and our department of defense went right to work to it. defense d.o.d. tells us that for every 25% increase if the price of a gallon of oil, the federal government and d.o.d. incur over a billion dollars in additional fuel costs. so every time a gallon of oil goes up 25 cents, the federal government ends up spending a billion more at only d.o.d. wow, that's a billion dollars that could go a long way in either making sure we had modern weapons or our troops continue to have the -- returning troops -- and they are returning -- to have the health care they need. we need to modernize the military. we need to, as senator mccain has challenged, make sure we don't hollow out the military. we need to make sure that we address the new emerging threats not only in geographic areas but in cyberspace. i'm on the select committee on intelligence. those cyber threats are -- are eye popping when you study the issue. now, we need to do something about our costs of fuel. the navy plans to spend close to $200 million on advanced biofuels -- excuse me, the navy already spen

role of intelligence national security community the state department and so on during the period in question strategic decision were made exclusively by a single institution the department of defense the department of state of jet did to their war plan and so did the cia the cia told the pentagon toppling the iraqi regime is the easy part but what's your scenarios for iraq once you remove saddam hussein the d.o.t. replied just let a save or throw him and then everything will stabilize but that's the kind of mind frame that dominated the american war effort there was no sustainable long term strategy and that's why it all ended in chaos now look what happened to iraq after two thousand and three with war in the americans that if the regime would fall iraq would devolve into a jihadist stronghold and iran would expand its area of influence across the gulf region it was us who checks terrorist activity and contained iran's quest for regional domination i'm sure that all of our messages and information did reach us decision makers up to the very top. or did the iraqi leadership believe that america would stop short of starting the war because of its program attic policy and little int

so what we are saying here in the underlying bill is the department of defense can provide grants to these organizations -- fisher house, red cross and u.s.o. and the mccain amendment says no, they can't. it strikes the authority of the department of defense to give them these grants. i think that's a mistake. and for that reason alone, i hope that my colleagues will vote against the mccain amendment. what we -- the services that are being provided at these -- through these organizations and at these facilities are nothing short of remarkable. fisher house in the city of chicago, near heinz v.a. hospital is a beautiful home, a place where families who have a loved one who is going through surgery or rehabilitation at the heinz v.a. hospital are given a chance to stay overnight. they don't have to pay for a hotel room, and they are treated like royalty, as they should be. these are military families. mothers and fathers, spouses and children who are treated like royalty at this fisher house while they're waiting for their loved one to finish the treatment, the surgery that they need to

a promise to the american people that would not happen and constrained and restricted the department of defense of telling the american people what would occur if he broke his promise. we're standing here today with the president having broken his promise and the department of defense scrambling to get the message out to the american public. there is not yet understand because the department of defense has not been able to hand in their homework of what will happen. we have been working on this since it was first proposed by the president and have a better understanding of the consequences. we agree with the president that it is wrong. >> you have been talking about this since august of 2011. >> there is no question that the amount of articles that could have been written about the specifics of what this means to educate the american public would have been helpful. we were speaking in committee rooms and press conferences. there is a gap between what everyone knows and what will happen. we believe the president has broken his promise and needs to allow the department of defense to tell people w

the department of defense in the person of the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, the key principle staff members of the department, and our primary combatant commanders and commanders responsible for civil authority support are now acting on those recommendations in the form of directed tasks. the tasks sound very familiar for those who have participated here in san francisco fleet week over the last several years. the focus is on integrated planning with civil authorities, swift operations and mobilization, utilization of installations, capabilities and personnel, enhanced organizational effectiveness and improved doctrine, education, training and exercises. the directive comes with an already increased attention on dsca which we have seen the development of courses and training now delivered at multiple professional military education programs and other venues and the maturing of thinking and policies since 9/11 and katrina. there is a recognition within this analysis that there are gaps in awareness of the capabilities dod can provide in complex catastrophes, as well as the inhe

the clerk: h.r. 933, a bill making appropriationers in department of defense, the department of veterans' affairs and other departments and agencies for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2013, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 99, the amendment printed in house report 113-12 is adopted and the bill as amended is considered read. the gentleman from kentucky, mr. rogers, and the gentlewoman from new york, ms. lou re, will each control 30 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from kentucky. mr. rogers: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. rogers: i rise to present h.r. 933, the department of defense and military construction and veterans affairs appropriations and full year continuing resolution for fiscal year 2013. our nation faces a three-pronged threat to its finances. as we deal with sequestration, the debt ceiling, and most immediately, a looming government shutdown. this bill takes the risk of a government shutdown off the table. funding the government for

