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Troops for Afghanistan and Water for California
Another effort to upgrade California's endangered system for storing and delivering water has failed. We hear how urgent the problem is and why it hasn't been solved for more than 30 years. On our rebroadcast of today's To the Point, despite fading support from the public and Congress, President Obama will likely be asked for another increase in troops for Afghanistan.
By Warren Olney • • 53m ListenFor 30 years, California's water system has been in serious trouble. Last week in Sacramento, another Governor and another legislature failed to agree on how to get it fixed. With more than 200 federal, state and local water agencies in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta alone, the problems go a lot deeper than political partisanship. On our rebroadcast of today's To the Point, despite fading support from the public and Congress, President Obama will likely be asked for another increase in troops for Afghanistan. We look at some difficult options, on the battlefield and on Capitol Hill.
Banner image: Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
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Both the population and the economy of California are growing, but the amount of available water stays the same — unless it declines, as it's doing now in the worst drought in 20 years.
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At his re-confirmation hearing today, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen, said it's likely that commanders in Afghanistan will ask for more troops “very soon…”
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