of Security Cooperation and this flexibility is going to ensure and provide confidence to our Security Forces and our people. And also is going to send a very strong message to the region that this cooperation is not short term but enduring and long term. Our Strategic Partnership is based on a very simple principle. We want the Afgh
I saw in the notice of proposed rulemaking that there is some contemplation of cost recovery, five dollars to register an Unmanned Aircraft, 150 for knowledge and test of operators and 50 to verify the idea of an applicant. Is that going to cover the resources you need Going Forward in an expanding area . Given that we have other resources, including implementing next jan and other things for. Ms. Gilligan the faa has absorbed a lot of the cost of beginning the implementation process for bringing uas into the airspace. We do have pending in the fy 2016 appropriations, the president s budget request additional growth and personnel and research and Development Dollars and facilities adequate dollars. Facilities and equipment dollars. We may be making requests through the budget process. We hope the congress can support that. Its ms. Ayotte ms. Ayotte do you anticipate this will be a selffunded thing or not . Ms. Gilligan the notice of proposed rulemaking does not suggest it funds the ent
This has led to some interesting speculation about was the ship set up for attack by churchill or someone in the admiralty. I found no smoking memo. There was nothing from churchill to somebody in the admiral seel nothing like that exists. Sunday night at 8 00. Next, a Senate Hearing on commercial drones. When this representatives from the faa amazon. Com. Witnesses from the faa, amazon. Com. This hearing is just under two hours. Afterwards, we plan to open up the phone lines to get your feedback on the federal regulation of drones. Before i offer any opening statement, news is still coming in i want to a knowledge the tragedy in europe this morning. My thoughts go out to the friends and families of those affected. We will be monitoring this as the situation develops. I know all of us are very sad to hear about this tragedy. With that, i appreciate all of you being here today. I want to thank you because todays hearing represents the second of an active spring schedule, including heari
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Lets tell everyone at the same time. Lets Tell Congress if its okay to tell the white house, whew isnt it okay to tell the peoples house . The white house is not going to do what the ways and Means Committee did with the information with gave them piecemeal, theyre not going to make a big issue until the facts are out. Maybe because the white house is the same party . Right . Could that have anything to do with it. I have no idea but i stress again the facts are the facts. The facts treasury knew, white house knew in april, we didnt know until late june. No one at the irs talked to the white house. How did they find out . Pardon. How did they find out . Im told by the people who read the white house letter, the white house found out from treasury. Nobody from the irs talked to the white house. Someone from the irs talked to treasury, then. Thats what i understand. As i said before, wed like to know who that person is. I hope youll find out. Can you make a commitment you will find out w