Desperately needed. We were happy to do that. I think the record the record will stay open for 14 days for questions and comments. I want to thank the full panel here, especially mayor nevarre, via teleconference. Youre here, which is good. We appreciate that. Especially because youre dealing with a real live issue on the ground. We thank the panel here and thank you for your written testimony, theres a lot of suggestions that you placed in there that will examine. This committee that deals with emergency disaster first responders, fema and others, this is an important issue and i have a feeling as you described very well, mr. Hubbard, that the summer is just beginning and were already seeing a lot of issues. Thank you all very much. The meeting is adjourned and record will be open for 14 days. Thank you. On the next washington journal well focus on president obamas threecountry, fourday trip to europe. Our guest is stephen szabo. And well mark the 70th anniversary of dday from the wor
U. S. Student loan debt. Later, discussions about Cyber Security and business. Now a Senate Hearing on training firefighters who respond to firefighters. Mark begich questioned officials representing the Forest Service and firefighters about the resources needed with increasing firefighters in Populated Areas. This hearing is an hour. Thank you so much for being here. Its a pleasure to have folks here. This is the subcommittee on Emergency Management intergovernment relations in the District Of Columbia. I apologize. I have a cold so im suffering through a cold. So i appreciate you being here. I want to thank the witnesses to be here especially on short notice to lend their expertise to our discussion. We are here to look at the problems that are serious and concerns to many states for a while now, and thats wildfires. This is a challenge that confronts communities of all towns, villages, cities, states and the federal government. As a former mayor myself i know firsthand how important
Hawk. This years proposal just reversed it and wants to retire the u2 and keep the global hawk. When you flipflop completely within one year it doesnt give you a lot of confidence these poem proposals have been thought out. If you talk to commanders in korea they want to keep them both with the volatile young leader now in charge in the north. But the other reason im not willing to accept many of the administrations proposals is that im not willing that we have to accept that we have to have a smaller military or a smaller role in the world. Most republicans and Many Democrats are not willing to throw up our hands in retreat and resign ourselves to a smaller military and smaller role. Because we know as the United States retreats others will fill that void and those others will not move the world towards greater freedom and greater prosperity. The United States is exceptional and it is exceptional in a way that no other country in the world is. President also accuses republicans of wan
Makes no obama apologies for the deal that led to bergdahls release even after criticism continues from members of congress. We want to hear your thoughts this morning. Republicans can call host you can also catch up with us on your favorite social media pages. Host good friday morning to you. The headline in the washington post, obama says no apologies for bergdahl release deal. Thursdayt obama said he cannot give up the chance to save one more life in the war. [video clip] we have a basic principle. We do not leave anybody wearing the american uniform behind. We had a prisoner of war whose health had deteriorated and we were deeply concerned about, and we saw an opportunity and we seized it and i make no apologies for that. We had discussed with congress the possibility that something ike this might occur. But because of the nature of the folks we were dealing with and the fragile nature of these negotiations, we felt it was important to go ahead and do what we did. We are now explai
They were quiet about their service, moved on. Some, carrying shrapnel and harder. Ound it was much many, like my grandfather, who served in pattons army, lived a quiet life, trading one uniform and set of responsibilities for another. A teacher or a salesman or a doctor or an engineer a dad a grandpa. Our country made sure millions of them earned a college education, opening up opportunity on an unprecedented scale. The bottom homes and raise families and build businesses, lifting up the greatest the class the world has ever known. Middle class the world has ever known. Through it all, they were inspired, i suspect, by memories , memoriesbrothers that drove them to live their lives each day as best as they possibly could. Whatever the world makes you cynical, stop and think of these men. , stop andou lose hope think of these men. , who of Wilson Caldwell was told he could not pilot a plane without a High School Degree so he decided to jump out of a plane instead and he did here on dda