leon panetta was the secretary of defense at that time. leon panetta made the same statement. he said that these people were too dangerous, as did general dunford. by the way, general dunford who is a commander in afghanistan was not even notified in advance that this was going to take place. so you have all of these things that are going on right now, you have the law that was broken, and i think that my feeling has always been as we're getting down midway into the president's second term, looking at -- he is going to have for a legacy, one of these desired legacies would be to close gitmo. he has talked about that for a long period of time. i think the american people now have caught on because there is a poll, just on june 13 by gallup, 66% of the americans do oppose the closing of gitmo. so this has changed now. why is it important? there is no place else anywhere in the world that we can put these enemy combatants. see, these guys are not criminals, they are enemy combatants, they are terrorists. when the president came up with the original idea of putting them into our p

cameron munter had said that one man's combatant was another man's chump who went to a meeting when leon panetta was director of the cia somebody memorably said if he if leon sees a few guys doing jumping jacks on the ground if things that's a terrorist training camp classified documents suggest u.s. officials don't always know exactly how many or who they're killing they don't always have precise side id a parent a targeting of people whose identity is not known they may not be as precise as many u.s. officials claim as soon as those signature starts begin we start to see another steep escalation in civilian casualties so that's what happens when success stories go wrong numbers of people down because they don't. who is being killed or most of the drone strikes. on march seventeenth two thousand and eleven the target was held out of help to resolve a dispute over a chromite mine. if there is a feud getting out of hand. and everyone has a chance to speak it really is a democracy and that is a mechanism to make sure they do stability in society. which i listen up with like a subset a must do was

. >> chief of staff leon panetta briefed us. >> there were some who thought there might have been some witnesses to the plane going down. there was even some talk about the possibility of seeing some kind of ark of light that might have gone towards the plane, which would have indicated some kind of missile. my first sense was that this was not just an accident, this was something that had been caused deliberately. the fact was, nobody really knew. >> i want to caution the american people, we have no evidence, we have no evidence on this flight yet that would indicate the cause of the accident. so let's wait until we see the evidence. >> at about 8:30, my mother who had been dead for two years, she said in her southern ohio kentucky accent that i can never misplace. she says don, cheryl is okay, she's with me. she did not say heaven, but was implied. i turned around expecting to see my mother. i saw nothing. i received a telephone call from the mother of one of cheryl's friends that was on the trip. she says don, there was a plane crash out of jfk at 8:30. and i turned the tv on, and i

you were at the same place as leon panetta, david petraeus, a range of figures. >> we were.his was post-assad's crackdown. my view at that time was that we should be trying to identify and work with moderate elements of the opposition because assad would have iran and russia, has thezbollah. defeat of the elements, you would treat vacuums for extremists. >> is it too late to do that? >> they have a larger proportion of the fighting. from my understanding, it is being tried. >> this is from the president's west point speech. when our livelihoods are at stake, when the security of our allies is in danger, in these circumstances, we still need to ask the questions about whether our actions are proportionate, effect if. america should never ask permission to protect our people or our way of life. in the issues of global concern when they do not pose a threat and when crisis arrives, and it points the world in a more dangerous direction but do not affect us, the threshold for military action must be higher. in certain circumstances we should not go it alone. do you agree? >> that

a good, young legislative assistant for of republican whip, tom pico california whose name was leon panetta. things changed that way. i just want to tell one story if i may. >> you got 30 minutes. [laughter] came up to the gallery. he said i am like little johnny. when the teacher says johnny, can you spell straight. -t-r-a-i-g-h-t. the teacher says, what does it mean? little johnny says hold the ginger ale. one day i walked in and says do you know about delaware? i thought was going to talk about williamson. gun control, either way. i so what about it? district whennal it times out. no congressional districts when the time is out. i was his idea of humor. tom's name comes up. a lot of people do not know he was the republican whip in the 1960's. very influential. i understand he gave you particular insight into how it worked. had down the hall a little hideaway office. the chamber for the elevator that went down into caucus room. elevator was removed. the door was not. i made friends with the secretary. the old supreme court chamber. she let me come in. from my ear to the door. she will not

. >> the chief of staff, leon panetta has just met in the situation room with all the agencies involved has finished briefing me on our response. >> i can remember the meeting. we went around. there were some who thought there might have been some witnesses to the plane going down. there was even some talk about the possibility of seeing some arc of light that might have gone toward the plane which would have indicated some kind of missile. my first sense was that this was not just an accident. this was something that had been caused deliberately. >> the fact was nobody really knew. >> i want to caution the american people, we have no evidence. we have no evidence on this flight yet, that would indicate the cause of the accident. so let's wait until we see the evidence. >> at about 8:30, my mother who had been dead for two years, she said in her southern ohio-kentucky accent that i can never misplace, she says, don, sheryl is okay. she is with me. she did not say heaven. it was implied. i turned around expecting to see my mother. i saw nothing. i received a telephone call from the mothe

