an army corps. i know c.n.n. the m s n b c news have taken some not slightly but the fact is i admire their commitment to cover all sides of the story just in case one of them happens to be accurate. that was funny but it's closer to the truth and might think. it's because one whole attention and the mainstream media works side by side the joke is actually on here the kind that come. at our teen years we have a different approach to the case. because the news of the world just is not this funny i'm not laughing dammit i'm not. ok. if. you guys stick to the jokes i will handle the stuff that i've got to. we're back with gus thanks wolf russian foreign minister as commissioner for human rights talking about ukraine now you've mentioned the sniper case in the first part of the program why do you think they should have snipers aligned on hasn't. been resolved why hasn't it been investigated properly because of the heavy use by a certain political groupings of forces or for specifically political businesses to rock th

an army corps player. in. the the in. welcome to the kaiser report i'm max keiser you know according to local papers domino's pizza staff were caught buying fifty nine pence potato wedges at the down market supermarket audi and then selling them to domino's customers for three pounds forty nine of course this is merely trickle down central banking where the central bank sold the crappy product of cheap money the fifty nine p. potato wedge in this case to banks to then sell it on to you at a five percent or more markup is still the same cheap crappy toxic debt money product from the central bank no values been added and nor will wealth creation the nutrition for the economy and wages ever be found in the cheap money potato wage is just repackaging the same crap marking up stacy well we're going to look at some of these horrible potato wedges of central banking being sold as high priced risky assets world a.t.m. lose to frankfurt as yellen fed slows cash as janet yellen winds down the federal reserve's money printing operat

an army corps. to be in the know. on. the run like one like with new jersey usa and what was going on in this town is really my unique in that there's a major what we call gentrification one group of people is moving into the town and getting the lion's share of the housing through what it is is this new community is going in been there they're buying up the homes but they're buying it up with the recycled taxpayer dollars see the ten it belongs to this group but also the landlord belongs to this group also so that the welfare money that goes to a pay for their apartment goes back to the landlord in a same group so that money stays within their community and it's just recycle and so what what's happening here is they're buying up the rest of the community with pacs taxpayer dollars and so basically what it is is the person living in a home is paying taxes he's paying for his home to be bought up by this new group. as you know it's just not right it's just wrong and the the politicians are allowing it because the new popul

an army corps player. and can still. be in the. hell i'm going to send people to hell i'm selfish arrogant saying no to keep things are more depressing than. it's. fair especially when it's not by choice but by circumstance is there a global solution to this maybe not but luckily for sure we have. why does poverty persist why are the poor poor and the rich richer over half of the world lives on less than two and a half dollars a day children have no chance caught in this cycle below the poverty line what does it take to tackle poverty can a rising tide lifts all boats kind of to empower and encourage we speak to an anti-poverty pioneer who began with faith and a few dollars for. our guest today is mohammad yunus noble peace prize winner the pioneer of micro finance to financial strategy that's lifted millions out of poverty mr yunus first of all let me start by saying that we're really glad to have you on our program today and i'm just going to go ahead and start with a question that all of our viewers are asking so how soon can wo

play play an army corps with her claim the instrument played the song to me in the next song mom dad.played drums. join us this month in fossil known as we follow the international teams vying for racing glory ultimate trusts one holds homage we delve into the mysterious cost of a cult classic under spunky pulls away from the box clearing the road for a space program the cool said monday on r.g.p. look we've done the future cover. dramas that can't be ignored. stories others refuse to notice. the faces changing the walls lights now. so picture of today's leaves. tons of mud from around the globe. local. t.v. . although the n.s.a. has dominated the headlines when it comes of the spying on the world its british counterpart if you see h.q. is just as complicit in the illegal surveillance crowd but it's not just the collection and storage of private data it's also the shaping of our online experience in the recently released documents by whistleblower edward snowden british spies are using sophisticated tools to manipulate online content through these documents we've learned that the agen