guard those are all parts of the department of homeland security but nearly half of the money spent on homeland security by taxpayers actually goes to the department of defense even department of education some of that is going to the so that it is going to places like social security administration so the question is is homeland security just kind of catch phrase little immediately get congress opening their purse strings out of fear of of. being tough enough on homeland security and then and that congressional research service is report showed that the fact that there is no one unifying idea as to what homeland security is makes it difficult to determine what the priorities should be for creating homeland security the question is you know what what can we do to make the homeland more secure and secure from whom and without a clear idea of what homeland security is it's really difficult to determine the answers to those questions well without the stuff in action and also without the law increased flow of information i have to ask is the dia just too big for its own good will some would certainly say so i think that with any large large government institutio

a good portion of that is the f- 35 fighter jet, which is the largest program in the defense departmentese are twas defense dollars low. charter for the big pieces of hardware like the f-35 or submarines or ships, or its for services for the department of defense. host: the report puts on its head the perception that republicans protect the pentagon more than democrats. guest: there's a perception that the republicans have been more protective of the defense department historical. i don't think it's necessarily because of spending and somehow if spending moves to democratic districts that would change. what you are seeing now more with republicans is a real focus on austerity, on cutting budgets, on restricting the government and many more republicans than in the past have been willing to talk about the pentagon needs to be trimmed as well. host: how will the sequester impact the defense contracting spending? guest: sequester impacted very much. basically, for the department of defense, it's about 7.9% or 7.8% on the discretionary side of spending that is cut. across-the-board, so it wi

defense bill. it should be funded by the national institute of health, not the department of defense. madam president, i ask unanimous consent for a long list of unspecified and unauthorized and unnecessary and wasteful pork be included in the record at this time. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mccain: it's -- it's disgraceful, and i see my colleague from texas is waiting to talk. but this is absolutely unbelievable. and all of this long list, of billions of dollars of spending, can only be considered as how obscene it is by listening to what the impacts of sequester has already been on the men and women in the military. sequester so far -- so far -- canceled four brigade exercises, four brigade exercises of training of the army has been canceled. it reduces the base operations, the normal day-to-day operations of the base by 30%. cancels half the year of helicopter and ground vehicle maintenance. stops postwar repair pair of 1,300 vehicles and 17,000 webs weapons. it reduces the readiness of the army's nondeployable brigades, stops tuition assistance for all active and

the bill actually provides less transfer authority than what the defense department requested in february of 2012. the defense department asked for $5 billion in general transfer authority. the bill allows $4 billion. the defense department asks for $4 billion in transfer authority from overseas contingency accounts, and the bill provides $3.5 billion. all of these transfer authorities are subject to congressional approval processes. the perception of this bill gives the pentagon excessive flexibility to deal with sequestration is not correct. the other challenge facing the department of defense is the threat of a year-long continuing resolution if we fail to pass this bill. a bill that would do nothing more than extend the authority of last year's spending bill. some of the department's most pressing fiscal challenges relate to trying to live in today's world using last year's budget. passing a defense bill will give the pentagon relief from the threat of living under a full-year continuing resolution for the very first time. but that's not because of flexibility. that's because an appropri

the officials for answers in addition to the inquiries that we made with the defense department we also asked the department of justice for their perspective on what's happen. and they basically told us that it's none of their business that the military oversees the facility and referred us to back to the department of defense defense attorneys are telling us that these sorties have created conditions which make it nearly impossible for them to do their job and defend their clients so frustrating there is nothing that we can do we have sent e-mails to the department of defense to the commander. asking them to meet with us to talk to us about the detainees conditions we have heard no response we have been told by the department of justice that they will not talk to us they refer us back to the department of defense no one has talked to us in the meantime in washington the officials tried to downplay the hunger strike but they seem to have a good idea of why these men resorted to such a desperate move and yet they have no solution to offer they had great optimism that guantanamo would be closed they were devasta

the department of defense has not been able to hand in their homework of what will happen. we have a better understanding of the consequences. this is dangerous. we agree with the president that it is wrong. >> you have been talking about this since august of 2011 every day. >> there is no question that the amount of articles that could have been written about the specifics of what this means to educate the american public would have been helpful while we were speaking words in committee rooms and press conferences. there is a gap between what everybody knows and what is going to happen. we believe the president has broken his promise. >> could you explain more about if the appropriations bill passed how it would mitigate the effects of sequestration and how you could minimize the damage? >> we have two serious problems. the chiefs, in their planning, are handcuffed right now because we are operating under a cr, which keeps us on fiscal year 12 financing. we passed a defense authorization bill that gave them the opportunity to start more important programs. that was signed

