in all, this bill authorizes $38 billion for navy and marine corps procurement, $19.6 billion for navy and marine corps reserve -- research and development efforts, $3.2 billion for navy and marine corps overseas contingency operations and $401.9 million for maintaining robust fleet. i believe that the balance between quality, capability and affordability is met head on with the bill before the house tonight. the bill provides authorization for the correct number of ships, planes and ground vehicles with the right capability to meet the threat, but with the recognition that unless equipment can be procured affordably, we will never be able to build our fleet or our air wings. that's why working in a bipartisan manner, the subcommittee recommended in the -- and the full committee adopted for the construction of the programs. the world's best destroyer. and multi-year procurement authority to realize significant cost savings in the procurement of f-18 strike fighters, to repopulate our air wings on the decks of our carriers. in particular, the bill will authorize the construction of eigh

seals and marine special operators and affixed navy operators and practitioners of navy support, all of this augmented by specialists and analysts and acquisition planners and writers and trainers and scientists and technologies and many more, that are great men and women, military and civilian that work for an assignment or two. it's a team of teams. it's a force that's well suited that we are engaged as you mentioned in your opening statement. and the proven abilities have proven an unprecedented command in areas. whether the assigned mission is to train or provide assistance, the capabilities of the special forces make them a force of choice. while the high long-term demand for forces in afghanistan and iraq have lead to 86% of the force being deployed. special operation forces do maintain a global presence. in 2009, the special forces have provided operation in training in 106 countries. special forces have taken a long-term force to engagement and regional stability. the balance of effective, direct and indirect actions and skills and an understanding of context of their applica

and marine corps. the navy and marine corps have operated as one entity for more than two centuries and h.r. 24 would allow the name of their department to illustrate this fact. this legislation is not about changing the responsibilities of the secretary of the department, reallocating resources between the navy and marine corps or altering their missions. redesignating the department as the department of the navy and marine corps is a symbolic gesture, but it is important to the team. over the years, i have been encouraged by overwhelming support from so many members of the armed forces of the united states have written me letters. last month, i received a letter from retire mad rein corps giles kaiser who expressed his support for h.r. 24. he wrote, and i quote, as a combat commander of marines and say alreadies in iraq, i submit that no one understand the parity of the two services better than the corpsmen and chaplains serving alongside their marines. i dare say if you ask any one of those sayors -- sailors

and marine corps, dear marine corps family, on behalf of the department of navy and marine corps. madam speaker, that's all that it does, but it's very important that the marine corps receive this recognition. and before closing, madam speaker, as i do frequently, i ask god to please bless our men and women in uniform, i ask god to bless the families of our men and women in uniform and i ask god in his loving arms to hold the families who have given a child dying for freedom in afghanistan and iraq, and, madam speaker, i ask three times, god, please, god, please, god, please continue to bless america and with that i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: ms. kaptur of ohio. mr. burton of indiana. mr. burton: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for five minutes, revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. burton: madam speaker, this last weekend i met with several auto dealers in my district and it was very interesting to find out really what all of them are going through right now. the chrysler and g

the capabilities that i plan for, and think about all the time for our navy and we have called out for navy to be is to be a forward baby. to be globally deployed. to be out and about in this vast maritime domain that you see appear. to be a navy that ted has the capability and the capacity to be a deterrent force, to deter potential adversaries, but also to assure friends and partners. to be a navy that can project power and the power projection can come from airplanes off -- or aircraft carriers. it can be missiles off our combatants and submarines, or can be in the form of marines of four amphibious ships. to provide c control, to control areas of ocean of the size and place where the commander in chief may call for that to be done. also is to provide for maritime security as much as you see happening off the coast of somalia. it is to respond to disasters as we have done throughout our history. and in recent years, a new addition to our capability and that is to provide pro-active humanitarian assistance much like we are doing with our hospital ship that is at -- operating in centr

and submarines. it has to be on the large shore infrastructure we have in the navy. our bases, the communities where people live. and the same applies there. the old, how do you make the old more energy-efficient and that which we put in place for the future has to be minimal. the amount of energy that the military uses as part of the national amount, i am sure most of you know it is around 2%. not a large amount. but for me running the navy, that is -- energy is the huge bill that i paid. we have to bring that down. we in the navy are very proud of some of the accomplishments. we run one of the largest solar generations in the u.s. we are heavily involved on the shoreside with some geothermal work. we're doing some work in tilde energy and currents and thermals. we have stood up the task force and i will tell you that it is not a faddish initiative to stand up a task force which is sometimes the case. as i said, sometimes when you look to the future come out how much will it cost to own and operate and how dependent are we on hydrocarbons? we have got to get serious

