Tucker Carlson launched his new site, Daily Caller, on Monday. Sen. Talent wrote an op-ed on the growing deficit for the new online publication.
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Sen. Talent’s OpEd for DailyCaller.com
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010Sen. Jim Talent on MissouriNet: Former Senator Talent critical of lack of preparation for biological event
Monday, January 4th, 2010Steve Walsh of MissouriNet interviewed Sen. Talent on his recent bipartisan Op-Ed.
Sen. Talent: Washington Post Op-Ed
Monday, January 4th, 2010Sen. Bob Graham and I authored an Op-Ed in today’s Washington Post that sounds a urgent message on bioterrorism preparedness and response. The government should learn from the mistakes of H1N1 and take appropriate measures to protect Americans from a bioterrorism event.
Remember our Commission’s unanimous finding: the threat of bioterrorism is growing and will become a probability by 2013.
Senator Talent to Join Politico Today for Online Discussion on Faster Vaccines Campaign
Monday, December 21st, 2009Sen. Jim Talent will participate in an online discussion regarding the Faster Vaccines campaign hosted and moderated by Politco.com. The Faster Vaccines campaign is an effort of the Commission to Prevent Weapons of Mass Destruction, Proliferation and Terrorism to promote new vaccine technologies. Sen. Talent serves as the Commission’s Vice Chairman.
Who: Sen. Jim Talent, WMD Commission Vice Chair
What: Politico’s Online town hall to discuss vaccine technologies and
preparedness
When: Monday, December 21, 11:00 a.m. central
Where: Politico.com/arena/
Associated Press: Sen. Talent to review military study
Tuesday, December 15th, 2009ST. LOUIS (AP) – Former U.S. Sen. Jim Talent has been picked to serve on a panel that will evaluate a military review completed by the Pentagon.
Talent to Serve on Independent Panel to Assess Department of Defense’s Quadrennial Defense Review
Monday, December 14th, 2009For immediate release.
St. Louis. – Sen. Jim Talent, American Freedom and Enterprise Foundation Honorary Chair, today was selected by House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Howard P. “Buck” McKeon (R-CA) to serve on the Congressionally-mandated Independent Panel created to assess the Department of Defense’s Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR).
The Quadrennial Defense Review will assess the threats and challenges the nation faces and re-balance Department of Defense strategies, capabilities and forces to address today’s conflicts and tomorrow’s threats. The QDR is one of the principal means by which the tenets of the National Defense Strategy are translated into potentially new policies, capabilities and initiatives.
“Right now, America faces a greater spectrum of dangers than it did during the cold war, and every category of risk is demonstrably growing, Sen. Talent said. “I am honored to serve in this distinguished panel that will help shape the future of national security and defend against these threats.”
“Senator Talent is perfectly suited to serve on this panel and examine the Pentagon’s Quadrennial Defense Review,” said McKeon. “With tremendous respect from his peers and a wealth of experience in national security matters, I’m confident he will add value to the panel’s review process and provide Congress with recommendations that will help guide our thinking on the Quadrennial Defense Review.”
The panel is required to provide the Secretary of Defense and Congress with an initial report in the spring of 2010 and a final report by July 15, 2010. In addition, the Secretary of Defense is required to respond to the panel’s final report and its recommendations no later than August 15, 2010.
American Freedom and Enterprise Foundation Releases second edition of Un-Reform Series on Health Care: Quality, Service and Innovation
Thursday, December 10th, 2009FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: katie@freedomsolutions.org
December 9, 2009
St. Louis, MO.— As the Senate considers a major overhaul of the U.S. health care industry, St. Louis physician Dr. Charles Willey released the second in a series of pieces for the American Freedom and Enterprise Foundation to comment on national health care policy. “Private Sector Health Care Innovations can Prevent Medicaid for All: Government in health care is the problem not the solution.” This installment focuses on “Quality, Service and Innovation.”
Dr. Willey identifies the challenges associated with government intervention in health care innovations. He illustrates the free market solutions that will strengthen our nation’s health care industry.
His message to the government is this: “Let the market experts decide which innovative risks are promising and which are not. Remove tax disincentives for investment in promising innovations which increase treatment options, improve patient care, trim costs, and facilitate information dissemination.”
Future articles will focus on:
- centering and trusting decisions with the patient/doctor unit,
- pairing medical decision making with financial decision making,
- injecting long term incentives for wellness, cost containment, and efficiency into the system, and
- increasing the responsibility for the medical/financial health of the population with the population itself, not with the legal system or a bureaucracy.
Sen. Jim Talent serves as Honorary Chairman of American Freedom and Enterprise Foundation.
Job Creation OpEd in the Springfield News Leader
Friday, December 4th, 2009Read Sen. Talent’s Op-Ed in the Springfield News Leader. He gives President Obama some advice on job creation.
Baltimore Sun: Top Threat Ignored comments from Sen. Talent
Friday, December 4th, 2009Sen. Talent serves as Vice Chair of the Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction and Terrorism. The Baltimore Sun recognized the threat of bioterrorism and the recommendations of the Commission.
Sen. Talent on KCUR
Friday, December 4th, 2009Sen. Talent joined Steve Kraske on Up To Date to discuss the threat of bioterrorism. Sen. Talent is the Vice Chair of the Commission on Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction, Proliferation and Terrorism.
