Brad Ashford: “Data collection, and then also being able to rely on data to make decisions in a coordinated way, is the most important…”

To those who knew Petty Officer Nelson best--his parents, wife, and two sons--he will be remembered as a loving son, husband, and father. To his fellow Navy SEALs, he will be remembered as a cherished teammate and a gifted SEAL operator…

It is absolutely unfathomable, it is beyond belief, it is incomprehensible that this government or this Congress or anybody would even begin to talk about shutting down the government for whatever political gain they may get.

David, that was truly the greatest speech I have ever heard on the issue, because it, in fact, identified in clear language a problem and a crisis and an issue of black male unemployment between 18 and 39.

Thank you for the comment. Yes, I was fortunate enough to visit with Nebraskans who were serving in Iraq and serving in Afghanistan. I was on a C-130. We were traveling over the Strait of Hormuz area. The navigator in the C-130 said to me…