dr. stanley, general stanley served our country in the marine corps in the communities where he and his familyhave lived. after serving bravely as a marine infantry officer, he went on to become quite an academic, served as a white house fellow. he was head of the nation's largest nonprofit private-sector scholarship organization. he was asked to come back. he is not a controversial nominee. the senate armed services committee approved him unanimously right here on the senate floor. no, not general stanley. he would not only be a pivotal part of the pentagon's senior leadership, he would also be in charge of making sure service members are prepared for war. at a time we're waging two of them and as we plan to send 30,000 more troops to afghanistan, a surge i know my republican colleagues support. our military leaders have told me that his absence is having a negative impact on the pentagon's operations. i received phone calls, senator reid, what are you going to do to get this person approved? i tell them, i'm doing my best. now we wasted all week on two nominees, one to be the solicitor for t

dr. stanley, who is trying to take a position with, if i'm not mistaken, manpower and readiness -- mr. levin: in charge of it. mr. durbin: for the department of defense. if i remember correctly, this gentleman has served 33 years in the u.s. marine corps, was a major general and was the first african-american regimental commander in the history of the u.s. marine corps. it is clear that he's qualified. there is no question about his patriotism and love of his country. the fact that he would go through this process, let them go through every aspect and every corner of his life to prepare him for this nomination and then to go there thu on the floor -- to go through this on the floor by the senator from alabama. when he was considered before your committee, did anyone question this man's ability or service to this nation? mr. levin: quite the opposite. his references were superb. not only was there no objection raised, it was quite the opposite. we were delighted he was willing to come out of retirement and serve. these nominees are pefrbg a public service -- performing a public service,

dr. brenner -- berberner, have u been adequately introduced? >> i am happy to proceed. >> let me just indicate, he is the managing director, co-head of global economics, and chief u.s. economist with morgan stanleym's strategy forum. you have served, of course, here on the research staff of the federal reserve in washington where yuko directed the fed's model based forecasting -- where you co-director of the fed's model based forecasting. there are a lot more things i can say about you, but i think this gives us an indication of your qualifications. we're pleased you are with us today. what are you go ahead and let me hear from you and then i will introduce mr. joerres. >> thank you for inviting me to this hearing. following the deepest economic crisis since the great depression, u.s. and global economies are starting to recover. in our view, however, the recovery will be moderate and job gains modest. in 2010-11 we expect gdp to grow 3.5% and we expect annual job growth to average about 110,000 monthly over that two- year time frame, excluding high yields for the senses. even those job gains, however, are not a foregone conclusion. we have yet to see job growth in our economy, as you know. and

dr. brenner -- berberner, have u been adequately introduced? >> i am happy to proceed. >> let me just indicate, he is the managing director, co-head of global economics, and chief u.s. economist with morgan stanleyorecasting and analysis of the global economy and financial markets and co-heads the firm's strategy forum. you have served, of course, here on the research staff of the federal reserve in washington where yuko directed the fed's model based forecasting -- where you co-director of the fed's model based forecasting. there are a lot more things i can say about you, but i think this gives us an indication of your qualifications. we're pleased you are with us today. what are you go ahead and let me hear from you and then i will introduce mr. joerres. >> thank you for inviting me to this hearing. following the deepest economic crisis since the great depression, u.s. and global economies are starting to recover. in our view, however, the recovery will be moderate and job gains modest. in 2010-11 we expect gdp to grow 3.5% and we expect annual job growth to average about 110,000 monthly over that two- year time frame, excluding high yields for the senses. even those job gains, however, are no