dod is seeking increased basing options.of i would highly recommend discussion with dod on this about where they're going in terms of basing closer and more closely to u.s. embassies and facilities. they have excellent plans. they're working closely with the state department on this but ultimatelyel we've got to do a better job making sure we have the right preparations on the ground in advance. in those situations that are absolutely critical, we'll have dod very close to us and they have worked tremendously with us in places like tripoli and sanaa and other places. so, i just have to tell you i have the utmost respect for the way thatip the department of defense, u.s. marine corps and army and air force and navy responded to our needs. >> in the last minute i have left, what level of state department does the request to dod have to make place? for example in the case of tripolior you said they had them on aac one-hour leash to respon, can that come from you or lower? if an ambassador determines through his risk analysis assessment through the diplomatic security team there that he n

dod will have a role in this. cdc in the world health organization are organizing training in the countries themselves. and working with ministries of health and local institutions to identify nationals of the country so we can put them through trainings. institute, which was opened recently in monrovia, has a large, meant of train the library and staff. we are also looking for medical professionals to join in the response. a website has been set up, and it is reachable where we are collecting contact information of people who are interested who are volunteering to respond, and we are making that available to partners were looking for staff to step up their responses. as we are getting new grants out to ngo's, this is a resource for them that they can draw on to help complement their staffing. >> there is a lot of interest in assisting, despite the fear that ebola natural causes. the african unit, with cdc in the department of the state, is now on the ground in the countries helping out and providing care. this is

if we are, the contractors would dod fundingof the if they are being -- if they are doing dod functions. in iraq and afghanistan previously, we had about as many contractors in the country as we did troops in -- troops on the ground. we had over 100,000 troops on the ground and 100,000 contractors as well. there has been some misperception about what those contractors do. the vast majority are doing relatively mundane tasks, food preparation, laundry, things like that. only about 10% of the contractors that we used in iraq and afghanistan were actually used for security, whether they were shooting at people -- that's what gives people pause about the use of contractors. but that is not the main use of contractors that we have seen. host: of the 1500 or so u.s. personnel that have gone over, we don't have any information yet about contractors going over. guest: and i would suspect that their mission is more intelligence collection, doing some training and assisting and assessing of other groups on the ground that we may want to partner with. i would expect there to be contractors in ther

dod is seeking increased basing options and i would highly recommend a discussion with dod honest about where they are going in terms of basic facilities. they are working with the state department on this but ultimately we have got to do a better job of making sure we have the right preparations on the ground in advance. in those situations that are absolutely critical we will have dod close to us and they have worked tremendously with us in places like tripoli and so nod and other places. i just have to tell you i have the utmost respect for the way the department of defense and the u.s. marine corps and army and air force have responded in the navy have responded to her knees. >> in the last minute i have left can you talk about what leveled at the state department does that request have to take place clinics for example in the case of tripoli where you said they have them on a one-hour least responses that come from your kedik come from an ambassador who determines what the diplomatic security team that's there that he has this. how far does it have to go before you can have a fast

so liberians are is static and adding to do that was the request that the dod to participate.t despite being a humanitarian organization operates like of the tilt -- military so the military is widely known for having both of those qualities and it is welcome to everyone on the ground. >> i have two quick things. what about the front line health workers and also dr. frieden group of staffers were able to meet with the team combating the response. to help ministers don't always get as much attention and. and had to make get their attention for long-term growth? >> it is our experience people pay attention in the middle of an outbreak. within countries you will find the public health aspect is weak. but for senator harkin to establish to run laboratory networks. in that would be a tragic that as we respond to you ebola that would be the systems that prevent the next outbreak to get out of hand as it has. >> and health care workers on the front line? >>. >> they say you vermis challenges in the enormous risks. and those innermost dash risk working in the whole system. it does not

if we are, the contractors would dod fundingof the if they are being -- if they are doing dod functions. in iraq and afghanistan previously, we had about as many contractors in the country as we did troops in -- troops on the ground. we had over 100,000 troops on the ground and 100,000 contractors as well. there has been some misperception about what those contractors do. the vast majority are doing relatively mundane tasks, food preparation, laundry, things like that. only about 10% of the contractors that we used in iraq and afghanistan were actually used for security, whether they were shooting at people -- that's what gives people pause about the use of contractors. but that is not the main use of contractors that we have seen. host: of the 1500 or so u.s. personnel that have gone over, we don't have any information yet about contractors going over. guest: and i would suspect that their mission is more intelligence collection, doing some training and assisting and assessing of other groups on the ground that we may want to partner with. i would expect there to be contractors in ther

