, you intend to work with the guard and reserve going forward? >> we are working very closely with the guard and reserve. if there's something we're holding from them, it's not apparent to me. it goes back to the trust that has to exist in the army and the other services as well with their reserve components. i would like to just elaborate a bit on what you said about the cost effectiveness, because there is a certain cost effectiveness to the guard and reserve, but truthfully, that's not why we have them. why we have them is because -- i mean, we've had them for centuries, but after vietnam, general crayton abrams said we would never allow ourselves to go to war without the reserves. he did that, because as he transitioned to an all-volunteer force, that was our way of staying in contact with america. so as we sit here today, the kbe is not will we have the participation of the guard and reserve, the reality is we cannot go -- cannot in place -- go without the guard and reserves. two-thirds of our sustainment capability is if the

yes, there's an employer support for the guard and reserve. one of the things that the employer support, we call it esgr, what they're doing now ... what does that stand for? esgr? yes, employer support for the guard and reserve. what they're doing is they're serving 80,000 employers. so we were talking about homelessness. what we're seeing is sometimes folks get deployed and they come back and they experience something called "underdeployment." they were doing a rather menial job, then they took on a huge responsibility when they were in the service and deployed. then they come back and that job isn't as meaningful to them anymore. so we have programs in place to help people to make sure that they're gainfully employed at a level that works for them, that provides some job satisfaction for them. beyond the issue of employment and beyond the reintegration, i know that other agencies -and let's talk about samhsa- has a strategic initiative specifically designated for military families. that's correct, ivette, we do. and our administrator, when s

, you intend to work with the guard and reserve going forward? >> we are working very closely with the guard and reserve. if there's something we're holding from them, it's not apparent to me. it goes back to the trust that has to exist in the army and the other services as well with their reserve components. i would like to just elaborate a bit on what you said about the cost effectiveness, because there is a certain cost effectiveness to the guard and reserve, but truthfully, that's not why we have them. why we have them is because -- i mean, we've had them for centuries, but after vietnam, general crayton abrams said we would never allow ourselves to go to war without the reserves. he did that, because as he transitioned to an all-volunteer force, that was our way of staying in contact with america. so as we sit here today, the kbe is not will we have the participation of the guard and reserve, the reality is we cannot go -- cannot in place -- go without the guard and reserves. two-thirds of our sustainment capability is if the

we believe we still need to have an operational ability within the national guard and the reserve component. and we have to identify what that will look like. we have to ensure we have access to the national guard reserve component. and all of this will enable less than to ensure they get the training and equipment necessary to meet the requirements that we are placing on them as we move forward. this is critical to us and our success. i promise you that if confirmed, we will constantly ss, study, work with the national guard bureau lists of the reserve component leaders in order to deal with these issues. >> thank you very much, general. general fraser? in april, the general testified that the civil reserve air fleet is a critical component to rapidly deploy forces on equipment with response times between 2448 hours after the mission is assigned. what are your thoughts in the future of the partnership with the civilian sector? >> thank you, senator, and i agree with the general that the craft as it is called is a significant part of what we have in our capabilities that are available to us

about a third of that cofrom our national guard and reserve. many national guard members -- >> the house is not in order. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the gentleman may proceed. mr. barrow: thank you, mr. speaker. while most americans don't know it, many national guard members don't get the same support we give career service members. when many national guards men and women go on the plane to go overseas, their families don't know about the services that are available to them. and when many of those trops get back home they don't have -- troops get back home they don't have the help they need to get back in daily lives. to address this disparity, in 2008 congress established the yellow ribbon reintegration program to provide a support network tailored to meet the needs of national guard and combat veterans. they help families with career counseling, suicide prevention, access to health care, veterans' benefits and education benefits. this final amendment would increase funding by $200 million. the augusta wounded warrior

