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students of the vietnam war know that the phoenix program broke the back of the viet kong, george.fter that. joe, bill, how can we have troops in iraq without a status of forces agreement? one magically appeared, joe. once they got in trouble it magically appeared. we have about 2,000 folks on the ground there now with more coming. north canton, ohio. i'm in anguish over your treatment of father brisotti. you were a complete pinhead. maybe he didn't make his point, but you should have allowed him to gather his thoughts. i don't have a lot of time for gathering here. this is a fast-paced show. the father knew the topic. he should have been better prepared. north carolina, bill, you should have asked the priest what the vatican would do if isis attacked it. the swiss guards would defend vatican city, eugene, that's why they're there. bill, do you want the benghazi investigation to go somewhere proves you are biased against president obama. nonsense, jim. i want a resolution one way or the other. i just want to know the truth. and that's what you and every other american should want.

they accuse him of sponsoring the phoenix program in vietnam even though he was a political reportingficer who had nothing to do with the military, and so on. but a good deal of all this.com and then there was the famous episode of the human rights report. human rights reports were a rather new innovation at that time. congress in the wake of the helsinki agreement had required the resident ambassadors of each country to write annual reports on the human rights situation there. mainly as a method of pressuring their governments, not as a means of informing congress. and the report that negroponte wrote for nicaragua after his first year there was a relatively benign report, largely because he did not want to imperil aid to the honduran government. these reports were rather new at that time, and they were rather strange to most diplomats because the normal function of a diplomat is to get along with the government to which he is accredited, not to write annual public critiques of it. and in other parts of the world they were more dramatic problems involving human rights reports. it was

. >> i started my internal medicine training in 1981 at the phoenix program and finished and became certified in internal medicine and worked in east mesa and runed to the va in 1990. i ran the va's medical departme department, i was a medical service teacher after that, and i became an outpatient clinic director in december of 1994 a position i held until retiring in december of 2013. while i have views on many aspects on what is now known as the va scandal i would like to use this statement to comment on the downplaying of the inspector general's office. this continues in the report issued on august 26th which i fear is designed to minimize standards rather than provide closure to the families affected by it. all of the employees receive training on duty to report waste, fraud and abuse. to the inspector general whose job is to investigate this i did this in 2011 and results in gabriel perez being placed on leave within two weeks of the ig receiving my letter and his his termination two weeks later. i sent another letter in april of 2013 and made claims brad curry created a hostile work pla

phoenix called young champions. >> young champions is basically the -- they offer low-cost sports programs for kids. >> antonucci was when his employer suspected him and another instructor josh robinson of embezzling. prosecutors say they turned to arson to destroy the evidence. and that antonucci talked two other employees, also karate instructors, into helping them. antonucci says it was all robinson's idea. no one will ever know because robinson died in the fire. >> i was just a coward. i didn't really want to participate but i wasn't willing to say, no, i'm not going to do this. and if nothing else guilty by association but i'm also guilty by action, unfortunately. >> while antonucci is facing anywhere from 7 to 21 years for his crime, the prosecutor is asking for 15. the judge is expected to make his decision within a matter of days. >> at this point, i'm just looking for mercy. i'm saying, hey, this isn't me. i'll never do anything like this again. i won't so much as run a stop sign again. i just look for mercy from the court system. i'm still hoping for a miracle in some way, shape or form that can get me les

phoenix up to show low. we are using our telemedicine programs to provide support.we have one provider that has a commitment to start working there and also looking at other nurse practitioners to come to show low so we are making sure we are covering the veterans needs. there was a rumor about closing that clinic and i want to make sure everyone knows the clinic is open and we are staffing it appropriately. i also wanted to make sure everyone saw these comic cards. these are very helpful for me as i try to move the organization for it. i know some people are not comfortable getting in front of the audience and talking about issues i wanted to offer an opportunity to give feedback and we will find a way to respond to directly to get your contact information about concerns you have or use them as a way of gauging the general feel of the needs that you all have as veterans. i want to turn it over to my acting public affairs officer to talk about some of the ground rules for today's session and then we will open it up for you to give us some feedback. >> good evening.

. >> because i can go here and do a program here and transfer for free instead of paying. >> transfer where, here? >> for the phoenixtransfer over there to the phoenix house once i get out. it will pick me up, and it's free. >> yeah. well -- >> you'd rather have me go to minnesota? >> yeah. you'll have so much more family support, and i think that's going to be absolutely critical to your recovery, son. >> but it's just going to be hard because like we talked about before with all my friends there and all my -- all my friends use pretty much. >> yeah, they do. >> except two people. >> yeah, they do. >> it's going to be pretty hard. you already know that. when i switched schools, it's pretty hard. out here i'll have a fresh start. >> it will be hard no matter either way you go. >> it can go either way pretty much. don't want to be shoveling for five years or surfing for five years. i kind of would rather be the other way. >> but you can snowboard. >> i can go snowboard here. >> but i just think that the support is something that is crucial. >> that's true. i want to choose what's best for me when i get out of here. >