you said that dod has never let you down. on that night, the arv -- arb stated there's no way that the f-16s or the u.s. military forces could have made it there in time to save americans lives. what have we done to make sure that in the future they can be present in time to save american lives. the anniversary as you hear more chatter that was going on and there might be the potential for greater risk of tripwires are in place and what processes are in place to call the dod and say maybe you need to help us and reposition forces so that if we do have another benghazi they can be there in time in the future so that we don't lose american lives. what's process is happening between the dod and the department of state at this point? >> the department has put together what they essentially referred to as the new normal. we have looked closely at what capabilities the dod can bring for the defense of use of american embassies and consulates overseas. there has to be the realization that we don't have the basis everywhere in the wo

the dod will be compared to devote billion dollars to response efforts.we are working through all the process and we expect additional personal and materials to continue flowing to the area over the next months. i will take your questions. understand, and was -- or any ash can you help us understand, will any of these troops be directly caring or touching patients affected by the virus? puttingcautions are you in place to stop the spread to his? troops and will be working directly with those patients? spread to those troops and will they be working directly with those patients? >> as of now, they will not be patients directly. you will be in support of other experts. a key component of our troops anywhere, in any situation is to make sure that we adequately prepare them, train them, and equip them for their own personal protection. as i mentioned, personal protection equipment is part of the material you are sending with him -- we are sending with them. they are trained on how to protect themselves. there is no intent right now for them to have direct con

the scale of this is gigantic. >> it is gigantic and it is alarming to me if it is not dod.hen it is not the dod there's a suspicion that someone -- stuart: you are an ex fbi guy, you know what is going on on the inside. i am reading between the lines and you have a suspicion that it is the department of defense, don't you? >> i am bound by law from saying too much but i will tell you it would not surprise me if that was something that was discovered that wasn't supposed to be discovered. stuart: when can we stop that? can the ordinary private citizen get a phone or do something with the phone that stops acting in by these faked hours? >> that is going to be technology bust has to come up with that. i never have been concerned myself with being packed into from the government because i don't have anything to hide but i know it does bother a lot of people and there is technology where it they can keep stuff more private but i don't think the government is out to get information from many joe driving down the road. it is dod, it is the government, they're looking for people lo

i think the dod had plans to bomb and they saw this iminnocent threat for a long time. i think this is a fortuitous threat for president obama. he gave them the wink wink, but i think he got the last minute heads up. i think the minute dod thought they could strike, they struck. >> i guess al qaeda is not on the run, they actually just had a wardrobe change, because isn't this al qaeda? the lesson i'm getting from this is these guys are going to make bombs out of toothpaste and toiletries and the lesson here is that they only work on one thing, and that is to destroy us. that is their full-time job. we need to create an industry that creates novel ways to obliterate these people. there should be majors in colleges that are based on terror rising terror. we have such pointless majors in college, we have gender studies, you're not going to get a job with gender studies except teaching gender studies, just majors on how to kill terrorists or how to end terrorism would be an interesting possible. >> but you have to be careful not to call it radical islam or a war on terror.

underpinning that is a huge logistical effort to both we and the dod are working on very intensively to ensure that adequate procurement and transport as well as adequate supply chain management in the country because the volume of personal protective equipment and other supplies that are required to run on the scale is just enormous. so that is a huge piece that we are referring to as well. >> thank you. >> thank you very much for bringing us together and to the senator's office as well for the interest. i have been doing public health and running public health agencies for a few decades now and on two continents and i became a doctor working in new york city in the 80s where i cared for hundreds of people dying from aids with a limited ability to do much other than help them die comfortably and that experience was searing for me personally. i have never seen anything like that until i was in monrovia recently. and i went to a ebola treatment unit run by msf. the doctors are working with incredible effort and their largest response ever exceeding their capacity, stretching the limit

and, as you said, dod will have a role in this.ou said cdc and the world hemt organization are orging training in the countries themselves. working with ministries of health department to put through those trainings the institute -- the new treatment unit that the world health organization recently opened in monrovia. but we are looking for international medical professionals to join us we are collecting contact information of people who are interested in vol untiering to the response. and we are making that information available to ngos and other participanter ins for staff. this list is at a resource on them to help draw to compliment their staffing. >> i would just add to that that there is a lot of interest in assisting, despite the fear that ebola actually causes. the department of state has supported and department of state and eu dollars 1 now on the ground in the countries helping out and providing care. this is a great example of what's needed. there are some barriers that we need to break down so that people are more will

