leaders at all levels of dod and the military community. for example, the strategy does not identify potential risk factors associated with these domains, just as recognizing that the inherent nature of certain types of commands or units may cultivate an environment in which there is an increased risk of sexual assault. one such risk factor may be hazing. in our february 2016 report on dod's policy to address and track hazing, we reported that initiations and right of passage can be effective tools to instill a decor and loyalty among service members and are included in many traditions throughout dod. however, such traditional activities, as well, as more ad hoc activities have at times included cruel or abusive behavior and it is not always been easy for service members to draw a clear distinction between legitimate traditions and patterns of misconduct. also, we reported that hazing incidents may cross the line into sexual assault. we noted the service officials and male service members at veral military installations gave us examples of

these activity maize not be consistent with dod's preventioning extra because dod and the services have not communicated the purpose of the strategy and disseminated it to installation based personnel responsible for developing and implementing activities at the local level. for example, during our site visits to select installations we found that program managers were largely unfamiliar with the dod strategies strategy. further the military services sexual response policies, key conduit of such communication, have not been updated to align with the guidancey the updated strategy. we also found during our visit to select installations there's limited co lob operation for a number of reasons, taking place on the prevention activity developed locally which would affect eefficientsive though department's efforts for prevention. for example, during a visit to an army base, program officials informed us on of attempt to co lob operate with the services on prevention activity. however, the other services declined to collaborate because the other services, whose programs were solely tuesday ke

leaders at all levels of dod and the military community. for example, the strategy does not identify potential risk factors associated with these domains such as recognizing that the inherit nature of certain types of commands or units may cultivate an environment in which there is an increased risk of sexual assault. one such risk factor may be hazing in our february 2016 report on dod's policies address and track hazing, we reported that initiations and rights of passage can be effective tools to instill esprit decore and loyalty and are included in many traditions throughout dod. however such traditional activities as well as more ad hoc activities have ad at times includes cruel or abusesive behavior and has not always been easy for service members to draw a clear distinction between legitimate traditions and patterns of misconduct. also, we reported that hazing incident maize cross the line into sexual assault. we noted that service officials and male service members at several military installations gave us examples of recent incident

however, dod also noted the objectives of dod's prevention strategy are to achieve unity of effort and purpose across all of dod and the execution of sexual assault prevention focused activities, but they have not taken steps to help ensure that the activities developed at the local level are consistent with the overarching objectives of its strategy. these installation developed activities may not be consistent with dod's prevention strategy because dod and the services have not communicated the purpose of the strategy and disseminated it to installation based personnel responsible for developing and implementing activities at the local level. for example, during our site visits to select installations we found that program managers were largely unfamiliar with dod's prevention strategy and, hence, may not be implementing activities in a manner consi consistent with the objectives of the strategy. further, the military services sexual assault response policies key con duets of such communication have not been updated to align with the guidance in the updated strategy. we also found du

the ig dod response was, it just doesn't exist.my: it had existed. >> it had existed and it should have existed. >> they made sure he did not exist. i think john is being diplomatic about his former colleagues. he asked for those documents and they said, oh, we can't give them to you. why not? well, because they don't exist anymore. why not? expletiveuse some screwed up and they were destroyed. in a supposedly routine purge of documents. were, obviously, lying about that. and then to make it worse, these two individuals, than acting inspector general of the pentagon and the general counsel -- on amy: explain who they are. >> lynn how brooks, the acting inspector general. and henry shelley, the general counsel, the one who said, we screwed up -- since this is a family proam -- and he said they have been destroyed and routine purge. governments do have to purge a lot of information, but you don't purge top-secret documents . to make it worse, they then lied to the federal judge in this case about that, assuring the judge that it was

