we are leveraging the dod resources and theater where the dod has superior capabilities. an example was all cap iv which is attested support mechanism. use on an interim basis is giving states the time to solicit it's on life support contract to be another example is the use of the defense logistics agency food and fuel contract. also for gmt we are supplementing their oversight with subject matter from dod and discussing a deploy contingency staff of the defense contract management agency to read diplomatic security is founded in a surge to devotee which provides a temporary increase in the polygraph operators, investigative assistance and interpreters. this will aid in more rapid betting life-support contractors required for the transition. with regard to the state and defense cooperation on equipment, the joint dod state board is identified more than 3,769 individual pieces of equipment worth approximately $209 million to be given access, sold or loaned to the steve including medical, i.t. come serial port and fuel support by a metric input as well as 60 mraps. they wi

in the dod area, the dod doesn't just rely on passive defense. it also does what's called active defense. and if dod needs to do active defense to protect its networks, crical infrastructure. and again, we've said myself the dod relies 99.9% on commercial electricity. well, that means that that commercial electricity ought to have the same kind of protection that act of defense. i don't think that the industry should do it. i think the dod under the right kind of standards, right kind of legislative standards, regulation, guidance from the president ought to work with the sector-specific agency and also with the industry to be able to provide that. we also need to have capabilities that we haven't heard talked about today. we need what i call gold standard integrity. integrity of data, integrity of software, integrity of hardware. we need capabilities like segmentation and isolation so that the key elements of the grid can be protected by being separated from other elements of the grid. we want to look also finally at the issue of scale and resou

that is $20 million, and that is dod. ok, so, who is deciding what department of defense bills, and what usaid is billing? who was deciding that decision. where is the decision been made, and on what basis is it being made? >> first of all, for the purpose of the afghan infrastructure fund, and the reason it is funded out of department of defense funds, as my colleague mr. their said, the commander on the ground has made the determination that our success on the battlefield requires -- requires both the reality and the prospects before certain economic inputs. the largest of those is electricity. the helmont province, particularly, where the center of gravity for our campaign. that is where the majority of our search forces were put in place. first, general mcchrystal, and then general petraeus made very clear that increasing and making sustainable and electricity supply for the city of kandahar was an essential part of our campaign plan, and in order to defeat the taliban, we needed to do it militarily, and with the popu

we are leveraging dod resources in the theater where dod has superior capabilities. an example is logcap iv which is a tested, proven support mechanism. use of logcap on interfaces is given to stay time to solicit its own life-support contract, another example is our use of the defense logistics agency, food and fuels contracts. also for logcap we're supplementing our oversight with subject matter experts from dod and are discussing a deploy contingency staff with the defense contract management agency. diplomatic security has funded a betting search capability which provides a temporary increase in polygraph operators and investigative assistance and interpreters. this will aid in more rapid vetting life-support contract is required for the transition. with regard to more state and defenses cooperation on equipment, the joint dod, state equipping board has identified more than 3769 individual pieces of equipment with approximate $209 million to be given as access, sold or loaded to state including medical, i.t., aerial port, and fuel support, biometric input as well

let me for the sake of time take the first and last. >> we have gone to dod. they are learning as the equipment and we are writing their contract for the operation and maintenance of that equipment. i think that shows excellent contingency operations. i don't see it serves american taxpayer one whit to spend a lot of money to go out and compete a contract which dod already compete it -- >> not talking about rape competing the concept of how the oversee it -- not talking about re-competing. the state department has to be involved in that. >> that is the responsibility for the diplomatic set -- security service professionals on scene to oversee the operations of the contractors. those personnel are on scene. on the mraps, we have been loaned 60 by the department of defense. diplomatic security service will oversee the operation. it will oversee the maintenance of the vehicles. we are writing again i contract through rock island because the department of defense has contract for the maintenance of those. they have specifications for exactly what you need to do pe

