dod ieager to se money. the resource board said cutting a civilian personnel and increasing osourcing with say $125 billion over six years. its importanthe pengon becomes morefficient, but saving money is tough work. we heard recommendations from the mimilita compensation reform commsion. spspending promised savings that fall short is tricky business. some senr lawmakers suggest if the docan save that much money each year, it does not need more money from congres in office, carter will have allenges, including building political support for overdue changes thatre lastingnd yelled realistic savings. thanks for watching. i am bagram irann. --- i am vago muradian. if you have any comments or suggestions for future coverage, please e-mail me. i will be back next week at the same time. until thenhave great week. [captioning performey d by the national captioning in [music] >> dr. charles stanley: we have to decide how we're going to respond to temptation, and the way jesus responded, simply this, go to the word.

as we transition from dod to v.a. for a number of our young men and women, obviously, there are electronic health record challenges. what is the next largest challenge we have to tackle and knockout? >> thank you very much for the question. we spent a lot of time talking about dod and what effect that has on the health care for the veterans. i am going to ask commissioner boyer to speak to the specifics of that question first. >> when you look at our recommendation 8, we are asking that the joint executive committee has authority -- it just does not have power now. we are asking that you give statutory power to implement the recommendations. when we met with secretary mcdonald, two things we learned. we agree with the commission but can you also -- this was not in our recommendation and i brought this to you. the secretary would say, i would like to have parity. when the deputy of the v.a. meets with the undersecretary personnel, it is not safe. if you raise that so that the deputy secretary of the v.a. and the deputy

t dod has anything about approved. the right drug and dosage and goes to the v.a. many times antipsychotics and antidepressants and the antipain medications the doctor looks at them and says i'm sorry i cannot refill that precipitation. you are going to hear a lot of different stories from folks. but i continue to have soldiers come to me sailors ss ss airmen and marines today. just last week. and if there is anything we can fix to get at this suicide problem soo it would be ensure once question once we get a kid on the right drug and dosage where he goes in the system he can get that drug. >> isn't there also a confidence factor for that person that they feel comfortable with the drugs they're receive inging and the treatment they are on and changing it up is like a life-changing experience. >> most don't senator. they find a private doc to give them the precipitation and they pay for it out of pocket. so here we've told them we're going to take care of you. we really care for your service. this is your benefit and th

the dod has asked congress to p military pay raises at 1.3% and reduce basic housing for military members. joining us to discuss the budget and the chance that congress will pass it is mike mccord, the pentagon's comptroller. why does the department need more money and what is different about this budget? >> this budget is consistent with the past we have laid out, the path we have told congress and the public we would be pursuing for this year. it is certainly more than we have for the past three years. our leadership is united in saying that was not enough, that we have been taking risk in underfunding modernization that can't continue. this increase gets us back to the levels we were at during the first couple of years of this ration before we got run over by the budget control act and sequester train. >> lawmakers are skeptical and a lot of the republican leadership has not made national security or leadership defense -- security or defense a top priority. it may mean more unfettered domestic spending increases. how will you be making your case to members of congre and leadership to g

the dod has anything about approved. and when a individual gets on the right drug and dosage and goes to the v.a. many times antipsychotics and antidepressants and the antipain medications the doctor looks at them and says i'm sorry i cannot refill that precipitation. you are going to hear a lot of different stories from folks. but i continue to have soldiers come to me, sailors, ss ss -- airmen and marines today. just last week. and if there is anything we can fix to get at this suicide problem, it would be ensure once question once we get a kid on -- ensure once we get a kid on the right drug and dosage where he goes in the system he can get that drug. >> isn't there also a confidence factor for that person that they feel comfortable with the drugs they're receive inging and the -- receiving and the treatment they are on and changing it up is like a life-changing experience. >> most don't senator. they find a private doc to give them the precipitation and they pay for it out of pocket. so here we've told them we're goi

and dod have gone in together. sometimes their problems because the troops that are stationed there get deployed. and then the services relate start lacking. i think that some of the facilities up in great lakes have been working fine with a federal v.a.. it just depends on the area. and how it's structured. >> we have to look at every option. we have to look at building standalone v.a. hospitals. when you look at public private partnerships. when you look at intergovernmental partnerships. we just have to. it has to be right sized, and the services need to be in place for veterans. every avenue, not just with the university hospitals partnerships, but with county hospitals, with city hospitals. i think as they start planning what they are going to replace for their need, if there is need -- if there is room for v.a. at that same campus, and is a co-purchase, co-owned, and services are interoperable, it's a smart move. >> you mentioned city, county, to include private sector. if there's a center that will -- i cent