and his second book was the navy war of 1812. and that made him a navy strategist and became the assistant secretary of the navy. he would juggle with navy and this boon and crockett club on top. and roosevelt just didn't know about gray wolves are cougars, he was the world's authority. in a science way. and the co-founder of the boon and crockett book, and it was formed to save the big game of america. buffalo and antelope and deer to prevent from being extinct. these are great books that roosevelt got involved and it was about gentlemen hunters. they were working to save animals to shoot animals. some people have problems with that today. it was the hunters of america that formed the early conservation movement. it was done by feed and forest magazine and field and stream. but those sporting journals, that put in you have to have bag limits. you have to put a fish back if it has eggs. you have to not shoot a doe. and we take this for granted. and the scholar at ohio university, and he proved chapter on garnel, because he's anoth

reserve recruiters and more than 7,000 navy recruiters serving in the united states, guam and puerto rico. each of these men and women are courageous patriots who deserve our report. this deadly attack is nothing short of dastardly this resolution offers the condolences of the house to the family of private long, expresses our hopes for a full recovery for private ezeagwula, and urges that those responsible are brought to justice. i want to commend my colleague, mr. franks, for introducing the resolution. it's an appropriate statement of what i know to be the views of every member of the house. it is important for all of to stand together and support our men and women in uniform and speak with one voice against violence directed against them. i urge my colleagues to support this resolution and reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves, the chair recognizes the gentleman from arizona, mr. franks. . mr. franks: mr. chairman, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. franks: mr. chairman, on

the capabilities that i planned for and think about all the time, that we called out, be a forward navy to be globally deployed, to be out and about in this vast maritime domain that you see up here. to be a navy that has the capability and capacity to be a deterrent force to deter potential adversaries and to ensure friends and partners, to be a navy that can project power, and that power projection can come from aircraft carriers, it can be missiles off of combatants and our submarines or it can be in the form of marines off of amphibious ships, providing for c control, to control areas of oceans where the commander-in-chief may call for that to be done. it is to be able to provide for maritime security, such as what you see happening off the coast of somalia. it is also to respond to disasters as we have done for route our history. in recent years, a new addition to our capability, to provide pro-active humanitarian assistance much like we are doing o

and i think what you can see from these brief remarks is that your navy is out and about, it is busy, it is global, it is delivering on those six capabilities that we addressed in our maritime strategy. the strategy is just not a piece of shelf wear. look around the world, and you can see your navy doing that. the decisions that we're going to make in the future are going to be key to the type of navy the nation has to protect its interests globally, and i look forward to being involved in that discussion, in that debate, and i welcome the opportunity today to have that discussion with you and hear your thoughts and questions that you may have, and i thank you for your time. [applause] >> during our q&a this morning if you'd be kind enough to identify yourself when asking a question and tell us what organization you're with, and also, please wait for the boom microphone to come to you so we can make sure we can capture it. and i would like to take advantage of the podium here to ask the first question which is given the increasing proliferation of the problem and the sheer vastness of

and times, go online to booktv.org. >> now a hearing on the fiscal year 2010 budget for the military's special operations command. including navy sales and army rangers. this is about an hour. >> it's right at 1:00. we certainly expect other members to come terroristing in as we proceed -- drifting in as we proceed, but want to be respectful of the admiral's time and get started on time and welcome you, as always, before our subcommittee, admiral olson. certainly we appreciate the work you do for our country in leading the special operations command. i have an opening statement that i have written that i will submit for the record. just briefly i want to say how important the special operations command is to our nation's national security. and how much we really appreciate and respect the job that you and all of the people under you have done in protecting our national security. all over the world in many, many places some of which are well known like iraq and afghanistan others of which many people are not aware of but in many ways are just as important certainly for the future of broader conflict, and i think the holistic app

