army air force, used to be the u.s. army air corps? well, in six years hap build in this thing up. -- built this thing up. he built it up from 1700 obsolete airplanes, most of which had to be thrown away, so 7,000 airplanes -- 17,000 airplanes. it didn't stop there, it didn't stop at 34,000. within six years it was nearing 80,000. 20,000 men mushroomed to 2.4 million. hap arnold built the largest air force in the world and it's the largest air force in world history. so what did he do with this air force? well, he did a lot of things. he, he finally had a chance to exercise billy mitchell's theory that if you get enough long range bombers, you can reach into the enenmy's -- enemy's heartland, and you can take out his armament factories, you can take out his transportation network, you can destroy his oil wells, his oil refineries. and after you do that, you can go after his sin metic -- synthetic petrochemical industry which the germans had a state of art one. hap arnold took it out. a little story that i'd like to tell about anecdotal

army air forces that used to be the u.s. army air corps, well, in six years have built this thing up. he built it up from 1700 obsolete airplanes, most of which had to be thrown away, 17,000 airplanes. it did not stop there. it did not stop the 34,000. within six years it was nearing 80,000, 20,000 men. marshalling to two and a half million. hap arnold built the largest air force in the world. and it is the largest air force in world history. so what did he do with this year forced? well, he did a lot of things. he finally had a chance to exercise billy mitchell's theory that if you get enough long-range bombers you can reach into the enemy's heartland and take out his armament. you can take that is transportation network. you can destroy his oil wells, is oil refineries. and after you do that you can go after his synthetic petrochemical industry, which the germans had a stated the are one. hap arnold ticket out. a little story that i like to tell about and a total air power in world war ii, in june of 1944, this was at the p

air force, and his entire career became part of that effort to bill army aviation into an independent air force, but before i talk about his career, willie mentioned there were some family interviews in the book, and i depended very heavily on those, and, in fact, stole a lot of great stories from his grandson, and very plif ledged to have robert here today to tell us a few stories about the early life and career. robert? [applause] >> thank you, bill. incidentally, the book he wrote is terrific. most of my family members read it by this time, positive reviews from everybody, they all agree on something, it's good. i'm not a his tarrian, i'm snow maker, but i can tell you a couple stories here heard around the campfire as a young man, and my father loved telling stories, i grew up with them, and he wrote them down. bruce arnold, middle of the three sons, west point graduates, colonels in the u.s. military, popping it up in the air force in missiles and high tect. his name was actually william bruce arnold, known throughout his wife as bruce, and here's the background of the satisfacto

military's digital warriors and drone operators more alert the air force army and darpa are all participating in five separate studies of the price tag of two. hundred grand a pop this government already relies on video game methods to kill so is it turning soldiers into electrical conductors really the future of warfare i guess it's time we update that slogan part of waking up is an electric shock to the dome now let's break the set. they are very hard to take a. look. at or how to act with that hurt right there. when it comes to natural beauty arizona has it all traveling around the state like sites like monument valley the painted desert the petrified forest all make you feel like in one thousand nine hundred cowboy and now there's another reason why it might seem like you went back in time to be eighteen hundreds while in the grand canyon state gold fashion draconian discrimination so yesterday the arizona state legislature just passed a law allowing business owners to refuse service to gays and lesbians the naeyc will pay to females withhold birth control for unmarried women and skirt le

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is -- is kind shape up the russian military and put it through its paces to make sure the air force and the armynd the navy will respond as well as they can to any perceived threats, and they can't announce these things before they are going to happen because that would defeat the whole point of it, that these armed personnel need to be basically shocked into it, and to think that there is something real going on. but i think it would have gone through the heads of many people fairly high up in the russian government, giving a bit of display of russian military might, and show it off to its neighbors at a time when russian influence has taken a bit of a knock. >> rory thank you very much. again, russia saying it was all part of scheduled drills. >>> leaders of switzerland's second largest bank said they knew nothing about people using swiss banks to dodge taxes. the hearing coming a day after a senate report that said that americans were hiding as much as $12 million in swiss banks. >> and now the jig is up, you say you can't cooperate because of swiss secrecy laws. those laws don't apply in the

