it doesn't mean defense is off the hook.atever they need to replace that is still going to be $1.2 trillion or larger in cuts because that's the price of getting out of this. that could fall on the defense department. >> i think you're right. there is more of an appetite with defense spending cuts with tea party people, democrats. i think we're likely to see more cuts. the see questerration, that won't go into effect because it's too large a number because i don't think the democrats or the republicans want to see this. >> the reason we're having this discussion right now about see questerration is because we have a stalemate political system. if that's the result -- if what we're facing is the result of this stalemate, why do we think there'll be any result of see questerration until after the election and even after the election. >> i didn't say before the election because my own thought of how will this work out, how will they actually do it is probably if see questerration happens in a month or two and they undo it way.

defense relationship with georgia, particularly on defensive arms sales. the conference report includes a strong and important provision to sanction the central bank of iran, to curtail iran's ability to buy and sell petroleum through its central bank, and to prevent foreign financial institutions that deal with the central bank of iran from continuing their access to the u.s. financial system. this provision was adopted on the senate floor by a vote of 100-0, and i would say that the attempted assassination of the saudi ambassador here in washington, d.c., had a very positive and forceful effect on this provision being enacted by the senate. it forced financial foreign institutions to make an important choice: first, they want to deal with the u.s. economy or with iran's central bank? the treasury department urged a series of changes to the provision some of which would have narrowed its scope and weakened it. we rejected that course of action and made some changes but kept the provision as the authors, senator menendez and kirk, intended. the conferees d

the defense minister has formally ordered the dispatch. defense minister yasuo ichikawa gave the order in a meeting between senior officials of the ministry and the self-defense forces. >> translator: the sd dpmpb's response to to the march disaster after the earthquake and tsunami attracted the world's attention. now we hope to contribute to the nation building in south sudan. >> self-defense forces personnel will help build the infrastructure for south sudan, which declared independence in july this year. the defense ministry will send the first unit on january 11th. about 330 troops from an engineering unit will work in the capital juba through the end of october 2012. a separate team will coordinate logistics in juba and neighboring uganda and kenya. >>> the chairman of the u.s. nuclear regulatory commission has called for more global information-sharing to prevent another accident like the one that occurred at the fukushima daiichi nuclear plant. gregory yatsuko made the remarks at a news conference in tokyo, a day after visiting the

ministry of defense takes f-35 as a successor to f-4 fighters. which were deployed about 40 years ago. the majority of them are to be retired by 2021. defense ministry believes the delivery should be made by the end of 2016 to allow enough time for pilot training. however, defects of f-35 were discovered during the tests, leading to development delay. some are concerned about missing the delivery date. a delay could substantially impact japan's capabilities in defense. >> translator: we hear japan's choice took into account to what degree japanese companies being involved in the production? >> translator: that is correct. except for some fighters, japan has paid licenses to locally produce fighter jets developed by the united states. thus retain its production technologies. however, there is no production plans next year and onward. companies here began to withdraw from production as production base has weakened, although u.s. said it would allow the final assemble of f-35 here in japan. the state of our technologies, however, including stealth c

and we clearly have a profile of defense commitment and defense spending which within europe looks more like that of the french than any other potential partner. so i think there are further strong drivers, practical, pragmatic drivers behind this collaboration. and i have to say on my visit to paris, i was pleasantly surprised by the clear enthusiasm on the french size, and commitment on the burnside to taking this forward. so i recognize that there are some complex challenges, but i think the underlying drivers are very powerful and will propel us in the direction of cooperation on specific projects where it makes sense for both of us in the future. >> of russell. >> secretary of state, on the anglo-french discussions, is there any israeli involvement in those discussions at any stage? >> not as far as i am aware. >> thank you. >> there is an israeli involvement in the uav's that are made for the united kingdom, isn't there? >> there is involvement in the technology, but as i understand it -- >> if and not in relation to the anglo-french treaties? >> the project that we're talking abo

