we are implementing the recommendations given to us by general martin's group and others and we continue aggressively to pursue the root cause of these unexplained incidents. let it be no doubt safety is paramount to men and imwho operate it and commanders who command them and senior officers like myself. but when we wear this uniform, there is risk. there's risk inherent in aviation, risk inher rintly in conducting military operations. we have a motto, people first, mission always. as we return to fly, i was, and continue, to be confident in the safety of the aircraft because it is the people, the sons and daughters of american moms and fathers, that we put in these aircraft in the air and on the ground every day to operate them. to conduct a mission that the nation asks us to do. so we're well into the implementation phase, well over 10,000 sorties. the incident rate related to these subjects is 0.1%. let's me say that differently. 99.9% effective pflying rate. but that's not good enough. we will not rest, we will not stop, we will not end this journey that we're on until we carry that

. >> welcome general retired greggry martin chair of the advisory board. major general noel jones, air force deputy chief of staff for operations plans and requirements, and major general charlie lyon, air combat commander's director of operations. the gentlemen on the panel represent nearly 12,000 flight airs in air force aircraft and extraordinary depth of experience to discuss the f-22 study in the way ahead. they are here to provide an update on the air force scientif scientifst air force study and discuss f-22 operations since flight resumed in september 2011. major general jones? >> thanks. ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon. thanks for joining us here. today's update is on an issue of great importance to our air force and you, the media. the progress of the air force's scientificed advisory board stu on f-22 oxygen generation system. we agree with the attention that it's received. we hope today's session will satisfily address your questions. our f-22 aircraft and the people who fly and maintain them are our national treasure. no other aircraft can

. >> those are the organizational types of recommendations and observations that general martin's board offered to the chief and the secretary that go beyond just findings about equipment. it's the world's most advanced aircraft and does air superiority unlike any other aircraft in the world. this is the leading edge of technology. if our nation needs a capability to enter contested air space to deal with air forces that are trying to deny our forces the ability to maneuver without prejudice on the ground, it will be the f-22 that will take on that mission. it can do that right now without hesitation. >> i want to follow up though the question about the root cause. i am convinced there is a root cause. i want everyone to know those who operated in their families, we will not rest until we find that root cause. >> but in the meantime, are not pilots at risk if you cannot find the root cause? >> pilots are at risk every time we strap an airplane on. what we do is critical to our nation and we are in full belief that the steps that are in place by the combat command, the recommendations th

before the house armed services committee with questions to defense secretary panetta as well as general martin dempsey. >> mr. secretary, according to media reports this morning, the french president stated that action should be taken to establish humanitarian corridors. what are your views on this option. have you been aware of that? >> mr. chairman, you know, we've looked at a variety of options as to what could be done, including the possibility of developing humanitarian corridors, and, you know, again we're prepared to do whatever the international community ultimately agrees ought to be done, but clearly we had made plans along those lines. >> general dempsey, you stated that syria's chemical and biological weapons need to stay exactly where they are. what can be done and what success done to ensure that syria's chemical and biological stockpiles are secured? >> at this point, chairman, we are as i mentioned in my statement sharing information and intelligence with our regional partners and in the aggregate we feel we have a good understanding of the disposition, the current disposition

>>> defense secretary leon panetta and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general martin dempsey, testify tomorrow on the security situation in syria and the recent violence there. that country's currently in its 13th month of conflict with a death toll topping 9,000. the hearings held in front of the house armed services committee. you can see it live thursday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span3. >>> from the colonial era, prohibition to today, drinking for better or worse has always been a part of the american landscape. saturday night, live on "american history tv," a history of alcohol in america. watch our simulcast of back story with the american history guys. ed, peter and brian regale with tales of beer and spirits in america. saturday night at 8:00 a.m. eastern, part of "american history tv" this weekend on c-span3. >> when i was embedded in eastern afghanistan, the soldiers started telling me that the u.s. government was wasting tens of billions of dollars on totally mismanaged development and logistics contract. >> douglas wising follows the money and follows corruption ri

