in spon to the independent study for the layout of okinawa and guam that we had mandated. and fraps this is just a miscoordination, because i know the snot under the jurisdiction of the department of avenue, but what you said is not right. we have mandated by law that there be an independent study and they report to the marines, so they're supposed to give their report to the secretary of defense in about two weeks. then the secretary of defense has up to about 90 days after that to report to us. this is not a small thing, as you know. and we're not in any way up here attempting to kill this program. we're trying to unstick it. is the administration, plural, administrations, have been working on this issue for 15 years now. a little more than 15 years. i've had dozens of japanese delegations visit my office just over the last year, including -- i have another one coming in this afternoon. and i have been saying to them over the last three months that there is an independent review that's going to take place in tandem with the reviews that are going on. i'm visiting japan r

in the asia pacific, we have about 50 ships supported by our base on guam, and our facilities or placesin singapore, the republic of korea and japan. they will be joined next spring by the first literal combat ship the freedom which will deploy for several months to find the concepts with the stationing of a combat ship. the less learned will help stabilize design and understand better the operational concepts of the mission packages. we're also collaborating with the marine corps to determine the support and the lift they need in order to support rotational deployments to australia. in the indian ocean, we depend on diego garcia and the air field there for logistic support. around the horn of africa, we depend on the air field to spoers the forces depending counterterrorism. in europe, we rely on places in europe and greece in support of the nato allis, and our own air atmosphere, guantanamo bay will become more important as traffic through the crossroad increases. when i assume the watch as the chief of naval operations i established three key tenants. they're the clee direction for t

their charges were suspended under president obama as part of his plan to close daniel gaunt -- guam guam. >> the president's plan to put the suspects on trial in a civilian court proved so unpopular that it was blocked in the government. >> today the white house acknowledged that closing guantanamo antawn mo bay has not and will not be easy. >> there have been obstacles in achieving that, but he remains committed to that. in the meantime we have to make sure that khalid sheikh mohammed and others accused of these heinous crimes are brought to justice, and this procedure is under way to ensure that happens. >> if found guilty, they could be executed. they will be in a court at guantanamo antawn bay to hear the charges. it has proved controversial at every turn. it will be much longer before the trial against them begins. "bbc news," washington. >> while khalid sheikh mohammed may be behind bars, the fight to capture the rest of those on america's most wanted terrorist list is ondid go. the man at the top of the list is saeed, the man thought to be behind the mumbai attacks. he staged

marines to guam is expected to cost $8.6 billion. japan will pay about a third of the tab. the united states will return 13 military facilities in okinawa to japan. both sides are presenting the effort as a way to quickly alleviate the burden of the american military presence on the southern island chain. >> translator: the deal achieves positive and concrete results, reducing okinawa's burden comes first. >> the agreement doesn't cover the relocation of the u.s. futenma air station within okina okinawa's main island. a number of locals are opposed to the move. they want the marine base off their island entirely but american and japanese officials say the current plan of shifting futenma to an area further north is the only feasible option at this time. originally the joint statement was to be released on wednesday. but it was postponed after opposition in congress. >>> we asked nhk world's takeshi kurihara to expln more. >> tokyo and washington carefully reworded the joint statement following statements from three u.s. senators. the changes make it sound like there may be

marines to guam is expected to cost $8.6 billion. japan will pay about a third of the tab. the united states will return 13 military facilities in okinawa to japan. both sides are presenting the effort as a way to quickly alleviate the burden of the american military presence on the southern island chain. >> translator: the deal achieves positive and concrete results, reducing okinawa's burden comes first. >> the agreement doesn't cover the relocation of futenma air station within okinawa's main island. a number of locals are opposed to the move. they want the marine base off their island entirely but american and japanese officials say the current plan of shifting futenma to an area further north is the only feasible option at this time. originally the joint statement was to be released on wednesday. but it was postponed after opposition in congress. >>> nhk world's takeshi kurihara covers diplomatic issues. so, takeshi, what do you think will happen with the futenma relocation issue? >> yes, tokyo and washington carefully reworded the joint statement following statements