when i say air power rod, i mean air power route across the marine corps, the navy and the air force, so this is not a diatribe against the air force. i just want you to know that. what i am saying here applies in full force to the other services, so think of this as purple what. the roots of the rock are very simple and plain. at the top of the list, they're very closely interrelated. these are not independent problems. but you really have to focus on the question, before world war ii and american air power, we have always focused on the wrong mission and we have done that for a number of bureaucratic reasons and incentive reasons. we have focused purely on the idea of strategic bombing, which is dominated by the theology of an italian general from world war run -- world war i who wrote the seminal book on bombing. he presented his theory which the u.s. air force jumped on with glee and has adhered to ever since, the idea that by simply bombing the enemy, you could win wars without any land forces at all. that is an appalling lease to the idea and you will see why as we go through th

you mentioned energy in your comments in the beginning and i was wondering how think what the navy's energy risks and challenges are, versus your prioritization is, given finite resources, the energy play. >> i tell my staff and i'm not a big power pointed guy andy auto hate them and this about took me to the edge, right here. [laughter]. >> but, the -- there are two slides that have just really gotten my attention. since i have become chief of naval operations, one is total ownership costs of what we buy. we are very quick to say, gee, we have a good price on the ship, so we'll buy it. but we have not been looking at total ownership costs. total ownership costs get to the manpower bill, that i was talking about. get to what it costs to operate some of the very sophisticated equipment, and imbedded in that total ownership cost is the other slide, that got my attention, and it is the locations and the estimated longevity of oil reserves, globally. and i'm not a novice to this. i grew up in the middle east, with my dad, who is in the oil industry, and so, it has been an interest item fo

heansferred to the ohrid national labs and became head of the radiation shield engineering group and navy captain by the name of an rickover hired him for the nuclear propulsion program. he has a long list of accomplishments there. is a fellow of the american cclear society, recipient of the first lifetime contribution award now known as the rockwell award, distinguished service medals from the navy and u.s. atomic energy commission and a member of the national academy of engineering. he has written numerous books on technical papers including the madely used text, reactor design manual the rickover affect, how one man change the world, stories and images from the dawn of the related atomic age. from the chamber of commerce, e ce president of policy at the institute of the twenty-first century energy, responsible for developing the institute policies and initiatives as they apply to the legislative executive and regulatory branch of federal and state governments. he served as deputy assistant secretary for nuclear energy at gye u.s. department of energy where he developed the administrati

special forces and rangers, navy seals, marine special operators, rotary wing aviators, combat controllers, rescue jumpers, militarily -- military information support, all of this was enabled by administrative specialists and operators and intelligence analysts, communications experts, budget managers, and many more who are great men and women, who operate within the community. this is a force that is suited to the irregular operation environment that we are engaged in, as you mentioned in the opening statement. this has created a demand for the effect in remote and uncertain and challenging operating areas, whether the mission is to train or revise or provide humanitarian assistance, this is the force of choice. the high term demand for the special operations forces have led to 86% of the overseas force currently deployed to the united states central command -- the special operations forces have a global presence. they have conducted operations in 106 countries across the globe. special operations forces have taken a long-term approach to engagement, with partnerships contributing to rece

i think the naval in gauge and when benedict arnold built a navy for america and slowed down the british so that when the british tried to evade in ticonderoga in the fall of 1776, as they had been slowed to the point that winter was setting in, so they had to postpone the invasion until 1777. that year gave the americans time to get ready for that invasion. washington's campaign in trenton and princeton, between christmas of 1776 and january of 1777 was absolutely crucial, not only saved washington as commander of the continental army, but was a victory that enabled another army to be recruited for 1777. who would have wanted to go into a continental army that was losing almost every battle it was fighting? the defeat of burgling when he invaded new york and surrendered his army in saratoga in october 17, '77, was crucial. congress's decision made at the beginning of late 1776 but implemented in early 1777 to move from an army of one year and listees to regular army was absolutely crucial because it gave washington and army of hardened veterans. the surrender of cornwallace's army was t

let me inform you that i spent seven years and navy special operations. i have a great deal of respect for thomas jefferson, who i think would be rolling over in his grave if he saw what was happening today. one of the things that i notice this one was tom's reaction, with his final statements, good luck. i also have a master's in economics. guest: i wish you good luck at this point. we will see what comes out of the health-care plan. when you start having the government take care of everybody with a problem, these are not simple solutions, we just continue to borrow money. it is an inefficient way of doing things number one. i think i am progress of in my views as well. i the government as a very tough business. i don't know that you can call on washington to solve this. she will be eligible for medicare in three years. at that point, she can probably get some of will -- some relief on these issues. she wanted to retire at 62. i am not sure government can guarantee that people can just retire at 62, or that we should be doing those kind of things. >> let

