Is there a number of times that they get to do this . Thats a good and tough question. Its so tough that i decided not to use the mike. Thats a good and a tough question. What the law provides, what the administrative procedure act provides is that a court can compel an agency to take action of the delay taking when its been unreasonably delayed. Unreasonable is not a precise term but i dont know how it can be written in any other manner. It depends on what the circumstances are. And as i indicated, there have been times when courts have told agencies its now time to get your act together and do this. Those cases have been rare and involve much longer delays than the current one and they involve powerful evidence that the agency is not merely trying to force a law in, its not trying to enforce it at all. As i said, and as professor turley noted, there have been cases of administration sitting on their hands and not carrying outlaws and that clearly is illegal and unconstitutional. Its
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
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Comes down on cspan2. We will go live to the Heritage Foundation a Panel Discussion scheduled on the upcoming president ial elections in ukraine set for this sunday may 25. Citizens will vote for the successor to a place be ousted president that fled to russia back in february. Topic expected to be discussed include involvement in ukraine, security concerns during the election and policy implications with the u. S. Lets go to the coverage under way right now on cspan2. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] good morning ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the Heritage Foundation and the Louis Lehrman auditorium and welcomed to those of us joining on the heritage. Org website. We would ask everyone to be so kind to check cell phones as we check that they have been turned off and i guess our panelists will address the fact that we can thank president putin for discussing ukraine as the lead into the panel. The post this morning is helle dale for Public
That we can report to the treasury, got to do something. Were down to less than 1 in most cases for those journal voucher entries and its got to get lower than that. So. I understand that i understand the accounting part has to account for something. How is the Management Structure holding those individuals accountable that arent provides pretty basic information . One of the benefits of the audit is its raising the visibility to our commanders. I doubt they knew that these things existed. Some of them still dont. They will if they flunk the audit as bob speer said and my ol colleagues have said, this has become part of the readiness of the military. The vice chiefs are asking questions of their commanders. And if were having trouble with journal vouchers, theyll be asking questions of them. Do any of you want to add to this . Youre making my point. You should go ahead and audit. Were ready to go. Everything im seeing is were just talking about getting audit ready. Its a milestone on t