that actually happened in brac 2005. proposed to close the brunswick naval air station in maine, and one at -- what the proposal was was to move the forces to the jacksonville station in florida but keep the base open. .he commission adjusted that the view of the commission was that it would be the worst of all worlds. the community would lose their jobs, but they won't gain the assets. the commission adjusted the recommendation, fully within their authority, and brunswick naval station did close and there is a redevelopment project under way up there. --t: what is realignment may what does realignment mean? guest: it basically means change to the base itself. you may move one force off base but another force on base. example be aberdeen proving ground in maryland. when fort monmouth close, most of the positions moved to the aberdeen proving ground's. it was significant military construction, new jobs moved there. fort monmouth itself closed. does the process only affect the bases for military structures domestically? gu

that actually happened in brac 2005.the navy proposed to close the brunswick naval air station in maine, and one at -- what the proposal was was to move the forces to the jacksonville station in florida but keep the base open. .he commission adjusted that the view of the commission was that it would be the worst of all worlds. the community would lose their jobs, but they won't gain the assets. the commission adjusted the recommendation, fully within their authority, and brunswick naval station did close and there is a redevelopment project under way up there. --t: what is realignment may what does realignment mean? guest: it basically means change to the base itself. you may move one force off base but another force on base. example be aberdeen proving ground in maryland. when fort monmouth close, most of the positions moved to the aberdeen proving ground's. it was significant military construction, new jobs moved there. fort monmouth itself closed. does the process only affect the bases for military structures domestic

of a brac. now, we put brac in the budget. in the early years, it costs money. in the later years, it saves. so with brac starting in 2017, there's not a lot of savings, but we put the money many to pay for a brac because we feel we need it so badly for the very reasons you suggest. >> right here, up front. >> all right. my name is -- [inaudible] i am from south korea with -- [inaudible] i ask a question from your perspective. first, how the reduced number of u.s. army troops would affect the presence in asia including on the korean we anyones that. -- peninsula. second question is secretary hagel said that he wants to substitute u2 aircraft with global hawks, and these are technical question. do you want the allies to contribute to substitute the u2 with their own global hawks? >> so the importance of our relationship with korea and the importance of our commitment to south korea and the troops on the peninsula is not affected by our plans. in fact, it was one of those strategic imperatives as an input as we sized the army and other forces, for ma matter. so --

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the air force had made it clear that they would like to close bases under the brac process. we are looking at a situation in which the structure is likely to decline unless we make a decision to reverse that. host: is it easier to close a branch base? don't think so. i think what is challenging as relocating the unit. if it is a research unit that has very sensitive research equipment, that has to be handled carefully. it depends on what the nature is. caller: good morning. thank you for taking my call. what isious as to really going to happen with guantanamo bay. to know if guantanamo bay is on the list foreclosures -- four closures. there has been so much talk in the media. as far as being in a hot zone -- can you comment on that? guantanamo bay is in an overseas location, in cuba. it is not covered by the brac process. it is only focused on u.s. domestic installations. lepore, thank you for your time. the atlantic council is where we will take you next. it is an event with marietje schaake. that event will take place shortly. >> we are alive at the atlantic council. last

why would someone put it up for sale at a brick-a-brac sale. >> that's a good question. i don't know the answer to that. i don't know how many of the story that you followed, but at one point in time it sold at sotheby's in 1962. they didn't realise what it was. it sold for $1500. it was marked watch in egg-shaped case. it guess if the people at sotheby's can't figure it out, a flea market probably is not either. >> talk to me about the original owner of the egg. >> the originalener was the imperial family. it was made in 1885 by faberge. and they made 50 of these from 1880 until 1916 for the tzar's family. he was given them every year as an easter gift, quite the easter egg, to give to his wife. each took a year or longer to make. each one was made of the finest precious metals and diamonds and enamels that could be made. they are handmade, they are one of a kind. only the best for royalty. i mean, >> many of the eggs were lost during the russian revolution. how many did go missing? >> well it's said eight, and i'm guessing now that there's seven still missing, so anybo

. >> another round of brac would be different. it would probably cost about $6 billion. we'll save $2 billion a year in perpetuity. if we don't do that, we are basically wasting $2 billion a year. we need your help on this one. >> and do you have any information on when we might expect the report on the european infrastructure? >> i don't know the exact date. we need to do both. we cut a lot in europe and will continue to as it's appropriate, but we also know we have domestic infrastructure that's unneeded. we need to go after both. i know how hard this is. i don't want to see us wasting money. >> i appreciate that, but it would be helpful for us to have that information so we can help work with you -- >> we'll get awe date for the record. >> thank you. >> senator shaheen, thank you very much. senator fisher. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and i thank the witnesses for all being here today. first of all i would like to say, mr. secretary, that i appreciate your comments that you made last month with regards to modernizing our nuclear capabilities. and also with your attenti

fully manned and our installations aren't fully utilize which will create more of a discussion about brac and for the future is going to have an impact. >> what impact does that have on the u.s. readiness in terms of being able to respond? >> if i could jump in and i say this as someone who was on the outside and only recently on the inside but the thing that i worry about most going back to the sequester has to do with the preparedness and the readiness of the airmen in the military at large. what all of us want is we want to make sure they have the training and equipment so they can do their job and stay safe if we send them into harm's way. in some ways i think our air force is done such a fabulous job over the last 25 years. we are the victim a little bit of our own success because thank goodness there haven't been that many crashes and accidents that there have been some and i worry that if the money gets tighter and tighter we may see more fatalities and more lost aircraft. that's something you can't capture until it happens and i hope it doesn't happen. >> two extra questions in th

freezes for those russians that it deems well it seems to have been involved in the crisis now after brac obama ordered the sign sions the e.u. said it could follow suit but there is reason to believe that european nations may be reluctant to follow through on that promise for example the e.u. is hoping to gain leverage with these sanctions but what do they stand to lose around. nineteen million russian tourists poor and billions of dollars in the e.u. coffers every year and sanctions put could put an end to that massive cash pipeline and speaking of pipelines russia pumps natural gas to europe which accounts for nearly a third of the e.u.'s supplies russia is also a very lucrative market for european common factors as well you see them a sadie's there and paris struck a one point six billion dollar defense deal with moscow on twenty eleven that will see french warships being sent to russia and russians are a major cash cow for britain as well bang hundreds of millions in luxury taxes every single year and geo political analyst patrick henningsen he gave us more reasons why sanctions woul

building a case, harold tillinggast was one thing, but his brother, jerry, was the big fish, running his brac@s from prison. at one point, foley protected him from the wiretaps in prison. >> from jerry's perspective, he basically took full ownership that steve foley, which is me, he's my guy, he pays me, and if they have a problem with that, have them some see me. >> reporter: armed with police testimony, along with the tapes, the photos and the documents, the attorney general went after jerry and harold and other members of their mob family. >> he caught my brother sleeping. >> reporter: in a twist of irony, even jerry tillinghast had to respect what o'donnell pulled off. >> if the shoe's on the other foot, would i do the same thing? probably, you know? >> reporter: that same year, foley, now back to steven o'donnell, was honored by his peers and even the president. today, a picture hangs as a reminder of those six years under cover in the office of colonel steven o'donnell, now the head of the entire rhode island state police. for "today," andrea canning, nbc news, providence, rhode island.