sometimes dod should contribute, but not always.ou must u -- we must use all levers of national power and more that is why this administration has taken steps to ensure that u.s. wealth and innovation aren't exploited for pla military monetization. a private sector is a key advantage and we must collectively collaborate to achieve our competition aims. that is why we have made significant, sustained investments every year to strengthen the health, productivity, workforce, facilities, and supply chains of our defense industrial base, traditional and nontraditional, from critical minerals to microelectronics and much, much more. our ability to innovate is something that beijing can never blunt, steal, or copy, because it is embedded of our system of free minds, free markets, and free people. we don't seek to control innovation or make it toe the party line. instead, we aim to foster and unleash innovation. that is why over the last four years we took chainsaws to the thicket of innovation obstacles that inhibit dod from adopting ameri

i know dod has it. thank you. >> gm's team has expired and i thank the witnesses for being here today and for the members and the questions and we will now dismiss this first panel and take a brief, two to three-minute recess while we arrange for the second panel of witnesses. >>> the committee will come to order. i am happy to have the distinguished witnesses and i ask the witnesses to please rise and raise your right hand. you solemnly swear that the testimony you will give on behalf of the homeland security committee, will be the truth, the whole truth so help you god? thank you. the witnesses have answered in the affirmative and i'd like to formally introduce our second panel mr. balm garter serves at berkshire hathaway energy and the global director of the decisions group, also my classmate of the united states air force academy class of 2000. thank you for being here and we will now recognize mr. baumgartner for your opening statement of five minutes. >> chairman, ranking members and members of th

if you could, please get dod to share that capability. maybe homeland has it, maybe you have it somewhere, i know dod has it. thank you. >> gentlemen's time has expired. i thank the witnesses for your valuable testimony, being here today, for the members and your questions. we will now dismiss this first panel. take a brief two to three minute recess while we arrange for the second panel of witnesses. thank you. [gavel falls] [gavel falls] >> the committee will come the order. i'm pleased to have the second panel of witnesses before us on this important topic. please, rise and raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear that the testimony you will go before the committee of homeland security for the u.s. house of representatives will be the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth so help you god? let the record reflect the witnesses answered in the affirmative. mr. jeffrey baumgartner serves as the vice president for national security and resilience of berkshire hathaway energy. dr. paul schwennesen is my classmate at the united st

as of today january 3 i can tell you the transition members have met with 79 dod officials. we are committed to a responsible bl and smooth transition but when it comes to the joint staff i would refer you to them to speak with the transition team . i will come back in the room . >> speaking to the case in new orleans, a motivation there, how does the pentagon assess the ability to conduct external operations? >> isis retains capabilities as we've seen in iraq and syria and that's why we have our forces in both of those countries to ensure isis can never reconstitute or surge back to what it was just a decade ago. the entire mission of our force presence is to ensure the enduring defeat of crisis and that's why we partnered with syrian democratic forces over the past few years and that's why we continue can to conduct strikes against isis positions whether in the desert or elsewhere because of course isis remains a threat but they certainly are notthe same threat they were a decade ago . janie. >> thank you, pres. biden signed a letter regarding the cessation of 20,500 in so

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the question really is, can we just get dod to share?in my first term dod and da did a shared agreement for health-care capabilities. it was fantastic. why can't the dod share this with homeland security and the fbi and others to find out who they are? maybe it is china. the china commission, 115 hearings, china, i am on their hit list. xi jinping is a monster. look at what putin is doing. they are all capable of doing horrible things to our people. they are threatening my friend and colleague from new york and new jersey big-time. let's get the dod capability and find out and put to rest the question of, who is it? we can bring one down tomorrow. >> sir, i share your concern. i share a lot of frustration. i am more than willing to continue working with the department to try to get better. >> if they don't have the authority they can do it on an emergency basis. just send that capability to the ocean, to the beach. because they are coming in every day. figure out which one it is and bring them down. then, retrieve it. my friend congressw

have someone qualified to manage the 3 million people at the dod and the billions of dollars of assets. why is pete hegseth supposed to be in charge that as a fox news host? guest: i will go back to his record as a war fighter. multiple deployments. these not just a fox news host. please run multiple nonprofit organizations and has quite the storied resume. i think he is the right person to go into the department of defense. certainly donald trump will lead those efforts. he will be intimately involved in any change that comes to the department of defense. you need someone like pete to drive those changes will president trump is not able to do that because he's the president of the united states. his attention has to be diffused. host: ryan walker. you can find their work at heritageaction.com. he's executive vice president. guest: thanks for having me on. host: this hearing featuring pete hegseth just about to start. it will --we will let it play out as pete hegseth enters the armed services committee room. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2025] [captioning performed

