Program library and, i would like to welcome you all, the book is entitled on war and politics the battlefield inside washingtons beltway which i think the friends of the library. And the cheese and fruit, and the reception. When i asked about your cell phones, interrupt the presentation, tonight i have the introduction, the author talk and a question and answer session. There will be a mike set up in the center aisle to approach the make. After the program, and there are others who are interested. And have wine and cheese. This program will be taped by cspan and will be airing at a later date the next few weeks. I will turn the program over to longterm friend and colleague Major General Arnold Punaro. Please join me in a warm welcome. [applause] turn your cell phones back on while i am talking. It is an honor for me to be your mc and the role the author has seen me play a number of times in the days together, Science Application International corporation and this is the second time in
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Woodruff good evening. Ifill welcome to this pbs newshour special coverage of the firstou debate between the o major Party President ial candidates. Hillary clinton and donald trump. The stage is set at Hofstra University on long island, new york, where the election is 43 days away the race tightening a lot is on the line tonight, judy. Woodruff it is, gwen. We given first time this is the first time they faced each other one on one. Lester holt of nbc news will be moderating joining us are our regular contributors syndicated columnist, mark shields, New York Times columnist, david brooks and from the cook a political report amy walter. We welcome all you have here for the next two hours. Amy, start with you, what are you looking for . Each has enthusiasm gapp problem, they got to get their partisans fired up for Hillary Clinton its youngan people. O for donald trump hes got to get those White College educated voters back to the republican b fold where they have been. Get those voters,
Its exactly the reason i gave up my cell phone number during the First National press conference in september and i get calls every single day from veterans and to listen to them. Because youve got to keep that this will put the above were trying to do. Its all very personal. Thank you for your dedication. Thank you, mr. Chairman. I do have some questions that i will submit for the record. Thank you, mr. Chair been. Also secretary, thank you for being here. Appreciated. I visited with you before about legislation that i put forward, the veterans access to extended care. And its all about making sure that we can encourage Nursing Homes to take va reimbursement for veterans by limiting the Small Business contracting requirements that are currently under when they take va reimbursement but that they dont have to deal with when they take medicare reimbursement. Thats a burden that really makes no sense for them. They even have to undergo a separate so theres a lot of red tape, a lot of com
Actually come to the course. So thats a key part of that piece, and then when it comes to the communications, clearly a communications is a big part of our trust. We need to explain why the gender neutral standards, how were going to ensure that everybody meets those standards, both men and women, why theyre necessary for the occupation in the first place because theres some question as to is it really the right task that should be done in these standards, in these different moss, and then that by communicating that a little more effectively than we have, this is going to help us build the trust for both men and women to want to continue down that pipeline for those different areas. Thats an important part of the implementation plan. Thank you. Thank you. Yes, please. Sue fulton, im the chair of the u. S. Military board of visitors. Former signal officer. Obviously, we are dealing with a question of Critical Mass too and i want to go back to that because i want to follow up a little bi