the john cochran campus also has a major project that was funded by design in 2010. the project proposes the construct a new inpatient bed tower that will allow for the expansion of specialty care clinics with an estimated cost of $433 million. in 2015 all va's major products including the john cochran project were reevaluated and rescored to the skate process. to ensure the project requirements are still valid and the project remained a high priority for the department. st. louis john cochran project did not score high enough to be included in the 2015, 2016 budget cycle and is therefore not actively being devout developed. however, it's eligible to be wreak considered for funding in a future budget year. in closing, each date we move toward our goal is improving and streamlining our processes in order to provide an exceptional care that veterans earned and deserved. this concludes my statement, mr. chairman. thank you for this opportunity to testify and i am pleased to respond to any questions from you in the committee. >> thank you mr. repko. i'll start the questi

the john cochran campus also has a major project that was funded for design in 2010. the project proposes to construct a new inpatient bed tower and allow for the expanse of specialty care clinics with an estimated cost of $433 million. in 2015 all hofstra's major -- of v.a.'s major projects were revalue evaluate -- reevaluated and rescored to insure the project requirements were still valid and remained a high priority for the department. st. louis' john cochran project did not score high enough to be included in the 2015-2016 budget cycle and, therefore, is not currently being developed by the department at this time. however, the project is eligible to be reconsidered and will be reconsidered for funding in a future budget year. in closing, each day we move towards our goal of improving and streamlining our processeses in order to provide the exceptional care that veterans earned and deserve. mr. chairman, this concludes my statement. thank you for the opportunity to testify for the committee today. i am pleased the respond to any questions from you and members of

john cochrane called it a zoo of factors. and they do not all really work.finance professors, asset managers and finance professors going for tenure, but the asset managers are going for funds. people have a huge incentive to invent a product that they tell you will outperform. carol: up next, a tech incubator founded by a cincinnati mega-church. oliver: plus, the oldest tour operator decides to let its clients collaborate with other cultures. ♪ oliver: welcome back to "bloomberg businessweek." i am oliver renick. carol: i am carol massar. in the global economic section the world's oldest tour , operator, thomas cook, is changing a long-standing policy. he is now allowing multi-nation lodging. oliver: we talked to reporter christopher jasper. christopher: there is still a customer that would like everything booked for them rather than go onto the internet and book a hotel separately from a flight and so on, go to the likes of thomas cook. they will still even look in brochures, believe it or not. they will go into a shop on high street and come away with a p

the john cochran campus also has a major project that was designed in 2010. the project proposes to construct a new inpatient bed tower and allow for the expansion of specialty care clinics with an estimated cost of $433 million. in 2015, all of v.a.'s major products including the john cochran project were reevaluate and rescored through the skip process to ensure the project's requirements are still valid and the project remained a high priority for the department. st. louis's john con cochran project did not score high enough to be included in the 2015/2016 budget cycle and therefore is not currently actively being developed by the department at this time. however, the project is eligible to be reconsidered in skip and will be reconsidered for funding in the future budget year. in closing, each day we move towards our goal of improving and streamlining our processes in order to provide the exceptional care that veterans earned and deserve. mr. chairman, this concludes my statement. thank you for the opportunity to testify for the committee today and i'm ple

i know senator john mccain will work tirelessly preparing next year's defense authorization legislation and senator ed cochran is working on the defense funneleding legislati defense funding legislation, too. the second step, the second step, very important. we have to rebuild our partnership. the past eight years gave witness to a serial degrading of our alliances and partnerships all across the globe. [ no audio ] >> military forces and we must reassure our allies that america is simply not retreating from the world. instead of alienating our sunni arab partners, we need to let them know we'll stand with them as well. so instead of picking fights with israel, we should be rea reasserting the bond between our countries. and instead of telling the victims of iranian coercion or aggression to share the neighborhood, we should push back against it, don't you think? and that, my friends, will be a welcome change from what we saw the last eight years. so what is the third step? the third step? we got to rebuild our will. the obama administration allowed iran to use the nuclear deal to hold hostage all other areas

john paul. diana's influence, still felt today. most of all, in the character and charisma of her two sons. the service in the abbey behind me. melissa cochrant. that is to be there for people, savannah and matt, who are really suffering. >> all right, keir at westminster abbey. thank you. >>> going to take a turn and talk about other stories that are on our minds today. time to "trend." >> new pepsi ad, features kendall jenner. causing a controversy online. the ad shows jenner in a photo shoot, while protesters are nearby. in progress, tears off her beg and goes to join the action. this goes to the moment that jenner breaks through the crowd, hands an officer a pepsi and the protest turns into cheering and applause. the backlash was immediate. i can't believe kendall jenner stopped police brutality with pepsi. many were upset with this moment. its striking resemblance from the black lives matter protest. pepsi responded saying this is a global ad that reflects people coming together in a spirit of harmony. we think that's an important message to convey. now, i remember that i want to buy the world a coke commercial. maybe this was the inten