dlfr, a tech nicklogically advanced vibrant and financially successful defense interest is in the national interest. and we want to work towards a defense industry of the future that continues to be as great as the one the president and the past. we, in the main, leave to market forces, the adjustments in the defense industry that will necessarily come as this transition unfolds because economic theories say that's good and that's what we want. we do keep our eye out for things that could be deleterious. i'll give you comes. one would be the kind of short-term financial perspectives impijing on our industry that came into the housing market. certain aspects of the financial services market. we can't afford to have that happen to our defense industry 0 so we are aligned with the long term investors, in terms of our interest and its long term health prorks duck tiftty growth and so forth. second, we'll be looking as we make changes, for any parts, any skill sets that are now in the defense industry, that if we allowed them to go away, would be very difficult to -- or time consuming or expens

and we appreciate your work and continued support of national defense. the second theme secretary gates raised last year was his strong view we had to take a strategy driven approach to reforming as he put it, the defense budget. much has changed since that time. congress passed the budget control act, which significantly affects our fiscal reality. but our commitment to a strategy driven approach to our budget has remained steadfast. that commitment began under secretary gates and continues today under secretary panetta under the leadership and guidance of president obama. we focused on the force we need to build for the future. that remains our singular priority. i want to tell you about our strategy and our budget for the future which we've taylored to meet our strategic objectives. if we're going into specifics, i know congress has gone through its mark. and on that i want to say that every dollar the united states spends on old and unnecessary programs, is a dollar we lose from new necessary strategic investments. as secretary panetta said if we had

and also has a visiting faculty of the national defense university, which is a d.o.d. organization, i certainly do not represent the views of the u.s. government. with those two disclaimers, i want to thank greg again for that introduction and for inviting me. so predicting elections is always a hazardous business, and i think the egyptian elections are no exception. as greg mentioned, the second round of these elections, which will be held on the 16th and 17th of june, will see the face-off of -- between the muslim brotherhood candidate mohamed mursi and general ahmed shafiq, both of them who garnered in the first round roughly 24% of the vote. now, the elections so far have been remarkably surprising. the results have defied all of the predictions that the experts have put forward. most of the polling put the top two front-runners, as greg mentioned, as former foreign minister amr moussa and dr. fotouh who broke off from the muslim brotherhood about a year ago to run as an independent candidate. the high elections council announced the final results of the first roun

for example, the national defense education act, i think, needs to be updated today with someing like aatiol defense education information and knowledge act, something that would provide subsidies to get more graduates of colleges and universities among ordinary people who are quite capable of succeeding in a knowledge-based global economy, because if we don't have a work force that's productive and creative, it's going to have, and is having, a negative impact in terms of our security. >> hinojosa: so what is it that you want people to do, professor bowie? >> well, know what you're consuming and why. try to use it to empower not only yourself and your communities. i was an advisor to the knight commission that studied the types of content needed in order to enable and empower a democracy, and it was not, uh, netflix and movies and other kinds of distractions. it was the kind of information that included what's happening at city hall, what's happeni at the state legislature, what's happening with the federal government in terms of services. we have an opportunity now, because congress

our civil liberties was in this case the homeland battlefield act or otherwise known as the national defense authorization act the n.d.a. which threatened to put him in a military prison indefinitely without benefit a trial lawyer anyone who quote substantially supported al qaeda or quote associated forces u.s.a. today did editorial and a tour realized that indefinite detention is un-american and it is un-american for president obama to continue to try to indefinitely detain u.s. citizens who are exercising their for their freedom of speech rights is contrary to everything that a constitutional law professor such as himself or had to stand for. now straight to the world business now marina hi there what's happening well the russian markets are now open and investors here i know i'm feeling a very well and that's because of the client oil prices and i'll get to that in just a second but first let's talk about greece of course everyone is concerned what will happen after the parliamentary elections that are coming up there some people are discussing whether greece will exit the u.s. are on law

our civil liberties was in this case the homeland battlefield act or otherwise known as the national defense authorization act the n.b.a. which directed to who is in a military prison indefinitely without benefit a trial lawyer or anyone who quits substantially supported al qaeda or quote associated forces usa today did editorial editorialized that indefinite detention is un-american and it is un-american for president obama to continue to try to indefinitely detain u.s. citizens who are exercising their for their freedom of speech rights is contrary to everything that a constitutional law professor such as himself or to stand for. causing to the world of business mary as they're waiting so sounds like there's it's not a good day for the markets from what i understand. right now basically we're seeing a sea of red across the board then as because of a mixture of data first of all would then get many positive news from the u.s. a lot of investors were hope and see more monetary easing happen in their stimulus i should say that was announced that really disappointed many of them let's take a l