the 23 million-dollar project paid by the federal government will be followed up by an army corps of engineers beach replenishment project. the purpose to protect the area from storms like sandy which destroyed 8,000 homes in two towns. it did he decimated the do you w system carving inlets from the ocean to the bay. >> we'll never have a damaged house from here. >> reporter: these steel walls will be the last line of defense if there's another storm like sandy a shock absorbers to protect the newly built 35 from the pounding waves. >> in the event of a catastrophic storm where the do you know and beach are eroded away. >> reporter: some wanted a rock wall, but that was -- nixed. >> with temporary do you knows knows -- dunes, one homeowner is welcoming the change. >> makes me feel safer. >> reporter: the 4-mile steel wall should be completed in the fall. >> nora muchanic channel 6 "action news." >> topping our people scene, country superstar gargt brooks -- garth brooks is back. he said he is returning from a long retirement. he is plan to go on tour. the new record will be a double

soil material as it relates to mountaintop mining, and a second set was related to an attempt this spring, epa and army corps of engineers issued an intention that they are going to redefine what are navigable waters under the clean water act. opponents are saying this is going to cause broad overreach that all the sudden epa is going to be regulating the ditch and .ome farmers fields a proponent, democrats as will the administration say this is necessary to help clarify some ambiguities that exist under previous regulations that got thrown out from the core. >> how many amendments will be debated, and what one or two should we look for? >> right now there are 10 or 15 amendments. it is an open will. at some point they're going to limit the debate. there are some key amendments, some of which will try to undo elements, as we discussed that the administration opposes. there are several by representative bill cassidy, who is in a tight race against mary landrieu in the senate for her senate seat. he is trying to get everything he can to benefit louisiana. he also has an interesting memo that would bar energy d

exclude certain projects but can choose not to and does not have the discretion to provide an exclusion from the army corps of engineers or the fish and wildlife service the very reviews that take the most time and cost the most money, so i urge my colleagues to vote yes. a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from maryland. mr. cardin: madam president, this -- this issue was dealt with in map-21 in the committee. my friend from pennsylvania talks about using regular order. we did. and we had a very serious debate and we had many different views and we compromised and there is an expedited process to deal with replacement facilities. it's in map-21. it deals with a way to get this done. the problem with the amendment from the gentleman from pennsylvania is that it totally eliminates all of the protections that are in the law. it eliminates all the protections under the clean water act under the nepa process. we handled this in the committee, it was bipartisan, it was done. there is no need for this amendment. i urge my colleagues to reject the amendment. the presiding officer: is th

the army corp of engineers think an inch of water has receded already, but it could be days or weeks before all of this water is gone. >> reporter: generators working non-stop. for this 100-year-old business flood something a recurring problem. a huge clean up, it takes a huge expense to get it out of the w way. >> clarksville has been preparing for the flooding all week. with volunteers and inmates from a nearby prison stacking sandbags. still the river pushed its way up street forcing businesses to close and causing anxiety for some residents at this apartment building. >> every night i'm just sitting there wide awake just waiting for water coming in or not. >> reporter: during last year's flood the town was able to put up a large concrete barrier that ran several blocks along the riverfront. it didn't have the money to do that this year, so it had to rely on donated handbags. >> for the city not paying for another temporary concrete wall this year, some businesses opted for installing their own concrete barriers. putting up huge sand filled wire baskets around a home. he said it w

the army corps doesn't have the funding to fix the structural inadequacies of the levees the corps build 60 years ago. communities are depending on us or leadership. also included in the amendment is an additional $10 million for energy efficiency and renewable energy account. current language in the bill is almost $is 1 -- is almost $113 million less than 2013 and $530 million less than the administration's request. we simply cannot afford such harsh reductions in funding for an area where our country desperately needs growth. energy efficiency and independence. a great example of energy efficiency infrastructure and operations is southern illinois university in my home district, and my alma mater. s.i.u. is committed to sustainability and green operations across campus. the university of be-- the university believes that higher education should be ecologically sound, socially just, and economically viable. giving students a healthy environment in which to live and learn. s.i.u. was again named a green college by the princeton review. s.i.u. maintains green jobs and green processes through their vermi composting center, designed to take food scraps from dormitories and turn it into