flag vessels and would not be protected by this amendment. further, the navy and marine corps don't have a sufficient number of embark security teams to protect even the relatively small number of u.s. flag vessels. based on operation tempo and dwell time, set by the chief of naval operations, it's clear that expanding deployment of e.s.t.'s would compromise other commitments. for this reason and others, the navy does not support placing them on vessels. the navy pointed out that embarking on -- embarking u.s. service members on non-u.s. vessels presents problems for legal and liability issues. i would ask the chairman and gentleman from maryland to work with me in conference with the other body to develop a lasting solution that developing united states interest and does not place an undue burden on the united states. mr. couple: -- mr. cummings: how much time is remaining? the chair: one and a half minutes for the gentleman from maryland and 3 1/2 to the gentleman from california. mr. cummings: we are talking only about providing security to u.s. flag vessel

and all nominations on the secretary's desk in the air force, army, coast guard, foreign service and navy, that the nominations be confirmed en bloc, the motion to reconsider be laid on the table en bloc, that no further motions would be in order and that any statements relating to any of these matters appear at the appropriate place in the record as if read and that the president of the united states be immediately notified of the senate's action and the senate then resume legislative session. the presiding officer: is there an objection? without objection, swithout obj. mr. reid: i ask consent, mr. president, we now proceed to a period of morning business, senators allowed to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i now ask consent that the judiciary committee be discharged from further consideration of s. 814. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: s. 81, 4 a bill to provide for -- s. 184, a bill to provide for a conveyance of a parcel of land held by the bureau of prisons of the department of justice of miami d d

other army, air force, and navy military schools and training programs still provide the public with the names of latin american students. i have a pile here. each one asserts the needs of the public interest outweigh any consideration for prifecy. i believe standing up for transparency, accountability, and our own democratic values strengthens our national security and u.s.-latin american relations. the danger comes when transparency are viewed as detrimental. the house approved this amendment last year. it should approve it again. the co-sponsors of this amendment do not agree on the fate of the whisc, but we all agree we need to restore public access to these names. look at this list, mr. chairman. all blacked out. does this look like transparency? is this democracy at work? is this the model we want latin american countries to copy? the names were covered for decades until august, 2006. openness was the norm. now it's secrecy. i i urge my colleagues to support this amendment and restore public access, transparency, accountability, it is the right thing to do. i yield back the bal

you had a distinguished academic career and served our country with great distinction. in the navy during the vietnam conflict, graduate of stanford and yale undergraduate degree. so you really have the tools and experience and the background, i think, to make a significant difference. and i personally want to say i'm excited about your nomination. i think this is going to be a great opportunity for us to get this right and to give the country that renewed sense of confidence about how this program is working, and why it is in their interest that we succeed with it. you and your family have epitomized the importance of public service. you know you now have a unique opportunity to affect the role that our financial markets and institutions play in the lives of literally virtually every american citizen. in many ways you'll hold the keys to the future of housing, financial and economic crises that we're currently encountering. and you have a remarkable opportunity to make a difference for millions of americans and i know you're aware. i know you some family members here as well this

the reduction is more than a third of the request and would substantially limit the navy's ability to complete this pam and continue to buy more upgrade kits. the navy is using the pressure of the future computation is get the best price possible on upgrade kits this year. the upgrade kits are necessary to provide -- to upgrade grade the torpedos against quiet submarines. i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman from new jersey. >> i'm pleased to yield one minute to the gentlady from illinois, ms. schakowsky. the chair: the gentleman is -- the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. schakowsky: i'm pleased that mr. skelton included one of my amendments in en bloc number two and one in en bloc number three. it would gyp date the database which collects information about civil, criminal and administrative proceedings that result in the conviction or finding of fault against u.s. businesses holding government contracts. currently access to the database is limited to chairman and ranking members of certain committee. the second requires annual reporting on individuals responsible

