I just want to take a moment to recognize that dd cannot join us tonight to talks leadership in the cia and the careers at the agency and one was even recruited out of high school we will hear about that. And please make sure you are listening to beverly kurt. Also if you are tweeting tonight please use the. The fire alarm goes off i will be here to escort you were to go. Now i will handed over to the executive Vice President for global government and then to help to amplify the voices with the International Business and development. [applause] thank you kathleen for joining us tonight for the smart women in smart power series. We are so excited weve had some really great panels. But i think this will be one of the best ones we have tonight. We are proud to call ourselves a and with the distinctive lines of business that gives us a unique Vantage Point of political climates around the world. So as we confront those challenges we do so in a way that enables us to provide Financial Servi
I just want to take a moment to recognize that dd cannot join us tonight to talks leadership in the cia and the careers at the agency and one was even recruited out of high school we will hear about that. And please make sure you are listening to beverly kurt. Also if you are tweeting tonight please use the. The fire alarm goes off i will be here to escort you were to go. Now i will handed over to the executive Vice President for global government and then to help to amplify the voices with the International Business and development. [applause] thank you kathleen for joining us tonight for the smart women in smart power series. We are so excited weve had some really great panels. But i think this will be one of the best ones we have tonight. We are proud to call ourselves a and with the distinctive lines of business that gives us a unique Vantage Point of political climates around the world. So as we confront those challenges we do so in a way that enables us to provide Financial Servi
Note a quorum is present. We we will hear testimony from e department of education implementation of borrowed eventual. Pursuant to commingle 7c statements are limited to the chair and Ranking Member. I want to thank secretary devos of being with us today and thank her for a green to hold enough time in the schedule all of the members present to have amendments confinements of questions pursuant to house rules. Especially thankful because this cheer im exercise my prerogative to go last in question order so it she were to leave early i wouldnt get to ask questions. I want to thank you for agreeing to stay with us for the fulltime. I recognize myself enough for the purpose of making an opening statement. We are here to examine the department of educations implementation of the borrower defense rule. I want to thank you, madam secretary, for appearing before the committee to discuss this important issue. Borrower defense is a rule grounded in basic fairness. Student borrowers who are def
Welcome. This is our voices for Japan Program at the stimson center. This is the annual event that Japan Program hosts to invite those whom we often do not get to listen to here in washington. This year i am extremely honored to have these leaders. Have been my mentors and i respect them deeply. They have taught me 70 things over the years and that time that i have known them. Im very happy that they agreed to come to washington and talk to us this morning. You all have a bio, their detailed bio in the program in your seat. I will save you from a lengthy introduction. Very quickly to my immediate left is general transport next to him is admiral and lieutenant general. They are all retired but demonstrate the importance of a joint operations on the forces. We will listen to what they have in mind about japans defense posture. Before we start i am late in introducing myself. I yuki tatsumi. I am the Japan Program director. This could not have happened without a lot of the sponsors and su
Voices for Japan Program. This is an annual event that Japan Program house to inviteth strategic thinkers in japan we often dont get to listen to washington. This year, honor to have the leaders. They have been my mentors come to respect them deeply. They taught me some things over the years the ten or 15 years i have been on the. Very happy they greet to come to washington and talk to us this morning. You all have a bio in the program at your seat. So i will save you the introduction. But for a quickly to my left, is general in the to him is an admirable in the far and as a lieutenant. Obviously all retired, but there from the three services toreti demonstrate the importance of a joint operation. We will listen to what they have in mind about the posture. Before start on late in introducing myself. Im a director of Japan Program simpson. N. This annual event could not happen without sponsors and supporters of the Japan Program so i would like to thank all of the Japan Program supporte