what we call in the department of defense, connecticut operations. yesterday i met with the national security staff and we are meeting with state department justice of commerce, transportation, defense, department of homeland security, looking at a government approach of what other tools we can use to attack this very pernicious threats. we look at ransom payments. you heard average payments of $4.5 million. these a typically cash payments. a very difficult challenge to track down where did the money go. typically having worked a number of counterdrug cases brought by coast guard career we have been very successful tracking down money payments, using that to get to the head of the hydrate if you will as the threat continues to expand. what we have stood up is the contract group from piracy of the coast of somalia and now

for the department of defense. i'm sorry. e've tried to analyze it a little bit and it seems to us that for every dollar you would put into developing more technology, which right now is probably maybe 3% of the defense budget. you'd probably save a lot of money and product development because you'd have new technologies that were more mature as they have product development. so a favorite type raises something that would enterprise a lot of contractors in the defense industry. >> all right, thanks. mr. schwartz, realigning things. we aligning incentives. >> guest: my colleague spoke a lot about incentivizing. >> sometimes repetition is a good thing. >> we definitely echoes similar sentiments as far as timing certain developments or how long it takes to field the flag raised also the quadrennial defense review which recommended five to seven years for certain development to include development and initial deployment for that reason. i also want to talk about incentivizing the workforce within the government as well and mr. you

department of defense. mr. secretary, you were quoted in the july 20 issue of the "washington post" in a major story about contractors and he said they quoted you correctly. this is a terrible compression. i can't get a number on how many contractors work for the office of the secretary of defense. it has been my assumption based on much as nation and congress passed that there will be an effort made by the u.s. department of defense to in source more service at rather than outsource and miracles that were sad. according to the budget that was submitted in terms of contract support services, it appears as though rather than reducing costs by 10% a year, your budget reflects the growth of over 26.6 billion for fiscal year 2012 over 20 amount in. and i guess my question really is in terms of contract, it's my understanding now have over 200,000 in the field, supporting our operations in iraq and afghanistan. but how do you look at this contracting ratio? and when do you believe the department will be in full compl

department of defense database. to be blunt we believe in the interest of information sharing that it would be a a great mistake in an danger to the national security for the state department to try to define at each and every one of the 65 agencies that we share our diplomatic reporting and analysis to say that private smith should get this cable, lieutenant jones should get that cable, commander x should get that cable. the policies that have been in place between the state department and other agencies for many years is we provide this information to the other agencies. the other agencies then take on the responsibility of controlling access by their people to the material that we provide to them. >> how come back to that issue, but i want to up first given an opportunity for my colleague, senator brown, to ask his question. >> senator, you are on our role. i served in the national guard for 31 years. i am in lieutenant-colonel. you know, on the computers regularly and all that good stuff. i have to tell you, some

how does that affect the department of defense? he department of defense -- what has been happening across our country is we have been borrowing money in order to pay the expenses of these different departments. we are borrowing the money from countries like china, for example, or japan. tragically, what has happened in japan -- are arms wrapped around the country as a world. let's get help to them in any way that we can treat our country has literally been borrowing its way forward and placing the burden on you and the next generation. i'm totally committed to balancing these accounts. i can tell you it is possible to do this. i've served in congress long enough to know. during the 1990's, we were able to do it. we hadend of the 1990's, grown the economy enough to produce a balanced budget. we had several balanced budget submissions in the late 1990's. it's possible to do this. the most important ingredient is a growth-path economy could once you do that, you get more revenue in and you can balance these accounts. host: you and oth

i just want to aupfront because i want to ask you the whole of government, department of defense, northern command, and department of homeland security, can you perhaps provide some clarity on unity of effort, who is in charge in terms of border security, counterterrorism operations here, cyberdefense and response to natural disaster, who's in charge? >> thank you for your question, sir. first, i would say that we have a very good whole of government relationship with our various partners within the federal government, within the department of homeland security and also inside d.o.d. unless i'm pulling the trigger for a ballistic missile defense or some sort of air breathing threat to north america that most of what i do is in support of my partners. so in the event of a disaster, for example, there are capabilities that the department of defense can bring to bear that we would use other places as well potentially overseas in a contingency that is specific capabilities that are in short supplies of our partners or just sheer numbers of people who are well-trained, disciplined, as your expe

