And was homeless. As he says now he said i tried to kill myself for 30 years slowly. He said it got so bad that people were throwing change at my feet in the streets. Finally door and decided turn his life around. He wrote down a list of 21 things he wanted to accomplish things like opening a bank account, cooking in his own kitchen. He moved from detroits two saint paul minnesota and once he got there he walked across town to a local nonprofit that he knew could help him and with their help and the help of the minnesota assistant counsel for veterans he got into housing and of Substance Abuse treatment program. Today doran has checked off all 21 items on that list. [applause] [applause] a little cooking in the kitchen paying his own rent and hugged his daughter who he had been separated from for 25 years. Like so many veterans doran continues to give back. He is working fulltime as a caseworker to help other veterans find and sustain housing of their own. He is dedicating his life to
Historic levels and since 2008 the program has brought more than 73,000 veterans out of homelessness. [applause] [applause] and im no mathematician but somebody did the numbers for me. [laughter] that means in the last few years more than 40 times as many veterans have been helped and during most of the programs entire history. The other Program Chris mentioned, the Supportive Services for veterans families the ssp have is a new program started by this administration three years ago to prevent lowincome veteran families from falling into homelessness and last year alone it served more than 60,000 veterans and their family members in next year we expect that number to grow to over 100,000. [applause] and as we all know these programs are making a significant difference even during difficult economic times. Veteran homelessness in america has dropped by 24 in just three years. So we are beginning to make some real important progress on this issue. But we know that we are nowhere near fin
He discusses the future the middle east and the role of the u. S. His remarks are part of an event hosted by the atlantic counsel. He spoke for about an hour and 15 minutes. [inaudible conversations] is its a great pleasure to welcome you all this afternoon to the atlantic counsel. I am fred kempe president and ceo and this event marks the beginning of an Important New Initiative that the Council Introduction in the first public event around our first ambassador in residence at the Brent Scowcroft center for International Security at the center. There are a lot of reasons why the atlantic counsel was delighted to have been able to bring on board israels former ambassador to the u. S. Michael oren starting february 1 so we are getting him here just surely after he began at the atlantic counsel. In the press release that we circulated late in january i said the following. Quote ambassador oren brings to the council the powerful mixture of a top historians knowledge, the highest level dip
Discuss the stagnant obama economy and how obamacare is making it worse. This is the fifth anniversary of the day the president s signed his trilliondollar stimulus bill into law. The remarks he paid gave that day the president stated that the legislation marked the beginning of the end of the nations economic troubles. Five years later, however, the end of the nations economic strubles nowhere in sight. The headlines of the jobs report released friday say it all. The headline from the Associated Press said u. S. Economy may be struck in slow lane for long run. New york times headline, weakness continues as 113,000 jobs are added in january. From cbs news, another month of weak job growth raises slowdown fears. From the wall street journal, u. S. Adds 113,000 jobs in latest worrying sign on growth. From reuters, u. S. Employment fails to rebound strongly from winter chill. Madam president , before passage of the stimulus president ial advisor Christina Romer predicted the stimulus bill
Changed the subject to talk about younger workers or home prices. What will you do to address our concerns and will you commit today to attend a town hall meeting of retired seniors later this year to hear from folks i can ask it any better. Well, that was very well expressed. And, of course, they are very valid concerns, and i would like to see retirees that are more on their safe investments. I believe that if we get the economy back on track after all, interest comes from returns on investments, even in the bank, the bank tends to pay more for deposits and pay higher interest when its investments are faring better. And and a stronger economy that will be more possible. So i would very much like to see Interest Rates go up. He did note however that he has a daughter who lost her job, and i think its also important to remember that an individual who is retiring also has children and grandchildren, lost a job. Were trying to make it possible for his daughter to reach eight employment t