army in world war ii. he looked back over there time and said this. theirhaplains corps, greatest achievement i believe was making the soldier believe the army did care about him as an individual. we are a symbol to him, a guarantee the army recognizing its fallibility in dealing with large masses of men was sufficiently concerned for his welfare to set aside 7000 troubleshooters in the chaplain corps to short-circuit redtape, right wrongs, to deal with injustices. and we talked with g.i. joe. we made him laugh when his heart was heavy. we passed his bed of pain with a pleasantry. we gave him a sense of his own importance. corps,r with the medical we were the soul of the army." 1945, two months generalpan surrendered, alexander vandergrift who led the marines at guadalcanal in world war ii, who stayed in as a combat marine officer and was appointed commandant of the marine corps near the end of the war, he addressed a group of military chaplains. navy and army chaplains in washington, d.c., in october of 1945. listen to what he said. this was the kind of thing that turned the light on in a darkroom for me as i was studying this hidden threat of history on the role o

an i.o.u. from the federal government for doing the work based on a good faith written agreement with the army corps of engineers. mr. chairman, i understand there may be opposition from some of my colleagues, but i'm hoping that i can persuade the chairman to support me in this effort. under section 593 of the water resources development act of 199, the cito of rio rancho and other governments entered into agreements with the army corps of engineers. they expect to be reimbursed. they have budgets with the exactation they'll be paid back. -- expectation they'll be paid back. i understand the constraints the subcommittee dealt with with the allocations given to them, we need to make sure when we are working to make these local governments hold with the agreements and contracts with the federal government. with that i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from idaho, for what purpose does do you seek recognition? mr. simpson: claim time in opposition. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. simpson: i rise to oppo

here today to talk about epa's actions under the president's climate action plane an under the epa and u.s. army corps of engineers recently proposed rule that would clarify jurisdictional scope of the clean water act. climate change is one of the greatest challenges of our time threatening human health, welfare and our economic well being and if left unchecked will have devastating impacts on the united states and businesses. that's why president obama laid out a climate action plan in june of 2013 in which he directed epa and other federal agencies to take steps to mitigate the current and future damage caused by carbon dioxide emissions and anticipate for the climate change that has begun to be set in motion. epa play as critical role implementing the plans one of hits first pillars which is cutting carbon pollution. from future and existing power plants the largest source of carbon dioxide emissions in the united states. in june of this year epa proposed a clean power plant for existing plants, the plant is built on advice and information from states, cities, business, utilities and how thousands

in iowa, the army corps of engineers rushes to release water from a dam. people pile sandbags to protect themselves from an already swollen river. some mandatory evacuations are in effect. >>> a train derailment in montana sent boeing aircraft parts into the clark fork river. 19 cars derailed, sending three boeing 737 aircraft fuselages partially in the water. no one was hurt. >>> and thousands of people pack the streets of papilloma, spain. it's that time of year, ahead of the annual running of the bulls. the first event started just hours ago, and already four people were taken to the hospital. one bull got one woman in the thigh. clearly not for the faint of heart. a charging bull can hit a top speed of around 40 miles per hour. >>> and a very close call for spectators at an english air show. yeah, that's a turkish f-16. you see it pass so insanely low, yeah, could have given a few people a haircut. look at the man in the orange here as it just zooms right by. look at him. he doesn't even flinch! >>> in rifle, colorado, there's a restaurant called shooters grill. they welcome not only pistol-packing cus

an exceptional newspaper during civil war times. during the 1864 campaign it sent a newspaper reporter to each of the union army corps as well as union headquarters. you'd have reports each day going to boston that tell you what warren, burnside, grant, meade, everybody is thinking and what an aha moment to me was when i was looking at some of the attacks at the spotsylvania courthouse on why grant launched a series of attack on the entire line. i didn't understand until i read some of those articles and one of the reporters had been at headquarters before those attacks took place and basically explained that grant had decided that lee had weakened his line somewhere because he'd moved some forces to support a different part of the line. that's the first time i ran across an explanation and it came from a reporter right there at headquarters. those reporters, by the way, i can't overemphasize the civil war newspapers were reporting what they were learning at headquarters. often headquarters didn't have an accurate picture of what was going on in the field but just to know what they were thinking explains often what they were doing an