early in december, a texan volunteer army forced the surrender of mexican general martin perfecto decost and his centralist force in san antonio de bexar. in february 1836, a vengeful antonio lopez santana splashed across the rio grande at the head of an army numbering some 7,000. on february 23rd, he arrived and laid siege inside the alamo. on march 1st, texan delegates arrived to attend a convention held in the town of washington. wasting no time, they declared independence the following day. on that exact day, sam houston issued a proclamation that made its way through the anglo settlements. at first, this appears innocuous enough but close inspection reveals some odd inconsistencies. since delegates did not confirm houston as commander in chief of the army until march 4th, this march 2nd proclamation appeared more than a little presumptuous or at least peremptory. still, it was typical of houston's large and in charge style. if one reads the body of the document, houston's intent seems clear. and let's do that. war is raging on the frontier bears the siege by 2,000 under the command

secretary of defense, the honorable leon panetta and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general martin dempsey. gentlemen, thank you for your distinguished service to our nation and thank you for being here today. the syrian conflict is now in its second year and the situation remains both uncertain and dire. as we convene a tenuous cease-fire is in place. it comes on the heels of violence at the hands of the assad regime. though assad committed to a cease-fire, reports indicate that he continues to inflict violence on the syrian people. president assad's crack down including human rights violations, killings, use of force against noncombatant civilians including children, and interference with the provision of medical aid and humanitarian assistance. to date united nations estimates the death toll from the crisis at 9,000. while other estimates put the death toll as high as 12,000. over a year ago in the mids of the arab spring the syrian people peacefully took to the street, calling for the opportunity to elect their leadership through a free and fair democratic process. this desire

and tomorrow, defense secretary leon panetta and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff general martin dempsey with kiv an update of syria. live here on c-span3 tomorrow again starting at 10:00 a.m. eastern. >>> jury selection began this week in the retrial of former major league pitcher roger clemens charged by federal prosecutors with knowingly lying to congress in february 2008 on performance-enhancing drugs in baseball. >> let me read to you what his wife said in her affidavit. i do depose and state in 1999 or 2000, andy told me he had had a conversation with roger clemens in which roger admitted to him using human growth hormones. mr. clemens, once again, i remind you, you're under oath. you have said your conversation with mr. pettit never happened. if was was true, why would lauren pettitte remind her of telling her about the conversation? >> i think he misremembers the conversation we had. andy and mine relationship was close enough to know, if i would have known he done hgh, which i now know, he was knowingly knowing that i had taken hgh we would have talked about the subject.

we will hear from leon panetta and general martin dempsey next.f politico. tomorrow, we will focus on the role of the secret service and allegations of misconduct. our guest is ken dilanian. bill horn a ticket questions about the sports and heritage act which recently passed the house. the will discuss and trends and wages and benefits with philip doyle of the bureau of labor statistics. "washington journal" is live every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >> the soldiers started telling me the u.s. government was billions of tens of dollars. >> he follows the money in afghanistan and by inscription from top to bubottom. >> i was in one meeting where the brigade commander, this is not long after president obama took office. the state department was out there saying we would do a whole bunch of developing ones. we will do this. he said do not send me any more money. some may contract officers that oversee it. many people. i do not need more money. >> douglas wissing on "funding the enemy." caro onay 6, robert his books on lyndon b. johnson. >> they gave con

tomorrow, secretary the veterans affairs budget, and thursday, defense secretary leon panetta, and general martin dempsey on the defense budget. >> this is c-span3. with politics and public affairs programming throughout the week. and every weekend, 48 hours of people and events telling the american story, on american history tv. get our schedules, and see past programs at our websites. and you can join in the conversation on social media sites. former federal reserve chairman paul volcker says a tsunami hit the u.s. financial system in 2008. speaking at an economic forum hosted by "the atlantic" magazine, he emphasized the need for reforms. mr. volcker said he believes lawmakers should be more ambitious and go beyond the simpson bowles economic plan. this is just over an hour. >> good afternoon. my assignment, my privilege is to introduce paul volcker. but i can hear you calling out to me, don'tish in such a rush david, slow down, tell us about yourself, how are you doing? well, you're good to ask. thank you very much. i'm fine. i have the oddest thing i want to tell you about. i want to tell yo

