I agree with your comments about the challenges, the situation being unacceptable, saying if we arent talking about the problems, we arent addressing them. Aggressively working in the great plains area. Members of the senate a couple weeks ago who werent on the committee such as senator thune were here because of the concern that we have with regard to the conditions of the Indian Health service in the great plains areas specifically. In fiscal year 2016 i know youve only been on the job for a short period ever Time Congress appropriated 2 million specifically to help address some of these emergent issues. Despite the dire conditions in the great plains area, it took the administration several months to even figure out what to do with the 2 million in appropriated funds. I know you werent there at the time. Meanwhile, the facilities in the area have lost their medicare provider status, on the verge of losing it. Patients at the facilities are ultimately paying the price. I note funds w
Say is under the control of extremist groups like isil . Isil and daesh control the area in and around sirt. I couldnt give you exact percentage. The other places have transitory effect. Would you consider libya at this point a failed state . Yes, sir. Thank you all very much for your service. Thank you, mr. Chair, and thank you to the witnesses. I echo the comments about the appreciation for the service. The many times you have been before this committee. General rodriguez, i want to ask a couple of questions touching on each of your expertise about the training we do with foreign militaries and in africa i know the u. S. Military is a preferred training partner in many nations seek our assistance. I kind of like to have you talk about the success of those training efforts over the course of your three years in the position and what other nations do significant training of African Military . I view this as one of the most Cost Effective investments that we make. I would like to hear y
The down button is not working. There we go. Thank you. Steve, its i had to push the kirby button. Its a pleasure to see you back on that end. Thank you for joining us today. We will turn it over to you. Good morning. Good morning, jeff. Good morning, Pentagon Press corps. So ive got a brief Opening Statement and well jump into questions. On march 8, the 82nd Airborne Division relinquished command of the combined joint force Land Component command to the 101st Airborne Division air assault. That happened during a ceremony here in baghdad, like i said, on 8 march. The mighty all americans of the 82nd division showed their meddle here for nearly a year. They earned the trip home back to see their families, all the way. It was a pleasure serving with the 82nd. Together with the coalition, the screaming eagles of the mighty 101st division will continue to work by, with and through Iraqi Security forces to make against against isil. With that, lets move on to the battlefield. Tom or jeff, i
But i dont think anybody was expected the level of coordination attacks we seem to be seeing this morning. I mean, one thing to keep in mind, it was prime rush hour here. The first attack incident in Brussels Airport took place just before 8 00 a. M. Local time. And then the incident on the metro took place around 9 00 a. M. Local time. That would have been exactly when people were going to work in the eu institutions. So, i mean, theres a real concern here. The metro station has been shut. The security level has been notched up to level 4. And the Prime Minister is holding emergency meetings of his cabinet this were morning. Suzanne lynch, thank you so much for talking to us. I know youre probably going to be really busy. Hopefully well get a chance to check in with you a little later on. Im joined now by vlad, thank you for joining us, vlad. Good morning. I know we got you up a little earlier than usual. Im really happy that youre here, though, because you spent a lot of time in moll
Radical impact. On the issue of accountability, do you have legislation . I think they have the ability to do it and they simply arent enforcing it. Jeff does it. I dont question him. Its to get the best care possible. I think it wont have the same effe effect. And ive seen that where you couldnt get rid of a bad teacher. Of c you k bcan, but you have to doe work. They want to get rid of this, and we differ there. I think jeff thinks they need more protection. And what ive told the secretary is that they may need to theres a lot of risk analysis thats done in what they do, is it less expensive to just reach a settlement with this individual than it would be to take them all the way through, let them appeal to the protection board and then they end up back at the va and were paying for their Attorney Fees . I get that. But i think were going to have to take one of the most egregious cases. Even if it gets reversed. The American People would be able to see how difficult it appears to be