nation's security capabilities. >>> live at the pentagon. waiting for secretary of defense leon panetta. as we wait, the house and senate have passed a bill that's aimed at salvaging 2.8 million jobs. the measure cleared the house on a vote of 373-52. the vote in the senate was 74-19. it now goes to president obama's desk for his signature. it would spend money on highways. the house is expected to do the same shortly. you can see the house live on c-span and the senate on c-span 2. >> this might be a good time to turn around obscure what are otherwise concealed -- >>> good afternoon. as you know, it's now been one year since i was sworn in as secretary of defense. it truly has been an honor for me to lead the men and women of this department. and to do so during a very historic time for the united states military and for the country. i have been very fortunate to have an outstanding partner in the chairman, the vice chairman, all of the chiefs and the service secretaries and the combatant commanders and all my civilian leadership. let me, if i can, recognize some of the highlights of th

september eleventh attacks this comes six months six months after president obama signed the national defense authorization act attorney carl meyer says the act is one of the many reasons why the freedom of americans could be under attack. but all of this is gone too far in this country where civil liberties are increasingly under attack not just from drones that are being sent over american cities not just from the police are now in paramilitary garb not just from wiretapping of citizens phones but the the ultimate attack on our civil liberties was in this case the homeland battlefield act who are otherwise known as the national defense authorization act the n.b.a. which threatened to put him in a military prison indefinitely without benefit a trial lawyer anyone who quit would substantially supported al qaeda were quote associated forces usa today did editorial and to realize that indefinite detention is un-american and it is un-american for president obama to continue to try to indefinitely detain u.s. citizens who are exercising their for their freedom of speech rights is contrary to ever

our civil liberties was in this case the homeland battlefield act or otherwise known as the national defense authorization act the n.b.a. which threatened to put it in a military prison indefinitely without benefit a trial lawyer anyone who quite substantially supported al qaeda or quote associated forces u.s.a. today did editorial editorialize that indefinite detention is un-american and it is un-american in for president obama to continue to try to indefinitely detain u.s. citizens who are exercising their for their freedom of speech rights is contrary to everything that a constitutional law professor such as himself or to stand for. well it seems happening and the while of business from causing to marian hossa there i think some rain of all what has happened is the fire that markets are going south that's what's happened in the south there are extending their law says and we've been seeing this happen for the past couple of hours but other want to start with the markets first we have some exciting news when it comes to russian investors on how they'll be happy about that first of all russ

each of you know that we get briefings here about so-called bif at of our national defense toward the pacific. that's why it is crucial in terms of what we're talking about today and our overall national defense and foreign policy. thank you very much. >> thank you, senator lugar. >> thank you, mr. chairman. let me thank all of you for your leadership and your service to our country. you have all indicated that you support the ratification of the law of the sea treaty. we've been in discussions of this for almost 20 years. this has been an issue that's been around the united states senate for a long time. i would like to get from you an assessment as to whether this is just something that would be nice to get out of the way and or whether this is an important issue as it relates to our national security. >> i can start off, sir. i think it is an important issue related to our national security. some have pointed out that there are no operations that we have been unable to conduct because we have not become a party to the convention and that in fact is true. as we look to the future wh

our civil liberties was in this case the homeland battlefield act or otherwise known as the national defense authorization act the n.d.a. which threatened to put it in a military prison indefinitely without benefit of trial lawyer anyone who quote substantially supported al qaeda or quote associated forces u.s.a. today did editorial and a tour realized that indefinite detention is un-american and it is un-american for president obama to continue to try to indefinitely detain u.s. citizens who are exercising their for their freedom of speech rights is contrary to everything that a constitutional law professor such as himself or to stand for. and strange in the world of business and him reigning cossar is got all the latest for us what's happening at this hour well maria has turned out to be a sea of red all it takes a couple of negative comments from the u.s. and then that's how it says a second look at the latest figures from europe where that's had a session just kicked off and as you're about to see both the footsie and that's a post in the law says the fund sees those in a half a percent

