today we have a capacity to put two marine expeditionary marines to sea. that's two regiments across a beach. that's not a lot of cacheability if you're going to invade another nation. so we would argue if you start getting below that kind of capability, that in fact the risk could be too great to launch an amphibious operation and the nation could lose its forcible entry capability. we think that's a worthy discussion that needs to be had in the q.d.r. almost as importantly is on a day-to-day basis, the combatant commanders out there have needs for security cooperation, theater engagement and those types of things. almost union formly they would say that the best means for doing that is an amphibious ship. it brings helicopter platforms to move back and forth, it brings medical capability that can be put ashore if need be. it provides the opportunity for enhancements, if you will work host nation training opportunities if marines are embarked, all those types of things. so what's interesting to us is if you tally up those requirements that the combatant c

end the fiscal year 2,000 marines above, why are you still recruiting so many marines? >> the fact is, we're not. if any of you want to go on recruiting duty, now is the time. we have had to curtail our recruiters and those shipping numbers that they would traditionally be shipping at this point because, again, of our tremendous retention and the fact that they've made such good numbers previously. we have what we call recruiting pools, which are young men and women who have indicated that they want to go to paris island or san diego but can't ship immediately, so our staff sergeants and gunnery sergeants work with them, get them in shape, get them ready for life in the corps. one of our biggest challenges right now is motivating the pool. because they want to go in june. we told them, you're not going to go until october, then that becomes in some ways a leadership challenge our recruiters haven't had to face. it's a good problem to have, but nevertheless it's uniquely different from what we've had before. we are going to skid slightly beyond 202, i think we were at 20

navy flag and marine flag. it will say dear marine corps family on behalf of the department of the navy and marine corps, please accept my sincere condolences on the loss of your loved one. this is all it's about, bringing the team together. it's time the marine corps be recognized as part of the fighting team. i will ask god to please bless our men and women in afghanistan and iraq and ask god plees with his loving arms to hold the families of those who gave their life in afghanistan and iraq, and i ask three times, god please, god please, god please continue to bless america and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: ms. kaptur of ohio. mr. burton of indiana. mr. moran of kansas. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, the gentleman from virginia, mr. wolf, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the minority leader. mr. wolf: thank you, madam speaker. i rise today to speak about an issue of great importance to our country. shortly after i returned from a trip t

family in this way, the secretary of the navy and marine corps, dear marine corps family, on behalf of the department of navy and marine corps. madam speaker, that's all that it does, but it's very important that the marine corps receive this recognition. and before closing, madam speaker, as i do frequently, i ask god to please bless our men and women in uniform, i ask god to bless the families of our men and women in uniform and i ask god in his loving arms to hold the families who have given a child dying for freedom in afghanistan and iraq, and, madam speaker, i ask three times, god, please, god, please, god, please continue to bless america and with that i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: ms. kaptur of ohio. mr. burton of indiana. mr. burton: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for five minutes, revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. burton: madam speaker, this last weekend i met with several auto dealers in my district and it was very interesting to find out really what all of them are going through rig

and marine corps reserve -- research and development efforts, $3.2 billion for navy and marine corps overseas contingency operations and $401.9 million for maintaining robust fleet. i believe that the balance between quality, capability and affordability is met head on with the bill before the house tonight. the bill provides authorization for the correct number of ships, planes and ground vehicles with the right capability to meet the threat, but with the recognition that unless equipment can be procured affordably, we will never be able to build our fleet or our air wings. that's why working in a bipartisan manner, the subcommittee recommended in the -- and the full committee adopted for the construction of the programs. the world's best destroyer. and multi-year procurement authority to realize significant cost savings in the procurement of f-18 strike fighters, to repopulate our air wings on the decks of our carriers. in particular, the bill will authorize the construction of eight new battle force vessels to include a virginia class submarine, three combat ships, one ddg-51 dest

our marine corps has said he will walk every marine goes there to say when they are done with the to to not want to leave, and guys who are outside to want to go. we are hopeful. yes, sir. >> thanks for coming, admiral. i have a question. you mentioned the nuclear posture of view a little bit earlier, and i was curious about how you see that playing out in your area of responsibility, the defeat given the call of the president for a world free of nuclear weapons. in particular, dealing with japan and the question of launch cruise missiles and how you see that playing out over the coming years, carrying out this vision. >> thanks. this is my personal -- you might ask the difference between my personal and professional, and there really isn't any. this is a great big deal for us in the united states of america to review our nuclear posture. i mentioned we have been 27 or 28 countries out there. sooner or later, many of the folks with whom we have discussions will get around to asking -- is your nuclear deterrent umbrella going to continue to extend over [still in the blank] country? ou

