and it was hard to get people back in or whether we weren t just on the ball. that is very important future. dr. clancy, we found veterans who died of drug toxicity reported hallucinations and subsequently died by suicide and reported homicidal thoughts. are these improved outcomes you are referring to? no, they are not mr. chairman. in response to the report ba noted it would conduct reviews and develop a plan to determine and address the fact is contributing to coding variances. this was to be completed by march 2015. has this been completed? it is in progress. we are not completed yet. i will also add in addition to that i have been meeting inspired by it by the gao report and at their feet back with dr. kudler and others to figure out the veterans we think are struggling the most with mental health disorders that we should be targeting to make sure that they are getting the best possible care. thank you. when do you think that report will be done? i will have
brooks is blurred through his glasses because he is so close and brooks strikes sumner on the top of the head with a cane. sumner s head explodes in blood almost instantly. author stephen puleo on the caning of massachusetts senator charles sumner by south carolina congressman preston brooks that drove the country closer to civil war. sunday night at eight eastern and pacific on c-span s q&a. on tuesday gary sydni spoke to the national press club in washington dc about his advocacy for u.s. veterans and the work of the gary sinise foundation. this is an hour. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] welcome to the national restaurant. i m an editor for bloomberg that s our breaking news desk here in washington, and i m the president of the national press on. our guest today is actor, humanitarian gary sinise. he will discuss challenges facing america s servicemen and women, and
watch it live or on demand or on your smart phones or tablets. hillary clinton s historic acceptance speech on thursday night on cspan radio app and cspan.org. up next, captain benjamin griffin talks about president reagan and the soviet union moves to the diplomatic forefront. the is an hour and 40 minutes event. now, let me introduce ben griffin who graduated in the academy of 2006 and commissioner of intelligence officer. he served while deployed in iraq in 2007 and 2008 and as an assistant in brigade in 2011. he s currently assigned to the united states academy as a industry instructor. his military award and declarations, he s currently abd for the university of texas of austin and working on the dissertation and national security policy of ronald reagan. his research includes grand strategi strategies, american foreign relations and the cold war. ben holds a bachelor of science from the united states military academy. a master of art from the university of arizona. a ma
managing editor of nightline from 1980 to 2005. he has won every significant television award, including eight peabody awards, 11 overseas press club awards, 12 dupont columbia awards and 42 emmys. he has been a contributing columnist to the new york times, the washington post and the wall street george and the author of the wall street journal and the author of off camera. in his latest book, lights out: cyberattack, a nation unprepared, surviving the aftermath, koppel reveals that a major cyber attack on america s power grid is not only possible, but likely, that it would be devastating, and that the united states is shockingly unprepared. with urgency and authority, one of our most renowned journalists examines a threat unique to our time and evaluates potential ways to prepare for catastrophe that is all but inevitable. the former director of the nsa, retired general keith alexander, says of lights out, a wake-up call for all of us. please welcome tom huds
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