Catastrophic mass mortality disease outbreak could have profound implications for counties, for the state. The North Carolina poultry industry is responsible for as much as 34 billion in total Economic Activity and creates supports as many as 109,000 jobs. North carolina has a long standing commitment to agriculture and has responded to and recovered from agriculture disasters in the past drought disease and weather events but unprecedented in potential to impact our state and the entire southeast. The department and partners are committed to preparing for and responding to this disease should it arrive on the wings of migratory birds this fall. If successful will minimize impact on poultry on economy and citizens of our state. I am prepared to answer any questions you might have. Thank you very much. Mr. Chair and members of the committee, my name is bill hartman, executive director of board of Animal Health and state veterinarian in minnesota. I want to thank you for providing me wit
There would be no reason to stint those lesions. Thank you. Doctor mitchell, since you blew the whistle at the va scandal, has anything changed in phoenix in your view . Now patients are being scheduled or being referred to choice. The problem is that there is a delay in the community of getting choice apartmentst appointments scheduled. Retaliation is alive and well and i have many friends within the phoenix va scared to speak up, and they call me and i reported them and i try to assist them so they can address them without suffering re retaliation retaliation. Thank you. Dr. Knee, if somebody is Walking Around with 11 stints in their heart, what is likely to happen . Well, i mean, again its difficult. Its based on every patient and it would depend on why stints were placed there in the first place, and some have multiple stints and would require bypass surgery. They need to make sure that the patients are informed if they receive something they should not have because you can be on m
Mr. Thornberry mentioned about ack which situation reform and making sure the system works better. I thank the chairman who has taken the lead on this issue. I think we have made significant improvements while acknowledging that we still have a long way to go to get the efficiency out of the pentagon budget. I think this bill does a great job supporting the troops and their families. Its basically the case we recruit a Service Member but you retain the family, and that means you have to provide for them. We support the 2. 5 pay raise in this bill and support the troops and their families in many different ways. This is a very good product. I also want to say, and i want to thank representative langevin on this issue. This bill states that Climate Change is a National Security threat. We make that the policy of the United States congress to acknowledge Climate Change and the impact that its going to have on our National Security. And representative langevin was tireless in making sure t
President ial elections are prepared for in egypt. Thats the subject of the week ahead our sunday night special. I know its a little late, but i was in the neighbourhood and thought id stop by. Im here on a Single Mission that is to thank you for your extraordinary service. Well, he was in the neighbour hood and u. S. Troops in afghanistan were in for quite the surprise. They got a visit from president obama who thanked them for their sacrifices and the sacrifices of their family. They addressed the question on everyones minds, which is when are the troops coming home. Mike viqueira has more. Reporter it was president obamas fourth trip to afghanistan. Each and every time its cloaked in secrecy for security purposes much the first trip in almost two years, visiting the troops, their commanding officers, the American Ambassador there, speaking to the troops at bagram. It was decidedly focused on american troops, this memorial day weekend, not getting involved in meeting with afghan offi
Pending health applications. Nearly 40,000 unprocessed applications discovered in january of 2013. These were primarily applications from returning Service Members from iraq and afghanist afghanistan. The ewrath that ive experience include my whistleblower complaint to White House Deputy chief of staff was leaked to my manager Sherry Williams who stated in writing that she was contacting me on behalf of acting sent gibson and mr. Rob neighbors. Neither mr. Gibson nor mr. Neighbors have responded to this fact. My employment records were illegally altered by cbo manager joyce deet terse. I was illegally placed on a permanent work detail by phillip mccofsky. I was placed on involuntary administrative leave curiously at the same time the oig investigation was taking place in atlanta by acting hec director greg becker. Unfortunately, my experience is not unique at va. Darren and irene owens who work at the Atlanta Va Medical Center have experienced the same retaliation for reporting medical