but last week ryan said that he didn't think of generals were quote giving their true advice general martin dempsey chairman of the joint chiefs he didn't like one bit he fired back at ryan for calling military leaders collectively liars and you know i know generals aren't exactly renowned for their truth telling but in this case i want them to lie about having enough money so with the national spotlight right attempted to roll back from his gap and naturally the blogging class does absolutely love this one after all who doesn't like hearing politicians say that they misspoke so i think we have a clip of what he said here. i totally missed it was it not the person i meant to give i talked to general dempsey and i made an expression that that sentiment. art was exactly as good as rick santorum claiming that he said block people instead of black people but i would like to think of this is paul ryan's bleier moment now surely afterwards ride made a far less scrutinized statement curious remarks about the white house's plan but called into question his own reputation take a look at this. my iss

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. >> meantime army general martin dempsey the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff said he is embarrassed by the scandal which the pentagon initially said involved five members of the military who were in colombia to support the secret service spokesman now said that number could be higher laura. >> thank you. >>> hillary clinton photographed letting loose in colombia, clinton made headlines over the weekend for dancing and drinking at a club in cartegena they were there, toasting the end of the summit of americas according to reports they were ordering a dozen beers a couple glasses overwise key and bottles of water. >> i can confirm she indeed did have a very good time, and was just enjoying some of the night life with colleagues, and it is kind of a dog bite man story, there is no -- nothing to it. >>> clinton called it an early night saying the impromptu soiree lasted just a half hour. >>> the freeing of dc slaves events including this parade on pennsylvania avenue, city government was closed for the holiday, emancipation day has special meaning to many people we talked with a man who

today the chairman, the joint chiefs of staff, the general martin dempsey talked about the scandal which has increased to include five people in the defense area. let's see what he says about letting the president down. pretty strong words. >> i can speak for myself and my fellow chiefs who are embarrassed by what occurred. what we do know is that we distracted several of our members, distracted the issue from what was a very important regional engagement for our president, so we let the boss down because nobody is talking about what went on in columbia other than this incident, so to that extent, we let him down. >> that's my reading of it. ron kessler, do you have anything to report on the military involved in this scandal? >> that's not nearly as important because they don't have access the way the secret service does. an agent could tell a possible assassin where the president is going to be at what time or even bring him in. and president obama's comment, you know, if these allegations in the press are proven to be true, i'll be angry. you know, we already know that the secret servi

want to read what the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff said in "the wall street journal," general martin dempsey. "there's a difference between having someone say they don't believe what you said versus calling us collectively liars. my response is i stand by my testimony. this was very much a strategy driven process to which we mapped the budget." the military is a little offended by your words. >> i really misspoke, to be candid, candy. i didn't mean to make that kind of impression. i was clumsy in describing the point i was trying to make. the point i was trying to make -- and general dempsey and i spoke after that. i wanted to give that point to him, which is that's not what i was attempting to say. what i was attempting to say is president obama put out his budget number for the pentagon first, $500 million cut, and then they began the preview to meet that number. we think it should be the other way around, what is the best strategy for our military, so we have a strategy driven budget? our review was we should cut $300 billion from the budget over the next ten years instead of the

today a general martin dempsy, the chair of the joint chiefs of staff, basically said they belief it was more than five members of the military. he was quiet embarrassed about the fact that they let president obama down. take a listen. >> i can speak for myself and my fellow chiefs who are embarrassed by what occurred in colombia. though we are not sure exactly what it is, but what we do know is that we do -- we distracted, several of our members distracted issue important regional engagement for our president. so we let the because down. >> supposed to be a summit where president obama in fact was going to be touting u.s. jobs created by a colombian trade deal. obviously nobody talking about that, shep. >> shepard: must be a lot of heat on the head of the secret service tonight, ed. >> that's right. mark sullivan. who is somebody who already was facing a will the of heat in months past because remember the salahi reality star crashed this state dinner a few years back. they were already under fire because of that some other incidents. suggestion on capitol hill that maybe there is a

in these roles, brigadier general mark martins led the effort to reform u.s. detention operations in afghanistan and provided field support to afghan and international civilian rule of law project teams in contested provinces in the country. prior to his deployment to afghanistan, he led -- he co-led the inter-agency detention policy task force created by president obama in january of 2009. general martins has an extremely distinguished career, background prior to these deployments in the war zone. he graduated first in the order of merit from west point in 1983. he served as a platoon leader and staff officer in the 82nd airborne. he became a judge advocate and served in a number of legal and non-legal positions. he's been deployed to zones of armed conflict for more than five years, including service as chief of staff of the u.s. kosovo force, staff judge advocate for the first armored division and the multinational force, iraq. he was a rhodes scholar, graduating with first honors, a graduate of harvard law school, magna cum laude. he also holds an mlm in m