you said in your statement you don't want politics in the dod. everything you've said in these public statements is politics. i don't want women. i don't want moms. what's wrong with a mom? by the way, once you have babies, you therefore are no longer able to be lethal. i mean, you're basically saying women after they have children can't ever serve in the military in a combat role. it's a it's a silly thing to say. it's a silly thing to say beneath the position that you are aspiring to, to denigrate lgbtq service members is a mistake. if you are a sharpshooter, you're as lethal regardless of what your gender identity is, regardless of who you love. so please know this to be a true statement. so you say. you say it was a political thing. you say it undermined us social engineering. i don't know why having someone having to publicly say or not publicly say who they love is social engineering. i think having that policy in the first place was highly problematic. and as you said in your statement, do you agree anybody should be able to serve in the m

hundred six meetings with dod officials in the transition task force has responded to 81 requests forof information. and last but she probably just saw the present governor newsom and other received a briefing on the devastating wildfires in southern california which the department continues to monitor. at the present structure and the department of defense will provide additional firefighting personnel and capability. the federal government is working closely with national guard to deploy a state of emergency declaration. the california national national guard is adding to modular air firefighting units and tomorrow ready by the nevada national guard to the department defense has four additional maps that could be used if needed. additionally the apartment sending 10 navy helicopters with water delivery buckets with aerial suppression. with that i'm happy to take your questions. >> thanks sabrina. on ukraine the latest amount is not the entirety of what is left. how can you assure you are leaving substantial amount of money not delivered to ukraine in terms of weapons and several billi

i know dod has it. thank you. >> gm's team has expired and i thank the witnesses for being here today and for the members and the questions and we will now dismiss this first panel and take a brief, two to three-minute recess while we arrange th

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the dod has incorporated women throughout its decision making. and as a result, every single combatant commander across two administrations has told this committee that this law and its implementation at the department of defense provides them a strategic advantage operationally. based on your comments, it appears that the example that you would like to set not only for women in this country, but for women across the globe, 50% of the world's population, as the nominee that women should not have an equal opportunity in our military. so will you commit to preserving the women, peace and security law at dod and including in your budget, the requisite funding to continue to restore and resource these programs throughout the dod? >> senator, i will commit to reviewing that program and ensuring it aligns with america first national security priorities, meritocracy, lethality, and readiness. and if it advances american interests, it's something we would advance. if it doesn't, it's something we would. >> since former president trump signed the law. i h

as of today january 3 i can tell you the transition members have met with 79 dod officials. we are committed to a responsible and smooth transition but when it comes to the joint staff i would refer you to them. the case in new orleans in any motivations there hasea the pentagon assessed conducting external operations? >> isis retained capability and that's always seen in iraq and syria and that's where we have our forces in both of those countries to ensure that isis can never reconstitute or research or surge back to what it was a decade ago. the entire mission of our force presence there is in the defeat of isis and that's why we have partnered with forces over the past few years and that's why we continue to conduct strikes against isis positions whether it be in the padilla desert or elsewhere. of course isis remains a threat but theyy certainly are not the same threat that they were a decade ago. thank you very much sabrina. president biden signed the defense authorization act regarding 28,500 u.s. troops in korea. do you think there will be a change in the role of the

do some cooperative work with the dod and the va.also bring in into account the state associations as well. >> i want to emphasize that last point. the national defense authorization act. getting to the senate and the house to communicate veterans transition status to the state veterans facility so this person can be greeted at the airport, for example. that is a kind of handoff that i think we want. do you agree. it is how you are perceived. i viewed the service part of the va is the most important part. there sometimes you have to tell people know. you have to tell them we cannot do something benefit or something else, but there is always time to make that veteran feel like they are cared for. i believe that the transition time, as you said, that warm hug is a thing that we need to actually look at. >> it is a time of heightened risk of suicide for example. let me move on. having some discussions. i think this points out one of the fundamental flaws in the federal government peer kermit process particularly in national security are