the dod did implement a new system to pay excess electrical usage. so they are going to charge over or charge under based on their average that they picked up from checking houses and seeing what we should be using, and bas as a supplement to cover by husband getting fed since he is not eating at the chow hall. and that's $357 a month. so you break it down i mean -- it's not really making enough of an impact. >> our community is chiming in and a lot of saying is it the military, the government the politics, the soldiers themselves overspending. chris says: debra who is it to blame? >> well i would just like to make a couple of points about what the last guest said. i think it's important to note that some of these benefits are there for a reason. they are for retention and recruitment. we want the best people in the military and we want the best people to stay in the military. somebody mentioned healthcare. one of the reasons we have a good healthcare system in the military is because we need healthy service members. so that is why we have the health

live picture of 270 coming up.the dod is being sued. they say the dod doesn't recruit enough women and won't release records about the practices which it is required to make public. they focus on recruiting at the army naval, and air force academys. we left a message for them. >>> a virginia woman is facing up to eight years in prison for lie together fbi about her support for isis. heather kaufman pleaded guilty yesterday. police arrested her last year after following her to months due to suspicious facebook posts with possible connections to isis. she'll be sentenced in may. >>> 4:33 now. under ground emergency crews fixed another problem. montgomery fire crews found they could not communicate with one another between the ground and the platform. d.c. firefighters said they had similar communication problems at the l'enfant plaza station when a woman died after a smoke filled the tunnel. >>> a public meeting tonight will discuss highway plans. it happens at 6:30 in vienna. >> yonchts ku learn about the future plans for alexandra schoo

we would send the full medical records the va record in the dod record together. modify it so that we can provide that to the third-party providers. they are able to send the url. >> do you have a timeline. six months, 12 months? >> these documents are what is happening now. using the existing systems. they are about a year away. when have a choice issue with respect to veterans opting in. somebody outside of the system. using the viewer that we deployed last year to add in the capability. >> my 2nd question going back to the efficiency even with that is there a measurement for a provider on a daily basis that we can access or you can access and get us? chairman miller said it's not anywhere close to being acceptable. acceptable. as a physician i know what one exam room can see. having multiple organ system issues. >> the answer is yes. >> as you get to see last week and the secretary invited anyone who wants to come. it is much more available. understand that some of our providers are also doing research and so forth. all aspects as possible. we post this publicl

we just got a building from dod in fort mcpherson in georgia where we set up a women's clinic. this is a very big issue for us. we are going to stay after. relative to the lgbt we are following the law. if a couple is married in a given state we will give them benefits. we need a new interpretation in the law. there is an exception to that great in the national cemetery if we are able because of the legal authority i have two be able to bury partners together when they so choose and in every case we have done that we have looked at the relationship and we have granted that. >> if i may interject i appreciate that but in state cemeteries it still remains a problem as i understand it. >> yes maam, i don't control those. >> but they get funding from the va. >> some of them. on the medical marijuana and let me ask dr. clancy to comment. >> a fair number of our clinicians have veterans who use marijuana medically in boats. they live in areas where this is legally possible. very early days for us to have medical policies but their active discussions going on now and we are trying to

woke up in this alternative universe this one where we've got representatives from the joint staff, dod advertising that the afghan national security forces and police are going to be able to take care of this problem but at the same time we're sitting here listening to you all the things we know about the realities. we have a severe policy disconnect. so what would you offer for advice on how to fix that? and don't just say vote for the right people. >> well, i mean, you know the signal and direction, in some ways the way it should work. the strategic direction by the civilians elected commander-in-chief is the military should any civilian and military be in line with that. but there are some fundamental issues within, particularly to arm itself, that are also regardless of who gets elected in two, four, eight years from now. and when is that the army in particular still wants to fight big wars. this is getting into a long conversation with a military-industrial complex that requires big equipment, and big shiny objects that employ a lot of people in factories spread across all 49 -- i