our civil liberties was in this case the home and battlefield act or otherwise known as the national defense authorization act the n.b.a. which threatened to put him in a military prison indefinitely without benefit of trial lawyer anyone who quite substantially supported alqaeda were quote associated forces usa today to an editorial and to realize that indefinite detention is un-american and it is un-american for president obama to continue to try to indefinitely detain u.s. citizens who are exercising their for their freedom of speech rights is contrary to everything that a constitutional law professor such as himself ought to stand for the euro two thousand and twelve football championships finally here millions of the fans ascending upon poland and ukraine hoping their team will net the sofa where but the tournaments already proving controversial with government boycotts from several european countries threatening to spoil the games artie's partridge has more from kiev. euro twenty twelve with co-host poland and ukraine and another political controversy has hit the event before it even s

and its tracks a group of lawyers activists and authors are suing president obama over the national defense authorization act and now they've got a u.s. district judge on their side so is this the end to the controversial legislation last one man who is representing the plaintiffs. and it looks like the occupy movement might be losing its momentum many expected a spring resurgence but it seems these protesters are at a crossroad we'll tell you why the banners may be fading but the occupying message remains as resilient as ever. it's thursday june seventh eight pm here in washington d.c. i'm liz wahl and you're watching are. spying on people based on their religion may not be illegal after all a group of muslims now suing the n.y.p.d. for singling out and surveilling them simply based on their religion this after reports came out that the n.y.p.d. spied on muslim businesses mosques and students in new jersey and built up secret files of the complaint filed in federal court in newark asks a judge to deem the spying unconstitutional and stop targeting people of a single religion top government

our civil liberties was in this case the homeland battlefield act or otherwise known as the national defense authorization act the n.d.a. which threatened to put him in a military prison indefinitely without benefit a trial lawyer anyone who quote substantially supported al qaeda or quote associated forces u.s.a. today in an editorial editorialized that indefinite detention is un-american and it is un-american and for president obama to continue to try to indefinitely detain u.s. citizens who are exercising their for their freedom of speech rights is contrary to everything that a constitutional law professor such as himself or to stand for. and a serious a current has taken place near the border between israel and lebanon and eliminate an object emerged in the night sky and began to spiral for several minutes attracting sounds of puzzled all of course similar sight as witnessed in norway in two thousand and nine and turned out to be as failed missile launch a most experts believe that's what was seen over israel despite some people convinced of extraterrestrial activity more foot it's availa

i'm happy too pay taxes for national defense and local police departments.ently i don't l didn't know how much. your local taxes go to pay people that do nothing but work for their unions. i heard about that from clint from libertarian innings institute that won an injunction against this practice. what is the practice? >> it's called release -- released are from their police okay to do union work full time. it's one of big hidden scams in america. >> john: it's in the union contract to the police that you got to pay us not to patrol streets but also to do union work? >> right. to lobby, to negotiate against the city for pay increases. to ask for pension increases. to do union recruiting. you name it. anything except patrolling the streets and keeping us safe. >> in phoenix where you are there are several people that don't do any street patrols. they do full time union work? >> that's right. there are six full time police officers that do nothing but union work and over 2,000 hours a year allocated for others. >> how much union work can there be? >> there is

ford presidential awards, honoring him for coverage of the presidency and national defense issues. you can join us live at 1:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. this year marks queen elizabeth's 60th anniversary since her ascension to the throne. she delivered her address to parliament as part of the diamond jubilee celebrations, which included speakers from the house of lords and house of commons. in addition, both houses presented the queen with a gift, a diamond jubilee stained-glass window. this is about 60 minutes. >> so the queen arriving, with bright sunshine to mark deroy addresses, which will be heard for this diamond jubilee. gently turning in and down to the north door, which leads directly into westminster hall. up the steps, towards the stairs, and accompanied by the duke of edinburgh, who had that helped scare last christmas, and then we have the symbol to the world that the queen is at the address, the union flag, the union jack being lowered. ♪ [music plays] ♪ they have a range -- the lords. the queen and the duke of edinburgh our lead. ♪ the queen passes the archbishop

this process and it would guarantee we hollowed out our force and inflict severe damage on our national defense. i young all recognize that sequester would be entirely unacceptable. and i really urge both sides to work together to try to find the kind of comprehensive solution that would trigger sequester and try to do this way ahead of this potential disaster that we confront. i know the members of this committee are committed to working together to stop sequester, and i want you to know that we are prepared to work with you to try to do what is necessary to avoid that crisis. the last point i would make is on fiscal year 2012. we have some additional needs that have developed during fiscal year 2012. just to summarize a few. with regards to fuel costs. because of the increase in fuel costs, we're facing almost another $3 billion in additional costs with regards to that area. obviously if the price goes down, that will provide some relief. but right now, that's the number that we're facing. we've also had the closure of these ground lines in pakistan. and the result of that is that it's very e