it has been confirmed by dod that he was in the army, a green beret operations sergeant who spent most of his time at fort carson, colorado. he was on approved leave from germany where he was serving with the special forces group, previously in the national guard and army reserve. through exceptional joint investigative efforts -- >> we will show this in its entirety after remarks from president biden speaking from the white house. you are watching live coverage on c-span. [applause] >> mr. president, and confirming 235 lifetime judges during your administration we have made history, not just in a record-breaking number but in the quality of the individuals who have been nominated and confirmed. i served on the judiciary committee for some time, all three of us have served on the committee. personally, i reviewed over 1000 judicial nominees in the committee and on the floor. the record is clear. the nominees represent the best of the judiciary, of america. when i became chair of the senate judiciary these vacancies and bringing balance to the court was the highest priority. we face six

although he was quick to disparage his predecessors at dod or would be predecessors. take a listen. >> it is true, and has been acknowledged that i don't have a similar biography to defense secretaries of the last 30 years. but as president trump also told me, we've repeatedly placed people atop the pentagon with supposedly the right credentials, whether they are retired generals, academics or defense contractor executives. and where has it gotten us? he believes, and i humbly agree, that it's time to give someone with dust on his boots the helm. >> look, as you pointed out, you know, a lot of these people that he's clearly talking about. imagine you've served with some of the people who he's talking about. so what do you make of that? >> well, look, this is a bitter political contest. one of the most shocking things senator mccaskill talked about is the fact that headsets wouldn't go do one on ones with the democratic senators. it's just outrageous, unnecessary. partizan, bitter, divisive, doesn't play well to the broader american community. he's going to have to lea

to communicate policy and. >> and efforts. >> of the. >> of the dod.ng. >> out with a lot. >> of our allies? >> you know, it's. >> going to be really. >> hard because i think. when we. >> came in. >> secretary austin, the. >> biden administration. >> really rebuilt. >> a lot. >> of those. >> fractured alliances. >> that we saw break under the previous trump administration. it remains to be. >> seen what someone. >> like pete hegseth is. >> going to do. >> i think, you know. >> you have. >> someone like secretary rubio who understands the importance of these alliances, who is someone that, you know, has been in the senate for a very long time and understands what it means to work with allies and partners. i don't know that pete hegseth. i don't know what. >> i can say. >> he don't. >> so you can't. >> i can say he doesn't. he was. talking on a couch a few weeks ago. >> so there we go. >> well. >> you know. >> it's going. >> to be his day. >> one today. >> so we'll see what happens. >> all right. >> we'll see what happens. >> see what happens. >> sabrina

hegseth, you talk about dod passing an audit. please describe to me a time or an organization when you -- that you led underwent an audit. you say you're going to hire smarter people than you to run the audit. i'm not asking you to be an accountants. i want you to be able to tell me what guidance will be given to the employees, what will happen whether or not you pass that audit, have you led an audit of any organization, yes or no? i don't want a long answer. yes or no, have you led an audit of any organization of which you are in charge. >> senator, in both of the organizations i ran, we were always completely fiscally responsible -- >> yes or no did you lead an awed yit? audit? what are you afraid of? you can't answer this question? yes or no did you lead an audit? don't you know? yes or no, did you lead an audit. i will take it as a no. what were the findings? no findings because you never led an audit. what guidance did you give? none. because you never led an audit. nobody expects you to be an accountant. we expect you to u

you said in your statement you don't want politics in the dod. everything you've said in these public statements is politics. i don't want women. i don't want moms. what's wrong with a mom? by the way, once you have babies, you therefore are no longer able to be lethal. i mean, you're basically saying women after they have children can't ever serve in the military in a combat role. it's it's a it's a silly thing to say. it's a silly thing to say beneath the position that you are aspiring to, to denigrate lgbtq service members is is a mistake. if you are a sharpshooter, you're as lethal regardless of what your gender identity is, regardless of who you love. so please know this to be a true statement. so you say. you say it was a political thing. you say it undermined u.s. social engineering. i don't know why having someone having to publicly say or not publicly say who they love is social engineering. i think having that policy in the first place was highly problematic. and as you said in your statement, do you agree anybody should be able to serv