and the dod's overwhelmed. dr. berger, you mentioned that dod and v.a. are not still talking to each other on electronic health matters, and if they duplicate a medicine from one doctor to another or they give a medicine that has an interaction, yeah, you've got serious problems very quickly. our chairman made a comment that, you know, why a pilot program when we're talking about this phone system? we know the secretary and, certainly, his supervisors under him have the ability to move manpower to wherever that need is. so why do we need a study to study a study? and why do we need a pilot program? let's try something, because what we've tried since i've been here hasn't been too supported. and we are dealing with people's lives every day. so again, you know, the frustration, we need to, we need to quit talking, and we need to do something productive here. ms. rad wagon mentioned the families, and i would say, well, we talk about hipaa, you know, that big elephant in the room that you can't share what size clothes you wear that day with somebody. when th

open to the armed forces, the dod and their families. navy federal credit union. jill: welcome back to "defense ews." we are continuing our interview with stephen colbert groups defense spending survey. findings, weheir went out on the street and asked people what they think of the pentagon's budget ironies -- priorities. >> i think that defense is appropriate for extreme last resort, if we had a very modest , i thinkapability something much more modest could serve the purpose and be money saved for the american people and people around the world eat dinner every night and drink clean water every day. and have some basic rights. >> you know, after 9/11 and everything and some of the stuff originated with these groups active over there, isil and isis, preemptive to be over there doing stuff to take care of it ahead of time to me is a good idea. >> i think we will focus more on the cyber domain with the emerging threat, packers that are coming, capability with foreign nations and even within our own international borders. hackers are out there and i think that more

at dod, this is a dod, va, congress and the vsos and msos, there needs to be a comprehensive plan. we've been over the last few years there have been pieces that have been getting to the solution, but we haven't gotten near to that solution. the other challenge is that many of the community providers out there, many of the community programs, base their eligibility off of the definition and the eligibility requirements at va. so, even those programs that could potentially be helping these individuals aren't available to them. the vet centers are fantastic. our members are constantly holding them up as -- as a top resource, resources they go to, resources they recommend. and one of the things we'd like to see done is an assessment of the vet centers, how they're being used, are there enough of them, are they underutilized, are they overutilized and how can we expand them because if there is that demand there, they certainly are not just for those with bad paper but for families as well. their criteria is much more broad than the va and they can do a lot more. >> if i can just make a

to step up and set those standards and work with dod to do that, because dod has the same requirements. so i'm really, we're really excited about the evaluationings piece. evaluations piece. certainly with the loan repayment program for psychiatrists, we were hoping that that wouldn't, would get, would get implemented more quickly. i understand there's been some challenges with changing the law, basically, to allow that. but i think that, too, noting that one of the challenges to v.a. hiring is the low salis, the more that -- salaries, the more that the v.a. can provide those incentives and match the private sector, if you will, the more competitive they can be to bring in those professionals. so that was another piece we're really excited about. and then, certainly, the partnerships. up until recently, up until this -- secretary mcdonald came into leadership at v.a., partnerships was not a word that the v.a. uttered. and so that in and of itself over the last two years is immense. and we hope to see that term and the implementation of what that term is really working to make sure that

at dod, this is a dod, va, congress and the vsos and msos, there needs to be a comprehensive plan. we've been over the last few years there have been pieces that have been getting to the solution, but we haven't gotten near to that solution. the other challenge is that many of the community providers out there, many of the community programs, base their eligibility off of the definition and the eligibility requirements at va. so, even those programs that could potentially be helping these individuals aren't available to them. the vet centers are fantastic. our members are constantly holding them up as -- as a top resource, resources they go to, resources they recommend. and one of the things we'd like to see done is an assessment of the vet centers, how they're being used, are there enough of them, are they underutilized, are they overutilized and how can we expand them because if there is that demand there, they certainly are not just for those with bad paper but for families as well. their criteria is much more broad than the va and they can do a lot more. >> if i can just make a