department of defense. mr. secretary, you were quoted in the july 20 issue of the "washington post" in a major story about contractors and he said they quoted you correctly. this is a terrible compression. i can't get a number on how many contractors work for the office of the secretary of defense. it has been my assumption based on much as nation and congress passed that there will be an effort made by the u.s. department of defense to in source more service at rather than outsource and miracles that were sad. according to the budget that was submitted in terms of contract support services, it appears as though rather than reducing costs by 10% a year, your budget reflects the growth of over 26.6 billion for fiscal year 2012 over 20 amount in. and i guess my question really is in terms of contract, it's my understanding now have over 200,000 in the field, supporting our operations in iraq and afghanistan. but how do you look at this contracting ratio? and when do you believe the department will be in full compl

of want to offer of one thing that the department of defense has done. the department of defense directive. through it, the department of defense has tried to provide the defense at the level that regardless of how a conflict is characterized, is the recognition the reason why we may disagree. the judge advocate's are advising commands in the field. there is a place for that this agreement and discussion. it is not in the operational theater. the department of defense has implemented this directive. however you would characterize it we will apply a matter of policy the rules that govern international conflict. it may salt and answer some questions. i recognize that the mechanism for an to when that policy directive is unsatisfying itself. that is one aspect of want to point out in terms of how we try to operate at a technical and operational level to bridge this gap in terms of the in ambiguity of the applicable law. >> thanks. i would like to think the organizers. i do not spend enough time for jet lag. i have to say that i am not here in my official ca

the department of defense, which has about $1 billion of their research and development set aside for this purpose, other departments called in grantings. the department of defense actually enters into contracts with small businesses. now, i'm not sure if this came out of the department of defense. it's not noted here. but one of our agencies thought it might be important to create a device to safely transport toxic chemicals. now, i'm from louisiana. we have a tremendous -- we're proud of our industrial base in petrochemicals. some things we produce are really, really safe. some things we produce are dangerous but necessary to undergird our economy. so the transport of these toxic chemicals, to do it safely is important. so one of the agencies -- and i don't have exactly which one -- identified a company in connecticut that might be able to come up with some such device. they did. that particular company, which is now atmi, paid more than ten times in taxes now that that invention has been commercialized, as we can see here on this chart. but what people really need to know is this c

department of defense noted that drones are being used in civilian contacts. and number of experts have argued that technology is allowing them to use force outside of conventional battlefield. as we consider how to examine these issues and the battles they present, we wanted to focus on humanitarian law. we realize that there was a huge universal the bay raised by scrawlers with layers of complex and interrelated questions. we do want to a knowledge of the questions we have canvassed in our paper and that we go discussing today relating to targeting operations cannot exclusively be resolved with reference to a humanitarian law. other bodies of law clave significant role including humanitarian law, the master clock, and other branches. statements about targeting operations including in good risers speech have also directed debates on the use of force including different acts. recognizing the importance of these debates nonetheless we have confined our analysis to perspectives about the role of humanitarian law. specifically we have focused our work on three cor

because the president is making statements based on assurances that he's receiving from the department of defense and it may be that the president's faith in those assurances misplaced which is one of the reasons why i want to go and meet with private manning and determine his condition and to see if in fact he is under great mental stress and to question him about being forced to stand naked and to talk to him generally about the conditions under which he's being kept. but by forcing crowley to resign here do you think that the president has taken a clear stance where he's chosen the torture which many have you know that explains the conditions of bradley manning versus those who speak out against it well you know my view is that the secretary of defense has the the responsibility i mean the president's only going you know based on what he's been told i wish the president would find out for himself but the secretary of defense has a clear. line of duty here and he hasn't kept it do i believe there is torture look i haven't been there to see it but the reports that i'm hearing would indicate that