in the dod area, the dod doesn't just rely on passive defense. it also does what's called active defense. and if dod needs to do active defense to protect its networks, critical infrastructure. and again, we've said myself the dod relies 99.9% on commercial electricity. well, that means that that commercial electricity ought to have the same kind of protection that act of defense. i don't think that the industry should do it. i think the dod under the right kind of standards, right kind of legislative standards, regulation, guidance from the president ought to work with the sector-specific agency and also with the industry to be able to provide that. we also need to have capabilities that we haven't heard talked about today. we need what i call gold standard integrity. integrity of data, integrity of software, integrity of hardware. we need capabilities like segmentation and isolation so that the key elements of the grid can be protected by being separated from other elements of the grid. we want to look also finally at the issue of scale and res

in the dod area, the dod doesn't just rely on passive defense. it also does what's called active defense. and if dod needs to do active defense to protect its networks, critical infrastructure. and again, we've said myself the dod relies 99.9% on commercial electricity. well, that means that that commercial electricity ought to have the same kind of protection that act of defense. i don't think that the industry should do it. i think the dod under the right kind of standards, right kind of legislative standards, regulation, guidance from the president ought to work with the sector-specific agency and also with the industry to be able to provide that. we also need to have capabilities that we haven't heard talked about today. we need what i call gold standard integrity. integrity of data, integrity of software, integrity of hardware. we need capabilities like segmentation and isolation so that the key elements of the grid can be protected by being separated from other elements of the grid. we want to look also finally at the issue of scale and res

dod will provide certain functions to provide base of operations and tech support. our continued engagement with iraq remains vital. we are now at the point where hours tremendous sacrifices are within reach as long as we take the proper steps to consolidate them. the long-term partnership with iraq continues to present many advantages to the united states. the recent turmoil in the broader middle east highlights this partnership. dod believes we must remain focused on iraq. thank you. >> thank you very much. mr. crowley, you are recognized for five minutes. >> thank you. thank you for holding this hearing and inviting me to appear before you today. usaid has played a major role in the civilian response to the iraq social needs since 2003 and will continue to do so. the situation in iraq has dramatically improved over the last few years. iraq is still very much post- conflict developing country facing considerable development challenges. the reduction and violence has created breathing room for the iraqis to begin building their democracy, restoring public instituti

dod requested the right. congress authorized it in law, dod propose the selection criteria to be used to develop the candidate closure and realignment recommendations, and publish that in the federal register so give everybody an opportunity to see this is what dod thought was the way to do. congress been codified the criteria in law and require dod to develop a 20 year force structure plan and infrastructure inventory. so congress essentially tightened up and said here's the deal, here's how we're going to do. dod develop the closure and realignment recommendations and sent them to the independent brac commission. the commission could approve, modify, reject or add to the recommendations based on the criteria in the force structure plan and beauties compliance with both of those. the commission held hearings, voted on each recommendation, and reported to the president. the president could just approve the report and sent back for revision or send an total to congress. congress been at 45 days to enact a join

commissioner hankey was making reference to dod pulling the rug out from under you and the department and saying that you have to provide protection and security to your embassy in kabul. it ended up that you hired a former group. in the dialogue you had in 2009, we realized that say you had to get the lowest price contract instead of the best value -- we jumped in to help you all deal with best value. but what is disconcerting is that the farmer group is still there. it is disconcerting because they jeopardized the security of the embassy and secondly they brought tremendous disrepute to our government because they were defending our governments and the city. thirdly, the whistle-blowers' that step forward, their lives were threatened. they are still there. one of the reasons why we recommend that there be a cadre of people to step in is still a contractor like this cannot say to find someone else and you cannot find someone else in your stuck with them. my sense is that you're stuck with them and i want to know why you are still using them since the photographs came in in july-augus