we are working very closely with dod, as mr. scott described, in a process -- >> let me just cut you off. i don't want to go on this long diatrit. >> there are still elements of the opm systems that are difficult to encrypt. we have a multi layer defense. >> and you've got all these different systems. i've been at this a while, okay. and we've tried to get ahold of this and i've been here for years working on this problem and it's been very difficult. there's no shame in admitting how difficult that is. what i don't want is happy talk that it's all going well, that's the problem, we'll have another hearing and there will be gnashing of teeth and criticism and there will be somebody else in your spot. what i'm trying the to get at is what are we getting done and where are the obstacles, if there are obstacles here in terms of what you're trying to do? i believe you're all trying to do the right thing, mr. scott as well. you can get in on this, you're part of this. you know, what are we actually doing to try to protect the informa

open to the armed forces, the dod and their families. navy federal credit union. >> welcome back to defense news. i wanted to continue. i know you attended the special operations forces exhibition and there was a lot of talk about cooperation in the region. >> everyone wants to cooperate. was the theme of the conference and a lot of cooperation is going on not only in the overt battle, but covertly. and with covert partners, i might add. cooperation is key . how effectively this can be implemented is an open issue. >> challenges and information sharing, can that really unite them in terms of the fight? >> they train a lot of special forces at a special training site. as you suggested, it is very difficult. not only operationally, but politically. today's friends can be tomorrow's foes. ago, the syrians were considered allies and a common fight against terror and of course the jordanian government is at office it ends. things change. jordan. as aw jordan has emerged leader. froms their role different others among the allies? for jordan an

we are working very closely with dod as mr. scott described. >> let me cut you off because i don't want to go on this long diatribe but have you encrypted the social security numbers for all of the employees right now add opm? >> there are still elements of the opm systems that are difficult to encrypt. we have a multilayered defense. >> you have all these different systems. i've been out this a while and we have tried to get ahold of this and i have been here four years working on this problem. there's no shame in admitting how difficult that is. what i don't want is his happy talk that it's all going well. we will have another hearing and there'll be a lot of gnashing of teeth and criticisms and there will be somebody else in your spot. what i'm trying to get out is what are we actually getting done and where of the obstacles? at their obstacles in terms of what you're trying to do and i believe you are all trying to do the right thing and mr. scott as well. you can get in on this because you are part of this. what are we doi

bill dollars and four dod education funds. and with that, mr. chairman, i yield back. >> the gentlelady withdrew her amendment. i am sorry. i could not hear. the gentlelady withdrew her amendment, correct? there areanding is other referrals to other committees that have not waived jurisdiction so we are not able to consider this amendment. i don't know if anyone really has something they need to get in, right now. the amendment is withdrawn. the gentlelady from california, ms. davis? >> thank you mr. chairman. i have an amendment at the desk. >> the staff will distribute the amendment. without objection, the amendment is considered to be read and ms. davis is recognized. a my amendment would strike provision that was included in the chairman sparks that would prohibit the president from changing the military pay raises as authorized in section 1009. although i continue to support pay raises for our service members, i am concerned that by increasing them above the requested amount and removing the discretion of the president and our military lead

and we look across the board as what they are plaininning to dod look at what they're planning to do in the context of our mission programs in terms of our own strategy. so we do work closely with them. our embassadors have veto power on any actions they are taking and any programs they are doing and in general if there's any disagreement we work those disagreements out between ourselves. so we're very much in synch with them. we wish we had that $10 billion to program on the continent of africa and we'd be doing some different things. they have the money so we want to help them channel that money to places where it will make a difference on the continent as we work to fight in security and terrorism together, but $10 billion would be a huge contribution to democracy and governance. i describe my funding as scraping the jar to get just enough to do the job that we have to do. >> tell me how much do you have in democracy and govern i can'tness. >> let me get back to you with that figure. >> i would submit it's well less than what the department of defense is spending in the building p

where they are paid bounties would dod websites. certainly there is a model here. the traditional model has been we dhs, other agencies coordinate with white hat researchers to provide vulnerabilities and we then work with the developers to bring the vulnerability to resolution. obviously, there is a significant market now for the survey and if the government wants to receive vulnerabilities along with developers, certainly there is the model with the government sets up the legal framework where this is easier, simpler and lower risk and a model as shown by dod with the government is actually a participant in a financial market for vulnerabilities, particularly in government owned and operated networks and software which is where we will see it first. >> we have time for one last quick question and quick answers. >> mark peters at the mitre corporation. national guard has many years of experience with physical response supporting states and disasters. you are gaining experience in assisting cyberresponse. have you given any thought

