Thank you for including me in this conversation. Doctor johnston, thank. You at this time, i have been notified that at the direction of the chair, the subcommittee will stand in recess for ten minutes. The next, speaker the committee will come back to order. Our next speaker will be, dr. Rose from the Community College. You have done a fantastic job, there i say that without any hesitation. You better be good today its great to be here. Its a great to call you chairman, weve called you many titles before. Youve called me many names before. Be honest that is true. All right. I am steve, rose and president of the same kelly Community College, our main college is in the great city of patterson, new jersey. Which is the third largest city in our state. I have been president since 1996 and have been in the collagen since 1980. Seven when i, arrived we had approximately 2000 students per, year and currently we serve over 11,000. This growth is fairly typical of Community Colleges during thi
Bipartisan Policy Center and we welcome you to this very important and timely conversation on the developing situation in afghanistan. This in advance of what likely will be a lot of questions from members of congress as the house returns next week. In partnership with Honor Action, we have put together 4 members of congress, two democrats and two republicans, to have that conversation. Senator Arthur Vandenberg famous he said politics stops at the waters edge. This is an important Policy Challenge and domestic challenge for the biden administration, as well as those americans who are still in afghanistan, and of course, a nearly 20 Year Conflict at a Price Tag of well over 2000 american casualties. The Price Tag in financial terms of well over 2 trillion. And so, with that, 4 members of congress, all veterans serving in iraq or afghanistan, and all members of key health committees. I want to welcome, joining us from New York is a marine veteran and the Cofounder And Ceo of with Honor
Democracy. Announcer a bipartisan group of lawmakers who served in afghanistan and iraq talk about their experiences and evacuation efforts in kabul. The bipartisan Policy Center hosted the hourlong discussion. Questions from members of congress as the house returns next week. In partnership with Honor Action, we have put together 4 members of congress, two democrats and two republicans, to have that politics said politics stopse waters edge. This is an important Policy Challenge and domestic challenge for the biden administration, as well as those americans who are still in afghanistan, and of course, a nearly 20 Year Conflict at a Price Tag of well over 2000 american casualties. The Price Tag in financial terms of well over 2 trillion. And so, with that, 4 members of congress, all veterans serving in iraq or afghanistan, and all members of key health committees. I want to welcome, joining us from New York is a marine veteran and the Cofounder And Ceo of with Honor Action. He will lea
And so, in partnership with Honor Action, we have put together four members of congress, all veterans, two democrats and two republicans, to have that conversation. You know, it was Senator Arthur Vandenberg who famously said politics stops at the waters edge. But this is both an important Policy Challenge and domestic challenge for the biden administration, as well as those 10,000, 15,000 americans who are still in afghanistan, and of course, a nearly 20 Year Conflict at a Price Tag of well over 2000 american casualties. And the Price Tag, in financial terms, of well over 2 trillion. And so, with that, four members of congress, all veterans serving in iraq and or in afghanistan, and all members of key health committees, foreign services. Is a marine veteran and the Cofounder And Ceo of with Honor Action. He will lead the conversation. In about a half hour, will take your questions in a chat room. We welcome your questions and comments. First, thank you for your help and thank you for
hours. let s begin our coverage with our jeremy diamond. he joins us at the white house. good morning, jeremy. do you have a sense of i mean, they can t control what the reporters ask, but do you have a sense of what the administration wants to convey in this press conference? well, and that s the critical decision there, poppy. what the administration wants to convey here, what the president wants to focus on during this news conference, and then there are the topics that the president is going to face questions on during this first news conference of his presidency. look, president biden is going to come out today and wants to talk about what he s accomplished in his first 64 days in office. getting vaccinations to a pace of about 2 1/2 million vaccines per day. crossing that 100 million vaccines goal within 60 days in office, rather than the 100 days that he had first laid out. the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill, which he signed into law in recent weeks and the