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since 2001, and we have made a lot of changes, a new department of homeland security, a lot of changes in intelligence, in the department of defense, and so i think we have of our game considerably. at the same time, our opponents but state and terrorists, continued to be very ingenious -- senator: but i would observe, in terms of the level of threat, it is hard to square the two statements coming from two members of the same administration. either we are living in a time of higher instability and more deaths from state-sponsored mass killing's we are in a time of less daily threats to americans. the second statement, coming from our chief negotiator, with the iranian regime, and i would have to say dear it causes me concerned that secretary kerry would feel this way while trying to negotiate a nuclear deal with this terrorist nation. general dempsey, if the secretary of state is correct perhaps we do not have to avoid sequestration, if we are living in a time -- in a period of less daily threats to americans, less threats to the people of the world than normally. perhaps we could stick with sequestration if that is the case. woul

> the problem doesn't go away because we are still going to have needs of support both for department of defense and department of state. now they're starting to use third country nationals for base support operations in djibouti and other parts of africa as well. >> this is aljazeera america live from new york city. i'm david schuster, the israeli outcome for netanyahu, the u.s. talks with iran. and a peace deal with the palestinians. >>> violence in tunisia a popular museum, and what we know about the gunmen. and racist comments, the text messages sent by san francisco police officers.

if it's too much hassle to do business with the department of defense, they can leave it. and so part of the reason to improve the way we contract for goods and services is to make the department of defense a little friendlier to do business with so that we can take better advantage of commercial innovation. and some of the of the companies -- of the other companies who are on the fence about whether they want to deal with it or not. mr. hunter: here in the back. >> a.m. a lawyer by trade just like you are. -- i am a lawyer by trade just like you are. [inaudible] as chairman, do you have authorization as well? [inaudible] it is extremely broken to the point where nonappropriated movie have -- money has been misused? mr. thornberry: we will put on our radar screen. don't expect, however, for all problems to be solved in a single swoop. mr. hunter: i see dave back there. daviee: formally with the defense department. mr. chairman, over the years many have criticized the military industrial complex starting with president eisenhower, the iron triangle . and there's been great e

of defense robert gates in 2011. that would mean $611 billion for the discretionary base budget for the defense department in fiscal year 2016. but here to i would note that the world has changed significantly since 2011 and this recommendation is more likely a floor not a ceiling of what we as a nation should be considering for our own defense. while senator reed and i support the defense panel's recommendations we recognize that $611 billion for defense is neither realistic in the current political environment nor is it likely that the department could responsibly execute this funding in fiscal year 2016. that's why senator reed and i came together, in estimates letter we sent last week to the budget committee to propose an objective i hope would be a new basis for bipartisan unity. ending see question operation for defense, by allocating $577 billion in discretionary base budget authority for fiscal year 2016. i recognize there are differences of opinion over broader fiscal questions, especially how to approach non-defense discretionary spending but continuing to live with the unacceptable effect of sequestration is

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since 2001, and we have made a lot of changes, a new department of homeland security, a lot of changes in intelligence, in the department of defense, and so i think we have of our game considerably. at the same time, our opponents, but state and terrorists continued to be very ingenious -- senator wicker: but i would observe, in terms of the level of threat, it is hard to square the two statements coming from two members of the same administration. either we are living in a time of higher instability and more deaths from state-sponsored mass killings we are in a time of less daily threats to americans. the second statement, coming from our chief negotiator, with the iranian regime, and i would have to say it causes me concerned that secretary kerry would feel this way while trying to negotiate a nuclear deal with this terrorist nation. general dempsey, if the secretary of state is correct, perhaps we do not have to avoid sequestration, if we are living in a period of less daily threats to americans, less threats to the people of the world than normally. perhaps we could stick with sequestration if that is the case. wouldn't you ag