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a dod official told us that they haven't actually gone through how much this is going to cost, because they're basically focused so much on executing this mission at this point, that they haven't gotten that far in figuring out where exactly these funds are going to come from. but we should note that dod has about $6 billion within its appropriated funds that it could use to divert to things that are like unforeseen military missions or national emergencies, for example. so it is authorized to divert those funds for missions like these, and that is likely what they're going to do. they just haven't really figured out where exactly in that pot that money is going to come from. >> jake. all right. natasha bertrand at the pentagon for us. thanks so much. while the trump administration is sending more troops to the border and using military planes to repatriate migrants, ice has been conducting enforcement actions around the country. i'm joined now by the former acting director of immigration and customs enforcement, or ice, john sandweg. thanks for joining me. mr. sandweg said. the trump

hegseth, you talk about dod passing an audit. please describe to me a time or an organization when you that you led underwent an audit because you said you're going to hire smarter people than you to run this audit? i'm not asking you to be an accountant. i want you to be able to tell me what kind of guidance will be given to those employees, what will happen if whether or not you pass that audit. have you led an audit of any organization? yes or no? i don't want a long answer. yes or no? have you led an audit of any organization of which you were in charge? >> senator? in both of the organizations i ran, we were always completely fiscally responsible. >> yes or no? did you lead an audit and the way yes or no? did you lead an audit? yes or no? completely mischaracterized. you can't answer this question. yes or no? did you lead an audit? do you not know this answer, senator? >> yes or no? of my leadership? yes or no? yes or no? >> misrepresented. i will take that as a no. what were the findings, though? there were no findings beca

we used to believe at the dod that we had to own and operate our own kit. we believe that for many different reasons. first and foremost, we did not count on international partners to be there during times of crisis. the second reason was i have the most exquisite kit on the planet and i did not need to rely on anyone else. the third reason was we did not want to paint a target on allies for commercial partners. that has completely changed. russia has come out in the press and said anyone operating within the space of the target -- civil, commercial, nasa, allies -- you are all targets. couple that with the fact that we have the biggest area of responsibility with the smallest force and smallest budget, we have to change the way we get after the fight. the way we do that is through partnerships, partnerships with allies and commercial, by integrating a network and this capabilities together. that is something we are changing that we do not do in other domains. it is something we are doing by necessity in space because it is so big and so under resourced. we

the way that there is no transfer, data transfer from dod to the va on those health records.this is a problem that we can fix. we've got a lot of the good experts in nashville that could six this. when they hear from people that are in the va system about they cannot get any care, the wait times, and we talked a little bit about the backlog. at the fort campbell facility, though wait to get a primary care ointment today, and we just checked our numbers, 81 days. in chattanooga, 100 days. in murphy's rural 54 days. that is completely unacceptable. if people will not talk to where , if they are beholden to the union and say that it is about them and not about the vet , that is something that is just completely unacceptable and is one of the reasons that we need to strengthen community care. the suicide rate, 34.7 individuals per 100,000 of our vets that choose suicide. the mental health components and having that community care where they can access it in their community without having to travel, having neh are that they are carrying with them to the doctor. that will be helpfu

they have put their army on the ground in government agencies and departments from the dod o the fbihey have weaponized justice. they have politicize the intelligence community. they have sees our department of defense from the men and women who have the audacity to serve and where the cloth of this country and they have tarnished the reputation. they have led to disasters in afghanistan, in ukraine, initial and elsewhere but they blame us. one of the main themes about government gangsters is we cannot take their bait. we cannot take the overcorrection approach they want to government. what we must do is identify that people in government that are crippling our constitutional republic. what does that mean? we have to identify them. it's not a republican or democratic thing. the people to start russia gate are back in power now. if you think in the following to be to use to prove with devin nunes, that a political party in the united states of america to go overseas to hijack the fbi go to a federal secret court and i to judge just to surveilled their political opponent, that's conspi

if they do, how quickly could dod send the additionaldi assets. on greenland, do you think president-elect trump is serious about taking greenland from nato allies denmark? and how destructive are the remarks to nato alliance, my third question. has incoming administration reached out to you about continuing the ukraine defense contact group? and if not, how concerned you it might be the last meeting of this historic group? >> at the time tara. -- it's tara. the u.s. military stands ready to assist in and way that we can. to help the people of california. as you know california has a lot of capability, these are pretty significant fires. and while no -- few requests have been made thus far, we stand ready to surge capability in as quickly as possible, i have done some things to cause our troop to gett in three point stance to make sure if the whistleblows, we are ready to move in and provide assistant. >> additional asset have not been requested? >> we are providing some modular firefighting systems. when winds are allow we'll able to employee tha

why wasn't the dod able to get the pda authorization? maj. gen. ryder: these are authorities and you are going to look at balancing readiness, replenishment, but these are authorities, not necessarily the funding. that authority will get past the next administration and that will be there call as to whether they will choose to expend or employ that authority with those funds. >> also going forward, what is the secretary going to recommend to the upcoming administration? it has been a year since the u.s. started this coalition to get them to stop these attacks. they are attacking israel as well. what does he think the next incoming administration should do? what is his recommendation? maj. gen. ryder: i won't get into any advice or conversations the secretary may or may not have. we have been focused on degrading and disrupting their capability. you highlight the fact that they continue to conduct strikes. i would highlight the fact that the capability has been significantly diminished. u.s. forces will continue to work with the international commu