we have gone to dod. they are long as the equipment. we are writing their contract for the operations and maintenance of that equipment. i think that shows excellent contingency operation. i do not see the it services the american tax payer went like to spend a lot of money and complete a contract. >> i am not talking about the contract. i am talking about how you oversee the contractors, had you manage it, adi gets support for it. the state department has to be involved in that. >> if that is the responsibility of the diplomatic security professionals that are on scene to oversee the operation of the contractors. those personnel are on see. on the mrap, we have been loaned 60 mraps by the department of defense. they will oversee the maintenance of those vehicles. we are writing again a contract to rock island. the department of defense as contracts for the maintenance of that equipment. there are specifications for what you need to do per engine our eye in order to -- hour in order to keep those -- keep the equipment in use. when you a

efforts because it does not include the contribution of the key agencies such as dod. in 2010 the congress again required the president to report on the u.s. counterterrorism efforts relating to the denial of safe havens. we understand that the national security council has been assigned the responsibility for completing the report but no report has been submitted to congress to read to address this reporting gap we recommended that in collaboration with other agencies complete the congressional reporting requirement to identify and assess government-wide efforts related to the denial of terrorist safe harbors. that concludes my prepared statement. i would be happy to answer questions at the appropriate time. >> thank you for your testimony today by an informed we have one vote. so i would ask we take a very short break, make everyone and then come back to the hearing. i appreciate your patience. [inaudible conversations] >> the committee will come to order. i appreciate the patience from the witnesses and everybody in the room. hopefully we can finish the hearing befo

we are leveraging dod resources in theater where dod has superior capabilities.chanism. use of a lockout is capable of watching its own contract. we also have a basic food and fills contract. we are supplementing the oversight wawith subject matter dod. with regard to state and defense cooperation on equipment, the joint and dod-state in equipping board has identified more than 3769 individual pieces of equipment worth approximately $209 million to be given as access, sold, or loaned to state, including medical, sensing, i.t., aerial port, and fuel support, by metric import, as well as 60 enwraps -- biometric input, as well as 60 enwraps. sustainment for much of this dod command will be provided by a contract managed by the army sustainment command at rock island. state is using the many valuable insights gained during the iraq transition planning in our afghanistan planning. experienced foreign service personnel have worked in iraq and afghanistan and will be in afghanistan on their next assignment. there will be able to implement many of the lessons learned. --

dod still hasn't stepped up to the plate on this issue. they are still in the nile, and they're fighting and scratching at every inch to deny and like i said in my test we can so why would anybody even ask us to trust the department of defense with our health care? and that's the way, senator burr, most of the victims feel? >> jerry, and the last bill some refer to a t. sdr. some know that is the agency within cdc that is charged statutorily with the investigation of the level of contamination. we had to do some rather threatening things in the last 18 months to get the department of the navy to actually pay for what the law required them to pay for him the standpoint of studies that atsdr were doing. share with everybody what the level of cooperation is today between the department of the navy and the core with the atsdr investigation. >> well, senator, thank you. it's like i said in my testimony, there's been many half-truths and total lies being destroyed by the department of navy and numbering court relating to this issue. and one of t

dod and state have also established an ad hoc group for coordination and synchronization. this group is cochaired at the deputy assistant secretary level and continue to talk about the eight suborned areas including supply chain, medical, facilities, information technology, security, and aviation. additionally, to expeditiously respond, and equipping board was established in early january 2011. the process consists of working people from areas that fee recommendations for the sourcing of equipment, and chaired by the joint staff for approval. currently in iraq, a stake in dod team has been established to deal with issues from the downsizing of the footprint. this is not a turnkey operation, and each presents key challenges. for example, each team needs to move containerized housing units and undertake general site preparation. dod will also provide specific functions, for example, providing general pace operation and support. in conclusion, i want to emphasize our continued engagement in iraq remains vital. we are now at the point where the strategic dividends of our treme