of cash flow problems. this has an impact across the entire defense budget, top to bottom. >> mr. chairman, a lot of discussion is taking place within the department of defense, but also within other agencies relative to our effective use of space in terms of our national defense. yesterday we spent a lot of time in the interior committee talking about the difficulties of that department just to get their agencies to communicate with one another and thereby use dollars reasonably efficiently to carry forward their missions. some of our future capabilities, in terms of really securing our country as well as i think the rest of the world relate to our effectiveness in the way we use space assets, the way we use satellites, and indeed even the way we used unmanned aerial vehicles. i'm interested in having you describe for us, mr. secretary, what the department is thinking about and talking about relative to our responsibilities in the application of the space assets to our future security. and i really want to know if there are effective communications vehicles between the various agencies involved, and the black world and otherwise, that allow you t

president obama himself was a constitutional law professor does he really need to be going to the department of defense to robert gates and asking them whether the conditions in the treatment are appropriate shouldn't he know from his own background that pretrial punishment is not allowed or of course you should know. in this case he does have to rely on what he's being told as far as the care of private manning if he had gone himself and i wish he would to quantico to check on the condition of private manning and then he came up with that conclusion that would be a whole different matter but he's hasn't been there and i would invite him to go but he hasn't been there and so the secretary of defense who has the. line responsibility here i think has to be held accountable i don't think that the president if this point should be held accountable but that may change as well now peter crowley had said that the views he was expressing was just his own personal opinion but do you think that there is a breakdown within the obama administration some split between the military leadership and the you know the ci

all the department of defense alone, we reduced spending by $19.4 billion including a reduction of $2.1 billion for military construction, and $17.3 billion for the rest of the defense department. at this level, the bill is nearly $3 billion below the amounts proposed by the house for these activities. the recommended amounts will cover our defense requirements in this constrained fiscal environment, however, my colleagues should all understand that with our troops still serving in iraq and afghanistan, this is not the time to be looking to defense for additional reductions. mr. president, i fear that not all members understand the depths of the cuts that were made to take out to get $51 billion under their requests. this should be advised, for example, that the senate amendment cuts $355 million in state and local law enforcement grinds. this will remain result in some 1400 local and tribal law enforcement and criminal enforcement jobs. in addition to amendment cuts, $526 million from fbi salaries and expenses. these cuts will halt new national security enhancements intended to improve

of our problems. even the defense reductions that i talked about that are targeted to increase the efficiency of the department of defense and make sure or warriors get what they really need, including the defense budget, it's not going to get to the root cause of our debt and deficit problems. as we all know that, those two domestic and defense discretionary expenses only account for about 30%, 30% of the budget for the american people. the bulk of it is tied up in other areas. our tax code is shown to be extremely inadequate. we're collecting revenues now at an all-ti low. yeah, some is the rescission. some is the recession. but it's because we give away on tax breaks than the discretionary budget. yeah, $1.2 billioniven away in tax expenditures. we spend money on these tax breaks. it's spending money by giving away all these breaks. we need to broaden our tax breaks. if we need to be real in solving our budget problems we need to start to embrace some of the recommendations if not the package that the fiscal commission the president set up last year, we need to embrace those recommendations in some form. th

