the phones up, but we want to stick to chuck hagel and the department of defense while we have andrew tilghmanor a few more minutes. james is in newman, georgia, on our line for independents. caller: good morning, sir. thank you for taking my call. i would like to ask mr. tilghman , first of all, if chuck hagel is not doing his job, let him resign, and i would like to ask mr. tilghman what he is doing about the camp lejeune contaminated water question -- water? there has been some questions about the water base at camp lejeune. they have caused some significant health issues for marines and their families that have served their over the years. to be honest, i have not track that in great detail over the past few months, but it is my understanding there has been is arecognition that this problem and the defense department has begun to address somein recognizing that benefits are in order. host: we have talked a little bit about chuck hagel's relationship with the president. i want to get your thoughts about chuck hagel's relationship with the vice president. first, i want to show viewers the pr

with andrew tilghman is is atary times" he pentagon reporter. how surprised were you by the news yesterday? not surprised. this was under discussion for a few weeks and it was conventional wisdom secretary hagel's days were numbered. host: explain the timing coming just a couple of weeks after the midterm election. guest: the timing did surprise me. i was not expecting it to happen yesterday. -- after theing on election there was a sense the administration wanted to have a shakeup or at least the appearance of a shakeup of the national security team. the president is coming toward the end of his second term and there is only so much time left. it is hard to get someone to take the job unless you give them a certain amount of time to settle in and get something done. if the president waited another six months, it would be hard to find a successor to take the job at the pentagon for potentially 18 months. right now it looks like the follow-on secretary will have the most two years. host: was this a mutual decision, or was secretary hagel pushed ou

our guests include andrew tilghman. and later, bill shore will be here to talk about hunger in america. our show is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern/4:00 a.m. pacific on c-span. >>> looking ahead to tuesday night, we'll have a look at one community in america is handling the recent influx of young, undocumented immigrants. you'll hear from republican mayor jude it kennedy who describes efforts to provide undocumented children with education and health services. >>> then on c-span2 at 8:00 p.m., a sis dis cushion on cronyism and government. steve simpson shares his thoughts from the hungry minds speaker series. >>> and on c-span, interviews with retiring members of congress. will feature iowa democratic senator, tom har kin and howard coble. it's part of our week-long series. >>> here are a few of the comments we recently received from our viewers. >> i just have to tell you that to see these people in person, to hear them, have the panel discussion or congressional hearing, it is so important to understand the context and to l

andrew tilghman join us. billy shore will join us talking about hunger in america. we will also take your form calls -- your phone calls. decisionic grand jury in the death of michael brown. "washington journal" airs every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. new york senator charles schumer will be at the national press club today. as democratic policy committee chair, he will talk about election results and the democratic agenda moving forward. we will have that live at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. overspan2, negotiations iran's nuclear program. is by the brookings institution, and you can watch it live at 10:30 a.m. eastern. president obama will speak about immigration policy at an event today in chicago, at 3:30 p.m. eastern -- at 5:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. bob monday night, mccullough announced the grand the decision not to indict police officer in the shooting death of 18-year-old michael brown. mccullough talked about the evidence that was presented to the jury and took questions from reporters at this 45 minute news conference. >> good evening and thanks f

our guests include andrew tilghman.nd later, bill shore will be here to talk about hunger in america. our show is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern/4:00 a.m. pacific on c-span. >>> looking ahead to tuesday night, we'll have a look at one community in america is handling the recent influx of young, undocumented immigrants. you'll hear from republican mayor jude it kennedy who describes efforts to provide undocumented children with education and health services. >>> then on c-span2 at 8:00 p.m., a sis dis cushion on cronyism and government. steve simpson shares his thoughts from the hungry minds speaker series. >>> and on c-span, interviews with retiring members of congress. will feature iowa democratic senator, tom har kin and howard coble. it's part of our week-long series. >>> here are a few of the comments we recently received from our viewers. >> i just have to tell you that to see these people in person, to hear them, have the panel discussion or congressional hearing, it is so important to understand the context and to lis