i believe that we will have to restore the the readiness and also aggressive reform within the dod. we will is to do that i understand that. and another component beyond looking internally. they will have to look externally also any time that the united states is engaging their military forces elsewhere we do rely on other partners and i do believe that we do need to engage other partners in whatever region we are operating in to the fullest extent that we possibly can cancan and over the last 12 years, military cooperation between the united states and turkey has faurlterred i can give specific examples at critical moments. like 20003. my own u.n.ity. the 1168 transportation company. and the fourth infantry division and many of the other units were denied access to turkey as a projection platform into iraq so that is one example we could not use their turkish ports for the operation iraqi freedom. and then just a couple of monthsing a we saw turkey deny our kurdish allies from heading into syria to break the isis seige of cab knee. and i believe that it lead to many deaths. for tho

dod manages over 5 million items valued at over $90 billion. our actions to improve inventory performance while maintaining overarching focus of reducing risk to our warfighters helped produce substantial results that have been acknowledged by gao. for example, since 2010 dod is redoubling our comprehensive inventory management improvement plan. since 2012 root reduced inventory by 14 points for billion dollars first reduction in government inventory since the '90s. we are implement a new forecast a methodology which is producing approved material availability decrease back orders were just determined. with that said there's more work to be done on improving our supply chain performance and we remain focused on doing so. second area of high-risk i want to address this weapon system acquisition. important to recognize the weapon system acquisition process has provided the united states with the dominant military capabilities. the rise of foreign capability coupled with the ongoing combat operations global commitments in reduced budgets is jeopar

and because of the component, it going to be dod in charge of it. i would give this committee both authorizing and appropriating authority so they can't bakely basically rope and dope you. you have to have some pretty substantial change to get where you want. this is the 7th anniversary of the story of walter reid. i remember danny calling me up. what do we need to do? i spent a fair amount of time thinking about this. we have a good recommendation in there, you're going to improve collaboration. but unless and until you consider putting these two systems together and changing senate rules so this committee authorize and appropriates. it seems to me unless you at least consider those two things, it it's going to be very difficult to get the kind of changes you want. >> senator tillis, we've always agreed with that, by the way. >> i want to go back to a question or follow-up on a question that senator mansion asked about the perception, and senator kerrey, i think you responded to it, the perception that we're losing people because we're not competit

for another background to take down the 20% excess infrastructure that the dod is carrying and to the right size the civilian workforce contractor, career and so forth so that we can have the workforce we need for the future. let me just concluded by saying i think this report lays out a very clear agenda for action that has strong bipartisan and civil military support across the panel. there are some heaviness involved but the risks of not pursuing this course are simply unacceptable. so i would look to this committee and applaud your lead in this area, working with your colleagues to try to convince them that the time to act on these recommendations is now. >> i think both of the witnesses and would.out to my colleagues that both witnesses have worked for both republican and democrat administrations were holding holding positions of responsibility in both. there certainly is a total nonpartisanship in your reports. in my view that makes you even more credible because of your many years of outstanding and dedicated service. my colleagues i won't take much time except to.out that one

dod manages over 5 million items valued at over $90 billion. our actions to improving inventory performance while maintaining overarching focus of reducing risk to our war fighters have produced substantial results that have been acknowledged by gao. since 2010, dod has been implementing our xree lensive inventory management improvement plan. since 2012 we've reduced government managed inventory by $14.4 billion. the first redid ux in government inventory since the '90s. implementing a new forecasting methodology which is producing improved material availability decreased back orders and reduced procurements. with that said, there's more work to be done on improving our supply chain performance and we remain focused on doing so. second area of high risk that i want to address is weapons system acquisition. it is important to recognize that the weapons system acquisition process has provided the united states with dominant military capabilities. the rise of foreign capability, coupled with our ongoing combat operations, global commitments and re

