Explain the president s order and how it will bring down prices. Sec. Azar i think we will look back at this executive order as one of the major fundamental ships in American Health care reform that we will have ever experienced. For your viewers and folks like us who understand markets and customers, you cannot have a market without price and quality information. Ist the president is doing ordering us to have hospitals disclose information based on their negotiated rates they have been consumer friendly, machinereadable format. The is making us put out requirements so Insurance Companies give you the patient information on the list price, the negotiated price, and your expected outofpocket before you go to the doctor and before you go to the hospital so you can make an informed choice. David that sounds good. With marketsal believe in markets based on the transparency of information. As a practical matter, these things can get complicated. How are we going to make sure the information
The stonewall riots this sunday on American History tv. A Senate Foreign relations subcommittee held a hearing on russias activities in ukraine five years after russia annexed crimea from ukraine. Well hear from former state Department Officials and researchers from two think tanks. Wisconsin senator ron johnson chaired the hearing. Senator johnson good afternoon. This hearing will come to order. I want to thank our expert panel, your testimony was wonderful. I want to apologize for the late start. We had a number of votes. As a result ill ask that my Opening Statement be entered into the record. I will have a very full conversation so ill be able to make my points during questions and answers. With that, i turn it over to senator shaheen. Senator shaheen thank you, mr. Chairman. Im happy to submit my opening commenters in record and look forward to the testimony of both our panels. Senator johnson ambassador volcker agreed to give his opening testimony and then slide over and let the
The brookings institution. My name is john allen. I am the president of bookings and im pleased this morning to look mauer honored guest, the 19 chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and my friend, general joe dunford. Been chairford has of the joint chiefs of staff and prior to that, served as our commandant of the marine corps. They commanded all forces in afghanistan. General dunford and i have known each other for many years since we were captains, in fact. I can say with complete certainty and sincerity that he is one of the finest marines to have been minted in the modern era of the marine corps. In 1996, Lieutenant Colonel dunford would take command of the second battalion marines at camp lejeune in north carolina. Years later in kabul we would repeat that. He would take command of the war effort in afghanistan. His storied career spans more than four decades of Brilliant Service to our country and to the world. In peace and in crisis and in war. And as the u. S. Navigates multi
Were to see them as adults to try them as adults than it wouldve been to do the same with young white girls. We have all this information already its all part of the mix. These are big issues. But i do think number one thing i would say is rehabilitation, being serious about it and being suspicious of any time someone uses that tough on crime approach in their campaign. We are out of time, can we give todd and alex a round of applause . [applause] thank you everyone. You are watching booktv with top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. Booktv, television for serious readers. Its wonderful to have you here, my name is rogers on time, im the director of the Reagan Institute the dc office of the Ronald Reagan president ial foundation and institute. I hope you all have been enjoying this reception. In honor of her own director of scholar initiatives doctor anthony ames and this Exciting Book launch i want to extend a special welcome to kelly. Anthonys wife and experience the complet
Download the free app or wherever you get your podcasts. Next, a discussion about u. S. Nuclear deterrence options and challenges. Talking about russia, china, north koreas capabilities. This is hosted by the Exchange Monitor Nuclear Deterrents summit. [inaudible conversations] right now, were going to have a session starting now and woven its way through the conference. So, if you want to take your seats i will have david and jeff prater introduce you to our panel. Here you go. Thank you very much. All right, well, thank you very much, nancy, and we want to thank everyone still out there staying until the bitter end and to hear what i regard not only a very important and phenal panel of the day, with four speakers that i promise will not just im jeff prater, and with me to moderate the q a today is my fellow cofounder and managing director, david charrington. We stood at the center to focus on educating policy makers, most importantly, new Congressional Staff on the u. S. Strategic Nu