this is particularly true for the marine corps. with respect to the realignment of the u.s. marines on oakkinao we have advocated changes to the current plan in ways that support the strategic goals of the u.s. military posture in the region while also accounted for the fiscal, political, and diplomatic realities associated with long-term sustainability. last month, the u.s. and japan announced that they intend to amend certain elements of the plan, including the delinking of the movement of marines off okinawa from the progress on the replacement facility, and adjusting the unit composition and a number of marines that will move to guam. as the details are finalized, it is important that any changes be jointly agreed upon and jointly announced with japan with a goal of achieving a more viable and sustainable u.s. presence in japan and on guam. as we discussed the budget issues here at home, our thoughts are principally focused on places far from here. nearly 20,000 marines are partners with an approximately equal number of afghan security forces in afghanistan, in the effor

the same thing is going on with the marine corps. they are protecting the institution over the health and safety of the people and serve them. >> we are going to show a clip of a man named mike partain and his wife. who are they, and why did you include them? >> mike partain is a man who lives in tallahassee, fla., and found out about the camp lejeune after he saw jerry testifying. he saw cnn coverage of that. mike was born at camp lejeune, and when he was a child, he came down with male breast cancer. he did not have the genetic marker. it is a very rare situation. usually, there is a precursor for it. he was struggling with this illness when he heard about the water contamination through gerry's testimony and immediately called jerry and wanted more information, and as soon as he was healthy enough, he became very involved in the fight. we are really able to see somebody get immersed into this situation. when he met jerry he was already full into it. it was good to see might begin this process, which we were not able to see whether

the decisions itel corp. not the decisions that news corp. wanted. >> the secretary of state is a man of honor and substance. i have just learned that rupert murdoch has just told the inquiry that the form -- the former prime minister telephoned him and told him he had declared war on him when he learned that some newspaper had switched sides to the conservative. does the secretary of state think that the party opposite is using this as a self-serving opportunity? >> yes. >> mr. speaker, given the intimate relationship between any such adviser and a secretary of state, is he seriously contending that he did not know the content and the volume that was being transmitted? why didn't he released all of the contacts when he was -- when he promised to do so? >> i did not know about the volume and content of those messages until yesterday. i have said that. my former special adviser has said that he did not have those communications without authorization from me. they are not published. that is why we have taken the actions we have. >> the secretar

general mabus. >> i'm pleased to speak on the behalf of the united states marine corps.more than 27,000 marines are deployed around the world, defending the nation's liberty, shaping strategic environments, engaging with our partners and our allies, insuring freedom of the seas and detering aggression abroad. the marines working in concert with our important joint partner, the united states navy, has creating opportunities and decision space for the nation's leaders. your marines were first on the scene to provide human tear assistance to disaster relief. they re-enforced the embessies in yemen and bahrain. while accomplishing all of that, your corps continued to conduct sustained combat and counter insurgency missions and operations in afghanistan. having just returned last month from visiting many of the nearly 19,000 marines and sailors kurbtly deployed there, i can tell you first hand that their professionalism and morale remain notably strong. there is an indominable spirit displayed in all that die. their best interests and needs in all of the joint forces of comba

first at camp lejeune the marine corps says this is what happened.nd then we find out that that's not the truth. >> compliance is a number one priority for us. we're talking about the health and welfare of our marines and their families. >> the chemicals were first discovered in the early 1980s. the base was trying to determine the source. as soon as they discovered the source of the chemicals, that well was shut down. >> when i first started looking into this as someone who knew nothing about camp lejeune, the first thing i wanted to know was what happened. as i've started reading what happened, i could hear in my mind the technicians talking. why aren't you doing something about it? why are you still using this water? i went looking and found mike hargett. >> we had recognized some contaminants that we didn't expect to see. i went on base and we went to talk with some personnel in public works. >> now, was this a civilian? >> no, this was a uniformed personnel. uniformed officer. >> do you recall his rank? >> he was a major. it was a very brief mee

my officials and i have engaged with news corp.nd its representatives as well as other interested parties. transcripts of conversations publicist yesterday between adam smith and a news corp. representative indicate there was a back channel to which news corp. were able to influence my decisions. this is categorically not the case. >> the house must calm down a bit. the statement must be heard. this is right and proper that the statement should be heard with courtesy. the volume and tone of those communications were not appropriate in a quasi-judicial process. agnes smith has resigned as my special adviser -- adam smith. although adams smith has overstepped the mark on this occasion, i will say for the record that he did so on and potentially and he did not believe he was doing anything more than giving advice on process. it is a matter of huge regret that this has happened. i only saw the transcript of these communications yesterday. they did not influence my decision at all. i insisted on hearing from independent regulators. i wi