a department of defense official cannot confirm the validity of the information but it's looking intoaims stressing the safety of service members is always a concern. similar threats have been made before. we got on the phone with lieutenant colonel james reese. he's in baghdad right now. colonel reese, what's your take on this report, this information that's been posted? >> good morning, victor. you know, it's propaganda. it's fear. and it's terrorism by isis. back in the fall the department of defense put out a notice to all their soldiers, sailors, airmen, marine based off some internet chatter and social media chatter that isis was using about planning attacks against u.s. soldiers on u.s. soil, especially after the canadian attacks, and all service members were given directions by the department of defense. you know, after 9/11 -- post 9/11 where most military bases pre-9/11 were open, people could drive through them, soldiers could come and go on most military bases, post-9/11 those bases are very, very difficult to get off base. my concern would be for the ones, the soldiers th

and so the chief counsel marti hoffman, of the defense department writes that there is no conflict of interest. now at the same time, interect has contracts with the department of defense. those contracts are ongoing. they have contracts in iran. they're developing user-friendly cheap weapons that can be produced in iran. so what you have is interex contracts with the defense department on going. these contracts with the iranian government ongoing. and hallock as the personal advisor to the shah. all of this looks a little dodgy. the carter administration are saddle didded with the iranian revolution. so again just like who lost china, who lost iran? it wasn't ours to lose in either case but certainly american policy especially runaway arms sales and much else was a major contributing factor in the push against modernization in the west. so what you want to do if you're the carter administration is to push the blame back on ford, on nixon. nixon doctrine. and so the department of defense under a former whiz kid secretary brown, begins to leak information to investigative journalists t

university and they hired her anyway and she subsequently became a senior analyst with the department of defense. now, imagine what the information what she was doing was skewing information. skewing the information of what the department of defense could do to whatever we were trying to do. so that was a point to me. that was part of the plan. the other part of the plan was drug dealing. there were, at the time, a grievance made between castro, the meddling cartel, and they were -- they were used in the cuban air space and the cuban water space to deliver drugs. and there's an estimate that at one point, as a matter of fact noriega was involved. he paid to use the cuban air space, $10 million. while the boat lift was going on which is, once again, part of castro's plan while we were watch ing watching everybody coming to key west other boats were going beyond this island, which was a little island between cuba and the bahamas. and the boats were going. they would fly the cuban flag to know they were friendlies. and the mother boats would meet boats from the united states on the other side of th

thornberry: how can the department of defense be the world's fastest integrator of innovation and technology into defense systems and how can the department of defense be a friendlier place nor commercial innovators to sbract with. all of that does fit together with the reforms we are talking about. but part of the reason that these reforms is so essential is that eroding the superiority that i mentioned, is taking away one of the key strengths we have had over time. if we sit here and twiddle our terms and it goes it is going to be really hard to recover. mr. hunter: right here. audience member: i'm with northwestern university. my question pertains to the fourth priority ta you mentioned about cutting down the paperwork. while i understand your goal as i appropriated it is to keep the program manager instead of having nonconfusing bus drivers. my concern is that say you have this bus and the and trifere who would be the program manager and they have aquilt of the caption whereas the people with the extra steering wheel would be you rinning the travel bus. my question is if the practice man

the department of defense has to deal with what is. the department of defense has to prepare for and contend with reality. and we should have debates on the senate floor, we should talk balanced budget whether the president's clean power plant is the right approach, we should talk about how we should approach international agreements coming into the paris a cords. let's have that debate about whether or not a carbon fee is the most prudent approach. but we should not do is make it impossible for the department of defense to do its planning and preparation and that's what the house budget does. in its 2014 q.d.r., the department of defense warned that the effects of climate change are threat multis pliers that will aggravate stressors abroad such as poverty political instability and social tensions conditions that can enable terrorist activity and other forms of violence. the stresses could break the backs of weak governments and institutions in countries around the world where the united states has enduring interests. in particular, the

even apparent then, 15 years ago, that the era in which all the technology of consequence defense was developed within the department of defense, and within the united states, it was even apparent then that that era was coming to an end. now, a lot of technology, of vital importance to defense, is out there in the world. we need to be the fastest, and the first to have it in order to keep up with and keep ahead of all our opponents. so i couldn't agree with you more. >> and let me ask about one other area of reform. a number of people are concerned about the reductions in end strength for especially the army and the marine corps and yet as one looks at the pentagon, you haven't seen commensurate reductions in the number of folks who work there. so there is interest, including from a number of people who've come out of the obama administration to streamline the bureaucracy in the department, and thin out some of those layers that add cost and time to -- that affect this agility we were talking about. is that something that is on your radar screen? and is there a chance we could work to the to give you some authoritie

