objection. mr. reid: i ask that we proceed to s. res. 186. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: senate resolution 186 condemning the murder of army private william andrew andy long and the wounding of private quinten esqula shot outside the navy center in little rock, arkansas, on 2009. the presiding officer: without objection, the senate will proceed to the measure. mr. reid: i ask that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table there be no intervening action or debate and any statements related to this resolution be place in the appropriate place in the record. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask consent as if in executive session that the injunction be removed from the senate on june 16, 2009, protocol amending the tax convention of new gleed land, treaty document number 111-3. further ask that the treaty be

considered as reads the first time and be to the committee on foreign relations and the president's message be printed in the or. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: madam president, i now ask consent that when the senate completes its business today it adjourn until tomorrow morning at 9:30 wednesday, june 17, following the prayer an pledge, the journal of proceedings, morning hour be deemed expired, the time for the two leaders be reserved for use later in date. there be a period of morning business for one hour, with the time equally divided and controlled between the two leaders or designees with the republicans controlling the first half and the majority controlling the second half with senators permitted to speak up to 10 minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i further ask that following morning business the senate resume the motion to proceed to s. 1023, the travel promotion act and the time during any adjournment or period of morning business count postcloture.

if we're required to use the full 30 hours of postcloture debate time the senate would proceed to the bill at approximately 6:15 tomorrow evening as i stated previously we expect to turn the consideration supplemental conference report when it becomes available. if there is no further business to come before the senate this evening, i ask that it stand adjourned under the previous order. the presiding officer: the senate stands adjourned until 9:30 a.m. tomorrow morning.

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now today's pentagon briefing with spokesman jeff morale, he spoke about the release of a report on a bombing raid in afghanistan in may that reportedly killed several civilians and efforts to enforce sanctions against north korea. this is a half-hour. >> good afternoon, sorry rollaway, i think with good reason. i have nothing to start with so i'll be happy to get to questions. we are missing the wires. they must be furiously writing already. >> jeff, what is the status of

this incident report? why isn't been delayed? >> as far as i know, the report is still being worked and in back and think it is being worked as we speak and we hope to have some resolution to this very soon. >> but is it a matter -- what sort of material is causing the delay? is a material that is critical of various military units or is it material that would endanger troops or what is it? >> you are assuming that is material causing the delay. >> unclassified release as i understand. >> fess as you understand. clearly the secretary and chairman and other sorts briefed on a classified versions of that is obviously not the version released publicly so there's an unclassified version of which is being prepared and that is being

worked as we speak but i don't know that there is contrary to some of the reporting i've seen, i don't know there is any issue with regards to their being disagreements inside this building about the contents of that report should have, but it takes time to put together an unclassified version of the rather exhaustive classified report. >> do you have a timeframe? >> i don't, i hope soon. it was my expectation when i spoke to you last with the release of the report was evidence. the fact i am sitting here -- steny a week later and it hasn't come out as a surprise to me but i am assured her that it is being worked as i said as we speak and hopefully will have some resolutions to this rather soon. >> is there a commitment to releasing to the public? >> when you say a commitment, i don't know that i made a commitment, i don't know the secretary did a commitment. i have heard reports of commitments made by others.

you know the secretary and chairman well and now, barbara, and both those men are people who believe in accountability, who believe in transparency and i think there defiled position is always to share more than last. so i would suspect that there is support of the highest levels of this building for sharing something with you all, but it is still being worked so i can say definitively what the outcome of that will be at. >> we may or may not receive something released? >> as i said, it is being worked and how to have some resolution on it soon and i will be the first to tell you when we do and hopefully it can come and hours and not days but we shall see. >> can you say what is holding it up? you said you expect it last week. >> i can say as it did before there is work being done to convert a rather lengthy and exhaust a classified report into an unclassified reports that is

