>> my question is to you, miss carolyn lerner.t seems to me in the great tide of government waste, fraud, and abuse, a big slices in the united states military. my question to you is what is your office planning on doing to expand your presence into the military, and i am not talking about acquisitions. that is bad and off. i'm talking about the day-to-day operations of the military, getting stories like your own, and dealing with the exploding costs of day-to-day operations in the pentagon. >> that is a great question. the department of defense, obviously has an active office of inspector general, and we have already been in touch with folks in that office, and hope to work closely with them. to the extent that our office is limited in terms of what we can investigate, we cannot just go after the department of defense. if we need to have a specific complaint, a specific disclosure. so, in order to do an investigation, where to -- or to bring the attention of a problem to an agency head, we have to be on the receiving end. so, to

i would like to thank our panelists, carolyn lerner, angela canterbury, christian sanchez and micah sifry, thank you for coming. we will have our next advisory committee event in late september and early october. thank you for coming and have a good day. [applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> conservative commentator dennis prager on 2012 gop presidential candidates and health care legislation. his remarks were heard at the first annual webster conservative settlement in colorado christian university. it is about 50 minutes. >> intimidating when you get a standing ovation before you speak. i can spend a lot of time thinking everybody who has made this possible. i have a slightly hoarse voice. i don't know why but i do. this is annoying when you get anything in the summer. if you get it in the middle of winter -- nobody should get a cold in the summer. is wrong. it is morally wrong. be that as it may the brain is functioning and that i

we had carolyn lerner as the new director. susan as the chair is also promising.re is legislation pending that is and anti-leak, pro- taxpayer enhancement act. it was introduced this year in the senate. it would close many of these loopholes that been created by the spackled decisions. it would expand -- created by these backhole decisions. it would expand protection for baggage screeners at airports and give specific protection for federal scientists. it would allow for normal access to courts. all of the private sector laws that we have had since 2002 -- those of 11 statutes allow for jury trials. a row employees who blow the whistle have been denied jury trials. the bill would allow for someone to have access to jury trials. we think is an appalling thing when the administrative process fails. it has improvements for the office of special counsel. it does everything we have been seeking. is it all we hoped it could be? no. it is a good down payment and it will go a long way to approve the circumstances of whistleblowers today. this bill passed unanimously in th