of the united states [applaus marine corps] good morning -- united states marine corps.e to welcome you here. this is the most mispronounced name of any smithsonian facility. we are delighted thave you here to transfer the space uttle discovery into america's collection of aviation and space treures. it is great to see such a large, enthusiastic crowd. and many of you have been standing for several hours. we realize that and we will keep this program moving. but i hope the memories you take from today will make it worthwhile. the center opened in 2003 in the recognition of the wright brothers a century before. the wright flyer is one of the most iconic aircraft in the museum's collection today. and today, we will welcome another. another treasure, one that recommended -- represents the 30-year history of the shuttle program, that symbol of the trams of human space flight. -- a triumph of human space flight. the represent courage, creativity, skill, and that unique quality that we all share, the american spirit. for every major mileston in space history, americans have pa

where a corp. commander of the 11th corp., an abolitionist, not a great commander, but he keeps one back on the other side of the town on cemetery hill to hold the high ground, but two divisions go forward. one division is almost all german speaking. commanded by germans. the other division on the right is split between german and english speakers. that's commanded by francis tanning marlow, a brave soldier with a great tactical record, but he was regimen from the day to division command, and he's not ready for it. as brave as he is, he sees things the way a commander does, what's right in front of him. he's there with the division, and he looks out and sees higher ground ahead. good for artillery. you don't want to enemy to have it. he moved one division guard, and in doing so, doesn't understand how the human defense hangs together, he breaks the union line on the right, but he also breaks the 11th corp. internally leaving a gap of a half mile between the german speaking division and his division

of the potomac, the fifth corps and the sixth corps and putting in command people he wanted in command, fit john porter and another protege william franklin in the sixth corps. a major change, of course, in mcclellan's personal status also came at this time. i told you he'd been commanding general of the whole army. he gets another order which he receives in manassas, you're no longer commanding general of the whole u.s. army, you are now commanding the army of the potomac, and the rational is we want you to concentrate on the job at hand, defeating the confederates down here in virginia. don't worry about the rest. we'll take care of it at the war department. secretary of war stanton will issue orders from the president. we do appreciate your opinion, general mcclellan. lincoln and secretary of war stanton also in that order specifying him as commander of the army of the potomac, and before any order took place, he would be ordered to leave 40,000 troops in defense of the washington area. well, what about his plan? with the withdrawal of joe johnston's forces from the northernmost par

marine corps forces europe and africa from 2005 to 2007. and then the marine corps mobilization command until his retirement in 2008. general davis also has eight years previous experience as the executive director and president of the american press institute, also a membership-based institute. please join me in welcoming our exciting new executive director, major general drew davis. [ applause ] >> thank you for the introduction. first, all of these sessions from this point forward, we would like to have as an interaction with all of you. and on your seats you see cards that we invite you to fill out with your questions for each of the speakers. we will have our staff collect those cards and as the speaker is done with prepared remarks, we'll deliver your questions on your behalf to each speaker. the first of whom is the administrator of nasa. the honorable charles bolden, who told me to be very brief, but i'm not going to be. he said all he wanted in his introduction was that he was married to jackie and had three grandchildren. he's a g

i think that's the strength of the marine corps's program. i think the problem with -- this is only my opinion now, of the army program is that it's vet well built. the application is not focused on the young nco as is the marine corps program. i don't say it because i'm a marine but i just sense that the nco identifying in iraq or afghanistan that there's a problem you can start the dialogue right there. and you can start the reconciliation process right there and you don't have 0 wait six months after he returns and he's got this problem and he pulls out when he's by himself. so we try to restore and very successfully restore because all of these veterans that have come in and actually volunteered their services. this past week, we did 35 marines. we had an individual drive all the way from oregoning to see six times. his brother was killed in vietnam as a company commander. he himself was a marine corps officer, he's the ceo of a very successful business but he's given up a week of his time. we had an orthopedic surgeon come in. it doesn't