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dod is coming together. the troops get deployed in the service to start lacking but some of the facilities in great lakes may be working fine but their federal va emphasis. depends on the area and how it's structured. >> we have to look at every option. we have to look at building stand-alone va hospitals. we need to look at public-private partnerships in intergovernmental partnerships. we just have to. it has to be right-sized in the services need to be in place for veterans. every avenue not just with university hospital's partnerships but with county hospitals and city hospitals. as they start planning what they are going to replace for their needs if there is room for va at the same campus and it's a co-purchase and services are interoperable to include you mention sitting county but to include private sector in an area where there's a gap and va care. >> mr. blake. >> it would be unreasonable to think they shouldn't take advantage of the opportunities and partnerships to maximize the opportunity for hea

the cutting edge technology off-the-shelf, dod has to have a smart and determine investment strategy to maintain its edge. i personally apply the department's efforts, but we have to have the investment dollars to pursue. the ambassador has laid out a number of key areas with the ndp lastly i would add they also argue that we need to pursue an aggressive reform agenda inside dod. we can and should reduce the cost of doing business. we know compensation reform and applauded the work of the compensation committee. many issues need to be addressed. some of them need to be fundamentally reframed, and i will give you an example. health care rather than debating whether we should reduce benefits and increase co-pays would need to be debating how we get better health outcomes and reduce costs. for another to take down the 20 percent access infrastructure and to rightsizing the civilian workforce contractor career, and so forth so that we can have the workforce renewed by the future. let me conclude by saying i think this report lays out an agenda, a very clear agenda for action that has dra

carter's participation dod's participation dod shifted to competitive fixed-price contracts in 2011.estructuring for the air force 46 katie strategic tank approach which led to a competitive procurement process incorporating a firm fixed-price development and production contract buying up 220 take her aircraft. canceling of the va 71 program, an out-of-control program to program and out of control program to replace the current presidential her to the presidential helicopter fleet. clearly not all the problems have been fixed and fixed, and the defense department can and should do more to streamline the system, but i believe believe from what i have just indicated that doctor carter will do just that, has already demonstrated that he can and will. finally and most importantly , as sen. mccain indicated if confirmed as secretary of defense doctor carter will be leaving 1.3 million active-duty military 820000 reserve and guard and 773,000 civilians. they are understrength. after over a decade of war and years of fiscal uncertainty with our wrestling with many of the same issues as civi

council isthe dod is being sued. they say the dod doesn't recruit enough women and won't release records about the practice which it public. they focus on recruiting at the army, naval, and air force academyings. we left a message for the defense department to find out what they have to say. >>> a virginia woman facing up to eight years in prison for lying to the fbi about her support for isis. heather coffman outside richmond pleaded guilty yesterday. police arrested her last year following her for months d suspicious facebook post possible connections to isis. she'll be sentenced in may. >>> one man recovering and another man is facing charges after a bizarre sword attack. d.c. police arrested a man yesterday for swinging a samurai sword at a man. he's charged with assault with intent to kill. it happened at midtownon connecticut avenue at dupont circle. the victim suffered cuts to the hand. >>> investigators are trying to figure out what caused an explosion that killed two people and burned two others in australia

. >>> today the dod is being sued. several groups including the aclu filing a suit against the department of defense. they say the dod doesn't recruit enough women and won't release records about the practices which it is required to make public. they focus on recruiting at the army naval, and air force academys. we left a message for the department of defense. >>> the obama administration is discussing whether to provide weapons to ukrainian forces. these talks come as the ukraine comes under increasing attacks by pro-russian separatists. pro-russian rebels have taken control of the 15 settlements in eastern ukraine including a strategic railway hub. the conflict so far has claimed more than 5,000 lives since last april. >>> a virginia woman now facing up to eight years in prison for lying to the fbi about her support for isis. heather coffman outside richmond pleaded guilty yesterday. police arrested her last year following her for months due to suspicious facebook posts with possible connections to isis. calfman wil

but most of dod civilians are not sitting behind a desk. they're actually doing maintenance work and repair work that actually needs to get done. so they're not a waste. they're there doing something essential and i think that sometimes we talk about them as though we don't appreciate them. and i think we do need to appreciate them. and even as we cut down -- as i believe we need to do -- the overall number of civilians in the department of defense, i think you do that by getting rid of the overhead and the unnecessary layers and offices and so forth. but i don't think anybody ought to be talking about somebody who fixes and maintains an essential piece of equipment and we ought to be giving our thanks to those folks for what they are doing for our current. >> are you concerned about the impact that sequestration might have on our ability to continue to maintain those civilian workers who have the backgrounds that we need to continue to do those jobs? >> yes. because one of the things that sequester does because it hits fast and hard, is ca