the new york times says chuck hagel plans to eliminate an entire class of air force attack jets. the armyunk to its smallest size since we'll were too. the military will be people of defeating any adversary. >> the world oldest known holocaust of iran's died. she spent two years in a czechoslovakian concentration camp. she was 110 years old. that hope you enjoyed weather we had over the weekend while it lasted. >> we are talking about snow again after the wonderful weekend. none of us wanted. winter is not gone just yet. jacqui jeras is back with

that the nations oldest military forcing us to stay strong and capable and be able to deliver a guard and reserve mission. as the army debate grows more heated, the air force commission's conclusions and recommendations will become extremely relevant. it is no surprise that there is a movement afoot on our side for some a commission for the army. i think you will find a growing sense very quickly that we need to play a significant role. we would appreciate more consultation. you can rest assured that those of us on the council will reflect the intensity as well as the importance of these issues. executives, we know what it is like to face tough budgets. we do that every day. we have one advantage that none of our federal partners have. we actually have experience of balancing budgets. i think our voice should be heard. we understand budgets will get balance. we are among a small group of 50 people in america that actually ever signed one of those. consequently, we are well aware of budget issues and not exceptionally excited about being lectured. we went about making sure that our strength maintains what we need. i want to thank them for their active

i said what is an army guy doing in a air force association. he said he would just want to make sure that we were taking care of his army air forces was . -- army airee him corps, that is right. with a wonderful group of senior corporate executives, industry leaders, attachÉs from around the world, and we have got a lot of patriotic americans in the audience today, and we cannot have a better keynote speaker today for the breakfast series than our neck -- our new sector of the air force. secretary deborah james is the 23rd secretary of the air force, and she came into the job -- i was talking to chuck -- probably the most uniquely qualified secretary we have ever had, with vast amounts of experience in inustry, independent on, -- the pentagon and in government. i cannot think of a better person to lead the world's greatest air force then secretary james. you all have read her bio, so i'd imagine to take up much time and you did not come to hear me speak, so without further do come i would like to bring secretary james to the podium, and thank yo

and then 607, 608, 609, 610, 611 and all nominations on the secretary's desk in the air force and army. that the nominations be confirmed en bloc, the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid on the table, there be to intervening action or debate, that no further nominations be in order to any of the nominations and that any related statements be printed in the record, that president obama be immediately notified of the senate's action and the senate then resume legislative session. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the at a time to be determined by me with the concurrence of senator mcconnell, the senate proceed to executive session to consider calendar number 561, that there be 20 minutes for debate equally divided in the usual form, that upon the use or yield being bacf that time, the senate proceed to vote on the nomination, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid on the table with no intervening action or debate, that no further motions be in order, any related statements be printed in the record a

army. much less so than navy and the air force, with the army, of course, you actually have to go in on theund in to places like fallujah, very real risk of losing your life or getting serious injured. and colonel michael jones a retired member of the national guard was a director in the guard. he said, look, although they are upset that there was this fraud going on, which is now being revealed, actually at the end of the day, doing this was going to ensure that there were fresh recruits and weren't sending our teams in to iraq and afghanistan under staffed. take a look. >> it was what can we avoid to do to avoid a draft. because that was beginning because of all that was happening, and all of the other traditional methods that had worked, ma'am, honestly for 20 years. >> weren't working. >> they weren't. >> reporter: i think that's the thing, really, the idea of actually trying to find ways of getting more people to serve the united states military is generally considered here on capitol hill to be a good thing. it's just the execution of this particular scheme that people are objecting t