. >> claims of a cozy relationship between it news corp. and the british government, one cabinet member faces calls to resign. violence continues across syria. >> lifting the veil on discrimination. a lucky escape for an unsuspecting chinese ettinger as the ground collapses -- teenager as the ground collapses beneath her feet. >> broadcasting to viewers on pbs in america and around the world. >> a press inquiry has shed new light on the close ties between the british government and the media empire of rupert murdoch. there have been calls for the -- for jeremy hunter to resign. the former chairman of news international spent over six hours being grilled about the phone hacking scandal as well as links to senior politicians. our business editor reports. >> they will hack you. >> one of the most dramatic days so far. james murdoch gave evidence. there were no new hacking revelations. instead, there were extraordinary discloses about how the news corp. tried to when government approval. >> do you think is appropriate that you are getting confi

so you're in the marine corps, and you should tell everybody where cabera is. what skills did you get in the marine corps that got you involved in that kind of work and how did you decide when you left the stint in the service, to do this? >> how many of you all have heard of khyber before? all right. it's located on outskits of nairobi, kenya. residents there call it a slum and it is a slum community, about half a million folks live there in an area about the size of central park, and i was a junior at usc chapel hill, and i knew that i was going into the marine corps because that was really my first calling in life. my father had served in the marines, and like all of us here in this room, you know, i wanted to make a difference, and the marine corps appeared to be a way to do that. and so i chased that dream, and it had a clarifying effect. when you're at college, you often hear that, use this opportunity to discover what you want to do, and i think it is an amazing moment in life to discover what you want to do, but it really helps if you have a little bit

news corp. regarding the acquisition of the remaining shares in bskyb -- >> there was certainly a desire there for a long time. i remember when mr. kerry returned to the company after many years. the first thing he said to me was, we should cleanup the situation at the sky, or bskyb. you know, we started this company and it was a long-standing ambition. with hindsight, i regret that i ever agreed to an ipo. i admit there were different times, probably manager pressures. >> just wonder though, mr. murdoch, whether someone of your thinking that mr. brown had said we will declare war on your company that you interpreted that being the very least the possibility of obstacles been placed in a way of your bid for the many shares of bskyb. [inaudible] >> no. [inaudible] >> yes, certainly. >> i think he was digesting we just break, nothing more spent i hope we can get through today. >> well, mr. murdoch, i'm concerned about -- >> it's up to you spend i'm concerned over all of out the lens of this eviden

in the navy and marine corps today, what challenges do you face. how do you plan to overcome those challenges to create a culture where we can put sexual assault in the past? make that a problem of the past. and what further steps need to be taken to hold more of the perpetrators of these heinous crimes accountable for their actions? >> senator, you described what happens very accurately. it's a crime. it's an assault. it's an attack on a service member. we have -- the people who join the navy/marine corps swear to not only to protect the united states but also their fellow sailors and marines. this is an attack on one of their shipmates and any amount of sexual assault is unacceptable. we have done a lot and we're continuing to do a lot. first, i established an office of sexual assault prevention, and in my office, reports directly to me. i see the person in the office on a routine basis. as a result of that, we have undertaken a lot of programs particularly in the most at-risk elements. the young sailors and marines who -- ages 18 to about 25. we

we are bringing you live coverage of the testimony of the chair and ceo of news corp.upert murdoch. he is answering questions into media practices and ethics at his company. taking a short break and will return to live coverage in just a moment here on c-span2. the british phone hacking investigation is looking into the culture of practices and ethics of british media. last year david cameron appointed board justice brian leveson to oversee a committed sins of the main it -- between politicians and the police and celebrities. at the conclusion of these hearings the committee will make recommendations on the future of press regulation and governments. you can see the full inquiry and c-span.org. this morning rupert murdoch testified before the leveson committee and discussed former prime minister margaret thatcher's ownership of news corp. and his relationship with unions. >> it was quite an infamous occasion. one looks at the few numbers of people there and mr. factor and mr in them and you and the meeting was that your request. you see that? >> i hope you don't mind i

they created corps legally officially and lieutenant generals to command those corps. lee proposed that jackson and longstreet be given the two lieutenant general billlets and the two corps commands in the northern army of virginia. in acknowledgement of jackson's failure although the public didn't recognize it, everyone in the army did, jefferson davis inquired of lee, are you sure that jackson deserves this? now, davis's letter to lee saying that does not survive so far as i know but it can be interpolated from lee's response which was ever since the seven days, jackson has been everything i expected him to be or could want him to be. so that's a nice rubric for rest of 1862 for thomas jackson. >> robert krick joins us from the library of virginia, one of five historians looking at the person of the year 1862. we'll take a couple more calls. we also have a comment on facebook, a comment about the role of thomas stonewall jackson. matthew lowenstein says that richmond would fall in the spring of 1862 without him. what do you think of that? >> the parallel universe, th