appropriate for the general public and that work is ongoing. >> what about the video? is that going to be released? >> i frankly don't know what the ultimate disposition of any video samples will be. i think that as part of what is being worked at this time. >> you talk about the work is taking classified turning to unclassified -- can you elaborate what this work entails? >> i can't. >> can you -- >> not because i am forbidden from, i just am not privy two what exactly they are working on right now. >> can you fill in any of the gaps about the connection between any mistakes that are made in the civilian casualty is? and number of civilian casualties. >> no, that is the kind of thing that an unclassified version of this report will address and

that is why i for one am supportive of the scene that shared with you sooner than later so that we don't have to answer those questions and can refer you to the definitive source on this. are we done? >> i'm just curious what the feelings since we have had a chance to update with the secretary about this for quite awhile in this room,. >> many of your colleagues have spoken at length. >> as i said we have not had a chance. i am just curious what his thoughts on this. by not releasing this last week as most of us here thought it would be, this is drawn out and continues to be in the press every single day. is he starting -- is a frustrating let's get this report out? what are his feelings on all this? >> i don't know that is in the press every day -- i saw a couple of stores today people

try to make hay of the wire report and yesterday report today of people trying to make, john divisions of where there are none as far as i am aware inside this building about this report. get into the hearts go of your question is what the secretary has added to this. frankly i've only had a passing conversation with him about this particular issue. i think it is something he was going to look further into, but as i said to barbara and how, you all know him, you on the that he is an advocate when possible for accountability and transparency. the president has been very clear about that, the chairman has been clear about that. i think that that is where we would all like to be and hopefully that is where we end up on this case and hopefully happen sooner than later. >> to said twice now there are no objectives -- objections

coming from the building. are their objections from the white house whether to release this or do tells put in the unclassified version? >> i don't know there are objections at any level. and think there is a great interest throughout the government about all matters afghanistan these days particularly civilian casualties and so this report and its draft form, in its pre dissemination form has been shared with the small number of relevant people in the interagency and so is being read by others but i don't know that there is any sense of objection and disagreement. and i think it just takes time for everybody to feel comfortable before something can be released. that's my sense, hopefully that will be the case. >> i guess some of the confusion

is the certainty that it would be released, it seems the process of work into it would be clear last week how long it would have taken. >> sometimes -- oftentimes these things take longer than would expect. and as part of what happens with working through a big government. is one thing if you do things internal to this building, but when you oftentimes preach out and include other cities longer than anticipated, but i thank you are looking for sinister motives or problems or divisions where i have had to see any. i think this is just taking time and i think will ultimately come to the resolution that you all are seeking and then you ultimately see a product that will give you a pretty good understanding i believe of what happened on that day. >> have they expressed reservations about releasing this material? >> not that i have heard. something else? >> can you amplify some of what

we know on friday about the actions u.s. navy would take working with other partners against north korean ships? what other vessels might need to be sent there? 11 this began? >> i don't know that i'm going to get into those kind of operational details and i don't know that it requires frankly initial steps to be sent to the region. i think that we have a host of assets in the pacific, in and around the waters that north korean ships which favors dad -- but i think fundamentally, gordon, i think our authorities and responsibilities when the united nations survey council resolution 1874 are clear and we have the resources and assets in the region that would allow us

to perform our duties under that and so we continue to as we have for quite some time to monitor north korean shipments and should as the security council resolution calls for should reasonable grounds -- should there be reasonable grounds to believe that one of those ships is carrying banned cargo we have the authority is under the security council resolution to take action. >> from a practical standpoint of the ships in port reducing it to be inspected and, then what? >> it depends on what port is san, but i don't know that it is a program at this time to go through each of the details. you guys can read 1874. in place that out in sentence by sentence what actions would be taken under what circumstances