escorted and followed by armed forces of the philippines and the marines. so we took this trip into the jungle and as we leave visible elements of civilization, electrical power wires, tv antennas and get into a little bit less opulent villages and isolated developments, young kids, 2, 3, 4, 5 years old running out and waving and applauding and jumping up and down and hollering in their native tongue what i'm told, it's good to see you. this kind of support -- with their moms and dads back nodding approvingly. i saw this with my own eyes and i thought this is wonderful. this is terrific. ambassador kinney said two years ago, mom and dad would have pulled the kids back and they would have stayed well away from the street and if there had been any demonstration it would have been unfavorable. so i saw with my own eyes enthusiastic support from the citizens who had been previously terrorized by violent extremists. i believe we have made significant progress. it's a tough metric back to her question. we've got the guys there that we have there now, tom, we'll k

speaker, i'm happy to yield at this time to a young man who joined the marine core the day after 9/11, served two tours in iraq and one in afghanistan, the gentleman from california, who is a member of the armed services committee now, one minute. mr. hunter. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. hunter: i thank the ranking member and i'd like to associate i myself with the chairman's remarks on this issue. i think i'm the only one on the floor here who's actually served in afghanistan. i served twice in iraq as a united states marine and i would have to respectfully oppose this amendment. and the reason is this. the best exit strategy is to actually win. that's the best exit strategy. to go in there, win the fight, kill out al qaeda, kill taliban, have the state department work with the local afghan people, then we can leave after we have success over there. that's how we won in iraq. we won in iraq once we stopped worrying about losing. we had the surge, and now we're successful in iraq. that's what we need in afghanistan. the way that we're going to lose afghan

corps, he served as a marine officer for three years and led a rifle platoon of a third of marine division in vietnam for one year. for his service you received the bronze star, two navy commendation medals, the purple heart, and of the vietnamese cross of gallantry. following his career in the marines, the director went on to earn his law degree from the university of virginia law school, he served as a litigator, the u.s. attorney, and acting deputy attorney general for the department of justice. he will speak to us today about a very important topic in the economy generally and to this city in particular, financial crime. director mueller, you have the floor, they give. [applause] [applause] >> thank you all in good afternoon, it is a pleasure to be with you here today. a few months ago the economist magazine and announced plans to build an entertainment venue that in their words which continue the magic of a theme park with the excitement of the macroeconomics. [laughter] among the planned rise or the currency high roller or one could fly like a butterfly with the hero or sink like a s

i would like to commend a vietnam marine for this issue. the chair: without objection. mr. lipinski: i yield back. the chair: the gentleman from california has seven minutes remaining. and the gentleman from new jersey has 4 1/2 minutes remaining. mr. mckeyon: -- mr. mckeon: we have no further speakers. mr. andrews: it's my pleasure to yield one minute who is the gentlelady of the chair of the water resources subcommittee, the gentlelady from texas, ms. johnson. the chair: the gentlewoman texas is recognized for one minute. ms. johnson: let me thank the leadership of the committee for this fine bill. i have an amendment that requires the department of defense to report on the need for and availability of mental health care services for service members and their families that are stationed overseas. many face depression and post dramatic stress syndrome and are suicidal risk while trying to recover and readjust their lives. we have had re of this because we have had so many militaries members to have to go back to the same war. more than one time. and only a small percentage

number two pick of the seattle mariners.nting comes around to score. carolina up 1-0. acklee says he models his game after pete rose. >> i'll take that a. >> charlie hustle. >> spoken like a mariners fan. he hit .421 with 22 homers, 73 rbis during the regular season. came close to those numbers in this game alone. 5 for 6. three runs batted in. carolina eliminates southern miss 11-4. final game in the coaching career of eagles long time coach, palmer. well, texas and arizona state won their opening round game in the college world series. texas trailed 6-0. in the fourth inning, that's cameron roth. cutting the lead in half. later in the inning, texas down 6-4, belting one through the right side of the infield. pair of runs come around. longhorns tied up at 6. same score in the 7th. ruff, second of the game. 10 unanswered runs for texas in this game. but we also know that this isn't about that. it's about a company that's most of the about a company looking for an undisclosed take ten years ago to deny coverage for a brain tu