we have ships and you unload vessels that can respond and the navy was on board and they worked with the locals to open this up at the request of fema. >> do you have any of these ships on the gulf coast? >> on the east coast they would respond. >> and they are unable to get there in time? >> if we see the request we will move them and as we move them, we are looking at the path of the storm, to get them outside the path. >> one last question, about community disasters and other things, trailers and alternative housing. but because the season is well and to the storms will come, this is a nightmare and this is causing unmitigated suffering, on the part of the local officials with the first thing they have to do is remove debris. we had several headaches about the rules and regulations, if this was 5 inches, you were given 100%, if this was four inches, you got 80%. two inches was 20%. what has changed about this and what can you tell the local officials, that this is one of the headaches, trying to clear the streets and the roads, so people can get back. this has to be done, and it s

powerful than those of other countries and add to the fact never before in human history has a single power controlled all of the sea lanes in the world. the united states navy may not be everywhere, but it can be anywhere. and no other naval force no matter how combined if these are all of the world's navy against the u.s. navy it does not begin to measure up which means if you are in the arabian sea, if you are in a the south china sea, mature in a cabin cruiser in the caribbean, you are under the surveillance of american space in based systems and liable to interception by the u.s. navy part of this has two obvious outcomes that are very important. we get to invade other people, they don't get to invade us. that is not a trivial advantage if you have ever been invaded. does not make us why is coming it does not necessarily even make us effective but it gives us a unique advantage and the second thing that matters in the course of a century and this really is important it has the potential to reshape patterns of international trade if it chooses. unit is states, throughout the 21st century has operated under the principle of a free trade regime in which it

lieutenant commander boehm enlisted in the united states navy in april of 1941 at the age of 17. his subsequent and remarkable navy career included service in world war ii, the korean war and the vietnam war. and resulted in his receipt of nearly 30 military awards, including the purple heart, the bronze star and the meritorious service medal. notably, lieutenant commander boehm's extensive combat experience over the course of three wars led him to determine that highly specialized and diverse training would give his men a significant tactical advantage in the conduct of unconventional warfare. accordingly, in 1960, lieutenant commander boehm began developing, designing and assembling an elite special operations unit within the united states navy that would later become known as the navy sales. in fact, -- navy seels. in fact, commander boehm was the first in charge of the navy s.e.a.l. team two which is why he became known as the first united states navy s.e.a.l. admiral whitey taylor acknowledged lieutenant commander boehm's influence on the s.e.a.l. program in a 1997 letter to boehm where if quo

. >> and now a house hearing on the fiscal year 2010 budget, such as navy seals and are the rangers. adam smith chairs the subcommittee on terrorism and unconventional threats. the hearing is about one hour. >> i have an opening statement that i have written. i will submit it for the record. i just briefly want to say how important the special operations command is to our nation's national security, and how much we respect the job that you and all the people under you have done in protecting our national security. i think of a holistic approach that the command has brought in a winning the fight is invaluable. without question, you are the best in the world at finding and disrupting terrorist networks. that skill will continue to have an important role in our national security. you know how important it is to work with our partners throughout the world, to give them the training and the help that they need. just the broader message issues, how do we communicate? both your command and as impressively, the individual soldiers, marines, airmen, navy seals have developed skills in those

amphibious that can take on rotary wing also the time to unload all the back that can respond and we had navy seabees on board that went ashore and worked with locals to try to open the port facilities. i can working at the request of fema. >> you said you have to on the east coast and west coast, do you have any on the gulf coast? >> not at this point but the two on the east coast would respond -- >> they are able to get there in time? andy notice? >> yes, ma'am. if we receive a request from fema we are prepared to move those and as we move those again we are looking at that have to get clothes into a port as we can outside of the storm passed. >> last question mr. fugate and i'm going to submit several about pets, about coming into disaster loans and other things, trailers, alternative housing, but because my time is short and because the season is now and because a storm will hit this debris removal for local communities is a nightmare and causes and medicaid pain and suffering on the part of local officials that one of the first things they have to do is remove debris. and we had one head

relations with china and u.s. navies ongoing surveillance of the north korean ship suspected of transporting beer and nuclear technology. the briefing is conducted by state department spokesman kelly. it's half an hour. >> good afternoon. i think as many of you have heard the secretary on the doctor's advice decided for the g8 foreign ministers meeting and for the lsc meeting has deputy secretary steinberg said just a few minutes ago, he will go for the meeting which is the back end of the trip and undersecretary burns will represent at the g8 foreign ministerial meeting. the secretary was in the office this morning. she attended her morning staff meetings. she's already made a few phone calls. she made a bunch of phone calls over the weekend as well. the first call she made this morning were to foreign minister for teeny of italy and foreign minister of greece to express regret that she wouldn't be able to attend the two meetings. and with that i will take your questions. >> with other calls did she make? >> i know that