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>> breaking news today. of course, espn learned that sammy sosa failed a 2003 drug test. of course, keep in mind that the drug testing that was done in 2003 by major league baseball did not lead to any type of penalty. it was simply to determine whether or not they should have actual drug testing. joining us now with more with regard to today's breaking news is espn investigative reporter mark fainaro-wada. mark, first and foremost, why does this list exist? >> well, it exists really for two reasons. in 200 the, baseball did this survey testing, but there was no sense that you'd ever have names attached to it. the reason we have names attached to the numbers of what was tested is because the balco case erupted in 2003. at that point the u.s. attorney's office out here in the bay area decided they wanted that information from major

league baseball, and so ultimately they subpoenaed it, and they ultimately raided these places to get ahold of these documents. when they did, they put together the names and numbers and created a list. one other thing is the only reason that list exists also is because major league baseball never got around to destroying it. the union was supposed to push to get that material destroyed by a certain date. it missed the deadline effectively, and the documents existed when the feds went to raid and get them. >> we also heard that they didn't know what sammy sosa tested positive for. is that information on this list at all? >> well, my understanding is that the drugs are available. you can find out what they are, but i think, you know, in this case, we're seeing information that sort of is trickling out. whether it's coming from people actually seeing documents or getting information from people who have seen those documents, whether some of those documents were limited and didn't have the names of the drugs on them, it's unclear. i think that's one of the things that people are still trying to

find out. in the a-rod case, remember, "sports illustrated" cited specific drugs. in this case the any times is saying the lawyers at least familiar with the documents did not give them the names of the drugs. >> now, you just mentioned and obviously with "a-rod: the many lives of alex rodriguez" -- alex rodriguez earlier in the year and sammy sosa, the trickling out of these names. who knows how much longer this trickling will take place. why doesn't the league just go ahead and release the names? obviously the information is out there. it's going to come out over yearings or just come out. >> well, the league's problem is they had an agreement with the union there wouldn't be names associated with the actual test some the league is contracted, you know, legally. they're bound by this contract to keep themselves from releasing this. they would need to come to some sort of agreement with the union saying we think it's in the best interest of the game to release all these and for the union to

sign off on that. i can't imagine that happening. i think the more likely scenario is we see exactly what's been happening. the names keep trickling out or somebody gets ahold of the whole list. >> we just have two names now over about five months do you expect that to continue? >> well, i mean, i think it would be naive not to expect it to continue at this point. the balco case and the steroids issue have been a stream of people providing information because they want the truth to get out, and ultimately while the use of these drugs dates back five years, it reflects on the overall pervasive use of drugs in baseball. i think there's a lot of people that want that truth to come out. baseball would like the believe the issue is over and they've proved on past it. i think people say, look, there's still people saying they never used when we know they did, so it's hard to imagine that this issue is going away any time soon. >> espn investigative reporter mark fainaro-wada, thank you very much for your insight.

>> it's my pleasure. thank you. >> still to come, the u.s. open is back in black. bethpage black is back. tiger woods ready to defend his title. we hear from the world number one coming up. ♪ driving one and all ♪ close shave america... close shave barbasol ♪ ♪ america, you're lookin' good... ♪ ♪ handsome, free and tall ♪ close shave america... close shave barbasol ♪ ♪ close shave barbasol ( rhythmic clapping ) ( chanting )

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>> the 109th u.s. open is open for business come thursday

morning. bethpage black will provide the canvas for the world's best to perform their craft. the crowd will shake the ground they walk on as phil mickelson is in the hunt. whether it's lefty, rocco or bubba, most believe it will be tiger hoisting a 15th major championship come sunday night. tiger woods met the media todayf >> obviously the golf course is phenomenal.vious it's playing long this week. it's not exactly dry out there. and obviously this golf course t brings back some great memoriesc for many seven years ago, so, it's good to be back. it' i've enjoyed playing out here.'v the practice rounds have beenthe all good and i'm really lookingi forward to thursday. >> what is the most important thing to win this tournament?i is it the stroke?re >> as all u.s. opens, you have to drive the ball well, and this