>> i have discussed this with staff at dod. anthey're not aware of any statement that has iicated a number that would be involved at this point. >> at this point? >> at thipoint. >> thank you. it looks like about one a 5:00 p.m., is that right? -- testifying ona capitol hill to replace robert gates. his nomination will go to the full senate for the vote. a watch this on line at c- span.org. >> up next, the center for strategic and international studies conference on global security threats. the first panels examine cyber security threats, and a look at u.s.-pakistan relations. later, a discussion on the u.s. manufacturing sector. on tomorrow's "washington journal," @ debate on jobs and the economy. we're joined by bob greenstein and kevin from the national enterprise institute. workplace issues affecting women and families. later, [unintelligible] "washington journal peer " live on c-span. later, job creation and the economy. we will hear from the economic advisers. coverage gets under way at noon eastern. >> on this nomination

do they want to keep the dod in track care? or be under the va?> thanks for asking me that, senator burr. because the general consensus is that everybody i speak to, and, you know, i would ask anybody, anybody that recommends that the department -- we be turned back over to the department of defense is the very people that was respond for poisoning us for our health care. they trust them? when today they are still denying they did anything wrong? how would they work out? i mean i'm sorry. dod still hasn't stepped up to the plate on this issue. they are still in denial. they are fighting and scratching at every inch to deny and escape the situation. like i said in my testimony. why would anybody even ask us to trust the department of defense with our health care. and that's the way, senator burr, most the victims feel. >> jerry, in the last panel somebody referred atstr. some members know that's the agency within cdc that charged statutorily with the investigation of the level of contamination. we had to do some rather rough thinged in the last 18

. >> we know dod hasn't maybe it's burdensome because they have so many. but if this is the cabal among the administration to kind of say, we don't want to do it in your part of it, that would be huge mistake. so i'll calm down because you're going to get back to us. and he just put on the record the following. you don't know how many recommendations are on the department and get your department is recommending -- i recommendation not be done because it's burdensome. i was being either if we have so many that are important, that the huge indication of a problem. and if we have too few that have been recommended in the department is claiming it is burdensome, then we think it is a pretty outrageous response. so i appreciate you looking at that. >> i'd like to -- when you testified he for the oversight committee, you made the point that albeit to a decent state were inherently governmental. as you explain to me why you made, and the transition from dod to state that everything you are doing in iraq, and the transfer are not inherently governmental therefore

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>> i have discussed this with staff at dod. and they're not aware of any statement that has indicated a number that would be involved at this point. >> at this point? >> at this point. >> thank you. it looks like about one a 5:00 p.m., is that right? -- [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> leon panetta testifying on capitol hill to be the next defense secretary replacing robert gates. if this committee approves him, his nomination will go to the full senate for a vote. watch this hearing on line at c- span.org/video library. a couple of and we are covering to tell you about. at two o'clock eastern, a discussion on the financial state of medicare and social security. the two public trustees for the social security and medicare programs are scheduled to speak. george mason university hosts discussion with live coverage on cspan 3. also this afternoon on c-span 2, the american arab anti- discrimination committee is holding its national convention. panel

in november of this year. >> yes ma'am. >> dod is opposed to mandatory tap. you say members would benefit from attending the workshop. had you explain the disconnect between the two agencies? >> madame chair, i hate to speak on behalf of the department of defense, but i believe that is their issue. the mandatory issue, perhaps, gathers people who are retiring and not going into employment, just strictly retiring. i believed there concerns have to do with demobilizing the reserve. >> we will be calling up with them as well. senator? >> we have so much that really does not pertain to the bills we are here to talk about. we could spend a day with just the va alone. i want to acknowledge the fact that both of you apologize for not having your testimony here on time. i will note i did not hear any -- either one of you say this would not happen again. we have rules and in the committee. i did not even hear you apologize, mr. mcwilliams. this may be a joke to some of you. i do not know. maybe it is the instructions not to have it here where committees can thoroughly

>> i have discussed this with staff at dod. and they're not aware of any statement that has indicated a number that would be involved at this point. >> at this point? >> at this point. >> thank you. it looks like about one a 5:00 p.m., is that right? -- 1:05 p.m., is that right? we will meet at 2:15 p.m. in a classified session. thank you all for your testimony and your service. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> the time i just spoke is to 30 p.m., not to 3:00 p.m., to 30 p.m. -- 2:30, not 2:15, 2:30. >> c.i.a. director leon panetta wrapping up 3.5 hours in front of the senate committee for armed services. he has been nominated to replace secretary gates. we have been covering the hearing today. michael shearer, what did leon panetta say about the proposed budget cuts that secretary gates has previously identified? >> he has been part of the national security team, and was careful today in all aspects, especially the budgeting, to say that he supp