secretary panetta was not someone sent to the department of defense to increase defense spending. he was sent there, in my view, based on his history in the clinton administration, to be in a position to find responsible reductions. so when secretary panetta makes these statements, i take them very seriously. we have a duty under our constitution to provide for the common defense. i look forward to working with my colleagues to make sure that we come up with alternative spending reductions to make sure that we don't devastate our national security. thank you. >> in a congress known for ill-conceived ideas, this wins the cake. wins the prize. takes the cake. that's what i was trying to think of. just think about it for a minute. somebody, including people on our side, thought this was a good idea. let's try to cut $1.2 trillion out of the budget over 10 years, not exactly a heavy lift when you're talking about what we're going to be spending over the next 10 years and i'm not here to blame anybody because we couldn't get there but the idea that if you fail to do the most minimum ta

and welcome to this week in defense news. i'm vago muradian. marines are withdrawing from afghanistan and shifting to a new base in the pacific. we'll get the latest on the shift toward asia. plus a look at kline's drive to improve their air force. but first, a defense spending drops, pentagon officials are struggling to balance maintenance and personnel and other cuts. while tens of thousands of soldiers and marines will lose their jobs, as many as 150,000 dod, civilians or as many as 20% of the civil service workforce are likely to follow suit. here to tell us about the cuts is steve lowessy who covers the workforce. merry christmas and welcome to the show. >> thank you, you too, vago. >>> when we talk about spending cuts we are talking about military and his uniform and big cuts, what are the sorts of locations and jobs are going to be impacted? the civilian workforce if the defense department is likely to get a major hit. we don't know exactly what physical locations will come in, but it is going to likely be across the b

great defense. he has had a monster night. boy, you don't put on the sap of the new york giants defensively and come away oh, my goodness, who is this guy? he didn't even like football. he used to watch and say god, those guys are crazy out there. i'd never play that game. and they brought him out. he didn't know the rules. he didn't know anything about the game. finally the coach game him the very simple instructions. he said go get the quarterback. he said okay, i can do that. and now he's a millionaire because of it. probably earning trips to hawaii in the future, too. big stop for the giants here. we're approaching the 02-minute warning. and austin has beaten the coverage. fourth down. the giants get the ball back. they only have one time-out and they have a lon of time left. >> cris: romo xmoezed edxposed him on the blitz. absolutely wide open. no way in the world can tony romo miss that throw. it is unbelievable. >> michelle: here is mcbride. not a good pick from one of the better hunters in the league. and the giants ar

he dominated the browns' defensive line. driving rain changed the offense into a ground-based attack. the ravens stayed in control winning by 24-10. keith mills a lot details on a special game ball recipient later in sports. it is too soon to say whether the ravens will be playing in the super bowl. madonna will be the halftime concert in february in indianapolis. this will be an unforgettable act. you can see the super bowl or hear on wbal tv 11. that brings us to our water cooler question of the day. what do you think of madonna as the choice for this year's super bowl halftime show? you can share your response at wbaltv.com and on our facebook page, or send us an e-mail to watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> 6:09. 40 degrees on tv hill. shoplifting is on the rise. >> a celebration ends in horror as more than a dozen fans art seriously injured. >> a woman claims she was manhandled by the tsa. >> ava marie live that the hunt valley town center. coming up, not too late for you to select an angel. >> we're dealing with some thick fog.

in the defense -- in the defense arena, s.b.i.r. has invested in research and technologies that have contributed significantly to the expansion of the industrial base and development of new military capabilities. as to pakistan, the conference report limits to 40% the amount of the pakistan counterinsurgency fund that can be obligated until the secretary of defense provides congress with a strategy on the use of the fund and on enhancing pakistan's efforts to counter the threat of improvised explosive devices, those i.e.d.'s which killed so many of our troops and so many civilians. finally, the department of defense has informed us that it does not need an exempts from -- exemption from section 526 of the energy independence and security act of 2007 because that section does not apply to purchases at market prices from generally available fuel supplies and does not preclude the department from purchasing any fuel it needs or expects to purchase in the foreseeable future. mr. president, we are in the final stages of withdrawing our c