. >>> the supreme court this week considered whether arizona >>> brigadier general marks martins is themmed and the co-defendants. the general yesterday said the trial will be fair and transparent. he spoke in washington at the institute of world politics and was introduced by the group's founder and president. >> well, good morning, ladies and gentlemen. i'm delighted that you are all here. i would like to welcome you to the institute of world politics, and we are honored to have a very special guest here today. general mark martins, who is going to be discussing a fascinating issue, which deals with actually some of the classic policy questions concerning the conflict between our constitutional liberties and our national security. and this has to do with the effectiveness and the legitimacy of military tribunals for the prosecution of insurgents and terrorists who have been captured as your regular forces without -- out of uniform on the battlefield. people who, buy presenting themselves in such a fashion have not particularly conformed with the law, the international law of the war a

and chairman joint chiefs of staff general martin democracy.tlemen, thank you for your distinguished service to our nation and thank you for being here today. >> even though asawed has committed to the cease-fire, reports indicate that he continues to inflict violence on the syrian people. >> the program will get a lot bigger than it's been. the trustees did say congress should act. what did they say on medicare? guest: they weren't very specific about what they want. but they just pointed out that this is an unsustainable path, and they also pointed out even with the projections that they have given, that there are some unrealistic policy expectations into those numbers so it could be worse than it is. other than that better for congress to act sooner so everyone can adjust to the new reality and can you have good pol sane providers can adjust and beneficiaries can adjust instead of waiting until a crisis moment. host: here's one report. in the absence of wider changes being made by congress to address medicare's long-term imbalance, the trust

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in these roles, brigadier general mark martins led the effort to reform u.s. detention operations in afghanistan and provided field support to afghan and international civilian rule of law project teams in contested provinces in the country. prior to his deployment to afghanistan, he led -- he co- led the inter-agency detention policy task force created by president obama in january of 2009. general martins has an extremely distinguished career, background prior to these deployments in the war zone. he graduated first in the order of merit from west point in 1983. he served as a platoon leader and staff officer in the 82nd airborne. he became a judge advocate and served in a number of legal and non-legal positions. he's been deployed to zones of armed conflict for more than five years, including service as chief of staff of the u.s. kosovo force, staff judge advocate for the first armored division and the multinational force, iraq. he was a rhodes scholar, graduating with first honors, a graduate of harvard law school, magna cum laude. he also holds an mlm in

. >> shannon: that was general martin dempsey chair of the joint chiefs of staff commenting on the secretitution scandal. six agents have been ousted and others may be on the way. joining us is former secret service deputy director barbara riggs. thank you for coming in to help us flush this out a little bit. >> you are welcome. >> shannon: you served a number of years in the agency. were you surprised by these reports? >> i was very surprised. i spent 31 years in the secret service. i served under six different presidents and i have never seen anything of this type ever occur on a presidential trip ever. >> shannon: and there are so many questions right now. a number of ongoing investigations from the mill tare arery because there are some 11 military members involved in some way or allegedly involved. congress is looking into things as well. the number and the scope of those involved seems to suggest to a number of people this may not have been an isolated incident. does it suggest that to you? >> certainly the number involved is disturbing and very surprising. again, i would go back to