experience as bit gc for the department of defense for four years, the application of what i think we would consider imminence is not necessarily what you would assume from reading that white paper. i am not a big fan of white papers because in my private, professional life, you don't give a client white papers the could you don't know who authored it, who saw it, so i am not a big fan of white papers. in situations, i have seen situations where we were looking at a military objective what we concluded that , andhreat was not imminent therefore not appropriate for the specific type of military force we have been discussing here. monitor ortinue to pursue other means. i am not giving you a whole lot of detail here except to say that in its application in my experience, the standard does not necessarily line up with how one might read that white paper. it ald probably write little different. second, i like the idea of the devil's advocate, something i think could be made part of the process, could be institutionalized within the military. you have some special considerations. the chaini

currently according to the department of defense 477% of servicemembers are too afraid to report their assaults because of your braille -- retaliation or unjust punishment. too many victims do not feel justice is likely or even possible. we need to take a close look at the military justice system and we need to be asking the hard questions with all options on the table including moving this issue outside of the chain of command so we can get closer to reality in our services. the case we have all read about in the audio air base is shocking and the outcome should compel all of us to take the necessary action to ensure that justice is swift and certain not rare and fleeting. i had the opportunity to press secretary hagel on the issue of sexual assault and secretary hagel responded by saying i agree. it's not good enough. the whole chain of command needs and accountable. i couldn't agree more. i was pleased with the secretary's public statement earlier this week that he is open to the changes to the military justice system as well as legislation to ensure effectiveness in our responses t

big changes for the department of defense. as part of the sequester cuts. good morning, lauren. we are talking about civilian employees of the department of defense. that can include men and women who have served our country in uniform who have now come back as civilians. >> it could effect hundreds of thousands of pentagon workers. furlough notices for civilian department of defense attorneys will be today. those are the notices, it will be a little more than a month before they begin their unpaid leave. it is part of the effort to cut spending in the wake of sequestration. the unpaid leaves are expected to start as soon as april 25th. few woeshgs will be exempt here. they will be taking one day a week unpaid and that works out to be a 20 percent annual pay cut. >> there's a man i know it is happening to he lost a leg fighting for our country in iraq now he's a civilian so he could be furloughed along with many, many others as well. we will keep following that one. talk with us about voters. >> they are nervous about the economy and the debt unlike leaders in washington. they th

their allegations have been looked at by the department of defense and united states air force. >> butations by more than a dozen guard members were documented in this report co-authored by a member of the oklahoma national guard. chief ronald petty. >> it was clear to us according to them that the california national guard was not following the proper procedures as outlined in the national guard regulations. >> sexual harassment and hostile working environment are common place in the california air national guard and racial tension has been high since 2008 and he found proof to immediately assign counselorers and investigators when its members filed complaints. >> what is the reputation of the california national guard? >>th not a good one. it's not a good reputation. it's not. >> the petty report, the taxpayer paid for it and it was ignored. how do you answer that? >> there was no report. that document was a collection of individual statements that were never investigated. >> in your decades of experience have you seen anything like you found in california? >> no. no. i never found t

. >> at the department of defense, the department of justice, the department of homeland security, intelligencety, agrees the best way to protect our national security interests is to prosecute ghaith in an article 3 court. >> one scholar doubts this crimes meet the military requirement for a military tribunal. >> for the lindsey grahams of the world who say gitmo all the time. that's fine. but those who say military commissions, military commissions, sorry, but he can't be charged with material support for terrorism, which can carry a life sentence, because that is disallowed at a legal matter in military commission. but keep in mind the administration backed down from trying kalib shake mohammad in manhattan after police said security would cost $200 million per year. this trial is expect it to take three weeks. >> shepard: thanks very much. juror john mccain is with us now, member of the snarl averaged services committee, the senate committee on homeland security, back home in arizona. senator, thank you. >> thank you. >> how do you feel about this trial in lower manhattan? >> well, of cours

then we and we the american taxpayer who really make sacrifices to make these payments to the department of defense that then absconds with the money through subcontracts. i think the best lesson of all is to realize that the defense department is not audit dable that means you can't begin to even trace the monies that go into the defense department it's accepted that it's not on a dimple and so it's like flushing money down a hole yeah i mean my next question he was going to be how does this happen is there recklessness is it lack of oversight but you're saying that they're not able to be audited so it looks like lack of oversight is a huge problem there all of the above all of the above and. when you when you see this these. alligator tears about all would disagree question is going to cut the defense budget the defense budget has been outta hand since the korean war and there's just no limit to it and so what happens with the conservative community that they never question the appropriations whatever the defense community wants they pay for and then of course you have to go to war to expend thes