caller: i just wanted to say -- i served over in iraq in 2006, 2007 and the navy or marine corps. while many are quick to point out that the president made mistakes and that politicians make mistakes, i believe it is only fair to stand by and listen to what they have to say. they are our leaders first and foremost. second, the commander in chief does not have an easy job. i would invite any american citizen to go one day in whose shoes, or for that matter go one day in any of those -- of those who have served their there. i think that we have done a wonderful job and have trained iraqi policemen. it is time to finalize stepping up to take control of the country. as with any conflict or war throughout this nation's history of believe that they all come to an end. that is just history. host: thank you, we will go to defiance, ohio. caller: good morning, i stand corrected. i am a republican but i was definitely against the war, the invasion, the whole thing. but that was a horrible movie and i am starting to stand corrected. and stepping back in being pragmatic and realizing that my g

current budget, and we frankly need more retired military people talking out and telling the truth about the decay of our navy, the decay of our air force, and the decay of our long-term capabilities in the current budget constraints. budget constraints. . how do we make america the best place in the world to build the next factory and create the next high-paying job? unless we solve this, we will inevitably cease to be the leading power in the world. nothing keeps me going every day more than the thought that i do not want to turn over to maggie and robert the first generation in american history to have failed to have done its job of fixing the country so our children and grandchildren are better off, not worse off. [applause] >> without a strong economy and without scientific and technological leadership, we cannot sustain our military capabilities. the economy and education are national security issues. competing with china and india will be a bigger challenge than competing with the soviet union during the cold war. i commend to all of you bob compton's film "two million minutes ." that's four years of h

and we frankly need more retired military people talking out and telling the truth about the decay of our navy, the decarry of our -- decay of our air force and decay of our long-term capabilities in the current budget constraints. . >> i do not want to turn over the first generation to have failed to done its job of fixing the country so our children and grandchildren are better off, not worse off. [applause] without a strong economy and without scientific leadership, we cannot sustain our military capabilities. the economy and education our national security issues. competing with -- i commend all of you, which shows you vividly two indian haskell students, two attorneys high-school students, and at the end of the movie, you realize we are a country preparing for the 1956 olympics. we will win no gold medals at that level. to meet that challenge, we have to reform litigation, regulation, taxation, education, health, energy, infrastructure. that is the minimum for us to compete successfully with china and india. yes, it is big, but historically true. the scale of change requires all 513,000 e

we're going to take the navy air wing out of that and move them down. the japanese are building an entirely new runway down there. you may have seen it before you left. we're shuffling around some army flags and some -- again, i don't mean to sound trivial. it's very important to us and to the japanese. we're combining with the japanese air self-defense force in our air force in japan to have a combined operation center which would be very important for us and so on and so sóon. all through those 18 other parts of the dpri. on track, generally well-funded and very beneficial to us across-the-board. and we believe to japan's self-defense forces. now, the area where everyone kind of -- they go yeah, well, what about guam? the previous administration, president bush, the current administration, president obama, secretaries of state and secretaries of defense from both administrations have reaffirmed our national commitment to get aip done. got it. loud and clear. it's going to take some money. it's going to take some time. there is an understanding that ju

navy remines committed to supporting our troops by deterring aggression and maintaining the freedom of our seas. >> rob: one of the big thrills i had -- >> johnny: commander joe phillips was the director of the navy band. i did a concert with them about 10 or 15 years ago. did some songs, narration of a big navy concert. and the

the our cash and the irgc both have an army, navy and air force. they have overlapping missions there are other parts of the force structure, the intelligence services, the law enforcement forces and then within the islamic revolutionary guard corps, the code force which is used mainly for training and advising militias overseas. and then the militia which is also part of the irgc but is part of the 5 million are sometime it's only 10 million man army which will take up arms in case of invasion. but the main point here is that there are a number of overlapping missions. while this works very well as a way of coup proofing, it's definitely difficult as far as integration of the forces. and the different components are often competitive with one another especially over resources. so the question is what are these things being incorporated in the capabilities that one sees in iran? in some ways definitely yes certainly in the exercises and officiathe official statements o with that, and statements that go on all the time there is an effort to showcase

