Youre paying for this problem. Bart board member Deborah Allen of Contra Costa County says her own Research Suggests the actual losses may be twice that much. Thats why today the board voted unanimously to select these new swing style gates to replace the originals. Similar to what you see at muni, but imagine that with plexiglas, something more modern looking and welcoming, seethrough, that sort of thing. The new gates will be five feet tall, making them tougher to get over and squeeze through. But making that choice was easy compared to what comes next. The very important task of finding 150 million. There are many, many riders who tell me if you would just not let people flood through the system without paying, the trains would be less crowded. We would have more revenue. There is a timeline for all this, but its not very exact. As alicia says, they have to find the 150 million. They have to do the installation at the bart stations, and then they have to wire it into their existingo
Hickey, the Senior Analyst at the u. S. Government accountability office, the non partisan, factbased investigative arm of the congress where he works for an International Affairs and trade team. Full disclosure, he is not representing the gao here today. So, patricks going to speak to us about the relationship between dan sickles and vinnie ream, the sculptor. Frankly, i know a fair amount about dan sickles, but this particular episode of his life i do not know too much about, so im really looking forward to hearing patricks presentation. Without any further ado, let me welcome patrick hickey. [applause] patrick im not sure im going to be able to hold this microphone and manipulate the mouse and everything at the same time. Is there another holder . Theres no other holder. Patrick all right, well. Im irish and quite loud. So, maybe ok. I want to thank john obrien and my friend and neighbor and Lincoln Group of d. C. Member for giving me this opportunity. Tracy will be appearing as vin
still not clear to this day confrontation between vietnamese ship and or ships and american ships, which then led to a resolution rammed through by lyndon johnson to a complete lack of focus at strategy on how to bring it to a close. and i m very sympathetic because the one thing that overrode most of lyndon johnson s thinking, appropriately, was china. that we certainly didn t want to have a confrontation and a conflageration that would lead to a real conflict there. so it cautioned all of our actions so that it was a very gradual escalation, which then not only didn t harm the enemy, but it strengthens their resolve. and that led, of course, to all kinds of implications and repercussions. the new age, the use of drugs, demonstrations, right out here on this mall. there were a million people or however many it was, it really split our society in a way that we sometimes forget. mass arrests, demonstrations. chicago. that all of us can look back and see on c-span. but it was a
ceremony in washington, d.c. speakers included the designer of the wall, maya lynn, and former defense secretary and vietnam veteran, chuck hagel. good afternoon,ve ladies an gentlemen. i m president and ceoi yo of tht veet nuclear progr vietnam veterans memorial fund and master of ceremonies for today. it is my pleasure to welcome you to the annual veterans day ceremony at the mall. before we begin the program, i would like to recognize all the gold star family members we havp with us here today, the mothers, fathers, wives, siblings, spouses, nieces, nephew, and the sons and daughters in touch, all those who have experienced the loss of a loved one and know all too well the sacrifices that our military families make. and finally, to those still waiting for the return of their loved ones who are listed as missing, thank you for joining us. i d also like to take a moment to thank the wall volunteers. they re the folks you see in the yellow jackets and the yellow ho hat, and t
national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. i m the president and ceo of the vietnam veterans memorial fund and i ll be your master of ceremonies for today. it is my pleasure to be the first to welcome you to the annual veterans day ceremony at the wall. before we begin the formal program, i would like to recognize all of the gold star family members we have with us here today. the mothers, father, wives, siblings, spouses, nieces, nephews, and the sons and daughters in touch. all those who have experienced experienced the loss of a loved one and know all too well the sacrifices that our military families make. and finally, to those still waiting for the return of their loved ones who are listed as missing. thank you for joining us. [ applause ] i d like to take a moment to thank the wall volunteers. they re the fol