you had the bishop of saipan called larry his favorite heathen. you know, people were aware what was going on. and a lot of people knew that larry had a son. the first child was 11 years old, so that could have been around, and his mother would come to larry's house on saipan and bang on the windows at 3 a.m. and demand money, and his best friends would pay them off and make her go away, and then she'd come back next year and demand more money and scream and yell. so people were aware of what was going on. and larry's certainly not the only man who indulged in that kind of activity, um n that part of the world. so he just did it a lot more. and it became a huge issue after his death because there was so much money involved. but, you know, there is a cultural acceptance of men sleeping with much younger women, and a cultural acceptance of polygamy and, you know, and illegitimate children this that part of the world that is not the case here. so if you're an american going to saipan, it was sort of a rude awakening to see the larry hillblom law libr

there were a lot of rumors, including saipan it's not hard for rumors to spread. he had told a friend that he's left with over 250 virgins. he told his law school professor, who was now the dean, that he spent millions of dollars. he had a surgeon come over with his wife while they were in the strip club and he was trying to get the surgeon to take the girl in front of his wife which was kind of a larry thing to do, but he just did this all the time and he actually flew out the board of continental airlines shareholder to vietnam and took some of them on a tour with extracurricular activities explaining that he could tell girls were virgins if he took them into the shower at the hotel and they knew how to use the shower because they were so poor that obviously they knew how to use the plumbing. they had been in a hotel before they had been with a westerner to before. why do the investigations of his sex life matter? well, larry's welcome although he is a friend of lawyer is 11 pages long, double spaced, and on what really said was don't pay any taxes and set up a

but on saipan was a very beautiful sunday morning. and a small plane, a vintage plane took off from the airport there were two very important people on board. one was the speaker of the house of the commonwealth of the northern mariana islands, and the other was larry hillblom, who is better known as the h. in dhl. the plane was going to when the northernmost islands but nobody was quite sure why they thought he was interested in building an eco-resort there where they would like us and cori. but regardless, the plane every turn. this wasn't a particularly big surprise because he was known to buy really crappy airplanes. and to not maintain a. in fact, one of the islands they float over on the way had a crash, an airplane that hillblom had crashed about a year and a half before and nearly killed himself and. so number of his friends had declined to make the trip with him that morning, and no one was terribly shocked that this plane had also gone down. however, it was a real shock that larry hillblom was suddenly gone. he had arrived i

he's around, and as i was when he may face as saipan's come and they tried to miss the punch and it was kind of too late and he got me in my next on my lower job. hawkins says he is still shaken up by the incident which occurred at a court in hayward was scared because have is a grown man ends and the 60 years old have been before i was just thrown away. did we call the police. i called 911. the coach ride do what's the what does and says at this point he is still not clear who the man is possibly an assistant coach or a relative of the coaching staff a few of the video where all four coaches were coming on to her with this guy like they knew that to this guy a hall was going to do this the coach says he roared least interview witnesses but to his knowledge the man to the punch had already left before police arrived. >>> a grown man had a child and that is all i can see and it was assault on a minor he says he is treated by paramedics and had a stiff neck and headed for a few days. mark cbs five. >>> we're unable to retry it the hayward police department or the head coach of oakland's a

in contrast, tour reservations to guam and saipan are on the rise. bookings up more than 80% in november. >>> the japanese government is to decide on a stimulus package worth over $5 billion. this will be the first round of measures aimed at propping up the nation's economy. >>> officials are drawing up steps that are more urgent than others. the cabinet is expected to approve them on friday. about 1/4 of the planned spending will be al llocated fo restoration efforts. the measures in clawedinclude a program to subs die firms and stores. in fukushima prefecture companies will be granted subsidies for build new england plants. based on the government's economic revitalization plan, the package will include support for research and regenerative medicine such as studies on stem cells. the spending will be mainly covered by reserve fund in this year's budget. >>> the u.s. federal reserve will not change its current monetary stance. it says the u.s. economy has continued to expand at a moderate pace. it says household spending has advanced a bit more quic