and they were trying to blame it on -- so we would get involved in their war. host: brooklyn in new york, stephanie on the democrats' line. caller: i totally agree with the navy serviceman who called, thank you for your service. i lost two uncles and vietnam. -- in vietnam. we went into iraq and killed millions of people, thousands of american troops were lost and we did not belong in iran. we have to let this thing play out. we should support the president and lindsay graham should be ashamed of himself saying we need to come out. we have enough problems here in this country and not on our hands in afghanistan and trying to get out of iraq and how dare him suggest that the president should and will result in iran. i support all the callers who support the president and we are americans and we should not be split between democrats and republicans. this is one country and it has been split down the middle for way too long, eight years of bush and we have nothing but blood on our hands so for lindsay graham to say this present will have blood on his hands, look at the last administration. host: that call from brooklyn, new york. the front page from "the new yor

and we frankly need more retired military people talking out and telling the truth about the decay of our navy the decarry of our -- decay of our air force and decay of our long-term capabilities in the current budget constraints. . what do we have to do so our grandchildren live in the most productive and therefore prosperous country in the world? how do we make america the best place in the world to build the next factory and create the next high-paying job? unless we solve this, we will inevitably cease to be the leading power in the world. nothing keeps me going every day more than the thought that i do not want to turn over to maggie and robert the first generation inri

and we frankly need more retired military people talking out and telling the truth about the decay of our navy, the decarry of our -- decay of our air force and decay of our long-term capabilities in the current budget constraints. . >> i do not want to t recapitalization. >> the first generation in american history to have failed to have done its job of fixing the country so our children and grandchildren are better off, not worse off. >> without a strong economy and without scientific and contingency cal leadership we cannot sustain our military capabilities. the economy and education are national security issues. competing with china and india will be a bigger challenge than competing with the soviet union during cold war. i commend to all of you bob compton's film "2 million minutes" that's four years of high school, that shows you vividly two indian high school students, two chinese high school students and two american high school students. and at the end of the movie you realize that we are a country aggressively preparing for the 1956 olympics. we will win no gold medals at that level.

and still is. he was a distinguished navy veteran of world war ii, he served our country in that way and he served both the ohio senate and the ohio house of representatives as well as the state board of education and aren't we fortunate that when he came to congress he was already an experienced legislator with a strong commitment to educating our children. 38 years, imagine that. some of our members weren't even born when ralph regula came to the congress. 38 years in e house of representatives is an earning distinction of being the second longest serving republican in the congress. congressman regula's leadership benefited our entire nation. it was a personal privilege for me to work with him on the appropriations committee. i saw firsthand his leadership, his knowledge of the issues, the respect that he commanded about all who came before him and the respect he had from both sides of the aisle. he was -- i personally am grateful to him for transforming san francisco's former army base. he was very much a part of doing that. the proceeding into one of our nation's parks and we have honored him

and he did. the navy bureau of ships didn't like his boat, but the marines loved it and they insisted on it. it was a 32-foot boat -- it carried a platoon of men; 30 men and two officers -- a flat bottom with a steel ramp and made out of plywood. very cheap construction. very simple design. a floating cigar box is what it is. but it was a boat that could handle heavy seas; it could go through a surf. it could go into a beach, drop that ramp, and you've got 30 men charging out of that boat, going right on into the enemy position. then, and this was the key to the thing, he developed a system. he had a protected propeller on it so that he could go right on into the sand and bottom-out on it, drop an anchor, a stern, as he went in. then he put a little briggs & stratton motor on the back of that boat, and he could winch himself off with that briggs & stratton, pull that boat back off the sand, and then -- here was the key to it all -- turn in the surf and get headed back out again without broaching when it w

some of these concerns in this mark, we have added $1.6 billion to operation and maintenance, including $395 million for navy aviation and ship depot maintenance, $762 million to achieve 100% for the requirement of sustainment of facilities, including the department of defense schools, which, by the way, are excellent. and $450 million to improve the quality of army training barracks. the war in afghanistan is a critical mission that is finally getting the attention it demands. and i have been saying that for quite some time. to ensure our strategy in both countries is effective and achieves the intended goals within well-defined timelines, the bill requires the president to assess american efforts and regularly report on progress. it also authorizes the new pakistan counterinsurgency fund to allow our commanders to help pakistan quickly and more effectively go to the terrorists -- after the terrorists in their safe havens. on iraq, the committee supports the president's policy while also upholding the congress' responsibility to provide oversight to the process of drawing down of the mountain material purch