a delay could impact japan's air defense capability. except for some fighters, they have paid license fees to locally produce fighter jets developed by united states. that's retained its production technologies. however there is no production plan next year and onward. companies here began to withdraw from production as production basis weakened. the u.s. said it would allow the final assemble of f-35 here in japan. the state of our technologies including stealth capabilities would not be disclosed. they are likely to stay in the black books. to what extent the u.s. is able to produce electronics is not clear yet. a formal decision will be announced tuesday, japanese government has asked to clarify then how it is going to deal with these challenges. >>> we're seeing wintry conditions and tropical storm in asia. here are the details in the global weather forecast. >>> welcome back to your weather update. we'll first take a look at the southeast asia areas here. we do continue to see the clouds from tropical storm washi, did devastate are

the department of defense. >> what? why the department of defense?because if i could influence rebuilding our military the way it should be, that would be a task i would consider undertaking. >> if you were secretary of defense, it would be important to be familiar with the various countries around the world and you have had some difficulty with that, mr. cain. >> yes, but i have been doing my homework ever since that difficulty. >> did you see her face, what? secretary of defense? we've taken the liberty of putting together a resume tape i think will show off for the department of defense his foreign policy credentials. >> you don't need to know the details of foreign policy in order to be a good commander in chief. do you really believe that? yes. >> i do view china as a potential military threat. they are trying to develop nuclear capability. >> okay. libya. and ask me who's the president of ubeki-stan-stan, i'm going to say i don't know. do you know? >> i have all this stuff twirling around in my head. >> your move, department of defense. he's pu

and non-defense. you put your finger on the big bump of the coming year, which is going to be december. while i very much hope the congress can resolve a lot of these issues we're talking about today, like the extension of the payroll tax and other issues, the big questions about the future of the economy and a balanced approach to the deficit are very likely to take place after the election. in fact, the election will be a great national debate about how best to approach those issues. in december of next year, in addition to facing the possibility of the across the board sequestered beginning in january, 2013, you also have the end of all of the 2011 -- by themselves, the amount of $4 trillion. what i mean by that is, if congress were to pack its bags and go away, you would have an additional $4 trillion going into treasury, compared to current policy. that is going to be part of the mix. it is all going to be part of the conversation. -- conversation during the election. what i hope, though, is that

a defensive team.emember, if oklahoma state does beat oklahoma tonight, the computers will put them at number two. so it will be the voters, the way it should be who decides who plays. verne: there are two polls that matter in the b.c.s. the a.p. is not one of them. it's the coaches' poll and the harris interactive. up the middle. kenny hilliard. he might have a future as a collegiate football player. ogletree with the tackle. gary: l.s.u., they couldn't run the ball at all in the first half. you can see georgia is just not the same team. they had the heart cut out of them. those turnovers, those punt returns just changed their whole self-image. that's why todd grantham was pounding the ball. he knew you, he could feel his team losing the intensity. verne: that was a 17-yard gain and hilliard now, six carries for 44 yards. there's the option pitch. hilliard again. another first down. boykin. well, the a.p. pulled out of the b.c.s. i can't remember how many years ago. said no we're not part of it and th

ministry of defense takes f-35 as a successor to f-4 fighters. which were deployed about 40 years ago. the majority of them are to be retired by 2021. defense ministry believes the delivery should be made by the end of 2016 to allow enough time for pilot training. however, defects of f-35 were discovered during the tests, leading to development delay. some are concerned about missing the delivery date. a delay could substantially impact japan's capabilities in defense. >> translator: we hear japan's choice took into account to what degree japanese companies being involved in the production? >> translator: that is correct. except for some fighters, japan has paid licenses to locally produce fighter jets developed by the united states. thus retain its production technologies. however, there is no production plans next year and onward. companies here began to withdraw from aircraft production, as production base has weakened, although u.s. said it would allow the final assemble of f-35 here in japan. the state of our technologies, however, including

