in addition to the department of defense personnel, i've asked my staff to develop plans to enable volunteers to participate in cleanup activities. by summer, we hope to have developed facilities to enable us to accommodate a corps of alaskan volunteers. and when i say develop facilities, as these gentlemen will tell you, we're dealing with very remote areas in some cases here. i've asked epa administrator bill reilly to coordinate the long-range planning to restore the environment of the sound. the epa will draw on the expert of leading scientists and oil spill experts in this work and will also consult with other federal agencies that are assessing scientific data regarding the effects of the spill. we'll not forget the residents of alaska, who have suffered extraordinary economic loss. and when you talk to these congressmen as i have and get it brought home on case-by-case basis, we have to be concerned, and we are concerned. in addition to paying damage claims against it, we encourage exxon to increase its local hiring for the cleanup efforts. secretary skinner will also work with exxon a

it's our understanding that last night the department of defense sent a notification of the intent to reprogram funds and use from 10 ucs to construct portions of the border wall. we also understand that department of defense may start awarding contracts using funding pursuant to 10 as early as may. can you explain in more detail the status of your plans to build a border wall pursuant to 2808. have you made any determination that the supposed national emergency requires the use of arms forces? if so, why? >> the status of 2808 is i received a request from the department of homeland security. part of the process to make a determination is i tasked the chairman and they provide a military recommendation. >> mr. chairman? >> have you made any determinations that a border wall is necessary to support the use of troops at the border? >> mr. chairman? >> kangman, just to make sure that i answer the question directly, so we're responding to the president's direction to reinforce the department of homeland security because they have capability and capacity short falls. so that extent, we hav

the department of defense say there's no time limit on the process which is good towards fairness rather than an arbitrary deadline. the pentagon regularly invites relatives of the victims of nine eleven to attend concessions at the minute she called him earrings some of the views this group expresses on the house and neutral on expected. and jessica murphy the father braun though this week i have thought a lot about my father and i have thought a lot about the deep loss felt by so many people. but at the same time i feel i feel frustrated by the way certain issues are being covered in the courtroom it's been a lot of talking about torture and i feel frustrated with the u.s. government for not sure if using to be accountable for certain actions and measures that were taken post nine eleven that i think are also really important. here a man who lost his wife has spoken out publicly about his frustration at the length of time this is taken and suggests that people can could speed things up i suggested taking the death penalty off the table as part of plea bargains killing people doesn't er

story go to cynically the department of defense inspector general identified eight substantiated violations of whistleblower confidentiality between fiscal years twenty thirteen and twenty eighteen representing approximately zero point zero one percent of the ninety five thousand six hundred thirteen contacts handled by the inspector general during that time ninety five thousand over five years yes i know you were right so if we had a shortage of. this thing is the government accountability office was trying to brag in that sense. yeah we only breach the confidentiality of point zero one percent of our ninety five thousand whistleblower complaints are only heroes. but of course everyone just walks away or ninety five. that's like saying hey man of the ten thousand dolphins killed not a single one has accidently been a human. well i'm glad to hear that but you killed ten thousand dolphins to try to get the ninety five thousand number to make a little sense the averages that averages out to a whistle blower every six minutes of every business day for five straight years that where he's on fre

the department of defense say there's no time limit on the process which is good towards fairness rather than an arbitrary deadline birthmothers the pentagon regularly invites relatives of the victims of nine eleven to attend concessions at the military court heering some of the views this group expresses on the house and little unexpected naina and jessica murphy the father brian though this week i have thought a lot about my father and i have thought a lot about the deep loss felt by so many people. but at the same time i feel i feel frustrated by the way certain issues are being covered in the courtroom it's been a lot of talking about torture and i feel frustrated with the u.s. government for not sure if using to be accountable for certain actions and measures that were taken post nine eleven that i think are also really important. here a man who lost his wife has spoken out publicly about his frustration at the length of time this is taken and suggests that people can could speed things up i suggested taking the death penalty off the table as part of a plea bargain is killing people

