“My district includes the two urban centers of Charlotte and Fayetteville, as well as large rural areas. Obviously, these diverse segments of North Carolina require different approaches to meeting current and future transportation demands.” WellsTwoDifferentDemandApproachAreasMeetingsCurrentsDiverseUrbanTransportationCarolinaNorth CarolinaCharlotteDifferent ApproachRural Areas Author:Robin Hayes
“Do we pour $40 billion into grandiose Louisiana engineering projects or do we instead put up no trespassing- signs in the areas below sea level? All are hard choices with various merits and pains. The important thing, however, is for America to decide whether the current policy of inaction is really the way we want to deal with the worst natural disaster in our history.” WayWantImportantHardPainAmericaChoicesNaturalLevelsDealsSeaWorstPolicyProjectsAreasImportant ThingsCurrentsVariousBillionsDisasterMeritEngineeringInactionLouisianaNatural DisasterGrandioseTrespassing Author:Douglas Brinkley
“People like to say, “Well, you’re a celebrity. You should really pick a cause.” I felt that’s like telling a doctor, “Well, you should focus on one area of the body.” Current issues, global issues, political issues, women’s issues—whatever one you want to talk about. It’s systemic, you know?” PeopleKnowsWantShouldWellsBodyPoliticalFeltCausesIssuesFocusPicksAreasDoctorsCurrentsPolitical IssuesGlobal Issues Author:Sophia Bush
“We were also going to develop relations with the current administration [of Barack Obama], but somehow they did not work out well in key areas and, I believe, not through our fault. I will not list all the problems that emerged in the past few years.” YearsBelieveWellsProblemPastI BelieveKeysAreasRelationFaultsCurrentsWork OutListsAdministrationBarack Author:Vladimir Putin
“Here is an example: while resolving current issues, our American colleagues made a proposal on the Syrian settlement but then suddenly declared at the UN that they were not going to discuss anything with us. It is necessary to understand what people want in one department versus another department of the United States. Do they have a common position? And this happened many times on very many areas of our cooperation.” PeopleWantMadeStatesUnitedCommonUnited StatesIssuesHappenedExamplePositionAreasCurrentsDepartmentCooperationColleaguesVersusProposalSettlement Author:Vladimir Putin