an important question. the officer corps in the afghan army is about 40% pashtun. the nco corps is about the same. the forces are about the same. that's a slight overrepresentation of tajiks in a sense that the pashtun population represents some 40-plus percentage of the population and about 27% of the population is tajik. i would carry out those statistics by telling you there hasn't been a census in afghanistan for a long period of time. so those statistics are the best that we have available to us. but in general terms, we have the foundation of a national army in afghanistan that is, in fact, representative of not only the various ethnic groups but representative geographically. >> is this representation integrated throughout the force? in other words, are individual battalions or units balanced ethnically? >> senator, they are. they are balanced. there is a slight overrepresentation of forces from the northern part of the country, and eastern part of the country. slightly less from the southern part of the country. but the demographics in each of the units represents the nation as a whole. as

we have a screen shot right here from the army corps' website that lists some of the things i mentioned earlier. as i said, these activities must be part of an ongoing operation or there cannot be a crop change without requirements put forth by the army corps, them giving you permission or denying that permission. so it is indeed necessary because there's overzealous regulation and enforcement of something that doesn't exist in the law, as passed duly by the congress, representing the people of the united states. and as i mentioned a bit earlier, once again, this house did unanimously pass similar language on this issue last year. so, i would ask to have that support of the u.s. house once again, to simply allow farmers to do what they would be doing, ongoing, and planning to do and have done for many generations all over this country except for a reinterpretation by in a lot of cases out-of-control bureaucrats that have a different agenda. so, madam chairman, i yield back. the chair: the gentleman from california yields back. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from california. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no

army and marine corps. is that true? >> my understanding is that is what they have been forced to do in the army as a result of the drawdown. >> obviously that has to have an effect on morale of our officer corps. >> it does senator. >> a serious blow, i would think. >> absolutely, probably more importantly than just the officer corps is the message it sends to those whose commander is forced redeploy as a result of the reduction of force. >> isn't it true from your time in the military and remembering wars times it takes a long time to resort the morale of the military when you take out involuntarily some of the best and the brightest that we have had. haven't we seen that before in her early the early part of your cruise. >> yes, i have. in the late 1970s, it took us some years probably 1983 1984 from the effects of the post-vietnam drawdown. >> would you agree that perhaps one of the greatest responsibility is that congress had in the military has today is to review this sequestration and its effects that it is having long-term on our ability to it defend this nation? >> yes, i would agree with that senator. >> i look forward to working with my colleagu

three weeks ago the army corps of engineers ordered caltrans to stop building in wetland and stream areas. congressman jared hufman intervened and the corps announced an agreement to keep it going. >> we want caltrans to comply with a permit but make sure you don't have construction crews idleed and thousands and thousands of dollars in extra costs enoccured every day. >> the two agencies agreed on ben ral terms to make sure caltrans comply was permit. failure to meet the deadlines mean a suspension of that permit. >> drought will affect the quantity of the state's grape harvest but not quality as far as wine growers are concerned. today there was a consensus, making white or red, the reporter finds what they need is water. summer sizzle is helping wine grapes, pefrments say wines will produce a good crop. >> 100% of this grape concentrate comes from within 100 miles of fresno. >> not all becomes wine. >> most goes to wine. it's coloring additive. you know? a lot goes into fruit juices as a sweetener. >> valley wine growers gathered to hear how the production will be down for two years and that is not necessarily a bad thing. >> grapes are smaller. i

an army. your command-and-control structure is not workable. it's peacetime for command-and-control of the population directly to the prime minister has to change. you do not have an nco corps and what i think most fundamentally is and we told the iraqi scene must invest in training. good armies train continuously and we didn't see that before we left and we haven't seen any evidence of absence them. so the short answer is that development that needed to take place with the iraqi security forces from december 2011 to july 2014 has not taken place. we can go back and forth on advisers and trainers but you know. >> if that is the case then what will advisers now be able to do at this stage that will make a difference on the ground with iraqi forces? >> when we were on the ground with them and advising and training it did make a difference. first we stop the bleeding. they are under severe duress with the campaign that started in baghdad. isis led up so we'll if this is in our interest to me to get something in there to help them stop the bleeding and start building these forces that this will not take weeks or months. this is going to take a while to get them to a state that

