dod is fine. fbi is fine. epa is fine. sba, which shows up repeatedly, small business administration. ada shows up repeatedly, americans for disability act. and i don't want you to use acronyms. if it's something that's common, we see it all the time, that's fine. otherwise, i'll stop you every time you do it. i don't want you to use acronyms. use the words. all right? it will help me, help us, and ultimately help you. with that having been said, i think we have a vote starting. what time? 11:10. tom, you and i may want to do what we did last week and take turns going back and forth. mr. hale, please, welcome again, please proceed. >> thank you. i'm here to report on financial management of the department of defense. when i became dod's financial officer more than five years ago, i established a number of goals. i reported on progress in those goals in my prepared statement. in my oral remarks, i will focus on one of those goals, namely i think the key one for today, improving financial statement. meeting this goal has bee

dod has identified contract paid as a key element of sbr. the service providers responsible for disbursing nearly $200 billion annually and the department's contract pay asserted that its processes, systems and controls over contract pay are audit ready. however, preliminary results from our ongoing assessments indicate that d-fast has numerous deficiencies that have not been remediated. until d-fast corrects the weaknesses its ability to process, record and maintain accurate and reliable contract transaction data is questionable. timeframes are important for measuring progress. dod must not lose sight of its ultimate goal of implementing financial reform. recording business information, duty has had several multifunctional systems. critical to their improvement efforts. we found deficiencies like data quality, data conversion. system interface and training that affects their capability to perform essential business functions. de-fast personnel who are major users of the systems have reported different qualities in using the day-to-day activ

it's dod. this hearing should be va/dod because it's dod that send people over and over and over again to combat. it's not transitional as far as when they come back, so it's a bigger problem. to sit here and say it's the va, that's just not true. it's just not true. we need to deal with the problem. the fact is we've been fighting a wall with reservists. and we've sent them over and over again. and they didn't have the support that they need. i've gone out when they're deployed. they don't have all of the other, that the other military branches have. we're not doing the wars the way we need to. and the system is fragmented. so as we develop a comprehensive system, let's get everybody in the room. let's deal with the system the way we need to deal with it. now, you mentioned the formulary. we insist they negotiate the prices of the drugs to keep the costs down. what is wrong with the way we're doing that? because in the regular market, it is illegal for the secretary to negotiate the price of t

it's dod. this hearing should be va/dod because it's dod that send people over and over and over again to combat. it's not transitional as far as when they come back, so it's a bigger problem. to sit here and say it's the va, that's just not true. it's just not true. we need to deal with the problem. the fact is we've been fighting a wall with reservists. and we've sent them over and over again. and they didn't have the support that they need. i've gone out when they're deployed. they don't have all of the other, that the other military branches have. we're not doing the wars the way we need to. and the system is fragmented. so as we develop a comprehensive system, let's get everybody in the room. let's deal with the system the way we need to deal with it. now, you mentioned the formulary. we insist they negotiate the prices of the drugs to keep the costs down. what is wrong with the way we're doing that? because in the regular market, it is illegal for the secretary to negotiate the price of t

it's dod. this hearing should be va/dod because it's dod that send people over and over and over again to combat. it's not transitional as far as when they come back, so it's a bigger problem. to sit here and say it's the va, that's just not true. it's just not true. we need to deal with the problem. the fact is we've been fighting a wall with reservists. and we've sent them over and over again. and they didn't have the support that they need. i've gone out when they're deployed. they don't have all of the other, that the other military branches have. we're not doing the wars the way we need to. and the system is fragmented. so as we develop a comprehensive system, let's get everybody in the room. let's deal with the system the way we need to deal with it. now, you mentioned the formulary. we insist they negotiate the prices of the drugs to keep the costs down. what is wrong with the way we're doing that? because in the regular market, it is illegal for the secretary to negotiate the price of t