and we're working together with dod to secure our systems. there's another issue. you know, these hackers have become so proficient. you know, this morning we got news that the swift commercial bank system -- i think it's 11,000 banks and companies that handle international banking transactions. they were hacked again. they were just hacked through bangladesh and the new york fed, which is troubling, to the tune of about $81 million. now we find out there's another hack going on similar to that one. so, they're being breached. the fdic, chinese hackers, news again this morning that the fdic has been hacked. and these are entities that have fairly robust, you know, protections. and we're about to enter into this -- well, we're about to debate the trans-pacific partnership. and one of the provisions in that trans-pacific partnership requires u.s. companies to establish databases in foreign countries. there's about 12 countries, but one of them's vietnam, a communist country. so we would have to -- the u.s. companies would have to establish physically databases in tho

sets up the frame work where this is easier, simpler and lower risk and there's a model as shown by dod where the government is a participant in a financial market for vulnerables particularly on government owned and operated networks and software which is when we'll see it first. >> time for one last quick question and quick answers. >> mark peters. i had a question for you. the national guard has appearance, many years of experience with response and disasters for example. you're gaining experience in assisting with response. have you given any thought into how you might have to think or act differently in either preparation or response when you have both involved simultaneously. >> that's a great question. part of our capability whether it's supporting a domestic response or cyber event is the value we bring is we're right there and we're able to set conditions for the governor in advance of other federal services or other capabilities that fema might bring to the table so i think that our response as we think about a cyber response is really to set conditions for other responders th

carter says working together with silicon valley tech companies helped the dod constantly improve. >> believe doing business with the tech industry forces dod to look ourselves in the mirror, which is healthy for us, healthy for any organization. >> carter hopes today's changes will help make the dod a leader in cyber security. >>> the warriors are back in action tonight at oracle arena for a big game. >> they certainly are. let's check back in with abc 7 news sports director larry biel who's live with a plea view. hi, larry. >> reporter: hi, ama. hi, dan. yes, game five a chance for the warriors to close out the glazers. i know that you guys in particular count on me for the deep thoughts, the philosophical look at life. i know that. so i will share with you the words of a great philosopher who said, those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. winston churchill later paraphrased that same thought though never actually said those words. i mentioned this because why? a lot of you are wondering. because the warriors are facing history tonight. last year steph curry got

dod employees, played cds in the work machines. other government employees played cds in the work machines. they clearly never intended to cause a problem with their employer. they were listening to their music. certainly same way consumers will never intend for their comical cyber toaster they purchased on a whim to cause security problem for their government employer with sensitive information. >> real interesting point to come out that. i was at event in new york auto show we were discussing security issues. backdoor to one car, exploiting cds again, pop it into the cd player suddenly unlock access to the systems below. that is very interesting. you bring up, funny you bring up the notion of purchases your cyber toaster on a whim. there has been this really interesting of proliferation i think sites like wish.com, sell really inexpensive chinese manufactured goods out pearl river delta and we don't know total provenance of it, and we can imagine state actor level of stuff where you put profusion of compromised devices out there

dod the gpo -- jpo and oppose it.his would result in a delay and i would ask people to oppose the amendment. >> i want to note that this is not a guarantee that everything will be ok. i agree that the program has made strides, but there have been serious delays and cost overruns all along way. even with the joint program office overseeing the production. the department made the same argument with the f-22 and subsequently go to control spiraling costs and development delays. those delays cost taxpayers over $6 billion. if the department's oversight regiment is already rigorous, it should have no problem required -- following the oversight. >> there are distinct differences. lessons that can be learned from transitioning the modernization own major defense acquisition program have been taken into account on the f-35 program. because of the joint nature, they are in place to manage capabilities. you are correct with the problems of the f-35 and the f-22. lessons learned from the f-22 have been incorporated. however, the