the total cost of relocating the marines to guam is estimated at $8.7 billion of which japan will should $2.8 billion. the document also calls for the return to japan of 13 u.s. military facilities in okinawa. >>> the hunt for a group of bears that mauled two women to death at a tourist park in northern japan is over. hunters managed to shoot the six bears dead on friday afternoon, after they fled their enclosure into the surrounding forests. the drama at the bear park in kazuno, akita prefecture, began on friday morning when park officials made an emergency call to report that one of the workers had been attacked. rescuers found a female employee lying outside an enclosure, but were unable to reach her for several hours because there were still bears milling about. when they did finally reach her, she was already dead. the body of another female worker was found nearby. the park had 38 bears including brown bears and asiatic black bears. it was preparing to open for the spring tourist season. following reports of the escape, the national road near the park was cordoned off and outdoor a

presence in japan and on guam. as we discussed the budget issues here at home, our thoughts are principally focused on places far from here. nearly 20,000 marines are partners with an approximately equal number of afghan security forces in afghanistan, in the effort to bring security and stability to the people of that country. in addition, our navy forces at sea in the central command are joined by another 10,000 sailors on the ground, most supporting our combat forces in afghanistan. we all deeply regret the tragic loss of civilian life in afghanistan, apparently caused by one of our solgers last week. the veginvestigation of that incident needs to go forward expeditiously and tranls parentally with the due process that is also one of the core values we hold dear as americans. we should not lose sight of the fact that our goals remain clear, to train indigenous afghan forces to provide for the security of the afghan people, and to support them while they get larger and stronger and more capable. the taliban's goa

they say this is a step forward and that they can move to guam, hawaii, and australia. >> we had the spectacular site of a space shuttle over our area last week. today, it was new york's turn. it left dulles the same way of discovery came in, on the back of a 747. it made a scenic flight over of the big apple before touching down. the enterprise will soon be on display at the new york u.s.s. intrepid sea air and is based museum. still to come, gas prices are still slipping and that's good news. see where prices stand this weekend. >> airfare is not, however. how much air fare has jumped in the recent months. >> today congress acted to keep interest rates and low for college students but the way republicans want to pay for it have the democrats crying foul. >> i'm doug hill in the belfort to furniture weather center. starting off the weekend on a nice note. sunshine saturday and sunday? find out minutes away. >> efforts to keep interest rates low for student loans are coming to a halt. >> even though the president wants to keep the rates down, he has vowed to veto the bill. rebecca co

. -- guam. expends.xpayer's that is just the tip of the iceberg. the billions that are lost, again, by having the federal government's primary landlord agency out of control and not operating as it should. that is what is outrageous. we smelled a rat. we asked for data, because if you look at the budget at the expenditures for the public buildings commissioner, it went from $2.9 million in 2007 to $9 million. that is what, 8200% increase? so we started asking for data. -- a 2% increase? so, we started asking for data. you heard him say that in every hearing. what we got instead, this is what we got instead, folks. just a few pages of the top numbers. anyone can see now why did not want to disclose what was going on. ms. norton said, and i agree, we have thousands of people who work for the government day in and do a good job. this is not an example most federal employees. we ask a lot. we will hear from one of them today. she worked on this committee. when you see the time of what took place, you see a timeline of cover-up. a timeline of deceit. a

trips to hawaii guam, and napa valley jet setting with his wife and kids on the government a dime. >> fool me once, ok. but again and again? >> it is not just neely. >> every time we turn over a stone we find 50 more and we find things crawling out under them. >> the general services administration has been mired in scandal dating back to the jimmy carter administration. former metro boss now cleaning up the miss. >> we will look at the entire structure of the agency's top to bottom. >> they all agreed the gsa has temporarily given all of washington a big black eye. >> this is outrageous behavior regardless of whose administration it is. >> the inspector general says since the scandal came to light many more whistle-blowers are calling the hot line. leaders are demanding several reimbursed taxpayers for the expenses. leaders will not talk about punishment that might be heading might beneely. >> -- might be coming to jeff neely. >> which cell phone company has the fastest speed for your smartphone? >> the health of the chesapeake gets a shockingly low grade. >> parts of the year are ge