report showing the total number of whistleblower complaints over the past five years at the department of defense sorry organized human murder machine and it's nearly of thousands. oh i'm sorry pearlie the wrong it's ten thousand whistleblowers come what what i'm trying to do what oh oh oh. oh oh nearly all hundred thousand come on that's just stupid it is that is this robbie robbie you know you've got numbers you do go man i swear to god show me show me day show me to put up the quote from the government accountability office put it up that if you're so sure robbie god or somebody i don't know how do you put on the cover. story go to cynically the department of defense inspector general identified eight substantiated violations of whistleblower confidentiality between fiscal years twenty thirteen and twenty eighteen representing approximately zero point zero one percent of the ninety five thousand six hundred thirteen contacts handled by the inspector general during that time ninety five thousand over five years yes i know you were right something i showed in. this thing is the government accoun

the department of defense say there's no time limit on the process which is good towards fairness rather than an arbitrary deadline. the pentagon regularly invites relatives of the victims of nine eleven to attend concessions at the military court heering some of the views this group expresses on the house and little unexpected naina and jessica murphy the father brian though this week i have thought a lot about my father and i have thought a lot about the deep loss felt by so many people. but at the same time i feel i feel frustrated by the way certain issues are being covered in the courtroom has been a lot of talking about torture and i feel frustrated with the u.s. government for not sure if using to be accountable for certain actions and measures that were taken post nine eleven that i think are also really important. here a man who lost his wife has spoken out publicly about his frustration at the length of time this is taken and suggests that people can could speed things up i suggested taking the guest penalty off the table as part of a plea bargain is killing people doesn't eras

, the department of defense and the department of defense contracting officials and after multiple trips to afghanistan by members of this committee, this committee determined that more than 66 million in taxpayer dollars were paid to a contractor provided unserviceable munitions. three years later this committee opened up an investigation about the department of defense's out source for supplies in afghanistan to questionable companies and providers that revealed a vast protection racquet run by war lordz, not only did the system run afoul, it also risked undermining u.s. strategy or achieving our goals in afghanistan. so after more than 18 years of war in afghanistan, in support of operating freedom and operation freedom seen continuenal more than 14 thundershowers troops are deployed in the region. we have allocated more than $750 billion in taxpayer funds to pay for the war in afghanistan. that's in addition to the $132 billion contributed towards efforts to stabilize the country. the american people deserve and remain -- to remain informed on the progress or

the department of defense say there's no time limit on the process which is good towards fairness rather than an arbitrary deadline birthmothers the pentagon regularly invites relatives of the victims of nine eleven to attend concessions at the military court heering some of the views this group expresses on the house and little unexpected naina and jessica murphy the father brian though this week i have thought a lot about my father and i have thought a lot about the deep loss felt by so many people. but at the same time i feel i feel frustrated by the way certain issues are being covered in the courtroom it's been a lot of talking about torture and i feel frustrated with the u.s. government for not sure if using to be accountable for certain actions and measures that were taken post nine eleven that i think are also really important. here a man who lost his wife has spoken out publicly about his frustration at the length of time this is taken and suggests that people can could speed things up i suggested taking the guest penalty off the table as part of a plea bargain is killing people

investigating claims of retaliation against families, whether internal or external to the department of defense? do we know that? within the department and with each of the service come to inspector general has a responsibility of taking that on. prior to that our leadership ought to be looking at those issues and should it get to the level of the dod ig but each of the service inspectors general will look at hat. excellent. to the rebels have anything to add to the? no, okay. and are there any consequences, and what are they, for anyone who retaliates against any military families trying to report these housing issues? and to your knowledge, ave those been enforced? congresswoman, in terms of specific actions, i will tell you that because there is zero tolerance if it's a military member, specific action is taken against that individual on a range of different actions. if it is a civilian member, the department of defense action is taken against them up to and including emoval from service of the nation. so it is taken very seriously. >> thank you. and last on this issue, when and how will you

secretary stewart, i appreciate you listing out the reasons why department of defense feels that the selective service system is a low cost insurance policy, however, i can tell you over the last 18 months of our existence in multiple conversations with various members. department, there seems to be a lack of any support to any of the arguments provided, whether there's documentation of it being a deterrent to a potential adversary, how it narrows the civil military divide when 75% of registrants do so passively and don't know that they've registered or how many actual sanctions come out of the-- that are generated by the selective service system. additionally in 2012, they recommended dod update the requirements for selective service which you mentioned currently that the selective service provides 100,000 to date by 205. pnr agreed to up that requirement aiming to have it done by december of 2012, failed to do so. the goa reiterated the recommendation that dod up the requirement to the review of the 2016 dod report to this commission. dod again concurred it should update the require