duncan: is the dod coming up with these plans right now? because they are not having any conversation. are they doing this unilaterally? these are the facilities it is going to have, wouldn't they talk to you? mr. thompson: i haven't talked to military officials on military duty. i can't tell you what they are doing. i have looked on the map. there is a boy scout and girl scout camp in the center. there is no water. there is no electricity. it cannot connect to that area. much less build it. i am also told that the guantanamo bay detainees have to have almost specialized security watching over them. mr. duncan: so if we've got to build all of these facilities, why do we go out to louisiana and build on the high ground of the bayou? there are thousands and thousands of undeveloped acres. why are we talking about fort leavenworth or charleston? it is interesting when you bring that closer to home, i do believe. mr. thompson: guantanamo bay, they are away from harming citizens. that is one of the biggest concerns that we have, bringing them to

disciplinary military usaid to deal with challenges in africa and as folks who are not part of the dod talk to me about your perceptions of africom, not having a specific africom. talk about the efficacy following up on senator marky's questions, the training and exercises we do with african military. many of our us ambassadors asked that we devote marine units into africa for human trafficking, and how do we deal with african security forces. >> we have a military, it has over the years is more understanding of africa. they become a great partner for us. we very much appreciate the partnership with africom and the military. as a member of the authorizer's for armed services, a key area where do we do have concerns. and and crossing lines, and and we have better skill sets to carry out those responsibilities particularly in the area of community development, areas of working on some of those authorizations, and at any time when we were working with centcom, we have areas of disagreement and we have been able to establish channels of communication between general rodriguez and myself an

i appreciate that your may can progress and that's a good thing and we will work together with dod tosecure our systems. there's another issue. you know these hackers have become so proficient. this morning we got news that the swift commercial bank system , think its 11,000 banks and companies that handle international banking transactions, they were had again. they were just had through bangladesh and the new york fed which is troubling to the tune of $81 million. now we find out there's another hack going on similar to that one so they are being breached. the fdic, chinese hackers news again this morning that the fdic has been hacked and these are entities that have fairly robust protections. and we are about to enter into this, well we are about to debate the transpacific harder ship and one of the provisions in that transpacific partnership requires u.s. companies to establish databases in foreign countries, about 12 countries. one of them is vietnam so we would have to, the u.s. companies would have to establish physically databases and most companies come in those countries mal

the new numbers s in the number of survivors reporting a crime, but a dod spokesperson says the data6,000 last year and that the dod has implemented more than 75 sections of law aimed at improving sexual assault prevention and response in the military. >>> well, folks, we are on a roll, amelia. if we can call two days a roll. >> we're going to continue to talk about warmer temperatures and the humidity increases throughout the day tomorrow. a little bit today. feeling muggy tomorrow. extremely muggy on friday. that's going to be your first weather headline. the humidity is here through the long holiday weekend. tomorrow and friday, we'll be tracking some thunderstorms during the afternoon hours. mainly west of the d.c. metro ar area. you have the best chance for seeing rain. memorial d s maybe a thunderstorm around, but not a washout. 86 degrees right now. by 7:00, low to mid 80s. nice and mild. 9:00 p.m., a temp around 77. probably have the windows closed and the air on at this point. if not, that'll probably be happening tomorrow or friday. a temperature around 72 degrees. tomorrow

to hack dod websites. certainly, there is a model here. the traditional model has been, we, dhs, other agencies coordinate with white hat researchers to provide we have time for a last quick question and answer. >> mark peters with the corporation. the national guard experienced many years with physical response supporting states and disasters. you are gang experience in assisting with the response and have you given thought into how you might have to think our act differently or preparation or response when you have both of those involved simultaneously. >> that's a great question. part of the capability whether it's supporting a domestic response as you said or cyber event is the value we bring as we are right there and we are able to set in advance of other capabilities. our response as we think about a cyber response is really to set the conditions for other responders. that is a great area of exploration in terms of how we continue to support the state governors. >> i think we just met 20 minutes ago