dod will have a role in this. cdc in the world health organization are organizing training in the countries themselves. and working with ministries of health and local institutions to identify nationals of the country so we can put them through trainings. which was opened recently in monrovia, has a large, meant of train the library and staff. we are also looking for medical professionals to join in the response. been set up, and it is reachable where we are collecting contact information of people who are interested who respond,teering to and we are making that available to partners were looking for staff to step up their responses. as we are getting new grants out resource fors is a them that they can draw on to help the consummate their staffing. -- complement their staffing. interestis an a lot of in assisting, despite the fear that ebola natural causes. the african unit, with cdc in the department of the state, is now on the ground in the countries helping out and providing care. this is a great example of wh

every policing agency that desires access to federal surplus property via dods 1033 program should be required as part of the application process to provide proof that it has received public input and local governing body approval of the department's acquisition of the property and it has adequate publicly reviewable training transparency and accountability poll citizen place. i believe it is important that the 1033 program be retains with appropriate transparency accountability and oversight guidelines incorporated. completely eliminating it could have substantial impact on public safety. and doing so would make taxpayers potentially pay again for the same equipment they paid for while it was used by the military. i also recommend the congress appropriate funds to adequately study this issue. there's a research of the militarization of the police and impact of the federal government providing assistance to acquiring equipment. i heard the commit glee congress to examine and consider the federal implications for advancing the following five guiding prims of sustaining democratic polic

. >> that was dod spokesman john kirby. the pentagon has been drawing up options for the president for weeks. plans that include attacking isis supply lines in syria where u.s. surveillance drones began flying for the first time this week, gathering intelligence and mapping possible isis targets. until now, the president had not authorized the u.s. air force to fly unmanned drones over syria. the president has made no decision to target isis inside syria, chris. >> jennifer, thanks for that. joining us now at the map, the research director at the institute for the study of war and former u.s. army intelligence officer jessica lewis, who's an expert on isis. jessica, you and i have talked about this before. explain how bureaucratic the structure of isis is, how it almost has a corporate structure. >> yeah, so we were particularly able to tell earlier this summer when isis released its second annual report that isis does have the ability to document the attacks that are conducted by all of its local military organizations thr

dod is not new to global health.going back to our tradition of walter reed in the work on yellow fever virus. last week we established operation united assistance which will be dod's support to this global effort that led by the united nations and their special mission that was established this week. and we are in support of our civilian agency counterparts and working with allies, including the united kingdom, france and others that have a lot of reached into the affected countries. dod will focus our contribution on our strengths, our unique capabilities and capacities, including demanding control -- command and control, logistics, training and engineering support. we established the joint forces command under u.s.-africa command and major general darryl williams is on the ground since last week doing the assessment. he's also the command of the u.s. army africa. and the command headquarters is being established in monrovia. liberia, in addition to a regional intermediary cached intermediate staging base and senega

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can you give an up to date timetable for the 25-bed facility that dod is deploying? and also given that the liberian health system is completely overwhelmed and given dod's capabilities and capacity in fighting infectious diseases, why is the american military not sticking around to staff and run this facility? >> take the first one that we are actively trying to get this 25-bed facility to liberia. there are logistical training things that need to be done before that can be loaded on to transport aircraft and get down there. we're committed to getting it down there. we will provide personnel to go with it, to set it up. but not healthcare workers to staff it. they will get -- they will set it up, make sure it's operating properly and we will -- then they will leave. so that's this initial component. but what i would also tell you is there's a very active discussion going on across the whole united states government about the threat posed by this terrible disease and the urgency with which the international community needs to respond to this. the u.s. government will

the dod and the usaid have the lead on logistics and materiale. the national security council is coordinating certainly from washington, and it's really important that we draw on all of our assets from all different agencies working in our particular lanes, and coordinating, as i say, all together. there's a lot -- there's very strong interagency coordination, as i say, the nsc is deeply involved in bringing all the agencies together, and we at cdc, as i say, take the lead in the public health aspect. >> i hope we get that worked out, where we actually have somebody we can point to and -- an individual that is kind of in charge of coordinating because the same thing is going on the ground that needs to be going on over there is simply not going to happen without that happening here. one thing that has happened, dr. bell, dr. fauci, there's an ebola outbreak going on in the democratic republic of congo. is that related to this or separate? >> i'll say something i'm sure dr. fauci can add. this outbreak is not related to what we're seeing in west af