because you don't want to threaten the other side's often said missiles with defensive missiles so defensive weapon sounds you know and provocative but actually defensive systems can be very provocative so i think this is a message to other countries really the united states and russia are the only people that have the technology to do this now so it's mainly an a military issue between them but it's a political issue by showing other countries that were not serious about disarmament now of course the start treaty was a. of. development between the two countries in the reset in relations as a lot of people write and i think that nothing should be done to to damage that and i think this quest for missile defense it has really been a republican issue but now is creeping into both parties are afraid to touch this for electoral reasons but they could i mean your average voter is not going to vote on whether there's a missile defense or not they're going to vote on the economy so this is a it's a political issue because ronald reagan really resurrected this thing in the eighty's and it's been a r

a defensive team.emember, if oklahoma state does beat oklahoma tonight, the computers will put them at number two. so it will be the voters, the way it should be who decides who plays. verne: there are two polls that matter in the b.c.s. the a.p. is not one of them. it's the coaches' poll and the harris interactive. up the middle. kenny hilliard. he might have a future as a collegiate football player. ogletree with the tackle. gary: l.s.u., they couldn't run the ball at all in the first half. you can see georgia is just not the same team. they had the heart cut out of them. those turnovers, those punt returns just changed their whole self-image. that's why todd grantham was pounding the ball. he knew you, he could feel his team losing the intensity. verne: that was a 17-yard gain and hilliard now, six carries for 44 yards. there's the option pitch. hilliard again. another first down. boykin. well, the a.p. pulled out of the b.c.s. i can't remember how many years ago. said no we're not part of it and th

envelope available to support defense and likely available to support defense in the future. >> i just want to take you back a little by to the two answers that you gave to the different stewards in the room. you seem -- you did a good job of selling typhoon as a platform and its wonderful capability. you talked about the future will be in partnership and in alliances. almost certainly apart from the south atlantic. how much is our future defense and the capability that we will focus on going to be one where we are going to be looking more and more at our nato allies, what their capabilities are and what niche areas we are going to look at to complement that? >> it's a very fair question. it does make sense if we are operating in an alliance to look at the capabilities of our allies. as for example we have done in the decision around the nimrod maritime aircraft. we have allies who have maritime patrol aircraft available for nato tasks. i have two sort of thoughts on this. i think it would be wrong for us to give up without a very great deal of very careful thought any core competencie

joining me now is jerry sandusky's defense counsel carl rominger. almost unprecedented certainly in pennsylvania. the big question everyone is asking, why did you waive jerry sandusky's rights to have this hearing today? >> unprecedented in large cases, normal in almost everyday cases, i have to point that out. but the biggest issue here was what we got in exchange for the waiver. what we got was an assurance that the bail would not be moved no matter what happens. so basically the commonwealth gave up their ability to raise the bail even if they bring new charges. we don't believe there's anything in the pike right now. but they had hinted that was a possibility. they also conceded to give us discovery early. in pennsylvania we get no discovery at the time of the preliminary hearing. other states you get discovery at this stage. that was important to begin digesting it. >> the key thing about pennsylvania's process, which is seen as advantageous to a defense team is you get to see potential witnesses against you and you get to examine them, see how

[laughing] now, sheldon, you've written books about a fictional defense attorney. the stories that you tell really get into, i think, the issues and stories of our time. and that's why your books have been so popular. first of all, you know, how did you become a writer? why did you become a writer? and how did you end up writing did a criminal defense attorney in san francisco, of all places? >> i was not told i would follow tony serra. i need to go back and prepare a little more. [laughing] i learned something, too. i guess i better stand up. [laughing] i'm really honored to be here. i'm the toy department. i write novels about the types of cases that lawyers like tony handle. in the daytime i work for a big law firm of the type that tony probably would not hold in the highest of esteem, but i'm delighted to be here. you know, i think if you talked to most authors, they will tell you that there is something hot-wired into our system that says we need to try to tell a story. there is nothing at all in my background. i am an absolutely accidental writer. there is no