civilians killed in army shelling grows with an entire family including a small child among the latest to fall victim to the bombs which are targeting residential areas in the city of corp of. russia's foreign minister says the moscow is not going to impose tit for tat measures in response to the ever growing clutch of sanctions from the west. the u.n. security council is demanding an immediate and unconditional true.

three weeks ago the army corps of engineers ordered caltrans to stop building in wetland and stream areas. congressman jared hufman intervened and the corps announced anagreement to keep it going. >> we want caltrans to comply with a permit but make sure you don't have construction crews idleed and thousands and thousands of dollars in extra costs enoccured every day. >> the two agencies agreed on ben ral terms to make sure caltrans comply was permit. failure to meet the deadlines mean a suspension of that permit. >> drought will affect the quantity of the state's grape harvest but not quality as far as wine growers are concerned. today there was a consensus, making white or red, the reporter finds what they need is water. summer sizzle is helping wine grapes, pefrments say wines will produce a good crop. >> 100% of this grape concentrate comes from within 100 miles of fresno. >> not all becomes wine. >> most goes to wine. it's coloring additive. you know? a lot goes into fruit juices as a sweetener. >> valley wine growers gathered to hear how the production will be down for two years and that is not necessarily a bad thing. >> grapes are smaller. i t

. >>> we are get an a new look inside israel's efforts to destroy hamas's network of tunnels. the israeli army released this video of the engineering corp, blowing up a tunnel twine northern gaza and israel. israel said it uncovered 32 tunnels since fighting together. the army destroyed half of those tunnels, but it pictures there could be 60 in all. this map shows a location of a few of those tunnels, some of which are more than a mile long. the herats newspaper put this together, a diagram. the average tunnel is 33-60 feet below ground, about 5.5 feet tall and under 3 feet wide. israel's latest offensive made pour and water short -- power and water shortages in gaza desire. charles stratford has that part of the story. >> the mosque in this refugee camp was hit by an israeli air strike. beside the mosque was a drinking station that tens of thousands depended on. the air strike destroyed the generator. no one comes. this man takes us to his family. 35 of them share a tiny space. >> we came from the bombing and found no room in the u.n. schools. how can we live like this. there's no water and electricity. >> reporter: there are thousand

of '61 announced the creation of an army of volunteers to live and work with volunteers just like the people they're working with. here he is announcing the peace corpsbe easy. none of the men and will wiomen be paid a salary. they'll live at the same level as the citizens of the country which they're sent to. doing the same work, eating the same food, speaking the same language. going to put particular emphasis on those men and women who have skills in teaching, agriculture, and in health. >> since then, more than 200,000 volunteers have served the united states peace corps, and as president obama said, their experiences are life changing. i agree with that. i was one of them. i served in the african kingdom of swaziland from 1968 through 1970, a little more than 2 years. everyone i know, by the way, who served in u.s. peace corps around the world said it's a life changer, best thing they did in their life. today peace corps volunteers, average age of 28 right now, are working in 65 countries around the world and we have now the new leader of the peace corps, carrie hesler. she herself served in samoa as a volunteer. she joins us now. this is a caus

army air corp during world war ii. >> on thursday, edward snowden's temporary asylum in russia expires, he has asked for an extension.e-day la la palooza festival inly featuring dozen of performers including eminem outcast. and leon. >> and on saturday the haul of payment in kwan on the ohio enshrines the class of 2014. >> >> and that brings us to bob schieffer in boston for a look ahead on fsce the nation. >> benin netanyahu and ukrainian foreign minister pablo plem p.k. in. >> next week on sunday morning closeup of a the trial on oscar pistorius. >> >> is he a killer? >> >> sunday morning's moment of nature is sponsored by viking river cruises. >> >> osgood: we leave you this morning in the company of texas horned lizards a threatened species, with a safe home at the matador wildlife area in paducah, texas. >> >> i am charles osgood, please join us again next sunday morning. until then, i will see you on the radio. >> >> schieffer: i'm bob schieffer and today on the "face the nation" the cease fire in gaza is over. there is intense fighting in easterneastern ukraine and all dip pats are safely out of libya. we will

