ok, if it's not the ccr, then what is the answer? well, here again to your, to your point with regard to, to the ccr. whether it became a bureau or not, there was no change in the assets that we already had in hand to work on these efforts. and the focus of this group either end its existing organizational structure or how to become europe, which, among other things, it didn't because they were congressional holes from across across the, on this effort the previous administration nonetheless, went through and tried to moving forward. we decided that we needed to review it. we did the review, and as you described very, very accurately, we found that this would add no assets to what we already had in hand. it would simply create a different bureaucratic structure. but having said that, again, this was, this is something designed primarily for individual extractions medical emergencies . these men and women who are part of our operational medical unit are remarkable and do incredible work, but not the kind of work that would have been a

. >> my home for the next 2 nights will be on a tier called ccr or closed cell restriction. the men here are locked in their cells 23 hours a day. i'm given sheets, slippers and some toiletries and shown to my cell. >> cell 11, go ahead in, please. go ahead, close. naturally, phones aren't allowed. all i have is my journal, a pen, a novel, my watch and an am/fm radio. i also have cameras all around me installed by our crew to record my experience and thoughts. as journalists we know that to get to the heart of something you have to get inside it. the closer you are to something, the more -- the more is revealed to you. >> i soon meet my neighbor, william curtis who is serving a life sentence for second-degree murder. he tells me he's locked in ccr because he's tried to escape multiple times. >> how far did you get? >> not very. >> he's only allowed out of his cell one hour a day. >> do you go out? >> not very often. the last time i was out there was probably about four years ago. >> you haven't seen the sun in four years? >> four years. it's hard to imagine. i just want to g

if it's not the ccr, then what is the answer? >> here again, to your point, with regard to the ccr, whether it became a bureau or not, there was no change in the assets that we already had at hand to work on these efforts. the focus of this group either in its existing organizational structure, or had it become a bureau, and among other things it didn't because there were congressional holds from across the aisle and the previous administration nonetheless tried to move it forward and we decided to review it and we did the review and as you describe accurately, we found it would add no assets to what we already had at hand but create a different bureaucratic structure. having said that, this was something designed primarily for individual extractions, medical emergencies, these men and women who are part of our operational medical unit are remarkable and do incredible work. but not the kind of work that would have been applicable to the large evacuation that we had to conduct. >> thank you. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. secreta

. >> if it is not the ccr, then what is the answer? >> well, here again to your point, with regard to the ccr, whether it became a bureau or not, there was no change in the assets that we already had at hand to work on these efforts. and the focus of this group either in in its existing organizational structure or how to become a bureau, which among other things it didn't because there were congressional holds across the aisle. the previous administration went through and tried to move it forward. we decided that we needed to review it. we did the review. and as you described very accurately, we found that this would add no assets to what we already had at hand. it would simply create a different bureaucratic structure. but having said that, again, this was something designed primarily for individual extractions, medical emergencies, these men and women who are part of our operational medical units are remarkable and do incredible work. but not the kind of work that would have been applicable to the larger evacuation that we had to con

. >> it is not the ccr, what is the answer?regard to the ccr, whether it became a bureau or not, there was no change in the assets that we already had at hand to work on these efforts and the focus of this group either in its existing organizational structure or had it become the bureau which among other things it didn't because there were congressional holds across the aisle on this effort. the previous administration went through and tried to move it forward. we decided we needed to review it. we did the review and as you describe very accurately we found that this would add no assets to what we already had at hand and simply create a different bureaucratic structure but this is something designed primarily for individual extractions, medical emergencies. men and women who were part of our operational medical unit are remarkable and do incredible work but not the kind of work that would have been applicable to the large evacuation we had to conduct. thank you. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. mr. secretary, i can tell yo

blinken: to your point in regards to the ccr, whether it became a beer or not, there was no change in the assets we already had in hand to work on these efforts. the focus of this group, either in its existing organizational structure or had it become their bureau, which, among other things, it did not because there were congressional hold across the aisle. the previous administration nonetheless went through and tried to move it forward. we decided we needed to review it. we did the review, and, as you described very accurately, we found that this would add no assets to what we already had in hand. it would simply create a different bureaucratic structure. having said that, this was something designed primarily for individual extractions, medical emergencies. men and women who were part of our operational medical unit are remarkable and do incredible work. but not the kind of work that would have been applicable to the large evacuation we had to conduct. thank you. sen. risch: thank you very much, mr. chairman. mr. secretary, i have listened to you and a handful of other people try t

. >> if is not ccr,, and was the answer? >> in regard to ccr whether it's a beer or not, there's no change we already had a and to work on these efforts and the focus of this group and existing structures or how to become a bureau, there were congressional holes across the aisle on this effort nonetheless went through and tried to go forward. as you described, very accurately we found this would add note has as to what we already had a hand, it would just be a different bureaucratic structure but mr. something designed primarily for mental individual medical emergencies, men and women part of our medicalr unit who do incredible work but not the kind of work public largeto evaluations. >> thank you. i listened to you in a handful of others trying to put a best face on this is possible and i can tell you the american people is not there yet, this goes both ways is not enough lipstick to make it look different than what actually is so the american people want to know who's responsible so let's start with his. who made the decis

. >> if is not ccr,, and was the answer? >> in regard to ccr whether it's a beer or not, there's no change we already had a and to work on these efforts and the focus of this group and existing structures or how to become a bureau, there were congressional holes across the aisle on this effort nonetheless went through and tried to go forward. as you described, very accurately we found this would add note has as to what we already had a hand, it would just be a different bureaucratic structure but mr. something designed primarily for individual medical emergencies, men and women part of our medicalr unit who do incredible work but not the kind of work public largeto evaluations. >> thank you. i listened to you in a handful of others trying to put a best face on this is possible and i can tell you the american people is not there yet, this goes both ways is not enough lipstick to make it look different than what actually is so the american people want to know who's responsible so let's start with his. who made the decisions on

if it's not the ccr, then what is the answer? >> well, here again, to your point, with regard to the ccr, whether it became a bureau or not, there was no change in the assets that we already had at hand to work on these efforts. and the focus of this its exist organizational structure or had to become a bureau. there were congressional holds from across the aisle on this effort. the previous administration went through and tried to move it forward. we decided we need to review it. we did the review and as you described very accurately, we found that this would add no assets to what we already had at hand. it would create a different bureaucratic structure, but having said that, again, this is something designed primarily for individual extraction, medical emergencies, men and women who are part of our operational medical unit are remarkable and do incredible work. thank you. >> mr. secretary, i've listened to you and other people try to put the best face on a this as possible. the temperature of the american people is not there w