in china, famous for spring blossoms like guam and peach but not cherry. it was only last year that the park won its reputation as a wonderful place to view cherry blossoms. it was at the same time the city held its first cherry blossom festival. this year, the park doubled the number of its cherry trees to 12,000. so far this year, 800,000 people have visited? . >> translator: cherry blossoms appear passionate but they are also graceful and pure. >> translator: some people find it's more than the blossoms that attract them. taking advantage of the romantic mood created by the flowers, the park organized a match making party. about 150 people took part. at the end, they all wrote down their info and attached them to a cherry tree and then prayed their wishes would come true. >> i wrote that i want to get married this year. >> reporter: nurseries are cashing in on the popularity of cherry blossom. shuyang grows many of championship's streets. nursery owner arrives in style. >> just over there. >> translator: this is my nursery. as far as you can see. it's 4

. >> well, it's near guam which is western pacific out in the middle of nowhere. >> stephen: part ofsir, it's not nowhere. >> it's in the fed rated states of micrones ya, sir, about a mile outside of american water. >> stephen: there are american citizens they have a representative in government, [bleep]. >> whoa, whoa. >> stephen: okay. [bleep]. >> all right, fed rated states of micronesia. >> stephen: and they have a congresswoman, i interviewed her. you're on my turf. you know the bottom the ocean. i know congress. >> are you aware she can't vote. >> stephen: i do know she can't vote, neither can washington, d.c., does that mean that is not in the united states. because i agree with you there. okay, all right, i accept your apology. now so why go down there? what's down there, man. >> well, it's the last unexplored frontier on planet earth. >> stephen: how far down are we talking. >> seven miles. 36,000 feet or 11,000 meters. >> stephen: please, we don't broadcast in europe, all right, are you canadian. >> i'm canadian [bleep]. >> stephen: no wonder you don't know what-- (cheers a

then another junket, that one to california, the hawaii-guam stipend trip with staff. four-day site visit to hawaii. and then this offsite trip to napa, is that california? you got to go to the wine region. i see why mr. neely is not with us today and the only pictures i can get of him are in his hot tub suite. but i thank you, ms. britta for your coming forward and for your trying to be a good steward of taxpayer dollars, yield back. >> thank you mr. micah. mr. shaw? >> thank you for having this very important hearing today, needless to say i was appalled when i first heard about some of the things that the gsa administration had paid to the taxpayers or their conference. this congress has had its share of disagreements over the past how to reduce the federal spending and how to address the deficit issue, however, i think that we all can agree on that there's no place for this type of a taxpayers abuse of funds. the employees that put together this conference forgot that the federal government is supposed to work on behalf of the tax payers, families and small busines

the force in japan. 9000 marines are being moved to long and other locations in the pacific -- to guam and other locations in the pacific. a substantial presence will remain. this comes days before the prime minister flies to washington to visit the white house. so controversial has the american presence in that it brought down one of its predecessors. the deal was welcomed by the japanese government. >> i believe it has been good. we have not only been able to maintain strong force position, we have also been able to decrease the burden on the open now people -- open now -- okinawan people. >> the base in the city center has long been a source of grievance. many people have campaigned for it to be moved off the island of together. the two governments say there is no viable alternative to sticking to the previously agreed to plan to move it to okinawa's coast. bbc news in tokyo. >> in other news, at least 27 have been injured in the number of explosions in ukraine. the blasts were near the eastern city. the first was close to a central tram shop. osecond close to a local cinema. two se