the last thing is there's really for parts to the department of defense. five parts. for services. three departments. army, navy, air force. but there are also the department of defense, defense agencies that are all overhead. they have grown far faster than the army services. senator manchin every time: we talk about the lack of resources or money, it is always reduction of force, how effective are people on the front line. when we look at your staff, the staff keeps growing and growing even though you talk about reduction of force. it doesn't make sense why we go to the front line immediately and have a reduction of forest when the staff has made no sacrifice. secretary malbus: can i take a shot? the army and navy have not grown. from 2014-two dozen 16 we have a difference of 10 civilians. we are not growing. in fact, the marines are shrinking. staff are going down. we are doing a 20% reduction in headquarters staff. again, it is what we call the fourth estate. the department of defense agencies, things like defense finance and accounting service. things like defense logistics age

but with proper support, and i hope it will come from the department of defense as well as the va, soh more can be done in more effective treatment, which we're just beginning to discover as you observed. let me just conclude by going through some of the procurement issues that i think are important. the joint strike fighter, pleased to see the increase there from 38 to 57 which going back again to your prior service in the department of defense might not have been predicted at that time, the in effect vote of confidence. i don't want to speak too strongly. but it looks to me like that procurement program is proceeding well. am i correct? >> i think we have stability in the joint strike fighter program compared compared to five years ago. and that's the basis of which the ramp up of production is a prudent thing to do. that's a good opportunity for us, that the program is running that way. >> and i'm very pleased to see that both the virginia class and the ohio replacement e ahead on a very good pace. >> true, both necessary. >> thank you. thank you mr. secretary. thank you, general.

the department of defense has been working on research on these kinds of artificial limbs for about seven or eight years and they got approval last may for deka. that's like luke from the star wars trilogy because it's a mind driven limb. your mind drives your upperarm to fire the prosthetic limb. >> does it talk to the nerve? >> exactfully. nerves in the upper arm were attached to the prosthetic limb and then your brain was able to fire it. that's the one that was approved last year. let me tell you what's new today. in the study from austria, they took some nerves from the thigh because they said the nerves from the upper arm aren't strong enough, so they transplanted nerves from the thigh into the arm, what's left of the arm and into the pros thesis. the key is mind control. you're able to control the prosthetic limb with your mind. put a key in a lock, do a the t to do with daily function. that's the new game and the future. >> the only way this is going to work is that the robotic technology and also the technology of the nerves and the muscles, all of that, science has to come toget

the committee meets today to receive testimony on the department of defense's fiscal year 2016 budget request, the associated future defense programs and the picture of u.s. -- the posture of u.s. armed forces. let me start by thanking each of you for your service to our nation and the soldiers, sailors, marines at home and around the globe and to their families. for the past six weeks, this committee has undertaken a serious and rigorous review of the present global challenges we face, as well as a review of united states national security strategy. we have received testimony from some of america's most experienced statesmen and leading strategic thinkers. an alarming assessment has emerged from these national leaders. as former secretary of state dr. kissinger testified on january 29, the united states has not faced a more diverse and complex array of crises since the end of the second world war. given the dangers we face, it is notable that the president supported the department of defense and requesting a level of defense spending that is roughly $38 billion above the caps imposed

the last thing is that there are four parts to the department of defense or five parts. there are the four services the three departments department of navy and air force but there's also the department of defense the defense agencies. that or all overhead and they have grown far far faster. >> one final thing and buy time is quick and i'm so sorry but every time we talk about a lack of resources or money general and admiral both it's always reduction of force in how it's going to affect the people on the frontline. when we look at your staff your staff keeps growing and growing and growing even though you talk about reduction of force. it doesn't make sense why we go to the frontline immediately and have a reduction of force when the staff has made no sacrifices. >> and may take a shot at that? >> whoever. >> i'm going to defend my two service chiefs here. their staffs have not grown. the uniforms and the civilians in the department of the navy have not grown. in fact from 14 to 16 we had a difference of 10 civilians. we are not growing. in fact the marines are shrinking