saying such decisions would force them to hollow out the force and inflict severe damage on the national defense. j.p. morgan ceo jamie dimon was testifying about his bank's multibillion trading loss and the implications that it may have with financial regulations within the dodd frank law. we'll show you some of that hearing coming up in just under an hour here on c-span3, but you can also go to our website and watch it any time on c-span.org. also this afternoon c-span3 will have live coverage of remarks from treasury secretary tim geithner. he's the featured speak or the council on foreign relations, vent where he's expected to talk about u.s. economic recovery efforts and preview next week's g-20 summit in mexico where world leaders are gathering to discuss issues surrounding europe's debt crisis. again, that's live here on c-span3 at 4:30 eastern this afternoon. >> and another programming note, starting in 20 minutes at 9:00 we'll have live coverage of the u.s. chamber of commerce and they're having their 2012 job summit here in washington, d.c., and the chamber is releasing their third ann

saying we are now treating health care as a public commodity along the lines of education or national defense and congress has the power to raise money to create those public goods through the taxing clause. and you don't get to opt-out even if your kids don't go to school you have to pay for education, taxes now you have to pay taxes for health care. now it is going to the political arena. this is a thorough opinion there's not a lot of room for legal challenges. >> it would have to be political then. >> i would think so. >> thank you. >> we want to get more from reporter katie marzullo who is live in emeryville with more local reaction. >> reporter: i talked with outspoken proponents of both sides of this issue. one is disappointed and one is relieved. the chairman of uc berkeley's are for labor research and education says that so many people have already been benefiting from in law not to mention his research shows over a 10 year period half of all americans fan themselves uninsureed at some point. -- >> i know people any i have job-based coverage what does that mean for me? that means if

defense and joint staff. then she served as a research fellow over national security at the heritage foundation as well as a staff member on the 2010 defense review independent panel. she's currently a fellow in the maryland wear center for security at the american enterprise institute. finally, we're welcoming back to brookings tom davis, who is notably a former brookings federal executive fellow. behind that, a graduate of the u.s. military academy, has a masters in international security economics from harvard. he was a program analyst for the army, military assistant to the secretary of the army. he also commanded in the third gulf war as well as an assistant professor at west point. so a set of really great experts to dig into an important issue. >> thank you, peter. it's great to be here today and to be on the panel with mackenzie and tom. we're going to have a lot to talk about with the defense sequestration possibilities. i want to review two things very quickly, which you probably all know. one is, i think, that we probably all share an assumption that it's time for the defense budget to come down. as yo

do think this is something everyone should worry about -- about the size of the national security bureaucracy and the defense bureaucracy and the extent to which they guide national security. those institutions shape our national security policies. i don't have a prescription to make it smaller, i don't know how untoward their influence is. i just think it's something we should all be worried about. >> well, you should note one thing, these bureaucracies are so large in part because they are deliberately increased in size so that be counterbureaucracies. and when you have three or four counterbureaucracies, you're going to have, of course, three times as many bureaucrats. and that has happened. >> thank you very much. thanks to my distinguished panel. thank you all for coming. i appreciate it very much. [applause] >> is there a nonfiction author or book you'd like the see featured on booktv? send us an e-mail at booktv@cspan.org. or tweet us at twitter.com/booktv. >>> this weekend on american history tv, harvard professor john stopper on the civil war and the movement to end slavery. >> one of the fascinatin

and while most of us in the theme of this is looking at national defense, i would suggest that national security is only part of that as defense. there's also economic security, environmental security and energy security and others that come into the whole equation of national security. when we're talking about the extended continental shelf and making determinations on where it might be, we need that clarity. and i have a slightly more nuanced view perhaps than my colleagues because the coast guard is one of five armed services that has the responsibility for law enforcement, u.s. laws on our waters and on the high seas. so we look at it from a law enforcement perspective. use of force is one of our last resorts in abiding through the rule of law and so we have to think on a daily basis how we conduct our law enforcement operations and we need predictability and stability of what those determinations are based upon which the convention gives us. >> senator lugar? >> gentlemen, you have discussed two areas that i want to touch upon in these questions. one of them was the growing complex