also mike eiglarsk, a criminal defense attorney. lisa, what did you make of that exchange with the defense counsel, because it is almost unprecedented in a case of this high profile in pennsylvania that a defense counsel team would simply renounce their right to what is usually seen as a very, very advantageous thing to do, which is to have a prehearing to get at the witnesses and see what they're made of. >> i have to say in short, i don't buy his attorney's explanation for why they decided to waive the preliminary hearing. he says that in are two reasons, one, they're going to get early discovery. keep in mind, all they're getting are things they're legally entitled to. they're just getting them a little earlier. the prosecution is going to turn around and go, judge, we want an earlier trial date because they got this discovery earlier. i don't see that as a big advantage to the defense. they talked about the bail situation. perhaps the prosecution said if you waive the preliminary hearing we won't ask for an increase in bail base

not next to russia's deputy foreign minister on what's ahead in missile defense talks between moscow and washington. we're sitting down with. russia's deputy foreign minister he's heading the russian side of the us russia working group that deals with issues of global security arms control missile defense thank you very much for joining me mr you off russia and boy to nato said the u.s. seems to be surrounding russia with military installations like an anaconda and that was his comparison and that russia would have to try and break out of that not how deep is the misunderstanding on the issue at the moment and does it seem like all of russia's concerns are falling on deaf ears in washington i wouldn't describe this is along the lines as you did i think we have a very very productive and all the way straightforward a difficult one but a very productive dialogue with our u.s. partners we are making no secret of our concerns we are definitely disturbed by the fact that the strategic instability will grow according to our assessment because of the u.s. effort to deploy anti-missile asset

great defense. he has had a monster night. boy, you don't put on the sap of the new york giants defensively and come away oh, my goodness, who is this guy? he didn't even like football. he used to watch and say god, those guys are crazy out there. i'd never play that game. and they brought him out. he didn't know the rules. he didn't know anything about the game. finally the coach game him the very simple instructions. he said go get the quarterback. he said okay, i can do that. and now he's a millionaire because of it. probably earning trips to hawaii in the future, too. big stop for the giants here. we're approaching the 02-minute warning. and austin has beaten the coverage. fourth down. the giants get the ball back. they only have one time-out and they have a lon of time left. >> cris: romo xmoezed edxposed him on the blitz. absolutely wide open. no way in the world can tony romo miss that throw. it is unbelievable. >> michelle: here is mcbride. not a good pick from one of the better hunters in the league. and the giants ar

all of which the defense contended added up to reasonable doubt for a jury. as the trial approached, jennifer's family braced for the possibility her reputation would be tarnished in the courtroom. but they said they weren't concerned about the e-mails. >> she was exceptionally lonely. she just wanted -- >> a friend. >> -- somebody. and she had had a marriage that was void for years. he was having an affair. she just was dying for some companionship, and she found someone that listened to her. and somehow it gave her comfort. >>> coming up, as the trial begins, the prosecution makes a surprise announcement. >> it's a bombshell in the case. >> when "death and the dentist" continues. to the gulf, we knew it would take time, but we were determined to see it through. today, while our work continues, i want to update you on the progress: bp has set aside 20 billion dollars to fund economic and environmental recovery. we're paying for all spill- related clean-up costs. and we've established a 500 million dollar fund so independent scientists can study the gulf's wi

i don't think that anybody knew that there were defense attorneys. you know? anyway, at its heart that little clip said something, i think, because kingsfield is actually violating the very stuff he's teaching. he's teaching contract law, which is all about reciprocity between people. and there are implicit promises when a law student comes into a classroom. you know? there are implicit promises about respect, about duties, about obligations. kingsfield is violating all of those. so he's not paying attention in the essence of his being to the most important thing that he's doing. does he know a lot of contract law? yes. he's a genius. does he understand the heart of contract law? no. he doesn't. you know? and in that same sense law school is violating the promises in a more general sense that it makes to all of its students. right? think of how crazy this method is. just think about it. by the way, i never call on a student in my classes. and i teach contract law. got lots of students. never called on them. if they want to talk, they have to raise their hand.