and abroad. the bill fully funds the administration's request of peds 1.2 billion -- of $1.2 billion regarding reserve projects. congress usually adds funds for the guard and reserve projects but that option was not available to us this year. it is my hope that the services will acknowledge and address their chronic backlog of construction requirements for the guard and reserve forces in future budget requests. of note, this bill includes $550 million to construct or modify 15 department of defense schools at home and overseas. as "newsweek" pointed out last month, a shocking number of d.o.d. schools are crumbling and they need repair. the administration has made upgrading to these schools a priority, and the committee wholeheartedly supports that goal. d.o.d. school funding in this bill represents a significant down payment on the estimated $3.1 billion requirement for d.o.d. school recapitalization. the administration's request included funding for the move of marines from japan to guam. while the committee recognizes the need to restructure force posture in the pacific, we remain concerned about the cost of this plan and the lack of forward progress

and maintenance, army reserve, $217,500,000. operation and maintenance, navy reserve, $74,148,000. operation and maintenance, marine corps reserve $36,084,000. operation and maintenance, air force reserve $142,050,000. operation and maintenance, army national guard, $387,544,000. operation and maintenance air national guard $34,050,000. ms. lee: mr. chairman, i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk will continue reading. the clerk: transfer of funds $5 billion. the chair: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california seek recognition? ms. lee: thank you, mr. chairman. i ask unanimous consent that the amendment be considered as read. the chair: the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by ms. lee of california, page 131, line 25, insert after the dollar amount the following, reduce by $5 million. page 161, line 12 -- ms. lee: now may i ask for unanimous consent that the amendment be considered as read? the chair: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for five minutes. ms. lee: thank you very much, mr. chairman. i also once again thank chairman rogers and ranking member dicks and my colleagues on the appropriations committee for their hard work on this

did you notice at all a difference between active army, active military versus guard and reserve in termsf getting the materials because you indicated that when somebody leaves, they have an out briefing obviously. i know being from massachusetts that not only is the guard and reserve, you have to go through basically a total top to bottom and exit interview. they give it a packet and make make you rethink so when you are saying they don't have anywhere to go, quite frankly i would suggest that they look at the packet they have been given as we do here in massachusetts. what are your observations on that? >> well to begin with the specific specific answer i haven't seen any research whatsoever comparing the out processing support for active versus reserve so i'm not sure but that difference would be. i agree with you that individuals actually receive briefings. they receive materials. they basically should have a starting point on where to go and that is good. at the same time, the recently redone a rand new york state veterans needs paper as well as the earlier paper indicated that a num

when you cannot put more than 100,000 of them into a theater without turning heavily to our guard and reservets, and you know that there is a bureaucracy there that needs to be given more oversight than they have been given by any political party, frankly. we know hit is the number-one priority of the federal government, to protect our nation, but it does not mean that they should get a blank check. we should look to achieve savings there as well as in virtually every other part of the federal budget. host: last call comes from alabama. sorry about that. it comes from virginia. is that your district? it is a georgia republican line. caller: is there any way to get rid of capital gains or reduce it? any way to get rid of the death tax? we do appreciate your service, sir. we know you have an uphill battle and we are behind you one other%. guest: i believe that the reduced capital gains tax helps to incentivize investment in this country many countries do not have capital gains taxes. we have to take that into account when we consider decisions in investment purposes. but as i said earlier, this

. >> last year 156 soldiers and 301 reserve and national guard troops committed suicide. >>> bill by a law maker to abolish the death penality gets its first hearing tomorrow. more inmates died of natural causes. the billed with convert death sentences to life in prison without patrol. taxpayers spent $4 billion over legal fights on on the death penality. >> a bill that would contract down on smuggling cell phones into california prisons. they are on pace to confiscate 13,000 cell phones this year. compare that to 300 cell phones 5 years ago. the billed with impose six months in jail and a $5,000 fine for smuggling a phone and strip inmates of good behavior credits. >> neighbors are planning to form a human chain, what they are trying to stop and if it will make a difference. >>> before retiring their side the feds have one more star player and a lesson about picking trainers. >>> complete bay area news coverage continues, this is ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00. >>> if i call it david versus goliath. a group is taking on the city and plans to develop a hill. the city says it has no choi