>> rose: you were at a different place than the president was but you were the same place with leon panettaional figures. >> we were. and this was post assad's crack down and the protesters. my view at that time was that we should be trying to identify and work with moderate elements of the opposition because assad would have iran and russia and hezbollah, if there was a very serious defeat of the moderate elements you would create vacuums for extremists. >> rose: is it too late to do that. it's more difficult. >> it is more difficult. >> rose: is there a larger proportion of the fighting. >> that's true it is more difficult but i think it should still be tried and from my understanding it is being tried. >> rose: this is from the president's west point speech. united states i don't military force when our people are threatened when our livelihoods are at stake when the security of art -- our allies are in dar and we have to ask whether our actions are proportional and effective. national opinion matters but america should never ask permission towk protect our peoe our homeland or our way o

legislative assistant for the republican whip, tom of california, whose name was -- wait for it -- leon panetta, so things change that way. one story, if i may -- >> you have 30 seconds. >> bumming cigarettes, i was smoking at the time. dirksen came up to the gallery and said, you know, i'm like little johnny when the teacher says, johnny, can you spell straight? johnny says, s-t-r-a-i-g-h-t. >> she says, what does it mean? he says, hold the gingerale, and one day i walked in, and he said, senator andy, you know about delaware, don't you? i thought he was going to talk about williams. it could go either way. i said, no, what about delaware? i took out my yellow pad. he said one congressional direct when the tide is out, no congressional districts when the tide is in. this is his idea of humor. >> the name, tom's come up, and he's not well remembered, i suspect. a lot of people didn't know he was the republican whip in the 1960s, a very influential senator, and he gave you particular insights how the democratic conference operated, can you tell that story? >> he's the minority whip had, down the

will morocco obama when when they had wired and wireless obama was in the oval office he met with leon panetta and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff who and he told them go get you know you put troops on the ground and he said he said do whatever he said he said was not to do with a man he said he left your name behind you did that is it is not is they said i was going to save as they sent a rescue team to benghazi one of the men who died was on that rescue team do not have on how do we know that how do we know that as it's been in all the reports i've never i never saw the russian war i was wireless is hardly ever seen a although i have to apologize i apologize for that i sorry i apologize but i mean there's also a question why was this originally labeled a protest that went wrong and that it was based on a film on a small film that hardly anybody it seems rather let's take you to russia terrorist questions in two parts one that small film did lead to protests across the middle east. but this wasn't it was no one and that was a cia mistake and cia's admitted error there. ok why the ad

legislative assistant for the republican whip, tom of california, whose name was -- wait for it -- leon panetta, so things change that way. one story, if i may -- >> you have 30 seconds. >> bumming cigarettes, i was smoking at the time. dirksen came up to the gallery and said, you know, i'm like little johnny when the teacher says, johnny, can you spell straight? johnny says, s-t-r-a-i-g-h-t. >> she says, what does it mean? he says, hold the gingerale, and one day i walked in, and he said, senator andy, you know about delaware, don't you? i thought he was going to talk about williams. it could go either way. i said, no, what about delaware? i took out my yellow pad. he said one congressional direct when the tide is out, no congressional districts when the tide is in. this is his idea of humor. >> the name, tom's come up, and he's not well remembered, i suspect. a lot of people didn't know he was the republican whip in the 1960s, a very influential senator, and he gave you particular insights how the democratic conference operated, can you tell that story? >> he's the minority whip had, down the

just after that hearing, then-secretary of defense leon panetta made an important announcement that greatly elevated the priority of financial management, higher than it had been elevated before. he also established an additional deadline for partial financial audit by the end of fiscal 2014 in order to quicken the pace of improvements. to his credit, his successor, secretary hagel, has stood by these goals. this means that in seven months, the entire department should have its statement of budgetary resources, a key financial component, ready for audit. we are here today to get an update on this quickly approaching deadline. fortunately, the department can look to some recent successes to help find the right path to reach its goal. the marine corps has made some important progress in auditing its books, achieving a clean opinion on at least a portion of its fiscal year 2012 accounts last december. and that's good news. also, the department of homeland security was until recently the only other department unable to audit its finances. last year, homeland security, as we know, was able to ac

director and the former secretary of defense, leon panetta, the first thing he did when he stepped down as secretary of defense was to travel to new york and to warn, not just new york but this nation, about the potential impact of what he termed a cyber-pearl harbor. this is a critical and timely issue we are working on and as importantly it has been addressed in an effective bipartisan fashion. in the wake of escalating cyberattacks on our nation's infrastructure, including our financial systems, nasdaq and the recent nimeson marcus and americans' personal information, we bring h.r. 3696 to the house floor. cyberattacks and cyberhacks are now front and center on our homeland and the media reporting more now than ever that cyberattacks about something we already know, that the threat is constant and evolving. and americans expects congress to act. we who serve in congress and government know all too well that the cyberattack is real and imminent and could do catastrophic damage to our nation's infrastructure, bridges, tunnels, oil and gas pipelines, water systems, financial systems and