u.s. open with it being this wep and this long, the rough is so thick. is so th you have to get the ball inhe play. and then obviously greens are ao little bit flatter than normal. so just getting the ball on thet green, you're going to have a rietty good look at a putt. it will be curious to see how the usga sets it up.he s how much will they move the team around.s last year supposedly it was supposed to be the longest u.s.y open in history, but we never played that it long.pe thes were mixed and matched. you had the really think aboutau what you're doing out there. i'm sure they'll probably do the me t thing this year with it being so wet.t >> off to the right, please. >> tiger, you've repeated inr, every other major but this one, eve only curtis and ben have done it in the last 70 years.nl what makes the u.s. open the toughest one to win?ars. >> well, you have to have every factor of your game going. you have to drive the ball well.

you have to hit your irons wello and at most open, you know,ave t speed on the greens is an issue. not this year obviously being so wet and soft, but generally this is the hardest major we face year in and year out.anea narrowed fairway, highest roughs, and probably only augusta throughout the year hasa the fastest greens. certainly that's not going to bg the case this year. tcae t >> how do you go about keeping a the pot boiling after everythinr clicking so well at memorial just in terms of your preparation for this week?week is that kind of the natural nat platform to then be able to tailor your preparations for what you need this week?ou >> just like anything, you feelt you can always get better.ike ai the whole idea of practicingge this week is to make sure i became more comfortable withdoe what we're working on and moreak efficient at doing it, and i dia some really good practice sessions at home, and myacte

practice rounds here this week have been really good. so i'm really looking forward to getting out there and competingg and playing. >> tiger, to not be able toand finish the year and everything,o i'm curious with hindsight, do you think it all worked out foro the best?ef was it better to get it overil with as opposed to waiting untif the end of the year if you wereg able to do that? are you glad it worked out the k way it did? >> if you look at the overall picture of it, yes.s. given the circumstances that i had after the u.s. open, could i have played the british?ld h yeah, i could have played the british, but i would have had te let my leg heal. it was broken. i would probably rebreak it leg again during the british. that was just going to be the constant theme is that my leg rb was probably going to keepbriti rebreaking. so it's just better to go ahead and fix it.its be the reason why i had the instability, i had no a.c.. it will go ahead and make the

leg stable, give myself plentyat of time tohe recover and get rey for this season. and then it will hopefully be back for the masters, which iul was able to do. abl so everything worked out well it that regard, and certainly i feel a lot more stable in they f leg. i wish i could have competed in the majors and the rest of the events, but long term it was the best thing to do. >> the swing change that you swi thee or the adjustments you made prior to memorial, which worked so well, do you feel that you could bringdo it here where powr is going to be such an important aspect of winning? and then secondly, do you likeld your chances? if it does get wet, it is a lone course. >> yeah. >> do you prefer your chances oc something like that? just like my clanses -- chances any major.ou know i just enjoy having to think myo way around the golf course.not, a lot of the tour events we, play, you just have to make

birdies.o me if you don't shoot 68 you're losing ground. here if you shoot 68 you're moving up on the leaderboard. that to me is fun. par is rewarded, and a birdie is really rewarded. that to me is how the game of golf should be played.di i as far as my swing changes anday everything, i think that youayed have to get the ball in play, so s wtever it takes, you know, get the ball in play. rantted we'll have a much longer club.ave muc as i said earlier, i don't know how the u.s.g.a. will move up ih the tees or not, how mucht, they'll move them up.ov t i think i'm still one of the longer hitters on tour, and i'm hitting a long iron, so a lot ol the shorter guys are obviously hitting woods into the greens.gi if it rains, how much are they going the move up the tees? mh that's going to be the questions but still, we all know that, yo know, you shoot something under par you'll be looking pretty par you will be good. >> tiger, in my opinion, who doe you think at this point is thedy

best golfer of all time and whyl >> jack. wel >> and how close are you? >> well, he's got 18. i'm at 14. >> still to come, much more on tiger woods. he's involved in our topic tonight on "aircheck." who will get to their 15th career major win first, tiger or roger federer? stay with us. >> espnews brought to you by: