Welcome. This is our voices for Japan Program at the stimson center. This is the annual event that Japan Program hosts to invite those whom we often do not get to listen to here in washington. This year i am extremely honored to have these leaders. Have been my mentors and i respect them deeply. They have taught me 70 things over the years and that time that i have known them. Im very happy that they agreed to come to washington and talk to us this morning. You all have a bio, their detailed bio in the program in your seat. I will save you from a lengthy introduction. Very quickly to my immediate left is general transport next to him is admiral and lieutenant general. They are all retired but demonstrate the importance of a joint operations on the forces. We will listen to what they have in mind about japans defense posture. Before we start i am late in introducing myself. I yuki tatsumi. I am the Japan Program director. This could not have happened without a lot of the sponsors and su
Thank the brave men and women who wear the noble uniform of the u. S. Air force for having us here today. I had the privilege to visit with some of your wonderful children at the youth center here on base. I enjoyed our time together getting to know them and want to thank everyone who helped make this visit possible. Every child whose parent serves in our great military should be enormously proud because your mom or dad is a true american hero. In the wake of two devastating hurricanes, the world has witnessed your courage and compassion and you have made every american proud. Americans have trust in the United States air force because we know you will never quit. You will never yield, and you will never fail. We know that we are free because you are brave. I know i speak on behalf of myself and my husband when i tell you we are grateful for your service. I also want to take a moment to recognize the families of those who serve. You endured the time apart, accepted to move when new ord
This is the annual event the Stimson Center hosts. To listen to here in washington. This year i am extremely honored to have these leaders. Have been my mentors and i respect them deeply. They have taught me 70 things over the years and that time that i have known them. Im very happy that they agreed to come to washington and talk to us this morning. You all have a bio, their detailed bio in the program in your seat. I will save you from a lengthy introduction. Very quickly to my immediate left is general transport next to him is admiral and lieutenant general. They are all retired but demonstrate the importance of a joint operations on the forces. We will listen to what they have in mind about japans defense posture. Before we start i am late in introducing myself. I yuki tatsumi. I am the Japan Program director. This could not have happened without a lot of the sponsors and supporters of the Japan Program. I would very much like to thank all of the Japan Program supporters at this lo
Affordable care act. We wanted to start with the chairman of the Senate Health committee, lamar alexander. He has been holding a series of hearings. Here is the senator talking about the goal. [video clip] our goal is to come up with in a census consensus early next week. Hopefully we can have senator mcconnell an Agreement Congress can pass by the end of the month that will limit premium increases next year and begin to lower premiums after that and prevent insurers from leaving the market. That is our schedule. What happens if we dont succeed . Last year, or percent of american counties had one Insurance Company on the exchange. This year 36 have one insurer. Of counties half will have one or zero counties on the exchange. We have heard from state Insurance Commissioners that this monopoly in so many. Ounties drives up premiums without costsharing reductions, the Congressional Budget Office, the joint committee on taxation, and as our witnesses have said, premiums will increase 20 in
What exactly is it and what does it mean and where does an addiction come from . , it isaddiction means the repetition of a behavior so compulsively that it just takes over your life. Repeated,eated, repeated, pursue the activity, even at thence, cost of life devastating consequences. Definition of addiction isnt tied to a particular job or alcohol necessarily. You canpredicted be addicted to behaviors. The definition has changed over the years to recognize it is the pursuit of that activity at all costs, even at lifechanging consequences for yourself and loved ones. Host how prevalent our addictions of all kinds right now in the country and what are the most significant ones . Guest addiction is one of the major Health Problems in the United States right now. Opioid addiction is getting a lot of attention, rightly so. More people now die of prescription overdoses and heroin overdoses than die in car accidents, nearly 60,000 deaths a year. Alcohol claims far more lives. Alcohol is a ma