Cuba a position that the president also supports. I want to read from you a piece from the miami herald, and get your reaction from it. They write that they have yet to see any significant action from the castro regime that would enhance the Civil Liberties of the cuban people. Do you disagree with that statement . Mr. Earnest what we have seen, john, are some steps like human government has taken, both in terms of releasing some clinical prisoners, and giving the cuban population greater access to information. They are steps that the government previously resisted. I think that is an occasion of some forward progress. I think the other thing i would acknowledge is that our expectations is that the kind of policy changes that the president initiated just seven or eight months ago is strongly in the best interest of the United States and cuban people in the longterm. What we saw is the previous policy that was in place for more than 50 years did not yield any progress that anyone could
Retaliatory. Congress should update legislation submitted codifies caterpillar the definition of wrongdoing should include retaliation against whistleblowers. Jackson should also be provided by the v. A. The government has failed in its responsibility to care for veterans. Thank you. Ms. Halliday thank you for the opportunity to discuss how v. A. Oig interacts with whistleblowers. This is my first hearing as Deputy Inspector general, and i look forward to working with the congress. I testified and congressional hearing in my previous role as the assistant Inspector General for audit, and i welcome the opportunity to share with you the work of all components of our i. G. I am accompanied by the counselor to the Inspector General and the assistant Inspector General for health care inspections. I assume the position of Deputy Inspector general on july 6 2015. Past three weeks taken immediate steps to strengthen the oigs Whistleblower Program as well as our whistleblower protection ombudsm
You dont show that by counting out anyones child. You give them all a chance, and thats what we did in florida. [applause] a lot changed in those years. Graduations grea rates went up. The number of students passing exams increased four times over. We became the leader in Early Childhood education, and we still are today. Among minority children, florida saw the greatest gains anywhere in the United States, and what is that show . It shows that every child can learn, no matter the race, background, where they live. I know this can be done. The debate is changing. Old orthodoxies are falling away, but we can never forget that longterm reform does not help a child right now. Years of learning are years that are lost forever. I think of the kids in washington dc who receive opportunity scholarships, a couple of thousand boys and girls, almost all black, have been given a chance to leave the worst schools and go to the best. Yet every to leave the worst schools and go to the best. Yet ever
Actually and we are looking at the top 10 debaters and the seven who didnt make the top 10. Al, the primetime debate, what are you focused on . It in someets put perspective. This is not the super bowl, this is not even the playoffs. James, he isking johnny manziel. So lets just see what happens. John whoa is inam not sure that it anyones interest john you think donald trump going to be on his best behavior . Al i think that any of those nine others could attack him. John we have some very interesting questions, but i am very interested in what jeb push is going to do tonight. He is not the front runner. He has had a bad week or so. Do you think any candidate could reclaim the mantle of leadership . Do you think they could reclaim to be on par with donald trump and leave the other eight behind . Al he has not really just had a bad week, he has had a bad couple of months. He has to show who he is tonight, he has to show some personality again, and i think the guy is going to be attackin
Jon stewart of an appreciation of what he has done in 16 years we talk to Dan Pfeiffer Ken auletta dave itzkoff Brooke Gladstone an bill charter. He embodies two things that happened over the past 16 years the first is the digitallization of the news because jon stewarts influence was not just what people saw, if they were watching Comedy Central at night it was in the clips that were shared on facebook and twitter, the various things he would do. And also he came of age at he exact time when our politics in the media were getting incredibly absurd and he pointed that out in a way no one else would which is why so many people particularly the young people who were an important part of obamas coalition watched. Rose the president makes a case for the iran deal and a group of media observers make the case for the impact of jon stewart. When we continue. Funding for rose funding for charlie rose has been provided by rose additional funding provided by and by bloomberg, a provider of multi