this is a local education agency, not the department of defense. that shouldn't be the responsibility of the department of defense and we're bleeding off $250 million. i'm sure the gentleman will stand up an say, this is needed. this isn't going to be a continual thing. we've just got to bring these schools up to repair. they'll say that the department of defense has said that these schools are in disrepair. they are. nobody is questioning that. the question is, where should this money come from? and if we have this kind of money to throw around for defense, then we ought to be cutting more defense funding. this funding, there's a problem, it should go through the local -- i'm sorry, the local education agencies or convince the federal department of education through impact aid to send money to these schools. but not the department of defense. that has been the practice, unfortunate, around here for quite a while now. we say, all right, what account can we take money from for earmarks or whatever else that few people will question? it's defense spen

lifting the current moratorium will reform the way the defense -- department -- the department of defense does business, allowing the flexibility to manage the most effective and efficient costways in supporting the mission of the department of defense. the role of government should be to govern, not to operate business inside the government. currently the federal government employees some two million executive branch nonpostal full time and permanent employees. 850,000 of these employees hold jobs that are commercial in nature. the underlying principle of a-76 is that the government should consider private sector performance of commercial services where appropriate. this notion has been consistently embraced by administrations of both political parties for more than 60 years. over the past two years, the obama administration has pushed for an end -- an insourcing campaign within d.o.d. secretary gates put a halt on that practice recently due to what "forbes" magazine on march 7, 2011, called, and i quote, a victim of bad planning and disappointing results. end of quote. two years of shut

of defense which is not likely to resist or oppose directives that disregard the intent of the defense of marriage act. congress can and should enact a policymaking it clear that defense department funds should not be used in ways that violate federal laws, including the defense of marriage act. i urge my colleagues to support this amendment and the underlying bill. with that, i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentlelady yields back. the gentleman from washington. mr. dicks: i rise in opposition to the gentlelady's amendment. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. dicks: issues such as the defense of marriage act represent policy questions not suited to appropriations bills. this amendment does not acress any specific funding matter addressed in the bill before the house. to the extent that this bill has any connection to the department of defense, i believe that such a policy issue is appropriately addressed within the domain of the house armed services committee. i urge my colleagues to reject this amendment. the chair: the gentleman yields back. any further -- the gentleman from indiana. mr. burton: i ask unanimous consent to revise and

and to emphasize it as a priority, build the collaborations with the department of veterans affairs, with the department of defense, with the national guard bureau, and to keep on collaborating until we get to the point where we can show that every service member who is eligible and who needs service will get it, no matter where it may be. and we want to see that happen in every community at the local level and at every state level. so, our initiative at samhsa is to get states to think about this in a broad way and then translate that into local community providers, action, education, and awareness. and, dr. karlin, the president also has an initiative. you want to talk a little bit about the presidential initiative on issues related to military families? we've been very fortunate because congress has recently enacted legislation that has broadened va's authority to provide mental health and counseling services to family members. this has been a wonderful gift to the agency in so many ways, because now we're able to work directly with family members in a way we haven't been able to do before. so, within va now, w

and it is significant that it is changing and it is significant that the department of defense, the department of veteran affairs, are no longer closed systems. and, in fact, those systems have, i think, appropriately acknowledged that there may be people in the community and we need to work together to make sure that we are reaching out together with communities, and that means talking to the civilian population and the civilian providers, and the civilians have to feel the same way. that they can have conversations with the military treatment facility providers with the va, and that whole dialogue, i think, is emblematic of a new way of thinking, and i think it's extremely important and very, very favorable for the behavioral health world to understand that. and dr. karlin, let's talk about utopia. people would have memorandums of understanding, they work together, but in reality, if that system wasn't yet perfected, do families need to know they need to be persistent? family members are so key to everything we're talking about because, oftentimes, it's the family member that is the first an

an additional fund that was added by the subcommittee at the request of the pentagon or the department of defense. when the subcommittee analyzed the request at our hearings and in the subsequent material provided us to justify the budget of the defense department for the overseas contingency operations, we had a strong disagreement. we did not think that their figures were well thought out. rather than appropriate that $5 billion that they requested, we moved it to what we call this transfer fund. not only additional money, it was just taken out of one account and put into another account. this transfer fund is to give the defense department some flexibility when they do get their facts and figures together on what the actual costs are. now, the $5 billion is not a slush fund. they can't spend this money without reporting back to congress. any money spent from this fund must be reported to congress and congress has 15 days in which to respond to that request. this was done to try to make sure that we had what they needed, that the defense department had what they needed for the oversees -- overs

