Im talking to the v. A. And i asked them that question, is the v. A. Being in the Veterans Administration, is that considered health care. Bottom line is where im getting at is so i dont have to pay the penalty on my taxes, if im a member of the v. A. , is that considered health care, and theyre telling me they got a whole lot of calls about that same question and they are still waiting to hear back from the irs. They dont know if its considered health care if youre in the v. A. System. Wondering by chance if your guest has any idea. So there are a couple of different kinds of benefits that you can get through the Veterans Administration so some people have disability benefits and some people get health care. I think there are some other services, too. I dont know exactly what it is that you have signed up for, but if you are getting a Health Benefit through the v. A. , you are able to use their doctors and hospitals, that should count as Health Insurance under obamacare and you should
Dr. James perry, one of our eminent strategist, codirector of the institute, and will discourse, opening setting the stage for the remarks that most of us will be making for the rest the day. Jim, the stage is yours. [applause] thisy i realize morning that i probably made too many slides, but we will get through as many as we can. What i want to do is discuss the endgame that almost was, because as we will see, by the end of differentre was a august 1945 and vision by roosevelt and truman. I am going to describe the strategy that roosevelt wanted to achieve, and leave it at that, and at the end of the day, we will discuss what truman wanted to achieve. I will discuss geography and logistics, roosevelts global strategy, the balance between the european and Pacific Theaters, and the opportunity theatermitments and one imposed on the other, discuss specific planning from 1942 to 1945, thinking about the warking, invasion as the developed. Logistics. Nd in the pacific, its tough. The Pacif
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Beach, california, to tour the queen mary and learn about the Service Provided by the massive ocean liner during world war ii. Queen mary was in service between 1936 and 1967 and a has been restored and operated as a hotel for the past 40 years. [horn] name is will my kayne. I served as captain of the queen mary. Come tour visitors, who see us on a daily basis. On behalf of the rest of the crew and staff i want to welcome you aboard. The queen mary was originally owned and operated by the qun nard line. It had an agreement with the British Government to hold mail from europe to america. That is why it was called rms queen mary. Royal mail ship. Plans to begin the queen mary and the Queen Elizabeth began in 1926. They were to be the largest and fastest passenger liners ever built. Work began in 1930. Where it stopped year later. Eventually the British Government offered qunar d a loan to finish both the ships if they would agree to merge with the rival shipping company which was the whi
Larson and jim smith and thank you for your service, madam clerk, could you call the first item. Ordinance amending the administrative code to extend the sunset date of the Public Utilities revenue Bond Oversight Committee for an additional three years to january, 1, 2019. Good morning, welcome. Good morning. And nice to see you all. This is holly, and wearing my San Francisco Public Utilities commission, oversight hat and i am here today to speak very briefly about the extension. And as you are probably aware, the Revenue Bond Committee provides, independent oversight of the bond expenditures for the puc capitol project and includes, the repair and replacement and the expansion of the seismic up grades of the city, water power and waste water. In fact my street on the road is being dug up for the pipe replacement as we speak. It insures that the bond proceeds are spent efficiently. It was created by an ordinance, proposition, p in 2002 and it was set to expire, january 1 of 2013, the