manager who planned the did $823,000 trip to las vegas, also visited the napa wine country, hawaii, guam all on the taxpayers' dime. officials say jeff neilly -- jeff neeley took those trips even after he was warned they were excessive. the whistle-blower saying gsa is now trying to recover the cost from those trips. >> by the way, welcome back from hawaii. >> it is so nice. >> ours or theirs? >> ours. >> mike, thank you from kristen. >> i thought i brought it back, but if you want to bring it back from hawaii, that's fine. >> us and everybody else we are all comfortable. >>> good morning. hopefully you were able to head out on spring break and enjoy some time away also. it is quiet, 24 hour temperature change as we talked about yesterday will be slightly cooler, napa, santa rosa, los gatos one to five degrees warmer. what we are seeing now is what we'll see at 8:00, partly sunny to mostly cloudy, temperatures in the 40s to around 50°. as we head towards noon low clouds leave us, mix of high clouds and sun upper 50s along the coast low to mid 60s for the rest of us upper 60s antioch, fai

the marines will move from o okinawa to other areas including guam. >>> the chinese government has indicatedocal company has a right to use the ipad trademark in china. both apple and pro view technology, a chinese i.t. equipment maker are claiming the right to the use of the tablet computer's trademark. apple says it bought the ipad trademark in china from a pro view group company in taiwan. but a high ranking official at china's state administration for industry and commerce said that apple failed to take the steps necessary for the registration of the trademark under chinese law. the official made the comment as a second trial in a higher court is in progress. last year apple lost its case in a lower court in shen zen and filed an appeal. the officials comment is considered as likely to influence the outcome of the latest trial. >>> japan has agreed to continue technical cooperation with venezuela state run oil company in drilling and refining crude oil in the south american country. the japanese government took the step in response to rising domestic demand for fuels. the move is in line

last exhibition guame of the spring. hosting, national park. bottom of the fifth. two men on.s are down 6-0. not for long. smacks the three-run home run to left center. now, it's 6-3. looking good, man. bottom of the ninth. two outs. nats down, 8-7. sends one up the middle. ian desmond. coming around. throws. nails him at the plate. boston goes on to withn. opening day in chicago thursday. players are ready for it. >> started last year, you know, last year, never say die team. we went ahead. added more guys. same attitude. just going to continue to bid and get stronger. >> i am ready to go. i mean, nice squad. we have a good group of guys. we got the team pretty much finalized now. we know who we are going to be playing with. and who is play being hoond ing. do you know who the happiest man in america is right now? >> who? >> rg-iii. >> why is that? >> crushed them. both on a mission in ncaa women's funl. th -- final. this camera here. the first team to within 40 games. there he goes. busting a move, rg-3. notre dame the runner-up last year. everybody's favorite there. second

states entered into the war we did not have any colonial possessions, yet after the war we picked up guam, puerto rico, the philippines, there were people who said we had designs on cuba. we did not, in fact, colonize cuba. they became an independent country. but another important i think aspect of the spanish american war is that it really thrust our country onto the world stage as a colonial empire. arkansas' role was in a non-military manner if you will. we raised 2,000 troops. i'm standing in front of the beautiful restored regimental flag from the second arkansas u.s. volunteers. however, few arkansans actually fought in the conflict. mainly because the war only lasted ten weeks. our two regiments were sent to training camps in georgia and alabama, and as they were getting ready to go to fight in cuba, basically the fighting was over.

territory of guam and other places in the asian pacific. it's part of a broaden design to diffuse the tensions. about 10,000 marines will remain on the island. >>> a struggling gets help from a kayaker in the araban see. this was last month when he found a turtle entangled in a fishing net. he managed to get that turtle free. the man says the coastline has become littered with discarded fishing net during the past decade. >>> 5:26. she's got her shoes, dress and ticket, but one pennsylvania girl may not be going to her junior prom. why her date may be to blame. >>> also he's being called the meanest boyfriend in america. what this guy did to his girlfriend that has earned him this dubious distinction. >>> and, charley, there will be plenty of sunshine today. i'll tell you if it's going to last through the weekend. those details coming up. >>> here's a live look at the brooklyn bridge in new york. so let's head that way for the very latest in business news. reporter: good morning. topping america's mope, krl is back, the -- chrysler is back.