in contrast, tour reservations to guam and saipan are on the rise. bookings are up over 40% this month and more than 80% in november. >>> virtual reality is becoming more of a reality these days due to advances in technology. some of the latest innovations are on display at the digital content expo in tokyo. and they've put a new spin on driving, making music, even eating. nhk world's rena that kato takes us there. >> reporter: anyone hoping to peer years into the future just needs to drop by japan's digital content expo. the event features 22 booths filled with high-tech toys designed to change life as we know it. >> translator: previously, digital content was just a flashy display of the virtual world. now it's becoming a reality. i believe every industry is experiencing a digital revolution. >> reporter: japan's digital content industry is the second largest in the world after the united states. it's worth more than $150 billion annually and includes everything from animation and gaming to software development and multimedia. the best part of this

he enlisted in the marines, served in the sixth division in saipan and okinawa. back home, he worked for the bureau of indian affairs. in 2001 he was awarded the congressional silver medal for his service to this country. frank chee willeto was 87. >>> a quick update here on the suspenseful swimming in the olympic trials in nebraska last night. with the olympic games just 30 days off, they called it the dual in the pool as ryan lochte beat michael phelps in the 100 meter individual medley. phelps finished second. both, of course, will represent the u.s. team in london. >>> speaking of london, a huge tourist destination in that city, is the ferris wheel they call the london eye. it's a massive thing, looming 440 feet above the skyline. and now there's a report that new york city is planning a bigger one just across new york harbor on staten island. perhaps to take advantage of the two million tourists who, each year, take a beautiful and free ride across the staten island ferry. >>> up next here tonight, years in the making, one young man's dream come true. >>> th

you have the bishop of saipan call him his favorite heathen. people were aware what was going on. a lot of people knew that larry had a son. the first child was 11 years old. his mother would come to larry's house and then on the windows at 3:00 a.m. and demand money. then she would come back next year. people were aware of what was going on. larry was not the only man to indulge in a kind of activity in a part of the world. he just did it a lot more. it became a huge issue after so much money involved. but there is a cultural acceptance of men sleeping with much younger women. a cultural acceptance of polygamy and, you know, the legitimate children. it is a rude awakening to see the larry hillbolm lob content library. if you accepted the culture and you were there, it wasn't really that big of a deal. >> [inaudible question] >> larry's vietnam holdings, to the take on larry as a businessman from a with the acceptance of dhl company was always 20 years ahead of his time. he got into vietnam early. he wanted to. he wanted to be the first and i think he really got off on the fact th

it was like a 16 or 18-hour round trip from where they took off in saipan to japan and back. so a lot of them had malfunctions or problems or other things or severely wounded men and they'd land on iwo and take care, get fixed up and proceed back home. so at the time that this was happening, i said, well, they're saving all these guys, we're killing ourselves. in the long run, after i became a little more mature, i was 18 when all this happened, i realized that for the better good it was what we did and what we lost was compensated for. so thank you very much, and i'm just happy to be here. [ applause ] >> my next question is for mr. yellin.mr. yelliyellin yellin. you said your time during world war ii was some of the best years of your life. although, mr. yellin, as you were relating earlier back in the green room, you almost didn't make it. what was the ethical challenge that was in your way, and how did you overcome that? >> you needed two years of college to be accepted as an aviation cadet in 1942. i was just out of high school, but on december 8th or 9th or 10th, i went

look at past trips and then we're faced with a three-week trip of the regional commissioner to sa sa saipan. we were like, what's going on? do you know he's about to take another trip? she contacted the regional administrator and the result was he went on the trip. >> so, that is kind of cultural? >> i'll let you draw the generalization. >> exactly. the gsa, obviously, is a very troubled agency. >> can you -- are there -- what is the -- do you know perhaps what some of the better agencies, you know -- our leadership has been here a while, mentioned we have these recur i recurring things going on at gsa. what are some of the agencies, what can we use as a model within government to try to model this after so that we don't have this in the future? some of the agencies seem to function without these problems. is there one that comes to your -- >> well, i would say i just want to -- if you don't mind -- add quickly to the ig's, mr. miller's comments about culture. at the same time i've received dozens and dozens of e-mails from gsa employees who are as outraged and horrified and disappointed an

