a generic drug. a traditional generic drug. is that owing to any deficiency in the product or is that because of a special characteristic in the patient? >> i think very often it's going to depend on the patient. there was some litigation about the medicaid program on its failure to cover brand name drugs in florida. and there was some affidavit testimony from a neurologist who said that he had a lot of patients with epilepsy who were on brand named drugs forced to switch to generics and had seizures when they had been seizure free for years t may be the individual patient who can't tolerate perhaps the finding agent in the generics or something in the generics. and for these folks, when they can't get active to the brand name drug, they have a hard time. >> have you heard of a doctor who took a brand name drug when off pattent and he tweak today? i believe the drug was called, i show here abrexaine. and he tweak today so taxol was the generic, its active ingredient was coated and easier to take and avoid an allergic andraectio

general fund. it is required by local statutes as is the county assistance program, or to require an effort to draw down federal and state dollars. when you break down the general fund, really about 100 million is truly discretionary money. that is sort of a ballpark, and when we get a budget reduction target, it is not of the entirety, it is of of the discretionary money. and of that, there are programs that bear a disproportionate share of the discretionary general fund. for our agency, it is housing and homeless services which is not authorized by any local ordinance and the most is general fund this that go to support shelters and housing for single adults and the homeless prevention programs. >> you have a very large share of your budget that is represented by federal and state funding, generally. it is much larger than many of our other departments because our general fund typically leverage is a draw-down? >> correct, they are generally federally mandated programs. our welfare program for fa

. >> thank you very much, general ingram. .general mckinley and general wyatt, as i indicated in my opening remarks, this past parch, the air force announced more structure changes and end strength reduction. and the greatest reductions were in the air guard. 51 h 5100 lost. my question is, were you involved in reaching this final decision? were you consulted? what was your involvement? >> scenario, i think i'll let bud talk through the tactical process by which the air force works its corporate process and traditionally in the guard the two directors have been totally involved in their services in how the budgets are built and briefed. i will tell you that as chief, i was involved in the final deliberations discussions in the december time frame in which time i expressed certainly our corporate view on behalf of the and utants general on the outcome that the air force was pursuing. and then following the holidays, a number of meetingsing with both secretary panetta, chairman dempsey, general swartz, and secretary donnelly to continue to work out the end game strategies. i think you've had

the inspectors general for the agriculture department and general services administration. when it gets under way the hearing is set to last two hours. it could be a couple minutes before it gets under way. it was a late night on capitol hill last night with the house armed services committee meeting all day long yesterday, marking up the 2013 defense authorization bill, a hearing we covered here on c-span three and across the c-span networks. they did pass a $246 billion defense authorization bill. can you find all of yesterday's markup session in our video library at c-span.org. the house itself did come in this morning about a half an hour ago. the budget sequester bill replaces $98 billion in cuts in defense and social programs with different cuts. we spoke to a capitol hill reporter for a preview on today's debate. >> the house on thursday is expected to take up two measures aiming to avert a sequester of defense funds. we're joined by kathleen hunter with bloomberg news joining us from capitol hill. y remind us again what the sequester would do and what are the two go

september 1st, 1961, powers gave nato secretary general their draft instructions to general norstad. because these instructions used certain words it was clear they were not just limited to the four power live oak planning for berlin. the document called upon general norstad to prepare plans for, quote, broader air, land or naval measures and also the selected use of nuclear weapons. further tasked with the ambassadorial group in washington. clearly shocked by the way the four powers had bypassed the nato chain of command with these instructions, secretary general sticker informed them that it was his job, as the secretary general, to maintain unity of the alliance as well as to safeguard the existing chains of command in the political and military fields. he warned that, quote, the dangers threatening the alliance do not only come from the outside. and he also complained that some ambassadors were complaining about the lack of consultation within the alliance. finally, he told them, there can be no doubt as to what is the political authority of the alliance. ie, the north atlantic c