this may be a case where dod, the command team and the house have to take the leadership role and then the president may find himself leading from behind. he needs to speak to the coalition. he needs to define this mission. he needs to speak to our allies and so far, he's not been able to do that and i'm not sure he ever will. the pound is, we have to annihilate isis and somebody has to get busy on this. this is not the step i would like to have taken. i would like to see us be much more aggressive. it is the first step and we'll have to lead him to do his job on behalf of the american people and on the cause of freedom. >> all right, you guy, appreciate it. i got to run, congressman duffy. i really appreciate you guys taking the time out tonight. >> thank you. >>> the american people think president obama is not tough enough to protect them. surprising news poll, ed henry will comment. kelly and ingrum how they see the threat. "the factor" is coming right back. ♪ [ male announcer ] when your office is 1,500 acres, it's good to have the right help. with models up to 62 horsepower or 1,

open to the armed forces, the dod and their families. navy federal credit union. >> you talked a couple interesting stories that you relay in the book where you sort of realized your own rhetoric sounded wrong. makers versus takers. somebody threw it back at you and said, who's a taker. i understand who the makers are, who's a taker. it sort of clicked in you. tell me about that. >> yeah, it did. i think we have to recognize we don't always get it right, our rhetoric can be irresponsible. i was at the 4h fair in janesville and a democrat who had all these democratic pins and things and sort of read me the riot act, who is the taker, the person who paid into social security? the veteran who came back from war? they're getting government assistance. are they a deadbeat? it occurred to me i was wrong to broad rush characterize this. we don't want a dependency of culture. we don't want a welfare state that takes able-bodied people that takes them to encourage a life of dependency. there are people struggling to make it. they may need assista

from your former job from dod to now -- when you went from your former job in dod to now in terms of -- >> when i left department of i was back in2, private life for a year. then i came back rather unexpectedly to be secretary of homeland security. that one year off gives me a unique perspective. i had not read intelligence reports for a year. i get to read the new york times but i had not read intelligence reports. i found it is still a dangerous world but the danger is evolving in ways i described in my remarks. a different kind and character. not the al qaeda of 2001. a more decentralized threat >>. it is disappointing. still a dangerous world and a dangerous world for americans, which is why we have to act. >> i'm not going to touch on immigration, which i know is on people's minds. i am sure you will get questions from the members. cyber. it is under your -- i would be would god in, if you into how well prepared the government is to read the private -- how prepared the government is. the private sector. and our financial system. >> because of the interconnectivity of the interne

we decided to look at the set of dod contracts and find out what we could about them. >> can you give us some e examps of figments matters. found $250 billion worth of contracts were somehow inaccurate in the past four years or had missing information. >> that is extraordinary. what does this mean for business? >> it was a major source of information for defense firms to understand the competitive space. at the end of the day there are only so many places to go to. the defense firms are faced with choices about what they do with this data. that is a specific plan to mitigate the risk with the lack of accuracy in the data. >> how did you piece together the extent of the problems? quickly took the topline budget data -- >> we took the topline budget data and expanded that. him we were able to do projections with what we expect .ontracts to be >> it is extraordinary something like this -- have you gotten any response from the government in terms of wha their answer is and why their site is potentially so inaccurate? >> the office of management and havet and treasury responded in the gao

the dod and the usaid have the lead on logistics and materiale. the national security council is coordinating certainly from washington, and it's really important that we draw on all of our assets from all different agencies working in our particular lanes, and coordinating, as i say, all together. there's a lot -- there's very strong interagency coordination, as i say, the nsc is deeply involved in bringing all the agencies together, and we at cdc, as i say, take the lead in the public health aspect. >> i hope we get that worked out, where we actually have somebody we can point to and -- an individual that is kind of in charge of coordinating because the same thing is going on the ground that needs to be going on over there is simply not going to happen without that happening here. one thing that has happened, dr. bell, dr. fauci, there's an ebola outbreak going on in the democratic republic of congo. is that related to this or separate? >> i'll say something i'm sure dr. fauci can add. this outbreak is not related to what we're seeing in west af