she's trying to avoid a program which would cut spending on national defense programs starting? january. she serves as ranking member of the senate armed services readiness subcommittee. we're hearing that the senator is running a bit late, but she should arrive shortly. this is live coverage on c-span3. . i've got copies of the budget. never want to be without my crutch. >> perfect. >>> good afternoon, everyone. welcome to -- we're very happy to have you here today for our event on the prospects and pearl perils of se kwooes ration. for those of you who think that's a funny washington word that you can ignore, think again. squooes ration could be coming come january and it could mean 15% budget cuts in much of the federal budget starting with but hardly ending with defense. that's what we're here to talk about today. we will convene two panels to talk about this suggest. but before doing so, i have the great honor of welcoming to brookings senator held ki ayotte of new hampshire. senator ayotte was elected to the u.s. senate in 2010. so she joined the tea party in one sense --

and knew that it would harm national defense when doing so. pretty high standard. >> it is a fascinating story. you've been doing great reporting on this story. thank you so much. >>> our good friend over at abc, robin roberts made a stunning announcement this morning. after beating breast cancer five years ago, roberts told viewers she has been diagnosed with mds, a blood and bone marrow disease. he will receive a transplant from her sister. here's george's tweet. all our love and prayers are with robin roberts. she'll beat this. bengay zero . medicated pain relief you store in the freezer. brrr...see ya boys. [ male announcer ] new bengay zero degrees. freeze and move on. new venus & olay. olay moisture bars help lock in moisture... while five blades get venus close. revealing smooth and goddess skin begins. only from venus & olay. we make meeting times, lunch times and conference times. but what we'd rather be making are tee times. tee times are the official start of what we love to do. the time for shots we'd rather forget, and the ones we

it's necessary for our national defense. that's why we spend the money. we're not saying we're going to fix the economy by undoing the defense cuts under the sequestration. we're not even saying defense-related jobs are the most important sequester-related issue. what we are saying is that the defense cuts are very dangerous for our national security and if they go through not only is our safety jeopardized but we may have more than a million newly unemployed americans, and that's not a desirable income. that's worth talking about. that's something we must keep in mind as this debate goes forward. and so, mr. president, in conclusion, i renew my call to my democratic colleagues, to our house colleagues to get together, republicans and democrats, house and senate, to do something we all know is in the best interests of the country -- avoid the automatic sequestration, half of which applies to defense. we're all for strong national defense and half of which apply to all of the other discretionary spending programs. all of those things will suffer if we don't

saying we are now treating health care as a public commodity along the lines of education or national defense and congress has the power to raise money to create those public goods through the taxing clause. and you don't get to opt-out even if your kids don't go to school you have to pay for education, taxes now you have to pay taxes for health care. now it is going to the political arena. this is a thorough opinion there's not a lot of room for legal challenges. >> it would have to be political then. >> i would think so. >> thank you. >> we want to get more from reporter katie marzullo who is live in emeryville with more local reaction. >> reporter: i talked with outspoken proponents of both sides of this issue. one is disappointed and one is relieved. the chairman of uc berkeley's are for labor research and education says that so many people have already been benefiting from in law not to mention his research shows over a 10 year period half of all americans fan themselves uninsureed at some point. -- >> i know people any i have job-based coverage what does that mean for me? that means if

for example, they just appointed new members to the national defense council. it will be outnumbered by general to can outvote it. >> we're looking at a clash, a potential clash. mp's will be protesting today. the muslim brotherhood has called for a million person march. all of that could be happening today. >> potentially a clashed, confrontation, a compromise people could live with. there are going through the motions. they have called for a demonstration today, and possible they might even tried to march on parliament. what has really struck me is how slowly they have been to react. this all started happening last thursday, five days ago. we still have not seen a big demonstration since then. handfuls of people going to tahrir square obviously we're disappointed about losing the parliament. and the reduction in power to the president, but nevertheless, who would have guessed a company years ago that a muslim brotherhood company could be president of egypt? just maybe they are saddled with that. also, many other people in egypt. >> thank you. the burmese oppo

