that created far fewer savings than a pure brac round wood. we are seeking brac authority. i know that is not an easy thing to get. >> a lot of americans became frustrated last summer when we saw the iraqi security forces on whom we had just spent $25 billion training and equipping over the course of the last decade quickly free from a much smaller and less well-trained, less well-equipped isis force in northern iraq giving up ground and leaving behind a lot of equipment, a lot of it provided by us. mr. secretary, you just return from a visit to the middle east. to look into our strategy and how things are going there. can you discuss for us the oversight we exercise over the train and equip missions in iraq and syria, and tell us a little about what is being done to make those forces accountable for the training and equipment we are giving them just to make sure that something similar does not happen. >> let begin give that a start and then as chairman nancy to chime in also. you exactly put your finger on it. what happened last your was an unwillingness of the iraqi secur

killing people's bracs. >> i'm so bum. >> the only philly team we had. 16 and elite eight and potential final four. come on guys. >> overconfident. >> nc state beat them up on the boards. they had -- as simple as that. >> it's all about matchup and they faced the wrong matchup today. >> how is your brac holding. >> pretty good. >> you c

we're going to have to find $6 billion, and find another half a billion for brac, that's who it costs every year for excess infrastructure. if we don't get those things, we're going to have to find that money somewhere. >> great thank you. >> for navy and marine corps, it is slowing down the growth of pay and compensation. it's -- we simply have to do that. we are at the point where we're choosing between keeping people or getting them the tools that they need to do their job. and i think that the proposals that have been put forward are reasonable, they're sound. and from talking to sailors and marines around the world they are the thing that concerns them the most is certainty. and the concern about sequester and whether they will have the tools to do the job that they joined the navy and marine corps to do. >> congressman, in addition you heard me with the compensation reforms, i agree with brac. i would add a couple other examples over the last year or two. we have a series of aging platforms, where we have proposed retiring some of them in order to free up money to modernize the

that created far fewer savings than a pure brac round would. we are seeking brac authority. i know that is not an easy thing to get. >> a lot of americans became frustrated last summer when we saw the iraqi security forces, on whom we had just spent $25 billion training and equipping over the course of the last decade, quickly free from a much smaller and less well-trained, less well-equipped isis force in northern iraq giving up ground and leaving behind a lot of equipment, a lot of it provided by us. mr. secretary, you just return from a visit to the middle east. to look into our strategy and how things are going there. can you discuss for us the oversight we exercise over the train and equip missions in iraq and syria, and tell us a little about what is being done to make those forces accountable for the training and equipment we are giving them, just to make sure that something similar does not happen. >> let me give that a start and then ask chairman dempsey to chime in also. you exactly put your finger on it. what happened last year was an unwillingness of the iraqi se

brac round in 2016. brac has been controversial in the past but defense department must shed at least 25% excess infrastructure it does not necessarily need and use these resources to the best and higher priorities. again i would appreciate your views on this matter. while the focus today is on the defense budget the pentagon simply can not meet all these national security challenges without help of other government department agencies, state justice homeland security intelligence community and so again i would ask as aspish to comment on the interagency necessities that are facing the department. let me command all our witnesses working hard. the chairman particularly his efforts our mutual letter to the budget committee and i look forward to your testimony. >> secretary carter. >> thank you mr. chairman ranking member reed, all members of the committee. thank you for inviting me to be here today with you and thank you for confirming me as secretary of defense. i'm honored bit trust and confidence of pr

and i'd like to know if you have given any thought about including the brac status as a criterion in the 2015 applications. i think it is important to recognize that brac has been responsible to a lot of areas to experience severe economic downturn. and there have been some examples of closed military bases that really added to economic growth through creative means and i think the new market tax credit would be a great place to go. so i'd like you to look at that as well. >> congressman i'm not aware of any discussion regarding brac eligibility but i'm happy to take it back and look at it. >> thank you so much. and then also lifo. and we've had this discussion before, last in, first out. the proposal in the budget is a little disheartening. not only because it is lifo, which is very, very disruptive in general. but specifically in this proposal you have got a receipt retro ooktive provision in there if i understand it correctly. so in enacted it would go back decades and take back money that was -- that was generated through a tax policy that was on the books and legal. this would d

congressman in addition you heard me with a 10 and the compensation reforms i certainly agree with brac. i would add a couple of other examples over the last year or two. we have a series of aging platforms where we have proposed retiring some of them in order to free up money to modernize the rest of them and to go to the next generation. those sorts of actions have tended to be blocked so i'm thinking of the jstars last year and there are a series of them in that regard. one other that i will give you which is difficult to work there and i'm an alumni of the committees understand this but nonetheless these are tough choices. we have too many overall c-130s in this league. for all the shortage and we have that for one platform that comes to mind that we have too many off. we are trying to modernize and upgrade some of the older ones we are going to keep so we have all of this going on at once and we are trying to shift them around the country to get better efficiencies and to provide certain coverage of certain areas because we don't have the authority to do a brac. well that whole mov