roosevelt asked the army, navy, and air force to estimate the costs of an all-out war.ir total for the next two years--$150 billion, almost double the 1939 gross national product. nathan next evaluated the military's production needs. he started by breaking out the key sectors from the national income and production accounts. we knew steel would be a limiting factor for tanks, ships, and big guns. how much steel was involved in these? we translated airplanes mainly into aluminum because you couldn't build airplanes without aluminum. we translated ammunition into copper. we had the key elements. we realized very soon we were going to build factories to process more steel than we had. you'd have fabricating plants that weren't being used. more serious, you wouldn't have any end products. you'd have wheels over here and generators over there. airplanes with no propellers. that's right. in late fall of 1941, nathan and his team sent their numbers to roosevelt as the debate continued over production goals. roosevelt was using them to study american and allied military demand

the army and air force spent a lot of time, especially with the creation of special warfare committees, looking at the idea of warfare. as you take a look at history and lessons learned, do not forget to look back at the time when the army and the air force specifically looked to tailor connecticut effects, organizations, operas it -- operations, to have specific psychological impact at a strategic level. my question is a little bit along the lines of george's. it is about organization. as you think about the concept, as you look about the issue of how we fight, what is it we need to do to prevent bad things from happening, i am worried the land forces, the marine corps and the army, will not address the fundamental issue of organization. i will point you to another historical example. bookck and reread robert's -- his report. basically pointing out we organize in ways that are comfortable to us. even if only to reject, you should consider how the organization of land services impacts our ability to adapt to a different sort of warfare out there, whether it is urban, ciber, or whatever

. >> and he explained that in 1947 he worked for the army air force and he was involved in photographing the recovery of a crash landing and these creatures. that's where the story started. >> the roswell story first hit headlines in 1947 saying a ufo crash landed in new mexico. >> there was scattered debris. it was foiled paper, sticks, tape, and rubber. immediately the government came in and they said oh, it's a weather balloon and that's that. >> rumors of a government coverup begin to circulate. and before long, the story starts to include reports of extra terrestrials on board. but if unearthly beings were recovered, what happened to them? >> he showed me the film. it was remarkable because it was the autopsy of a creature of some kind. safe to say possibly surgeons. certainly they're operating with a scalpel. they are separating the skin and the body tissue. they're removing organs. and they're placing the organs into glass jars. they're peeling back what seems to be a black film over the eye. and they are conducting a medical examination. >> this appeared in 1995 to more than 11 m

the army, navy, air force and marines had nothing to do with anybody's question of privacy.s at it in a logical way, it's hard to walk away and think giving that to our emmy was anything less than treasonous. >> you have implied edward snowden may have gotten help from russia to carry this out. the technical capabilities were beyond his own. why do you think that? >> i think of this as a former fbi agent. look at the history starting in 2010, there's a large agree of suspicious behavior leading up to his decision to steal information. do witht had nothing to privacy issues or what the nsa was or wasn't doing and had everything to do with information that protects the united states. that information is something he may not have understood existence, so we are curious how the tool was developed to go after information that he may not have even understood existed on the network. lots of questions we have to get answered. i'm not quite sure we've heard all of this story yet. youther legislators say must have more information than they do if you think the russians were part of it

. >> he explained in 1947 he worked for the army air force and he was involved in photographing the crashede of these creatures and that's where it started. >> it hit headlines in 1947 following reports that a ufo had crashed in new mexico. >> there was some scattered debris. the whole thing weighed just a few pounds sglit was foiled paper, sticks, tape and rubber. immediately the government came in and they said, oh, it's a weather balloon and that's that. >> rumors of a government cover-up begin to circulate. before long, the story starts to include reports of extraterrestrials on board. but if unearthly beings were recovered, what happened to them? >> he showed me the film. it was remarkable but a it was obviously the autopsy of a creature of some kind. you see possibly surgeons, operating with a scalpel. they are separating the skin and body tissue, removing organs. placing them in to jars and peeling back a film over the eye and conducting a medical exam in addition. >> the film you are watching premiers on television in 1995 to more than 11 million viewers. 32 countries buy the rights