army special operations command, marine forces special operations command for organizing, equipping, training and providing fully capable training forces to serve under the operational control of geographic commanders around the world. the u.s. special operations command headquarters shares many of the responsibilities, authorities and characteristics of the military departments defense agency, including a separate force command budget established by the congress to establish supplies, services and training that are. of particular to these forces. we have also been designated as the commander responsible for synchronizing department of defense planning against the terrorists and terror networks globally, a function that requires a robust, a daily activity. it now attracts over 1000 people and 40 different agencies. we have been assigned by they department of defense, we expect to foster the long-term partnerships are will shape a more secure global environment. the joint special operations forces was designed to the united states special operations command by the military services fo

effort on behalf of the united states marines. we have to do our very best to protect america, american vessels, americans that are sailing the ships and particularly the government cargo that's on them. so i applaud mr. cummings for making this substantial step in the right direction in combating tie pi rahcy. i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from california. mr. mckeon: mr. chairman, i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman from california reserves. the gentleman from maryland. mr. cummings: may i inquire how much time we have? the chair: the gentleman from maryland has 15 seconds remaining, the gentleman from california has three minutes remaining. mr. couple k -- mr. cummings: i urge the adoption of this amendment. this is an appropriate way to address this, it is a reasonable way. with that, yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from california. mr. mckeon: i yield back. the chair: the question son the amendment offered by the gentleman from maryland

one of the most brilliant examples was the marine division. they save the day for the division, 7 chinese divisions, the opposite of the strategic bombing results. they leveled every big city in north korea. was the effect? we lost a bunch of bombers? resupply to the korean and chinese armies were unimpeded, the north koreans were not at all forced to go to the peace table which is another thing you will see over and over again. at the same time, you saw from the budget charts that there is a huge spike in spending particularly for the air force, the air force diverted all that money, spend none of it on korea and diverted it into nuclear bombers, couldn't possibly be used, took the money and ran for their own hobbies. they cut our fighters to a thousand. antiquated fighters were unsuited for the mission. they got decimated. we kept feeding from our inventory. when we ran out of them, we force the f 4 down the secretary's for wrote. quickly converted to a strategic bomber, lost 445 of those, so we had a thousand airplanes doing strategic bombi

erer issues of how we communicate, and in your command as impressively, the individual soldiers, marines, and navy seals have developed skills in those areas that are invaluable. not just in special operations commands, but proven to be broader. and to understand how to confront what we are up against and what is learned on the battlefield has been helpful on preparing on all of those issues. and we know that special operations command take a role. and there are battle over fund, but you seem to do a good job of what we provide. and i believe that congress has recognized this role and what you need to fight that fight. we appreciate what you do and look forward to your testimony. and turn over to ranking member mr. miller. >> thank you mr. chairman. i would like to submit for the record, welcome admiral. thank you for your hospitality, i had a wonderful time to meet with you and marilyn, and thank you for where you are time today. >> thank you, sir, good afternoon, thank you for the opportunity to appear before this committee to highlight the special operations command. and say thank you

the individual soldiers and marines, and the navy seals have developed skills that are invaluable, they have proven to be more valuable to the department of defense, in understanding what we are up against, what has been learned out there on the battlefield has been very helpful in terms of preparing us on all of these issues and we know that you take a strong leadership role. we know that there will be battles over funding, but you do a great job with what we provide and i believe that congress recognizes the importance of this role and we recognize what you need to fight the fight. with that i will turn it over to the ranking member. >> i also have a statement for the record, i would like to welcome the admiral, thank you for the hospitality, i had a wonderful chance to visit with you, and we thank you so much for hosting us and we look forward to your testimony. >> atmel? >> good afternoon. thank you very much for the opportunity to appear before the committee to highlight the posture of the special forces command. i would like to thank you for the strong support of this body and we

i happen to be a marine corps veteran. we have socialized medicine in the marine corps. it seems to work well. it's still private health care. i'm calling about iran. you can watch democrac ynow.org. you may want to look in your own american history. there was a guy who thought health care was important. the corpse wanted to take is oil -- the corporations wanted to take its oil. they hired a guy. a fellow marine. an officer. it overthrew him. that took place under eisenhower. go to blockbuster and rent the movie. look at the history of your country. host: thank you. cambridge, illinois, democrats line. caller: good morning. i have agreed criticism of your former guest, the congressman. i felt he overreacted to a caller. the caller made a connection between corpse and supporters of israel which i probably would not have made. a up the congressman overreacted to the caller. host: thank you. i have to let you go. we're going to the floor. i appreciate you calling. the house today takes up some appropriations actions. the also of homeland security out there this week. they