which is much better from the headlines being about the murdochs from news corp's point of view. on rupert murdoch's first day of testimony, he managed to parry all of the attacks with sort of his trademark barbs and jokes and little punches that, at enemies and sort of a vague dismissal of any sense that, you know, wow could take the idea seriously -- >> rose: it should be pointed out this was mainly about what kind of access he had to british politicians. >> the theme. >> rose: other than you sat down with, and you did this and that. >> and he said, that, you know, it never crossed his mind to expect political coverage for. he may be the only man in england beliefs that but the today the focus was sharply on phone hacking and the questioning was much tougher. there was a moment where the counsel for the levinson inquiry actually said, is that a serious answer, mr. murdoch? and i think that, showed frustration with some of the parrying and deflection we have seen in the previous 24 hours. so he had a tougher time, he made some fairly extraordinary admissions that he had failed,

in the 215th corps, corps commander and three brigade commanders. two of the brigade commanders are pashtuns, which is very good. and they're from helmand. the corps commander unfortunately, though, is from pataki, and he's not pashtun. and the other is a tajik. so it would be better if there were more. but, really what we're trying to focus our attention on is the afghan uniform police. because they -- really, we realize, are the center of gravity. if we're going to make a difference, if we're going to keep the support of nationals, the police are the ones that are going to control the populations, support the populations in the helmand river valley. the army, the intent, is for the army to leave. and we're currently doing that right now. to leeave the populated areas ad move out into the further reaches of helmand and nimruz province. so that their focus becomes the borders. and the police focus becomes the populated centers. and in the police, that's where you find the pashtun. that's where you find the locals who are taking responsibility for th

i think that's the strength of the marine corps's program. i think the problem with the army program is that it's very well built. the application is not focused on the young nco as is the marine corps program. i don't say it because i'm a marine, i just sense that the nco identifying in iraq or afghanistan that there's a problem. you can start the dialogue right there, and you can start the reconciliation process right there, and you don't have to wait six months after he returns and he has a problem -- we try to restore and very successfully restore, because all these veterans come in and volunteer their services. we had a marine whose brother was killed in vietnam. we had an orthopedic surgeon come in as a team leader from wyoming, it doesn't take a fi beta cappa to tell, these people are giving themselves for me. i would say by wednesday of a seven-day program these people start realizing, these people care about me. then you're on the road to identification. that's when you find the demons. the company commander was killed, he feels guil

to work with them, my case, 12th corps, pakistan. at least to put some pressure, not make it so easy for them to move cross border. but it's gone on. so that's where the taliban senior leadership are operating. the reintegration, reconciliation program that general allen has been encouraging the commanders to really use that program is focused on the mid-level and lower level taliban. really, the mid-level's been our objective. those are the ones, i just mentioned earlier, if you look at the mid-level taliban, they're residents of helmand province in kandahar. they come from those districts. in many cases they turned taliban because the leadership in the local level at the time was abusive, totalitarian, authoritarian government. what we're seeing now is they're wanting to come back into the fold, and it's all a result of making some progress. so there will be a taliban will exist. they'll always be -- i don't understand it, but there will always be people willing to kill themselves, to put a suicide vest on or to drive a suicide veh

he was helping the bid by news corp.. in january the culture secretary's office was not only colluding with news corp. to provide them information in advance, there were hatching a plan to ensure " it would be a game over for the opposition to the bid." does the prime minister believe that is how a judge and his advisers are supposed to act? >> the leader has clearly not read what lord leveson said this morning. let me remind him what he said yesterday about the leveson inquiry. this is the leader of the opposition speaking. "i think he's right, that the leveson inquiry takes its course. the most important thing is that the leveson inquiry gets to the bottom of what happened, of what labor did and what the conservatives did, and we reach a judgment about that." this is typical of the right honorable gentleman. in the morning he sets out is very clear position, but in the afternoon he cannot resist the passing political bandwagon. >> order. the prime minister must be heard. the leader of the opposition must be heard. howev