from the dod side, there's a couple main points.rst of all, the armed services committee did its own investigation and concluded basically that the military did everything it could under the circumstances. now there, was analysis of how in the future we could better, you know, move our assets around to be prepared to respond, but at the time a whole series of very tough questions were around and chairman mckeown himself said dod did everything it could and yet questions continue to persist, myths continue to be brought up and one of the big ones is the whole issue of a stand down order which was never given, and it was, you know, one piece of this was the folks in tripoli. there was a soft team there that was securing the embassy in tripoli because, as we've seen with attacks like this, you never know where they're going to go. and when benghazi happened the concern first and foremost was to make sure the people in tripoli, the american people there, were protected and taken care of. once they did that they had asked for permission

the dod already has $500 million. they are going to send 3,000 ground troops. what should be done?needs to be done? >> well, it's all very important and very useful, the country and the region needs all of the help it can get. i think it's important to focus on the job at hand, and not get caught up in the psychosis of fear because it can be paralyzing. unicef has been here for many, many decades, throughout the war and peacetimes, and yes, it's a fragile health system, but liberia did reduce child mortality -- had the fastest decline in child mortality on the african continent. and communities are taking matters into their own hands and doing what they can in their own xh -- communities. so out there this program training that unicef is doing with all of its different partners, and this is very much a great effort by all sorts of different agencies, but it needs a kind of army of volunteers and people going out, and liberiians are doing it with very little pay as well. >> i i'm -- because you just for a second sarah. i want to bring area back into the conversation. does there need

>> of americans, u.s.a.i.d., c.d.c., dod, all parts of the u.s. government on the ground to get us moving ahead and further identify how to plug in, how to activate a coordination system on the ground. >> woodruff: how much are you concerned? what are the odds, the chances that ebola could spread to the united states? >> part of what we've done is brought in a lot of those thermometers that we saw the health workers using and set up the kind of screening that is done at the airport so that there's that additional control. there's... we always want to be concerned about global epidemics, but this is controllable and this is what we see this effort spread to places like senegal is that they have the systems to do the tracing, the treatment, and they're able to keep it from spreading. ultimately there needs to be strengthening of the health system so that when these kinds of cases appear, there can be the kind of immediate response that keeps it from becoming the kind of really terrible outbreak that we're seeing right now. >> an enormous task. nancy

we are the usda-dod prime vendor for these schools and indian reservations in these three states.e provide them with fresh fruits and vegetables for the program, school lunch, school breakfast, and the summer feeding programs. schools are about 15% of our company revenue. muir copper canyon farms is a member of a cooperative of 70 produce distributors across north america who leverage our purchasing power together to make the most price effect to, quality assured, food safe purchases possible. we are also a member of the united fresh produce association and i serve on its nutrition and health council. we have a saying at muir copper canyon farms. our school customers deserve the best. success to us is students eating more fresh fruits and vegetables, going home, and telling their parents about the new fruits and vegetables they've tried at school, and help to improve their families eating habits. we consider ourselves more than just a supplier or a bid winner. we are a partner with our school customers. our goal is to be a solution provider through information, training, consultat

vendorthe usda-dod prime for these schools and indian reservations in these three states. we provide them with fresh fruits and vegetables for the program, school lunch, school breakfast, and the summer feeding programs. schools are about 15% of our company revenue. is acopper canyon farms member of a cooperative of 70 produce distributors across north america who leverage our purchasing power together to make the most price effect to, quality assured, food safe purchases possible. we are also a member of the united fresh produce association and i serve on its nutrition and health council. we have a saying at muir copper canyon farms. our school customers deserve the best. success to us is students eating more fresh fruits and vegetables, going home, and telling their parents about the new fruits and vegetables they've tried at school, and help to improve their families eating habits. we consider ourselves more than just a supplier or a bid winner. we are a partner with our school customers. our goal is to be a solution provider through information, training, consultation

what are some of the holes that the white house is waiting for the dod to fill, randall?> they are doing the after-action estimate of the damage, as the general indicated earlier they would be doing. undoubtedly they are probably drones with look-down capability, trying to see in the targets were completely destroyed and probably identifying more targets to strike. we don't expect them to inform us of that, but expect that is what will be going on with our defense department and its coalition partners. we also expect some details about the nature of the targets that were struck today and the kind of equipment that was used to strike them. keep in mind that as far as we know for the most part if not totally, they were using manned aircraft, not drones, and also tomahawk missiles, so we had a lot of manned aircraft, none of them shot down, indicating that the syrian air defense system was not used against the coalition forces in part because destroying isil also helps assad. and also talk assad was warned if we moved a muscle so to speak, his defense system would be taken o