the german army overran europe. the german air force seemed ready to pulverize britain. allies turned to the americans for weapons to continue the war. keynes feared the economy wouldn't stand the strain of increased demand. but in washington, his young disciples disagreed. we were more expansionary than he. he thought it was time to put the damper on aggregate demand. we disagreed, partly because our view was that the capacity of the economy to produce was greater than he thought. the great depression ended with the vast production of wartime economy. government spending, which frightened roosevelt when it topped $15 billion in 1936, soared above $100 billion during the war. massive government intervention finally brought full production and full employment. why couldn't the private sector have brought us out? what keynes said was, total private demand might not be sufficient to sustain full employment. suppose this is national income when everyone is fully employed. but suppose investment demand plus consumers' demand only equals this level. there isn't enough demand t

fan ofs no bigger the united states air force and navy than the united states army. what distinguishes it from the relatively affluent media? technology gives you a greater advantage. you typically have a small number of targets that you can identify and engage and established the domains. what is different is incident a bounded number of targets, on land you have tens of thousands of targets, all of which are trying to be classified as such. you can recognize counter measures that are land-based. there are two ways to fight the united states military brother. what is important is for us to d joint forcee to jewel war capability. that is what combined arms capability is. our enemies will take action to avoid our strengths. there's never been a silver bullets. there are always countermeasures developed. he talked about some that are developing now. we had on our strength capability. that is under threat by not just traditional countermeasures that increasingly technological. for us to have an effective capability to prevent and when as the nation, we need a balance jo

it's russia's forces going through an u unannounced test, basically making sure that the army, the navy, and the airorce can react to any perceived threats as quickly as they should be able to. now they did say that the black sea fleet, which is based in crimea in ukraine is being adequately protected, and the fleet is being bumped up a bit, which is probably what you would expect for any country with overseas military assets near a country going through a revolution at the moment. although they have said that the military drills have nothing to do with what is going on in ukraine, there are probably people who are very high up in the defense ministry and russian government as well who are thinking that reminding russia's neighbors and it's rivals of russian military might at a time when it's influence in central and eastern europe has taken a big dent recently is certainly no bad to do from a russian geopolitical perspective. >> getlet's go to tim friend who has the latest from kiev. we understand that it's a novel way of unveiling the new cabinet. what is happening behind you. >> reporter: the pol

requires of course that an assistance officer, whether it is a casualty representative from the air force or the army or navy and marine corps, assist the family members to the initial phase of a loss. we are also required to provide long-term support for those family members for as long as they want to be a part of the military community. again, we want that family member to feel that they can be a part of the military community for as long as they need us. each service has their own long- term care program. army, for example, can expand the -- can expound upon that. they have a services program, and i will allow you to talk weather program of the that program is the dutch is in place. there are people that are available for the family members term caree that long- support. >> thank you. can you give me some specifics, and counseling, other therapeutic services, an opportunity for suggestions on how to improve those processes, involvement in the services, and to the highest degree possible, can you give me some level of specificity about because of services that you are providing to family members a

i don't care if it's the air force association or the army aviation association or the fleet reserves or the gold star wives, u.s. army warrant officers -- i can go through the list. 30-plus organizations that work with our veterans every single day want us to pass this bill. not an amended bill, this bill. get it done, give a peace of mind to our veterans and our retirees that they know -- and our active military. let me say one other thing. this puts our readiness to some degree at risk. why do i say that? well, if you're thinking about joining the military, part of when you're joining the military, you're looking at the benefits and how it all works. you know you're going to put your life on the line. at some point, you may be called to duty, in a sense of life on the line. so they're looking at what those benefits are, what can they provide for themselves and their families. what's that retirement that they may become a career officer, a career enlist the member, what are they going to do. and now they're questioning should they. i had some e-mails from some folks about their sons

army, air force, marines, navy. long into the future of the stolen material will threaten the safe insecurity of our soldiers and marines in the field. yet at a time when our intelligence agencies need leadership and clear direction, and they must endure what appears to be more regulatory confusion emanating from the administration. for five long years we have witnessed delays incoherence and confusion on policies that do little but make it difficult for intelligence agencies to do their work. redlined metaphors. one task force reviews another task force. important programs or change because they have done nothing wrong. indecision on key covert action activities has had a serious negative consequences to the national security of the united states. when it comes to america's current approach, national security, there is only one thing is certain and that is our allies have no clue what our policy is for one day to the next. we just returned from the munich security conference. we had roughly 10 bilateral meetings in