the dod headquarters could not determine how many people they needed. they could not tell you what they needed and what positions they would have and what they would do. we heard about the need to fund service members in yield. we are concerned about readiness of force or it would you have bloat on the other side it is taking away from readiness, you are not utilizing your reservists. i am hiring all high-priced contractors and there is no auditing going on. we can't get weapons to the front in time. we've got concerns. would you address that? i think all the senators have touched on this, we need more money and we understand that. what are we doing with the money we give you? why are you spending on it needless stuff? we want to make sure our readiness force. >> this is an important area of focus. it's understandable why the workforce grew over 15 years of war. now, i think it's time to go back to first vegetables and try to right size that force and examine how contractors are being used. we need to look at the civilian organization. there is no overa

the things we had testimony on yesterday was in regards to a switch in scenes a little bit, with the dod. we lost men and women to suicide in 2013 who were in the military. we lost 132 in combat. we don't want to lose any more, so part of what general coralli was telling us the drug form lay larries, they look up, they're being forced on different drugs and stuff, as secretary of defense, are thisere things you can do to help us with that? >> i think there are and must be. the relationship between the dwept department of defense and the department of veteran affairs has to be a relationship like this because it is one soldier. they cross the boundary from one to the other when they move and become a veteran. but it is one soldier. and so i am familiar. i remember from years back when i was in the department of this question of the different form larries, dod called the drug one thing and va calls it another thing and one set of dosages -- we have to get these together. >> they get lost in the shuffle. >> exactly. >> it is at its most critical time to them personally and so your absolute

the six-year-old until 2013 facing tough questions from senators as he seeks to take over as head of dodo protect america and its friends and allies in a for for buy plant and dangerous world. >> reporter: in the middle east the reemergence of al-qaida destabilized the region ! what do you understand the strategy to be? >> i think a strategy connects, ends and means and our ends with respect to isil needs to be its lasting defeat. >> it doesn't sound like a strategy to me. >> reporter: after at least two former secretaries of defense complained of micro management from various white house officials. president obama participating in a farewell for chuck hagel. . the two said to have a tense -- relationship. >>> teachers at four bay area cath like high schools say they are fight a new controversial sex doctrine from the archbishop of san francisco. >> the language inserted into the agreement adds nothing new to the agreement, it rather clarifies what is already in there so the schools can be clear about their mission. >> it stated that homo sexual relations, sex outside marriage, the viewi

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the watchdog says the dod needs to do a better job holding contractors accountable. veterans may be doing that. hundreds are suing kbr, military contractor for negligence. the military department says there's no proven link between burn pits and long term problems. 30,000 veterans have signed up on the v.a.'s byrne pit registry. >> next a glamorous leader and a mysterious death. who is the leading lady. could she be connected to what looks like a murder? cl cl >>> it is a stunning scandal that echos a tumultuous time in argentina it said history with the president caught up in the web. it is involved in an unsolved bombing, and what looks like a cover up at the heart of it a woman, the leader a legendary figure in argentina's history. daniel schweimler brings us a story from buenos aires. >> supporters showed the icon of glamour, the former first lady. praising her for boosting the economy. opponents blame her for rampant inflation, accusing her of undermining democracy. cristina fernandez de kirchner served many years as a congress woman, before becoming first lady

the dod is really failing its servicemembers.ave all of these mos' that should be fine tuned and nailed down to what the requirement is in the civilian world and when someone is in the service, if they are sure on a couple of skill sets they should know that while they are in the military so they can take a couple of courses so when they get out they have that master mechanics license that says yes i can do this, or they have the lpn. there are so many mos' that this could work with. guest: it is a military occupation -- in their respective branch. back in 2014, working with senator kaine, as well as many other colleagues, a law was passed that instructs all service branches to educate servicemembers and workforce depending on the job occupation you have. it educates you on what else might be needed with the hopes that you might be able to obtain while in the military are what you might need to obtain when you transition out of the military. the g.i. bill being the readjustment tool. they are making a conscious effort when a serv

