there are specially fitted units supported by united states personnel that have proven to be very effectivet conducting counternarcotics operations all around the world. at this time, there are only 288 members of the national interdiction unit of the afghan counternarcotics police that have been vetted and work directly with the united states personnel. program managers have told the staff of the caucus an additional 250 vetted officers are needed for the unit based on the scope of the drug problems in afghanistan. and this would maximize the ratio of the united states matters to the afghan officers at the current staffing levels. the contact for training the afghan narcotics police is administered by the department of defense. my question to you is what you take a look at it and take a look at the possibility of adding 250 officers for this national interdiction unit? >> sure, we'll take a look at it. >> i appreciate that. thank you mr. chairman. >> thank you. i have a question, mr. secretary, that has been festering in this body. up until world war ii, we had a senior military officials

there are specially fitted units supported by united states personnel that have proven to be very effectivet conducting counternarcotics operations all around the world. at this time, there are only 288 members of the nationa interdiction unit of the afghan counternarcotics police that have been vetted and work directly with the united states personnel. program managers have told the staff of the caucus an additional 250 vetted officers are needed for the unit based on the scope of the drug problems in afghanistan. and this would maximize the ratio of the united states matters to the afghan officers at the current staffing levels. the contact for training the afghan narcotics police is administered by the department of defense. my question to you is what you take a look at it and take a look at the possibility of adding 250 officers for this national interdiction unit? >> sure, we'll take a look at it. >> i appreciate that. thank you mr. chairman. >> thank you. i have a question, mr. secretary, that has been festering in this body. up until world war ii, we had a senior military officials w

reported that the agencies are not even able to accurately report the number of contract personnel working on united states contracts. just yesterday, the "wall street journal" reported that over $3 billion in cash has been flown out of afghanistan the last three years. that's $3 billion of cash on a plane flying out of afghanistan. officials believe that at least some of that money has been skimmed from united states contracts. the conflicts in iraq and afghanistan have changed the way the united states wages war. with more contractors than troops currently in both countries, the role that he's civilians play has become important. the changing role of contractors has challenged the agencies that employee them. thus far, the agencies have not risen to meet those challenges. congress has tried to impose greater control over contingencies contractors and subcontractors including private security companies. the last three defense authorization acts include provisions aimed at strengthening oversight mechanisms and mandate more stringent controls on contractors. these new regulations have not been sufficient.

united states. it is the white house personnel who have been involved in this effort with us. it is my colleagues on the cabinet including secretary napolitano who is over -- >> let me -- again, i really respect you. you know that we've had a good friendship. do y'all like tell them on a daily basis what activities to engage in? >> we -- mean that's what i'm taking from this. i'm just -- >> i mean il -- i receive and it was at my order and thad allen's order, a review of bp, what their work streams are all running in parallel because we didn't want them to run sequentially. those are receiveddaily. that's at our direction. i have a personal conversation with andy ingalls whos the head of bp running the operations out of houston to get an update every morning. secretary chu joins me on some of those meetings. when we find deficiencies such as looking at the fact now that we believe they teed to have additionaledundancies in place as you look at hurricane season before you get to t ultimate sealing of the well through relief wells we order them to provide -- to provide those add

united states. it is the white house personnel who have been involved in this effort with us.my colleagues on the cabinet including secretary napolitano who is over -- >> let me -- again, i really respect you. you know that. we've had a good friendship. do y'all like tell them on a daily basis what activities to engage in? >> we -- mean that's what i'm taking from this. i'm just -- >> i mean i'll -- i receive and it was at my order and thad allen's order, a review of bp, what their work streams are all running in parallel because we didn't want them to run sequentially. those are receiveddaily. that's at our direction. i have a personal conversation with andy ingal who is the head of bp running the operations out of houston to get an update every morning. secretary chu joins me on some of those meetings. when we find deficiencies such as looking at the fact now that we believe they teed to have additional redundancies in place as you look at hurricane season befo you get to the uimate sealing of the well through relief wells we order them to provide -- to provide those additio

personnel. and you could make the argument, well, if they're out in the field, even if they're guarding contractors, if there's an incident, it impacts the mission of the united states. so i'm going to ask you, dr. burman, i'll start with, dr. nagl, we'll go the other way around. personnel is that in government, government/private or private? >> government/private. >> dr. avant? >> agreed, government/private. >> okay. we'll go down with you ms. brian. >> i just can't handle these boxes. >> this may be the last time i invite you. >> doesn't it depend? hostly. >> so tell me how it depends. >> if they're building a school, if the contractors are building a school far away from activity, is that something that's considered mission critical? and maybe those contractors don't need to have government protecteding them? >> so it's interesting. mission critical but we do get to this i thought and i thought you made it as well that if private security misused their capability, that in end, it impacts our mission in a very critical way. so i'm going to take you off the argument that security folks, if they carry a weapon, even if they're private, they could be -- it's okay, ev