secretary carter, the department of defense is calling for brack in 2017 citing it has nearly 20% more infrastructure than it finds necessary. can you give more detail of vaccination -- explanation of what the department finds within it infrastructure that is unnecessary or in excess and why? also, can you describe to us what improvements you think need to be made to the process to avoid the kinds of cost overruns that we have experienced in the 2005 round. >> thank you. we are requesting another round of brack. the basis for that is a measurement of our infrastructure against our current holdings of equipment and our needs. for example, aircraft fleets versus space. that is the kind of analysis that measures the amount of excess infrastructure that we are carrying. with respect to brackgroun, the 2005 one was not wewhat we were seeking. we were seeking one in the 1990's were true savings occurred. why didn't savings occur in the 2005 one? it is because when it came time to reconfigure bases -- that was a time when the defense budget was growing very rapidly -- we decided, the departme

the department of defense has been working on research for these kinds of artificial limbs for seven or eight years now. they got approval for deka. like luke from the star wars trilogy. it is a mind-driven limb. in other words, your mind drives your upper arm to then fire the prosthetic limb. >> what's new about that is -- >> connected to nerves? >> exactly. nerves in the upper arm were attached to the prosthetic limb and then your brain was able to fire it. that's the one that was approved last year. let me tell what you is new today. in the study from austria, they took some nerves from the thigh. because they said, those nerve fre the up are arm aren't enough. they aren't strong enough. so they transplanted nerves from the thigh into the arm. what's left of the arm. then into prosthesis. the key here is mind control. you are able to control the prosthetic limb with your mind. pick up marbles. put a key in a lock. do a zipper. all the things you need do with daily function. that's the new game. and that's the future. >> i think what's interesting about this is that the only way th

so i would like to learn what is the department of defense's -- what is the department of defense doing to insure the transition from active service to v.a. for our most injured and ill servicemembers and what can we do for those. i appreciate your answers. sec. carter: i'll start and chairman, if you want to join in. first of all, thank you for your interest in that, too. we are fortunately at a period right now where the chairman and i on a weekend at bethesda won't find 10 new wounded warriors as was the case for many years when i was serving in the department and chairman was serving in the department. we're very grateful for that, but we can't forget that those who have been wounded will in many cases are 20 years old. they have a long life ahead of them. that means we have a long obligation to them. i am concerned that our country remembers the sacrifice of these service members in all of the years that they'll live. i think we owe them that. of course, we hand them off to the v.a. and your question goes to how good is the transition program for their care to the v.a. and in gener

the department of defense is saying they are investigating and trying to verify it. there is a lot of skepticism christine, about the threat that has been taken down. the hacking division claims it hacked a database and that is where it got the information. of course this is a tech savvy organization if it is coming from isis. they are capable of going on the internet and social media sites and gathering information. the department of defense says they are in the process and contacting the 100 or so personnel impacted by this threat and also the fbi in the criminal investigation division is looking into it. a lot of skepticism threats like this are taken very seriously. a big concern these possible lone wolf attacks we could see on u.s. soil or anywhere in the west. >> jomana karadsheh in baghdad for us. thank you. >>> the president of tunisia announcing a manhunt under way for a third attacker who escaped the museum massacre. two gunmen were killed after opening fire on the museum. one tourist survived the attack. she is back home in florida. listen to giovanna gonza

