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From first page to the back page. I think that as a matter of policy and procedure and human rights we should have the posting of passports in nepal. I dont question for a minute we should have it from day one. We will now going forward. Anything we communicate to the nepalese we do it both in english as well as the nepalese including their contracts, their Employment Contracts thank the chairman for additional time, and i yield back. Thank you. Now recognize mr. Cummings for five minutes. Thank you very much mr. Chairman. Id like to discuss the examination of two Construction Contracts at the kabul embassy. The first one was in 2009 and the second was awarded in 2010 to a different contractor, thats correct . Thats correct. Can you briefly describe the two things that were contracted and their estimated completion dates . I believe the 2009 contract was to cons ....
I do. Thats the exact figurersment the scope of the project is 2. 2 billion. The em if a sis is on desks. Isnt it by the end of the year rethe administration is supposed to have all the troops out . Do you know . By the end of ethics year well have probably one of the best arrays of desks you have ever seen in any post. I was over there and some of the Foreign Ministry folks. Are are we going to be buddy 31 . Does anyone know . If i may this refers back to the point i head that we have tried to be flexible and responsive in terms of staffing. I know. But again, a desk would suppose a person is sitting there. Vacant desks are another matterer. We are building this is a 2. 2 billion dollar project. Its probably the biggest Infrastructure Project if the history of afghanistan. In a country that has revenue of about 2. 5 billion coming in. We are going to have this mass ....
Host here is another one of those many extraordinary pictures. We are seeing it on television as well. Men, women, and children from syria in afghanistan clinging to a dinghy sunday. And afghanistan clinging to a dinghy sunday. They are off the coast of greece. Im going to talk to david martin now from charlottesville, virginia. He is an International Law professor and a former judge deputy the former deputy counsel at the department of Homeland Security. The president has asked that 10,000 Syrian Refugees be brought to the u. S. As we start to look at that process, can you define for us first how the u. S. Looks at a refugee . What is the definition in u. S. Terms . Drawn byfinition is international treaty. A refugee is someone out his or her country of her origin and is afraid to return. The keyword is a wellfou ....
Caller all over all of t people are migrating. They have no way to make an income. This is about Food Insecurity and Food Assistance programs. What questions do you have for that . Caller if they werent in prison they would be able toe feed their children. Host move on to patricia, minneapolis, minnesota, republican line, hi. Caller good morning. Im concerned about the anecdotal evidence she provided that one child telling the teacher that he hadnt eaten all weekend. Well, that would be an issue of child negligent neglect. Do you report these kids when they say things like they havent eaten all weekend . The problem is with the family, with the mothers not cooking, whatever. I dont see how you could listen to a child say they hadnt eaten all weekend and leave it at that. Guest thanks for raising that issue. Certainly i can clarify a little bit there. I think what this reall ....
Are on the front line and work and see what the arrest are and gets away, i would say, we would be lucky if we got away with 40 . Chairman mr. Starr, of the frontline people we are relying on, and the embassy and the local guards, do you know what we are paying those local guards on a monthly basis . Starr i could not quote you an exact dollar figure. I could go over this with the contract we are putting in place. I will tell you it is a Competitive Salary in terms of any other local guards in the country and in fact, it is in competitive with the police as well. It is based on mexican salaries. Heres the concern. We go to the second slide. Teen in a was built under Standard Embassy Design. Is it too ugly for mexico . Not to my knowledge, sir. But in fact it really wasnt a Standard Embassy Design. I ....