forces being pushed through these unannounced tests. basically making sure that the army, the navy, and the air force can react to any perceived threats as quickly as they should be able to. now they did say that the athleteathletesfleetsare being . now, said what is going on with the ukraine there are probably people who are fairly high up in the defense ministry and in the asian government as well. at a time when it's influence in central and eastern europe has taken a big dent recently. it certainly is no bad thing to do from a russian geopolitical perspective. >> while ukrainians in the capitol city are celebrating the cowser of president viktor yanukovych, others in crimea are not happy. >> reporter: some were not happy to see our camera because we're foreign they think we won't tell the truth. the flags here are russian, not ukrainian, and blame the west for what is happening in kiev. >> no, i'm not happy. it is ignite from outside. i am sure europe and america support in revolution. >> the area has been a russian naval base since the 1,800th century. another old sailor said allegiances here are clear. >> 90% of the people here are

the army, the navy, the air force, the marines. had nothing to do with any question of privacy.o do with information that was very damaging to our military. anybody that looks at it in a logical way, looks at the information he stole, it is hard to think that giving it to our enemy was anything less than treasonous. >> you have implied that edward snowden may have gotten help from russia to carry this out, that the technical capabilities of what he did were beyond his own. why do you think that? >> if i look at this as a former fbi agent, you look at the whole history starting at about 2010. there is a large degree of suspicious behavior leading up to his decision to steal information. 95% of it had nothing to do with orget -- privacy issues, what the nsa was or was not doing to u.s. citizens. it had everything to do with information that protect the united states, allows the army to protect soldiers overseas, the navy to protect themselves in the south china sea. that information is something that he may not have even understood existed. we are very curious how this scrape tool

army moving in? you saw a picture of the air force that showed a picture of the air force trying to scare people. is the army getting engaged. that is always a critical turning point. you probably have a heckuva day coming up. if i remember, march 5 will be the anniversary of the death of which, i presume the regime will want to take to the streets and have something really big plant. -- planned. >> i would ask you please to limit your responses. we have to give up the room. like to sayly would that the only people who have to leave venezuela is the cubans. not anybody else. in this dialogue that has to start has to start in venezuela. the key to getting the cubans of this clays where they -- theelong best place key to getting the cubans out of this place they don't belong is if you hold visas or go after practices. they will understand. that is the only way. nationalism, i don't think venezuelans are nationalistic. i think they are afraid. years,, mind you, for 40 there was always imperfections in democratic society. there was debate. there was consensus building. there was aggregation of interes

army and taking out the air force attack aircraft. that's an entire aircraft that will be eliminated. and you have a lot of people who are affected, whether that is good or bad. you have to listen to the defense secretary hagel make his case today and we will. jon: the "new york times" puts it this way. the result, the officials argue, will be a military capable of defeating any adversary but too small for protracted foreign occupations. that suggests no more iraq and afghanistan type events at least, if these numbers continue in our approved. >> listen. there's a changing scope about the world and how the military would be deployed for the longest time, the perspective of the military was to have -- to fight on two fronts at the same time. and the joint chiefs always wanted that ability. now there was a thought that because of budget and other reasons, you wanted a more agile military and the joint chiefs of staff from all the reporting and everything that we've been able to gather is signing off on proposal. now, that doesn't mean t

