Take. So lets a for get about the number on sequestration but the up front cuts on sequestration and doesnt allow you to property monitor sequestration to sustain readiness and sustain us. And we have to cut things, because it becomes too expensive to cut it and you dont get any savings if you cut it very fast. Until the out years. From the out years. What is the net readiness impact . And some say it is plus or minus there is no middle grund on it. And how serious of an issue is it . So let me put in very simple terms. A brigade, which is the center piece of what the army delivers to our security for, our joint security forces. Theyre not going to the National Training center. They dont have dollars to train at their home station. And so we still have brigades, but if we ask them to go, they are not trained properly. And so what does that mean . That means when they go, it will take them longer to do it, and they might have more casualties, and so to me, that is not acceptable. And so
The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk the speakers rooms, washington, d. C. November 14, 2022. I hereby appoint the honorable mr. Can hey lay to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore the prayer will be offered by chaplain kibben. Chaplain kibben would you pray with me. Holy and eternal god, praise be to your name forever and ever. All wisdom and power are yours. When measured against your authority and dominion over the whole of creation, any advantage we boast, any victory we claim falls short. Humble us we would acknowledge all we have is yours and any influence we wield is held accountable to your design. Immutable lord, you change times and seasons. Depose rulers and raise up those who would replace them. Shape our sense of success into an awareness of and commitment to our responsibility to live into your
Released. So this was a functioning system, Good Behavior led to the sanctions, bad behavior, we happened of course quite frequently. Some refusals was met by met by some tough language from the Security Council. Not from the government, israel or anyone. It was the Security Council under the charter of the United Nations that put that pressure. Of course we know that this system worked extremely well. It was 100 performance as a matter of fact. Its not bad for any u. N. Organization to get the task and then i think its probably the only one which succeeded to make it 100 performance. So the that means that both destruction capabilities and the monetary capabilities were forcefully placed. So everything looked shiny and fine until the u. S. Government it was in spring of 1997, through Madeline Albright made the statement at george mason university, well, it looks like sanctions are disarmament is going well. If it goes well we can still not lift the sanctions which was a condition unde
Former Florida Governor jeb bush is gathering policy experts and dedication leaders Fourth Annual education summit. We covered yesterdays events pick. Thats where we begin. Mr. Bush says the unions are barriers to better schools. How would you fix your School System . We want to get your take on it. Also, send us a tweet, post your comments on facebook, or send us an email. We begin with the Washington Times headline we want to show you what the former Florida Governor had to say at yesterdays event. [video clip] we need to have a teacher Evaluation System that is based on teachers being professionals and not part of some collective trade Union Bargaining process. We have a system to reward teachers based on an industrial and unionized model that is completely inappropriate for the 21st century, completely inappropriate. There are incredibly fine teachers that get paid less even though they are doing the lords work consistently over time and there are teachers that are mediocre that ge
New year, new you? If you are dragging yourself through to the end of the year and looking forward to a break from the daily grind, it’s inevitable your thoughts will turn to whether things will be the same this time next year. The end of one year and the start of a new one…