it started by defining what the minnenal generation is. >> the minnenal generation was born from 1982 to 2003. it is the largest american generation. 95 million minnenals are currently living -- >> really? >> yes. >> they beat out the boomers. >> there are nearly twice as many as generation x. >> why is it so big? >> well -- >> and why it is a generation? >> generations are a group of people who are born roughly within a 20-year period of one another. they are united by kind of common behavior, common attitudes, not that everybody in the generation march in lock step, but there are tendencies that show them going in one direction or another. commonality. >> and there are a lot of them, because boomer women waited to have children, and then those children got put right on top of the 20 year olds -- >> this is your second book about the millennial generation, and my guess is you guys are not of that generation. >> good guess. >> so why should anybody listen to you two about it? >> because quite frankly what we have to say about this generation has been pretty much right on. we wrote our

our six month report across most of our general tax fund revenues. we have summarized those on the slide and it is mixed news here. we have very good news in accelerating improvement in our local payroll tax and property transfer taxes which are to of a larger revenue sources in the general fund. that is offset two. or partially offset by some unexpected weakness in property- tax. you continue to see the local employment picture improves in san francisco and that is in terms of the number of jobs, all of which is driving a larger than expected improvement in payroll tax. we continue to see considerable acceleration in our commercial real-estate market which is driving property transfer tax up. we have seen a number of appeals now awarded by the assessment appeals board in the current fiscal year related to prior years' tax appeals which were worse than expected. that leads us to revise down our thinking about property-tax because we have a number of appeals, we expect the out fund -- the outcome to be worse. that is a mixed revenue picture but genera

[applause] >> the playground is broken into three general areas. one for the preschool set, another for older children, and a sand area designed for kids of all ages. unlike the old playground, the new one is accessible to people with disabilities. this brand-new playground has several unique and exciting features. two slides, including one 45- foot super slide with an elevation change of nearly 30 feet. climbing ropes and walls, including one made of granite. 88 suspension bridge. recycling, traditional swing, plus a therapeutics win for children with disabilities, and even a sand garden with chines and drums. >> it is a visionary $3.5 million world class playground in the heart of san francisco. this is just really a big, community win and a celebration for us all. >> to learn more about the helen diller playground in dolores park, go to sfrecpark.org. supervisor chu: hello and welcome. i am joined by supervisor and joined by supervisor: and supervisor wiener and supervisor kim will be joining us shortly. our clerk is mr. baker young. you have an

>> in general? >> in general. >> well, i think you all have taken an huge step forward with the data act that you just passed in the house of representatives. that includes a number of provisions that would really help i.g.s in terms of computer matching, data gathering under the paper work reduction act, and reforming some of the i.g. act. we're hoping that those provisions that relate to i.g. operations will get passed in the senate as well. those are things that we have wanted as a community for a number of years. and so we're very heartened to see progress being made on that. >> mr. miller? >> well, when i was chair of the legislation committee for the national procurement fund task force, we put together a white paper with a lot of recommendations regarding additional tools for inspectors general, and i have previously testified to other recommendations. i'd be happy to share those with you after the hearing. >> all right. and the gentleman from pogo? >> we've done a number of reports on the in

i'm not sure if general ingraham or you general mckinley is the best one to answer this. what's the story? >> thanks for the question, senator. i'm in receipt of letters from generals in support of purchasing new humvees. i am the channel of communication between the states and the department. so we have forwarded those letters of support. general ingraham can talk about the percentages. i would say strategically across both air and army guard this generation of soldier and airman have joined our services and joined the guard specifically to be used, to operate first line equipment, to be part of the team that goes forward either here at home for domestic emergencies or to support our army and our air force. so recapitalization across our fleet to include ground vehicles has got to be factored in. we've got to fight hard with our services to make sure that the balance and the proportions are right or some of these young men and women who joined us since september 11th, 2001, we're not going to be as excited about their role in the national guard. i'll let bill comment spe