now, does that mean dod will issue a new memo saying you cannot have any smartphone devices?k to an earlier point, what will that do to some a smartphone devices for now maybe potentially dod or any state us employee might be for bid and from buying certain classes of device because they are so poorly secured over the lifecycle. so, that's one of those things that could become a wicked problem in the future. what her that in a relations we can even think about or expect right now that will come about 10 years down the line based on choices, design choices of purchasing choices we make today >> i think there is an interesting issuing professionals in the military where leaving incredibly strict guidelines, physical security access, what technology can use, with systems can access the network and we are locked out of people bring their laptop home for their work home and wearing currently lacks their. i remember one christmas there was a story about the digital picture frames a best buy where certified preowned from china, but this is not a rare occurrence. especially on the lo

open to the armed forces, the dod and their families. navy federal credit union.ill: welcome back to "defense news." still with staying with us. chris: sure. cartere heard secretary speak. you have heard another secretary carter speak at another show. chris: that's right. the secretary the navy was traveling this year -- they are often there. it's not that usual that the secretary of defense actually shows up. a few years ago, robert gates and peoplexcitement really happy. it was like,, ooh, the secretary is here. is tooed about the navy big, too much money, there's no reason, we should pull back. there's so many other priorities. antithesis of the navy's mission. what no one in the room wanted to hear. it was a very awkward presentation, to say the least. and of course they gave him a prize afterwards and thank you for coming. it was awkward. jill: it brought the mood down. chris: like a, it's not always upbeat. necessarily beot most upbeat speaker you're ever going to find. it's a challenge sometimes to decide if he just woke up -- it's also a challenge when you

and the third situation, you have to wait for the dod say go, do as you wish. >> reporter: the california primary on june 7th has lost a significance for the race. instead, the focus is what it will look like between donald trump and hillary clinton. raj? >> california can still matter in some way. trump can clinch the nomination on our primary, june 7th. trump needs 1237. that is his magic number to clinch the nomination. tonight, you see it's just over 1,000. marco rubio has 172 pledged delegates, mar than john kasich who is vowing to continue his campaign. >>> don't, bernie sanders thanked his voters for an upset victory in the democratic primary. 3200 votes separated sanders from clinton. he said the path to nail the nomination is narrow but he says indiana has given him a burst of momentum. >> going to a bunch of other states, culminates in the largest state in the united states with the most delegates and that is the state of california and we think we have a chance to win there. >> now, mrs. clinton didn't campaign heavily in inn sbin has spent no money on the tv ads there. you can

and i'm just -- as folks who aren't part of the dod, talk to me about your perceptions of africom. the one proposal is to fold africom back in to ucom and not have there be a specific africom. i'm curious as to your thoughts on that. second, talk to me about the efficacy, following up on senator markey's questions, less about the arms sales, but about the training and exercises we do with african militaries. i know many of our u.s. ambassadors ask through africom that we devote, you know, marine units and other units into africa to do training on counterterrorism, counterpoaching, counter human trafficking to build capacity. in your view as professionals in this area, how successful are those training efforts that we do with african security forces? >> i'll start and then i'll turn to my colleagues. i hope that africom is not folded back into ucom, because what africom has meant for us is that we have a military that is more focused on africa and has over the years become more understanding of africa, and they have become a great partner for us. and we very much appreciate that par

and at the presidio dods gathered for the 148th ceremony.ked with a 21-gun salute and bernie sanders showing up at the ceremony this morning. took the opportunity to honor the veterans while touring the presidio. >>> a three hour lock down at the white house with president obama inside. firefighters and a hazmet team rushed to the scene after someone threw a metal object over the fence along pennsylvania avenue. witnesses saw a women being put in handcuffs. a sweep of the grounds found nothing dangerous. >>> a 7-year-old boy is missing in a forest in japan more than 100 people are out looking for him! the boy was last seen on saturday. it is when his parents made him get out of their car to punish him for throwing rocks hours earlier. now the parents may face abandonment charges. 150 rescue workers searched for the boy but found no sign of him. >>> activists are questioning whether cincinnati zoo keepers did the right thing when they shot and killed a rare gorilla over the weekend. they had only minutes to act after a boy fell in the animal'