excuse me, of the game, his eighth of the year, the mariners win it 4-1. you see ichiro 1 for 3, ichiro has a personal 14-game hitting streak against the baltimore orioles. more on this game a little later in the show. >> the sacramento kings hired paul westfall as the new coach for two years plus a team option for a third season. the kings offered the job to kurt rambus hours before game three of the nba finals, but rambus passed. westphal has compiled a record. he led the suns to the 1993 nba finals in his first season as a coach in the association, westphal coached five seasons at pepperdine. as a player he played with boston, seat, and the. >> nick:s. >> the orlando magic may just be back. coming up shelly smith a report on the lakers and rachel nichols who is with the magic. phil mickelson makes an emotional return to the pga tour. >> and let's cluster score as we like to say. national league, pirates with a two-run lead over the braves, the pirates three losses in a row, top of the ninth, four outs away from the win. reds-nats in a rain delay, the re

corps unfunded , in other words, the marine corps a dozen needed, the department of defense's it is needed but we are going to spend behind $86 million additionally offer those built in the state of mississippi. $150 million is included for air force aircraft wing kids and installations. davis air force bases in arizona and additional wing kids would be welcome, the additional funds will not request by the administration and i oppose this on her $50 million. it runs in the process by prohibiting the secretary of defense by caring and 2005 decision to discontinue the armed forces institute of pathology. i was very disappointed that the house democrats succeeded in their efforts to strip and the supplemental spending bill the detainee quota provision offered by senators lieberman and gramm. this provision was with the president's efforts to bar the release of photos of past detainee abuse, help protect our troops from the inevitable recrimination that these photos with insight. releasing the post without supplying information about the issue of detainee abuse but rather expos evidence

no brainer the mariners take ackley? >> absolutely. it's the one chance any team has the take an impact position player. center field, above average glove, average or better arm as he continues to recover from elbow surgery. he's going to hit for a lot of average. big question, is he an okay power guy or above average power as he continues to fill out physically. love the swing, love the bat speed. a positive glove in center field. >> the mariners taking your time. you think it's a no-brainer? >> absolutely. >> when that pick happen, we'll bring it live to you right here. just a reminder, a "sportscenter" special tonight, from 9:00 until 10:00 on espn. karl ravech and his crew break down the key picks of the draft and tell you which guys are most likely to make an impact at the major league level. once again, that's 9:00 on espn. still to come, phil mickelson making a surprising stop today on his way to memphis for the st. jude classicment we'll tell you where that stop was coming you where that stop was coming up. i asked for blueberr

her previous books, "29 palms," a story of murder, marines and the mojave, was recently published in a new updated edition. it was a los angeles times best book if 2001, and hunter thompson calls it a strange and brilliant story by an important american writer. deann also writes for the rolling stone, slate, the huffington post and many other publications and her work is widely produced. ♪ ♪ >> for a long time, the american desert has been my deed and my passion. the reasons are many, but really, there is only one. in the desert, the chatter of city life fades away and my own thoughts vanish, i get quiet and i hear things -- the beating of wings, the scratching of lizard, the crack of tortoise eggs, the whisper of stories that want to be told. >> the wild horses are our greatest partner. preserving mustangs is not about being on their backs, but about letting them run wild. seeing them out there is our birth right and theirs. why are we destroying the horse we rode in on? as will james once wrote, they really wrong not to man, but to that country of junipers and sage, of deep aroyos.

the marines corps doesn't need it. the department of defense says it's not needed but we are going to spend $186 million additionally for howitzers build in the state of miss. $150 million is included for aircraft wing kits and installations. the air force base in my state of arizona and additional wing kits would be welcomed. the additional funds were not requested by the administration and i oppose this $150 million. it end runs the defense base realignment brac process by prohibiting the secretary of defense from carrying out a 2005 decision to discontinue the armed forces institution of pathology. i was very disappointed that the house democrats succeeded in their efforts to strip from the supplemental spending bill the detainee photo provision offered by senators lieberman and graham. this provision would support the president's efforts to bar the release of past defeign lo tableee abuse and protect the troops from inevitable recrimination the photos insight. releasing the photographs does not supply new informati

the orioles beating the mariners 3-0 and then the big score of the day, the red sox at fenway park upyankees. big papi in the lineup and producing a two-run home run, his third of the year. quickly keith law, if you were in charge of the red sox, would big papi have been in your lineup tonight? >> they were reaching the point where they had to think about benching him. i guess it worked out for one night. >> this might buy him a little more time as he's under .200. >> major league baseball draft as expected, steve strasburg the number-one pick of the washington nationals. the product out of san diego state above average fastball, great breaking ball, superb control this year, and his strikeout-to-walk ratio was something legends are made of. i guess he's a bit of a, at least some of the scouts speak of him in that tone. joined by keith law to break down the major league baseball draft. everyone expected strasburg to go number one. even with scott boras and the crazy numbers that are being thrown out there, you think at the end of the day, the nationals will be forced to sign him. >> r