the vietnam generation, my generation, is graying now. but this commemoration effort gives the country an opportunity today and in the years ahead to try and right the wrongs of the past. to remember those who served in this war. and what they did for us. their service, and their sacrifice on our behalf. last week, i had the opportunity to join the president in paying tribute to a fallen member of that generation. specialist les sable who posthumously received the medal of honor. les sable died in vietnam saving his brothers in arms. and it was those same brothers from the 101st airborne division who campaigned to re-open the medal of honor process for les more than ten years ago. the story of les, in many ways, is the story of the vietnam war. we forgot, and now we finally remember. next week, as secretary of defense, i'll have the opportunity to travel to vietnam to continue strengthening the growing ties our two countries are reestablishing since 1995. we've come a long way since the war has ended, and it was the veterans of vietnam wh

coughlin general, if you could -- mr. counsel general, if you could -- >> yay!ol. thank you for your incredible stewardship of the gift shop and teahouse. thank you all for joining us. i encourage you to patrons are beautiful gift shop why you are here. otherwise, enjoy our incredible part. thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you, everybody. there are so many ways that the internet provides real access to real people and resources and that's what we're try to go accomplish. >> i was interested in technology like video production. it's interesting, you get to create your own work and it reflects what you feel about saying things so it gives perspective on issues. >> we work really hard to develop very in depth content, but if they don't have a venue, they do not have a way to show us, then this work is only staying here inside and nobody knows the brilliance and the amazing work that the students are doing. >> the term has changed over time from a very basic who has a computer and who doesn't have a computer to now who has access to the internet, especially high sp

miller who is the inspector general of the united states general services administration. welcome back. and mr. jake weens is the investigator for government oversight, often called pogo. welcome back. pursuant to house rules, i'd ask you to please rise to take the sworn oath. and raise your right hands. do you solemnly swear or affirm the testimony you are about to give will be the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth. let the record indicate all witnesses answered in the affirmative. please be seated. as i previously said, we're, unfortunately, today going to be on a very tight constraint because of votes. i will try to keep our folks to their five minutes. i'd ask you to try to stay to your five minutes, and i assure you we'll will stay as long as we can on a vote and if possible return as soon as possible. with that, we recognize miss fong for her opening statement. >> thank you, mr. chairman, ranking member cummings and members of the committee. it's a real privilege to be here today to represent the federal ig community which consists of 73 igs in the exec

with general joseph johnston in mississippi and to assist johnston. he tempered his language to general holmes by telling him he must use his own judgment. additional examples could be brought forth, but i hope i made my point. it's difficult to explain the contrast between davis's handling of his field commanders and his management of the war department. it was certainly not because he didn't comprehend the change

coughlin general, if you could -- mr. counsel general, if you could -- >> yay! [applause] >> i wanted to make sure that we recognize carol. thank you for your incredible stewardship of the gift shop and teahouse. thank you all for joining us. i encourage you to patrons are beautiful gift shop why you are here. otherwise, enjoy our incredible part. thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you, everybody. >> san francisco recreation and parks department offers classes for the whole family. rec and parks has a class for everyone. discover what is available now and get ready to get out and play. henri matisse. frida kahlo. andy warhol. discover the next great artist. get out and play and get inspired with toddler classes. experience art where making a mess is part of the process. classes and the size the artistic process rather than the product. children have the freedom to explore materials at their own pace and in their own way. talks love art, especially when they died into the creative process -- dive into the creative process. at the end of the classes, they have clea

i doubt if there is an officer in this room, beginning with general powell and general and umbriel and other distinguished great leaders in this room who would disagree with anything that i have just said, nor would they disagree with the fact that we are honoring our enlisted men and women tonight. but since i have a microphone -- that is the way we will do it. enlisted men and women don't have much to do with making policy. but enlisted men and women faithfully always carry out the policy. they don't ask for anything special. it is the enlisted men and women and their families that are the ones who really take a tremendous amount of the brunt of active duty work and make a tremendous amount of sacrifices. i thought prince harry is comments about families was particularly important and i want to thank prince harry and his brother prince william for what they continue to do in recognizing our men and women in uniform all over the world. men and women who serve in the armed forces do it because they believe in something. they believe in a noble cause. they believe in their country. they

general grant in 1864 was a brigadier general and charged with illinois. it's back water then, it's back water now too. but he's just a lonely guy, unknown. yeah, he was a captain in the mexican war. he faded from the army very quickly after that. this battle is going to put him on the glide path to success here. he has a lot of competition out there, but he has one thing going for him. he almost loses a lot of battles, but he ends up winning them in the end. and he's going to do -- you know, belmont, learning -- this is back in december of '61. he almost loses his shirt physically at belmont. he learns his lessons there. comes here. he has more learning to do, but he's learning his trade. and he's learning it through success. the confederates on the 15th come this close to pushing him back to the river and defeating him. but he springs back. the subordinate commanders on the ground are also learning their trade. gentlemen such as at that time colonel logan will go on to high rank. james mcpherson, general mclearnen will rise to a point and off he goes, lo

general y.e. it -- general wyatt. generalstultz, commander of the marine corps reserve, general stephen hummer, and the chief of the air corps reserve, general charles stenner. i would like to thank you all for joining us today as we review the fy 2013 budget for the reserve components. this year budget proposal for the air national guard, reducing aircraft inventory by 130 four aircraft. this proposal has come under intense scrutiny by the members of congress, council of governors, in many adjutant generals. i would like to hear from you on how involved you were in the deliberation process that preceded the structure announcements, and what input your asked to give. in addition, over the last several years, the guard and reserve have made important changes as they transition from a strategic to an operational reserve. this shift requires you to have deployment ready units available at all times. as we brought down our military forces in afghanistan, the department will need to figure out how to b

they take him to general clinton, however, they take him to american general clinton. there are three general clintons in the american revolution. two on the american side, one on the british. they are actually part of the connecticut troops who were given regular british army uniforms to wear that were captured at sea and they were known at the red coat regiment. when taylor, the spy who's carrying the message, gets, realizes that he's been captured, he swallows the silver bullet. he's observed. they give him tartar emmerick to bring up the message, he brings it up and then shoves it back down again. at which time american general clinton is starting to lose his patience, and tells him he will take the tartar emmerick again, and this time it will stay up or he will retrieve it through surgery at the end of a bayonet. so he brings it up. he's convicted as a spy and hung at kingston, new york. buttons. some of you may have coats where you have a cloth over the button. this was a fashion that was popular at the time in the american revolution. on your overcoat, or the bu

an entirely different generation. jack kennedy didn't wear a hat or button-down shirts and had stylish 34-year-old first lady of the united states surrounded by all these catching people. that came to an end. will war began to heat up and suddenly the country seemed to come unhinged in a way. all the values of the world war ii generation were challenged within their own families. loyalty and patriotism went out the window. the civil rights movement went from a non-violent movement depending on the rule of law to the streets. violence in america is as american as cherry pie. it was a head snapping time. no question about it. the fact that we emerged from it in reasonably good shape is astonishing to me. a real tribute to the tense i'll strength of this country and a lot of ways. >> host: i began my marriage and my career as a journalist in 1962, a straight arrow product of the 50s. by the time the decade was over i had my first taste of marijuana. i had long hair and i wore bell bottoms, we went to hit the arts festiva

that situation, he explained to his generals but not to the confederate public. even in the face of fierce criticism, he did not think he could explain his reasoning because he said he had born this reproach because to give away why he couldn't attack would tell too much to his enemy. he could only, as he put it, pine for the day when our soil shall be free from invasion and our banners float over the fields are for the enemy. simply put, reality governed. now davis involved more than objectivity concerning military resources. from the outset, he realized that he led a nation in the making. that confederate nationalism was being constructed during the war. in the summer of 1861, for example, he urged commanders to brigade their soldiers by states because he saw state pride, using his words, as the highest incentive for gallant and faithful service. moreover, he perceived that the fragility of confederate nationalism, even confederate loyalty, was military strategy. he felt that he had to temper the military maxim of concentration. he believed that he had to maint

