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Each week, Congressman Adam Smith will answer your questions in Tacoma Weekly. To submit questions and read past responses, visit Tacoma Weekly online. Here is this week's question submitted by a reader for that ongoing effort:
Secretary of the Navy Ray Maybus announced today that in honor of the contributions and support Washington state has given the military, one of the next five Virginia-class attack submarines will be named the USS Washington (SSN 787). The submarine will be the third ship to bear the state's name.
The other four Virginia-class attack submarines will be named the USS Illinois (SSN 786), USS Colorado (SSN 788), USS Indiana (SSN 786) and USS South Dakota (SSN 790). The five states have not had a ship named for them in 49 years or longer.
Congressman Smith discusses national security, his efforts to eliminate indefinite detention in the U.S., criticisms of the fiscal year 2013 Congressional budget proposals and changes to the 9th district with Jessica Gao of "The Impact" on TVW. Watch the full interview below:
On Tuesday, April 10, Rep. Adam Smith will host U.S. Service Academy Night at Columbia Junior High School in Fife.
Attendees will have the opportunity to learn more about obtaining a Congressional Nomination to one of the United States Service Academies, and meet field representatives from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, U.S. Air Force Academy, U.S. Naval Academy, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, and U.S. Coast Guard Academy.
On March 29, 2012, Congressman Adam Smith made the following speech at RAND Corporation in Washington, D.C.:
Thank you very much Mark, thank you RAND Corporation for hosting me.
Federal Way Mirror
March 23, 2012
byAllen Alleman MD
We thought dealing with the IRS was tough? Try dealing with Medicare as a "provider."
Federal Way Family Physicians is a small family medical practice. Due to a recent bureaucratic screw-up, Medicare didn't pay us for services for about two months. (Small businesses, like families, need cash flow, otherwise well I don't want to think of that.)