This is 15 minutes. [indiscernible] thank you president of these great United States President Trump. Thank you for inviting us not hope code talkers navajo code talkers. We have today three navajo code talkers of world war ii. One is 97 years old, a veteran of world war ii. His Landing Craft blown up, and had to swim to the beach to survive. ,he got shot up real badly survived one year in naval hospital. , also one of the code talkers who were on iwo jima, a tough battle. Three Marine Divisions landed on iwo. It was part of it the code talkers within the fifth Marine Division. Corps was notne enough, he enlisted in the United States army, served in the korean war, survived that awful battle. My name is peter mcdonald. I am the president of the 13 surviving navajo code talkers. I went in. I am 90 years old. I went in when i was 15 years old in 1944 and was with the st marine date on guam first marine brigade on guam and then went on to north china with six Marine Division to get those
Overwhelmingly, and it made it with Social Security actuarially sound for the next half century. That was 1983. So, those folks knew how to get along. Chairman nelson, Ranking Member collins and members of the committee, thank you for holding this hearing. And especially for the opportunity to testify about the future of the longterm policy. The perspective that im about to share comes from my work over the past 20 years of the office of management and budget as a person responsible for the Medicaid Budget. And also the last ten or 15 years consulting to a nursing home providers and assisted living providers and working with a number of my colleagues here on the panel and ideas including the class act. I just want to start by saying as many of you have noted we spent over 200 billion but we pay for very little care. We depend on over 60 million americans to provide most of the care and they provide it on paid and they do this because most americans are not insured against the financial
Stories. Im going each panellest briefly. Well start with questions. Nicole goodwin all the way down at the end, enlisted in the u. S. Army in 2001. She served as a supply specialist and was deployed in iraq in july of 2003 for five 1 2 months. When nicole returned to the bronx was one of the first Homeless Veterans of iraq war and featured in the document, when i came home as well as many news programs. She lives in new york city and raising her daughter and wrying poetry, fiction and nonfiction. She graduated college in 2000 one with a ba in english in creative writing an anthropology teresa fazio, next to nicole, grew up in white plains, new york. She served as a Marine Corps Communications officer from 2002 to 2006. Deploying once to iraq. She is writing a memoir about deployment relationship and its aftermath. Teresa published her work in New York Times at war blog and read her writing at the Kennedy Center in washington, d. C. She lives and works in new york city ing rebecca hari
Environmental concern, the financial concern, which is a lot of individuals in oakland. It is this in the feeling of sadness when you see wasted food. There is something within us that we cannot name, and it is difficult to talk about. That is something we are trying to tap him as well. We have different angles. Thealk about how 25 of freshwater used in Food Production goes to food we never eat. We talk about how one in six people in Alameda County do not know where the next meal is going to come from. The majority are children or Senior Citizens. We talk about the financial implications that up to 2200 a year for the average consumer and what they are spending on food they never eat. We do a lot of different levels. I think the Biggest Issue is it is coalition building, working together. We need macro and micro change. In the trenches, we need more food recovery programs. We need people working on gleaming programs. We need to figure out different ways that in everyday practice we get
Discountedle for the price of 12. 95 with shipping. That is cspan. Org first ladies. If you are a middle or high school student, we want to know what the most Important Congress issued should address next year. 100,000 dollars in total prizes read the deadline is january 20. Next, Women Veterans of the iraq and afghanistan wars share experiences. They talk about their personal decisions for entering the military. Some dangers being countered in war zones, how they use skills during a deployment, and their transition from military to civilian life. This was hosted by the near Public Library as part of a sneering veteran history series. It is one hour 40 minutes. Id like to thank everyone for coming out today. This is the third and final Panel Discussion we of posted here. Havee honored to incredible individuals to share their stories on the stage. Seems toussion celebrate the complete story. Veterans tell their own stories, civilians another veterans can learn from them and begin to eng