-dod, because the dod sends people over and over and over again to combat, and it is not transitional when they come back. it is a bigger problem. and to sit here and just say it is the v.a., that is just not true. it's just not true. and we need to deal with the problem. we have been fighting a war with reservists, and we have sent them over and over again, and they did not have the support they need. i have gone out when they were deployed, and they don't have what all the other military branches have. we are not doing the wars the way we need to. the system is fragmented. so as we develop a comprehensive system, let's get everybody in the room. let's deal with the system the way we need to deal with that. -- the v.a. and dod, we insist that they negotiate the prices of the drugs to keep costs down. now, what is wrong with the way we are doing that? because in the regular market, it is illegal for the secretary to negotiate the price of the drugs, which i think is dumb. >> there is no problem negotiating the price of the drug. the problem is, the drugs are not the same. lexapro,for

are you also in dod tells you and we've seen this play before with dod and i've seen it on the appropriation's committee. dod, va, social security and figure out this disability. when they say, it's not our problem, at some point and glad that hagel has called you, that's a good step, again, will you stand tall and say -- look, we're going to have these integrated systems that are clean and the veteran doesn't have to worry about. we as agencies and government and congress should worry about but they should never worry about their record going from a to b. will you be able to -- dod, the pentagon is big. i'm seeing what they've done before. i'm anxious for your -- >> secretary hagel and i are small. there's only two of us and i think that we can work together on these kinds of things. >> excellent. >> and i do plan to let him know what our needs are and i hope in return, he'll let me know what his needs are. as i said earlier the fact that reached out to me is a great sign. he's a great leader so it didn't surprise me. >> i was happy to him when he was nominated. mr. chairman, thank you very m

-- >> there's no plans right now for a dod representative on this. won't speak for other federal agencies, but i believe there will be some other entities from the federal government going over to participate in it, and i don't have the makeup of the team. >> reporter: do you anticipate -- >> i have no expectation right now there will be a dod representative on this team. dave? >> reporter: the president said he saw no role for the u.s. military in responding to this, but whatever happened to that list of requests for equipment that the ukrainians sent at the beginning of this? >> yeah, we continue to review requests for ukrainian -- or ukrainian requests for military assistance. the focus of that remains on the non-lethal side right now, and the -- some $33 million that the president has authorized of -- of material has been getting to ukrainian -- the ukrainian armed forces and border services, so the support continues to flow. we continue to -- to take a look at -- at their needs, and addressing each in turn. >> reporter: last i remember, it was m

there's a couple of things right off the top that demonstrate the critical partnerships between dod, your guard and reserve unit , and the national workforce system. teresa, you said that our veterans are unemployed, underemployed, or unhappily they come home from service and transition into civilian life. why is that? what are the obstacles for them to be happily employed? why is anybody underemployed? what is the cause of that unemployment from happiness? oftentimes it is based in the fact that they may jump into the first job available because they feel the need to find some and may have found a job that does not fit their skills or interests or aptitudes. knownt to make sure they that the utility of the job centers and counselors that are there to actually do skilled assessments with them, figure out where training gaps are, make sure they get the guidance they need to find jobs that will help them be happily employed with meaningful work. >> do they have a higher unemployment rate of veterans returning than we have in the general population? the aggregate veterans unemployment r

there is a need for compatibility between systems within the vh ark, the vba and the dod. con tenuity of care wasn't a concern. >> there were no contracts in place, and a fierce refusal to outsource anyone or anything. at the time daniel was at the phoenix va there was no pain management clinic to help him with his chronic and acute fibromyalgia pain. the fact the formula of the dod and va are separate and different makes no sense because the patient must rejustify their needs when they transfer. there were inadequate facilities and charting process. >> there was no way to him to get a copy of the status claim. there wasn't a prioratized decisions. this report is offered in the spirit of a call to action and reflects the experiences of daniel with va program services beginning in the fall of 2007 until his death last june as seen through our eyes. >> our concern was the deficiencies daniel encountered were symptoms of broader issues within the va and potentially it will effect the other members of service. many of the reforms outlined in our report require additional fundi

i think it has a lot to do with dods efforts to introduce folks before separation to really critical thinking about their transition. our partnership with dod to make sure they have access to the resources that they need before they transition to develop the right kinds of skills and search techniques and identify opportunities. >> i wanted to make sure everybody understood so we could structure this conversation that the transition assistance program for our service members has gone through a significant resign. you see some of that literature in your notebooks that are at the table. what wife done is we'e've done dol, veterans affairs, even with department of education, small business administration and the office of personnel management and brought all of those subject matters experts together and really hammered out first what did we want as an end result with the transition preparation that we give to service members. it just like they need the physical fitness, military training, standards, all of that, they have to meet career readiness standards. monthmple would be a 12 posts

and that's the culture change for dod. ask that articulates very clearly that everyone, whether you serve four years or you serve 40 years, whether you're a first termer or you're a fourth four-star, everyone, if all goes well, will separate from active duty. and how do you start making wise, informed decisions for you and your family now. to embed that kind of thinking, that moc crosswalk, that exercise be, we'll start at the first permanent duty station. excuse me, first permanent duty steation for every service member. so whereas we used to do all this preparation in the last 09 days of a -- 90 days of a military member be's career, we're embedding that across the life cycle. which means they are going to start looking at the afghanistan information about your state, your colleges, your universities, your technical training institutes, your labor markets very, very early on. and be also they'll be looking for those training opportunities that you'll be offering at your state, the careers that they want to have as a civi

there's a couple of things right off the top that demonstrate the critical partnerships between dod, your guard and reserve unit, and the national workforce system. >> teresa, you said that our veterans are unemployed, underemployed, or unhappily employed when they come home from service and transition into civilian life. why is that? what are the obstacles for them to be happily employed? why is anybody underemployed? what is the cause of that unemployment from happiness? >> oftentimes it is based in the fact that they may jump into the first job available because they feel the need to find some employment, and may have found a job that does not fit their skills or interests or aptitudes. we want to make sure they know that the utility of the job centers and counselors that are there to actually do skilled assessments with them, figure out where training gaps are, make sure they get the guidance they need to find jobs that will help them be happily employed with meaningful work. >> do they have a higher unemployment rate of veterans returning than we have in the general population?

i can for dod satellites but i can't make commercial satellites move. they would take our data that we have and use that data in their new role. >> thank you. any other follow-up on that? yes, mr. zamka. >> yes, sir, if i may. the request to have the ability to have an operator be forced to move, that can be done in a number of ways. earlier is better. earlier interaction, perhaps agree with the operator as part of the licensing process, what the cry ter. >> would be for which they'd move and an industry consensus on the length of time to effect a move. all these things involve probabilities and a lot of expense for the operator. >> i thank the witnesses for their valuable testimony and the members for their testimony. the members may have additional questions and we will ask you to respond to those in writing. the record will remain open for two weeks for additional comments and written questions. the witnesses are excused, and this hearing is adjourned. >>> two discussion this is afternoon to tell you about. at 4:00 p.m. on c-span a conversation on th

one of them is the dod back door access to the computer system. i've had reservists coming back from a combat theater telling me they're fine, they have no nightmares, no flash back issues. when i spoke to them off the record, they told me that the common understanding is that the dod will go into their records unknown to them. pull out information. then use it against them to interrupt their guardsman or their reservist career. i actually checked on this and from january 2013 until mid april 2014, 47,000, more than 47,000 times sensitized records were accessed by the dod. that doesn't count the number of nonsensitized records that were accessed. to my knowledge, no one is looking at this and if the reservists and guards melon told me were true this is one of the largest hipaa violation in years. they are afraid to come into the va for care because they don't want it to come back at them at a later date. >> i see. well you're good at this doctor. if we are looking at the legislation that's being proposed today, we're talking $5 billion will be use

and it dod.inuity of care was not a priority. >> no procedures in place that at the time daniel was apt the third the knicks see it -- v.a. to be seen for help with this fibril laotian pain. there were policies and procedures the fact since many patients tour stabilized and the revocation must there were inadequate. >> there is nowhere to ascertain the benefits there was no appointment system isç freezing or the procedures. no communication between determination and vocational rehabilitation. this report is offered in the spirit of a call to action and reflects the experience of daniel beginning in the fall 2007 until his death last june as a and tear our eyes. >> the impediments in deficiencies that daniel encountered with broader issues in the va -- v.a. with the experiences of a much broader population but unfortunately it was true as recent revelations. many reforms outlined require additional funding with the v.a. but that should come greater scrutiny and a demand for better and measurable r