, but introduce a video of the secretary-general.laughter] after which i will give the award for the distinguished international leadership to my secretary-general of the united nations. [applause] >> the last 10 days, including 120 meetings with the government and foreign head of state, head of ministers. i chaired the high level meeting of pakistan, and so many spent -- somalia. >> what huge amount of work gets done but also the opportunity to have a voice, talking about the issues that they care about. >> climate change and public issues. we were able to mobilize $40 billion to reduce brutality and dying of women and children. >> it is amazing to watch. one day he gives 30 speeches on different topics, different priorities. >> i wake up at 4:00 a.m. that gives me the best time, without any interruption. i have private time. it's like i am on conveyor belt. i spend time with my family members. unfortunately, my youngest randdaughter, i am immensely grateful to my wife, my children for having been very patient, understanding my situ

coughlin general, if you could -- mr. counsel general, if you could -- >> yay! [applause] >> i wanted to make sure that we recognize carol. thank you for your incredible stewardship of the gift shop and teahouse. thank you all for joining us. i encourage you to patrons are beautiful gift shop why you are here. otherwise, enjoy our incredible part. thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you, everybody. >> thank you for all joining us tonight. i am the good government policy director here at spur but it is my distinct pleasure to welcome such an amazing panel tonight, as well as the mayor of our fine city. this is the innovation mayor, mayor ed lee. [applause] >> thank you, everyone. can everybody hear me? welcome. welcome to spur. i always enjoy being here. because every time i come here, some part of my brain gets woken up pet. earlier i had a wonderful opportunity to exchange with our panel members about what they're doing and how they're doing it. there is one great theme. i think these panel members are here as part of their own entrepreneurial spirit. they own co

that is how we have always made progress, each generation lifting up the next, each generation doing its part to help our union. each generation looks around and decide it is time to wake up and change the situation. we have always looked to our young people to lead the way. graduates, now it is your turn. it is time for you to take that kind. -- that baton. it is time for you to wake the rest of us up and showed us what you have got -- and show us what you have got. that is your history. that is your legacy. that is who you are. not forget that. that is why me and my husband and the folks across the country are so proud of you all. we are so hopeful about our future because of you. yes, we are. know that. so, graduates, i love you all. i cannot wait to see all that you will achieve and all you will contribute in the years ahead. you have everything before you. god bless you all and good luck. [applause] >> a sunny weekend here in washington. about 85 degrees for these spectators watching rolling thunder ride by. the c-span crew is on the memorial bridge. this is rolling thunder's 20

a few weeks after general clay going to berlin, general clark came to visit him. they had a meeting in clay's office. i was not privy to sit in on that meeting, and i know why. because essentially clark read the riot act to clay. he said these are my forces. he said take your cotton-picking fingers off my troops. i don't know whether he was alluding to clay's southern background at that particular point, but whatever it was, it left clay with a funny situation. and that's one reason clay often consulted directly with kennedy, because kennedy would give him authority. but clay did something, which was actually about as fair as one could be and still have some measure of bureaucratic authority, and that was he would deal with general albert watson, two-star general, the commander of the u.s. forces in berlin. he was in berlin. clay would say to watson, i would recommend that at this point you do this. and watson, who had enormous respect for clay and who also rather liked the things that clay was doing would do it. for example, that's how the tanks got up to checkpo

this is general allen speaking. it's not about forces fighting right to the end of 2014 and bearing the burden of this campaign. this campaign very clearly envisages that the ais will move out to the front, have the lead and secure the population of afghanistan. you can disagree with that vision. that's the democratic process, but to say the president hasn't put a vision or a strategy out isn't correct. to say it's been doubted by the military leadership, isn't correct. and the amendment i think for mr. smith is correct, because it fixes it, a problem in the bill. i yield back. >> jamg yields back. anyone else wish to speak on the amendment? the chair recognizes mr. hunter for two minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i would disagree with my friend from new jersey, the president didn't articulate a strategic vision. the president, you can say, spiked the football. the president went over on the one-year anniversary of bin laden being killed and gave a nice speech about what has happened recently in afghanistan. this