about trips to hawaii, atlanta, junkets to the south pacific, california, atlanta, hawaii, guam, saipan, all at taxpayer expense. but that's just the tip of the eyeingberg. the billions that are lost, again, by having the federal government's primary landlord agency out of control and not operating as it should and making these assets perform for the public is what's outrageous. you know, we smelled a rat, and we asked for data because if you look at the budget and the expenditures for the public buildings commissioner they went from $2.9 million in 2007 to $9 million. that's, what, 200%, 300% increase? so we started asking for data. we got stonewalled time and time again. mr. denham asked at almost every hearing, you heard him say we requested information and data. what we got instead, this is what we got instead, folks. just a few pages of the top numbers. anyone can see now why they didn't want to disclose what was going on. miss norton said, and i agree, we have thousands of people who work for the federal government who work day in and day out and do a good job. this is not an exam

the hawaii, guam, saipan trip with staff. another trip to atlanta. four-day site visit to hawaii. and then i guess one -- where's napa? this off-site trip to napa. is that california? you've got to go to the wine region. well, i see why mr. neeley is with us today and the only pictures i can get of him are in his hot tub suite. but i thank you, miss brita, for your coming forward and for your trying to be a good steward of taxpayer dollars. yield back. >> thank you, chairman mica. mr. michaud. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman and ranking member for having this very important hearing today. needless to say i was appalled when i first heard about some of the things that gsa administration had charged to the taxpayers for their conference. this congress has had its share of disagreements over the past on how to reduce the federal spending and how to address the deficit issue. however, i think that we all can agree on that there's no place for this type of taxpayer's abuse of funds. the employees that put together this conference forgot that the federal government is supposed to w

thrashing romney in kansas and but romney scoring nine delegates in the guam caucus, and another nine in saipan. overall totals romney, 454 delegates. santorum, 217. newt gringrich. counting the total delegates not counting as much as it seems. >> the math is not the issue. the issue is the vision. governor romney outspent me 10 to 1 and still is not able to close the deal and is not on the path himself to get to this. >> romney is not having any of that. >> you know delegates are awarded proportionately. we're winning this, and i expect to get the nomination. >> newt gringrich doing what he can to put romney's performance in the worse possible light. >> romney is probably the weakest frontrunner. he's the frontrunner but almost all conservatives are opposed to him which is the base of the party. >> for the record, major wood won the new hampshire primary and he never really ran for office in his life. harding got the nomination. still gingrich might have had a point. the latest post ab this, polls showing 74% of republicans thinking romney will win the g.o.p. presidential nomination. well unde

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look at past trips and then we're faced with a three-week trip of the regional commissioner to sa sa saipan. we were like, what's going on? do you know he's about to take another trip? she contacted the regional administrator and the result was he went on the trip. >> so, that is kind of cultural? >> i'll let you draw the generalization. >> exactly. the gsa, obviously, is a very troubled agency. >> can you -- are there -- what is the -- do you know perhaps what some of the better agencies, you know -- our leadership has been here a while, mentioned we have these recur i recurring things going on at gsa. what are some of the agencies, what can we use as a model within government to try to model this after so that we don't have this in the future? some of the agencies seem to function without these problems. is there one that comes to your -- >> well, i would say i just want to -- if you don't mind -- add quickly to the ig's, mr. miller's comments about culture. at the same time i've received dozens and dozens of e-mails from gsa employees who are as outraged and horrified and disappointed an

theater, where many saw combat in some of the bloodiest battles in world war ii, including iwo jima, saipankinawa. they carried out their duties with great courage and heroism. i want to publicly commanded the marine corps, especially general amos, commandant of the marine corps, for bringing to light the importance of the marines of montford point. recognition of their accomplishments is long overdue. still for many of these men, it was never for gaining recognition. it was about defending the nation they love. paving a path for the generations of african-american men and women who would follow them into the marine corps. this point was driven home six years ago when one of them showed up at a reunion. while there, he came across a senior marine officer who happened to be an african- american. "you cannot imagine how much pride i feel seeing you in that uniform," he told the officer. it is enough to make an old marine cry. the officer replied, "i owe much of this to you." and so we honor the montford point marines who are here today and the thousands who are no longer with us for rising ab