both your command and as impressively the individual soldiers, marines, airmen, and navy seals out there have developed skills that are invaluable not just the special operations command, but have proven to be valuable in the broader department of defence in truly understanding what we're up against and also how to build on alliances out there. what has been learned on the battlefield has been helpful in terms of preparing on all of those issues, and we know special operate command takes a strong leadership role, and our subcommittee is very interested in being supportive and helpful. we know there are inevitable battles over funds, but you always seem to do a very, very good job with what we provide, and i do believe congress has also recognized the importance of this role and has done our best to provide what you need to fight that fight. so we appreciate what you're doing, look forward to hearing your testimony, and with that i will turn it over to the ranking member, mr. miller, for any opening statement he may have. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. i would like to say welcome,

yesterday andy's father, retired marine daris long read the following letter to his son. he had these ideas in mind to give to his son and put them down in writing. the letter was placed in the casket yesterday at the funeral. this is the letter that he wrote to his son. dear andy, let me start by telling you how proud your mother and i are of you in your choice to serve this conterrorism the profession of arms is not an easy job. it's not 9 to 5. you won't often get a choice to do what you want when, you want to do something, or voice your opinions. you took an oath to support the constitution of the united states against all enemies foreign and domestic and bear true faith and allegiance to the same. that means a lot in my mind it means whatever your personal feelings are, you may have to put them aside because you don't get to decide who you are going to protect. you protect the rights of all. a war of 1812 naval hero once toasted the country with this. my country right or wrong, first my contry. that statement was often quoted out of context by my generation at the en

while in the house, he has led the effort to increase army and marine corps end strength levels. increase military personnel pay. reduce the unfair tax on veterans disability and military retiree pay. or concurrent receipt. and safeguard military retiree benefits for our troops. mr. chairman, this work is always important, but it has never been more important than now while our troops are in combat. representative mchugh has done outstanding work to support our men and women in uniform and their families. representative mchugh has served on the house armed services committee since the 103rd congress. he was appointed as the chairman of the morale welfare and recreation panel, and then as the chairman of the military personnel subcommittee. his leadership of these two subcommittees has advanced the support and recognition of the needs of the members of our armed services and their families to a greater level than ever before. more recently, during the 111th congress, representative mchugh was appointed ranking member of the house armed services committee. during his time as rankin

as it turns out they did, and the marine unit responded to back them up, and the events in the fall from there. you are talking about the allegation as to whether or not the taliban force people into their homes? i'm going to let them speak to that when they ultimately released the findings of this investigation. >> what were the total civilian casualties? >> again i am going to let them speak to the final numbers but they were greatly outnumbered by the talib k

court ruled after the last administration trampled through the fish and wildlife service, national marine ocean service and altered scientific findings, study, and opinions that we could no longer conduct the business of the central valley project. i didn't see my friends on the other side of the aisle raise one objection at the time those actions were taking place. at the time that criminal behavior was taking place. i didn't see them raise one objection when the morn rivers were destroyed and fishery seasons have been closed for years and families have lost their businesses, lost their livelihood, whether they were going to see the fish or there were small businesses on the north coast or small businesses on the oregon border and those political decisions were made, and they devastated the salmon runs, i didn't see that happen. we've seen now as the environment has deteriorated in the san francisco delta and bay area, small businesses have closed up, people have lost their livelihoods and yes it's very intense in the central valley. but i don't see some of my colleagues on the other sid

and the marines responded to back them up and the events evolved from there. you are talking about the allegations that the taliban forced people into their homes. i will let them release that. >> what were the total civilian casualties? >> i will let them speak to those numbers, but they were greatly outnumbered by the taliban. >> after the briefing, did the secretary comment on tightening the ttp's or looking at that? >> again, it ran rather long. and he had to head to another meeting. i think that general mcchrystal who is taking over and spoke at length about this in his confirmation hearing last week. talked about his desire to make sure that we get a better hold of the civilian casualty problem in afghanistan. and i think that the secretary has every confidence that general mcchrystal is precisely the guy to put this in a better place. we have taken a number of measures as you know, to greatly restrict our use of closed-air support as it is. and general mcchrystal is interested in finding a way to further reduce the number of civilian casualties. and i c