as i said, i really think it's important that the dod and the the operate seamlessly. it's not the veteran's fault that there's a boundary between those two organizations. and we need to operate seamlessly and i think when i met with secretary hagel, he had the exact same interest that i do. in fact, he asked with a meeting which i thought was an incredibly gracious thing for him to do something only a nominee. and i think that recognizes how well we can work together to get these things done. i know progress has been made on the record interoperability between the two organizations, but more progress needs to be made. >> apparently there's some tremendous difficulties in getting this done, because six years later, lots of money, still not happening. so we're going to follow up with you. i certainly intend to see how you're getting along without. you mention in your testimony that the va operates as loosely connected individual administrations. so varies decisions are being made that, at the local, state level perhaps, and there's not particularly compatibility or proc

. >> does it include dod, does it include cia -- >> there's no plans right now for a dod representative on this. i won't speak for other agencies. i believe there will be some other entities from the federal government, individuals going over there to participate in it. i don't have the makeup of the team. it will be an international investigation. >> do you anticipate -- >> i have no expectation right now there will be a dod rep on this team. >> the president said he saw no role for the u.s. military in responding to this. but what ever happened to that list of requests for equipment that the ukrainians sent at the beginning of this? >> yeah, we continue to review requests for, or ukrainian requests for military assistance. some $33 million that the president has authorized of material has been getting to ukrainian, ukrainian armed forces and border services. the support continues to flow. we continue to take a look at their needs and addressing each in turn. >> last i remember, it was mres. is there any -- do you have a more complete list? >> yes, there's been more. the recent deliver

i really think it is important that the dod and the v.a. operate seamlessly.t is not the veterans fault there is a boundary between those two organizations. we need to operate seamlessly. i think when i met with secretary hagel, he had the exact same interest that i do. in fact, he asked for the meeting which i thought was incredibly gracious for him to do since i am only a nominee. i think that recognizes how well we can work together to get these things done. i know progress has been made on the record. interoperability between the two organizations but more progress needs to be made. >> apparently, there is some tremendous difficulties of getting this done because six years later, we are going to follow up with you. i intend to see how you're getting along with that. you mentioned in your testimony that the v.a. operates as loosely connected individual administrations so various decisions are being made at the local and state level perhaps. there is not compatibility or procedures that are being utilized that would enable you to decide or prepare -- compare

president, if you care about securing the border, you can direct the dod to make those 1,000 national guard troops available, and that would send the powerful message. you want to send some symbolic messages to central america and say you no longer can send your kids up here because they can't get in. >> do you think he send the message to come? is he responsible? >> the nuance of the policy, when it's catch and release, when it's if you're from another country outside of mexico, you're going to be treated differently and you can stay here up to two years, of course, those are messages that very quickly get transported back to central american countries. so the failure of this administration to secure the border, i wrote them a letter -- i handed him a letter in 2010 talking about the border problem we had and the lack of security there. we wrote a letter in 2012 talking specifically about these unaccompanied alien children. and if you want to fix this -- >> let me ask about this because i would look at the v.a. issue and if i heard, and i were president, which by the way, everybody k

importanthink it is that the dod and the v.a. operate seamlessly.t is not the veterans fault there is a boundary between those two organizations. we need to operate seamlessly. i think when i met with secretary hagel, he had the exact same interest that i do. in fact, he asked for the meeting which i thought was incredibly jaded -- gracias for him to do since i am only a nominee. i think that recognizes how well we can work together to get these things done. i know progress has been made on the record. interoperability between the two organizations but more progress needs to be made. >> apparently, there is some tremendous difficulties of getting this done because six years later, we are going to follow up with you. i intend to see how you're getting along with that. you mentioned in your testimony that the v.a. operates as loosely connected individual administrations so various decisions are being made at the local and state level perhaps. orre is not compatibility procedures that are being utilized that would enable you to decide or prepare -- com