. >> with respect to our willingness to engage militarily, what i've instructed the department of defense as well as our state department and all those who are involved in international affairs to examine is a full range of options. i don't want us hamstrung. >> the department of defense, however, has made it clear that a no-fly zones is a decisive military intervention at a minimum requiring the destruction of libyan military hardware on libyan soil. >> let's just call a spade a spade. a no-fly zone begins with an attack on libya. to destroy the air defenses. that's the way you do a no-fly zone. and then you can -- then you can fly planes around the country and not worry about our guys being shot down. but that's the way it starts. but it also requires more airplanes than you would >>> an attack on libya could harm or even kill libyan civilians. this would be exactly what president obama says he does not want to happen. question, what has the u.n. done to stop gaddafi from using violence against -- his people? i asked this question of pat. you know, he can't even entertain the u.n. >> we

as you though, the department of defense is evaluating u.s. global posture on an ongoing basis to better position us and our forces 20 meet the demand of the myriad of threats in the region. this subject will be addressed in greater detail at a global posture review, however, the important point for this hearing 1 the u.s. defense posture in asia where we are to maintain pos char in northeast asia is shifting to one that is more geographically sustainable. while the focus on the implementation of relocation of air station is intense, the united states and japan are working closely on frf and guam. it is important to note the government of japan confirmed the importance of the u.s. alliance, of the u.s. marine corp. having forces and moves forward with the september replacement facility. indeet, events in the region conspired to remind us all of the importance of the necessity of forces and the vital roll in detouring conflict and responding to crisis played by u.s. forces in japan including the third marine forces. this capacity to respond quic

he was also a army and served 35 years in the department of defense. he is also worked in the private sector as a consultant. we are here on behalf of all the commissioners to approve release of a special report to the congress which we have titled "iraq, the forgotten mission. we have brought a printed copies with us today. the report reflects bipartisan consensus. we requested be included in the committee's hearing record. this poses the question, it is a state department ready? the short answer is no. sustaining an expanded u.s. diplomatic presence in iraq will require the state to take on thousands of additional employees that is neither have the funds to pay for our resources to manage. we base the recommendations on the research syrinx as well as to trips -- on the research as well as atwo trips. our observations have led to a special report. the department of defense has been working on identifying transition needs in dealing with hundreds of tasks and medical hair. it will require reconfiguring it still occupied by the u.s. military. all of thes

reporter: that was a common threads among the passengers who have some connection with the department of defense. this woman and her son lived 25 miles south of tokyo peachey says the quake was scary and the unknowns about radiation were just as bad. >> the wind and how the plane was coming. today there was a chance at a coming over our bay. >> reporter: maureen is a teacher and she says most of her students have left japan. >> it was something that was on their mind all the time. they wanted to write about it, talk about it. they were scared. >> reporter: 100 members volunteered to carry their luggage, children, and welcome them home. >> these people are ready to get back home. they are tired. they need somebody to help them. >> reporter: with all of these planes, they will land here at travis air force base. the expects to receive two flights a day for the next week. ken pritchett, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a bullet tore through a bathroom wall in a berkeley high school today that ended with the arrest of three high school students. one berkeley high students were showing off a semiautomatic ha

we got another $3 million for the department of defense for demolition of the dry dock, and we asked for about $8 million, but they gave us $3 million again in committee last year. the same is true on the army corps side. to be brief about that, the story is that we have really gotten into a pattern with them, something we can rely on over the long term. it is a good change. the waterfront maps will move from right to left. the colored squares you are looking at here, the insert from the maps. memorize that slide. starting from the north, the fisherman's wharf area, the little spot of green you see there is there is really two sets of revenue bonds reflected there. there is a 2010 series revenue bonds, and we have another set, $40 million worth, which we are looking to issue soon. this one would be in 2014, about the about thej9 would be taken -- about the time the j9 would be taken care of through this mechanism here. ne waterfront, you will recognize the crows terminal there. that big trade bloc is mixed uses because it has a number of different sources going through with a lot of