following his career in the marines, he went on to earn his law degree from new va law school -- the university of virginia law school. he will speak to us today about an important topic in the economy generally and in the city, in particular. thank you. [applause] >> thank you. good afternoon. it is a pleasure. there was a proposed entertainment venue that would combine the fun of a theme park with the excitement of macro economics. one could float like a butterfly with the euro arsenic is still with the pound. one could trouble with the years in the face of distressed deaths, and my favorite, in fiscal fantasy land where one could watch the economy shrank to nothing before their very eyes. it took only a moment to realize this was only an april fool's joke. unfortunately, the chamber of horrors and fiscal fantasylands are not so far from the truth. this is not the first instance of bad business judgment or a metal traded agreed. -- or greed. in an address, the president warned against unscrupulous behavior. he stated that when conditions are such that we can act without supervision

it will be game one of a three- game series against the mariners. burgess on will be on the mound against hernandez. coverage begins at 6:30. jim hunter saying so long for the oakland coliseum, this has been a masn presentation. tom davis and rick dempsey and o's xtra. >> the e's complete a three game sweep, and rick, before we get into the orioles we have to talk about vin mazzaro. he hasn't given up a run in two professional games in the major leagues. >> he was 15 and 6 comes into the game and he doesn't strike out a lot of people but he doesn't give up very many runs either and that tells you something about the movement on his fastball and today he shows it. if you were watching the ballgame, you saw a lot of ground ball outs but that movement on the fastball and mixing in the slider and the curveball, he showed me a little something. in fact all of the oakland a aspishers showed me something, all young guys and very up and coming guys that are scary rights now. >> as we look at the recap. this is a one-inning recap when you get down to it for

my late father-in-law, julian, a dedicated marine, was awarded the navy cross for leading the capture of the japanese headquarters of shiri castle on okinawa. he was shot by a sniper as a result of his being in a wheelchair for the rest of his life. he was grateful to have served america. with that, mr. speaker, i yield to dr. broun of georgia. the speaker pro tempore: how much time do you yield to dr. broun? how much time? mr. wilson: as so much time as he may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia is recognized. mr. broun: madam speaker, i move that the house now do adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the motion to adjourn. all those in favor say aye. all those opposed, no. the noes have it. the gentleman from georgia. mr. broun: madam speaker, i ask for the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. those favoring a vote by the yeas and nays will rise. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are so the missile is not going by it, but you are holding it on the same place as the missile is moving very r

the marines went for this boat. the army loved the boat. orders were placed. higgins expanded from a little almost ma-and-pa kind of a factory into an assembly plant. he had four different ones in new orleans, some of them under canvas, 30,000 employees, and he turned out 20,000 of these landing craft in the course of the war. he was just a genius at design and a genius at production. he was a lousy businessman, and he went bust after the war. but he's the man who won the war for us. c-span: now, you're doing something at the ... >> guest: we're building a museum in new orleans, the national d-day museum, on the site where higgins built some of these boats and tested them. it's bigger than just honoring higgins' industry. it's going to honor all of american industry because you've got similar figures. we had no landing craft at all -- none -- in 1940. we had 30,000 in 1944. we virtually didn't have an air force in 1940. by 1944 we were building 8,000 planes a month. some of these were big four-engine bombers. so we want to honor american industry for what it d

this particular book has a guy and it is what is the marine corps motto? he has some provide down his leg and he has forever and it is more proof to our protagonist. now he can read this is america is crying need for more copy editors. [laughter] we have a you greedy and a body builder. wives? you do not want to start to especially someone may at misunderstood the book may be more autobiographical than it is but we will say one of them is at least 25 years more patient than the other. x rays are always bad news. yodeling as we always went through before. [laughter] and as you. not the protagonist but the father-in-law is finally arrested because the protagonist has driven him out of his head. we have gotten through z and i feel like i have taken too much time am i still halfway married over there? [laughter] it does not look like it. no. [laughter] you cannot do anything to me in front of witnesses and i am not leaving. [laughter] so thank you again thank-you to the booksellers as dove said. [laughter] [applause] >> there is a great line in to see whether

marine and i wish every marine could see this project. they would never shoot at an iraqi or at anybody else. >> what kind of responses to you get from iraqi? >> the question is what kind of response did i get from iraq he's the. it was really, really supportive. i had so many friends who would drive from different states to come and bring the food to sit with me or to give me the moral support wanted and i think that was significant to me because that's exactly -- i'm trying to raise awareness about iraq and there was no support for iraq that would very much hurt but what was a spy ring the people from the internet mending its support because they said we are proud of this project because you left iraq 15 years ago and never forgot about iraq and i think that mattered to me very much. >> [inaudible] [laughter] >> very good question. the final hour of the project i got a single shot that says baghdad just because people didn't know this i recorded every ip address where people shot from. [laughter] and sometimes when they hacked into my c