hacking into the internal communications system of the department -- suspected of hacking into the internal communications system of the department of defenseunique codes have identified 34,000 department of defense mobile devices. this follows a series of raids by u.k. law enforcement officials targeting cyber criminals. we now turn to ride sharing. the pink mustache has drawn fans, critics, and a lot of attention to the company. lyft is shifting away from the fuzzy pink mustache. they have a sleeker, glowing version. the ceo joins us, as well as virgin america's chief marketing officer. glad to have you on. tell me about the mustache. >> it was supposed to be a launch idea that we would do for a couple of weeks. we thought for two weeks it would get a lot of attention which it did, and it worked out really well, so we kept it for two years. luckily, we worked with a great team to polish it off, and we now have a sleek glow mustache. cory johnson: so, it became your marketing message by accident. >> yes. cory johnson: so let's look at virgin airlines. you try to come up with an idea that was different. virgin air -- i have flown continenta

an impromptu meeting in the galley and they asked me how's that audit thing coming with the department of defense. i don't know if that was a plant or really smart soldier. taking off his model each of you respond that the presidents budget fully fund and properly fund the goal that all of us want to get to and that is to find the department of defense. we hope it will cut carry us forward and meet those milestones. >> we want to circle back around that there is some things that we don't control that worry me a lot about whether not were going to meet the audit. not in terms of funding but in terms of us assurance of numbers >> yes for the air force. >> the marine corps has led the way on auditing. all of the services are now doing that and the marine corps led the way again. i think you're making reference to other agencies that are not audited. and whoever's in charge of those efforts, are they interested or do we need to rest some more? >> we are sharing our concerns in a robust way. particularly with the defense finance and accounting service that's the one that concerns us the one that does

the last thing is that there is really four parts to the department of defense. five parts there. the four services. the three departments. army navy air force. but there's also the department of defense. the defense agencies. that are all overhead and they have grown far, far faster. >> can i say one final thing? my time will be running out real quick, and i'm so sorry. but every time we talk about the lack of resources or money general and admiral, both, it's always reduction of force. how it's going to affect the people on the front line. but when we look at y'all's staff, your staff keeps growing and growing and growing, even though you talk about reduction in force. doesn't make sense why all -- we go to the front line, immediately and have a reduction of force, when the staff has made no sacrifices. >> can i take a shot at that? >> whoever. whoever. >> i'm going to defend my two service chiefs here. their staffs have not grown. the uniforms and the civilians in the department of the navy have not grown. in fact from '14 doto '16 we have a difference of ten civilians. we're no

. >> i would like to learn what is the department of defense's doing, what is the department of defense doing to ensure the transition from active service and what can we do to make sure we identify every discharged service member. and i appreciate your answers. >> first of all, thank you for your interest in that, too. we are fortunate lyly in a period where on a weekend, we won't find ten wounded warriors. we can't forget that those who have been wounded that are 20 years old. they have a long life ahead of them. i am concerned that our country ebb remembers the sacrifice of these service members in the -- in all the years that they'll live. and i think we owe them that. and, of course, we hand them off to the va. i think there's more that we can do and should do to smooth that transition and prepare them for the life ahead. to me, it's really something from the heart. >> thanks, mr. secretary. you know, we've actually -- the service chiefs in our end and with the help of the department have included two aspects of this. we've got to make sure that we can sustain our expertise. >> tha

so i would like to learn what is the department of defense's -- what is the department of defense doing to insure the transition from active service to v.a. for our most injured and ill servicemembers, and what can we do to make sure we identify every service member that requires -- recovery care? i appreciate your answers. sec. carter: i'll start and chairman, if you want to join in. first of all, thank you for your interest in that, too. we are fortunately at a period right now where the chairman and i on a weekend at bethesda won't find 10 new wounded warriors as was the case for many years when i was serving in the department and chairman was serving in the department. we're very grateful for that, but we can't forget that those who have been wounded will -- in many cases are 20 years old. they have a long life ahead of them. that means we have a long obligation to them. and i am concerned that our country remembers the sacrifice of these service members in all of the years that they'll live. and i think we owe them that. and, of course, we hand them off to the v.a., and your questi