phoenix up to show low. we are using our telemedicine programs to provide support. we have one provider that has a commitment to start working there and also looking at other nurse practitioners to come to show low so we are making sure we are covering the veterans needs. there was a rumor about closing that clinic and i want to make sure everyone knows the clinic is open and we are staffing it appropriately. i also wanted to make sure everyone saw these comic cards. cards.ent these are very helpful for me as i try to move the organization for it. i know some people are not comfortable getting in front of the audience and talking about issues i wanted to offer an opportunity to give feedback and we will find a way to respond to directly to get your contact information about concerns you have or use them as a way of gauging the general feel of the needs that you all have as veterans. i want to turn it over to my acting public affairs officer to talk about some of the ground rules for today's session and then we will open it up for you to give us some feedback. >> goo

we have an intramural program here in bethesda that funds a number of laboratories and branches. we have also had an intramural laboratory in phoenix, arizona near the healer river reservation where we study diabetes among the pima indians who have the highest prevalence of diabetes of any population in the world. roughly 10% or slightly less than 10% of our budget goes to our intramural program. about 85% of our budget funds research at universities, medical schools, hospitals around the united states into a limited extent internationally. >> host: lets us focus on diabetes for us. in 2012 according to nih in affected about 30 million people. seventh leading cause of death, 86 million aged 20 and older have prediabetes and 208,000 under the age of 20 estimated to have diagnosed diabetes. how bigger problem is this? >> guest: this is a huge problem. the fact that there are 29 million americans with diabetes, perhaps a quarter of them are unaware that they have diabetes but that's just the tip of the iceberg. the 89 million that you describe that have prediabetes a condition in which blood charters are high but not quite high enough

programs -- let them do what they need to do. mayors.ld work with the i worked with mayors in many issues there my time building the phoenix freeway. important issue between the cities, counties, and states -- we are devastating our infrastructure. we are so far behind. it has got to be a priority that we stop this. if we were to repeal the income tax, the deficit would be even greater. you cannot do that. we have to make sure cities and towns have the resources to assure there is public safety, road repair, and highway growth to support our business. >> that brings us to our questions. each candidate has a minute for a closing statement. we did flip a coin at the outset. , you go first. >> i want to thank everyone for putting on this forum tonight. it was a good day in the ducey campaign when we learned the national federation of independent businesses i have been your state treasurer for nearly four years. by any measure, we are in better condition today than they were when i came into office. i want to take those skills and fresh entrepreneurial energy to the governor's office. the reason i want you to vote for me is the plan o

programs we share. >>> last week the house veterans affairs committee held a hearing analyzing the findings of the inspector general's final report on the phoenix va health care system. the investigation identified 40 patients who died while awaiting appointments in phoenix but found there was no conclusive link between delays in care and veteran deaths. t representative jeff miller of florida chairs this committee hearing. >>> good afternoon. this hearing will come to order. i thank everybody for attending this hearing which will examine t the oig report on the phoenix issue. i would also like to ask unanimous consent. he's not here yet but that our colleague from arizona be allowed to join us here to address this issue. without objection, so ordered. also, members, we do have a series of votes that will start at 1:00. i apologize for that. this hearing was moved from its original scheduled time because of the joint session of congress to hear the president of the ukraine. what we will do is immediately after the final vote move back as quickly as you can. we will resume the hearing as quickly as we possibly can so that we will not keep the wi

programs, let them do what they need to do and the state can play its role. >> fred duval? >> i work with mayors on many beaches to my time building the phoenix freeways and other issues in my background. the most important issue i think between the cities, counties and states are these fun sweeps. we are just devastating our infrastructure. it has to be a priority that we stop this. we have a budget deficit. if we were to repeal the income tax that deficit would be greater and we couldn't do that but we have to make sure cities and towns have the resources to assure there is public safety, their streets and road repair and the highway growth in the future to support her business growth we so badly need. >> that brings us to the end of our questions. now each candidate has one minute for a closing statement that we did flip do we did with aquinas is at the outset and mr. ducey you can go first. >> i want to thank graham and channel 12 in srp and the own -- arizona republic for this form tonight. it was a good day in the ducey campaign women and the national federation of independent businesses and the arizona chamber of commerce and industry

programs. let them do what they need to do and the state can do its role. >> fred duval? >> i do. work with the mayors, i work with mayors on the issues building phoenixfreeways and other issues through my background. the most important issue, i think between the cities, county and san states. we are devastating our infra structure so far behind. it has to be a priority. we have a budget deficit. if we were to repeal the income tax, it would be greater. you couldn't do that. we've got to make sure that cities and towns have got the resources to assure that there is public safety, there are streets, road repair and there is the highway growth of the future to support our business growth we so badly need. >> that brings us to the end of our questions. now, each candidate has one minute for a closing statement. we did flip a coin at the outset. mr. doucy, you go first? >> i want to thank bram and channel 12 and srp and the arizona republic and everyone put on this forum. it was a good day in the doucy campaign when we learned that the national federation of independent businesses and the address chamber of commerce and industry had endorsed our campaign.