in june the president asked congress for the necessary authority for dod on train and equip moderatesyrian opposition forces and $500 million to fund this program. we have now secured support from saudi arabia to host the training program for this mission and saudi arabia has offered financial and other support, as well. the $500 million requested in june for this train and equip program reflects centcom's estimate of the cost to train, equip and resupply more than 5,000 opposition forces over one year. the package of assistance that we initially provide would consist of small arms, vehicles, and basic equipment like communications as well as tactical and strategic training. as they improve effectiveness on the battlefield, we will provide assistance to the most trusted commanders and capable forces. because dod does not currently train and equip mission, the administration has asked congress to proit authority in the continuing resolution it is currently now considering. a rigorous gutting process will be critical for the success of this program. the dod will work closely with the s

working with dod's partners at the national counterterrorism center. the department of homeland security, the fbi, and across the intelligence community. our terrorist screening and analytical data bases now have special threat cases linking together known actors and potential foreign fighters, making it easier and faster to update them regularly with new information. department of homeland security secretary jay johnson has directed enhanced screening at 25 overseas airports with direct flights to the united states. a step that the united kingdom and other countries have already taken. the departments of justice and homeland security have laumplged an initiative to partner with local communities to counter extremist recruiting. and the department of treasury's office of terrorism and financial intelligence is working closely with coalition partners to disrupt isil's financing and expose their financing activities. the final element of the president's strategy is to continue providing humanitarian assistance to innocent civilians displaced or threatene

i think you both have used the 5,000 goal for the dod train and equip program. this is an if. as reported, as published reports indicate, there is a covert program, i'm saying if, any numbers involved in that covert program would not be involved in the 5,000. is that correct? >> that's correct. >> thank you. >> we thank you very much for being here. for your testimony. e stand adjourned. >> president obama will be traveling to new york city this week. his trip begins tuesday with a climate summit where he is expected to deliver remarks. that same day, he'll also take part in an event hosted by the clinton global initiative and attend a reception with the first lady for visiting heads of state. on wednesday the president will address the u.n. general assembly before chairing a security council meeting on threats by foreign terrorist fighters. his trip concludes thursday with a u.n. meeting on the ebola outbreak in africa. look for coverage of the president's trip on the c-span networks. hillary clinton recently attend the dnc's women leadership forum, an annual event that looks

at roughly $1 billion, the campaign is a fraction of the dod's $6 billion budget for 2014, but the cost to u.s. taxpayers could climb considerably as the fight against isil drags on. >> this will not be easy or brief effort. >> the center for budgetary assessments makes the assessment, maintaining a second aircraft carrier and supporting resles in the region, and the cost of u.s. ground forces operating in iraq and syria. by their calculations, a lower intensity air campaign would cost up to $23 million a month. a higher intensity air campaign, up to $570 million. and a high intensity air campaign, couped with boots on the ground. >> it starts to get into "real money" fast. >> how extensively the u.s. broadens it's campaign against isil will shift with boots on the ground. but no matter how fast it comes, degrading and destroying isil will not come cheap. patricia saga, aljazeera. >> joining us from washington, when you factor in boots on the ground, the projected cost of this campaign sky rockets, and despite the fact that everybody says there are not going to be boots on the ground, f

the dod and usaid have the lead on logistics and material. the national security council is coordinating from washington. it's really important that we draw on all of our assets from all of the different agencies working in our particular lanes and coordinating, as i say, all together. there's very strong interagency coordination. the nsc is deeply involved in bringing the agencies together. we at cdc take the lead in the public health aspect. >> i hope we get that worked out where we actually have somebody that we can point to, an individual that's kind of in charge of coordinating. the same thing that's going on the ground that needs to be going on over there is simply not going to happen without that happening here. one thing that's happened, there's an ebola outbreak going on in the democratic republic of congo. is that related to this or is that all separate thing that we have seen in the past? >> i will say something. this outbreak is not related to what we're seeing in west africa. as you say, senator, this area of drc is an. area in w

