and the chinook will be a part of our inventory probably until at least 2025. but we still believe we need an armed aerial scout program. and we're pursuing it as an important priority. >> if i could just add to the last piece. the armed aerial scout is important for us. it's an important capability that we have to sustain. as the secretary said, we're doing an analysis of alternatives that will be done in '13. and once we do that, we'll have to make a decision whether we go to a new aircraft or do we continue then to keep the kiowa warrior and upgrade the kiowa warria that will be a decision that is made next year. right now we expect to have the kiowa warria through 2025. so this is an incredibly important program. we'll look at analysis and decide on how we want to move forward. >> i said chinook. obviously kiowa warrior. thank you. >> thank you, mr. secretary and general. thank you. general, can you tell us what you believe the status and readiness of the army's current inventory of prepositioned equipment is? >> i feel very confident with it. in fact we've

since you've been using the multiyear for chinooks for the last five years and i understand that one will expire this year, what have you seen as the biggest benefit for you and the taxpayer of having the authority that has led you to request a second multiyear contract. and the second part of it is the armed aerial scout program an army priority? >> as the ch-47, we found that multiyear contract to be very efficient. we're very, very pleased with the product and the product line. and as we have looked hard at our acquisition strategies both successes and failures over the last several years, the ch-47 contract is currently configured, seems to have embodied a lot of the answers and a lot of the solutions to some of our challenges. so we thought it was in the best interest both in terms of production line but most importantly for the taxpayer and for the army to extend that contract. i'm hoping that that comes through to fruition. as the armed aerial scout is still a priority for us. we're looking at an analysis of our way forward, as you know, for now. we're deal with the shin okchi

we have $1.4 billion for the ch-47 chinook. it is now in fy 12 and last year, five-year procurement program, requesting authority for a new procurement program beginning in fy 13. that will provide for 25 new and 19 remanufactured airframes. we're asking for $1.2 billion for the blackhawk, which -- which is in a new multiyear program this year. if i said chinook, it ends a multiyear program in '12, begin a new one in '13. the blackhawk began a new one in '12. so we are in the second year of that one and asking for 59 new blackhawk aircraft associated with that. we're also asking for $1.2 billion for co-patchy equipment. and committed to heavy lift asset asking for ten new and 40 remanufactured block three apaches. sorry. combat aircraft. we're aski ining the for $518 million for grand systems with support equipment that enable us to equipped two more companies that will give us a total of 17 companies in the army. 15 in the active component and 2 in our special operating forces. and then we're asking for $486 million in oco for

. >> those were sort of what they call chinook winds that come sloping down off of the rockies.r has had almost twice the amount of snow that it normally gets by this time of the year. that's one of the rare locations in this country where we have been parched for snow lovers around here, it does not look like any chance of snow for the next several days. in fact, we've got quite a warm-up on the way. there's a live view from our city camera. there's the washington monument. 51 balmy degrees. elsewhere temperatures are in the low to mid 40s. and in fairfax county, it's in the upper 40s. also upper 40s, montgomery county, prince george's county and in the district upper 40 sz to around 50. much of maryland and eastern shores around 50. up around the mountains it's mild. cumber land's at 52, petersburg at 49. mild in the shenandoah valley compared to this time of the morning. we do have an area of rain in this area of green, a few sprinkles in western maryland, in allegheny and garrett county, stretching down through central west virginia. this is drying as it heads east but it ma

sorry, i said chinook, chinook ends a multiyear program in '12, we begin a new year in '13.he blackhawk did begin anew in '12, so we're in the second year of that one, we're asking for 59 new blackhawk associate with the that. we're also asking for $1.3 billion for apache procurement, we are stretching out over a longer period of time, but we remain completely committed to that very critical heavy-lift asset, and we're asking for ten new and 40 remanufactured black 3 apaches. sorry. combat aircraft. we're asking for $518 million for procurement of 19 additional gray eagle unmanned systems with support equipment that will enable us to equip two more companies, that will give us a total of 17 companies in the army, 15 in the active component and two in our special operating forces. and then we're asking for $486 million in oco for replacement of two apaches, six chinooks and 16 kiowa warriors, and those were lost or significantly damage inside the current war effort. turning now to missiles procurement, the total of appropriations is 2.4 billion, down about 230 million from th