. >>> the department of defense is announcing the death of a soldier from san jose. 31-year-old staff sergeant mark see wells died in on saturday in afghanistan due to an insurgent attack. he went to lee high school in san jose and was stationed in hawaii and florida before he was dispatched to afghanistan as part of operation enduring freedom. >>> in libya rebel forces are pleading with the international community to impose a no-fly zone over their country. [ sound of shooting ] >> mo ma'am qaddafi's forces launched air strikes on antigovernment forces. they are trying to keep them from advancing toward the capital of trip oh eye. they say they don't want foreign troops on the ground but without a no-fly zone they say they will be out gunned by qaddafi's regime if there are any more air strikes. >>> new restaurants may be opening soon in a san francisco neighborhood. a board of supervisors committee will debate lifting the ban on new restaurants in the upper fill more district. that's on fill more between bush and jackson. the ban started in the 1980s and was originally designed to p

the department of defense is confirming today that the 31-year-old died saturday in the helmand province. he was killed when insurgents attacked his unit with an i.e.d. he was stationed in hawaii, but lived in san jose. he graduated from leah high school in 2007. he went to afghanistan in august of last year. he has survive d by a wife and young son and a baby due in just a month. anna says the blue star moms are going to be there for the family even though her son is back from iraq and veteran, she says we must all remember the soldier rs the children of the entire community. >>> this could be a first flu related death of a marin county child in years, but health officials are warninging they are not sure yet. it's the case of a 5-year-old mill valley boy who died on friday. he was a kind gardener at old mill school. most states are currently experiencing high levels of the flu. the number of flu deaths nationally is down is 115 so far this season compared with almost 2,000 last season. >>> more fallout and another videotape. new surveillance video shows a police undercover unit already

of our problems. even the defense reductions that i talked about that are targeted to increase the efficiency of the department of defense and make sure or warriors get what they really need, including the defense budget, it's not going to get to the root cause of our debt and deficit problems. as we all know that, those two domestic and defense discretionary expenses only account for about 30%, 30% of the budget for the american people. the bulk of it is tied up in other areas. our tax code is shown to be extremely inadequate. we're collecting revenues now at an all-time low. yeah, some is the rescission. some is the recession. but it's because we give away on tax breaks than the discretionary budget. yeah, $1.2 billion given away in tax expenditures. we spend money on these tax breaks. it's spending money by giving away all these breaks. we need to broaden our tax breaks. if we need to be real in solving our budget problems we need to start to embrace some of the recommendations if not the package that the fiscal commission the president set up last year, we need to embrace those recommendations in some form

on a positive note, just recently the department of defense and homeland security and the congressional remanded council of government recently signed off on a very important plan establishing clear rules for when the national guard and military forces can jointly respond after a disaster. and this means in a large disaster catastrophe we will have the ability to call on the resources of the department of defense and a more timely and effective manner. five years after katrina, again, i think we're better prepared for a catastrophe than we have ever been. the epic disaster of japan reminds us fema must continue to improve as both old and new threats loom some from nature like the earthquake and the tsunami and others from human enemies like the one we face on 9/11, 2001. i know administrator fugate and the public servants he works with will continue to chart a successful path forward. >> senator collins? >> thank you, mr. chairman. the earthquake and tsunami that struck japan last week destroyed the entire communities, killed thousands of people and caused the release of radiation at th

some agencies like those in the department of defense have a centralized system with a single official. others like department of homeland security, department of transportation, department of agriculture have multiple. usually head of the contracting activities for each major company. the department of security has nine. the department of transportation has 16sdo's. some agencies have sdo's who are dedicated full time to the system, but many agencies have senior leaders for whom the sdo responsibility is a collateral duty. each agency makes its own decision on the the approach and structure of the its system. as noted previously, the suspension department system only works if it is used. it only functions to protect the agency from conducting business transactions with contractors who like present responsibility of agency personnel are willing and ability to debar firms that demonstrated they are not responsible. fortunately, many agencies like the department of army have the will and spades to utilize the system and create innovative approaches for holding contractors responsible. th

