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People never write about that team. Glad to see you here. Councilwoman deborah, thank you for being care. And crockett who is running. I told my staff, make sure i get crockett some money, i have not done that yet. Ok. Last time i spoke at the Las Vegas Chamber of commerce, i said i know yall had a lot of questions. We have each was of doing a little quiz here. I can give a speech on for 20 minutes on any subject you like or i can answer questions. I have told i have 15 or 20 minutes to talk and 20 minutes to answer questions. What about just going to the questions . I did not do the quiz, i just decided what we would do. We do not need to make this as formal. Ask me a question, ok . We have to speak directly into this microphone. It is a cspan microphone. It is not piped in. You have to speak directly into the microphone. I will be running the microphone for questions. If i could have a hand, we will get it started. Councilwoman . Obviously jobs and transportation are high priority fo
Out theo Point Military isnt the only source of Tactical Gear used by people in this country. Most of the stuff you are seeing in video out of ferguson is not military equipment. Ferguson itself, they have two humvees from this program. A lot of the stuff is not u. S. Military equipment. Point number two, 95 of the property transferred to local Law Enforcement through this program is not tactical. It is not weapons. It is shelving, office equipment, communications gear, that kind of thing. I think it is important to keep this thing in perspective. When the secretary wants to be he wants to be, as he looks at this program, he wants to make sure we are striking the right balance. That the rate residence is being transferred. That the accountability is in place. He is also mindful that it is not a good place for the pentagon to be holding sticks out to Law Enforcement. There is a reason why we are not involved with local lawn force in activities. He wants to make sure that we take the pro
Choice. I think he will be very good secretary of state. Susan rice withdrew from the nomination. I do not think it is fair to compare it the two. I think john kerry will be an excellent secretary. What you think it is not fair to compare the two . The rumor was that she was his first choice, but we do not really know if that is the truth. Weve got to compare john kerry with john kerry, not with somebody else. What do you think his biggest hurdle will be in his upcoming confirmation hearings . I do not think will have much of a hurdle. The senators know him. There has been a tendency for the senate to easily confirmed one of their own. He is knowledgeable. No one is going to deny that. He has all the credentials necessary to be a good secretary of state. Mr. Rogin . The senate usually does confirm members we know there is a huge opposition to the nomination of Chuck Haverhill to secretary of defense. He referred to the proisrael lobby as the jewish lobby. Do think it is fair to hold ch
He has chaired the Foreign Relations committee in the senate, knows all the issues. He understands the politics. He understands the electoral politics as well. I think it is an excellent choice. I think he will be very good secretary of state. Susan rice withdrew from the nomination. I do not think it is fair to compare it the two. I think john kerry will be an excellent secretary. Why you think it is not fair to compare the two . The rumor was that she was his first choice, but we do not really know if that is the truth. Weve got to compare john kerry with john kerry, not with somebody else. What do you think his biggest hurdle will be in his upcoming confirmation hearings . I do not think he will have much of a hurdle. The senators know him. There has been a tendency for the senate to easily confirm one of their own. He is knowledgeable. No one is going to deny that. He has all the credentials necessary to be a good secretary of state. Mr. Rogin . The senate usually does confirm memb