the founding generation to see the general government for general purposes. i'll talk about in the preamble of in a few minutes. so when the constitution came out of philadelphia in september 1787 and no one was even sure that they would give ratified. they'd written it, talked about it, sweated over a come apart their hearts in some cases, but no one was sure if this thing would make it out of the united states, with his father required to ratify the document. savanna had to be sold. the sales job is what i talk about in the book more than anything else. sometimes you can't understand the constitution and the language that understanding what they said. but often times you can understand the constitution what they said without understanding all throughout the united states. in fact, james madison agreed, this is what he said. he said the constitution on this brought to light and only found its meaning because of the state conventions which gave it all the validity and authority of possessives. another is what we presented in philadelphia means nothing. what a

>> #7 is the minutes under general manager. a slight amendment. >> without objection, that change will be made. bawsca update. >> nicoel stle from bawsca. i wanted to keep my comments short in light of a full discussion about water supply later. there is one item that i wanted to talk about. we are pursuing the possibility of prepaying old capital that. the regional water system using the water supply agreement. in fact, at the rate analysis is the same air as the $50 million that would be repaid in this manner. we have hired a bond counsel to assist us with this study. that is making its way right now through the state legislature. we will work to keep her updated. we appreciate the support. if there are questions i can answer for you on this or another topic, i would be pleased to do so. >> can you explain why mr. jensen could not be here today? >> his daughter got married over the weekend, it was a very large affair. he has taken a well-deserved couple days off. >> any questions? madam secretary, william cole the consent cal

as the secretary general of the united nations, my thoughts are with more than 120,000 u.n.cekeeping operation staff from more than 120 countries, contribution countries who are working day and night on the very difficult and dangerous circumstances. my deepest admirations to all of them and to all the people who are working tirelessly for peace and stability around the world. [ applause ] ladies and gentlemen, let us cast our eyes across the political landscape. in syria, the violence still continues. we are in a race against time to prevent the full-scale civil war. death on a potentially massive scale. tensions between israel and iran remain dangerous. recently launched another missile and appears to be contemplating another test in defiance of the international community. we see family coming in, military coups in mali, sudan and south sudan on the brink of conflict that claimed two million lives. add to this the crisis in your area. climate change, the pressure of a growing population of seven billion on our increasingly fragile planet. we have planetary limitations. al

>> in terms of inspector general? >> inspectors general or omb or anything else. >> in preparing for this hearing, i was able to review the data and the information. i think as was reported on the first panel, across the entire i.g. community, made up of 73 total, federal statutory i.g.s, there are currently ten vacancies. and i believe there's an acting i.g. in each of those agencies. >> i'm sure. i'm sure that the acting i.g.s are doing a good job. it's just that the -- you know, harry truman had a sign on his desk that said "the buck stops here." and if somebody is a temporary or nonconfirmed person, it seems to me that the buck doesn't get to the top guy. once the president sends somebody up for confirmation and it's confirmed, then the responsibility for that appointment rests with the president. and so i would -- as i said before, i would urge the president or any president to move as quickly as possible on -- moving toward the confirmation process and making the appointments as quickly as possible. i'm not sure

thank you, counsel general.rvisors reflects the increasing dominance of asian americans in government and politics. the sleeping dragon has awoken with four asian-american members of the board of supervisors, and the first asian american to serve as its president. please welcome president chiu, carmen chu, supervisor kim, and eric mar. president chiu: i wish you could see yourselves as we see you. we are chinese, japanese, and caribbean. we are south easton, southeast asian, and filipino. i want to thank the leaders in our community who are here with us tonight, leaders of our benevolent associations, our business associations, and our commissioners. we cannot do what we do in city hall without all of you. we know we have come a long way. it was not long ago that chinese americans were excluded under our city laws. when japanese americans were interned. when filipino tenants were evicted from the international hotel. when the fbi investigated our community. for us to stand here now is amazing. i think finally we