through the traini and retrning of tsos and othertsa personnel to make surehat their role in this layered security apparatus that we have in t united states makes see, tha we don't have undue interrupts o commerce and fr flow of people and goods while still maintainghe security you mentioned. so look forward to working withou and the committee on those issu. >> thank you, mr. pistole, and i thank you for being willing to ep up. i think thisill be a bit more multi dimensiol challeng you bring the security background and i think igreat expertise. as we discussed yestery, i think there'going to be a lot of managent components that i look forward to working with you on. thk you, mr. chairman. >> thank u, senator warner. senator the. >> thank you, mr. chairman, and deputy director pistole, i appreciate your interest in seing as administratorf the tsa. like a number of my colleagues i've been concerned with t administration's delay in filling in mview a very top position. this isven before others widr their names. i think you would bring an important persctive tohe tsa when it comes to securing traveling for the american public. we welcome your

operations, and force protection, all of which must occur while redeploying to the united states tens of thousands of personnel and shipping millions of pieces of equipment out of iraq. it is a critical part of the drawdoon of u.s. forces -- the interagency transition from the department of defense lead to the department of state lead, with respect to the u.s. long- term relations and a host of stability in reconstruction activities in iraq. we'll be interested to hear general austin's views on the importance of that transition and, if confirmed, what actions he will take, if any, to ensure that it has -- it is accomplished efficiently and effectively. we're also interested to hear general austin's views on the challenges of redeploying such large numbers of equipment and the remaining 82,000 personnel from iraq. some of that equipment needs to be sent to afghanistan for our operations. it also would be appropriate in some cases to transfer that equipment to the afghan security forces to celebrate their taking responsibility for their countries' own security. senator mccain. >> thank you, mr. chairman. let me

so, in sum, all armed personnel working for the united states abroad potentially encroach upon inherentlygovernmental territory simple lie by their virtue to use deadly force. those that perform functions critical to the u.s. also have the potential to trespass on governmental roles. features are particularly threat environment, level of jobs can elevate or lower the degree of risk. all these features should be considered in determining where a job fits. the more features that are present the more likely the job is to be inherently governmental. looking at the issue this way pose as variety of options in dealing with jobs deemed to be sufficiently risky. they range from a standard in sourcing to a variety of steps that would reduce risk by increase command and control. i won't elaborate on these given the time but outlined them in my written comments. >> dr. nagl. >> i thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today to discuss whether private security companies are performing governmental functions in support of u.s. military operations overseas. clarifying the roles of armed sec

it seems to me, the behavior of personnel could affect the national security goals of the united states. that is not true of security forces. secondly, and i would give you an opportunity to comment after this. you said that contractors are part of the total force and then a few pages later, you said that they do not operate as part of a larger integrated and cohesive military force where their actions could adversely affect the success of the mission or could provide alternative courses of action. i would argue that the misuse of force of bonds at the united states to a course of action. this use of force binds the united states to a course of action. >> first of all, thank you for not making any response to the larger question because we clearly have a disagreement there. >> let me stop you there. i do not know where the disagreement is. we should develop an in-house capability. you said that on page 8. what is the disagreement? >> if the broad context of your statement says that the application of deadly force is inherently a government, a doctor could say that a contract dr. could d

despite these challenges, policy requires all contract personnel to comply with our dod regulations as well as the applicable laws of the united states and the host country. there is no immunity clause to protect contractors from will law. u.s. government contractors are required to comply with host nation registration and be properly licensed to carry arms in accordance with law. employees are to obey the orders of the commander in the area they are operating. individual companies have their own standards of conduct and have generally demonstrated a pattern of training individuals to arrive at the standards. on a whole, contractors operate in accordance with a host nation laws. the intent of the ministry of interior in afghanistan is to have the afghan national police as it matures. we taking any allegations of corruption seriously and we have several organizations charged with investigation and we will take action on those that can be legally documented with the appropriate level of forensic evidence. contractors employed to perform work are only a fraction of the total private-sector security. many of the same contractors that the

rights personnel at its regular meetings at gi justice to bring to other muslim -- bring together muslim and sikh members in an effort with law enforcement to the end racial profiling in the united states once and for all. [applause] as many of you know, the department's current guidance for the use of race by law enforcement agencies was issued in 2003, and it has been the subject of criticism. i am committed to ennuring that the department policy allows us to perform our core law enforcement and national security responsibilities with legitimacy, accountability, and transparency, and that is why last fall i initiated an internal review to evaluate the 2003 guidance and to recommend any changes that may be warranted. but today i want to be clear about something, and i want to be very, very clear about something. racial profiling is wrong. it can leave -- [applause] it can leave a lasting scar on communities and individuals, and it is quite simply bad policing, whatever city, whatever state. years ago, as a college student, i was driving from new york city to washington, d.c., when an officer stopped me on the highway. he said he wanted to search my car for weapons, and he asked me to