an issue. >>> let's take a live look outside if we can as we celebrate arlington this morning. you are looking at part of the drum corps from the army'sthird infantry division at fort myer. >> we are also thanking our service members. take a selfie with a soldier and now we'll go to tom kierein. >>> i love the older neighborhoods in arlington. we are right in the low to mid-70s. the hometown forecast is showing us in the mid-80s. quite a hot middle of the day. then we have and isolated thundershower noontime. a likelihood with heavy downpours and thunder and lightning with temperatures down into the upper 70s with chevy downpours. they could have some flooding around. and down to the mid-70s by 8:00. there's the sunrise over washington with the severe chances for symptoms this afternoon. we'll have more coming up at 6:51. >>> we are seeing volume at 95 in virginia and prince william parkway. same thing southbound out of frederick coming down 270. a little slow at this point this morning. top of the beltway, you can see. 301 is looking okay but branch avenue and pennsylvania avenue is a tad slow. and we are looking at indian head highw

an effect on intestate commerce. i think it's really important. it will really instruct the field people who do this work mostly in the army corp of engineers to have a more consistent approach and a more consistent sense of how they get the work done. i think that that is my primary reason why i believe that this would be of significant improvement over the existing situation and i am highly confident that the comments we're getting through the normal administrative process will help us even further improve that. >> let me ask you about that normal administrative process. you issued the proposed rule. let's be clear it is a proposed rule in april. than you did extend the time period, i believe, for response because you heard from people from states and from affected individuals, companies, et cetera, that they wanted to be able to respond. so you've extended that. so now, comments are due by october 20th. is that correct? >> yes. i think it's 20th. 21th. >> around then. needless to say it's from april, now extended october 20th. we still haven't gotten to a place where you have begun to assemble all the comments. sift through comments. review the

an extremely grey area. maloney sits on a subcommittee that oversees the faa. >> interesting though. >> deep shade of charcoal over here. >>> this morning florida environmentalists are taking on the army corpsarenas. in the waters beneath us we'll show you why coral reefs are being put in immediate danger. that story coming up on "cbs this morning." aduate of devry university and keller graduate school of management, a business career was my goal. this was my career training camp... my professors... they were also my coaches. and my biggest supporters. their guidance from start to finish... helped me get my latest promotion...at microsoft. [ male announcer ] get started now with our merit based career catalyst scholarship. new students could qualify for up to $20,000. funds are limited. to be considered you must apply by august 29th at devry.edu. birdhouse plans. nacho pans. glass on floors. daily chores. for the little mishaps you feel use neosporin to help you heal. it kills germs so you heal four days faster. neosporin. use with band-aid brand bandages. the manpower the will... mobilizing to take on the world? you don't know "aarp." aarp and its foundation are taking on hunger with 29 mi

and went on to serve as an infantry officer in the army's 82nd airborne earning airborne and ranger qualifications during his military service. his father served in the army air corps after world war ii. additionally, his wife's father was held as a p.o.w. after being shot down over europe. her uncle served in vietnam and still receives care at the v.a. also mr. mcdonald's nephew is currently serving and deployed with the u.s. air force. in other words, mr. mcdonald and his family have a deep understanding and service with the united states military, and upon hearing mr. mcdonald at the hearing that we held in our committee for the confirmation process, i am convinced that he has a deep passion to do everything that he can to protect our veterans. madam president, the other quality that mr. mcdonald brings to this job is that he has been the ceo of one of america's leading corporations which, a company which has tens and tens of thousands of employees. his more than 33 years with procter & gamble gives him the tools to create a well-run and accountable v.a. in other words, he will bring the tools of a ceo at a private corporation to the v.a., a huge bureaucracy whi