of defending our homeland. u.s. northcom also provides defense of support to us civilian authorities and axis the department of defense synchronized for federal military forces are requested in response to disaster. norad is a binational u.s.-canadian command that deters, detects, and if necessary, defeats air threats to the united states and canada while providing airspace warning and maritime morning. the number one priority of northcom and norad is homeland defense, and that mission will only grow more complex as her adversaries deal increasingly advanced technologies, designed to our nation's and citizens at risk. deterring threats to the homeland in assisting citizens in the aftermath of disasters is dependent on whole of government cooperation and collaboration, and on dedicated and capable public servants at all levels. these whole of government partnerships and relationships enable national leaders to act and respond to the needs of their nations. northcom and norad remain focused on her current responsibility, as well as future challenges of the nation, meeting our no failed mission requires a a defensive ded

we as the fifth armed service, only armed service located outside the department of defense, do find ourselves in a different position in the federal budget. we are in the discretionary, nondefense part of the budget. for the department writ large, speaking as one of 22 components within the department, i would like to see a broadening of the conversation of maybe a security and nonsecurity conversation about the federal budget. because i think that would roll d.h.s. up into the same conversation with d.o.d. because we are absolutely an essential contributor to national security, homeland security. but those are politics above my head. in terms of our proper placement, i do believe we're the appropriate position within the department of homeland security. our missions from border security, drug interdiction. we are a law enforcement agency. so it creates unique challenges were we to sit in d.o.d. we're appropriately positioned. the house t.n.i. committee passed out i think h.r. 367. the chairman spoke earlier about efforts afoot here in the senate. i think some safety measure here, le

service, fifth armed the only located outside the department of defense, find ourselves in a different of budget. terms we are nondiscretionary in the department at large. i would like to see a broadening of conversation, security, nonsecurity conversation, because that would roll dhs in the same conversation with dod because we are a contributor to national security. i believe we are appropriately positioned within the department of homeland security. we are a law enforcement agency so it creates some unique challenges. tni committee put out the pay our coast guard parity act. some safety measure here, legislative safety measure, something in the defense authorization act that linked us to the other armed services might be the artful way to make sure the fifth and smallest armed service is not left on the sidelines. where there to be another shutdown and a decision that the coast guard and dhs is outside of the conversation, there is a linkage here. i would let -- i would like this to not happen to the men of the fifth armed service. >> i appreciate that you are approaching this issue

by an inexperienced 21-year-old after reviewing more than 21,000 documents, the department of state and department of defense as well as the u.s. army and department of defense contracting officials, and after multiple trips to afghanistan by members of the committee, this committee determined that more than $66 million taxpayer dollars were paid to a contractor who provided unserviceable munitions, much of it vietnam era weaponry and some of illegal chinese origin. three years later the committee opened a six-month investigation to the circumstances surrounding the department of defense outsourcing for security for vital supplies in afghanistan revealing a vast protection racket, one by a shadowy network of warlords, strongmen, commanders and corrupt afghan officials. not only did the system learn to follow the department's rules, it risks undermining the u.s. strategy for achieving our goals in afghanistan. today, after 18 years of war in afghanistan, more than 2400 servicemen have made the ultimate sacrifice in support of operating and enduring freedom sentinel, more than 14,000 u.s. troops are still depl

really feel there is a difference between the defense function that you perform and a lot of the other law enforcement functions that are the work of the department of homeland security, which may be unrelated to defense or even security. so i think we need to resolve some of these issues. not only for the sake of the coast guard, you may be, as you say, the fifth, the smallest, i don't know whether you are the fifth, you are one of them, but no less important than any of the other armed services. so i think this is an anomalous situation that we need to address. thank you, mr. chairman. >> senator, as i mentioned in my opening statement there is a portion of the coast guard operating funds that come through defense readiness out of defense -- we're trying to have a conversation within our department and across the river, that number has been static since senator stephens upped that back in 2001. for 18 years no cost of living adjustment. our contributions in support of the geographic combatant commanders, the defense readiness missions has swelled from that 340 number of yesteryear 18 years ago to almost a billion dollars today. i think there is