how can the department of defense be the biggest innovator of technology, and how the -- how can the department of defense be a friendlier place for innovators to interact with? i think all of that does fit together with the reforms we are talking about, but i think part of the reason reforms are so essential is that even rode inc. technological superiority i mentioned that is taking away one of the key strengths we have had over time, and if we sit here and little our thumbs and fill out a bunch of paperwork and it goes, it's going to be really hard to recover. >> right here. >> i am with northwestern university journalism initiative. my question pertains to the fourth priority you mentioned with the proposed legislation about cutting down paperwork. while i understand the goal is to keep one program manager accountable instead of having confusing bus drivers, but my concern is -- say you have this bus and the driver is more into the administrative roles whereas the people with the extra steering wheels might have commercial drivers licenses and would be better suited to drive the me

why won't the department of defense do the same thing. >> that was mike leary reporting. sked the department of defense why they will not put those names on the wall but he did not hear back. the veterans who attended today say they will not stop until all the veterans are honored at the nation's capital. >>> volunteers are helping renovate the city's day nursery. they're fixing the landscaping. the nursery provides early childhood education for at risk families from low income families. >> we hope they stay connected to the community. by either painting a tree or painting a fence that they feel that they gave back in some way and really made a difference in some way. >> the alternative spring break event was put together by silican valley. >>> a look at the unique way to get nearly two dozen dogs adopted. >> plus a little cool down and stronger winds in the forecast. meteorologist mark tamayo is up next with a if you will -- with a full look at the bay area forecast. >>> well lots of sunshine out there for today. even a few records to report. lots of 80s in fact, througho

>> likewise, we have communicated with the top leaders of the department of defense, they're aware that we're concerned about this. the comptroller to whom the report -- so i think everyone is work g working collaboratively to try to -- working collaboratively to try to get there from here. >> i think they have equally extended our concerns to the appropriate departmental authorities. part of the problem i think they face is that like the rest of us their customer base is coming down. they're going to write fewer checks as it decreases. their business flow will decrease, and i know you understand the realities of that kind of trend line more than anybody else perhaps in this room. but i have not seen or can measure an amount of response to what most of us think is an inescapable reality. as my colleagues have said, it will affect our ability to receive a clean audit, to give -- given the relationship amongst all of us with that organization. >> let me just finish up by telling you thank you for your service across -- all of your responsibilities, but thank you for what i consider full t

in july, the department of defense said it was going to begin holding hearings for 71 men, including those on the list of "indefinite detainees," to determine whether their captivity is still warranted. since their release, mohamed and faruq have done their best to move on. wab: since you've been released. has al qaeda in the arabian peninsula ever tried to recruit you? they have found scarce jobs in a honey store in taiz. faruq is studying to be a lawyer. both have married, and are expecting their first children soon. the government of the united states hasn't apologized or compensated them for the years they spent imprisoned. nearly seven months after the hunger strike began, some 35 men continued to refuse food at guantanamo bay. in washington, the white house declined to speak with fault lines for this report. in yemen, families are still waiting for signs that their loved ones are coming home. >> watch more "faultlines" on demand or visit aljazeera.com/faultlines. >> pain killer addiction on the rise >> i loved the feeling of not being in pain >> deadly consequences >> the person

even apparent then, 15 years ago, that the era in which all the technology of consequence defense was developed within the department of defense, and within the united states it was even apparent then that that era was coming to an end. now, a lot of technology of vital importance to defense, is out there in the world. we need to be the fastest and the first to have it in order to keep up with and keep ahead of all our opponents. so i couldn't agree with you more. >> and let me ask about one other area of reform. a number of people are concerned about the reductions in end strength for especially the army and the marine corps and yet as one looks at the pentagon, you haven't seen commensurate reductions in the number of folks who work there. so there is interest, including from a number of people who've come out of the obama administration to streamline the bureaucracy in the department, and thin out some of those layers that add cost and time to -- that affect this agility we were talking about. is that something that is on your radar screen? and is there a chance we could work to the to give you some authorities t

