Bipartisan inhofemikulski amendment to the National Defense authorization act. What does our amendment do . It stops the privatization of commissaries which are an earned, earned benefit for our military and their families. Every year when the Senate Debates this bill, we talk about how we love our troops and how we always want to support our military families, but if we really love our troops, we need to make sure that our troops have the support that they need. One of the earned benefits that does that is the commissaries, and if we love our troops, why would we want to proceed in the direction that we are . Our troops dont view commissaries as a subsidy. They view it as do i as an earned benefit. Im fighting here to preserve this piece of the earned benefit compensation package. Now, what are the commissaries . Since 1826, military families have been able to shop at a network of stores that provide modestly priced groceries. The commissary system is simple. If youre active duty in y
Is it in just a few hours in afghanistan well be meeting to talk about a deal thats thats tribal leaders will meet to talk about a deal that could change the u. S. Mission in their nation. Its up to them to approve or reject a security pack announced by secretary of state john kerry. That agreement was posted on an Afghan Government website allows for some u. S. Troops to stay on the ground through 2024. A main Sticking Point whether u. S. Service personal will have immunity. That has been resolved, and john kerry clarified a key part of the deal. Its chain, quip, resist. Theres no compatrol for the United States forces. And the bilateral Security Agreement is on effort to clarify for afghans and for United States military forces exactly what the rules are with respect to that ongoing relationship. The pact is a setback. They opposed the deal, afghans want the troops out. Jane ferguson has that story from kandahar city. For many in kandahar life has been hard. They are squeeze the betw
People protect sally without her asking them to. An unblinking eye, an Armed Robbery captured on camera, the video revolution challenging the world. General motors has been a xorpt cornerstone for corporate cornerstone for america for hundreds of years, its reeling tonight from its greatest threat the scandal involving millions of recalled cars, today as the Company Announced the findings of an internal investigation, its c. E. O. Mary barr re spoke out. Bisi onileere had the latest from detroit. Reporter a pattern of ipp competence and neglect, thats how c. E. O. Mary barra described the results into a defect check. There were more than 350 interviews, 41,000 documents. It concludes, theres no evidence g. M. Conspired to cover up the facts. However, there was a history of the misjudgments, a broken Workplace Culture riddled with failures. As a result the automaker fired 15 employees, and five others had been disciplined. I can tell you this report is thorough, brutally tough, and deep
anyway? and ground breaker. the first american woman in space has died. tonight we remember sally ryde. space has died. tonight we remember sally ryde. nightly news begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television good evening. the people of aurora, colorado today got to see the man they regard as the face of evil. the suspect in the mass shooting in colorado was let into court for a preliminary appearance today and seeing him was both striking and haunting. at various times his constantly changing facial expressions showed what might have been sadness, surprise, exhaustion, contentment, anger, confusion. many people thought he looked heavily medicated, sitting in court with the red hair dye apparently intended to mimic a character in the movie, which will now forever be associated with what happened during the midnight premiere in a denver suburb. the death toll remains at 12. 23 of the wounded remain hospitalized tonight. 11 of them critical. we begin our rep