department of defense computers having already received tens of thousands of documents it doesn't give us any really any more information on how it. good manning allegedly in cracking up but then does going to detail about the encouraging of giving chelsea manning in order to get more information. look. that's really all i've got left was a solid replied curious level drug in my experience and following about manning did hack into computers and give more information to us so if that's the courage mental the help that he was giving giving chelsea manning that is psychologically encouraged to hack into the computers is pretty thin stuff but clearly this is an attempt to trump administration to sidestep all of the concerns that we all have as journalists and anyone who's interested in the public interest in publishing a journalist in a prosecutor for publishing information secret information in the public interest japanee thinks data should have pretenses there live in washington. polls closed in the first phase of the world's biggest election people in india have been cast in that. elect

department of defense they declined to pass on our questions as his not retired our own procedures or internationally recognized for his bay detention of proper interrogation today the us has a new commander in chief during his election campaign and pretty cool for the return of waterboarding a practice condemned by un special rapporteur as torture they said what do you think of waterboarding i said i think we absolutely need it we should have it and if we can't we should have worse. when the president of the united states most powerful person on earth says these things that just encourages people to behave in the most. paraguay lawyer clive stafford smith organization reprieve has represented eighty prisoners at guantanamo has been released one of the great truisms is if you don't know your history years you won't learn from history and your mistakes you know we have someone in the white house right now who knows nothing about history. of the repute and a mistake has been made back to the spanish inquisition and so we need to truth out there. but today some say the american administr

the department of defense recently submitted legislation to establish the space force as a new armed services within the department of the air force. you didn't seem as enthusiastic in that paragraph as in some other paragraphs. >> that was -- not really sure what to say about the use of the passive voice. maybe my english teacher would be upset with me, but the point is the proposal came from the department of defense. it wasn't something that we just wrote. that was all i was trying to say. >> congressman, can i offer that when the president gave guidance, we spent several months within the department of defense debating very robust debate on where we would land to get in line with his guidance. and that was everything from the initial guidance of a separate service, separate department and everything that comes with that to a jag corps, medical corps and everything in between. where we landed from a war-fighter's perspective is a recognizable place to have a service that stands up within the department of the air force. that decision was made just prior to the legislative proposal

act that required the defense department to determine the 10 most vulnerable military bases to climate change and each branch, the defense department published a report but lage of in was not at all pleased. really missed the mark. >>the climate change issue lanes of him wanted answers to questions about steps that are being taken to mitigate the effects of climate change and costs for dealing with the issue i want the pentagon to do a redo on that report to address this what i require the department has submitted another report 2 lanes of into office but he says that it misses the mark as well the department of defense says it has been and will continue to be proactive in developing comprehensive policy guidance and tools to mitigate potential climate impacts. >>says the revised report continues to leave off overseas bases and most importantly it lacks any guidance on how much money congress will need to provide to deal with the problem to make sure that. >>the air is best prepared from a national security standpoint it's possible stick your head. scene played events as climate change is not going away. and the defense department needs to do its homework now. >

really feel there is a difference between the defense function you perform an a lot of the other law enforcement functions that are the work of the department of homeland security which may be unrelated to defense or even security. i think that we need to resolve some of these issues, not for the sake of the coast guard, the fifth, the smallest, i don't know if your the fifth but you are one of them but, no less important than any of the other arm services. i think this is an anomalous situation that we need to address . >> senator, i said in my opening statement, there's a portion of the operating frenzy that comes out of defense and were trying to have a conversation and that number has been static since 2001 cover 18 years no cost-of- living adjustment. our contributions and defense readiness commissions swelled from the 340 number of yesteryear 18 years ago to almost $1 billion this year. there is a righteous conversation we would welcome the opportunity to inform. >> you see the interest in a bipartisan way and i think worst for working closely with our team you have our commitment. i want to ask a bit more of a civic question there wa