the bracketed area you'll see air force blue budget for fy 2016 is $122.2 billion or roughly 20% of dod's 2016 budget. of the $2.2 billion air force blue budge $77 billion or 63% represent day-to-day operations. military and civilian pay, which make up approximately 52% of day to day operating costs. flying hours weapons system sustainment, approximately 40%. facility requirements and installation support represent remaining 8% of the total operating cost. the gray boxes at the bottom highlight our top procurement and largest rte programs. these programs total approximate 6% of our investment accounts. so hopefully you can see the largest portions of our budget are in people, readiness and future capability. when forced to take large and sharp budget reductions, we simply can't avoid impacts in these areas. now we'll look at each appropriation starting with military personnel. next slide. the military personnel budget is 24% of our request and supports a total end strength of 492 airmen. as i mentioned earlier, continued readiness challenges and extreme high ops tempo made it clear our fy

here to tell us whetr congress will give dod more moneys our rodtable.nhn bentt, fense news' congressional edtor. an of the center for strategic and international ststudiess. mackenzie eaglen of the and a price institute, and loren thompson. welcome back to the show. >> welcome. excellent choice of time. >> i want to start out. ash has been confifirmed. what did he tell during his confirmationhat told us what his priorities will be? >> i don'think we lrned during the confirmationearing clearly what kind of defense secretary he's going to be. he hasas shownwn sns of disagreeing g somewhat witthe white house. nical washingtonolks may seeee that that was coordinated with the white house, that th may be shifting policy. but we g got a sense h he will focusus internrnally for the mospart. she has been deputy dense secretary. he hasas been acquisition executive. now seemss tbe a time with his reform needed at the pentagon to deal with budget cututs. and if ash carter i not the right persono get things done, who coululd be? >> one thing we kw for sure -- he's g

thinking we eliminate the department of education we eliminate the department of energy, we repeal dod frank's and we are no longer by 100,000 regulators and compliance officers. but that's pure fantasy. >> steve, what about that, cut back on the institutions that create all this government excess. >> hearth, david. that would be a good start. also getting ready of the income tax code, which always leads to more government programs and higher taxes, more complexity. so yes but we talked about 20 years ago, david getting rid of the department of education and what happens in washington? it gets bigger. >> 2 does seem to do that. the "cashin' in" gang getting ready to roll at the bottom of the hour. >> slam mcterrorist targeting a kosher deli in paris is a random act, president obama thinks so. is that type of thinking putting america in more danger? plus no backlash over bond analogy, tinsel town liberals celebrating "fifty shades of grey" while slamming american sniper, can you say hollywood hip krits? >> up here first innocent until proven guilty, it's a pillar of our justice system.

four partially on the two dod programs, met one of the five criteria. four are partially met. at the department of energy, one partially met, one fully met three not met at all. so, 25 years in a row. i don't want to come back and have this same hearing at the beginning of the next congress. i want y'all to solve it. the committee would like to know and hear from you how are you going to do that? how are you going to do that? and again, difficult for you answer, but i'm telling you, y'all are given -- painted a pretty picture. it ain't so pretty. we want to see what is the action plan to create an action plan? that's the hope and goal. that's my concern. and with that, i want to yield back. i think -- there are any members who wish to ask a second round of questions? gentleman from ohio. >> i appreciate the chair's indulgence. put up the two slides again. mr. koskinen. i just want to -- >> it was noted -- agreed by congressman gowdy and the chairman i'll come back and we'll have a full hearing about this. >> i fully expect that. >> but aim happy to answer more questions. that'

the defense dod spending will certainly be a flashpoint. those are kind of some of the main aspects of the discretionary spending. one third of the total overall federal spending is within a relatively narrow range over the last couple of years because of these budget standoffs that have been happening. >> you tweeted that the price tag for obama not having to deal with the debt amid again was one dollar trillion "insert dr. evil laugh here." tell us about that. >> "one dollar trillion." it will reset in mid-march. after that the treasury will have some more time basically using accounting maneuvers to still continue to borrow. it is an unspecified amount of time at this point. treasury is not giving a precise forecast on this handful of data . but a lot of people are thinking october, maybe november. that will be when they need a new debt ceiling increase. if you look at the projections from the cbo and the white house office of management and budget to get from where we expect the federal debt to be in march versus where it will be in sep

