secretary ratner, i want to tht task force micronesia.assessment on implementation of jcf micronesia while we await the results of that report and related assessments pertaining to guam i want to make my interest in this issue clear. their plans and reports recognize the pacific, we have to make sure our structure and resourcing also reckons with for example, our coast guard has realigned assets to honolulu to better meet the heightened demand signal, a ■2sign t coming for our planning process and our allies and partners who are asking us for more opportunities to work together. what are your thoughts on the question of how our resources in that region align with the actual vastness of scale of the region. >> thank you, senator. i will tell you that about what is currently looking at the evolution of our command and control structures throughout the indo pacific, not just as5 it relates to current structure and potential reforms of that, what that looks like down the road is something to look at including as it relates to how we operate i

at the other end of international football scale you'll find nauru, the micronesia island is not on ahey've never played a game. off the coast of australia, premier league player is the national team manager. dave kitson has gone from reading and portsmouth to place with only one pitch as lewis combs reports. an island about as remote as they come, known primarily for its lucrative phosphate mines, it's used as an immigration centre and now they dave kitson. i knew about its history, its incredible story. made a fortune from selling phosphate, billions of dollars. but it had an issue in terms of distributing that wealth and of course a lot of people stopped working. that led to an importation of food and has led directly to an obesity crisis. and this is part of the reason for trying to start up the island's first ever football team. the brainchild of dave and a long—time friend, the pair know they have a challenge on their hands. for a start, the island's only recognised football pitch is in the immigration detention centre. it is the one place that has not been mined for phosphate o

micronesia, writes the financial times. they note that such assistance is an opportunity to limit china's influence in that region. the us state department noted that washington is currently working on completing the negotiations. her struggle in the uk has seen a palestinian activist deface a painting of prime minister arthur balfour. a woman painted a canvas with a spray can. and cut with a knife. her act is associated with the fact that the declaration on the creation of a national home for the jewish people in palestine is called a politician. this document initiated the founding of israel in 1948. law enforcement officials are investigating the detailed reasons. shevchenko was played for more than four hours by uborodians from the kyiv region, who set a ukrainian record for the longest performance of a kopzar's works. with the participation of the military. the readings were attended by 192 participants, including residents of the entire kyiv region and ukrainian defenders. poems in ukrainian, english and in song forma

a new guinea, a 3 percent. micronesia at 3 point one percent. and the pole at 3.2 percent. now. and now we're joined again by author and pauses. psychology expert, robert mac to discuss a more. now robert, from an economic standpoint, what are the direct and indirect costs associated with depression for individuals? individual states, those direct indirect costs associated with depression. the direct costs, of course, or the cost of healthcare itself, treatments, medication therapy, things of that nature. the indirect costs going to be. we things like harmony and extensive roth, loss of income and potential long term disability when you're depressed are often used to the lack, the motivation to show up to work. you need to take days off, but also the way you do show up, you tend to be disengaged, and how those depression contribute to health care expenses, workplace, absenteeism, and disability claims. anything that would affect true motivation or usually just sort of maintain it, consistently healthy mood is going to also attack people around you. as in victor, delay to be prod

for countries in the world for vote against that israel. naturally, the united states of america, micronesia, which by compact, is bound to vote with the us. so it's not even a choice. and now right now, room is a very nice island of 12000 people. that's america's allies. this hurts bad weight. and so the reputational costs are enormous. but the sense that america's rudderless liter list is very wide spread. let me ask you about the un relief and works agency for palestine on right. now 3 countries, canada, sweden in australia, have reversed their positions that they had stopped supporting and right in, in there was an investigation going on looking into potentially 14 individuals who may have conspired or been part of from us when this went on, that's out there. that's public um united nation. so said it is investigating this . been very forward with that. but on right employees to thousands of people, 16000 in gaza alone. i'm just interested from your you know, title which is sustainable development. is there any development? is there any ability to um, economically support in sustain the

a new guinea, a 3 percent. micronesia at 3 point one percent. and the poll at 3.2 percent. and now we're joined again by officer and positive psychology expert robert mac to discuss a more to now robert, from an economic standpoint, what are the direct and indirect cost associated with depression for individuals, individuals based on the direct and indirect cost associated with depression, the direct costs, of course, or the cost of healthcare itself, treatments, medication therapy, things of that nature. the indirect costs going to be, we'd be psych harmony and extensive raul, lots of income and potential long term disability when you're depressed are often used to the last, the motivation to show up to work. you need to take these off. but also when you do show up, you tend to be disengaged, and how does depression contribute to health care expenses, workplace, absenteeism, and disability claims. anything that would affect drew, motivation orderly, to sort of maintain it. consistently healthy mood is going to also attack people around you is going to take your day to be p

so we can have military bases on the they are the marshall islands, the federated states of micronesia. and finally, pull out, let me say that again because it's fun pull out to take here, at least as far as i see it. maybe you think the same one. if you're wondering these days why china is spending billions to build up, it's maybe our expansion, our military expansion might have something to do with it as they see it. we're putting military bases in wrong ways near them. so they feel like they have to do the same. here's number 2. and this one almost makes me laugh inside there. and there is, as we know, big money in these deals, right? these military expansion is moves and they got a lot of money for a lot of military contractors out there for the super rich. and those same people donate a ton of money to congress, right? we know this right? well think about this, our congress, which cannot pass a border bill, which cannot agree on who should leave the, which generally just can't get anything done in any reasonable amount of time. but lucky here is $7000000.00 deal to expand our mili