department of labor, all of those things. your subcommittee is one of the most robust. other than defense, you're second in size and expenditure. but it funds the entire department of labor. the entire department of education and the entire department of health and human services. and under that, spectacular agencies. along with that, independent agencies like the social security administration, which is headquartered in literally my hometown of baltimore. so you have really almost i would say 40% of the domestic expenditures. and that which meets compelling human need and along with it funds the kind of programs that are our work force of the future. mr. harkin: work force. ms. mikulski: and our work force of the future. and you deserve to have your day. and anyone who wants to analyze it, scrutinize it, oppose it, amend it, improve it, both sides of the aisle should do this. so i say to the -- to my colleague, what i want to do is get this bill through the united states senate. working with my colleague, senator shelby, who i know was your ranking member the last years, who is so well v

it takes a whole mix of people whether it's the department of defense and even fema having roles to play in that. bob fenton, the assistant chief of fema, used to be the division chief in division 9. he is no stranger to this area, born and raised here, this is his home and so he does have a care and an interest in this community and beyond. and so with that it is hard to fill being his replacement at the regional level because not only to fill his shoes all the great work he did in this region, but also because when you see the size difference, it's a little hard to fit in there. but this this i want to introduce bob fenton, the response head for fema coming in from dc to help support this and moderate the panel. thank you. (applause). >> well, appreciate it. appreciate the opportunity to be back with friends and back in san francisco. and i appreciate the opportunity to be your lunch speaker. as i always say, lunch is one of may five most important meals of the day so thank you for that. let me introduce my panelists. here to my left, we have a great group here to talk about stories fr

think that over the last year in particular, there has been ager mattock change between the department of defense and department of energy over visibility into the budget and influence in shaping a budget. it is not perfect. i think we are learning a lot about how we can get better at this. i think there is more to do and i have seen a tremendous change, and i think it is a tremendous positive change. >> that is great. i would note that my understanding is that the department of defense has not yet certified the budget unless we have some concerns about it. but it is at the omb level and going forward. i do think it is healthy but the defense department has real input into the production of the budget for nuclear weapons. >> thank you, senator sessions. >> thank you, general kehler. the men and women who are assigned to this missile range facility are some of the best around. the capability to provide our exceptional. it is used to test the systems that will protect our country and allies from this. currently under construction, there is a facility that i am sure you are familiar with, which will

conditions we have heard no response we have been told by the department of justice that they will not talk to us they refers back to the department of defense no one has talked to us in the meantime in washington the officials tried to downplay the hunger strike but they seem to have a good idea of why these men resorted to such a desperate move and yet they have no solution to offer they had great optimism that guantanamo would be closed they were devastated when the president did you know backed off at least their perception of closing. the facility that has caused them to become frustrated and they want to get this i think turned it up get it back in the media but it was not on the status of the detainees that general john kelly who's command oversees guantanamo came to discuss in congress he was there asking for money to renovate the prison the upgrade of the camp is estimated to cost taxpayers almost two hundred million dollars as washington schedules renovations at guantanamo the international community continues to call on president obama to comply with his own promises and to shut down the infamous prison you we have no right to hol

the department of defense right now has to figure out how the children of military families are going to continue with their schooling over the next several months because teachers at these army bases are typically civilians, they are therefore subject to furlough, which means that they may not be able to teach within day a week. now, i expect that we'll be able to manage around it, but if i'm a man or woman in uniform in afghanistan right now, the notion that my spouse back home is having to worry when whether or not the our kids are getting the best education possible, the notion that my school for my children on an army base might be disrupted by congress didn't act, that's an impact. mayor bloomberg and others may not feel that impact. i suspect they won't. but that family will. the border patrol agents who are out there in the hot sun doing what congress said they're supposed to be doing, finding out suddenly that they're getting a 10% pay cut and having to go home and explain that to their families, i don't think they feel like this is an exaggerateded impact. so i guess it depe