. >> and general martin dempsey yesterday. >> we are embarrassed by what occurred in columbia.important regional engagement for our president. so we let the boss down. >> apparently there were members of the military involved too. >> and many of the agents married. [ dramatic music ] >> what! >> oh, wait this just in some more breaking hilary news. [ nbc "nightly news" theme ] >> she was out with about a dozen female aids. it was lady's night. she quickly proved she is a regular gal when it comes to drinking. she sucked her our pilsner cerveza right from the battle. >> that's what i do. >> she was doing keg stands. >> i want to party with hilary. her bra is on the chandelier. >> her scrunchie is on the chandelier. [ laughter ] >> let's go to doug in jersey. welcome. >> hi, steph. congrats on the show. >> thank you. >> i'm a big john stewart fan. but last week he had a show on with bill o'reilly where he made bill o'reilly seem like a good sport talking about -- something about $4 shrimp or something, and i'm just very disappointed he would do this with a man that i -- i hold di

that from general martin dempsey, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. speaking here yesterday at a press conference. defense secretary leon panetta, general dempsey both saying that this kind of behavior is not acceptable. and, of course, as we've talked about, the big concern is, did these people leave themselves open to the possibility of blackmail or other threats by engaging in this type of behavior while they were on a presidential trip? kate? >> it seems we still need more detail and information to really determine how, you know, how serious this kind of infraction was if you will. i'm really amazed how candid general dempsey was there and that was in response to your question, barbara. do you anticipate getting any updates on the investigation today, or is it -- are they really kind of hunkering down to go into that investigative mode? >> well, there's an investigating officer already on the ground in colombia. u.s. military official. he is gathering facts, trying to talk to people that he can. and will bring that back and deliver his report. and

a good friend of mine, general mark martin's, was running this program and pulled me in as he does very well and puts his big arm round me and talked me through this. he convinced me that i should get after it and figure it out. what i had thought emerged in paktika was his overwhelming welcome of a structured products -- hostas of rule of law. the number one request as we traveled with the governor, is one of when am i going to get my judge out your weekend start solving the issues? there is this protective aspect. we don't want to send the judges out there because if they are living in the economy, chances are they are going to get killed. in large part, the judges remain in host cities and [inaudible]. but they are doing trials and they are resulting in convictions, some of the numbers that they throw at you -- 51 trials in 11 months, 36 convictions. it may sound paltry, but this never existed. there were acceptance of decisions coming out of there that we saw. what was interesting to me is when we traveled around for the exterior. the folks knew it and they wanted more of it. that i

secretary of defense, the honorable leon panetta, and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general martin dempsey. thank you for being here today. the syrian conflict is now in its second year and the situation remains both uncertain and dire. as we convene, a tenuous cease- fire is in place. comes on the heels of horrifying violence at the hands of the assad regime, yet even though assange has committed to the cease-fire, reports indicate that he continues to inflict violence on the syrian people. president assad's years crackdown has been fruitless, including frederick human rights violations, use of force against noncombatant civilians, including children, and interference with the provision of humanitarian assistance. the estimate for the death toll is 9000. other estimates put the death toll as high as 12,000. just over a year ago, in the midst of the arab spring, the syrian people peacefully took to the streets, calling for the opportunity to elect their leadership's through fair and democratic process. this embodies the essence of what is driving the opposition. the president has s

national action network, the civil rights group actively involved in the symbol -- trayvon martin case attorney general eric holder said the investigation is ongoing. >> if we find evidence of a potential federal criminal civil-rights crime, we will take appropriate action. >> trayvon martin's parents their lawyer, and run from al sharpton are expected to speak of -- speak out. the special prosecutor says she will release new information over the next two days. >> my reputation is not only for being tough, but been passionate about victims. >> some speculation could describe punishment. also a mystery george zimmerman's whereabouts. >> he will not return my messages. >> after losing contact with him, the legal team dropped george zimmerman as a client. larder -- lawyers believe he has left for the. it charges are filed, the man could be hard to track down. at this point, no charges have been filed. the expected timeline laid out by the special prosecutor said the latest we could hear from her would be the end of the day friday. george zimmerman's former lawyers said they would take him back as a client

martin. just as the nra kicks off its annual. are more stand your ground laws on the general? arents thanking supporters around the world. the online petition that you see right here hemmed bring that story to the world. more than 2 million people worldwide have sinld their names on the petition, calling for george zimmerman's arrest. he was of course arrested last night. he had his first court appearance earlier today in the last hour. this is the video of when he was first arrested last night. i'm talk w the man who started the online petition. it is great to have you on again. thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having me. >> we heard the reverend al sharpton yesterday saying there are a lot of big names associated, famous people. the people online interesting faces and names that we had never heard like yours who he credits with pushing the legal system to what the martin family feels was the thing they wanted all along which was the arrest. >> i certainly appreciate the support we've gotten from the people who have pushed this case along. i'm in an awkward position. i'm g