and help him along the way and he ended up going to college and serving his country in the army and air force. and today mo works in the white house, just two doors down from the oval office as the special assistant to my chief of staff. [ applause ] and -- and mo never misses a chance to tell kids who grew up just like he did that if he can make it, they can, too. mo and his mom are here today. so i want to thank them both for this incredible experience. stand up, mo, and show off your mom there. [ applause ] good job. [ applause ] so mo didn't make excuses. his mom had high expectations. america needs more citizens like mo. we need more young men like christian. we will beat the odds. we feed to give every child, no matter what they look like, where they live, a chance to reach their full potential. because if we do, if we help these wonderful young men become better husbands and fathers and well-educated hard-working good citizens, then not only will they contribute to the growth and prosperity of their children, they will pass the lessons on to their children, on to their grandchildren. w

second, seems to me that the country with the best armies, navies, air forces and the marines find it hard pressed to win against enemies who lack those forces. so how would you argue about the future be of military -- the future of military power when it seems to me that the nature of the dangers are really changing from state-sent trick threats -- and we can deal with north korea, potentially iran, the list that michael comes up with -- and we're in brand new, and i shouldn't say brand new, but a different political environment in which military force may or may not be necessary, but it's far from sufficient? >> let's go down again. general? >> well, i would just say that mill tower force has never been -- military force has never been sufficient in itself to prevail in a conflict, and it's always taken the combination of all elements of national power combined in way that's, you know, that serves to defeat the enemy, but also to shape environments and consolidate gains consistent with our interests. and so i think that what is important from harlan's comment is that there is an inc

it's very difficult to recruit people to the army, much less so than the navy and air force, i thinkor obvious reasons. you are actually on the ground, there is very, very high risk of being killed or badly injured, and i think that is the reason why this scheme got off of the ground, and they were trying to get as many people as they could into the services, because they were in danger of sending bat italians into these places at 80 or 70% strength. a commander was asked was it really necessary to pay other people in order to get recites, and he said yes, it was. take a look. >> we have to have those incentives to bring young men and women into the military, so we need to have those tools to be able to able to man the force. >> reporter: and you know, del, i should say it's not so much the idea behind trying to recruit more americans to serve, it's the way it was carried out, the execution, and the way this money was misappropriated. ron johnson a republican from wisconsin, he said now that this has ended, he is very glad they took action quickly. >> i think i am heartened by the fa

president and government, he will be able to extend the term of officers or commanders in the army, navy and air force until retirement age. >> the turkish republic will not allow illegal structure. the state gets it power by laws. turkey has become stronger. the motive behind the ruling justice and development party is being questioned. the opposition it is the government wants to control the military and prevent it from taking role in politics. it accuses the government of trying to curb the military influence and bring the powerful institution under civilian rule. some analysts say the decisions strengthens the grip of the prime minister. >> the fact that it gives authority to the prime minister to decide about the persecution and the indictment of those army generals who get involved in extra military activities, as you know, turkey has a long history of military coup d'etat. by doing so, it increases the power of the prime minister. >> the timing of this could now also raise suspicion. some say it will divert public attention from a corruption scandal that has embarrassed the government. parliame

>> army, navy, air force and marine corps. >> and so, there will be changes necessary to mitigate the theft of this material in order to maintain security of operations and the safety of the united states military personnel, is that correct? >> i believe there will have to be, yes. >> do these leaks give our adversaries insights into how we -- about how we crack them and what their military vulnerabilities are and how they might look at what might be some vulnerabilities from the united states military? >> i mean, yes they do. what i don't want to do, chairman, is i don't want to get two far, you know, in front of where the investigation's going on, on this issue, and also -- there i'm just talking about the material that was stolen. -- >> i'm just talking about the material that was stolen. i don't know how you read that report and don't come with the conclusion that if our adversaries are looking at them, like many believe they are, that has -- gives the enemy or adversary, is probably a better word today, it gives them operational and strategic advantage when it comes to military s