the true expenditure dod estimates in terms of total military spending for 2015 if they exceeded one 80,000,000,000 dollars in 2015. 2015. as a result of these investments, they continue to make strides. for for instance, china's military. last year china unveiled the day of 26 missile, a system that could produce ground straits to the asian pacific. beyond beyond this there program entered a new phrase phase in 2015. i will highlight three key security department. the first is that the first is there maritime activities. in 2015, china used tactics to assert its claim in the south china sea reclaiming vast acreage on existing outpost and instructing military facilities. their leadership leadership did demonstrate a willingness to tolerate high levels of in terms of their maritime claims. their strategy is to secure its objectives without jeopardizing the regional peace which in turn has maintained the chinese communist script on power. the second trend is the increasing global presence. they are leveraging the country's power to power to expand its international influence. its milit

open to the armed forces, the dod and their families. navy federal credit union. "defense back to news." we are talking with the scenior foundation for defensive democracies. in the last segment we talked international approach of the islamic state. i tphknow they have relied heav grassroots recruitment that really is global, not just of the on their region world. how effective has that been thus far? quite effective. they have been very good initially at to push their message and brand out. now, social media efforts can't divorced from on the ground insurance. i did a recent study at the networks in europe and they link back to on the networks back as much as a decade and a half. been very hey have good at expanding quickly. lately their recruiting efforts and you into trouble -- number of thupmb ranchises in sphralia and others have suffered significant reversals. > i think the pentagon and their numbers are down to recruiting about 200 per month previously.thousands is that due to our own efforts or why is the tactic not working well? >> a few things. one is th

security assistance and it should stay that way and whatever level of cooperation between state and dod on this matter, i'm concerned that this is another example of what some called the militarization of foreign policy. this feeds into those concerns that the asia rebalance is a military policy even in areas that have traditionally been diplomatic responsibilities. so mr. deputy secretary, i'm interested in hearing your views on these issues and as well as other areas i'll be turning on as well. i thank you again for your service and commitment and i look forward to your testimony. i want to raise two questions and in conjunction with my statement, and it is, the first one is about india. it has been characterized by u.s. officials as an indispensable partner of the united states. the third largest economy in the world. by purchasing power parody and the largest democracy in the asia region. the u.s. india relationship is important and growing. in particular on the defense side. and prime minister mody will be coming to washington in a couple of months to meet with president obama. fro

one single entity that's responsible for the management of all military treatment facilities across dod which would be the defense health agencies. right now each has responsibility so there's efficiencies to be had by having one central agency responsible for the overall management of military treatment facilities. the second area is aligning treatment facilities based on civilian capacity and capability within the community. the third was to ensure access and quality care. we then went on to the joint trauma system and create a joint trauma and education and training directorate. the last area was tricare as there were over 7 or 8 different tricare plans we condense them down into two. there are differ options on how west to cover guard reserve but they did not have the data to make a recommendation so we asked them to bring the data back so we can address that issue. in the tricare plan in going to two basic options of hmo and ppo, we maintain the current eight structure which is currently in place right now for tricare for all current active duty members and their families. we also

that's according to dod's numbers and, you know, comparing them to do the justice department's figures>> so, what do we do, geri lynn? how do we fix this? how do we -- i mean, i know that a lot of the legislators -- and you've met with them 'cause we have pictures of you. >> mm-hmm. >> seeing him talking to jackie speier -- congresswomen jackie speier -- here is -- is really instrumental in leading this fight, but you're in the trenches. you're -- you're living this. what do we do? >> [ sighing ] what do we do? well, um, we keep the conversation going... by sharing with people about the topic. a lot of people still don't realize that this occurs in the military. >> they don't want to believe it. >> they don't want to believe it. they're shocked. they're still making it a gender issue. they're still making it an issue of sexual preference. they're not realizing that this is about a human-rights issue, and it's not about male. it's not about female. and so, what we're trying to do is educate people, educate the civilian world, as well, because when a rapist leaves the military, they go b