.: it allows dod resources to help in that fight and making sure the border is secure it. there were several others, you need physical infrastructure in certain areas, not entirely across the border but didn't certain areas but that construction was all but halted for the past years and a lot of that law was sold off for pennies on the dollar. in the directive to start remain in mexico with the micro protection protocols was critically important. host: if that is the case of yesterday, what was the most concerning of the executive order signed yesterday? guest 1.: it has to be called the so-called birthright citizenship. this is kids born in the u.s.. it has been around for hundreds of years and if a child is born in the united states, they are a citizen. that is critical to make sure we don't have a second class in this country. we believe in border security and it is a total fallacy that the border is out of control right now. arrivals at the border are actually lower than one trump was in office. host: the 14th amendment is the basis of that birthright amendment. what w

what do we need dod to come back with?are we expecting that to happen i am familiar with this band and of using a professional career i want to get to the bottom of where we need to go process wise. >> absolutely. i think there's been a misunderstanding to everybody what her goal is to think at the lower at three gigahertz spectrum is 358 megahertz that's almost as much spectrum as 5g has available for. no one thanks all the radar should go away but that's a bad idea to much of this conversation is we you $200 million in 20 years to do something that no one is asking them to do. ultimately we need to get to a place we think segmentation makes the most sense about what round what's happening globally we look at the top 150 in the top 150 what systems? there's a missile defense facility in alaska. no one should move that. there is no need to move that. there's airborne system out there that's going to get replaced by whetstone 2032 let's talk about what's available in 2032 with their other systems channel five old tv can wor

>> yeah, there is concern, of course, about what dod will be asked to do. there was concern during my time. there was concern, of course, during previous errors under presidents from both parties. but i think the question gets more to the, you know, the the point that tom homan, who is president trump's nominee, to go in and run, i think cbp uh, he talked about using the military. now homan, i think is said that there are clear lines about what dod can and can't do. uh, the pentagon is trying to figure out what that may look like. and so i think we'll have to find out those lines. i mean, the other point you have to keep in mind, too, is there is also a distinction between the use of the active duty military, which has prohibitions on it, and the use of the national guard, which has far less and which, by the way, is also trained in law enforcement. so you could see a pretty large role depending on the state and the governor when it comes to helping the trump administration on its deportation procedures. >> bottom line, sir, do you think pete hegseth is qua

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, the acting secretary of defense is a manguest: the actif defense is a man named robert salassa as dod employee ever since just after the 9/11 attacks. he is a retired, his time all over the pentagon managing large numbers of people. he is a highly qualified individual, the kind of resume you would expect to see for someone stepping into the role as basically a manager for now. he came from washington headquarters services for his latest role that's basically the umbrella organization of all the support facilities around the washington, d.c. area that helps the pentagon operate, whether that includes the office of general counsel, whether it includes literally the facilities, folks like thousands of people who work to get the office space up and running, all the communications directorates, even the communications offices is under that office. so he is overseeing -- he has overseen a lot of people for years at this point, but depending on when the confirmation process could happen for hegseth, which is most likely over the weekend, he will not be in this role very long. host: the chair

dod does not have jurisdiction over nevada's 200,000 plus veterans. but i am interested in your views about the service members once they've transitioned out of the military. given the influence you would have while they're in service, if confirmed in 2019 on a segment of fox and friends, you said that veteran service organizations vsos, i'm going to, quote, encourage veterans to apply for every government benefit they can ever get after they leave the service. you stated you don't want to, quote, be dependent on government assistance from the va based on injuries or illnesses that might have arisen from your military service. so i'm just going to ask you a few yes or no questions about veterans understanding. you don't have jurisdiction, but this is important to our morale. it's important to our recruitment, and it's important to our retention. and it is important to how we respect others in this country. so yes or no, please. do you believe that vsos are wrong to support veterans in obtaining the benefits that they have rightfully earned and deserve

the dod has incorporated women as a result.every single combatant commander across two administrations has told this committee that it's law and implementation at the department of defense provides strategic advantage operationally. based on your comments, it appears that the example that you would like to set not only for women in this country but across the globe, 50% of the world population, as the perspective nominee to lead most combat credible military in the entire world, is that women should not have an equal opportunity in our military. will you commit to preserving the women peace and security law and including in your budget the requisite funding to continue to restore and resource these programs throughout dod? mr. hegseth: i will commit to reviewing that program and ensuring it aligns with america first national security priorities and readiness. if it advances american interests it is something we would advance. sen. shaheen: former president trump signed the law, i hope he agrees with you. >> thank you, senator s

