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might be the next step in solving greece's debt problems bags in london down volatile even standard chartered are down two percent the dax is up by just. here in russia the market so also in negative territory as crude is also declining if you look at the main movers you'll see that air flow is up zero point two percent as a company has it takes between working with us and by moving all vegas banking stocks like another trading floors down b.c. losing one point four percent gross national is also down point eight percent on a climb of profits. now russia's diamond giant rolls as increase its net profit by forty two percent the first group of the year the four hundred thirty million dollar result was supported by stronger production on the thirty four percent increase in pressure system prices. and russian for its allies a producer karen has posted first quarter net profit of one hundred sixty one million dollars it's up from nineteen million last year revenue rose seventy percent year on year driven by stronger global demand. and that's it from me joy my colleague katrina hope she will be her

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standards on streets and sidewalks. there is a requirement for a whistleblower program and other mandates. this is a quick list of them. the more complete picture of why we do what we do is the charter mandates, plus everything else that governs the city's business and operation. the ad man code requirement -- administrative code requirement is anything where there is a compliance and financial effectiveness mandate. we may do work in that area. our budget looks like the city budget. our clients are the big departments -- the department of health, the airport, the utilities commission. there is an allowance for auditing control work of this type. we are growing capacity to audit capital programs now. there is more of that work going on. when you take the 0.2% set aside into account, the charts ordered from largest to smallest, the general fund is the largest department. you can see the others after that. in the roughest sense, our work will be delivered back to departments in the same proportion. i will just talk for a minute or 2 the well above the major areas of the performance of the technical assistance section i run. kenya will talk about a couple of the other major audit areas

omg will lay down -- omb will lay down physical standards, but neither of those agencies feel it is within their mandate to charter the executive offices of an agency to engage in these operational matters. we have to simply defer to nss or omb on that. >> thank you, sir. >> commissioner ervin, please. >> mr. secretary, thank you for being here. it is always a pleasure to see you. i did not intend to start with the question of i am going to start with, but it seems there were a few issues left hanging by the exchanges you have had with my colleagues. they probably will all of themselves with their realms. on this last exchange about this very disturbing "new yorker" article, you said that the medical staff is listening to some of these allegations that have been done. you mentioned another office or two within the state department has done this. were any of these allegations substantiated by the inspector general of the medical staff? >> we were unable to identify actions of these gross and horrifying nature is taking place on units that were in direct support of the state department. i do not challenge that it mi

most will lay down predicates, audit standards, fiscal standards, but they -- neither of those agencies feel that it is within their mandate to charter an executive office of the president agency to engage in these kind of operational matters, and therefore we have to simply defer to nss or omb on that. >> thank you, sir. >> commissioner irvin, please. >> thank you very much. mr. ambassador, mr. secretary, thank you very much for being here. always a pleasure to see you. i did not intend to start with the two or three questions i'm starting with, but it seems to me there's a few issues left hanging from various exchanges you had with my colleagues, and they will probably follow-up too. on this last exchange about this very disturbing new yorker article, you said that, if i understand you correctly, that the medical staff looked into allegations that the office of inspector general, and i think you mentioned another officer too perhaps with the the state department that had done so. the next is what happened as a result of those investigations? were these allegations or anything sub stanuated by the medical staff? >> we were unable to

predicates him -- omb will add mostly down predicates, of its standards or fiscal standards, but not feel it is their mandate to charter executive office of president agency to engage in these kind of operational matters and therefore we have to simply defer to nss or omb on that. >> thank you, sir. commissioner ervin, please. >> mr. ambassador, mr. secretary. thank you so much for being here. always a pleasure to see you. i did not intend to start with the two of the questions -- but it seems there were a few issues left hanging in from various exchanges from my colleague and it probably will follow up themselves and their rounds but i have the vicinity. in the last exchange with a doctor zakheim about the very disturbing article, you said, if i understood you correctly, that the medical staff has looked into some of the allegations that the office of inspector general has done. i think he mentioned another office or two within the state department. to me, the next question is what has happened and result? with allegations substantiated by the inspector general or the medical staff? >> we were not able to identify act

standards. but they, neither of those agencies feel it is within their mandate to charter an executive office of the president agency to engage in these kind of operational matters and, therefore, we have to simply defer to nss or omb on that. >> thank you, sir. >> commissioner earvin, please. >> thank you very much. mr. ambassador, mr. secretary, thank you very much for being here. always a pleasure to see you. i did not intend to start with the two or three questions i'm going to start with, but it seems to me there were a few issues that have been left hanging by various exchanges that you've had with my colleagues, and they probably will follow up themselves in their round, but it occurs to me that i have the opportunity to do it, so i will. on this last exchange with dr. zakheim about this very disturbing "new yorker" article, you said, if i understood you correctly, that the medical staff has looked into some of these allegations that the office of inspector general has done. i think you mentioned another office or two, perhaps, within the state department that's done so. to me the next qu

standards for the first time. the obama administration's race to the top initiative has jump-started ambitious state-level reforms ranging from expanded charterschools to stricter teacher and principal accountability. in the "help" committee, working with senator enzi and i together are working on a bipartisan effort to reauthorize elementary and secondary education act. however, it's wishful thinking to expect improvements in school quality at a time when we're laying off teachers, increasing class sizes and reducing instructional time. i'm struck by the fact that the republican budget's assault on education comes at a time when america's competitors are surging forward. for example, china has tripled its investment in education and it's building hundreds of new universities. even in times of austerity and shrinking budgets, smart countries don't just take a chain saw to themselves. they continue to invest in the future, and above all, they continue to boost investments in education. so, madam president, as we go forward with education reform in the united states, we're building on strength. most kids in affluent communities already attend h