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secretary gates pointed out that -- how important non- dod agricultural operations are. we're also getting into the spectrum of these violent climate episodes throughout the globe. there is a real danger here that those budgets might suffer. in afghanistan, my colleagues in the foreign affairs committee has released a report criticizing the bill stage of the operation. can you comment upon that partnership and how critical it is? when we look at the conditions on the ground, we could be successful interdicting terrorist groups, seizing caches of weapons and even interdicting transmission from pakistan. if there is no political capacity or governmental capacity on health care education or anything, we will still have a population that is disgruntled and probably destructive towards us. >> i agree with what you said. it has to be the whole government approach. as we deal with these issues. the state department place an important role in providing assistance to individuals to insure that an area remains secure. aid, the education area, the justice department provides assist

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secretary gates pointed out that -- how important non- dod agricultural operations are. we're also getting into the spectrum of these violent climate episodes throughout the globe. there is a real danger here that those budgets might suffer. in afghanistan, my colleagues in the foreign affairs committee has released a report criticizing the bill stage of the operation. can you comment upon that partnership and how critical it is? when we look at the conditions on the ground, we could be successful interdicting terrorist groups, seizing caches of weapons and even interdicting transmission from pakistan. if there is no political capacity or governmental capacity on health care education or anything, we will still have a population that is disgruntled and probably destructive towards us. >> i agree with what you said. it has to be the whole government approach. as we deal with these issues. the state department place an important role in providing assistance to individuals to insure that an area remains secure. aid, the education area, the justice department provides assist

secretary gates pointed out that -- how important non- dod agricultural operations are. we're also getting into the spectrum of these violent climate esodes throughout the globe. there is a real danger here that those budgets might suffer. infghanistan, my colleagues in the foreign afirs committee has released a report criticizing the bill stage of the operation. can you comment upon that partnership and how critical it is? when we look at the conditions on the ground, we could be successful interdicting terrorist groups, seizing caches of weapons and even interdicting transmission from pakistan. if there is no political capacity or governmental capacity on health care education or anything, we will still have a population that is disgruntled and probably destructive towards us. >> i agree with what you said. it has to be the whole government approach. as we deal with these issues. the state department place an important role in providing assistance to individuals to insure that an area remains secure. aid, the education area, the justice department provides assistance.

dod and state have established not talk senior executive group for coordination issues.this is cochaired at the secretary level beneath a weekly trivia status of the subordinate optional areas, supply chain come equipment, contracting, medical, facilities and construction, security and aviation. additionally, to expeditiously respond to requests for equipment to make them by secretary of defense waitstaff in equipping board was established in early june or 2011. the process consists of working level representatives for all services, joint that which feeds recommendations for servers and equipment, general officer chaired by the joint staff g4 for approval. currently the dod team has been established in nature main locations to suggest practical accretions from the downsizing of the site footprint. transition of the sites is not a turnkey operation in each presents unique challenges. for example, each team needs to have new parameters, housing units, reread utilities and where needed general site preparation. tv provides members functions on the reimbursable basis. bobcat

dod still has not stepped up to the plate on this issue. they are still in denial. they are fighting and scratching and every inch to the nine in this situation. why would anybody ask or trust the department of defense with our health care? that is the way most of the victims feel. >> some members know that the agency within the cdc is charged statutory with the investigation of the level of contamination. we had to do some tightening things in the last 18 months to get the department of the navy to actually pay for what the law required them to pay for. sure what the level of cooperation is today between the department of the navy and the corp with the atsdr investigation. >> it is like i said in my testimony. there have been told allies that have been distorted by the department of the navy into marine corps regarding this issue. one was a letter that they sent out to every member registered on there website. in that letter, it stated that to the national research council had done an evaluation of exposures to certain chemicals in the water in cape lejeune and the