>> absolutely certain of almost of us and the theme of this is looking at national defense i would suggest national security is only part of that as defense and it's also economic security, or mental security energy see and others that come into the whole situation national security. when we are talking about the extended continental shelf and the determinations on where it might be, we need that clarity and i have a slightly more nuanced view perhaps that my colleagues, because the coast guard is one of the five armed services that have the responsibility for law enforcement, u.s. laws on our waters and on the high seas so we look at it from a law enforcement perspective. use of force is one of our last resort and abiding to the rule of law so we have two think on a daily basis how we conduct our law enforcement operations and we need the predictability, the stability of what those determinations are based upon which the convention gives us. >> senator lugar. the gentleman, you have discussed to areas that i want to touch upon in these questions. one of them was the growing complexity of

especially in national defense. what weapons you're going to procure, what the number of people you're going to maintain in the military, what those missions are going to be. all of those right now, if not held in abeyance in the pentagon as far as planning is concerned, cannot have a great deal of validity if we are staring at sequestration and these draconian reductions. yes, i know the senator from new hampshire -- our most eloquent member has arrived on the floor. not to mention other attributes that we are lacking in. mr. graham: i would like all three of you to comment on this proposition. you've just challenged the president -- who is the chief, by the way, -- to fix a problem that your secretary of defense has said would be the most devastating thing possible to our ability to defend ourselves. he said it would be catastrophic, it would be draconian, there's no way to plan for it, we'd be shooting ourselves in the head. now, mr. president, you're the commander in chief. when your department secretary e and e

what i can do is, for instance, with the swing to the pacific and the national defense strategy, clearly the chief of naval operations is going to have to devote a lot of his resources in that direction and towards central command. the combatant commander for southern command, however, is probably going to get fewer resources, the friggets that are sent down there to help with drug interdiction are going away by fy '18. to is becomes the defacto fleet for south com migrant missions. >> law of the sea treaty, why is it important? >> it's important because me than any other service chief deal with a full range of maritime issues. every time we either negotiate a bilateral agreement for drug interdiction or when i go to the national maritime organization in london, i get lectured constantly of why hasn't the united states who espouses belief in the rule of law and working peacefully with other countries, why haven't you signed on, and it delays and protracts our negotiations because we're not operating from a common framework. >> sir, thanks so much [ male announcer ] olympic tennis players

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bigger spending than anything else, and what is the difference of the building the highways and national defense highway plan as eisenhower called it and what is wrong with building up a structure in the country that we could get by fast and eisenhower would say it is a defensive move. >> and it is. >> and there is some support for this and the numbers show that people want this stuff to happen, but he does not have the horses in the senate or the congress to make it happen. >> if the you believe in what you do, the public will buy it and if you don't, they will never buy it. the president tried to champion some of the during his political -- wait, i'm sorry. no, we just put up the wrong prompter, and somebody told me to reintroduce you joan walsh and nia -malik henderson. and here is where the president was stumped. >> we have created 4.3 million jobs over the last 27 months. over 800,000 just this year alone. the private sector is doing fine. where we are seeing the weaknesses in the economy had to do with state and local government. >> the private sector is doing fine, miscue, and a tad esche

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one issue, you know, many years, as you know, the democrats had a real problem with national defense national security and the republicans always beat them over the head with this. but i think obama has really put that to rest. >> sure. >> with his foreign policy and, of course, with getting osama bin laden. and you notice this year unlike four years ago, you don't hear the republicans talking about national security and defense issues because for the first time since really the '60s, democrats are polling well on this issue. and obama is polling well on this issue. >> yeah, well, for good reason. nearly, i think, 40% of voters you have said and others have said now identifies as independent which is the most in 75 years. why are there so many swing voters now? it's obvious to me. i obviously talked to hundreds of voters when i was doing the swing vote. and i think it's the two parties because they are turned off by both parties. they are turned off by the disfunction. they are turned off by the polarization. they hate the negative ads. they want substance. they really are tired of wh

in both the house and the senate the national defense authorization act, they essentially would make it impossible for the department of defense to buy another gallon of biofuels in fiscal 2013. i wanted to get your response to that and also any word on if this would affect plans for a great green fleet or any other department of defense -- >> obviously, we asked for the freedom to do that, and we would prefer to have the freedom to do that, so that's the simple answer to your question. i'll say something more broadly about energy. we are big consumers of energy in the department, and we do play a role in natithe nation's overall energy strategy. anything we do has to be in the interest of defense in the first instance, but the three ways we participate -- we do useful things for defense that might be useful also for the country's energy situation at large. first, we do do some r and& d. we don't try to compete with the department of energy in scope or size or quality, we can't. but there are certain areas where we have needs that are distinctive to us and where we need innovation and

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