mr. shah: good afternoon, everyone. i want to start with a statement, then we'll take your questions. our normal policy, consistent with the policies of past administrations, is to not comment on background checks and security clearances. given the unusual nature of these circumstances, when a number of false reports floating around, we wanted to try to explain as best we can within our security limitations how the background investigation process works and then talk a little bit about rob porter and how the -- how his situation fits within that process. background investigation process is a process for evaluating allegations about a white house staffer's conduct prior to joining the white house. it's run by the federal law enforcement and intelligence communities. it's used throughout the u.s. government. it's thorough, it's complex, and it takes time. it takes time because we want to get it right. it's also costly but it's absolutely worth it. over the course of any investigation, some infor

no but i do have a very good colleague or rather had the former finance minister of germany mr shah but we worked together a lot especially while organizing the twenty summit in russia and we worked really discussed in the ukraine that chris worked on that in detail and we had a really good working relationship and now he changed jobs and he became the president of the bundestag in germany and of course i congratulated him. honestly i felt a little story to see him go because he is the person i work together on international matters for six years and we had some plans for the future concerning ukraine's debt settlement for example. know he no longer works at the finance ministry so we'll have to be entering into dialogue with other quality eggs but since you asked about a long term partnership and a longtime partner relationship that will be with mr shah but i guess. the gas prices are still one of thanks for coming and i hope you have a balanced budget and everything going to just as you planned including the oil prices thank you very much and the very best thank you let me talk into a

no but i do have a very good colleague or rather had the former finance minister of germany mr shah but we worked together a lot especially while organizing the twenty summit in russia and we worked really discussed in the ukraine that chris worked on that in detail and we had a really good working relationship and now he changed jobs and he became the president of the bundestag in germany and of course i congratulated him. honestly i felt a little story to see him go or because he's the person i work together on international matters for six years and we had some plans for the future concerning ukraine's debt settlement for example. know he no longer works at the finance ministry so we'll have to be entering into dialogue with other colleagues but since you asked about a long term partnership and a longtime partner relationship that will be with mr shah but i guess. one of thanks for coming and i hope you have a balanced budget and everything going to as you've planned including the oil prices thank you very much and the very best thinking when talking to and also one of the russian fi

since you asked about a long term partnership and a long term partner relationship that will be with mr shah but i guess. the gas prices are still one of thanks for coming and i hope you have a balanced budget with everything going to just as you planned including the oil prices thank you very much and the very best thank you let me talk into and answer one of the russian finance minister discussing everything from western sanctions to the current influence and prospects of russian economy is it for this edition of starting cost you next. altie we have a great team but we need to strengthen before the freefall world cold and have been a legend to keep it so it's at the back. in one thousand nine hundred two that must qualify for the european championships at the very last moment no one believed in us but we won and i'm hoping to bring some of that waving spirit to the r.c.c. . recently i had a lot of practice so i can guarantee you that peter schmeichel will be on the best form since my last will call for the last throws were three. thousand zero zero zero zero zero. life drive. left left le

since you asked about a long term partnership and a long term partner relationship that will be with mr shah but i guess. the gas prices are still one of thanks for coming and i hope you have a balanced budget and everything going to just as you planned including the oil prices thank you very much and the very best thank you let me talk into and answer one of the russian finance minister discussing everything from western sanctions to the current influence and prospects of russian economy is it for this edition of the next. the. global war hawks sell you on the idea that dropping bombs brings police to the chickenhawk forcing you to fight the battles that they are going. to stop spreading to tell you that what we gossip and public are styles of the most important news today. the mocks of advertising telling you are not cool enough and want to buy their products. these are the hawks that we along with our audience will watch. i think it's terrible if you want to know the truth i think it's a disgrace lot of people should be ashamed of themselves and much worse than the f.b.i. justice departme

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shah oil. if you invest in hsbc, it is an asia story with others. mrstronger and more secure bank than in 2011. is that true? yes. they exited perhaps more than 20 countries during that time, substantially underperforming in brazil. he has beefed up in china and it has done a lot better. there is still work to be done. you mentioned the litigation issues that came up, it does not seem as many major ones. like many other bank reports i read there are still several pages of outstanding litigation faced by hsbc. several pages of outstanding litigation faced by hsbci several pages of outstanding litigation faced by hsbc. i wanted to get on but time is tight. thank you, peter, as always. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. hundreds of kentucky fried chicken restau ra nt hundreds of kentucky fried chicken restaurant in the uk remain closed. they have been struggling to get supplies since the delivery contract with switch. staff are encouraged to ta ke with switch. staff are encouraged to take holidays but are not being forced to d

mr. glen a. fein, principal deputy secretary of defense department of defense, general david e. kwon tock, executor general of the united states army, vice admiral herman shah lons sky, naval inspector general. lieutenant general stacey d. harris, specter general of the air force. regular general david a. odingnon, specter general of the marine corps. with that, mr. fein, you are recognized for your opening statement. >> chairman kauffman, ranking member spear, members of the subcommittee. thank you for inviting me to testify about the work of the office of defense inspector general regarding senior misconduct, prevention and accountability. in my written statement i describe how the dodoji investigators senior official misconduct and oversees military investigations of these allegations. in addition, i've provided statistics and trends on the number of misconduct complaints, the types of misconduct, the number of investigations, the timeliness of the investigation dollars, and substantiation rates for both the dodoig and the service investigations. i also provide additional statistics for a particular type of misconduct, alsos of retaliation and reprisal b