bill before the short title, insert the following, section, the secretary of defense shall post on the public website of the department of defense the cost to each american taxpayer of each of the wars in afghanistan, iraq, and libya. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida rise? mr. young: i rise to reserve a point of order on the gentleman's amendment. the chair: the point of order is reserved. the gentleman from georgia is recognized for five minutes. mr. lewis: thank you, madam chair. let me begin by thanking the ranking member, mr. dicks, an his staff, for all of their hard work on this legislation. as always, they offer great existence and guidance for all members and staff regardless of our differences on policy. thank you all for all that you do. madam chair, my amendment is very simple. it requires that the department of defense put on its website the cost of war to each american taxpayer. it is time for america to have a receipt for these 10 years of war. how much cold hard cash has been spent? i've stood here time and time again and listened to debates about how we don't have any money.

need to draw the countries attention, i think we need to certainly bring the attention of the department of defense and the department of state to these problems, and we need to begin to do one of two things, to do it right or stop doing it to -- and i will turn it over to senator portman for his opening statement. >> this is an important topic given the resources we are devoting to afghanistan. i had an opportunity to meet not just what some of the brave soldiers and marines but also some of the federal government agencies and some of the contractors. i noticed your committee under your leadership has done some of the most diligent and searching oversight of reconstruction and development over the last several years. again, it is critical work and i am pleased to join you as your ranking member. the hearing is especially timely as it comes on the heels of a major announcement last week concerning the u.s. mission in afghanistan. the president announced his intention to withdraw the full complement of 30,000 so-called surge troops by september of 2012 with the first 10,000 coming out by the end of

we are totally committed to our true spirit of one out of every six department of defense dollars are going to afghanistan. we were out of the taliban out of power. karzai stood for free elections in 2004. al qaeda was dismantled and settled in waziristan and pakistan. this is not a nation-building exercise. this encounter terror exercise. we do not need 100,000 troops on the ground at the cost we are paying today in order to get the job done. [applause] and i am here to tell you that the future of the u.s. is not going to be determined in the prairies of afghanistan. the future of the u.s., whether you want to recognize it or not, is going to be determined by how well prepared we are to compete in a highly competitive century, and that battle is going to be waged across the ocean. as you walk off of this building, i want you to remember why we are in this race. it is about the generation behind us and the condition they will find our nation in. the debt trajectory that we are on. and number two, the reality of launching a new industrial revolution, it is within our grasp. it has happ

they're asking people to e-mail their elected officials to put pressure on the department of defense to continue the search. for more information, log onto www.kron4.com and click on find missing fishermen blog. reggie kumar, kron4 news. >> the fatal crash that occurred near the intersection of highway 1 and highway 17 in santa cruz county on monday is now a murder investigation. the suspect is identified as 29- year-old eric weirs of southern cal. investigators say he drove the wrong way, intentionally driving into the path of an oncoming car, killing the driver. and this is the woman he killed, 49-year-old anna barajas. today, her family and friends gathered to pay their respects. >> he took her life. he left all these kids and her family. >> a very loving, caring person. she always had her arms open for everyone. i want him to know that she was an amazing woman and amazing mother. >> barajas was going home from her work when she was hit and killed. >>> a live looking outside from our roof cam this evening. take a look. you can see the picture's a little muddled here. that is becaus

as is the decision to call off the search and now, refusal by the department of defense to get involved. i sat down with the oldest son of one of the missing men. >> i mean, was always there to support you and to -- things from right and wrong. >> michael has many fond memories of his father, gene. many involve fishing. something his father dearly loved. >> live life to the fullest. always loved fishing and... he liked to laugh. he had a contagious smile. anyone could tell you that. >> that love of fishing brought gene and his buddies to mexico for a deep-sea adventure but the trip was a tragedy, not a grand adventure. >> we still feel like they're out there. we haven't found any of the missing. any of the seven. so either you know in the vessel or they're out there floating and maybe on one of the islands. so we have hope they're still out there. we want to make sure they get mom. >> -- home. >> when the boat went down during 4th of july weekend, 19 fishermen made to it shore. eight did not. including michael's dad, a decorated vietnam veteran awarded a purple heart, a measure of servi