does it make any difference to the department of defense if the money comes to the department of defense via the base versus overseas contingency operations. how does it affect your ability that needs to be done. >> i think i addressed that earlier when i said that for the army receiving relief through our end strength provisions above 450 provides us $4.2 billion in one year relief. we view the -- >> can we? >> i'm trying to explain. >> well, i have only 1:10 left. so let me move on to something more specific. electoral combat ships being built in the state of alabama. can that be built out of oko funds? >> under the current rules, i don't believe any new construction can be. we did do -- >> we can't use it for that purpose, not as good as base money in that instance then. is that a fair statement? >> i believe that's correct. >> we do a lot of missile defense, can you do missile defense out of oko monies? general, do you know? >> as far as we know, we're not able to do that. it depends right now, we don't have the flexibility. it's about flexibility in the oko budget. we don't know how

so i would like to learn what is the department of defense's doing -- what is the department of defense doing for our most injured and ill service members and what can we do to make sure that we identify every discharged service member who qualifies for the va's federal recovery care. i appreciate your answers. >> well, i will start and then chairman, if you want to join in. first of all, thank you for your interest in that, too. we are, fortunately, at a period right now where the chairman and i on a weekend at bethesda won't find ten new wounded warriors, as was the case for many years when i was serving in the department and chairman was serving in the department. we're very grateful for that, but we can't forget that those who have been wounded will in many cases are 20 years old. they have a long life ahead of them. and that means we have a long obligation to them. and i am concerned that our country remembers the sacrifice of the service members in all the years that they will live. we owe them that. and of course, we hand them off to the va and your question goes to how good is t

the only thing i will say is that we try as the department of defense of a democracy to be as open as we can. there are a lot of people out there talking all the time about what we are doing and sometimes someone is out in front of their skis. even as we make sure that this particular incident doesn't happen again i think that it is important that we be open as a department, not with military secrets, but we do try to keep the country informed of what we are doing. it's about protecting them. it is a democracy. and so openness is important but it has to have limits when it comes to security matters and those limits obviously were not respected in this case. >> senators mccain and graham have sent a letter to asked that very question, and i must suggest that i will await until we respond to the letter. >> during confirmation hearings, you had mentioned that u.s. options to respond to the breach of the imac treaty by russia -- of the imf treaty by russia. counterforce capabilities to prevent intermediate range ground launch cruise missile attacks, and countervailing strike capabilities

they are asking congress to give them authority so that the department of defense and department of state have a wider range of options available to othem whether that means if there is an issue over having the ground troops and going in, but the whole argument that we have had back and forth always is we need congress' approval. they want to make sure that they have. right now they are talking about sun set clauses. having ground troops. >> this has been going on now for more than a year it all stems andrea, from the mistake of removing the troops in iraq. american troops. move them all out of there. giving isis access from the north to come down and iran access from the east to come across. will be in that was a huge blunder by the obama administration and no reasonable person could deny it now it seems like and jess can is right. no strategy other than another resolution and maybe we will have a hearing here and meanwhile people are getting brutalized. >> new iraq war is obama's war. the new war in afghanistan is obamas' war. nobel peace prize winner. he is rye lee lying on iran to fig

reporter: the department of defense has contacted all the families listed, mostly air force and navy, and warned all military members and families to limit what they post on social media. concerns remain about how vulnerable they may be. >> the kind of activities they have engaged in in the past few months specifically asking followers and supporters to carry out attacks. reporter: the fbi is also monitoring the situation, but the focus right now is trying to stop sympathizers from answering that call. kimberly: nearly a year ago, a landslide disrupted lives in the piscataway road area of prince george's county. tom roussey explains why they cannot return home. >> they have made some progress. >> we are skeptically happy. to m: the county told him things would get worse before it gets better. last spring, the hill above the skied way drive gave way. to make it safe again would mean six months of construction, no cars or people able to get by on this section of piscataway drive. the residents who want to stay will have to go around the road. one option, walking down a steep hill throug

as you point out, the fbi, department of defense, investigating the legitimacy of this group. of u.s. troops is out there that could inspire an isis sympathizer to target them here in the u.s. officials are taking this very seriously notifying all of the 100 or so u.s. troops on this purported hit list. here's what happened. a group calling itself the islamic state hacking organization posted a file online over the weekend calling for beheadings and attacks in the u.s. of these military personnel. it included their pictures and purported addresses. at least some of that information was already public we understand reportedly taken from facebook and the white pages. dod and fbi have asked troops to scrub their social media pages of any personal information for months now because of intelligence suggesting isis was using the internet to target victims, particularly the military. here's what former house intelligence chairman mike rogers had to say this morning on "new day." >> this is the new cultural age of everything goes up on social media and you have access to everything ab