. >> so i want to get into tracking and what you're doing also with respect to the department of defense. and the executive order and the electronic health record. as the chair of the subcommittee. i understand that you are collaborating on the screening tool, for the new electronic health record system. what is the status of that collaboration? >> it's an active collaboration at this time as we try to create a common platform, that will allow not only access to data, but common clinical pathways that allow us to capture information in the same way. >> are there specific aspects of dod policy and practice that you are incorporating and vice versa? >> yes. yes, there is active collaboration. and the ipo that works with us to collaborate, as are the work committees who have 18 different committees that are working to collaborate. >> seeing that the ipo is not fully formed, that's sort of a problem. and the fact that the department of defense is not, has not agreed to go to a roundtable we had discussed about this, i don't see evidence of the ipo. >> the ipo has been in existence for a fair

that they have they say that some points while chelsea manning the whistleblower from the department of defense is a contractor for the department of defense who released all those tens of thousands of documents and videos which showed evidence of war crimes and all sorts of misconduct by the u.s. government in iraq afghanistan and around the world for that matter at one point chelsea manning said to doing this look this is this is about all i have off to this upload that's all i really have got left to which are solid replied according to the the indictment curious eyes never run dry in my experience and that in order to make its case that assad was actively helping trail see manning in in a hacking into the department of defense can computers we have this sentence a song indicated that he had been trying to crack the password by stating that he had quote no luck so far i mean the more you look at that that will curious it gets so we're basically believing the d.o.j. that when he said those four words everything hinges on those four words no luck so far that was an indication in the dio dres p

defense department is managerial. being able to spend the $750 billion wisely there are programs we have cuts tomorrow so the leader ofhe department of defense right now the skills that our most needed is what shanahan has come a good manager come in deeply important the president trust him. blake: they need a manager but somebody from boeing is the person to manage the department of defense quick some say yes others could say there is a conflict of interest. >> know. there was an investigation looking at his relationships and if that is carried over into the job and he came up clean. he has recused himself completely from any interaction with boeing or the companies that compete with them and that will devolve to the deputy secretary once he is nominated. blake: we look forward to him being nominated the next few days. four dollars and climbing for - - before summer driving season even hits and now how much it cost to fill up in california. the patriots are on the clock tonight attorneys for the owner were in court today. the latest on that legal fight. openturning 50 opens theuard. door to a lot of new things... lik

the department of defense recently submitted to establish a space force as a new armed services within the department of the air force. you didn't seem as enthusiastic in that paragraph as in some other paragraphs. >> that was, not really sure what to say about the use of the passive voice, maybe my english teacher would be upset with me. but the point is the proposal came from the department of defense. it wasn't something that we just wrote, that's what i was trying to say. >> can i offer that when the president gave guidance we spent several months within the department of defense debating, very robust debate, on where we would land to get in line with his guidance and that was everything from the initial guidance to the separate service, separate department, and everything that comes with that to a jagged core medical corps, and everything in between., where we landed from a war fighter perspective is a recognizable place to have a service that stands up within the department of the air force. that decision was made just prior to the legislative proposal coming forward. so, since t

according to the department of defense, corruption in afghanistan remains the top strategic threat to legitimacy and success of the afghan government. and your office has stated that, quote, failure to effectively address systemic corruption means u.s. reconstruction programs at best will continue to be subverted and at worst will fail. end quote. what role does corruption play in the failure of u.s. reconstruction efforts in afghanistan? >> the most obvious is that money we're directing toward it gets diverted to somebody's pocket, and it buys property in dubai or northern virginia, but the more sinister part is that a corrupt official is identified with us and in the eyes of the afghans, we're viewed as evil and as bad as he is. or she is. and you may wonder why is the taliban over all these years able to survive? in part, it's feeding on this frustration and lack of support for the afghan government because they see these corrupt officials, corrupt military, et cetera. so that's the two-edged sword or the prongs of the problem of corruption. >> and what steps are the u.s., its coal

thank you for this opportunity to testify in support of the department of defense's u.s. e force proposal. before we begin, let me pay my respects to the families of the u.s. marines we lost this week in afghanistan. while we will discuss elements of national security here today, we know it's america's young men and women who ultimately deliver that security for us and our families each and every day. let me open my comments on the space force by expressing my admiration for our u.s. air force. because of our airmen and secretary wilson's leadership in particular, we are the best in space. this proposal is about maintaining the margin of dominance they have given us and accelerating the capabilities we need in this increasingly competitive domain. establishing the space force within the air force lets us do just that. it is all the more vital now because our $19 trillion economy, our american way of life and our american way of war all depend on space. 16 months ago at your direction in the fy 2018 ndaa, i began a review to, quote, identifying and a recommended organizatio