scearce's son, it brings the reader along on the combat missions flying from places like midway, guam and saipanprg increasingly closer to japan. the author's intense research is obvious and yet i think it appeals to the reader because it is like, it reads like a page-turning story. and my last book is called "just a larger family: letters of marie williamson from the canadian home front, 1940-1944." so as world war ii in europe got underway, families began evacuating british children. at first evacuation was limited to well-to-do families, people with money or influence, but then companies like ford and kodak arranged evacuation of children of their employees, then service clubs like rotary started to help, and then private schools would make arrangements. then the british government got involved to make evacuation a little more equitable, and the result was corb, the children's overseas reception board for canadians it was painfully clear a german invasion of great britain was a great possibility, and many canadians still had strong ties to the mother country and felt committed to supporting t

trips happen, including the strip, a 17 day trip to the south pacific, to hawaii, honolulu, guam, saipan an internal e-mail trying to justify it. but here's the personal e-mail at the bottom. where his wife asks about the schedule. he tells her it's going to be a birthday present for her. they're excited about the party. what can you tell us about this trip? was it justified clinics >> well, we were concerned about the trip. that's why we brought it up with the deputy administrator, susan brita and then to the administrator. >> if they did. >> who? >> ms. cox. >> i know i spoke directly to her. >> martha johnson know about it? >> i don't believe i did to write that. i think it is called with directly. >> see the concern obviously this has gone on for well over here and have you to ig reports out now. still at this point no one has been fired, put on administrative leave or resign. a year and half more of lavish spending, lavish trips. this trip has been do you want begin are put in a position and you've argued that a whistleblower. i mean, i think you did your job by going to be ig in th

look at past trips and then we're faced with a three-week trip of the regional commissioner to sa sa saipanere like, what's going on? do you know he's about to take another trip? she contacted the regional administrator and the result was he went on the trip. >> so, that is kind of cultural? >> i'll let you draw the generalization. >> exactly. the gsa, obviously, is a very troubled agency. >> can you -- are there -- what is the -- do you know perhaps what some of the better agencies, you know -- our leadership has been here a while, mentioned we have these recur i recurring things going on at gsa. what are some of the agencies, what can we use as a model within government to try to model this after so that we don't have this in the future? some of the agencies seem to function without these problems. is there one that comes to your -- >> well, i would say i just want to -- if you don't mind -- add quickly to the ig's, mr. miller's comments about culture. at the same time i've received dozens and dozens of e-mails from gsa employees who are as outraged and horrified and disappointed and disg

hawaii, guam, saipan trip with staff, another trip to atlanta, four-day site visit to, to hawaii, and then, i guess, where's napa? this offsite trip to napa, is that california? you've got to go to the wine region. well, i see why mr. neely is not with us today, and the only pictures i can get of him are in his hot tub suite, but i thank you, ms. brita, for, for your coming forward and for your trying to be a good steward of taxpayer dollars. yield back. >> thank you, chairman mica. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman and ranking member, for having this very important hearing today. needless to say, i was appalled when i first heard about some of the things that the gsa administration had charged to the taxpayers for their conference. this congress has had its share of disagreements over the past on how to reduce the federal spending and how to address the deficit issue. however, i think we all can agree on that there's no place for this type of a taxpayers' abuse of funds. the employees that put together this conference forgot that the federal government is supposed to work on behal

look at past trips and then we're faced with a three-week trip of the regional commissioner to sa sa saipan. we were like, what's going on? do you know he's about to take another trip? she contacted the regional administrator and the result was he went on the trip. >> so, that is kind of cultural? >> i'll let you draw the generalization. >> exactly. the gsa, obviously, is a very troubled agency. >> can you -- are there -- what is the -- do you know perhaps what some of the better agencies, you know -- our leadership has been here a while, mentioned we have these recur i recurring things going on at gsa. what are some of the agencies, what can we use as a model within government to try to model this after so that we don't have this in the future? some of the agencies seem to function without these problems. is there one that comes to your -- >> well, i would say i just want to -- if you don't mind -- add quickly to the ig's, mr. miller's comments about culture. at the same time i've received dozens and dozens of e-mails from gsa employees who are as outraged and horrified and disappointed an