medal, defense of freedom which is the civilian equivalent. now why did i ask for that? because when they flew the plane into the pentagon on 9/11, they wrote, this is what was the finding of the department of defense. that it was an act of terrorism and therefore they should be treated as combat casualties and those two med avels were award -- two medals were awarded. this didn't come off the top of my head. this is what happened with the first terrorist attack in our country. and the second or third or whatever attack this one was. when this man walked into that room, there are people in civilian garb and there were people in uniform. he went out of his way to shoot the people in the uniforms. and the civilians that were injured were injured because of misfire, misdirection, but his target, as he went down that line of all those soldiers who were doing nothing more than either coming back from being offpost and out of the country or wherever they'd been or being prepared for their next duty station, wherever they may be going, iraq or afghan

contractor lockheed martin as its new air defense fighter the u.s. is pleased meanwhile japan reportedly mole's buying chinese debt to improve ties with that country so which shows more love in scores more diplomatic points buying debt or buying weapons we'll examine also today the bipolar markets rally reportedly as euro zone tensions ease how is this going for easing though greece's .

the first panel we have assistant secretary of defense and homeland defense and american security affairs, position he has held since april 2009. in this role he is responsible for supervision of homeland defense activities, defense and civil authorities in western hemisphere security affairs for the department of defense. from 1986 to 1989, senator lieberman this goes along with bipartisanship, secretary stockton served as legislative assistant to senator daniel patrick moynihan, the only politician from new york that i know who was then recommended by republicans and democrats. that was a while ago, that he certainly is a hero to all new yorkers. purchase confirmation, secretary stockton by senior research scholar at stanford university center for international security and cooperation. i had the privilege of meeting with secretary stock 10 and certainly look forward to his testimony today. secretary stock and is accompanied to mr. chin sue divall who is a senior eyes there in the united states army for counterintelligence operation and liaison to the federal bureau of investigation. fi

defense. nobody is covering gronkowski. a couple times we've seen that today. >> jim: and champ bailey frustrated with that one. he was one of the defenders. and gronkowski got away from him and others. picked up 38. >> phil: pretty nimble for a big, tall -- about 6'5", 6'6." he can surprise everybody. >> jim: he's nimble and you can't bring him down. ridley met harris. making the tackle. >> phil: more importantly, the clock. denver needs two possessions. >> jim: seven minutes to go. they're not huddling here. >> phil: this makes it easy on them. he has his eye on the play clock. he's going to let it get down there. snap it around five seconds. >> jim: brady hit his last seven passes. make it eight. fernandez to the sidelines. back out-of-bounds at the 19. >> phil: i will admit, jim, when you watch this patriot's offense, fernandez to the right, how about that stutter move? that's what is so tough. you have d.j. williams, he has no chance of running with aaron hernandez. most backs couldn't co

the defense hoped to prove that roger wasn't a victim, he was a villain.everly monroe's daughter came to her rescue. >> is your mother a murderer? >> oh, god, no. >> a recent law school graduate, katie monroe was convinced the case against her mother amounted to little more than speculation and conjecture. >> i could hardly imagine a weaker case. i can say with complete confidence that the prosecution did not prove that this was a homicide. >> because they'd initially assumed the death was a suicide, police at roger's home hadn't preserved the crime scene. there was no physical evidence, no fingerprints, no fibers, nothing to implicate beverly. besides, says katie, that initial assumption that roger had killed himself was correct. >> both of the prosecution's firearms experts said that they couldn't rule out the possibility that this was a suicide. >> the defense theory that roger had killed himself because he was an aging, ailing emotional wreck. a man terrified of suddenly having the very thing he'd thought he wanted. >> he didn't want a baby. he didn't

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