resources as i have serious concern with the proposal from one of the defense committees to underfund dod overseas war fighting accounts by $18 billion. and to spend that money on items we did not request. i have to say this approach is deeply flawed and troubling. having detailed my objection was yesterday before their preparation committee today in this content i want to highlight the danger of underfunding our war effort and gambling with funny for our troops in places like iraq in syria. as secretary of defense i cannot support such a maneuver. indeed it is exceedingly important we provide our troops and command all the resources they need to succeed. and i know with your support and with the continued dedication of our people and our partners we will deliver isil a lasting defeat. thank you. >> thank you, mr. chairman. general dunford. >> chairman-- >> secretary, you. >> thank you for the opportunity to join secretary carter to appear before you today to talk about the counter isil campaign. senator carl just provided an update of our approach in before taking your questions i would

dod's new authority for this program are entirely duplicative of existing state department authorities. i worry that putting such a program under dod's control road date securitycooperation responsibilities . our diplomats are responsible for overseeing security assistance and it should stay that way at whatever level of cooperation exists between state and dod on this matter, i'm concerned that this is another example of what some call the militarization of foreign-policy. we spoke to those concerned that the asia rebalance is a military policy even in areas that have traditionally diplomatic responsibilities. so mister deputy secretary, i'm interested in hearing your views on these issues as well as other areas i will be touching on as well and thank you again for your service and commitment. i look forward to your testimony. i want to raise two questions in conjunction with my statements and the first one is about india.it's been characterized by us officials as an indispensable partner to the united states. as i mentioned before is the third largest economy in the world.purchasing

does that mean the dod will issue a new memo saying you can't have any smartphone devices? going back to an earlier point, what's that going to to do for the market of smartphone devices went potentially dod or a state us employee might be forbidden from buying certain classes of devices because they are so poorly secured over the lifecycle, right? so that's one of those things that could become a wicked problem in the future is, what are the interrelations that we can't even think about or expect now that will come about 10 years down the line based on choices, design choices and purchasing choices we make today? >> i think there's an interesting cognitive dissonance and security professionals and military where getting credibly strict guidelines, physical security access, what technology can use, what kind of systems can access the network we are locked down and then people bring their laptop or work home and are incredibly relaxed there. one christmas there was a big story about this digital picture frame at best buy where it was certified preowned from china but this is

a id work so hard as well as those of dod and law enforcement who do so much in terms of training andoutreach. on a recent trip i took the time to meet with the number of episodes and it's always interesting to hear just how hard they work and i'm impressed with their determination and drive while working under difficult dangers and often remote conditions. let me just ask this panel, what lessons have we learned from fighting terrorism in africa. we have in front of us probably speaking, three case studies and the saw hill, with a focus on molly, in the lake chad region with a focus on nigeria, and in the horde with a focus on small you. we have very different levels of u.s. engagement, u.s. expenditure, u.s. policy responses. it's a significant stability challenge which is been with somalia, where there is a multilateral military presence where we played a significant role. i think that made substantial success in pushing back al shabab in the lake chad region where were spending less money but boko haram was the deadliest terrorist organization the world. it should get and it deser

when dod decided no longer to use it for military purposes, it was originally intended to go back to the territory of puerto rico. that is where it should be. it makes sense to do it. they can do a more efficient job of actually managing it and it can be a benefit for the people. right now they have hunting and fishing restrictions that have been put in that happened pretty arbitrarily done. people of puerto rico know what they should be doing in those areas and this would be an asset to the territory. there is no reason -- they should have had it already. there is no reason we need to keep holding on to that. mr. timiraos: there have been a number of divisions also on the republican side over how to treat this bill. i wonder, you have very strong support from house speaker paul ryan on this. would the gop leadership advance a bill through the house floor that is not able to secure a majority of votes from the republican conference? rep. bishop: well, i cannot answer for what somebody else would or would not do. all i can say is that there is no reason this does not get a majority of