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duckworth: thank you. mr. secretary, i share the concerns of my colleagues and other defense officials in terms of the detriments of sequestration, but i also am interested in the implication for money that is also being used in efficient ways, and in particular, i am thinking about the fact that we really don't know the kind of money that we are spending when it comes to service contractors, and there is still yet to be enterprise-wide contractor reporting contracts and under your own documentation, i believe the goal was to have 95 compliances by 2018, and i don't think you are probably going to make that goal, so despite numerous commitments from senior-level dod officials, can you tell me when you will restart work on this and when you are going to use acceptable army methodologies, and when you will be using compliance to ensure that inventory is used to inform and review decision making i what taxpayer dollars are being spent and what department? sec. carter: thank you for that, and some of that detail i

duckworth: thank you. mr. secretary, i share the concerns of my colleagues and other defense officials in terms of the detriments of sequestration, but i also am interested in the implication for money that is also being spent in wasteful and inefficient ways. specifically, i am thinking about the fact that we really don't know the kind of money that we are spending when it comes to service contractors and there is still yet to be enterprise-wide contractor manpower reporting application in dod. under your own documentation, i believe the goal was to have 95 compliance by 2018, and i don't think you are probably going to make that goal, so despite numerous commitments from senior-level dod officials, can you tell me when you will restart work on this and when -- on the ecmra when you are going to use the accepted army methodologies, and when you will insist on compliance from the agencies to ensure that inventory is used to inform and review decision making i what -- decision-making when taxpayer dollars are b

duckworth is an army national guard veteran. she lost both her legs in iraq when the helicopter she was piloting was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade. here's part of her campaign announcement today. >> i sponsored the no budget no pay act and led by example, returning more than $10,000 of my own pay to taxpayers and cutting over $100,000 from my office budget. >> mark kirk suffered a stroke in 2012. he made his recovery a focus of his re-election campaign. >>> there is progress today in the battle between some of those closest to the late actor robin williams. williams' wife and adult children have agreed to settle their fight over his estate out of court. susan williams says now she just wants to keep presents from their wedding and the tuxedo he wore on that day. but williams' children from his previous marriages say all clothing was left to them by their father in a trust. both sides will meet informally next week. >>> actress and d.c. native taraji p. henson is apologizing just late l more than a week after saying her son w

today illinois congresswoman tammy duckworth announced she'll challenge incumbent senator mark kirk. duckworth, an iraq war veteran who lost both legs when an army helicopter got hit by a rocket-propelled grenade, has been in the house since 2013. kirk won the house in 2010 two years after barack obama became president. we'll be right back. >> it didn't get the focus. will do anything to win. >> do you think differently for a woman who is willing to do anything to win. >> you see, that happened with nancy pelosi as well. she was asked why -- is that saying old? >> two more left. >> out of touch? >> i think you should ask mitt romney if that is gender specific. hillary clinton will be the most talked about candidate by everybody in the next couple years. >> the potential landmines are everywhere. you remember the word shrill, and saying you're likable enough, hillary. >> there was a lot of stuff about her reminding people of their ex-wife, do you remember that? the cleavage fiasco in 2008. >> george bush senior was accused of being someone's first husband, right? >> there was a lot of

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congresswoman duckworth will make an announcement on monday about her 2016 senate campaign. here are some of our featured programs for this weekend. on c-span2 saturday at 10:00 p.m. eastern government housing policies caused the 2008 financial crisis and that it could happen again. sunday afternoon at 5:00, a development plan to counter global issues like poverty political corruption, and environmental decay. saturday morning at 10:30 on c-span3, a discussion on last major speeches of abraham lincoln and martin luther king jr.. sunday afternoon at 4:00, the 1965 meet the press interview with martin luther king jr. find a complete schedule at www.c-span.org and let us know about the programs you are watching. call us, e-mail us, or send us a tweet. join the c-span conversation. like us on facebook. follow us on twitter. >> this sunday, a new book, "dead wake," the last crossing of the visiting a. >> it gets pitted when the question arises, what alternately happened to the lusitania? why was the lusitania allowed to enter the irish sea without escort without the kind of detai

i want to ask congresswoman and iraq war veteran tammy duckworth. the next generation of leaders.he stories of two inspiring student-athletes at duke who are joining the ranks. and today's final thought. a royal soldier says farewell. but first, in a matter of hours, united nations security council will hold an emergency meeting on yemen. it comes just as the u.s. pulls out its special operations forces following friday's mosque bombings that killed 137 people. joining me now is nbc news white house correspondent kristen welker. kristen, what do we know at this point? >> well patrick, good afternoon. we know that yemen continues to descend into chaos this afternoon. opposition fighters who drove the country's president into hiding months ago seized the third largest city overnight. the u.n. security council, as you pointed out, is planning to hold an emergency meeting later today to discuss this latest unrest. and in a draft of this afternoon's proposed resolution we expect the council to reaffirm its commitment to the president of yemen and to condemn the ongoing violence. now, t

