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but the decision by the court of arbitration for sport, or cas, makes it highly unlikely she ll be allowed to compete in rio. the court of arbitration for sport has dismissed the request filed by the russian olympic committee and 68 russian athletes. reporter: the russian olympic committee had appealed the ban put in place by the world track and field governing body in november. it bars russian athletes from international competitions because of doping concerns. the ioc maintains 68 clean athletes should still be allowed to take part in the games. officials in moscow criticized the decision against them. the sports minister vitaly mutko says it lacks objectivity and has no legal basis. the scandal started back in 2014, when a russian middle distance runner blew the whistle on widespread doping in her country. it s now grown to engulf other sports, too. earlier this week, an investigator for the world anti-doping agency released a report. he detailed a russian state- ....
arbitration for sport, or cas, makes it highly unlikely she ll be allowed to compete in rio. the court of arbitration for sport has dismissed the request filed by the russian olympic committee and 68 russian athletes. reporter: the russian olympic committee had appealed the ban put in place by the world track and field governing body in november. it bars russian athletes from international competitions because of doping concerns. the ioc maintains 68 clean athletes should still be allowed to take part in the games. officials in moscow criticized the decision against them. the sports minister vitaly mutko says it lacks objectivity and has no legal basis. the scandal started back in 2014, when a russian middle distance runner blew the whistle on widespread doping in her country. it s now grown to engulf other sports, too. earlier this week, an investigator for the world anti-doping agency released a report. he detailed a russian state-sponsored doping program, saying ....
victimized at high and sometimes alarming rates. kpleks complex jurisdictional patterns still too often hamper investigations and impede justice and resources remain scarce. report by the tribal law and order commission noted the need for almost 3,000 tribal law enforcement officers, a 50% staffing shortfall. that s why the resources requested in the president s budget are vital. excluding funding for prisons, the budget allocates almost $300 million for public safety activities in indian country. this level of funding would be historic and it would allow us to build on our progress and make in roads into solving the enduring and intractable problems faced by our tribal partners. for one thing, the budget would take a page from ctask to dedicate specific funding to tribal specific initiatives. a flexible tribal grant 7% set aside for programs for my office would give tribes reliable access to $111 million in grant resources. this would remove some of the unpredictabilit ....
i agree with your comments about the challenges, the situation being unacceptable, saying if we aren t talking about the problems, we aren t addressing them. aggressively working in the great plains area. members of the senate a couple weeks ago who weren t on the committee such as senator thune were here because of the concern that we have with regard to the conditions of the indian health service in the great plains areas specifically. in fiscal year 2016 i know you ve only been on the job for a short period ever time congress appropriated $2 million specifically to help address some of these emergent issues. despite the dire conditions in the great plains area, it took the administration several months to even figure out what to do with the $2 million in appropriated funds. i know you weren t there at the time. meanwhile, the facilities in the area have lost their medicare provider status, on the verge of losing it. patients at the facilities are ultimately payin ....
investigations and impede justice. resources remain scarce. the report by the tribal law and commission noted the need for a thousand law enforcement officers. a 50% staffing shortfall. that is why resources requested in the president s budget are vital. excluding funding for a prison, the budget allocates $300 .illion for public safety this funding would be historic and allow us to build on progress to make inroads into solving problems faced by our tribal partners. page andt would take a donate significant funding to initiatives. a flexible tribal grant, 7% set aside of programs from my office $111 give tribes access to million in grant resources. this would remove some of the unpredictability around the competition for federal funding for which under resourced tribes often at a distinct disadvantage. makesesident s budget targeted investments as well. $25 million would be devoted to meeting the needs of native american victims who remain chronically underserved. fund ....