Joe Nation

Joe Nation
Joseph Edward Nationis an American politician and academic. He graduated from the University of Colorado with a B.A. in Economics, German and French. While he was a Pan Am flight attendant, he studied at Georgetown University under Madeleine Albright as a James T. Webb Fellow in Science, Technology, and Diplomacy while earning a Masters in Foreign Service. He subsequently earned a Ph.D. in Public Policy Analysis from the RAND Graduate School and completed a post-doctoral fellowship at Stanford University, where...
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Several questions concerning the status of veteran's benefits, the construction of veteran's homes, and suitable mental health services face our veteran population and necessitate action, ... As chair of the Assembly committee on veterans affairs I will fight to provide first-rate care for California's 2.5 million veterans and will pursue increased benefits for the brave men and women serving in the California National Guard.
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It's not my job to determine what the re-use will be, ... My job is to determine whether this is the right investment for California.
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doesn't make any sense at all for a state that doesn't have money to spare or to waste.
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I don't think we can get there without any pain.
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Here we are, before there's even been a shovel put into the earth, and we're already effectively 31 percent over budget, ... They're downsizing it by 25 percent, and with that, acknowledging a 6 percent increase.
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Too often, the initiative process has been used to address critical and often technical issues that should be addressed by the Legislature,
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The facts in this case are clear, ... This expansion of death row is a short-term solution; we'll be back to where we started in just a few years.