there without pause growly said what's being done to bradley manning by my colleagues at the department of defense is ridiculous i'm counterproductive and stupid so now we have the state department openly criticizing the defense department we have a clear indication of tensions of disagreement of a crop. within the obama administration and thank god right at least somebody in this government still out there wits about them and sees it took questions the way that this kind of treatment to one of its own citizens will reflect on this country but unfortunately it's not a person that i'd like to promote at a press conference today president obama was asked about crowley statement and you know what he's that he said i've asked the pentagon if the procedures are appropriate and meet our standards and they said that they are you know and maybe you shouldn't be asking the defense department or the pentagon mr president maybe you should tell them what you think is appropriate or not based on your knowledge of the law based on sound logic based on your humanity and if you think that what's being done to bra

local veterans could not get affordable emdr treatment even though it's been approved by the department of defense and veterans affairs. so in 2008, she founded the nonprofit, veterans resource, that offers emdr treatments free for veterans with ptsd. >> what do you want to work on today, patrick? >> we need something for road rage. >> reporter: as her patients relive their traumatic experience, she use remote control to send a sound to her headphones and matching vibrations to tabs under their legs. unlike talk therapy, the treatment stimulates both sides of the brain to ease the stress. >> and this tick, tick, tick, tick, bridging the hemispheres. >> reporter: mike says christina's treatments helped him find peace. >> i still remember the things i seen and been a part of, but i don't have the heavy emotional connection to it anymore. >> reporter: marine corporal patrick wright says christina creates a safe setting that helps him calm his anger after three deployments to iraq. >> she is very accommodating. she understands. she realizes we're not the typical patient. >> reporter: so far, christina

fortunately, we built a lot of capability with the national guard, with the department of defense, but also with the local hazardous materials teams that received these grant fundings. particularly when we look at the threat of itch pro vise ed vise capabilities that norcom has to vee spond's in is respond to these team that would be the lead of the nrc. the ability to monitor that as a team effort, ability to do decontamination and support the evacuations. there's a lot more capability that goes beyond what we have and the safety flam couprogram could be brought to bear. mainly because of improvised devices or disposal devices. >> that's an important answer and i hope people are listening, i find. reassuring. one is we live in a world with a lot of risks, but the capabilities to respond to a terrorist attack involving here in the united states, those capabilities also obviously can be brought to bear in the case of an accident such as the one, or a natural disaster such as the one we're watching in japan now, which may already is, but may have significant radiological consequence. i t

department of defense. it covers the six year period of war and ninety two thousand and almost every instant serious incident he was about three i was able to give the with the authority and location number of people killed as soon as the afghan dossier was made public to sones and his team swords to instant fame but scathing criticism soon followed the most common i.q. zation was that the names of afghans collaborating with allied troops and details concerning american agents had not been redacted from the reports the taliban were quick to pledge to kill all those who had helped the u.s. army. there was appears the mostly the media bring it up i mean where we're looking at the issue seriously and whether we did hold back the thousand reports or four because they had that sort of i think they should it's not just the raid and i think it's very good for the aerial purge the white house i threw out their resistance in very very mature way or are we publish the white house and or if if that request. every week

. >> reporter: good news is the department of defense instituted a reintegration plan for vets calls the yellow ribbon program. >> we tried y see them as soon they come home, 30 days, 60 days, help them to navigate that. >> reporter: more churches are joining in like the unitarian church in albany, new york, which sponsored its first healing circle ceremony for veterans like michael. >> i've lost more friends to suicides than i did in combat. >> reporter: for too many veterans, coming home doesn't end with kisses and hugs. now there's an increasing awareness and some say an urgent need for america and americans to step up and share the pain of our returning veterans, and help them reclaim their lives. for "religion and ethics newsweekly," i'm lucky severson, reporting. >>> finally, on our calendar for eastern orr dock christians sunday is known ashe sunday of or docky, e celebration of a church ruling that restored the use of icons in the liturgy. thursday is st. patrick's day, come member rating the popular 5th cent tray patron st. of ireland. and as we noted earlier, eastern and we