. >>> defense secretary chuck hagel travels to army and air force installations today to pitch his plan for a leaner u.s. military. hagel's proposed defense budget calls for a smaller fighting force pretty much across the board and includes more possible base closings. this would shrink the army to preworld war ii levels. hagel says the u.s. requires a smaller high-tech military as opposed to a larger, less modern force. >>> in venezuela, a key opposition leader slamming president nicolas maduro. instead of showing up for a scheduled meeting with him. enrique kprilas said the meeting would like look an endorsement of the repressive regime and wouldn't say whether he would sit out a national peace conference hosted by the president, called for tomorrow. for weeks, venezuela has been torn by political strife that's reportedly left more than a dozen dead. people there very angry about poor security in the country and 50%-plus inflation. >> it's crazy. >>> all right, this will get u.s. attention. reuters is reporting a deal for iraq to buy arms and ammunition from iran. this is a move that

. >> the national army is regaining ground three years up to the country's crisis began. the air force bombarded aleppo over the weekend. tanks thought to take control in the east of the city where rebel fighters a been in control since july 2012. >> bishara al-assad's army is one of the most powerful in the middle east. it has dozens of conflict with israel behind us. we have drawn by experience. >> the syrian army is under the erect control of a thought in the defense ministry. in -- is under the direct the defensessad and ministry. the russians supply damascus with weapons and equipment. >> there are thousands of tanks, plenty of fertility -- artillery, and gunships. the equipment is there and in working order. the're putting supplies on official or black market for spare parts, so the hardware is there. and the troops, two, and the motivation. >> syrian men are joining the army. they currently have 200,000 troops. leading commanders have defected in the past. the number of desertions remains limited. iran'sport from revolutionary guard and lebanese hezbollah fighters, supporting to

that meant taking difficult decisions including difficult decisions over the size of the army, navy and air force. what we now have is a top five defense budget in terms of spending anywhere in the world. we are coming to the end of all the redundancy schemes so we can now point loudly and proudly to the extraordinary investment that we will be making in the stores, new aircraft carriers come in our submarines, in our aircraft come in the best equipment for any armed forces could have anywhere in the world. >> yesterday i met a 24 year-old man and his work since he was 15 until he lost his job a year ago. he told me he had to resort to going through a supermarket skits to find out the date food just so he can eat. prime minister, billy is desperate to work. why won't the prime minister offered a job can get rather than him having to scavenge for food to? >> what we are doing for building and thousands like him is offering jobs and hope that simply were not there under the last labour government. audible members opposite coming week after week to try to say this country is somehow poor are worse o

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forces provide. because only 27% believe that if scotland is become independent, she should have her own army, navy, and airforce. we should combine our armed forces with the rest of the u.k. and there are very few clear,with a overwhelming majority in one answer in favor of another. people are wanting to keep the peace whatever happens. and the views of scots are not [inaudible] to ourt should happen armed forces. ourre also part of nato and membership is vitally important. we work with other countries to benefit from full spectrum defense capabilities. we have [inaudible] the snp, having dragged the party to long-standing opposition to membership are in a real model on that issue. nato ifld only join they were given a guarantee that no nuclear summaries would pass through scotland's waters. in the white paper they say -- they would operate a don't ask, don't tell policy. but of these cannot be true. orher they would join nato they would drop it and they would be happy to join and operate don't ask, don't tell how see. is entirelyip unclear whether or not we would be a member and on what basis would they l

army, navy, marine corps, air force, full-time guard and reserve. we kept it basically flat while we fought this giant extended wars. which frankly is the defining nature of the relationship between us civilians and the troops and military families who have suffered through our generation's wars over these past 13 years. for the first time in u.s. history, they've really fought those wars alone without the rest of the country kicking in. there was no mobilization of the population to sign up and fight those wars the way there was for earlier wars. there was no draft. we kept the military the same size it had been overall, we just expected the people in it to do one, two, four, six, ten tours of duty. and that is not the way we have done big wars in the past. these long wars in iraq and afghanistan fought by less than 1% of the population, as a country we have never waged wars exactly that way before. and now, today, was the first day where the military said how they want to stop waging those wars. and what they want for the size of the force and how