secretary rumsfeld comes in and assumes control of the defense department, but he had just been shareother commissions in the latter portions of the clinton administration. those commissions one on missile defense and other concerns in space management organizations. the expectations for how the community at large sought the defense policies related to missile defense were going to evolves. the rumsfeld missile defense commission outlined a very aggressive set of programs including some elements of the use of space. the rumsfeld space commission talks in great detail about the billing of the organizational process and the importance also of space to the national security missions and warns of a space pearl harbor. the expectation on the part of the community that was then observing the decision the rumsfeld defense department and the bush defense, bush national security policy at large than expects movement in the policy and movement in the budget along the lines predicted by these to commissions but three of these changes. we have a terrorist attacks of september, 2001, the subsequen

archives, library of congress, declassified documents with the cia, the atomic energy commission, department of defense, department of intelligence agency, nro, nsa, i can go on and on, a lot of late nights looking at documents, and then there is a point in the book where i make a shift in the way i wrote the book. everything in the beginning is written in a traditional journalist form where you annotate everything, and you make clear where your sources came from, and then in the end of the book, i lean into the reader who i trust read the whole book -- [laughter] , and i say, okay, but that's not why area 51 is still classified, and area 51 has never been admitted to by any organization in the government, and that's a fact. they -- any of the declassified documents have the word area 51 blacked out or redacted. it's referred to as the test facility or the site sometimes, but it's only ever located in print twice by me, and i believe those were obviously errors so why keep the base secret? i lean into the reader and say here's why i think the base is secret, and this came to me from a source, and in th

is one major event on this timeline the memorandum of understanding that struck between the department of defense and the department of justice to provide as you say military grade technology and weapons to police local police and states around the country in one thousand nine hundred four that was followed by an expansion of that funding for that kind of technology after september eleventh because again congress in the rush to address terrorism after september eleventh wanted to do something and what they did was they threw a lot of money and money in technology for these weapons of technology for local swat teams law enforcement of the country and again what we know we all have in every town in america is drug users what we do not have in every turn in america is all right and then one of the things that radley balko who's covered this extensively was talking about was you mentioned that back in you know decades ago there would be knocks at the door and he said back you know during the cold war people would say you know everyone knows that this is a democracy because it three am if someone knoc

so i would ask you to take a look at the rating process throughout the department of defense. i think that's absolutely critical. >> we actually are in the process of taking those lessons learned and adapting policies. but i will continue to work -- you have my commitment for that. >> thank you. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you very much, senator collins. senator hagan. >> thank you, mr. chairman, and general demsy, i want to welcome you and looking forward to your confirmation and to mrs. dempsey, it's always a pleasure seeing you and i know this is definitely a team effort. >> i thank you for all your past service and sacrifice. >> recently i joined several of my colleagues in sending a letter to the secretary of defense, secretary gates regarding findings of the military leadership commission. issued a decision earlier this year. and this is fields separate edit women from serving in occupations involving direct defensive ground combat. the commission recommended dod and the services conduct a phased elimination of combatnded phasusion policies for winning. my question,

there that's not including another forty two thousand some nato troops and ninety thousand department of defense contractors meanwhile the u.s. has reiterated a long term commitment to the country there certainly has been an agreement that following two thousand and fourteen there will be some kind of continuing presence . of presence and financial burden some see as permanent observers believe u.s. bases are in the forever future lauren mr r.t. washington d.c. . to see what it's like to be a soldier involved in that kind of conflict a special report coming your way in about a fifteen minutes it follows a military journalist who went to iraq to cover the war and came home with a message of protest. spending the year in iraq is not a true journalist. get killed. twenty seven days to publicize the invite. started to have a dialogue. about special documentary is coming your way in about fifteen minutes right here on and see that such out some other international headlines for you now that's how i. post a minister elect. has already announced plans to form a new five party coalition government this