we just got a building from dod in fort mcpherson georgia where we have set up a women's clinic.a very big issue for us and we're going to stay after. relative to lgbt, we are following the law. you know if the couple is married in a given state, we will give them benefits. we need a new interpretation in the law or a change in the law. we are following the law. there is an exception to that. and the national cemeteries, if we are able because of the legal authority i have to be able to bury partners together, when they so choose, and in every case that we've done that we have looked at the relationship and we have granted that. >> if i may interrupt you i appreciate that but in state cemeteries is still remains a problem as i understand it. >> i don't control those. >> they get funding from the va. >> some. on the medical marijuana let me ask dr. clancy to comment. >> so a fair number of our clinicians have veterans who use marijuana come i will put it medically in coast to you live in areas where this is legally possible and so forth. it is very, very early days for us of medic

we had the cia dod fbi. the entire u.s. government all sitting and working on the same problem.ertainly the mines are there. it is trying to correlate and bring this to a logical conclusion. >> i also wonder about the relationship with business and with the companies whose information out there. are there relationships like that right there with the cio's of companies? does the white house have the best relationship? >> that is really the ideal. tactical intelligence, the u.s. government is collecting a whole host of data that would be of incredible value of the private sector. it was able to get into the hands of the cio's responsible for collecting these companies. when the president speaks on friday, that will be one of the things that they suggest. the companies are in a much longer position to identify who the adversaries are and to protect them on the network. they have to have protection on the network so that they can better protect themselves. >> the companies coming to silicon valley. we will the bloomberg west. the companies have a very difficult relationship when it

one of the things we had testimony on yesterday was in regards to switching themes a little bit dod and the v.a. with drug formularies. we lost 479 young men and women to suicide in 2013 who were in the military. we lost 132 in combat. we don't want to lose any more, so part of what general corrally was telling us was that with the drug formularies, it causes dramatic change for those who are coming off and going in to the v.a. all of a sudden they look up, they're being forced on different drugs and stuff. as secretary of defense, are there things you can do to help us with that? >> i think there definitely are, and must be. i think the relationship between the department of defense, and the department of veterans affairs has to be a relationship like this, because it's one soldier. if they cross the boundary from one to the other when they move and become a veteran, but it's one soldier. and so, i am familiar -- or that is i remember from years back when i was in the department of this question of the difference formularies, people call -- dod calls a drug one thing and v.a. calls it

behavioral health person attached to you, it might be facilitated, but i don't think there's anything dod-wise. [applause] >> please join me in thanking tara again. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> aside from the white house, the smithsonian's portrait gallery has the nation's largest collection of presidential portraits. join us today as historian david ward gives a virtual tour of the gallery's presidential paintings, including those of andrew jackson, abraham lincoln, and harry truman. that is tonight at 6:45 eastern on c-span3's american history tv. each week, american history tv's reel america brings your archival films to help tell the story of the 20th century. developed during world war ii as a more powerful version of the liberty ship, over 500 victory cargo ships were built to replace ships destroyed by german submarines. in 1945 film "hannibal victory" documents the journey of a victory ship from san francisco to t

the shareholders only meet once every four years, the dod corporate mission statement is to deter war few losses as possible. the potential coo is being asked by the board of directors questions about how he would adapt and run the corporation in a constantly changing threat environment, and, of course the shareholder and board of directors are concerned because the corporation is downsizing laying off employees, outsourcing a lot to civilians and other, quote, allies but potentially failing in our mission because the chairman refuses to heed the advice of the board of directors and not just the corporation has too much turnover and the chief operating officer. the real problem for carter him and predecessors is mission impossible obama the ceo is a virtual dictator. >> liz mcdonald with tom sullivan. the military budget is an issue, how much is this an issue? micromanagement by a national security adviser, susan rice and others in the white house. leon panetta has complained about that and so has robert gates? >> sure, let's go back to corporate model. if the ceo can't name the oppos