air force magazine. ellen mitchell, associate inside the army. reporter, global security news wire. john newman, deputy director,ionings house armed services committee, and a guest of the speaker. jonathan salant, reporter, bloomberg news, and past national presse club. wife of mckeon, mckeon. jerry with the buffalo news and chairman of the speakers and past president of the national press club. skipping over the speaker for a moment, pat host, reporter, defense daily, and speakers committee member who organized today's events. bob simmons, staff director of the house armed services guest of the speaker. matt leatherrer, publisher of and stripes. westing, united states navy, retired. john don ollie, editor of c.q. roll call executive briefing defense and chair of the national press club, freedom of committee. [applause] congressman buck mckeon, chairman of the house armed guestes committee, is our today to discuss the u.s. effort in afghanistan. gallup poll says that for the first time in the nearly more americans, think the 2001 invasion was a think it was, than think it was the ri

army since 1940. the plan will eliminate outdated air force plan special operations and cyber defense will not be cut.he money that is saved will go toward improving training and weapons. some members of congress have already said they will block the cut. >> jason collins made his return to the nba. you're hearing the response he received last night as he took the floor for the brooklyn heights.nets. he came out at the end of last year's nba season. he says his focus is his play and not his sexuality. he played 12 minutes and did not score any points. >> the chicago bulls tried to turn down the heat. after uncovering a major security flop. the >> later and lunch break we are making to recipes. both will improve your mood. they're made with lemon. .rist >> starts to weaken a triple digit game. reaches the hair root record high today. apple is urging customers to install a security patch on to their phones. after a major security falls on covered. it allows hackers to intercept and change e-mail messages. apple says most of the phones ipod and ipad will automatically download and install the security pa

army. i think much less so the u.s. navy and the air force, i think when you are fighting there, you have an element of protection. people were reluctant to sign up, and there was a real feeling that they may have have to resort to a draft. now here is colonel michael jones. and he said look, at the time, this was pretty much a last resort. take a listen. >> it was what can we avoided to do to avoided a draft 357 because that was beginning because of all that was happening and all of the other traditional methods that had worked honestly for 20 years. >> weren't working. >> they weren't. >> and the scheme finally ended. congress can be moments away from sending that massive farm bill on to the president for the sit. the final vote expected within the hour. the five year overall cost nearly $1 trillion. it happened this morning part of delta's terminal was cleared out, after suspicious package was spotted. that bag was removed for further investigation, business resumes shortly thereafter. now under the micro scope in washington. 300,000 peopl

maintain navy and air force levels. agece army and marine draft . james has been waiting.ort worth, texas. democrats whine, retired. caller: great topic. there are a couple of places where a huge amount of money can be saved in the budget without cutting one pair of boots on the ground. first, we are way too top heavy. i am a vietnam veteran. we have so many admirals and generals that are sitting around doing absolutely nothing, putting in 15 hours a week at the golf course and taking on huge retirements. the second thing is in contracting. my wife used to be the bookkeeper for a small contractor. these guys making $300 million a month, paying his highest-paid employee $20,000 -- excuse me, $30,000 a year, and he has his wife's car and his children's education on the pentagon's budget. the corruption in defense contracting and a number of high paid officers that are not earning their sheets. that is my comment. dean from wisconsin, retired military. trying to should stop balance the budget on the backs of the military every time there is a problem. i served in korea and vi

resulted in our naval fleet dropping to a low level of ships, the air force being the smallest in history, and potentially shrinking the armye not seen since the beginning of the 20th-century. commanders now use the term hollow to define there forces. in recent guidance issued to the services the secretary of defense acknowledged this dark reality and set near term hollowness is acceptable but the force must be balanced in state, and this is deeply concerning to me as an admission given the threats that we face are not likely to wake and tell our forces rebuild at some time in the future. so without meaningful sequestration, sequester relief to reverse these reckless national security our military will accept a greater risk. you're talking about loss of lives. thank you, mr. chairman. >> senator inhofe, director clapper. >> distinguished members of the committee, we are here to present the intelligence community worldwide threat assessment as we do every year. i will cover about five top picks in approximately 11 half or 12 minutes. this is my fourth appearance before this committee to discuss threats that we face. and as t