dod, va, social security, irs together to figure out the disability. when they say it is not our problem at some point, glad that hagel called you, that is a good step, again will you stand tall and say, look, we're going to have these integrated systems that are clean and that the veteran does not have to worry about? we have agencies, government of congress should worry about but they should never worry about the record going from a to b? will you, dod, pentagon is business, i've seen what they have done before. i'm anxious for your, you're going -- >> pentagon may be big but senator hague -- secretary hagel and i are small and i think we can work on these kinds of things. >> excellent. >> i plan to let him know what our needs are and i plan to hope he will tell me what his needs are. >> that is a great sign. >> a great sign. he is a great leader. >> i was happy to support him when he was nominated. mr. chairman, thank you very much. i will send in more questions for the record but i appreciate your willingness to be here today. >> thank you, senator

. >> does it include dod, cia, justice? >> there's no plans right now for a dod representative on this. i won't speak for other federal agencies, but i believe that there will be some other entities from the federal government, individuals going over there to participate in it. i don't have the make up of the team. it will be an -- >> do you anticipate -- >> i have no expectation that there will be a dod represent tough on this team. david? >> the president said he saw no role for the u.s. military in responding to this. but whatever happened to that list of requests for equipment that the ukrainians sent at the beginning of this? >> we continue to review requests for ukrainian requests for military assistance. the focus of that remains an the nonlethal side right now. and the $33 million that the president has authorized of material has been getting to ukrainian -- the ukrainian armed forces and border services. so the support continues to flow. we continue to take a look at their needs and addressing each in turn. >> last

we had our meetings with frank kendall in the deity and -- in the dod and others. there is a stronong representatn of the department of defense and military here. we have been working on continuing collaborations including science and technology opportunities. >> i also asked whether the royal navy was going to be allowed d to use both of the big deck aircraft carriers it is building. he said th decision is up to the chief of the royal navy who controls his own budget. coming up, the chief of the royal air force from britain's royal air force is the oldest independent air foe. ish more than 800 acraft, one of the largest and most adadvanced in e world flyg the typhoon, long-range voyager aircraft and transport, well as cutting-edge reconnaissance aircraft. it has also had to shrink and face a budget cuts, down to 37,000 active troops, the smallest since world war i. the men working to maintain as much capability as possible is entered. i asked if he thought the problems were serious and what is next as they try to get the aircraft into service. >> we are all lookin

it took four years for the dod to balance nine medications for myself, and when we transitioned to va care, many of those medications were not on the f m formulary and we had to go back through the guinea pig phase again and we ended up with 14. there are many issues as we talk about that. >> that is just unbelievable. any other families want to -- >> brian was never put on medication. they diagnosed he had depression, pts, but never put on any medication, he was put on medication for his back when he was thrown from the humvee, naparcin and muscle relaxer and that was temporary, but they never even prescribed, screaming out three times a week with nightmares and having your brothers wake you up and then telling the therapist how embarrassing that was, i think you need to be on some medication. >> agreed. >> these medications are so subtle, and they're so particular to the individual. it is just mind boggling that there is not an easy way to identify and work with the individual vet, determine exactly what that cocktail, if you will, looks like. and then be be able to without -- to ju

he can pick up the phone today, call the dod and direct them to have the national guard troops on the border. >> you don't support the bill and will not be encouraging her delegation to pass this? >> you have distilled the correct answer. >> taking your calls on the republican line, patricia in georgia. what do you think about this issue going on at the border? i'm calling on the democratic line. >> i'm sorry. go ahead. caller: it is a multi-complex problem. the first thing we do need to do and i did vote for the president the law.s is to revise i understand the humanitarian capacity that this country takes towards people who have been violated within our country. the human trafficking and , itence prevention law gives the cartel the incentive to scam the parents in their countries so that the parents the childrenthat are not going to be violated, but they are going to come to america because we have some very progressive laws on providing services to children. >> any idea of how to prevent that from happening, the cartels taking advantage? all, the moneyf should go towards border pat