>> server, if you're talking about department of defense -- >> wisher we do? >> department of defense capabilities, we are focused on things in earth orbit. we've got a variety of salmon are not focused beyond the earth. >> once an object has been identified, what are means of tracking it and how much time would we have to prepare if there were a threat to earthquakes >> maybe i can take that, congressman hall. how much notice we have depends on the size of the object. the bigger it is, the further away the conceit of the more time we have. some objects they know are coming years in advance. other objects are still big enough to cause damage that we only know weeks in advance for days in advance. obviously we need to improve capability to give us enough notice to mount a deflection mission if we see one on a collision course. some of the capabilities we been talking about come the large synoptic scope, the orbiting telescope that the b-6 12 foundation is working with nasa to develop, on this capabilities will increase the warning time with respect to asteroids

department and irs. we represent over 650,000 federal and d.c. workers. concentrations of the department of defenseterans affairs, homeland security, department of justice, bureau of prisons, hud, we are all over. host: what is your role in sequestration? who are you talking to at the administration -- and this administration and what are you trying to accomplish? guest: a lot of things. we would like to see sequestration end. a repeal of the budget control act. it was a terrible lot. horrible circumstances. it was a gun pointed to the president's head with a debt ceiling and for reasons we will never appreciate, i suppose, he agreed to this terrible law that really had the super committee, with a deal that probably would've been a bad deal. the alternative was also bad -- sequestration. it will be with us another decade unless it is repealed. that would be our preference. short of that, and in the context of sequestration, you have the possibility for what the administration calls balanced deals, which includes new tax revenue that would offset some of the spending cuts. and spending cuts that wou

the department of defense regularly acknowledges this crisis. in estimate 19,000 sexual assaults occur each year and 86% of victims do not report mostly out of fear of retaliation. of those 19,000 victims, about 10,700 are men and 8,300 are women. to translate this into percentages, about 56% of estimated victims in our military are men. this is the part of the crisis that the department of defense does not acknowledge. now, just what can we do to stop sex isual assault in our military? first, we must recognize that rape is not just about sex. it's about violence, power, and sometimes about abuse of authority. general franklin's recent action setaside the guilty verdict against lieutenant colonel wilkinson of aggravated sexual assault is another example of abuse of authority taken by a command they're will have a chilling effect on military judges, prosecutors, and juries and inhibit victims from coming forward. a sing elsystem often precludes justice and hinders it long into the future. the victim had been in contact with protect our our defende

another way the department of defense fails us. the setter it biased and do not work it is now congress's duty so service members could receive justice it is fair, impartial and addresses the epidemic of sexual assault and should be noted a lot of survivors have said do not come home there are so many others that do not survive and we need to do this in memory of them. >> thank you for thoughtful testimony. each as if recommended commander remove from the chain of command with an independent reid you. for the first time to institute those that not to report to the chain of command keys think those that are prosecuted if the conviction is found? >>. >> it is a two-pronged system. so accused and being convicted but the retaliation that cannot just be dealt with yes absolutely an independent prosecutor given authority with the way victims approach but we have to remember looking at a cynical way and prosecution and victims care have to be done to prevent sexual assaults for happening. >> day you think if we have more convictions and ju

this is the part of the crisis the department of defense does not acknowledge. our military quakes first, we must recognize rape is not just about not. the recent action to set aside the guilty verdict of attack colonel wilkerson of sexual assault is another abuse of authority by a commander they'll have a chilling effect on military judges, prosecutors and juries and inhibit the end to coming forward, it elevates discretion over the rule of law and precludes justice long into the future. colonel wilkerson said it has been in contact and wants you to know i endured eight months of public humiliation investigations. why bother to pick the investigators, prosecutors, judge, jury and meet through this if one person can set if a justice of this type of pan. i have here a copy of your statement which has been submitted for the record, none of chairwomen. reforms to date have clearly not successfully address this epidemic because they target systems without addressing the root cause of the military justice system is fraught with inherent personal bias, complex adventu

what is important about this part of the mission for the department of defense? i would say very quickly that it is the values that we share with this pool of partners in europe. to stand with us on freedom of speech and freedom of religion and freedom of the press. secondly, it is the economics and the bonds that bind us together. the united states represent about one fourth of the world's gross domestic product. the nations of europe represent more. nato is about 50% of the gdp. it is $4 trillion per year across the atlantic. so i think the transatlantic connection has an important economic component as well. third, geography does matter. sometimes people say to me, they are the bastions of the cold war. i would counter by saying that it's not. they are forward operating bases in the 21st century. they allow us to extend support from eucom in that area as well. fourth, i would say that nato would serve together around the world is a wide variety of missions that we can talk about this morning. fifth and finally, nowhere else in the world will we find such an eli