>> dod does not have the lead. it is the fbi working with lockheed. we know based on our informational sharing arrangements a lot about how the defense aspects they manage are affected. that was the reasoning for why we made the assessment. >> right now it is pretty early in the process. it is hard for us to give you anything definitive but even much information. these things do not play out the back quickly. think about a normal criminal investigation. you cannot answer within days after an event has occurred. that is equally true in cyberspace. >> the gentleman back there. >> i am a cnet fellow. one of the key aspects left out of the debate is the national guard. title 10, title 32, a great congressional support. they knew danzig to be talked about her put up front. instead use the marines during cyber com stuff. >> we have established over the last dozen years of variety of national guard units on the international side where we are taking advantage of expertise in different areas, whether it be in the financial services or locating with the nation

>> i have discussed this with staff at dod. and they're not aware of any statement that has indicated a number that woulde involved at this point. >> at this point? >> at this point. >> thank you. it looks like about one a 5:00 p.m., is that right? -- [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> tonight on "road to the white house," an interview with g.o.p. presidential candidate and former governor gary johnson. he talks about prayer in public schools, abortion, and how he would reduce the national debt and the federal deficit. "road to the white house" tonight at 9:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. on wednesday by a vote of 54-45, the senate rejected a proposal by senators jon tester and bob corker that would have delayed a federal reserve rule that puts a cap on debit card usage fees for a year. the delay would allow more studies to be done on small banks. the federal reserve proposed capping those fees at 12 cents as opposed to 1% of the total purchase. this po

>> the coordination between dod and d.o.e. primarily lookst the facilities and interface with the energy sector. we provide support work on studies and looking at the interdependency between the energy sector and defense. we are looking at micro grids, advanced technologies in support of the defense facilities. our coordination with ferc provides tools and technologies to look at improved reliability for the electric sector. we do coordinate it with information sharing to the extent possible, looking at technologies that will actually improve the posture of the system. so the coordination with ferc is they're a regulatory entity. e department of energy funds private partnerships. in a sense, we are incentivizing changes with an industry and ferc looks at regulating aspects of it. >> anybody else have any comment? >> i'd say there are formulaize mechanisms such as the department of energy sits as the energy secr lead, ferc participates in these initiatives with the other agencies we have excellent working relationships on an in

you will see more of it when the dod strategy emerges in the next year or two. joke. [laughter] it didn't work. cyberspace is a vital national asset and we will use all means to defend it. what does that mean? we have a very experienced and distinguished panel who will go for these incidents and tell us when does something justify a military response? when does something justify the use of force? when is title 10 appropriate? how do we signal to militias actors in cyberspace our discomfort or our intent to do something in response? one of the measures we can use -- we say we use all means to defend it -- what are those means and how would we deploy them? these are not questions that have been asked publicly before. we will bring up an incident. andl get relevant details the senior officials will tell us what the u.s. responses could be and what of the restraints and legal requirements. i think this will be a lot of fun. >> no briefer was ever this concise. google revealed that its network had been hacked. the company reported it traced the attack to computers at two c

all of them are vulnerable and they're not getting the same sort of protection policywise from the dod, afa or ihs. is this possible? >> cyber command only presen presents .net, others only protect .gov. $9 trillion a day transfer around the world on the worldwide web. we don't have a good handle how to protect that. obviously, imf, wall street, et cetera. we understand there are real threats regarding elecdromagnetic pulse. we have to protect both the power grid and ones with zeros if we're going to prosper in society. >> is there some sort of doomsday scenario. if there is someone who attacks the u.s. cyber structure in that way, could it shut down important vital parts? could we go dark, basically? >> absolutely, and there's two studies, one of which i will cite right up front. the mirfp talked about how they could devastate cyber. without the internet, you couldn't go to the atm to get money out. could you imagine manhattan going for a month without power? people would literally be killing each other. this is why the grid act is trying to find ways to protect us from cyber attacks

