We cant lose ground. The new treatments can be extremely expensive and cost as much as 1,000 a pill. I understand the v. A. Has been able to negotiate with the Drug Companies to a lower cost. And ive heard estimates that v. A. Is instead paying closer to 600 a bill, is that correct . I you may not have a answer. I would like to not have to answer that question. We work very slowly and collaboratively with the manufacturers of those drugs and have been able to reach attractive arrangements for the continued purchase of those drugs. And we continue to have those conversations. My what im curious about is if maybe our veterans are maybe choosing to go to v. A. As opposed to the private care or tricare or other options because they might get access to this medication more easily and the doctors might be able to get the treatment done in a more timely manner . I think that is certainly the case. If a veteran who is medicare eligible was to go to a private provider, he would wind up with a v
Intentions, no other nation joint is an imposing the sanctions. And they have had little effect, beyond providing the cuban government for rationale for restrictions on their own people. Today, cuba is still governed by the castros and the communist party that came to power half a century ago. Neither the american north cuban people are well served by a rigid policy that is rooted in event that took place before most of us were born. Consider that for more than thirtyfive years, we have had relations wwith china a far larger country also governed by a communist party. Nearly 2 decades ago, we reestablished relations with vietnam, where we fought a war that claimed more americans than any cold war country. That is why, when i came into office, i promise to reexamine our cuban policy. As a start, we lifted restrictions for cubanamericans to travel, and sent remittances to their families and cuba. Cubans have been reunited with their families. One of the best ambassadors for our values. A
Invasion, which tried to overthrow his regime. Over the next several decades, the relationship between our countries played out against the backdrop of the cold war, and americas steadfast opposition to communism. We are separated by just over 90 miles. But year after year, an ideological and economic barrier hardened between our two countries. Meanwhile, the Cuban Exile Community in the United States made enormous contributions to our country in politics and business, culture and sports. Like immigrants before, cubans helped remake america, even as they felt a painful yearning for the land and families they left behind. All of this bound america and cuba in a unique relationship, at once family and foe. Proudly, the United States has supported democracy and human rights in cuba through these five decades. We have done so primarily through policies that aimed to isolate the island, preventing the most basic travel and commerce that americans can enjoy anyplace else. And though this pol
Comes to you then goes to the president. The important point of your job is to filter, and not in a good way, because he only has so many hours in the day, and you have to make judgments about what he has to know so that he is prepared, so for me, the day started at 3 30 in the morning, and i cant speak for you, but i was up at that time to shower and go to the gym and address, and i was in the car by fire lot. Longer for the president would get information, there was interaction within the Intelligence Community. There were questions that i thought should be added to things, so it was the process to get the right information to him in a timely way that is holy integrated and comprehensive. So he is not getting a single review, but the lease and integrated one. It would not be inaccurate to describe this time as a time after 9 11. There was a way that we changed how we did security quite a bit. We change the way we think about intelligence and in my particular view, you see the massive
Http twitter. Com cspanwj. You can also find us on facebook at www. Facebook. Com cspan. Or email us, journal cspan. Org. What matters more to America Brian williams leaving, or john stuart announcing stepping down from his post on the daily show. It turns out that most americans do not even know who williams is. I. A survey found that only 29 of america could identify Brian Williams from a photograph. 15 of those were able to identify him from the age of 19 to 25. 34 of those 65 and older. Audiences have been losing in just a news anger since 1980, the story reports. 30 years ago nearly one half of americans can identify dan rather. Byin 1985, about half of americans watched news. Our first caller is arthur from corpus christi, texas. He is a republican. Good morning, arthur. Caller good morning. I love cspan. I havent been out very long but you said something that got me on my emotional side about the media. To tell you the truth i have a hard time trusting any of them. Host what mak