Im married to a former colonel out of the u. S. Army. I have a son thats going into the u. S. Army. I sit so we consider ourselves a mmit, military family. And im going to tell you, we cannot continue as the solution with everything to send our troops in to do business. There are other means in which. We have to do that. Rselves diplomatic means. We have to have actionable intelligence. We have to use the economics of the situation. So i believe, in particular the Bush Administration used the military far too much and to our detriment in many cases. And sometimes i wonder if the ma Obama Administration doesnt understand that. It feels compelled to understand the situation and doesnt understand that somehow weve got to extricate ourselves south of some of these situations. You mean compelled the use iy military as an option . Exactly. Any ca they may feel compelled. Again, ill be very honest. When he first came in, i said look, we cant continue this. We just cannot continue this. Its no
Thanks to the witnesses for testifying today. A few questions still come to mind after all this discussion we have had here. The first one that i have is when i look at the data on students obese or overweight, do we have any evidence which direction their direction has gone . First to ms. Burwell. Any indication on whether this program is reducing the overweightness of our children in school, or whether it might be working against us . So with regard to the specifics, ill refer to my colleague secretary vilsack. I think what we know in younger children we are starting to see overarching across the board. We are starting to see the numbers go in the right direction. With regard to the specifics of school programs, i would defer to the secretary. I would prepared to redirect that question after your response. I will tell you we saw the obesity rate of high school decrease 9 . In the four years after that, the obesity rate increased by 16 . Have you seen any data like that from the cente
Different thing. And to say were killing the American Dream with this, the American Dream worked pretty good before 1984. Were not trying to kill the American Dream. Were trying to stir the American Dream. Thank you, senator franken. Senator roberts. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Thank you for holding this hearing. Thank you all for being here today. I want to point out 96 of the businesses in kansas are Small Businesses naps the answer in terms of Economic Development for our state. With those folks being our job creators we need to act with partners with our businesses and not against them. I think this new standard delivered by the National Labor Relations Board seems to stand in the way of opportunity and growth. Millions of franchisors, n subcontractors with temporary Staffing Firms will be harmed, in addition to those wishing to be employed by one of those industries. And ive heard from folks all around kb asking me what this means for their business. That means uncertainty. That mean
You are already taking steps to than 9800. R less we just know know what the number is . Yes, butampbell sir, the course of action i recommended, if we get a decision senator tillis i think the Administration Needs to be crystal on this. This is not something that should take long and anyone who situationed this knows the president is going down a perilous path. You mention some things i have not heard you talk about. , the other funding streams that are at risk that are also an important part of the gains we made in protecting those gains, can you tell me about any progress or concerns you have with that . Sir, this is al critical year for 2016. They will meet at the warsaw conference and that will for 2018, 2019, 2024 afghanistan senator tillis but that is still an open switch if we continue to build on our games there . Is that correct . General campbell yes, it is important we do not lose senator tillis thank you. Something else i want to reinforce that senator graham touched on, a
Or, should the president forced ahead with his plan to remove all combat troops from afghanistan by the end of 2016 . Can dialans 2027488001. Democrats, 2027488000. Ndependents, 2027488002 you can also email us. , johnitol hill yesterday campbell, who was the commander of u. S. Troops not afghanistan, 1 testified before the Senate Armed Services committee. The afghanistan timeline is unfeasible. Says the u. S. Must leave forces beyond 2016. [video clip] mid2014 envisioned in that we would transition to a normalized embassy presents by january 2017. That remains our planning assumption. Since that time, much has changed. Increasedise of dice, al qaeda presence in afghanistan and now, strong partners like chief executive abdullah. Train, advise and assist the Afghan Security forces and conduct Counterterrorism Operations to protect the homeland. Upsurge in insurgent violence shows come afghanistan is at a Decisive Point again. The president is well aware of the tenuous security situation