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duckworth. ms. duckworth: thank you for being here today. as a time of sequestration when we are cutting our funding for forces here in the u.s. and looking at everything from shutting down economies areas on bases and adjusting benefits for our forces, we are looking at future expenditures in afghanistan. i have concerns about how they are spending the money that we are providing them with the resource and specifically you had mentioned their lack of self-sustaining capability. i would like to look at their ability to account for personnel . where we talk already the over 20,000 troops' attrition in the afghan forces that has been reported. i rely on the special inspector general's report as to what's going on there and there have been real concerns. the number of afghan military and police forces fluctuate significantly from quarter to quarter as much as 20,000 to 40,000 personnel and i'm worried we are spending this money and not spending as much on our u.s. forces here. are those 40,000 troop fluctuations, is that an accounting error? th

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duckworth. ms. duckworth: thank you for being here today. as a time of sequestration when we are cutting our funding for forces here in the u.s. and looking at everything from shutting down economies areas on bases and adjusting benefits for our forces, we are looking at future expenditures in afghanistan. i have concerns about how they are spending the money that we are providing them with the resource and specifically you had mentioned their lack of self-sustaining capability. i would like to look at their ability to account for personnel. where we talk already the over 20,000 troops' attrition in the afghan forces that has been reported. i rely on the special inspector general's report as to what's going on there and there have been real concerns. the number of afghan military and police forces fluctuate significantly from quarter to quarter as much as 20,000 to 40,000 personnel and i'm worried we are spending this money and not spending as much on our u.s. forces here. are those 40,000 troop fluctuations, is that an accounting error? tho

duckworth? >> thank you, mr. chairman. general dempsey, i join my colleagues and send warm wishes your way in thanking you many, many years of serving your great nation. >> i'd like to chat with you a little bit about the proposed budget that's upcoming. the house budget committee chairman has proposed boosting the fy '16 defense budget with an increased allocation. is it just as useful as a base budget dollar? should there be limitations that congress needs to be mindful of? congresswoman, both dollars are useful to us if they're used for purposes they're intended and needed. we don't need $36 or $38 billion extra to occo. we need that money in the base budget. they're both useful to us and have restrictions in law and in regulation. >> so if you had your brothers you would rather have those dollars be in the regular budget as opposed o edd to ocoo funding? >> absolutely. that's where we asked for it. that's where we need it. that's where we've identified the needs. and that also, and this is very important, and this gets

duckworth first to toss.th, age 47, a two-term democrat, who lost her legs in the iraq war in 2004 announced her bid yesterday in a two-minute video. the battle for that seat being listed on "the washington post" as the senate seat that could most likely slip in the . -- flip in the next election. writing it doesn't help that former congressman walsh, a tea party favorite, is considering a challenge. remote is up next from virginia. line for republicans. caller: good morning. good morning. host: go ahead, ramona. caller: i was so inspired by the senate thing for kennedy. both the republican input and the democrat input. this morning, all of the negative, it's about the republicans upset me. i am very upset about the black feeling that people do not like the blacks. that is not true. i remember very much that -- i was i campaign very much for the blacks. one of my congressman. i said, we are not taking care blacks at all. i am for -- i was very glad to have a black president. much better than clinton. i'm glad

also tweeted today, tammy duckworth well run for the senate seat held by mark kirk in 2016.her legs and the iraq war. senator kirk is suffering from disabilities from a stroke he suffered in 2012. this weekend, the c-span cities tour has partnered with cox communications to learn about the literary life of tulsa oklahoma. >> woody guthrie was born in 1912. we are very proud to have his work back here in oklahoma where we think it belongs. he was an advocate for people who were disenfranchised, for people who were migrant workers people from kansas and texas during the dustbowl era. he saw this vast difference between the haves and the have-nots and became their spokesman through his music. >> woody recorded very few songs of his own. we have 46 songs in his own voice. that is what makes the recordings that he did make so significant. woody guthrie: ♪ this land is your land this land is my land ♪ >> what's all of our programs on c-span2 and american history tv on c-span3. the potomac institute for policy studies is holding a discussion at the national press club on the terror