reason why senator webb, senator levin and i and others have been concerned about the issue of guam is because the costs have escalated dramatically and at least in one area from $6 billion to $16 billion.wg there's been slow progress with the japanese.w so we decided after senator levin, senator webb and others 7 of us that we needed some w?w?ww outside view, independent view of this situation.wó we passed the defense authorization bill in december.7 it's now been 2 1/2 months.cwc7 how long does it take to let a contract to get an independent assessment, mr. secretary? >> senator, since this contract is not under my purview, since i don't let this contract -- >> i see.w7w7w7w7 it's somebody else's w??w?w? responsibility.wwg well, i want to tell you for w sure that until we get that independent assessment, there ww should be no concrete plans madw by the secretary of defense or 7 the defense department until we? have a chance to examine an w+w+ independent assessment and thenç go through the authorization w// process for any expenditure of funds that need to be made in w; order t

just this year, february 4th, regional commissioner spent 17 days in guam. 17 days. who does that in private sector? who does that? who leaves their job for 17 days? that's not the way the private sector works. that's not the way real people work. that's not how real companies work. it doesn't end there either. march 12th, a meeting in napa, off site, $40,000 for that meeting. why do we have to meet in napa? >> that's, i believe you're talking about the same regional commissioner. i don't know. i was not aware of the meeting. the senior management meetings i held were in regional cities. many of them held in federal building conference rooms, boxed lunches, and when people ate out, they paid their own way. those are the meetings, when necessary, are the right meetings. >> who reports to who? we can sit here and pound on him as well he should be pounded on, but who reports to who? who oversees who? i ran a company. i ran a business. i could tell you this would not have been going on, and it wouldn't be two years later we would be talking about it. who reports to who?

to guam australia and hawaii. the countries said this shift will help strengthen the u-s' presence across the asia- pacific region. the obama administration is focusing on this part of the world... to respond to threats from north korea, china, and territorial disputes in the south china sea. pakistan has deported osama bin laden's three widows, his two daughters, and nine other members of his family. they left on a private plane for saudi arabia this morning. just last week, the widows and daughters completed 45 days of house arrest for living illegally in pakistan. one of the widows told authorities, they never applied for visas when they slipped into the country... and they moved from safe house to safe house with the help of local pakistanis. a federal judge is refusing to make public the graphic pictures of osama bin laden's bullet- riddled body. the day after bin laden was killed, the legal activist group "judicial watch" filed a freedom of information request. they wanted public release of pictures taken at

in far-reaching places like ascention island, antarctica an guam. it also operates a joint center for the development and validation of space weather. models and instruments in cooperation with the air force and others. we recognize that space weather information is vital to the military commanders an space scientists for planning an anomaly resolution. finally, the goal stone deep space network has a downlink site at the national training center at ft. irwin, california. as most of you know we recently retired our flagship program, the space shuttle, after 30 spectacular years of flight and 135 missions. that's more flights by far than any other human space flight program. through its triumphs and tragedies, it gave our nation many firsts and many proud moments. the defense department flew 11 dedicated missions on the space shuttle. the first was sts-4 in june, 1982. and the last was sts-53 in december, 1992. nasa is also proud to have provided space access to about 270 secondary d.o.d. payloads, most on the shuttle middeck or in the cargo bay. the