with regard to brac, i understand the department is again requesting a base realignment and closure in 2017. while brac has been controversial in the past, i believe we feed to consider efforts to allow the defense department to shed what may be as much as 25% in excess infrastructure. it does not necessarily need and use these resources to invest in higher priorities. again, i would appreciate your views on this matter. while the focus today son the defense budget, the pentagon cannot meet all these national security challenges without the help of our other government departments and agencies, including state, justice, homeland security, the intelligence community and so again i would ask, as you speak to comment on the interagency necessities that are facing the department. >> we commend the witnesses for working hard and comment the chairman for his efforts and i look forward to your testimony. >> secretary carter. secretary carter: thank you mr. chairman. ranking member reed, all the members of the committee. thank you for inviting me to be here today with you and thank you for con

so i'd like you to look at that as well. >> congressman i'm not aware of any discussion regarding brac eligibility but i'm happy to take it back and look at it. >> thank you so much. and then also lifo. and we've had this discussion before, last in, first out. the proposal in the budget is a little disheartening. not only because it is lifo which is very, very disruptive in general. but specifically in this proposal you have got a receipt active provision in there, if i understand it correctly. so in enacted it would go back decades and take back money that was -- that was generated through a tax policy that was on the books and legal. this would devastate not only small family businesses but the employees that they employ today. this is something -- this would shut businesses down. some of those in my district, that you are very well aware of. and is there a reason for the receipt activity? going back seems terribly unfair and destructive. >> there's question about standards for a long time and obviously the attempt is as part of tax reform come one that better more fair efficient app

but with her mother having ovarian cancer and dying at the age of 49 she's brac gene positive.hat was a wise decision. there was controversial the decision he made in 2013 because there were no tumors at the time. >> isn't this where we want health care to be in this country at this time? prevention? >> we're always behind eight ball when we treat somebody who has had a heart attack. if we can prevent these things from happening on the front end and can detect them early, we can save lives. angelina jolie is thinking about her husband and her children. a very brave move on her part. >> i appreciate your time. thanks so much. >> thank you so much. >>> stick around. lots more coming up with our response panel here on "the ed show." >>> stocks end in the red as the dow falls more than 100 points the s&p sheds 12 and the nasdaq sheds down 16. prices were boosted by an increase in the cost of gas, which moved higher for the first time since june. new home sales jumped last month to a seven-year high. they soared nearly 8% compared with expectations for decline. that's it from cnbc,

jolie carries a mutation of the brac gene that increases her rick of cancer.ting is essential, her doctor says. >> it could be the most important thing that a woman ever does in her entire life in order to preserve her life. if you think about it, in these families generation after generation of women and men will die from cancers. and until recently no one understood it. now we get. it there's a gene. you can test for it pretty easily and save your life. >> cancer experts say jolie made the right call to have that surgery. of course she said and insisted in her op-ed it's not everyone's solution. so people have to make their own decisions. >> yeah. >>> the newly announced u.s. presidential candidate who led a crusade against obamacare will be signing up for it. republican senator ted cruz says he'll get health insurance coverage through the affordable care act even though he's vowing to repeal it. he says he's following the law as written with his wife on leave. cruz won't get insurance through her employer. >>> now for a lucky escape for passengers on a bus

. >> you got bracs all over the place. >>> i do. >> you spent your day filling out bracket. >>> how aboutnova fans got the wildcats penciled for a couple of wins maybe even a national title. howard eskin here with more as villanova takes their first step on that journey today. howard. >> one great thing for schools players and coaches is going into the ncaa tournament they all have dreams of a national championship. every school. as a number one seed the fans i'm sure at villanova fans obviously believe their shot this year is the best ever going into the dance. the wildcats got the big send off to pittsburgh today. ♪ >> pep band was there are the cheerleaders were there, you can excuse them all from class. >> it's great. it's great. great to see our fans out here. >> fans of all ages with a send off and hopes for a deep run in the tournament but one important message from coach jay wright. enjoy the journey. >> as coaches we get to do this a lot. when you're a player you only get four years to do this you want to make sure the players get to enjoy you know every part of it and for a play