. >> what request has the dod received from pima or california in terms of military service members? the central command truck ahead of the confirmation of any one of those? >> really shocked by their disinformation striking. there have been no attacks on. in terms of strikes, the most recent strikes conducted are january 8. we have conducted dynamic strikes the last few days. the in terms of your other questions, i'm not going to read on everything california and people requested. i can tell you what the department is doing which is providing some maps you will see going into california today and over the weekend and preparing additional forces to assist california with what they need. 500 personnel additional helicopters that on the into california's response the fires. i will go to tomorrow the phone here. >> i have a question about the pda package. air to ground conditions in the package, i was hoping if you could confirm if they been provided in previous package and if not, why now? to confirm it those are? >> in terms of what we provided, i don't have a release of everything li

dod had a couple dozen talented and hard-working staff but with dodd-frank priorities wrapping up and host of new opportunities it lacked a a strong vision to leverage its capability to benefit the agencies data analytics foundation. we made several strategic dod leadership hires to ignite the potential agencies analytics capabilities for years to. soon after i brought in a new chief data officer and dod director we hired cftc's first chief data scientist who leads the development of new analytic services and tools for use across the agency. the chief data scientist due to good upskilling step to enhance their analytics in ai capabilities. in the past year 300 of our approximate 700 employees have taken a day decides programming or cloud-based raining. we are laying the foundation for sophisticated analytics program that staff from across the agency can leverage to inform policy, , conceived ongoing oversight, and enhance enforcement capabilities. this work is charting all the typical data pain points and optimizing opportunities along the data lifecycle. the ai vision i often spoke a

hegseth is erratic and that's a term you don't want at dod. he has a history of drinking, domestic abuse and no experience for leading an organization of any kind. the allegations that came out yesterday are even more rumming. people say, how do we know they're true? first, the person who did it has no strike against her. but, second, it just corroborates in an even worse way of what we've known about hegseth in the past. he has a clear problem of judgment, as you've seen by his statements. it's like saying your heart surgeon surgeon has twitchy hands, but pill he'll let him do surgery on me. no one would do that. how on earth can america trust our safety and security to a man who has turned up to events and work inebriated. what if he shows up to work during a crisis? this is dangerous. if confirmed, he would be in charge of a workforce of over 300 people. what if his erratic behavior spills over to his job at the pentagon, a high-pressure job, and when people are having this behavior, usually high-pressure jobs makes them more, not less, err

pete hegseth posted dod does not eare equal dei. is this how we're seeing it?, voters rejected gender ideology, you mentioned women's prisons, all women's places were under attack in their spaces and prison was overlooked. this is what trump ran on. that was a serious blow to her, it shows how radical she really is and american people realized she was willing to put so-called rights of aggrieved minority above interest of american people and women who fought so long for prisons, sports and locker rooms temperature showed disparity and way democrats treat identity politics and american people. >> carley: i couldn't believe that statistic. donald trump is going to reverse that. speaking of women, daily beast op ed claims women in donald trump's orbit are toxic and pathetic for supporting them and they don't deserve positions they hold. she writes, the one with goods spots are not there because of their accomplishments but largely because of their prac proximity to powerful men. it is apaul ing the women stand pie their men as the men behind their knee to trump. s

when i went from dod to v.a. i was given a cd-rom. i had to wait 90 days to go talk to v.a., at which point i went and saw a physician assistant whose job it was to determine whether or not i was still an amputee. it was a waste of his time, it was a waste of my time. he wanted to be taking care of veterans yet he had to go through this rigmarole. to this day they lack good transferring of information from the dod to the v.a.. it is also compounded when you go to community care. i do think that we need to do much more to allow veterans to make their own decisions. stu golic, i appreciated your attention to this issue, about veterans being able to make the decisions. in your opinion how should the v.a. be ensuring that veterans are getting the information they need to make appropriate decisions about their care, including the choice to receive direct care at v.a.? because v.a. needs to be a medical center home. i think you should go to v.a., that is your medical center home, and they look at you and say, ok, you are an iraq veteran, we