we have, outside the academy, taken action to make sure for both the navy and the marine corps that we are gathering in highly qualified, diverse background americans, not just diversity and ethnicity or national origin but also in terms of geography, in terms of backgrounds, in terms of educational experience because we believe we will be a better fighting force having that diversity of points of view that we bring to bear on any issue. the final thing -- well, next to final thing that i would note is that we have also expanded naval r.o.t.c., returning it to some schools such as harvard, yale, columbia where it has historically been but where it has been absent for 40 years. we're bringing naval r.o.t.c to other schools like arizona state and rutgers to make sure that we do reach the widest population possible in that. and finally, the other thing we've got to do in the military is not only get these young, diverse americans to sign up, but also to remain and make the navy and marine corps a career so that the diversity at our higher ranks will mirror the ones at our lower ranks. >>

and that is perhaps news corp's executives biggest fears. news corp based in the u.s. has global reach worth an estimated $60 billion, it owns influential u.s. media companies, including 20th century fox, the wall street journal, and fox news. tonight its 81-year-old founder in chief gets ready for another round of grilling in the morning, and another reminder that the scandal is far from over. stephanie gosk, nbc news, london. >>> also in the uk tonight, a tantalizing statement from scotland yard. madeleine mccann, whose disappearance during a family trip to portugal almost five years ago, caught worldwide attention, could conceivably still be alive. that possibility was floated as police released a new computer generated image showing what she might look like today at almost 9 years old. scotland yard is urging portuguese police to reopen their investigation and pursue what they say are 200 outstanding leads. >>> still ahead along the way for us tonight, made right here at home with people who used to make american cars now making something else we all use. >>> and l

their objective, the german africa corps in tunisia.my was led by germany's ingenious field marshal erwin rommel, the desert fox. his veterans had already been baptized by the battle-toughened british tommies. desperately, with everything they had, the germans fought to keep from being pushed into the sea. when the allied military advisers convened at casablanca in january 1943, the north african campaign had become tough and bitter. but the achievement of a unified allied command was part of the ultimately victory. marshall had worked tirelessly to achieve a smooth-running command organization at the highest american level. he held the president's trust and regard and was consulted on every critical decision affecting the conduct of the war. marshall's diplomatic skill helped reconcile many opposing points of view with british leaders during the casablanca conference. from the north african meetings came the allied decision to bomb germany around the clock. american b-17s helped carry the war to the german backyard. the decision to inv

there were disclosures about had the mitt news corp.ried to win government approved -- about how the news corp. tried to win government approval to controlled british sky broadcasting. >> the think it is appropriate -- do you think it is appropriate that you are getting confidential information? >> i think, i think, what i was concerned with was the extent of what was being communicated, not the channel by which it was being communicated. >> last year, they said there would be an explosive announcement the next day. >> managed to get information on the plans for tomorrow, absolutely illegal. what do you make of that? >> i thought it was a joke. it is a wink. it is a joke. >> it is all about the controversial attempt in 2010 and 2011 to buy all of british sky broadcasting. it was saw by james murdoch who was the boss of news international. it was the culture secretary who had the power to approve or block the deal. this executive, in charge of political lobbying, was the go- between between mr. murdoch and mr. hundt. the royal courts of

marine corps and the co-chairman of the leadership council. and general kelly's extraordinarily distinguished 37-year military career which ended in 1987. he commanded the marine corps organizations at every echelon through many platoon, division, and also served as a member of the joint chiefs. gentlemen, all four of you have been leaders all your lives. and we're particularly honored to continue to be leaders, taking up the future national security of our country in a new way. following the opening remarks which will come in the form of responses to questions, these four individuals -- distinguished individuals have graciously agreed to take questions from the audience. as moderator, i will begin by asking some questions of our panelists before turning it over to our conference center audience here for questions and answers. you can also submit questions via twitter. please send them to us at hudson institute. now, one last note by way of introduction. i should note lastly how pleased we are to be working with safe and hudson. very different

a strong partisan for the women's army corps as important to our mobilization, the chief of staff made it a point to be in washington the day colonel oveta culp hobby was sworn in as its new commander. by the time the allied leaders convened at cairo in december 1943, the italian campaign was well under way and the war against the japanese demanded stepped-up operations. the future of the china/burma/india theatre and the problem of harnessing china's manpower had to be resolved. in tehran, marshall took part in planning joint strategy with the russians. soviet demands for an expanded second front were addressed to the united states. it was george marshall who answered. when the chief of staff visited the pacific theatre on his return from tehran, our offensive was gaining speed. island by island, we were moving in on japan. at good enough island in 1944, marshall listened to a firsthand report on the successful operations in the gilbert islands and the planned invasion of the marshalls. marshall conferred with general douglas macarthur, theater commander, as the allies were gearing up