and i'd like to know if you have given any thought about including the brac status as a criterion in the 2015 applications. i think it is important to recognize that brac has been responsible for a lot of areas to experience severe economic downturn. and there has been some examples of closed military bases that really added to positive economic growth through creative means, and i think the new market tax credit would be a great place to go. so i'd like to get you guys to look at that as well. >> congressman i'm not aware of any discussion regarding brac eligibility, but i'm happy to take it back and look at it. >> thank you so much. and then also lifo. and we've had this discussion before, last in, first out. the proposal in the budget is a little disheartening. not only because it is lifo, which is very, very disruptive in general. but specifically in this proposal you have got a retroactive provision in there, if i understand it correctly. so if enacted it would go back decades and take back money that was -- that was generated through a tax policy that was on the books and legal

with the prospect of a brac round in the future, which we would all hope to avoid in our state, a reserve fund such as this which could help states deal with these challenges and then maybe avoid a bracc scaledown or closure would be appropriate and so i would ask support for my amendment. thank you. senator enzi: opposition? this is meant to be flippant. doesn't that deepen your port? the next amendment then be by senator graham. followed by senator toomey. senator graham: thank you, mr. chairman. this amendment will increase the o.c.o. account by $38 billion and i don't know if we have the charts on isil -- anyway, in 2011, we entered into sequestration and there's the chart somewhere around here, i thought, that would show you where isil is today in terms of territory they hold. they didn't basically exist then. so the reason i'm trying to increase the -- right. they're probably coming there. the reason i'm trying to increase the o.c.o. account is because the president has rightly said we may leave more troops behind in afghanistan than we planned. there are at least 3,000 soldiers in

. >> what i would say is brac, we have a billion dollars half a billion dollars a year in infrastructure in the army. we have to address that issue, if we don't, we're goi

we are seeking brac authority. i know that that is not an easy thing to get but we simply have to reduce tale or we have to take it out and i don't think anyone wants that. >> a lot of americans were frustrated last summer when we saw the iraqi security forces on whom we had spent $25 billion training and equipping over the course of the last decade. quickly free from a much smaller and less well-trained less well equipped basis force in northern iraq giving up ground and weapons and leaving behind a lot of weapons. you just returned from a visit to the middle east to look into our strategy and how things are going there. can you discuss for us the oversight we exercise over the train and equipped missions in iraq and syria and tell us a little bit about what is being done to make those forces accountable for the training and equipment we are giving them to make sure that something more doesn't happen and our investments. >> thank you senator. let me ask martin dempsey to chime in also. you exactly put your finger

broke persisted -- brac persisted in the operation he organized finally went ahead catching the enemy by surprise and driving them from the amount and. his battalion suffered 1300 casualties, and they won 27 medals, among them a bronze star for ed brooke. it's reward was to be dismantled and its personnel scattered to places where many could neither sit at the lunch candle -- counter nor vote. that's where we were back then. and we must never forget that as much as i patton and marshall, ed brooke and african-americans who joined in fighting fascism report of the greatest generation, and we owe them an incalculable debt. but this was just the beginning of ed brooke's journey. as a legislator, senator brooke was always on the cutting edge championing a woman's right to choose, taking on the tobacco industry when smoking was still considered to be pretty cool, initiating a program to help minority business people create jobs guaranteeing women equal access to credit and offering an amendment that to this day in naples tens of thousands of people each year to qualify for public housing a

one of the thuption that we don't to make sure that the brac ground check would be thorough is we require that the school districts would check both the state and federal databases. let me give a little story about why this is so important. in alaska parents got a very, very rude awakening when they discovered this story. it was on august 29 of just last year. alaska state troopers arrested a middle school teefn in kiona alaska. the teefn had fled missouri four years earlier h. escape an -- to escape an arrest warrant. the teefn he had raped and starved his own children. these kids were literally burrowed. they heated the food up on a furnace just to survive. it is one of these unbelievable horror stories. while this monster was able to obtain a teaching certificate in alaska and teach there teaching kids for four years and when asked how could this possibly happen the alaska department of education explained that alaska's background check only checks the state's criminal registry. now, had our legislation been in force, they would have been required to check the federal registry and they

so you got to check both the federal and state databases to make sure you're doing a thorough brac ground chefnlgt and the second -- background chefnlgt and the second requirement is you can't engage -- you can't permit anybody to engage in this appalling practice that is known as passing the trash. it's -- it's shocking that this could even exist. but it does. and i will tell you a story that actually inspired this legislation, which is a case in point in passing the trash. so the story begins with a teacher teaching in delaware county pennsylvania, and this teacher was a pedophile. he was molesting boys that were supposed to be in his care. now, the school district figured out what was going on. there was never enough evidence to actually prosecute but they knew something was very much wrong, and they decided the school district decided it would be better if this teacher became someone else's problem. so as appalling as it what they did is wrote a letter of recommendation to recommend this teacher for another job provided that he would leave. well he left, went across the state border i