by this and that those troops are welcome to serve openly what's your reaction to what the department of defense is saying is this a ban. oh they're lying it is absolutely a band you know even the folks who were serving openly yesterday when the band was not on the facts they will be denied access to medically necessary health care and they will also face severe stigma for their service this is basically don't ask don't tell for transgender troops and as we as you might recall under don't ask don't tell a lesbian bisexual service members can serve but they face extraordinary stick and it certainly harmed their careers many of them were forced out over not so much conduct but just even the suspicion of being homosexual bisexual this is going to be the same issue we're going to see trans in a troop to leave service early who are right there with the coals for nothing more than existing in uniform tell me about your time as a transgender soldier how much stigma did you face in the military when i was not openly transgender in the military i was in the closet at the time but i haven't let a number o

out of department of defense active-duty life into the v.a. we have touched on this a little bit but are there ways , i'm not a veteran and one of the virginia professionals likened it to a phrase of drinking from a fire hose. so what kind of coordination efforts are taking place between the dod and the v.a.? is the dod being cooperative to assist the v.a. within the six and 12 month period prior to getting out of active-duty quick. >> yes. the dod is great partners in this process. we would like to have more time with the veteran because then the more likely they are to engage with us after they get out of service. >> are we effectively out reaching in that year they get out of active-duty? and to spend $200 million this year in outreach efforts everything from electronic billboards to websites and rich we are reaching out or even direct mailings with hundred thousand letters in december of last year and we could capture well over 1000 veterans to come in and cs. itu all depends on the individua individual. most importantly when the individual

navy, cyber command or department of defense. i was asked today to speak about the skills of future armed force and potential solutions as we move forward. too often discussions of future warfare draw analysis in the past or present some sort of si-fi leaving us with false choice, gigo's, the truth is they are not separate and more than ever technology and human beings are inclined with war and competition. fighter pilots spend more time in data link integration than how to apply guns. the arm's race for today, those winning competition and war is not about technology. it's about technologist. with revolution created a whole new class of military professionals today's warfare requires a new class of military professionals, future work calls, data engineers, house security specialists, communication engineers and scientists, the list goes on and on and technology missions will happen in conjunction with many bread and butter of today's military. consequently future warfare will include data scientists and infantry officers, program

as we discussed the $750 billion national defense budget, i speak for many colleagues on both sides of the aisle when i express my deep concern of the department of defense's con t contaminants on several military sites. they're working to address the standards, and you're merely working to elimination use of pfas underscores this response is wholly unsufficient. i sincerely hope that the department hears the concerns of my colleagues, and will not avoid helping them clean up the contaminants. to that end, two weeks ago when you testified they asked if you read a new york times article says pentagon pushes for weaker control over contaminants in drinking water. are they pushing the trump administration to adopt lower standards? >> the article is not accurate, and the department of defense is not asking for the standard to be lowered. >> thank you. i hope that your actions will also reflect the importance of this issue. thank you, i want to close by reiterating what senate eor hi e hinerick said to you. the right way to do this is to follow the science. not to limit liability. i yield the remainder of my time. >>s ms. hill? >> the president's f

homeland security was the largest reorganization of the federal permit since creation of the department of defense and the department of defense took 40 years, 50 years for it to be recognized as one cohesive who whole. dhs is much younger and much more desperate -- disparate native many more agencies but every year it is in existence it gets stronger and gets placed at the table is clearly recognized and its role in protecting the safety and security of american people becomes paramount. >> on 11 has actually -- how does it shape your priorities over the course of her time there? was there or even now is there a point that which you think we might be given too much tension to the 911 type threat at the cost of tension to more recent threats, cyber or otherwise that are not what brought about the creation of dhs and not related? >> look, the world is not a static place in the environment is not static and certainly the site environment is not static. so we have seen evolution of terrorism. when i took over we were still in al qaeda mode osama bin laden was still alive and we were looking at conspi