really, they fall under the department of defense policy, and the department of defense says it's theirin the life and health of those that are under their custody, but the department of defense also says really that they are complying with the geneva convention and with u.s. law and i will tell you if these prisoners were, let's say, in a federal prison guided under u.s. law, most of the courts, the few courts that have dealt with this issue, have found force feeding constitutional. and so, again, i think it's their controversial status that makes this such a very difficult issue. just because you're a prisoner does not mean that you give up all of your constitutional rights. but again, the department of defense says, yeah, that they are complying with u.s. law, as well as their own policy. >> barbara starr, sunny hostin, thanks to both of you. >>> we have breaking news to tell you about. i'm getting word the man convicted of killing rabbi werzberger more than two decades ago has just been released. we're told the family erupted with joy in the courtroom. we're getting the tape, more d

a promise to the american people that would not happen and constrained and restricted the department of defense of telling the american people what would occur if he broke his promise. we're standing here today with the president having broken his promise and the department of defense scrambling to get the message out to the american could come up with a better public. is not yet understand because the department of defense has not been able to abandon their homework what will happen. we have been working on this since it was first proposed by the president and have a better understanding of the consequences. we agree with the president that it is wrong. >> you have been talking about this since august of 2011. >> there is no question that the amount of articles that could have been written about the specifics of what this means to educate the american public would have been helpful. we were speaking in committee rooms and press conferences. there is a gap between what everyone knows and what will happen. we believe the president has broken his promise and needs to allow the department of defen

a promise to the american people that would not happen and constrained and restricted the department of defense of telling the american people what would occur if he broke his promise. we're standing here today with the president having broken his promise and the department of defense scrambling to get the message out to the american public. there is not yet understand because the department of defense has not been able to abandon their homework what will happen. we have been working on this. since it was first proposed by the president and have a better understanding of the consequences. we agree with the president that it is wrong. >> you have been talking about this since august of 2011. >> there is no question that the amount of articles that could have been written about the specifics of what this means to educate the american public would have been helpful. we were speaking in committee rooms and press conferences. there is a gap between what everyone knows and what will happen. we believe the president has broken his promise and needs to allow the department of defense to tell people wha

destroyers, amphibious, things like that. >> reporter: so these are basically going to the department of defense. >> they are. >> reporter: now her third generation business is caught in the crossfire. they're talking about $43 billion in defense cuts. is there any way that that does not affect your business? >> it definitely will affect our business. it's just a matter of how. >> reporter: the looming cuts are going to hit the employees. >> we're sitting here ready to hire people, ready to give raises for people we have and we another doing either of those things because of the sequestration. we just don't know what's going to happen in the future. >> reporter: you have 36 employees. we see some of them working behind you. how concerned are you about their jobs? >> i'm very concerned about their jobs. i'm thinking we could see 25% to 50% of them at risk. >> reporter: congress's ina on the budget has already delayed repairs and updates to aircraft carrier carriers. 2,000 companies in 46 states across the u.s. supply parts for the ships. >> reporter: you are one of the small business owners that

a good portion of that is the f- 35 fighter jet, which is the largest program in the defense department. these are twas defense dollars low. charter for the big pieces of hardware like the f-35 or submarines or ships, or its for services for the department of defense. host: the report puts on its head the perception that republicans protect the pentagon more than democrats. guest: there's a perception that the republicans have been more protective of the defense department historical. i don't think it's necessarily because of spending and somehow if spending moves to democratic districts that would change. what you are seeing now more with republicans is a real focus on austerity, on cutting budgets, on restricting the government and many more republicans than in the past have been willing to talk about the pentagon needs to be trimmed as well. host: how will the sequester impact the defense contracting spending? guest: sequester impacted very much. basically, for the department of defense, it's about 7.9% or 7.8% on the discretionary side of spending that is cut. across-the-board, so i

i would love to see the department of defense come without a poster that said don't rape. don't rape. period. end of story. >> thank you to seek of you for -- each of you for not only your courage but your determination and unbelievable passion. it makes a difference, and i'm sure for any survivor they can't imagine how such a horrible crime committed against them could ever make a difference, but because of your experience, you are making a difference. and i can tell you, we as senators cannot do this job alone without your stories, without your courage, without your dedication, we cannot find the right solutions. i'm grateful that many members of the armed services who are currently in command sat here for your testimony. they heard everything you said. and this is a beginning of a longer conversation. a conversation that we need have not just as a committee in the senate, but as a nation, and i want to thank you for your unbelievable strength and courage in leading that conversation. thank you very much. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conv