>> to the first question the federal government is a single largest consumer the department of defense is responsible for the nonoperational portion of the department of defense and is responsible for half of the energy consumption. so our capacity to both directly reduce energy use and reduce greenhouse gas emissions is significant, but also as the largest consumer in a market you have market power to help drive innovation and drive change outside of the federal footprint. so i think that the potential for this announcement is best understood in that context and that's what was striking about having these private sector at the table today was we heard from them loud and clear that if the administration and the federal government sets standards and focuses incentives on certain innovative technologies, it really drives a lot of investment and a lot of change not only in their companies but throughout their supply chains. and with respect to the second part of your question i'm not going to speak to john. from my perspective, this is an issue that's in a separate process and we are focu

what we need from a secretary of defense is someone who can lead our department of defense and lead ourary personnel. >> and give them good morale, i know that you agree with that. how the you go about doing that when you have this huge social media campaign by isis. and it's attracting young people from all over the world, including right here in the united states. >> you know, one thing that's incredibly troublesome to me is the idea that our congressman and our president and our secretary of defense are debating the defense of this three-year plan, and the observance of no ground troops. if isis can mount a recruiting campaign via twitter, they can see that we are distracted on the nuts and bolts of how wire going to kill them. what we need to do is send them a message is that they're about to lose their life. >> i want to put this picture up on the screen because it shows more of their propaganda and how successful they are in showcasing things that are incredibly startling, obviously the beheadings, and now we're seeing this photo of a young boy, who's no doubt been indoctrinated i

if it's too much hassle to do business with the department of defense they can leave it. and so part of the reason to improve the way we contract for goods and services is to make the department of defense a little friendlier to do business with so that we can take better advantage of martial innovation and some of the other companies -- commercial innovation. and some of the of the companies who are on the fence about whether they want to deal with it or not. >> in the back. [inaudible] [inaudible] >> we will put on our radar screen. don't expect however, for all problems to be solved in a single swoop. >> mr. chairman, over the years many have criticized the military industrial complex starting with president eisenhower, the iron triangle and there's been great efforts to try to insulate the government from the impact of industry leading to the current administration an almost complete absence of senior executives from there is defense and defense-related firms being able to serve in policymaking decisions. while there's some benefit others have said this removal of expe

that includes the department of defense and in fact the department of defense is responsible for the nonoperational portion of the department of defense responsible for half of the energy consumption. so our capacity to both directly reduce energy use and reduce greenhouse gas emissions is significant, but also as the largest consumer in a market, you have market power to help drive innovation and drive change outside of the federal footprint. so i think that the potential for this announcement is best understood in that context and in particular i think that that's what was striking about having these -- the private sector at the table today was we heard from them loud and clear that the administration and the federal government set standards and focuses incentives on certain innovative technologies it really drives a lot of investment and a lot of change not only in their companies but throughout the supply chains. with respect to the second part of the question, i'm not going to speak to john, you know. from my perspective, this is an issue that is in a separate process and we are

then, 15 years ago, that the era where the technology of consequence was developed within the department of defense and within the united states, it was apparent then that that era was coming to an end. now a lot of technology to vital -- a vital importance to defense is out there in the world. we need to be the fastest and the first to have that in order to keep up with and ahead of our opponents. i could not agree with you more. chairman: let me ask but one area of reform. number of people are worried about the reductions of strength, especially for the army and marine corps. if one looks at the pentagon, you have not seen commiserate reductions in the number of folks who work there. there's interest, including from a number of people coming out of the obama administration, to streamline the bureaucracy in the department and then out some of those layers which add time that affect this agility we were talking about. is that something that is on your radar screen that go is there a chance we can work together to give you some authorities to move folks around but have the effect of sending that out