may, in relation to the last topic, so far as president obama not releasing photos, i was in the marine corps, the president is the head guy, the head of the military, he has a responsibility to the troops, and in terms of the cost, one american soldier's life, don't release the photos. there is a responsibility, as i understand about coming clean, make us feel good and all this, but it will cost one american soldier his life, don't release the photos. the problem in the middle east is the israeli/palestinian question. once we take care of that, you cannot deny the right to exist. we have to have a solution. somehow the palestinian woman, the mother of a family can send her family out and not hassled at all in going about their lives, where she can feed her family. >> host: first, the release of photos, to block that, then we will come to the question. >> guest: thanks for your service in the marine corps. there was an allegation that guards at guantanamo, it took 2 we to go through all the data to determine that there was no record of that happening, there were records of detainee's tr

we continue to have the best soldiers, sailors, marines in the world. their sacrifice is incredible. the sacrifices of our families is incredible. as we move into july 4, i ask each of you as you celebrate that you remember all of our soldiers who are deployed around the world and remember their sacrifices. thanks so much for being here. sorry i lost my -- i don't want to be inaccurate on the numbers. if i give you a number it will not be right. is significantly less than what it is today. it is significantly noticeable on the ground that there are less americans inside of all the cities. i feel confident we are on the right track. thank you very much. have a great fourth of july. thank you. >> thank you for your time and the insight we can only get from the commander. thank you and we look forward to doing this again sometime down the road. >> thank you. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] >> if you missed any of today's news conference, we will. again tonight at 8:00 p.m. eas

meanwhile mariners and orioles, in baltimore, jose lopez at the disch. at the dish. top of the sixth, one on, one out, that is gone off jeremy guthrie. lopez's second home run of the game, his eighth of the year, and the mariners win it by a score of 4-1. lopez's third home run in the last three games. the ms have suddenly won five of their last seven, ichiro with a personal 14-game hitting streak against the baltimore orioles. royals and indians in cleveland, gil meche, 4-9 in his career against the tribe, but meche looking good, shin-soo choo, nope, next batter, mark derosa. nope. he's looking. meche 11 ks in seven innings of work. alberto callaspo bases loaded off carl pavano, that is his third of the season, his first since may 5th, and first career grand slam, guillen 2 for 3, he also had a home run as well for meche the 11 ks set a career high. let's check in on the tampa bay rays over the angels, 9-5, pena solo shot, his 18th home run of the year, aybar has added an rbi single and a home run of his own as well. >> meanwhile the phillies and the mets, they're i

. >> and the birds will be back home tuesday against the mariners.itches the 2-2 and rick, what do you look forward to for bergesen. >> i hope he continued to pitch the way he did in seattle. 7 inning and giving up two earned runs. and other than that, he would have won that ballgame. he'll be up against vargas who pitched a good ballgame at the same time. only went 5 and a third but only gave up two earned runs. so a good matchup to see which one of these guys deserves to win this game. a pitch-off. >> the orioles will be back at camden yards. masn has a brand new reporter and this one absolutely is kind of a unique reporter. he in fact wears an orioles uniform. let's check in with dennis sar funny. >> this is dennis sar font and today we'll be the fashion police on hair-dos. >> i'm standing here by t bone's locker and we have a question, we brought some pictures back from when you played and we were just wondering if there is a possibility of you bringing this hair style back. >> i could bring it back. >> maybe a throwback day. >> he has a nice afr

their success in that mission helped the marines capture iwo jima. it contributed to the american victory and it

i was a marine for 10 years and the air force. the thing is, once we go into battle, we go in to win and we do not apologize to anybody for our actions because those people took hour heads off. i don't think we should be apologizing, i won't call it torture, but we should apologize for winning a war and doing it by any means except outright murder. i wondered what your feelings were. >> host: do you anticipate your book would come out during this debate about torture? >> guest: no. in september, and i thought it would be a pretty quiet time. it turns out, not exactly. to our caller's point, save for your service in the marine corps and the air force. it goes back to how we want -- 2 points. when you are fighting an insurgency, very few of them come about through military victory. this notion that you can throw more troops or tanks or airplanes or ships is a false notion. we are dealing with an adversary that does hide in the shadows, by day runs the tailor shop and by night is planting bombs by the roadside. it is not one where yo

obviously if mariners believe he can or they wouldn't have taken him this high. a guy heading to north carolina to play a couple different sports, great athlete, he goes three. then tony sanchez, catcher from boston college, goes much higher than probably allotted by the scouts. why does he go number four to the pirates? >> that one is the real eyebrow raiser. it's clearly a financially motivated pick. tony sanchez is a good talent, a second or third-round talent according to the general consensus in the northeast this year. he's probably a solid everyday big leaguer in the kelly shoppach mode. good defender, power in his bat, but he can't really hit breaking balls real well. i think he probably would have been available later in the first round, but not when the pirates picked again, so if this is a guy they wanted, he wasn't going to be there. >> the pirates taking a beating, trading nate mclouth for prospects, and it looks like paper tomorrow will pick apart their draft. let's continue with number five and the orioles as they go out and get first high school p