duckworth. >> think you should chairman. secretary mabus i was happily surprised to see you devote so much time to power and energy issues in your written testimony. your comment about fuel -- energy used as a fuel struck out to me. in 2003 and 2007 dod put up numbers that said 80% of all supply trucks on the road in iraq and afghanistan work conveying fuel. over 3000 americans and contractors were killed in fuel supply convoys. every time we talk about energy initiatives within dod somehow what gets lost in the conversation or the national security implications of what you and other services are trying to do. it's not just about going green for trying to achieve some larger environment to go. it's about developing technologies that will lighten the loads of our soldiers and marines and allow a platoon of soldiers and marines to push further to bring the fight to enemy territory because they are not dependent on huge logistical logistical. also range endurance in time on station for vehicles and airplanes. it's about being a

. >> miss duckworth. >> thank you mr. chairman. general, thank you for being here today. at a time of sequestration, when we are cutting our funding for u.s. forces here in the u.s. and looking at everything from shutting down commissaries on bases to adjusting retirement benefits for forces, we're looking at future expenditures in afghanistan. i have concerns that we have sufficient oversight how the afghans are spending the money wire providing them with the resource, and specifically you mentioned their lack of self-sustaining capability. i'd like too look at their ability to account for personnel. we talked about already the over 20,000 attrition in the afghan forceses that has been reported. i rely on the special inspector general's -- for afghan reton instruction's report as too what's going there on and i see there have been some real concerns. the numbers of afghan military and police forces fluctuates significantly, sometimes from quarter to quarter by as much as 20,000 or 40,000 personnel. i'm worried we're spending this money, not spending as mush on our u.s. f

i think there are structural issues as miss duckworth was going to that could impede your ability to access the funds. one the national defense authorization didn't marked up until december. your fiscal year begins in the fall. tell us why a base of 523 with an oko of 90-plus billion doesn't work or you're going to be facing that. >> i'll start first and then chairman. it doesn't work because to have the defense we need and the strategy that we have laid out, we need the budget that we have laid out, not just in one year but in the years to come, and so budgeting one year at a time, and this proposal is a one year at a time thing, doesn't work for national defense. it's not going to permit us to carry out the strategy as we've planned. >> mr. secretary, one more thing to jump in because you said that point before. you said that the president would veto a bill that legislates sequestration. if we pass a budget that has 523 as the base and we send you a national defense authorization act that is a base of 523 with oko of 90-plus billion is that within that veto threat? >> i think what

duckworth. >> thank you, mr. chairman. general, thank you for being here today.at a time a sequestration when we are cutting our funding for u.s. forces in the u.s. and looking at everything from shutting down commissaries on basis to adjusting retirement benefits for our forces, we are looking at future expenditures in afghanistan. i have concerns that we have sufficient oversight without afghans are spending the money and we're providing them with the resource, and specifically you had mentioned their lack of self-sustaining capability logistics capabilitcapabilit ies but i'd like to look specifically at of their ability to account for personnel. we talked about already the over 20,000 troop attrition in afghan forces that has been reported. i rely on the special inspector general's for afghanistan reconstruction's report as to what's going on there and i see there have been some real concerns. the numbers of afghan military and police forces fluctuates admittedly sometime from quarter to quarter by as much as 20,000 or 40,000 personnel. i'm worried we're spend

gabbard of hawaii and tammy duckworth of my home state of illinois, many diverse districts across thisry are well served by the women they elect to congress. when women succeed america truly does succeed. this is why we must continue to fight for equal pay for equal work. this week paycheck fairness legislation will be introduced. i urge folks across the country to call their representatives to co-sponsor this important legislation. we must also fight for affordable child care and other economic policies that support working women. allowing us to continue shattering the glass ceiling and reach the greatest heights of all sectors of society. thank you mr. speaker, for this wonderful hour of debate. i thank all of my colleagues for caring enough to get involved and participate. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2015, -- the gentlelady yields back the balance of her time. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2015, the gentlen omeoiamr woodalls rec