United nations and the world bank and we hope to track to expand the generation transmission and distribution all key sectors. As an active participant in the team focused on the policy framework to improve the enabling environment and reduce the risk for investors through the consistent diplomatic engagement through the embassys and with the embassies in washington, the state department is working to ensure that the transactions that have the emphasis needs to structural policies and governance changes that will encourage even more investment. We have positioned a senior Career Foreign Service officer in the region who is working with our embassies to enhance and focus our diplomatic efforts while minimizing the cost. We are also Planning Regional training sessions sessions the world created the Energy Knowledge and skills of our economic officers in the embassies and in the region. We are very excited about the beyond the grid and and initiative that of the sub initiatives have as pa
Out of. If you could perhaps speak to that issue, protecting and hardening it to our terrorisms. Thank you for the question, chairman smith. I will defer to my colleagues specifically in relation to power africa and those engagements. I can tell you the recognition that we encounter from Energy Companies and energy agencies, ministries in our International Engagements to an everincreasing degree recognize the importance of protecting infrastructure. One of the things the department of energy does is to enter into cooperative engagements with Key International partners. We do this at their expense, at the expense of the host country to help them identify older abilities, vulnerabilities. Plan their systems so there is resilience to in the threats, at all hazards approach whether one is talking about severe weather, cyber attack or physical attack. We have found that this is an area where the United States is in a position to add tremendous amount of value from our experience. I will hav
Nation. My fellow americans, we are and always will be a nation of immigrants. We were strangers once, too. Ed whether our forbearers were strangers who crossed the atlantic or the pacific or the rio grand, we are here only because this country will comed welcomed them in and taught them to be an american is more than what we look like, what our last names are or how we worship. What makes us america is a shared commitment to an ideal that all of us are created equal and all of us have the chance to make of our lives what we will. The question, is the president right. Is this executive action american idealism in action. Pat buchanan. Were also a nation of laws and we have a consz stewings. Barack obama has said legally he did not have the legal or constitutional authority. He is behaving as a rogue president. Hes di viegd the republicans, no doubt about it. Hes sticking it into their face after their victory and saying im going to do what i want to do. The problem is he has poise soun
Seconds. I said what i said. What do you want the board to do you, we want to resee the set lines as nonappealable we want to take the issue to the Planning Commission thats the proper organism to the site on planning and development in the city we think that this is been a very unjust everybody in planning that says its great but unfortunately you cant why not cant you hear but all over the city theyre the reviews of zoning and changes in height and zoning and so forth but this one seems to be sacred thats part of your case. Let me get to the point you have a subdivision thats been depraved with a permit thats been determined that no building maybe allowed on the site. Right. This board didnt have the ability to reverse the supervisorial approval to you. Im not an attorney i dont know the legal aspects of this. Okay. Thank you. Thank you okay. We can hear from the appellants then. Good evening, commissioners and staff im donald abatement the chairman which the east Side Alliance on ap
Nation. My fellow americans, we are and always will be a nation of immigrants. We were strangers once, too. Ed whether our forbearers were strangers who crossed the atlantic or the pacific or the rio grand, we are here only because this country will comed welcomed them in and taught them to be an american is more than what we look like, what our last names are or how we worship. What makes us america is a shared commitment to an ideal that all of us are created equal and all of us have the chance to make of our lives what we will. The question, is the president right. Is this executive action american idealism in action. Pat buchanan. Were also a nation of laws and we have a consz stewings. Barack obama has said legally he did not have the legal or constitutional authority. He is behaving as a rogue president. Hes di viegd the republicans, no doubt about it. Hes sticking it into their face after their victory and saying im going to do what i want to do. The problem is he has poise soun