. >> i was in the merchant marines in 1964. i had dropped out of michigan and i joined the merchant marines and that's my identity card. these are my three kids who are grown. he is a teacher in oakland, california. and that's when he was eight years old, and he is now a playwright and a teacher at columbia university. he is an author and a first-year law student at yale. and this is my playwright son and his wife and she is a novelist. and a poet. the place is a little crowded because i have been here 20 years. these are my three kids. those are my three kids. and that's us at our place in california that i mentioned. that's us in california. about 12 years ago, i think. several of my students have published books. this is a of borders and dreams, a doctoral dissertation. this shelf is for my research class because i teach classes cs qualitative research and we read a lot of examples of qualitative or interpretive research. we try so to see what other people have done. this is a tremendous book about street vendors in new york

there is no honor to vote on conditions for our soldiers, sailors, marines and coast guards men. this congress must not cheapen or degrade our military to move forward with political interests. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: mr. gohmert. mr. hensarling. mr. paulsen. for what purpose does the gentleman from minnesota rise? >> i ask unanimous consent to speak out of order for five minutes and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. paulsen: we owe our way of life to people and it's important for us to remember that every freedom we enjoy, every moment of safety and every dream we have for the future that we hold was purchased with the blood and sacrifice of our military families. we should not only be thankful for the reality for the quality of our life, but for those who laid theirs down to make it possible. we are aware of the things that make our society run, electricity, gasoline, money, jobs, for example. but our society also runs on values, honesty, integrity, service and sacrifice. our national

that does not mean that every single american soldier or marine or airmen or say legislators that happen to be on the ground are going to be out of iraqi cities. we are going to have some compliment, albeit in much smaller numbers, of troops in some iraqi cities and towns in an advisory and assistance role until such time that the iraqi security forces are developed to the point that they no longer need us in that capacity. >> do you have a follow-up. >> ok, capacity, what's the u.s. citizen expect that u.s. troops will be back in a cavel cavalry role versus leading attacks or operations? >> well, it depends on where you are. in the cities i think this is going to be a coordinate, train, advise, assist role. outside of that. and we can provide you with a copy of this letter that that the general provided to his troops, that there will be layers often defense outside the city that we will provide that we have been by with and through the iraqi forces, but there will still be combat operations that we undertake outside the iraqi cities and towns with iraqi security forces. >> during the se

[applause] >> deann stillman is the author of 29 palms, a true story of murder, marines, and the mojave. ms. stillman has written for the "new york times," the village voice, and on-line publications, salon and slate. she began researching mustangs 10 years ago after several dozen were killed outside of reno, nevada. for more information, visit deann stillman.com. : >> we're at bookexpo america in new york city, the booth for regnery publishing with marjorie ross. what do you have coming out this season. >> we're actually very excited about several of our books for summer and fall, and, of course, it's good time to be a conservative publisher in washington, d.c. because there's a lot to talk about. our first book i'll tell you about is a book by repeat best-selling author michelle malkin, and it's called culture of corruption. it's probably the first anti-obama book coming from any publisher, and we think it's going to be very, very big. she's done a real investigative reporter's job of looking at president obama, who he's brought in to work with him, who's come from the corrupt city of

. >> i was in the merchant marines in 1964. i had dropped out of michigan, and i joined the merchant marines. that's my identity card. yeah, these are my three kids, now all grown. he's a teacher in oakland, california, now but that's him at about 8 years old, and he's now a playright and a teacher at columbia university. he's an author and a first-year law student at yale. this is -- oh, and this is my playright son and his wife, and she's a novelist. and a poet. the place is a little crowded because i've been here 20 years. those are my three kids. yep, those are my three kids, and that's us at our place in california that i mentioned. that's us in california. about 12 years ago, i think. several of my students have published books. this is of borders and dreams which is, was the doctoral dissertation of chris carger. this is a terrific and important book, holler if you hear me, by greg mitchie. these shelves are for my research class because i teach classes in qualitative or narrative research, and one of the things we do is