. >> does it include the dod. >> there is no transfer for a dod representative on. this and i will not speak to further agencies, but there will be other enitties from the federal government and individuals to participate. and i don't have the make up of the team. there will be international investigators. >> i have no representation of that now. >> the president saw no role for the u.s. military in responding to this. but whatever what happened to the list of request for the equipment that the ukranians sent. >> we continue to review request for ukranian request for military assistance and the focus of that is on the nonlethal side right now. and 33 million that the president authorized of material has been getting to ukranian armed forces and border services. and the support continues to flow. and we continue to take a look at their needs and addressing in turn. >> as i remember it was mre's. is there any, you have a more complete list? >> yeah. there's been more items and masks and additional items will move through the procurement and night vision goggles. and t

which can be uploaded to the dod's platform. you have a national security bureaucratic blending, institutionally and in terms of legal authorities. because of this, the protections that we otherwise have had in terms of carving out criminal law from foreign intelligence, those are becoming increasingly blurred. it's just a major trend that's really affecting the protections that we otherwise had with regard to oversight and reporting. where you might have had looser standards before, in many ways it's not sufficient for what's happening. the second thing i'd like to make is whether giving money gives blessings. i understand the argument behind that. we've seen that surface many times through history. however the supreme court has rejected this in a number of important cases. if you look at youngstown and kurtis rate, this is the defense view, not the majority's view, that giving the money is simply sufficient. in the war powers act, war powers resolution, says giving money doesn't give blessing. it's important not to see that as

there is the issue with the state and dod of we need to go now and state saying we need to stay longer. the evacuation of the tripoli embassy was probably a sporty event. they wanted to stay as long as possible. this is an indication of what is going on all over the world that require coordination with state and dod. >> general, to we lay people, we learn of the news and i'll speak for myself. how much more can there be on the world plate at one time? during the course of your long and distinguished career, do you rather an era where there were so many hot spots all coalescing at once? >> i don't, michael. this is a tough time for the united states and the world. what i would say right now, the only people busier and looking in multiple directions than cnn are the folks in the pentagon. as barbara knows, there are certain desks that look at certain areas of the world. they are all watching and seeking ways to tamp down violence and help other countries and partner with other nations. it certainly is a tough time. this thing with libya, that is just arising, i suggest that the desk offi

i think the national guard -- i know dod doesn't like that option. if they could help with the influx and allow border patrol to do their job on the border, i think that would be helpful as well. in the limited time i have i want to focus on what i think could be a very good solution to this problem in addition to deterrence. you and i talked about this issue. it has to do with mexico. and mexico's cooperation with the united states. they are allowing this to happen in their country. the drug cartels are exploiting the children. we know that the mexicans southern border is completely wide open. i know that we have offered assistance to mexico that to date i don't know whether that has been accepted but my information is that it is not -- has not been. i would like to commit my efforts to work with you to get that problem solved because i think as you look at these children, they're all coming from central america. if we can close the southern border of mexico, that stops 99% of our problems here. mr. secretary, if you wouldn't mind commenting on that

have no relationship to , may not want a relationship to dod.ow do you leverage those technologies, silicon valley technologies, for the u.s. military in the future? it is a totally different problem set. pentagon, you have the military and the civilians. civilians telle the military what to do? position, doesr the military have to answer to you in any way? >> my authority was derived from the secretary of defense. lawsecretary of defense by has tremendous authority over the u.s. military. inilian control is very real terms of setting the policy and limits of the use of force, in terms of deciding what forces to deploy, in terms of overseeing and guiding the planning of contingency operations, in terms of all kinds of things. the secretary of defense is a very empowered position. everyone on the secretary's staff has derived authority but not direct authority in the chain of command. >> how do you know when the military doesn't like what you want to propose? >> usually one of two things happens. it will tell you out right. are pretty confident a

, may not want a relationship to dod. how do you leverage those technologies, silicon valley technologies, for the u.s. military in the future? it is a totally different problem set. >> in the pentagon, you have the military and the civilians. how much can the civilians tell the military what to do? somebody in your position, does the military have to answer to you in any way? >> my authority was derived from the secretary of defense. the secretary of defense by law has tremendous authority over the u.s. military. civilian control is very real in terms of setting the policy and limits of the use of force, in terms of deciding what forces to deploy, in terms of overseeing and guiding the planning of contingency operations, in terms of all kinds of things. the secretary of defense is a very empowered position. everyone on the secretary's staff has derived authority but not direct authority in the chain of command. >> how do you know when the military doesn't like what you want to propose? >> usually one of two things happen