u.s.ationships the republic of the marshall islands and the federated of micronesia. would provide in support of those compacts are key to maintaining stability and prosperity of our partners and safeguarding our shared long-term defense and strategic interests in the region. i want to sincerely thank the committee for approving the compact agreements and authorizing the necessary funding authorities on a bipartisan basis. that will allow steadily ahead and our partnership with is vitally important countries. in conclusion i wish to reiterate the pacific region critical importance to the and our long-term strategic interests. i look forward to work with congress this committee to continue our renewed engagement across the pacific in a competition. thank you very much. >> chairman cardin, distinguished members of the committee. thank you for inviting me too testify about how the department of defense is contributing to peace and security acros the pacific island. here is my good friends two underscore government approach. from a national security perspective the pacifi

so we can have military bases on the they are the marshall islands, the federated states of micronesia. and finally, pull out, let me say that again because it's fun. pull out. 2 takes year, at least as far as i see it. maybe you think the same one. if you're wondering these days why china is spending billions to build up, it's maybe our expansion, our military expansion might have something to do with it as they see it. we're putting military bases in wrong ways near them. so they feel like they have to do the same. here's number 2. and this one almost makes me laugh inside there. and there is, as we know, big money in these deals, right? these military expansion, this moves make a lot of money for a lot of military contractors out there for the super rich. and those same people donate a ton of money to congress, right? we know this right? think about this, our congress, which cannot pass a board or bill, which cannot agree on who should leave the, which generally just can't get anything done in any reasonable amount of time. but look at here, this $7000000.00 deal to expand our milit

a new guinea, a 3 percent micronesia at 3 point one percent. and the pole at 3.2 percent. and now we're joined again by author and pauses. psychology expert, robert mac to discuss a more to now robert, from an economic standpoint, what are the direct and indirect cost associated with depression for individuals, individuals based those direct and indirect cost associated with depression. the direct costs, of course, are the cost of health care itself, treatment, medication therapy, things of that nature. the indirect costs going to be, we'd be so kind of expensive roth loss of income and potential long term disability . when you're depressed, you're often using black. the motivation to show up to work, you need to take these off, but also the way you do show up, you tend to be disengaged, and how those depression contribute to health care expenses, workplace, absenteeism, and disability claims. anything that would affect true motivation or usually just sort of maintain it. consistently healthy mood is going to also attack people around using victor. really to be productive

a new guinea, a 3 percent. micronesia at 3 point one percent, and nepal, a 3.2 percent. and now we're joined again by author and pauses. psychology expert, robert mac to discuss a more to now robert, from an economic standpoint, what are the direct and indirect cost associated with depression for individuals? individuals based on the direct and indirect cost associated with depression, the direct costs, of course, or the cost of healthcare itself, treatments, medication therapy, things of that nature. the indirect costs going to be with things like harmony, sometimes overall loss of income and potential long term disability. when you're depressed, you're often used to the last, the motivation to show up to work. you need to take these off, but also the way you do show up, do you tend to be disengaged? and how does depression contribute to health care expenses, workplace, absenteeism, and disability claims. anything that would affect true motivation or your religious songs maintain it, consistently healthy mood is going to also attack people around. you can affect your ab

that would be the ideal scenario to have a micronesia tournament.ll head out to nauru with a completely different goal to aim for. to actually try it implement a football programme that cannot only put a team on the pitch but help with the health and fitness of the island, get kids into playing a sport. i'm a big believer in trying to leave something in a better shape than when you found it. i've tried to do that throughout my footballing career and this will be no different. you're watching sportsday. let's have a quick look at some of the other headlines today. the former head of chinese football chen xuyuan has been jailed for life after being found guilty of taking bribes. his sentencing is part of a wider crackdown on corruption in the sport. chen accepted millions in return for help with contracting, investment options and event management. the test match in the women's ashes in australia next year will be a day—night game at the 100,000 capacity melbourne cricket ground. it will begin on the 30th of january and be a four—day match at the mcg

moment to underscore the importance of a compacts of free association with the federated states of micronesia marshall islands. for decades have anchored an economic assistance delivered under the compacts. including critical leadership but members of this comee on the 2040s to the appropriation bill the president biden signed last week. last year france at the state department negotiated strong deals providing necessary funding was one of the most important things congress can do to advance our priorities in the end the pacific. defense experts, diplomats all agree and because of you did. the compacts ensure maintain a military presence in the freely associated states serve in the u.s. military. these agreements provide assured access for operations and would be adversaries from accessing sovereign land airspace in territorial waters. part of the end the pacific that is larger than the continental united states. mr. chairman we also know prc is drawing from a range of coercive tools in an attempt to long-standing u.s. partnerships and advance china's own hese activities have included covid e

of some of the pacific island states, formerly part of an american trust in the pacific, palao, micronesiahe republic of the marshall islands, to meet with the president. they had never met with the predecessors, since independence. given what china is trying to do in the pacific, i thought they ought to do it. so we got it on the schedule and it was approved. right before the meeting started, i went in to brief him. he looked at his schedule and people? i was ready because by then i was well trained and i had a map of these three pacific island states and a glassing overlay of the united states. their territory would include the ocean around them is roughly the size of the continental united states. up at the map of the united states on top of the three pacific island states and he said i understand. he could not have been better with those three countries. they left walking on air. it is something i see joe biden has done too so i give him credit for that. it could have been a disaster. he did what he should have done. i was very happy it went well. he could do that when he wanted to tur

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