the basra aviation hub and the basra activity are about less than a kilometer apart. it is one -- two contracts because of the different nature of the work. but there is one project supervisor on scene to do both. >> okay. rather than going through all of that, what i would like if you would supply that for the record is whether or not each of these construction projects has a contracting officer representative, whether or not they have received the required training, where they're located and whether or not there's a quality assurance plan. those are all requirements for cors that i know you're working toward. >> if i might -- >> i'd like to see how many are already assigned. >> you opened by talking about the qddr and about need for change, and can i respond to that question as well? >> let me get through the rest of my questions, and then i will, if i have some time -- >> ambassador, if you're willing to stay beyond 11:00, we'd be happy -- >> i'll stay beyond 11:00. >> and we won't take that off your time. let him respond now. >> okay. you could convince my chairma

that's right anyone who's investor is fear for sales that corruption is a big problem in basra it's something we hear from officials all the time are quite some harsh words from the president saying that he believes that corruption is literally choking profits economy and that people and the figures that are doing this need themselves to be taken care of i'll let him in his own words paid out free how he sees. the noose around the necks of us who practice corruption should be tightened and the whole of russia agrees with this you don't get any exception which could be corruption is very difficult to do with the existing order of cruelty prosecution is very slow and very complicated but it should be maintained at least say that there are clear guarantees in place in case of unjustified accusations which unfortunately does sometimes happen in the ocean which at the same time the government should be purged of corruption to some civil way slow down for the us we should influence the way to suspected of corruption you will dismiss complex service. now in terms of corruption of course the presiden

fifth fleet is stationed there and from what i hear from basra needs by looking at the construction they believe that the u.s. is expanding its naval base there that it's growing that they're building upon it and they also say that the united states used a u.k. air force base in bahrain to fly planes out of and used that base so i want to ask you if you did see those as being some of the largest interests in the region. well absolutely the whole if you look at it from the geopolitical perspective with objectives of the united states that this. is militarized. militarizing big time middle east in the persian gulf. and there's no exception there's a mess for deployment of u.s. military much throughout the region and. the gulf states of posters in this so i think of course with saudi arabia. to get info i didn't see. we we had indications although no evidence that saudi arabia is also doing this in syria. that's another i mention of this of this geopolitical sure will. cause any kind of humanitarian still humanitarian operation waged on syria that whole region which is there all of the east

>> basra. all of our c e r s r located. are located. they are professional architects or engineers. >> had they had that training? >> that is part of our requirement for foreign service. >> i am trying to get to whether or not practice is reflecting policy. is there a quality assurance plan for that contract? >> yes ma'am. quite the same thing for the aviation hub? >> yes, ma'am. i believe the court is the same. the aviation hub and the activity are about less than 1 kilometer apart. there are two contracts because of the different nature of the work, but there is one project supervisor on scene to do both. >> rather than going through all of that, i want to know whether or not each of these contracts as a representative. whether they have had the training, where are they located, and whether there is a quality assurance plan. those are all requirements i know you are working towards. >> you open it by talking about the need for change. can i respond to that question as well? >> let me get through the rest of my questions and i have som

this officer, like so many others i have met on different bases in the baghdad and basra, walter reed and the bethesda naval hospital, he spoke with humility about how his unit worked together as one. they depended on each other and trusted one another. the same way a family would do any time of peril. that is a lesson worth remembering. we are all part of one american family. although we have no disagreement and divisions, we are bound together by the creed that is written into our founding documents and the conviction that the united states of america is a country that can achieve whatever it sets out to accomplish. now, let us finish the work at hand. lettuce responsibly and the wars in to reclaim the american dream that is at the center of our let us go about the work of extending the promise of america for this generation and the next. me god bless our troops in demigodand may god bls the united states of america. >> you were listening live to president obama address the nation, saying that starting next month, in july, tend thousand troops will be brought home, a total 33,000 tr

>>> in iraq today, a suicide car bomber killed two police officered a one civilian in the city of basra. norths say that suicide-bomber ran the car into the gates of a police building. >>> the u.s. says they still can't tell us where $6.6 billion in cash that was delivered in iraq in 2008 and 2004 is -- 2004 is. the united states sent plane loads of cash to iraq to pay for reconstruction project. a lot of the money, they say, was probably stole be. >>> we're now learning that an al qaeda leader was carrying plans for bombings in western countries when he was killed in soy maly ya -- somalia. fazul abdullah mohammed was responsible for the can bombings in kenya. last week he was killed by soldiers in somalia by a checkpoint. officials say they will very sp he was carrying with western governments. >>> medicare -- this year, the new healthcare insurance law provides a 50% discount for certain people. republicans continue their effort to strike down the healthcare plan in iraq. >>> we're hearing about another incredible first for modern medicine. a transplant that they say could change the

>> basra. >> they are forward located. are forf our cor's located? >> do you know what their training is? >> they take a course at the foreign service institute and they are professional architects and engineers. >> this score in particular has had the training? >> i will confirm it in writing but that is part of our requirement for foreign service -- >> trying to get to whether or not practice is actually reflecting policy. is there equality assurance program for the project? >> yes. >> same thing for the aviation hub? >> yes. >> is there a core and what kind of training? >> i think the core for the aviation hub is the same. basra aviation hub and the activity are about less than a kilometer apart. two contracts because of the different nature of the work. but there is one project supervisor on scene to do both. >> rather than going through all of that, what i would like it if you could supply for the record whether or not -- the construction projects as a contracting officer representative, whether or not receive the requirement -- require training

baghdad, task order for static and movement security in basra and movement security at embassy kabul. to the maximum extent possible, we are repurchasing existing dod infrastructure property for each of our sites. we've let numerous as of these, contracts in iraq, the status of those efforts is outlined in my written testimony. on medical contract was awarded for iraq on may 15th. we are leveraging the dod resources and theater where the dod has superior capabilities. an example was all cap iv which is attested support mechanism. use on an interim basis is giving states the time to solicit it's on life support contract to be another example is the use of the defense logistics agency food and fuel contract. also for gmt we are supplementing their oversight with subject matter from dod and discussing a deploy contingency staff of the defense contract management agency to read diplomatic security is founded in a surge to devotee which provides a temporary increase in the polygraph operators, investigative assistance and interpreters. this will aid in more rapid betting life-support contr

speaker, i feel building water treatment plants in basra and baghdad kandahar, and kabul b. you don't see us building much -- but i don't see us building much needed water treatment plants in the cities of glades that i he represent, belle glade, as well as others, deerfield beach, and my hometown i have had requests for water treatment matters, as well as riviera beach. every year cities and counties in the congressional district that i'm privileged to serve come begging and asking for money to support infrastructure projects that no one is likely to blow up. and yet we don't fund them. i don't say that we shouldn't help the iraqi or the afghan people or develop their country. but i do say we ought to be mindful in our own country we have bridges collapsing, dams breaking, levees failing, and water utilityities leaking away. we simply cannot justify to the american people our willingness to spend tens of billions of dollars in iraq and afghanistan while negligenting those same efforts here at home. finally -- negligenting -- neglecting those same iferts here at home. this c