. >> you can pick up the phone to the dod and have 1,000 national guard troops temporarily assigned toal america very quickly. that's what i think -- if the president is serious about addressing this issue if the president is serious about border security, he can pick up the phone and have it started tomorrow with the dod. >> jean, did the white house underestimate this issue? it seems as though they are always reacting to the v.a., to this crisis, to that crisis, rather than anticipating that this was developing along the border. >> yes, they are reactive and that's one of the reasons i think that the president didn't go down to the border is because it would draw a whole lot more attention to in problem that they have got down there. of course you have senator menendez on who was saying the system is working because wire catching them. they aren't coming in and then dispersing into the population. i suppose that's an argument you can make. but it sure is a big mess. and governor perry did ask the president personally, according to the white house, to take some direct steps. and we'll

the president sending an assessment team down to the border from dod, and homeland security to try toetermine whether he can deploy the national guard there, in addition to what texas governor rick perry has already done. so a lot of moving parts here in washington today, unclear, del, whether anything is going to get done. >> what is the status of the request for that $3.7 billion? >> it's completely on the rocks. house republicans and democrats can't agree. the president wants to expedite the pe -- deportation of those young people. that gives republicans the opportunity to say, if the president can't get his house in order, we're certainly not going to go along with the proposal, changing that law, allowing for quicker deportations have to come first. there are deep divisions among the house republicans as well, del. the person they have put in charge, kay granger told reporters what republican's priorities were. >> when it came down to what we should do, which is sending those children back, securing our border, making some changes to the law to make sure they do not return again.

restructuring to cut costs as a top priority for dod a lockheed martin. aircraft were to travel to britain for the international debut at the royal international air tattoo and airshow next week. annvestigation into a june 3 fire, prompted deity to ground all 100 on july 3 starting a race to identify the problem and get the planes safely back in the air to continue testing and to the u.k. in time for th shows. we sat down for an exclusive interview with the air force lieutenant general, veteran expert who has overseen other high-profile programs including the multibillion-dollar tanker effort. i asked whwhether he knows whats wrong, whether the problem is serious, and whher the recall would be rescinded. >> we are in the middle of an investigation board. i can only talk in limited terms. i can tell you the whole fleet has been grounded because safety is our first priority. until we understand what went we willth number 27, leave the airplanes on the ground. again, it is more important for us to be safe than anything else. what i can tell you is the entire

he can pick up the phone to the dod and have 1,000 national guard troops temporarily assigned to the border and the message gets sent to central america very quickly. >> the president says the national guard is no long-term solution. and you know what? he's right. so what is the way forward? and what's the root of this problem in the first place? here with everything you need to know as we await those remarks from the president, happening any minute now, our super panel today. we've got telemundoa jose diaz ballard. his new show begins monday. stay tuned for that. it's going to be a good one. also msnbc contributor silvia de francesco. steve ratner to talk about the economic side. and mark potter on the border and chris jansing traveling with the president. thank you all. i want to start with you, jose. this speech was intended to be about the economy as we just mentioned. but how much pressure is on the president right now to focus much more on this immigration crisis right now? >> you know, enormous pressure. and the fact is it is a crisis. and it's a crisis that is increasing ever

he can pick up the phone to the dod and have 1,000 national guard troops temporarily assigned to the border, and the message gets sent to central america very quickly. >> meanwhile in washington, top republicans of border states slammed the president's plan and his approach to solving the crisis. >> unless there are provisions in that legislation which would bring an end to this humanitarian crisis, then i cannot support it. >> he's not visiting the children who are suffering as a result of the failures of the obama policies. instead, he's doing fund-raisers. >> how can you have a humanitarian crisis, as the white house has called this, and not want to go see it for yourself? maybe you'll actually learn something. >>> there is a new theory about what may have happened the night of the benghazi attacks that says not one but two different groups were responsible. according to the "ap," new testimony from top military commanders indicates the second raid on a cia facility showed clear military training by the attackers. the new theory is that the group involved in that operation may hav