. >> well, let me say that, you know, as i said in my opening remarks, people weren't sure how a dod guy was going to adapt to the homeland security mission. when you said you had a slide show, i started to shudder. and then i watched the slide show with little jeh and his sister in front of a capitol where -- >> i told my staff one message per slide please not seven not 20. >> what i want to point out the close of the slide show which showed masses of people around the world with that not afraid sign standing up for freedom and the last slide, if i remember it right, i was sitting right there, was selma. it is the 50th anniversary of selma in a few weeks. a big crowd will be going down there to celebrate the fact that we achieved, not perfectly but we achieved more equality in the united states. and i just want to say to you, jay, that there won't be 100% security. something bad will happen. but it is very reassuring to many of us, to have you as the face of homeland security. and to have you speak honestly including about the problems. with the mission going forward. there will be

we had fbi, nsa and dod, the entire u.s.overnment that is involved in cyber, all sitting in one center together working on one problem. certainly, the mines are there and it is a matter of trying to coordinate and bring the intelligence to a logical conclusion so decision makers and leaders could make appropriate moves. >> i also wonder about the relationship with business and with companies whose information is getting out there. are there relationships out there with cio's of the companies, companies who knew like sony? does the white house have best relationships there and does anyone in government have those relationships? >> that is the ideal, what i call intelligence sharing, not just information sharing. the u.s. government is collecting a whole host of data that would be of incredible value of -- if it could get in the hands of the cio's responsible for the companies that often does not happen because intelligence is collected in a classified format. i think that is one of the goals and when the president -- presiden

. >> yesterday rear admiral john kirby said the dod has identified 1200 moderate syrian rebels. training is&gkÑ expected to begin in the middle of march. the army's major general will be leading the training mission. he has been the point man on the ground in jordan working with that country's special operations forces. already 100 u.s. trainers have been sent to the middle east to help the general. >> about 200 people we have -- that the general and his team, with our interagency and international partners, identified as potentials for the whole syria training and equip program. >> in an interesting about, face former u.s. ambassador to syria, record ford, pushing for arming the syrian opposition for months, now say the rebels favored by turkey and qatar are indistinguishable from isis, and he says after visiting rebel leaders in turkey, his views evolved and he estimates there are fewer than 20,000 moderate rebels and they are overwhelmed right now by the more radical al qaeda linked nusra front. >> talk?3ómiwkoÑçç about mission creep. next we arm these people and then history

. >> we have mixed feelings good we have seen other facilities particularly dod facilities where they have gone in together . sometimes their problems because the troops that are stationed there get deployed. the services start lacking. i think some of the facilities up in great lake have been working fine with a federal the eighth kind of infrastructure. so it depends on the area and how it structured. >> we have to look at every option. we have to look at building standalone the hospitals. we need to look at public-private partnerships. we need to look at intergovernmental partnerships. we have to. it has to be right sized and the services need to be in place for veterans. every avenue, not just with university hospitals partnerships, but with county hospitals, city hospitals. i think it is based are landing on what they're going to replace in their -- for their needs. if there's room for v.a. at that same campus and it's a co-purchase. services are interoperable, then it's a smart move. >> you mentioned city county private sector potential. where there is a gap in v.a. care, absolu

we work with dod on every plan implemented around the world. >> let's talk about isis. just yesterday president obama said about isis that they're losing morale and that isis is now on the defensive. and yet, today there is a report isis is now completely taken over a town in iraq that is about 13 minutes away from a u.s. air base where marines are stationed there. and in addition there is a report in the pentagon confirmed this, that isis spread to afghanistan they describe it as sort of the beginnings of isis. but that doesn't seem to jive with president obama's statement to us that isis is on the defensive, morale is low. he seems to be giving us impression it's on the decline. facts don't seem to be bearing that out. >> the fablth is that there are a number of areas that have been highly fought back and forth over several months we have been able to push back and several areas of iraq with the iraqi security forces on isil and have killed a range of military isil leaders they're having a harder time having access to funding. is there more work to be done? is this a

one of the things we had testimony on yesterday was in regards to switching themes a little bit dod and the v.a. with drug formularies. we lost 479 young men and women to suicide in 2013 who were in the military. we lost 132 in combat. we don't want to lose any more, so part of what general corrally was telling us was that with the drug formularies, it causes dramatic change for those who are coming off and going in to the v.a. all of a sudden they look up, they're being forced on different drugs and stuff. as secretary of defense, are there things you can do to help us with that? >> i think there definitely are, and must be. i think the relationship between the department of defense, and the department of veterans affairs has to be a relationship like this, because it's one soldier. if they cross the boundary from one to the other when they move and become a veteran, but it's one soldier. and so, i am familiar -- or that is i remember from years back when i was in the department of this question of the difference formularies, people call -- dod calls a drug one thing and v.a. calls it