. >> what werere some of ththe things that y you caught dodoingrong in that arena? >> we were focused on residential moving. cash flow was very strong. as we e branchched out and we stararted getting into cocommercial moviving we carried accnts receivable. that is when we startedd learning abt casash mananageme. >> we appreate y you coming inin today. we c congratulate you on your success. there is more to comome after the break. stay with us. >> we have lots to get to i in our roundtdtable.. charles howell fm mcenenearneyey associes a company listed as one ofof theest placess to work in the washington area. doug fruehlingng andan sernovitz from the "washington businesss jojournal." dan, i want to start wityou. good news, bad news scenario. good news for real-estate but bad news for commercial real- estate. you sayy the washington market was hammed in the first quarter. why was it so dismamal? >> there was about 1.7 million square feet of office space that came back onto the mket. that is a pretty sable chu of now vacant spapace. a lot of that was in northern virgin

the werere talking to the ambassador from the czech republic. this is a america. >> "this is america" is made possible by the national education association, the nation's largest advocate for children and public education. the american federation of teachers, a union of professionals. the singapore tourism board. there is something for everyone. singapore airlines, a great way to fly. poongsan corporation, forging a higher global standard. the rotondaro family trust. the ctc foundation. afo communications. >> ambassador, the czech republic is landlocked, isn't it? >> yes. >> tell me the border countries so people can visit it on imap. >> it is bordered with germany. we are basically a trying goal that comes into the belly of germany. we border with bavaria on the south, and saxony on the north. and of our north border, it is quite a long border, with portland. and our eastern border, we border -- with poland. and our eastern border, we border with slovakia. >> the population of the czech republic now is how much? >> it used to be a 50 million na

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. >> from what i understand, there werere 20 to 21omen invololved. they could be employees of thee local dg carl, they could be spies planting eavesdropping devices. >> that is senator susan collins commenting on one of the three scandalsls that washington this week. this one involved secret service agents in colombiaia. colby they said nothing counts when you are out of totown, but that does not apply with the secret service. >> they are in a top spot. -- tough spot. this has been a bad week for federal employees, but take the overall recorord. i spent 19 years as one. they do great work every day. wh h happened with the military happened at two years ago. what happened with the secre service -- that was last ek. the gsa scandalal also a year or so ago, and that was caught by a gsa employee. the system worked because he wass ining after waste, fraud, and abuse and he found some. >> we ve the photographs of the american military personnel with body parts and so forth "the l.a. times" had these pictures. a soldier said this is indicative of the breakd

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