thank you for inviting me here to talk about the role of inspectors general. my remarks today reflect only my personal experience. it is a great privilege for me to have served as inspector general since being confirmed in 2005. and i recognize the tremendous responsibility that comes with this job. igs wield a large amount of discretion and authority. they issue reports that can have a devastating impact on the agency and individuals. igs make criminal referrals, often resulting in felony convictions and incarceration. igs advise heads of federal agencies and the congress. we regularly appear at hearings such as this one and often meet with members of congress and their staff. perhaps most importantly, igs need to navigate sometimes difficult relationships with their home agency as well as relationships with other igs, agencies, prosecutors and the law enforcement community as a whole. part of the genius of our system of government is that igs provide the needed check and balance on the operation of federal agencies. now, the usual incentives for taking a pre

general england and the director of the air national guard, general warren. all witnesses include the chief of the army reserve general stoltze, the chief of the naval reserve, admiral debbing, the commander of the marine corps reserve, general stephen hummer and the chief of the air force reserve, general charles stenner. and i would lining to thank you all for joining us today as the committee reviewses the fy 137 budget for the reserve components. this year's budget proposal significant force structure changes for the air national guard reducing end strength by 5,100 billings and aircraft by 134 aircraft. this proposal has come under intense scrutiny from the members of congress, the council of governors and many generals, and i would like to hear from you on how involved you were in the process that proceeded the announcement and what inpupt you we asked to give. in addition over the last several years, the guard and reserve has made important changes as it transitioned from changes as they transition from a strategic to an operational reserve. this shift

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the vietnam generation, my generation, is graying now.es the country an opportunity today and in the years ahead to try and right the wrongs of the past, to remember those who served in this war, and what they did for us, their service, and their sacrifice on our behalf. last week i had the opportunity to join the president in paying tribite to a fallen member of that generation, specialist lerks s sable who posthumously received the medal of honor. he died in vietnam saving his brothers and it was those same brothers from the airborne division who campaigned to reopen the medal of honor process for les more than 10 years ago. the story of les in many ways is the story of the vietnam war. we forgot and now we finally remember. next week as secretary of defense will have the opportunity to travel to vietnam to continue strengthening the growing ties our two countries are reestablishing since 1995. we have come a long way since the war has ended. and it was the veterans of vote omaha who led that way for our two nations to begin the process

about half in the general fund. new this year, for the first time, we will be implementing two-year budgeting for the entire, for all city departments, and we have some increase in reserve requirements that we will be funding in our budget. we are making good progress in reducing our structural budget shortfalls. that is both due to some of the ways we balanced the budget last year, due prop c reform, but also due to the improved economy and better than expected revenues. as you know, at the six-month report, we projected as a result from the controller's office a $170 million shortfall in fiscal 2012 to 2013, and more in 2013 to 2014. so the comptroller went over this information for you, just a moment ago. again, highlighting the current year, better than expected news on fund balance, and compared to where we were at the six-month. so what does that mean for our city budget shortfall? so we started at the joint report with a $170 million shortfall in the first year and a $312 million shortfall in the second year.

the vietnam generation, my generation, is graying now.his commemoration effort gives the country an opportunity today and in the years ahead to, try and right to wrongs of the past, to remember those who served in this war and what they did for us, their service, and their sacrifice on our behalf. last week i had the opportunity to join the president in paying tribute to a fallen member of that generation. a specialist to posthumously received the medal of honor. he died in vietnam saving his brothers in arms. and it was those same brothers from the 101st airborne division that campaign to reopen the medal of honor process more than 10 years ago. a story of les is in many ways the story of the vietnam war. we forgot and now i finally remembered. next week, as secretary of defense, i will have the opportunity to travel to vietnam and continue strengthening the ties that our countries are re-establishing since 1995. we have come a long way since the war has ended. it was the veterans of vietnam who led the way for the two nations to try to