military in okinawa. 5,000 marines were relocate to guam while the rest will head to hawaii and australiat obama says these moves will help protect trade lines with other countries, as well as keep a close eye on the growing threat from north korea. >>> new warning this morning about a potential terror threat that could be planned for the coming anniversary of osama bin laden's death. u.s. intelligence officials released a bulletin saying there is no credible threat, but they are urging law enforcement to be on the lookout. embassy in-based al qaeda in the arabian peninsula is believed to be the likely source of any attack. a team of navy s.e.a.l.s. raided the compound in pakistan killing the terrorist leader on may 2 of last year. >>> the widows and children of al qaeda's former leader are on their way back to saudi arabia this morning. pakistan deported 14 of bin laden's family members including his three wives and at least eight children. pakistani authorities arrested the family after that predawn raid last year that killed bin laden. they were charged with being in the country illega

they went on a 17-day trip to hawaii, guam, saipon. and then in march this year, last month, a four-day visit to hawaii again, four-day trip to napa for the executive team meeting. $40,000, excluding travel expenses. and you took immediate action? you got a recommendation from the i.g. get a handle on it. you got a new administrator. get a handle on it. what immediate action did you take? >> first of all, congressman, i did not know about those trips. i knew that the i.g., as he has said -- >> you knew about the nine preplanning trips and the vegas trip, did you not? >> i learned about those last may, yes. >> you heard -- no, no, no. you're under oath. you heard about them when? >> i learned about the vegas trips -- well, i learned about the vegas conference in september 2010 when i understood that my senior counselor was going to attend a conference in the western regions. that's when i learned about the conference. >> so you knew about the conference and the preplanning trips before the i.g. came in. >> no, i did not. no, i did not.

to talk about trips to hawaii, atlanta, junkets to the south pacific, california, atlanta, hawaii, guam, saipan, all at taxpayer expense. but that's just the tip of the eyeingberg. the billions that are lost, again, by having the federal government's primary landlord agency out of control and not operating as it should and making these assets perform for the public is what's outrageous. you know, we smelled a rat, and we asked for data because if you look at the budget and the expenditures for the public buildings commissioner they went from $2.9 million in 2007 to $9 million. that's, what, 200%, 300% increase? so we started asking for data. we got stonewalled time and time again. mr. denham asked at almost every hearing, you heard him say we requested information and data. what we got instead, this is what we got instead, folks. just a few pages of the top numbers. anyone can see now why they didn't want to disclose what was going on. miss norton said, and i agree, we have thousands of people who work for the federal government who work day in and day out and do a good job. this is not

i'm talking about two trips to hawaii, a trip to saigon, a trip to guam, a trip to napa valley and several other places. that correct? that. >> is correct, unfortunately. senator. >> all right. the -- mr. tangherlini, there are a total i guess of 11 regions if you count washington. and this was 7 -- or 8, 9, 10, or 11, i guess. are you aware of in the other areas, in the other ongoing investigations that you would feel comfortable talking about, do you know of any others that are taking place of other regions other than this? is this an isolated case for right now. >> so let me just, if you don't mind, let me reiterate that it's 7, 8, 9, 10. region 11 is actually the national regional, d.c. >> oh, i see. >> as far as the ongoing investigations, i think it's better if the inspector general speaks to that. >> okay. that's fine. >> senator, yes, there are ongoing investigations. some involving other regions. >> okay. and were they stimulated because of this problem coming up, or were they already under investigation? >> some were stimulated because of this. i'd have to check on exactly how ma

just this year, just this year on february 4, regional commissioners spent 17 days in guam, 17 days this year. who does that in private sector? who does that? who leaves their job for 17 days. that's not the way the private sector works. that's not the way real people work, real companies work. march 12, a meeting in napa. $40,000. why do we have to meet in napa? >> i believe you're talking about the same regional commissioner. i don't know. i'm not aware of the meeting. the senior management meetings i held were in regional meeting, many held in federal building conference rooms. we brought in box lunches. those are the kinds of meetings when necessary that i believe are the right kinds of meetings. >> and who reports to who? we can pound on mr. neely as well he should be pounded on, but who reports to who? who overseas who? i ran a company, i ran a business, and i can tell you this would not have been going on and it wouldn't be two years later that we would be faulk talking about it. who oversees whom? who is responsible for whom? and who did you report to? at what point did you blow