and forestry. >> , a navy experience? >> 0 his first book and harvard called "the summer birds of the at around docks pookutty road about birds in new york. his second big between the naval war of 1812 which made him the top naval strategist. he became an assistant secretary of the navy. he would juggle navy with this sort of western, hunting -- like this one with the buffalo on top. roosevelt knew everything. as president, roosevelt did not just know about gray wolves or cougars, he was the world's authority on them. in a scientific way. george berger ird co-founded the boone and crockett club to save the game of america, to save buffalo, antelope, deer, terrible from being exterminated. they would commission articles and roosevelt would write this one right here on elko. you can just turn the pages. roosevelt got involved in bringing out the books. it was about gentleman hunters. they were working to save animals to shoot the animals. people have problems with that today. it was the hunters of america that formed the ear

then a navy captain hired him to work on the naval nuclear propulsion program, and he has a long list of accomplishments there. he is a fellow of the american nuclear society, recipient of the first lifetime contribution award, now known as the rockwell award, distinguished medals from the navy and u.s. atomic energy commission and a member of the national academy of engineers. he has written numerous books on technical papers, including the widely-used design manual -- how one man made a difference and created the new world. stories and images from the dawn of the atomic age. we are very glad to have you, sir. now, from the chamber of commerce -- vice president of the 21st and she -- 21st century development institute. he has served as deputy assented -- deputy assistant secretary at the apartment energy where he developed the nuclear energy policy and coordinated directions with congress, stakeholders, and the media. early in his career, he served on the house side of staffers. our last panelist began his career as a legislative aide in the oil and gas industry, and his previous wor

the tapes are rolling -- we would like to have more than less submarines and the pacific command area of responsibility. the u.s. navy and the department of defense have to make decisions as to how the portion those assets. we have what i think is a 60/40 split with the pacific command and everybody else. we regard to maritime -- freedom of access to the mayor tandem in as absolutely is central to everything we want to get done. . there are 250-some submarines in our responsibility. not very many of the more hours, but a good number. we continue to pursue asw technology. we want to make sure other countries understand what we can offer them in terms of defense and right of access of maritime command, and countries who develop technologies that we will uncounted to that policy, we will work to overcome those developments. thanks. yes, ma'am. >> thank you so much for your succinct remarks. my question is regard to a remark he made previously. you

the use of multiple components both maritime and air as well as under siege capabilities could pose a threat to shipping generally been even to the u.s. navy especially prior two our right at the beginning of a shooting war and then finally was on many people's minds is the nuclear issue wishes that iran has a bit of a rationale for developing nuclear weapons and is not clear that the iranian leadership has decided that is what they wanted to do is to deploy nuclear weapons however if they did our research has shown this would greatly complicate our power projection capabilities of course, but also make it more difficult to manage a conflict with what is a weaker conventional power and if it believes is regime's survival is at risk sometime in the future may be more willing to. did their weapons in that case so bottom-line i just went through the use key points. its military doctrine does online very well with iran's defense strategy. does try to exploit its adversaries witnesses, mainly been the united states. however, is operational capabilities to fall short in a number of areas and what is interesting is despite this and this by the ir

i was in the navy and fought in the pacific and atlantic i am also a graduate of unable for college and never heard alfred articulate it as well as you have. >> thank you. you noticed? [laughter] >> our navy guided israel start with the barbary pirates not only that it was the first time and ever since then we have been involved with the middle east. so through every single president has been a president of the united states, my question is a sea change that is possible in the next century, you did mention partly because of some of the things that john hirsch mentioned. i think the self-determination, will sony and self-determination is coming to a total end. i think the reverse is starting to happen and that nation's will be larger by becoming bigger than their neighbors and joining forces with their neighbors. one of the areas that i see a possibility, i hope, a possibility is in the middle east and to me, an article recently by khaddafi was a very interesting article with the idea that more and more there will be one and not two separate states in the middle east this could be a sea