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why did the dod just declare it abandoned? >> abandonment is one of the mechanisms by which property can be disposed. the department was working on an expedited schedule to complete the shutdown within fiscal year ten. i should say there's a complete inventory under way now and will eventually as we go to the end of the closeout process it will be a reconciliation. >> for whatever reason it came back not entirely organized but one of the men had testimony and said there was a rather hasty shut down and that the complete sort of gathering of information that would have been beneficial was not done that like other intellectual property was lost. am i speaking for one of the two of you? >> i would summarize i think both the ing and the gao had concern about the lack of the plant shut down. they basically started shutting down in june of 2010, sorry, february 2010 and complete it shut down by september 2010. during that time there was a draft plan that never got finalized to get things done quickly, and we raised concerns about th

part of what i was referring to on some of the streamlining is for example, the training facility that dod has. for example, there's an outstanding training facility for rail safety security and response to for example, a freight rail with toxic hazards, derailment which was located in pueblo, colorado. or other locations. there's one the national guard runs in harpers ferry, west virginia, that they may be some efficiency achieved by doing the things. with omb on friday to look at that. so that's one thing on the training site. >> can ask about tha that in? if you establish if that were the case, is that something that you all could work out a would you need our help in fixing that? or is that and administrating? >> no, i think that would be worked out with the administration just to say okay, the question is are we providing services to different audiences. so it's one more focus. and i -- i visit to west virginia website, i just don't have all the information right now. >> okay. very good. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thanks, senator boozman. i want to ask a question about, mr. o'connor

efforts because it does not include the key agencies like dod. in 2010, congress again required the president to report on u.s. counterterrorism efforts relating to the denial of safe havens. we understand at the national security counsel has been assigned responsibility for completing this report, but no report submitted to congress. to address this reporting gap, we recommended that the nfc in collaboration with other agencies complete the congressional reporting requirement to identify and assess government wide efforts related to denial of terrorist safe harbors. chairman mccaul and chairman, that concludes my statement. >> thank you for your testimony. i've been informed we just have one vote so i ask that we take a very short break, you know, make the one vote and come right back to the hearing, and i appreciate your patience. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> the hearing comes to order. i appreciate the patience of everybody in the room and now hopefully we can finish the hearing before the ne

the class or civil liberties, challenging, the dod of america is always accountability. i osha is the founding fathers statement in terms of benjamin franklin, he who sacrifices libya for security deserves neither. we lost that spirit and i think that's what the blinking in. we were trying so hard to prove our american that we forgot that being an american is holding our government accountable, the essence of being an american. the other issue that emerged was that was almost an official handing over of the baton. it was the young generation whose folks had full confidence in the american identity to say, this is not making sense. they are the ones who stepped forward center stage and said i can challenge you and your i'm less of an american. and i won't accept you to make the claim. [applause] >> after 9/11, i think the arab-american and muslim-americans, they face with the question whether we wanted to be, you know, integrated or we want to be assimilated. and you know that's very political culture. and because there are certain level of years, i mean, if we are assimi

e this report examines the accuracy of $213 million in payments to 11,700 dod civilians in fiscal year 2007, 2008. quo for overseas, quote on quote,ars the injured and hardship after reviewing the relevanthe payment records, the auditors determined that the defense to finance and accounting service, and i will refer to that as anee acronym had made improper payments, underpayments and overpayments totaling 57 to seven tenths million dollars. the audit recommended that to the director take appropriate corrective action r to reimbursp or recover the improper payments. pols and new policies and proceduresp preclude the erroneous payments ine. the future to read this report received an overall grade of d , however it received excellent grades eight - in three categories, relevance, connecting the dots on the monen trail and fraud andey waste metr ti recommendations and timeliness because it took too long over 21 lo- over months to complete.mplete -and s and so it's still at that pointo the auditors went to the primary source records to verify the err exact aonmount of the erroneous payment