i'm talking about two trips to hawaii, saigon, trip to guam, napa valley and several other places. is that correct? >> that is correct, unfortunately. >> that is -- all right. mr. tangherlini, the -- you talk about a total, i guess, of 11 regions, if you count washington. and this was seven, eight, nine -- or eight, nine, ten and 11, i guess. are you aware of in the other areas, any other ongoing investigations that you would feel comfortable talking about? do you know of any others that are taking place, other regions other than this? is this an isolated case for right now? >> so let me just, if you don't mind, reiterate it's seven, eight, nine, ten. region 11 is the national capital region. >> i see. that's fine. >> but as far as ongoing investigations, i think it's actually better if the inspector general speaks to that. >> okay. that's fine. >> senator, yes, there are ongoing investigations. some involving other regions. >> okay. and were they stimulated because of this problem coming up? or were they already under investigation? >> some were stimulated because of this. i would

most will go to guam the japanese have complained about the noise and misconduct by members of the military>> we're witnessing history and >>> continuing coverage now of the doyle drive project. take a look into the future. caltrans created this animation to show us what motorists will encounter next week after the demolition is complete. the underground viaduct are said to be put into use beginning monday morning at 5:00 a.m. the construction crews tearing down doyle drive are now 2-1/2 hours into that demolition project. amber lee is live and has a front row seat as heavy equipment rips apart the structure, amber. >> it's been a half hour since we first showed you what this historic demolition project looks like. this is what's going on right now. section by section workers are tearing apart the roadway moving quickly it appears they're making good progress. when that's done, another specialized piece of equipment called the labante with giant red claws will come in and crush the columns. crews say it'll be noisy all weekened long in this area but that they're doing everything they can to

you know, some of the approaches that had been agreed to with regards to how we would relocate to guam and the amount of money that would be expended in that move. but we are in the process of working with japan to try to negotiate an approach that we think will make better sense. this has been something that's been bouncing around for 15 years. we think it's time that we try to resolve it and the japanese have been very cooperative in work with us on this effort. >> to the tune of three prime ministers. but i appreciate that. and the two landing strips they were looking at the one of the air bases is that off the table? >> i think that's one of the things we're discussing. >> okay, great. thank you. >> mr. aquita. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. secretary, i'd like to get a ratio from you. when you think of the term war fighter, or combat troop, troops for every one of those brave men and women, how many others are behind them, whether they are contractors, whether they are civilian employees, uniformed, noncombat. what's the ratio? >> crudely, 1.4 million in european form. 750,000 ci

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hawaii, guam and more. there was $150,000 intern conference in palm springs, california.40,000 for a conference in napa valley. in vine country. i'm sure there was a good reason for that. . >> what do you mean by intern conference. >> several lawmakers asked why there was a need for conference for interns that are effectively entry level employees. there really wasn't much of an answer to that question. but one of the things about this is that the whistleblower who we've heard about, who we heard from the first time today, she was the deputy administrator at the gsa on this particular trip, the 17-day junket to the south pacific, she actually notified some people about that and it didn't really matter. listen to what happened. >> you notified about the upcoming junket and expressed concern, right? >> i did. >> what happened? >> i expressed concern and asked her to review the plans. >> and that called it off, didn't it? >> no. so they went on that junket. another one to point, california, the hawaii, guam, trip with staff. another trip to atlanta. four-day site visit to ha

based manager who planned the $820,000 trip to las vegas also visited the napa wine country, hawaii, guam all on the taxpayers' -- dime. officials say jeff neeley took those trips after he was warned they were excessive. the whistle-blower says the gsa is trying to ref cover the cost of all those trips. >>> let's check in with mike knee -- mike nicco. >> shorts maybe? >> maybe a coat this morning, then shorts this afternoon. one of those days where you have to change with the time of the day. live doppler not picking up any organized areas of rain maybe a little drizzle along the coast for the most part dry everywhere clouds around the bay shore right now at the reporting stations they are not reducing visibility not causing delays into sfo. mostly cloudy through 8:00 this morning, mix of low and high clouds, temperatures where they are now upper 40s to low 50s, by noon we start to lose those low clouds, high clouds persistent in the forecast, today upper 50s along the coast into san francisco, low to mid 50s for us during the lunch hour. mid to upper 60s around the bay. low to mid 70s in