according to the dod i have biases accounts for no more than five percent of the total force active in a sunni regions. so there are other groups that cooperate with them. i don't think isis has the capacity to take control of the whole of iraq that's not possible. want to talk a bit about the leader. baghdadi now he was a u.s. prisoner of but that he was set free for good behavior saying that he was not a threat anymore what do you think is that a blender for they hear us intelligence. at them. absolutely. when we were with the americans while they were still here who told him these prisons are hotbeds of terrorists we know that prisoners were freed to meet and talk among them were people who had nothing to do with terrorism but once they were put in in any of those jails and got to know what center is or people with a certain ideology they were brainwashed they left the prison with a completely different. then they joined al qaeda and similar networks. there were many innocent people locked up in jails outside because they were unjustly convicted because they were don't jordan easily

because now there's ebenefits, where you can easily access and track all your va and dod benefits online, all in one place. register for your free account today at ebenefits.va.gov. then get back out there. they don't help single moms. hi. hi. what happened to our house last year? it flooded. and the water flooded out. yeah. the red cross arranged the hotel for us. they gave me that break, that leverage, to be able to get it together and... take care of them, you know? i feel like we've come full circle. like that! this is how i'll do it. sarah: there you go. >>> welcome back. well, gas prices are finally coming down. they're already a few cents lower than a week ago and gasp buddy.com said we could see a drop of 25 cents by next month. in fact, gas could drop below $3 in some southern states. both hurricane arthur and the crisis in iraq appear to have had little impact on oil supply. >>> and airline performance is slipping when it comes to arriving on time. the u.s. transportation department reports that there were more flight delays in may than in the previous month, and year-to-year d

scott, could you tell us about what you think, dod has to work within the law. if they are told they have to continue to give pay raises and continue to provide retirement and that sort of thing, yet their topline budget is capped, what to do? where do they find that money? >> well, i think people assume that there's a lot more, there are many more options than they really are. and as ann pointed out, modernization procurement is seen as something that you can go up or down on. and that's true, but the problem is that we have so many legacy weapons systems right now that you can dial that down, but you end up paying more in maintenance on those old ships and planes down the cost of replacing them. there's a point in time, just like the family car, that if you don't replace it, you're going to have big costs associated with it. there's an assumption that you can do something on readiness our operations of maintenance, but that really is a function of your pace of operations. and as the events of the last several weeks have shown us, the congress really doesn't ha

the school's provost says the dod will take over because walsh is a member of congress and a military veteran. >>> democrats are leaning on an unlikely source in a renewed push to crack down on gun violence. during a very emotional hearing on capitol hill, alvin daniel, a card-carrying member of the nra and a self-described constitutional conservative, told the story of his sister who was killed by her estranged husband at a mass shooting in 2012. daniel choked back the tears as he asked for stronger laws against unlicensed dealers, saying if they were on the books, the chances are very good that his sister and two other women might still be alive. >> i'm republican. i'm an avid hunter, a gun owner, and i enjoy using my guns for target practice with my family and friends. i am a strong supporter of the second amendment and an nra member. i also believe in common-sense, sensible gun laws. i am here today to speak for my sister, zena. on october 21st, 2012, i received a phone call that no one should receive. i was told that my sister has been shot and killed. by her estranged husband. w

i don't understand why the dod and the v.a. have two different pharmaceutical programs and the veteran has to suffer the consequences when you separate from the service and move to v.a., especially on mental health drugs. you just, you can't swap them out and stop cold and all of that. or even on anything physical. it makes no sense to me. i don't understand why one system wouldn't work for both. why not whatever works for dod as far as pharmaceutical medications or anything, why does the v.a. have to be different? it sounds to me like it's cost factor. they have to shift to the cheaper route. well, we have people dying every day because we have switched to the cheaper road. >> i realize very much so this is just a matter of personal impression and not clinical, but my concern having heard each of your stories is that simply because of the volume of patients, million plus volume of mental health patients, 21,000 employees. you raised the concern about personalized care. it would seem to me it's clearly lacking. i don't know wha