this conclusion is echoed by separate reports recently compiled by the dod, dhs, doe and national academy of sciences along with various other agencies and researchers. all of them, mr. chairman, came to very similar conclusions. the sobering reality is that this vulnerability, if left unaddressed, could have grave societal altering consequences. like many of you, i believe federal regulation could should be very limited. however, our first national priority is national security. and to protect our national security, we must protect our major transformers from cascading destruction. to that end, i've introduced the shield act, which differs primarily from your discussion dlast in three areas. unlike the grid act, which i commend this committee deeply for passing last year, the shield act authorizes ferc to promulgate standards necessary to protect our electricity infrastructure against both natural and manmade electromagnetic pulse events if the standards developed by the ero are inadequate to protect national security. the shield act additionally requires automated hardware-based solutio

dod president bill clinton said i did not have sexual relation was that woman. wrong answer.on said i am not a crook. well, he was. look the mess john edwards is in. facing a long stretch in prison possibly over allegations he stole campaign money and used it to support his mistress. list of egotistical so-called public servants is much longer than i have time for here. here's the question. why do politicians think denying an allegation or changing the subject means it is going to go away? go to cnn.com/caffertyfile and post a comment on my blog. >>> libya's moammar gadhafi is being hit from outside and within. air strikes continue. gadhafi suffer another key defection. the country's oil minister who says he left because of the suffering of libya's people. the nato allies say they will keep up the pressure on the regime. brian todd is leer in "the situation room" working the story for us. takes a new twist now, brian. >> nato laying down a new marker. new commitment to extend this mission three more months if immediate be. nato officials tell us this is standard procedure in

we heard from a former dod are offset -- the auditor about how difficult it is to do that, but on the other hand he has the trust of the president so he will be given a lot of authority to try and implement these large-scale spending cuts. host: one more call for bill gertz, the national security reporter for "the new york times." times."washington caller: a remember you were on a radio show in california in 1999. at that time, you told the george and the audience that the russians had no way to deal with the change going into the new century, okay? you said there missiles were very likely to go off and attack the united states. you said that you had a very secret information because of your contacts, okay? guest: i do not remember saying that. caller: this was a dean -- was the y2k problem. host: last call for bill gertz from akron, ohio. caller: the donald rumselfd issue $2.3 trillion missing. so you don't know? guest: it keeps going up with every call. host: let's talk about the battle between the administration and republicans over these spending cuts. what does the president want

the dod budget is enormous. it has been direct it to cut $400 billion over the next 10 years. that is small in terms of the overall pentagon budget and there'll be more pressure to cut. host: back to afghanistan. we have a tweet. speak to us about the strength of the security forces, how strong the government itself might be becoming in afghanistan. as soon as we're out, the taliban is going to come back. what you think? guest: they are making great progress against the talbot and i think that is true from an operational perspective. -- they are making great progress against the taliban. they are having trouble recruiting. there will probably be a significant military clashes this summer as the taliban tries to reassert itself. right now, the talbot is very much on the defensive. the question is what happens over the next three years. to the extent it continues before the u.s. withdraws most of its military forces, if that will become a more sustainable situation. that progress which is being made will carry through will fundamentally undermine their support and make it much m

our commitment to our troops and military preparedness and security of the nation further growth in dod spending has to be taken into account. if admiral to 20% of her spending. in the years between fy 08 it will spend more this includes the cold weather cannot be a non-and wars. that's government agencies agencies to become more efficient. a third term republican budget undermines our promise to america's seniors. the republican budget will answer seniors and will not reduce cost by turning medicare into a voucher program. it will simply shift that purgatory seniors. again, i believe we'll talk more about this as we go along. the fact is the republican plan will increase the cost of senior health care and increase will be increase borne by individual seniors, not by all of us. cbo estimates the republican budget will cost a 65 yield an additional $6000 sonata pocket cost and by 2030 will be as high as 12,000. if republicans continue assault on health reform, the cost burden to seniors will not only increase, but will also reduce coverage and benefits. going back on the promise for me t