and japan have announced 9000 marines will move from the japanese island of okinawa to guam hawaii, andc region. 10,000 marines will remain on okinawa. it's part of an effort to remove tensions of what japanese see as a bird in some u.s. presence. >> a federal judge denied a request gto release photographs and video taken of the raid on the home of bin laden last year. a u.s. intelligence official says there's no specific terrorist threat leading up to the anniversary, but there has been increased intelligence of tatter from al qaeda groups in yemen. >> now to the martin case soliciting donations for george zimmerman's legal defense fund has raised more than $200,000. his lawyer says the website will shutdown and he will tell a judge about the money today. he is now free on bond. a key witness in the trial of former democratic presidential candidate john edwards will be back on the stand today. andrew young will face more questions about secret donor money used to pay for expenses. much of the money went toward his family's dream home instead of edwards' pregnant mistress, he had mixed.

. >> we clearly have to do a lot more recruiting on guam. congratulations, man. of what you have done. >> maybe we all need government jobs. >> the real penalty is they all have to work with such awful other people. a horrible group to be around every day. >> honestly, though, aside from them who is going to find that funny? the whole country is in dire straights right now. people are unemployed, who is going to find it funny other than those guys? do you find it funny? >> no, i find it tragic. gsa employees would go awol and scouting. i don't think they are bad people. it's a system that has to be changed. we have to reign in the debt for our children. ice a serious problem. >> and the spokesperson for the president weighs in on augusta. how did tiger do today? does anyone know? i was watching him last week. he did really well. here's the thing. they don't allow women in the club s that okay? for example, if you had an all-jedediah bila golf club. >> it would be fun. >> you go out with a night out with your friends, girls night out. >> yeah. >> an all-guy golf c

jeffrey neely bringing his wife and daughter on a 17-day trip through hawaii and guam. >> it seems that officials in luxurious trips. stuart varney joins us live. stuart, probably this g.s.a. thing has reinforced a lot of images people have in their head as government excess. >> it's exploded. it was a clown story and now it's a government excess story and it's rubbing up on president obama. there's a new focus, that's deborah neely. that's the wife of bathtub jeff. that was a little unkind. a little unkind. but deborah neely frequently accompanied her husband on trips including a birthday celebration in the south pacific and she actually borrowed the credentials of g.s.a. members so she can mingle at these events, go on the floor and walk around and partly organize them. she organized parties. she organized the catering. she actually recommended a lip balm be branded for the g.s.a. >> was she telling government employees what to do? >> basically, yes. >> criminal activity, is that what we're heading as well and is that necessary? >> deliberate misuse, fraudulent misuse of government fu

we learned he is temporarily practicing medicine on the island of guam, a tiny u.s. the pacific. early one morning in june 2003, we wait for him to show up for work. hey, dr. albom, chris hansen with "dateline nbc." how are you? >> nice to meet you. >> we're doing an investigation into the trade of underage prostitutes in cambodia. and we know that you've frequented some of the places around phnom penh and svay pak. >> that's true, i have visited there many times. >> with underage girls? >> no, not to my knowledge. >> may i show you a videotape? >> yes, but not on camera. >> well, i think you'll want to see this. we show him some of the undercover video. >> i usually take -- they're usually very, very young. we say 15, 16, maybe a 14-year-old might sneak in if you can't tell the age. >> you say maybe a 15, 16, even a 14-year-old girl could sneak in if you can't tell the age. that's underage, doctor. >> i don't want to say anything more, but i've read about things like this. i've talked to people who have done this, but i deny any participation in anything like this.