the united states treasury and all taxpayers collectively, and no one has suggested that pensions be taken away from military personnel. my father is a military veteran as well. he gets a pension from the federal government. no one suggests there is a risk to this pension promises. the good news is americans are living longer. host: because we are living longer, we are draining the system. guest: that is correct. you can take that to the absurd extreme. it is a good news, bad news scenario. someone rushes in to say they found a cure for cancer. wonderful. that also means that the life spans are going to go up fairly significantly and that will have a negative economic impact on anyone making profits to pay benefits for someone's lifetime. whether it is in social security, we modestly extended the normal retirement age for social security being phased in. host: but only by a couple of years. guest: it will now be 67. when i was executive director, back in the mid-1990s's, we had a bipartisan commission with a unanimous set of recommendations. one recommendation must to further extend the normal retirement age. there wa

personnel. by 2004, she had -- his aunt had been adjudicated fo deportation by an imgration judge. well, she defied the deimportanttion order, stayed in the united states reportedly on publ benefits and don't ow h she did that that's what thne has reported. but not at long ago, after her nephew becameresident, she received asylum. now, asylum in this case, is the equivalent of amnesty for an individual, mr. speaker. so zatuni, president obama's aunt, if sheonored the deportation order, stuckund here and couldn't be deported and was not forcibly taken out ofhe united stes, she defied the orr and rerded with the objtive of her crime. remember when i said the deinition of amnesty is to pardon imgracious law brkers and reward them. coming into e united stes illegally. she may have overstayed her vi but if her objective was to be able to stay in the united states, the asylum thatas granted by a judge,ho she argues it's too danger for her to go back to kenya because of g related to e ited states makes it too dangerous for her to go back and live there. f that the case, ithe president's aunt, who lis in kenya can't go back to kenya because there's too much fo

personnel warned all six flotilla ships that they are about to enter restricted waters. again, israel offers to collect humanitarian aid and have it zhriffered to gatza strip -- gaza strip by united states nations but the ship refused to comply. so now it's, quote, we're going to resist and resistance will win and militants on the ship begin yelling, quote, ind fat fada, int fad -- intifada, intifada. well, we know what happened from there. some don't, some haven't watched -- i mean, they've watched mainstream america and they haven't seen the israelis being beaten with metal pipes, being stabbed, israeli soldiers shot, thrown overboard, how would we react in america if people who decided to peacefully overwhelm security at our airport, to get on airplanes, for benevolent causes, and they stabbed or beat security agents at our airports, we wouldn't put up with that. well, i don't know, maybe this administration would. hard to say. but we know from history that's a big mistake. and what really breaks my heart, some of us have been seeing this stuff coming and i wanted this to be a very bipartisan effort, so for some months i've been trying to get pro-israel group onboard, i've been tryin

overdue change by transferring the personnel and pay authorities for the secret service's uniform division -- excuse me -- from the district of columbia code to the united statescode. it creates a new salary table for the uniformed division and also provides the secret service with enhanced firing -- hiring flexibility. s. 1510 deals specifically with the secret service's uniformed division. there are approximately 1,300 uniformed division law enforcement officers who help protect the president, the white house, foreign dignitaries and mission officers. the uniformed division helps provide protective arrangements of the president and other foreign dig any nears at venues around the world. it was endorsed by the bush and obama administration in response to the ongoing concerns of recruitment and retention among the u.d. according to the secrettservice uniformed division is currently operating under a salary schedule that is out of parity with other police forces. it performs similar protective tasks but has the additional duties and responsibility of frequent travel in support of the services protection mission. in addition, the uniformed division has stricter

personnel. . . . . . [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> the relationship between the united states and russia has to be about the shared prosperity, and about what we can build together. that is why we have greeted the u.s.-russia bilateral presidential commission during my visit to moscow last year, to make new partnerships between not just the government, but our peoples and our society. we will forge a new cooperation across a bridge across a range of areas. we are expanding commerce and we are deepening the energy efficiency and clean technology cooperation. medvedev and myself will joint russian business leaders and american business leaders for a series of investment deals that will create jobs for americans and russians across many different sectors. from the automotive industry and engineering to high-technology. with the export initiative, this includes the sale of 60 boeing aircraft, which will add to 44,000 new jobs in the aerospace industry. to deepen their place in the global economy -- i followed the strong commitment to the world trade organization. we have an agreem