went on to serve as an infantry officer in the army's 82nd airborne, earning aaron born and ranger qualifications during his military service. his father served in the army air corpser world war ii. additionally, his wife's father was held as a p.o.w. after being shot down over europe. her uncle served in vietnam and still receives care at the v.a. also, mr. mcdonald's nephew is currently serving and deployed with the u.s. air force. in other words, mr. mcdonald and his family have a deep understanding and service with the united states military, and upon hearing mr. mcdonald at the hearing that we held in our committee for the confirmation process, i

army air corps. pow.ife's father was a her uncle was exposed to agent orange and still receives treatment from the v.a.. this is not an abstract mission for them. bob is a veteran himself. he graduated from west point sloanhe and his will -- were classmates. his wife have teamed up with the uso to honor our veterans. what makes him the right choice is his three decades of experience building and managing one of the world's most recognized companies. the v.a. is not a business, but is a large department. more00 employees working than 1700 facilities serving 90 million veterans. the workload is enormous. 85 million appointments a year and .5 million consultations. gamble heprocter & oversaw 120 thousand employees. he knows the key to any successful enterprise is staying focused on the people he is trying to serve. he is known for his operational excellence. he served in virtually every level of procter & gamble. he understands the grand plans are not enough. bob is an expert in making organizations better. he is taken over struggling business units, he knows federal sleeves and gets to work. he puts an end to what does

pay tribute to the life of eli, a captain in the american army air corps during world war ii, a journalist and a friend to so many of us. eli was an unsung american hero. a veteran of america's great estrogen ration. eli hardly ever discussed, nor did he brag about, his world war ii experiences like many of those who served at that time. mr. costa: however he flew 142, 142 combat missions in p-49's during the war. eli's amazing courage and heroism was recognized with two distinguished flying cross awards. when the war ended, like most american veterans of that era, eli returned to his hometown to begin his career in this case sanger, california. for 41 years eli worked for the fresno bee, a major paper in the west. first as a reporter and then a columnist. his insightfulness and biting humor always made the point. eli was a mentor to many young writers and a friend to all who knew him. he will be greatly missed by his wife, yvonne, and daughter, amy, and his two grandchildren. it is with great respect that i ask my colleagues of the united states house of representatives to honor the life of eli, a true american hero and a disting

army air corps after world war ii. deanne's father was a pow. her uncle was exposed to agent orange in vietnam and still receives treatment from the v.a. this is not an abstract mission for them. bob is a veteran himself. he graduated from west point, where he and sloan were classmates, so this is a bit of a reunion. bob served as an army ranger in the 82nd airborne division. back home in cincinnati, he and deanne teamed up with the uso to honor our veterans. but, what especially makes bob the right choice to lead the v.a. right now is his three decades of experience in building and managing one of the worlds's most recognized companies, procter & gamble. the v.a. is not a business, but it's one of our largest departments. some 340,000 employees working more than 700 abilities, serving nearly 9 million veterans. the workload at the vha alone is enormous. some 85 million appointments a year and some 25 million consultations. as ceo of procter & gamble, bob oversaw more than 120,000 employees with operations around the world, selling products in more than 180 countries and more than 2 million stores reaching 5 billion customers. in other words, he know

an expedited process if they deem the project to be controversial. undefined, who knows what that means? and secondly, the department of transportation is not permitted to exclude from this process compliance with the army corps of engineers or the fish and wildlife service reviews which altogether are extremely time consuming and expensive and costly. so, again, mr. president, we're just talking about repairing existing infrastructure. we're not talking about waiving these requirements for new capacity, for new infrastructure. i urge my colleagues to support the amendment, and i thank the gentleman from utah. mr. lee: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from utah. mr. lee: i ask unanimous consent to temporarily set aside the pending amendment so that i can call up my amendment, number 3584, which is at the desk. the presiding officer: without objection. the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from utah, mr. lee, proposes an amendment numbered 3584 -- mr. lee: i ask unanimous consent to dispense with further reading of the bill. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. lee: mr. president, we're here today because our federal highway policy status quo is not working. and it hasn't been