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And finally, if you are 50 and over. Number for is the you to dial into. Now, you can also participate in the conversation via social cpanwj, twitter handle. Facebook. Com cspan or journal cspan. Org. This is from the wall street journal a couple of days ago. Americans review of race low. Ions, a twodecades his is a wall street journal news poll. Relations were bad or fairly bad. Of americans believe Race Relations in the u. S. Are fairly good, down from a high of 77 in january, 2009, after the election of barack obama as americas first black president. The figure is the lowest since october 1995 after the cquittal on murder charges of africanamerican former football tar o. J. Simpson, a traumatic and racially polarizing event. Over the past two decades, blacks and hispanics have always ad more negative views on Race Relations in the u. S. Than white. Following the election y ....
Period of time, but addressing Climate Change is also pushing us to take advantage of one of the single biggest Economic Opportunities the world has ever seen. This is an economic about a bonanza. The Fastest Growing jobs in massachusetts right now are the Environment Clean Energy sector. And thats true in many parts of the world. Were creating more jobs there than we are in the old sectors of energy production. And by 2035, Energy Investment is going to reach close to 50 trillion. Much of that money is going to go towards clean energy development. Were now 20 times where we were before president obama became president in the deployment of solar, three times in the deployment of wind. Our ....
[no audio] good afternoon everyone. It is great to be here at centcom. I want to start by thanking all of the people who work here for their hard work around the clock to keep us safe. That work includes delivering isil a lasting defeat. But also building a more secure future in afghanistan, countering irans malign influence, maintaining security and freedom of , and much more. Chairman dunford and i are here for discussions with two of our nations finest leaders. General austin and general votel. To discuss our accelerating military campaign to defeat isil. And how to accelerate it yet further. The military action that we recommended to the president and that he approved in the fall have allowed the campaign to gather further momentum umand to apply pressure momentum and to apply pressure to isil in iraq and syria in more fronts than at any other point in the campaign. This pressure is having an affect against isil. Its also generating additional opportunities to further accelerate th ....
The issue that came up around the cranium crisis is one of timing. That was a crisis that was shortterm. L and g had asked working gas is and exporting gas is longer. If that is the direction the u. S. Policy once to go, there is no reason the u. S. Could not be a large exporter of gas. The other hiccup with that thinking is the u. S. Energy system isnt government controlled. The federal government may have had every reason to want to bring gas to ukraine at that point, but there is not a history of telling the gas stations where to direct their gas. We let the market do that. There are couple of changes that would be required to get to that point. Mr. Chandra when i think about some of the hurdles of oil now we are not the low cost producer. In shell gas, we are. We are at the low end of the spectrum. In oil, we can export. Gas companies have adjusted their capacity to this lower gas prices world. The Oil Producers are about to un ....
Massachusetts and orrin hatch from utah. A lot of folks like to joke about the odd couple, but i think Mitch Mcconnell and barack obama may have them outdone. Senator mcconnell was one of 10 republican senators to vote for Loretta Lynch for attorney general. It will have majority leaders mcconnells remarks next. Followed by a discussion on the future of congress and later a look at the u. S. And for structure needs. Infrastructure needs. Good afternoon everyone. [applause] welcome. I have the great privilege of being the president of the Edward M Kennedy institute for the United States senate. This wonderful new building and this wonderful Innovative Technology exhibit outside leads to this wonderful re ....