going to start saying well, we can't get into these places so, we're going to up the tempo for the chinooks to do what the c-130s can't do. and i guess my question is long-term. this is a short-term savings. is it also a long-term savings? have we looked at the 20, 30-year life cycle of these aircraft? >> i think -- i think they have looked at the long-term savings that we be achieved here. and part of the goal in developing our strategy was obviously to ensure that we had not only agility and ability to deploy quickly, but that what we were using was multimission and designed to accomplish a series of missions, not just one. and the problem with that one aircraft was that it was kind of single mission-oriented. >> right. >> and that's why i think the air force recommended that we move towards the c-130s. >> okay. i'm a little suspicious of -- i've just heard from some of my army friends that they like the greens, they like the same uniform and the aircraft above them. it makes them a little more comfortable. >> that shocks me, congressman, for the record. >> my last question in a very shor

more than half only had trace amounts of lead, the rest fall somewhere in between the lowest include chinook, black honey, -- clinique, black honey, bahamas mama showing price doesn't make a difference. >> there is really no telling as far as price, color, application type, none of that will give way for a consumer to understand there is lead in the lip stick or not. >> fda says it has no safety concerns ability lead in lip stick -- about lead in lip stick right now but there are online cosmetics data bases you can check if you want to be careful. >> fda considering standards, canada has a limit of 10 parts per million in products applied to the skin. california does have a stricter standard allowing only 5 parts per million, just two of these 400 samples tested by the fda exceeded that mark. melanie, fox 5 news. >> wow that is pretty startling. >> always controversy about that they say one thing everybody else says the other. >> okay. but i wouldn't put it on every day. >> no. >> well, with all the different choices of shades. >> what are you wearing today? >> i normally rock a nude color h

i know i've been on just about every kind of helicopter or chinook that you can name, and i know every i never ever took any flight for granted. >> point well made. i'll agree with that. chris lawrence, thanks so much. we'll stay on top of the investigation. >>> we've also learned that two nato troops killed by a man in an afghan army uniform were americans. they were shot as hundreds of afghans protested the burning of korans. president obama has now written a letter to afghan president hamid karzai apologizing for this grave mistake. cnn's nick paton walsh is in kabul. nick, we're hear that the taliban there in afghanistan is telling muslims to attack military nato bases? >> reporter: absolutely. the taliban have always told afghans to rise up against what they regard as the infidel occupy. they're trying to harness genuine discontent and loathing, to be honest, by many afghans for this admission that a koran was burned or many different parts of religious text were burned on an air base not far from me here in kabul run by americans. we've had two key protests. one in which a norweg

we of $1.4 billion -- have $1.4 billion in the chinook. we're requesting authority for a new five-year program beginning in 2013. that will provide for 25 new and 19 remanufactured air frames. we're asking for $1.2 billion hawk.e blackrock -- blackroc sari, chinook and a new program in 2012, begins a new one in 2013. we're asking for 59 new blackrock aircraft -- black hawk aircraft. apache procurement is stretched out over a longer time, but we are committed to that heavy lift asset. we're asking for 10 new and 40 remanufactured block three apaches. combat aircraft. we are asking for $518 million for procurement of 19 additional brae eagle unmanned systems which support equipment that will enable us -- bayer ego unmanned systems which support equipment -- bare eagle unmanned systems. we're also asking to replace aircraft that have been lost or significantly damaged in the current war effort. turning now to missile procurement, the total of those two appropriations is down about to under $30 million from the 2012 enacted -- $230 million fro

we are dealing with the chinook and the cockpit upgrade program as a bridge to that.will be part of our amatory until at least 2025. we still believe in the discount program and are pursuing it as an important priority. >> the armed aerial scalp is important to us. -- scout is important to us. we are doing an analysis that will be done in 2013. we will make a decision whether to go to a new aircraft. that will be a decision made next year. right now, we expect to have the warriors through 2025. this is an incredible -- incredibly important program. we will decide on how we want to move forward. >> thank you. mr. secretary, thank you. general, can you tell us what you believe the readiness of the army's immaterial prepositioned equipment is? >> i feel very confident with it. we just issued our equipment in kuwait to the brigade that moves from there into iraq. it is in very good condition. it is important for us to sustain our prepositioned fleet in good condition. we will continue to review this. do we have to make some minor adjustments in prepositioned fleets? are t