there that's not including another forty two thousand some nato troops and ninety thousand department of defense contractors meanwhile the u.s. has reiterated a long term commitment to the country there certainly has been an agreement that following two thousand and fourteen there will be some kind of continuing presence . of presence and financial burden some see as permanent observers believe u.s. bases are in the forever future lauren mr r.t. washington d.c. . as the u.s. and nato are trying to complete that campaign in afghanistan there seems to be no end to the new conflict in leaving site but political blog and nato campaign every cross off says they alliance is not bad for a peace mission. but what it suggests is nato obligations override national security concerns national interests international law germany for whatever reason why it is only certainly from its own point of the old join the the nations or russia or china india and brazil in the security council on march seventeenth and abstaining on you under a solution one thousand seven hundred three our viewers are saying it's a hundr

are there that's not including another forty two thousand nato troops and ninety thousand department of defense contractors meanwhile the u.s. has reiterated a long term commitment to the country there certainly has been an agreement that following two thousand and fourteen there will be some kind of continuing presence . presence and financial burden some see as permanent observers believe u.s. bases are in the forever future or in mr r. t. washington d.c. . and with the u.s. troop withdrawal also underway in iraq the question is whether some military presence is necessary to keep the country together could lavelle discusses this matter with his guests in cross talk coming up next now is a preview. if there's an american in irresponsible american departure without the issue of the disputed territories having been resolved then there's a high likelihood of renewed conflict even if those responsible leadership on each side because actions on the ground in particular the actions of sunni arab insurgents might be stabilized matters so there's a real risk to be an excuse the americans would be abso

are there that's not including another forty two thousand nato troops and ninety thousand department of defense contractors meanwhile the u.s. has reiterated a long term commitment to the country there certainly has been an agreement that following two thousand and fourteen there will be some kind of continuing presence . of presence and financial burden some see as permanent observers believe u.s. bases are in the forever future lorin mr r.t. washington d.c. new patton gone chief leon panetta is capable of reaching a breakthrough in the ten year campaign in afghanistan all he needs to do is to change the u.s. policy completely so says our military contributor in his latest video blog here's a look. now when they don't buy an adam bede are reviewed deaf to his former associates at central intelligence agency and has assume the mantle of the pentagon chief can is a unique opportunity to reach a synergy effect from his previous position as a u.s. intelligence czar and he is current top job as the military boss in their own finances as the new secretary of defense should resist any pressure from t

there that's not including another forty two thousand nato troops and nine hundred thousand department of defense contractors meanwhile the u.s. has reiterated a long term commitment to the country there certainly has been an agreement that following two thousand and fourteen there will be some kind of continuing presence . of presence and financial burdens some see as permanent observers believe u.s. bases are in the forever future lauren mr r.t. washington d.c. insufficient medical help cause the birth of. two thousand and nine and was detained by authorities at the time that's according to russia's investigative committee which having no finished analyzing the additional medical evidence claimed the prison staff involved will face trial. the additional forensic medical examination into the death of he is now being completed a spokesperson for the the investigative committee said. medical examination revealed that magnitsky had a preexisting condition which had contributed to his death now he also went on to say criminal a criminal case has been opened and charges of failure to provide adequate

are there that's not including another forty two thousand nato troops and ninety thousand department of defense contractors meanwhile the u.s. has reiterated a long term commitment to the country there certainly has been an agreement that following two thousand and fourteen there will be some kind of continuing presence . presence and financial burdens some see as permanent observers believe u.s. bases are in the forever future lorin mr r.t. washington d.c. . let's have a look at some other international news this hour collins first female prime minister next move look no one has already announced plans to form a new five party coalition government this comes after her if you type party won by slants like in sunday's general election taking clear parliamentary majority forty four year old is the sister of the country's ousted pm approximation of what toppled in the army five years ago. corporal in the armed forces is killed forefront of marines and injured another at a base on the yellow sea close to the northern border and nineteen year old also wounded is now in custody his motive for what ma

there that's not including another forty two thousand some nato troops and ninety thousand department of defense contractors meanwhile the u.s. has reiterated a long term commitment to the country there certainly has been an agreement that following two thousand and fourteen there will be some kind of continuing presence . of presence and anshul burden some see as permanent observers believe u.s. bases are in the forever future of lauren mr r. t. washington d.c. former i.m.f. chief potential french presidential candidate the company is about to face a new sexual assault allegations a french writer who claims he attempted to rape her in two thousand and three has decided to press charges for the fall of the case of a new york hotel maid who was accused of sexual assault victims was the weekend after prosecutors admitted that credibility had been compromised. photo socialists fear the new allegation could ruin his chances of running for president so you want to discuss the situation and i'm joined by paul craig roberts with former assistant treasury secretary under the reagan administration and a