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the department of defense says staff sgt. was killed when insurgents detonated an improvised explosive device near where he and fellow soldiers were located. staff sgt. wells was serving in afghanistan's helmand province, a taliban stronghold in southwestern afghanistan.wells was assigned to the 45th sustainment brigade, 8th theater sustainment command, schofield barracks in hawaii prior to his deployment to afghanistan. he was survived by his pregnant wife and 2 year old son. >> mark: good office says he could step down if they can guarantee him safe passage out of the country. a government spokesman denies the claims saying the reports of negotiations with the opposition are lies. despite denials is says it has submitted counter demands. it comes as the fourth week of clashes. we will be right back right after the break. live views from new orleans, the party is really getting started. >> mark: live live from the san francisco bridge. we're watching and the weekend forecast here with the details. >> louisa: we will stay dry

dca wanted to take some moves, wanted to initiate a withhold, and they backed down from the department of defense. we have seen it with bp as a contractor. everybody, obviously, knows their record in the gulf coast, but they, obviously, supply a lot of petroleum to the air force. >> yeah. one of the challenges we have is since so many people have their finger on it, nobody's ultimately held accountable, so no one gets blamed. ibm has this wonderful system that even once someone's retired, they look at a successful program, and if it's successful, they go back to the retiree and give them a bonus of hundreds of thousands of dollars for a decision they made. there's this sense of accountability even that follows you once you retire. recommendation one allows contractor to respond but not appeal agency performance assessment. do you gentlemen understand why we made this recommendation? can one of the four of you explain what the logic is behind this? it's pretty logical. i'm just curious if you think about it. it's one of the things that we encountered. allow contractors to respond to but not appeal

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have to remember that the justice department supposedly contacted bank of america and told them to hire hundreds and millions to act as a buffer between them and these defense contractors and that defense content that justice department is run by eric holder so it probably is just a republican thing it's probably an institutional player thing everybody's battling for the chambers love in two thousand and twelve and i don't really think that anybody's going to be investigating but i'm glad that somebody is calling for any right now i think that's a good thing that we finally are hearing some calls for an investigation find it a little odd though that would only cause you know hearing calls for an investigation when it comes to the chamber of commerce clause and yet not the bank of america apply or they are going after supporters of wiki leaks or perhaps even journalists people like glenn greenwald that were individually targeted absolutely they are coming out basically and types of unions and the charge targeting of change when sci you think progress and you know the institutional players on the democratic side but you know it paid you bring up several thing

of cash flow proble. this has an impact across the entire defense budget, top to bottom. >> mr. chairman, a lot of discsion is taking place within the department of defense, but also within other agencies relative to our effective use of space in terms of our national defense. yesterday we spent a lot of time in he interior committee talking about the difficulties of that department just to get their agencies to communicate with one another and thereby use dollars reasonably efficiently to carry forward their missions. some of our future capabilities, in terms ofreally securing our country as well as i think the rest of the world relate to our effectiveness in the way we use space assets, the way we use satellites, and indeed even the way we used unmanned aerial ehicles. i'm interested in having you describe for us, mr. secretary, what the department is thinking about and talking about relative to our responsibilities in the application of the space assets to our future security. and i really want to know if the are effective communications vehies between the various agencies involved, and the black world and otherwise, that allow you to be ab

we'll continue to work towards meeting the standards that will work for the needs of the department of defense as well as guam water agency. >> madam secretary, i noticed in the agreement that they're saying that the navy should have -- have a voting member on our utility board. can you indicate where else in the united states that the navy is a voting member on a utility board or any other local governing body? isn't this a cumbersome requirement for the navy or any service or through the state and local relationship? >> i don't know of any place where it would be, but i believe that the requirement there was based on this need to make sure that that certain operational standards were met and i believe that was one way that that could be done. >> so your answer is then that nowhere else in the united states? >> none that i know of, congresswoman. >> thank you. thank you, mr. chair. >> the chair runs new jersey. >> i thank all you witnesses for coming out. talking about interconnectedness. how is command engaging with our international partners over there to really address terrorism? you have

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