and that had their boss, general martin dem sir, apologizing for their actions. >> we're embarrassed what occurred in colombia, though we're not sure exactly what it is. what we do know we distracted several of our members, distracted the issue from what was a very important regional engaugement for our president. so we let the boss down. martha: let the boss down says dempsey and through a thorough internal investigation that is going on they expect to learn more about this we've got more on this coming up later this hour. gregg: some new questions today about mitt romney's tax plan should he win the white house come november. reporters from "the wall street journal" overhearing him at a private fund-raiser saying he may eliminate certain deductions for the wealthy. stuart varney is anchor of "varney & company" on the fox business network. some of the other newspapers though have it a different way. romney talks about increasing taxes for the wealthy. well, sort of but in a different way, right? >> what governor romney may be talking about is taking more money off the wealthy withou

general martin dempsey, the head of the joint chiefs of staff, is also scheduled to testify. >>> the ax is coming down on the secret service in the wake of the prostitution scandal. ktvu's allison burns is in our washington, d.c. newsroom with the agents who are losing their jobs and what one of prostitutes is now saying about the men involved. allison. >> reporter: tori, one secret service supervisor has been fired, another retired, and a third employee has been allowed to resign, now there are reports this morning that fired supervisor says he is going to sue the agency. eight other secret service agents are on administrative leave and under investigation for that night of partying at the hotel ahead of president obama's trip to columbia last week. one of the prostitutes who allegedly got into an argument with an agent there over the price of her services tells the new york times she's afraid and having nervous attacks. she said she did not know the men that invited her and other escorts to the hotel were secret service agents. she says -- they never told me they were with obama. t

> sure, right after it was passed there were some big cases against major companies, lockheed martin, general electric, and then the law kind of remained dormant for about 30 years. few things happened around 2006-2007 that got enforcement ramped up. the justice department made a priority, a guy named mark mendelssohn, head of the fpa, he came in, beat the drum for more resources and also had some winds at his act. the sarbanes-oxley act really required companies to take a look at their internal controls and accounting practices and when they started taking a look they saw there were some unaccounted for funds that might have been going to foreign officials. so really in the past four or five years, enforcement has ramped up to unprecedented levels. >> and we're going to open up our phone lines for a discussion with you. certainly walmart is in the headlines and has been in the past week since the "new york times" wrote the story. the charlie savage piece story "with walmart claims, greater attention on the law." we'll get your questions and comments. if you want to comment on the walmart sto

i will talk a little bit about the rule of law, this is one initiative that brigadier general mark martin was responsible for in iraq and helping to galvanize in afghanistan. if you read the book, we can trace some of his efforts there to show how difficult it is. frankly, it does involve it said it will take a generation to change the culture there and to teach them our ways. and then the question is, is a right to teach him our ways? but when you look at the competition with the taliban and sharia law, and their settling disputes whether it is by cutting some fans off for students and their seven dispute, and ago in afghanistan can't do. we have to start somewhere. mark martin's stood up this rule of law field force and they went out to each of basically down to the district level, correct? to set up the train teams that would teach the district level afghan officials how to do speedy justice or some kind of justice. the system is totally arche. they are taking notes with pen and paper. they don't have a computer system to share files on. at a local level. it's getting better but there'

attorney general speaks out by the trayvon martin case. see what eric holder is promising the teenager's parents. >>> george lucas's plans for expansofin nean min uounty take an unexpected turn. te >>> mitt romney has said his sites on the general election after santorum announced he's leaving the campaign. that leaves romney and ron paul and newt gingrich. romney is saying the general election campaign started yesterday. analysts say it's unlikely gingrich can catch up. >> back into single digits. it's hard to see him capturing that support that rick santorum left. >> the question this morning, who will santorum endorse? romney's campaign has asked to meet with him and gingrich has said he would welcome to endorsement. >> the attorney general eric holder says the justice department will take action if it finds evidence of a federal civil rights violation. speaking in washington this morning, holder says his department has already met with the martin family as well as authorities in florida and promises a thorough, independent investigation