there that's not including another forty two thousand some nato troops and ninety thousand department of defense contractors meanwhile the u.s. has reiterated a long term commitment to the country there certainly has been an agreement that following two thousand and fourteen there will be some kind of continuing presence . of presence and financial burden some see as permanent observers believe u.s. bases are in the forever future lauren mr r.t. washington d.c. i know to see what it's like to be a soldier involved in that kind of conflict for our special report that's coming your way next hour it follows a military journalist who went to iraq to cover the war and then end up coming home with a message of protest. spending the year in iraq is a military journalist. always. is there is kind of wasting their time trying to get killed three. zero was willing to do. to be about twenty seven days going to publicize an invite to. start a debate have a dialogue that is. true to the slogan or where you can sleep in some states. without a locker in moscow let's check out some other international headlines

are there that's not including another forty two thousand nato troops and ninety thousand department of defense contractors meanwhile the u.s. has reiterated a long term commitment to the country there certainly has been an agreement that following two thousand and fourteen there will be some kind of continuing presence . of presence and burden some see as permanent observers believe u.s. bases are in the forever future glory mr r. t. washington d.c. try to see what it's like to be a soldier involved in that kind of conflict. special report coming your way in about a fifteen minutes it follows a military journalist who went to iraq to cover the war came home with a message of protest. spending the year in iraq is military journalist. ways to go in. there is to waste the. train or get killed for. the link to the. length of. the twenty seven days of publicising in by. making the. start of the of the. change in this world where you can see this instance. i know that special documentary is coming your way in about fifteen minutes right here on out c let's check out some other international headline

there that's not including another forty two thousand some nato troops and ninety thousand department of defense contractors meanwhile the u.s. has reiterated a long term commitment to the country there certainly has been. an agreement that following two thousand and fourteen there will be some kind of continuing presence i a presence and financial burden some see as permanent observers believe u.s. bases are in the forever future lauren mr r. t. washington d.c. . later we'll bring you the revelations of a military journalists who spent a year in iraq and interviewed thousands of u.s. soldiers and that's in a special report coming up in around ten minutes time. spent in the year in iraq is not a true journalist. we still are. wasting their time trying to get killed. i thought all along the way to give. you to be about twenty seven days going to publicize if you invited. who. started the base have a dialogue. chanting the slogan are we speak. now let's turn to some other stories from around the world and in thailand a new five party coalition government has been formed which will bring the countr

pakistan is more central to what happens in the other states a change in the guard at the department of defense with robert gates retiring and former cia chief leon panetta getting sworn in signals this change of course to critics i see no difference between him and robert gates and for afghanistan we now hear a presidential pledge to pull thirty three thousand troops out by september two thousand and twelve fully recovering the surge i have now at west point well it certainly sounds like what the american people would like to hear for the first time ever a majority want u.s. troops out of afghanistan as soon as possible fifty six percent or thirty nine percent want troops there until the situation is stabilized you can see the trend is really flip flop. but what is the reality of obama's plans for troop withdrawal that thirty three thousand he's calling for is a minority of the one hundred thousand american troops that are there that's not including another forty two thousand some nato troops and ninety thousand department of defense contractors meanwhile the u.s. has reiterated a long term co

are there that's not including another forty two thousand nato troops and ninety thousand department of defense contractors meanwhile. the u.s. has reiterated a long term commitment to the country there certainly has been an agreement that following two thousand and fourteen there will be some kind of continuing presence . of presence and financial burden some see as permanent observers believe u.s. bases are in the forever future loren mr r.t. washington d.c. . just a little bit later here on r.t. we'll be bringing you the revelations of a military journalist who spent a year in iraq and interviewed hundreds of u.s. soldiers and that's in a special report coming up in three hours time. it's been in the year in iraq as a military journalist. ways. there is to waste their time. killed. twenty seven days to publicize he invited. started to have a dialogue. true to the slow. i don't know twenty minutes past the hour here in moscow you with r.t. let's check out some other world news for you in brief now in thailand a new five party coalition government has been formed which will bring the country's