in june the president asked congress for the necessary authority for dod on train and equip moderatesyrian opposition forces and $500 million to fund this program. we have now secured support from saudi arabia to host the training program for this mission and saudi arabia has offered financial and other support, as well. the $500 million requested in june for this train and equip program reflects centcom's estimate of the cost to train, equip and resupply more than 5,000 opposition forces over one year. the package of assistance that we initially provide would consist of small arms, vehicles, and basic equipment like communications as well as tactical and strategic training. as they improve effectiveness on the battlefield, we will provide assistance to the most trusted commanders and capable forces. because dod does not currently train and equip mission, the administration has asked congress to proit authority in the continuing resolution it is currently now considering. a rigorous gutting process will be critical for the success of this program. the dod will work closely with the s

in june the president asked congress for the necessary authority for dod on train and equip moderatesyrian opposition forces and $500 million to fund this program. we have now secured support from saudi arabia to host the training program for this mission and saudi arabia has offered financial and other support, as well. the $500 million requested in june for this train and equip program reflects centcom's estimate of the cost to train, equip and resupply more than 5,000 opposition forces over one year. the package of assistance that we initially provide would consist of small arms, vehicles, and basic equipment like communications as well as tactical and strategic training. as they improve effectiveness on the battlefield, we will provide assistance to the most trusted commanders and capable forces. because dod does not currently train and equip mission, the administration has asked congress to proit authority in the continuing resolution it is currently now considering. a rigorous gutting process will be critical for the success of this program. the dod will work closely with the s

the dod has asked for a minute resistant truck with more maneuverability.s hoping that their new light tactical terrain vehicle gets built. before a truck can be sold to the military, it must pass a rigorous processes. oshkosh has set up a test track at their headquarters. the track is short, only about one mile long. it'll to replicate the worst off-road conditions around the world. >> we have override the of features that allow us to put the truck through its paces. >> he makes sure that it can pass the official battery of tests. >> let's talk about tree features. out here we have grades between 20% and 60%. we have to be able to negotiate these grades. slopego on to a side where the angle of the earth and the pavement itches to one side, it is a measure of stability for the vehicle. the third thing that we have out here is our vertical step climb. this is literally a vertical wall that we need to ascend. >> how're are you doing? >> doing great. >> it is one of three finalists in the running for the 55,000 truck contract against lockheed martin and a.m. g

yesterday said there is a major rift happening between the president and the dod and the cia, take a listen. >> and the chairman of the joint chiefs makes a statement and backtracks on sunday from what he said there is a indication he has been given some instructions from the white house to modify what he said. there is a rift between the two. military sees it as being a situation in which there is in fact some military solution to this, but when the president stands up and says have a strategy for this, what does that do to isis? >> he says no be told me. and then he says we have no strategy in the department of defense says yes, we do. >> this president will soon learn it is very difficult to constrain an agency like the cia unlike his political department within the white house. he can't live very long without the cia especially the target of his untruths, that is how we know he hesitated, that is how we know for more than 13 months he knew about the threat of the islamic state. it is without question a president in conflict on so many levels it seems to me at this point after six

617 ambush protected vehicles the department does not provide sniper rifles or weapons or uniforms dod has provided one generator and one cargo trailer to the police department additionally dod has provided st. louis county 12 rifles 15 weapons sites one disposal robot to night vision devices. property retained through this program has been used extensively through the public as was the first responder disaster relief. for example, during the height of superstorm sandy they drove the hunt sees through water too deep for vehicles you said 64 people and also for for an sec investigation but then using spare equi half to help out with those being members. but with the interagency review to ensure equipment provided is appropriate for the needs of personnel and communities we propose any legislative changes we believe are necessary to come as a result of the review. we authorized of program transfuse spy agency's counterterrorism activities it enables first responders and others to save lives. the department of defense is not bush equipment on any police force agencies decide what they nee

the federal government reloys on contractors and dod contractors tripled from 2,000 to 2008. offering advantages and allowing agencies bypass military chain of command and what boots on the ground means. >> the white house will keep it out of the news. they can happen without contractors and many skilled and qualified contractors that can perform things that the military can't do. >> those advantages drew criticism that too much reliance on contractors that weakens the democratic tradition of citizen soldiers. contractors who defied orders to rescue besieged staff embody the best of warrior spirit and toughness and honor and patriotism. in washington, doug mckelway. >> nfl commissioner roger goodell speaking out but doing little to silence the critics who say÷jg!7 he's been slow to plus. an investigation now under way in the midair emergency that saw a plane's cabin fill up with smoke moments after take off. of blood flow. cialis tadalafil for daily use helps you be ready anytime the moment's right. you can be more confident in your ability to be ready. and the same cialis is