highest recognition of employers for the extraordinary support they provide to our national guard and reserve members and their families. the award is especially significant because nearly half of our nation's military is currently comprised of guard members and reservists. these men and women have put their lives on the line about a because our country asked them too, because of their service we're able to enjoy the freedoms we have here at home. we owe those serving our country, our veterans and their families, our utmost gratitude and respect for their great sacrifices on our behalf. i commend the businesses who recognize the sacrifices of our service men and women and their families and i yield back the balance of my time. . the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from alabama rise? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman from alabama is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, mr. speaker. yesterday, president obama gave a speech to the nation about the debt ceiling. he said, and i quot

and maintenance, army reserve. $3,047,330,000. operation and maintenance, navy reserve, $1,323,134,000. operation and maintenance, marine core reserve, $274,443,000. operation and maintenance, air force reserves, $3,310, 459,000. operation and maintenance, army national guard, $6,979,232,000. operation and maintenance -- the chair: does any member seek recognition? clerk will read. the clerk: page 12, line 18, operation and maintenance, air national guard, $6,094,380,000. united states court of appeals for the armed forces, $13,861,000. environmental restoration, army, $346,431,000. environmental restoration, navy, $308,668,000. environmental restoration, air force, $525,453,000. environmental restoration, defensewide, $10,716,000. environmental restoration, formerly used defense sites, $276,495,000. overseas humanitarian disaster and civic aid, $107,662,000 to remain available until september 30, 2013. cooperative threat reduction account. $508,219,000 to remain available until september 30, 2014. department of defense acquisition work force development fund, $105,501,000. title 3, procurement, aircraft procurement, army, $6,487,481,000 to remain available until september 30, 2014. missile procurement, army, $1,464,223,000 to remain available until septem

all services have met their timeline goals in the army, guard, and reserve are on track to complete theirgust. in addition to the training, the forces -- in addition to the training the force on implications on the repeal, the department of defense has undertaken a

all services have met their timeline goals in the army, guard and reserve are on track to complete their5 august. in addition to the training forces -- i'm sorry, in addition to training the force on implications of the repeal, the department of defense has undertaken a comprehensive and her reverie view of regulations and policies to identify those that require revision to ensure a going forward and regulations will be neutral with respect to sexual orientation. these policies will be affect upon the date of repeal 20 september 2011. the majority of dod and service flood policies and regulations remain this name as they are already sexual orientation mutual. here are some of the main policies we've made determination sign. the first is the sessions, separations and rias session ends. upon repeal, statement about sexual orientation will no longer be a part to military service. upon repeal, services will no longer separated servicemembers under "don't ask, don't tell." upon repeal, former service members solely discharge under "don't ask, don't tell" them they reapply for reentry. with re

the guard and reserve components, family housing, barrack and other accounts are fully funded at the president's request. every military construction project funded in this bill is authorized in the senate defense authorization bill, which was unanimously reported out of the senate armed services committee on june 16. in fact, if you do the math, 52 senators in this chamber have already voted in favor of the milcon portion of this bill. in addition to milcon and the v.a., the bill provides $221 million for several related agencies, including arlington national cemetary and the american battle monuments commission. mr. president, i will submit a more detailed statement for the record but i again thank my ranking member for his support in crafting this bill. i also thank the staff of the subcommittee, christina evans, chad socum, and eddie van lindingham on my staff, dennis balkam and diane detry on the minority staff and former minority staffer ben hammond for their months of hard work and cooperative effort to produce this bill. again, this is a well-balanced and bipartisan bill. it

the number of bands, the army has 100, 32 active duty, 51 national guard and 17 reserves. air force, 24, navy 14 and the marines 14. speaking of the marines, friday before last, i had the first time opportunity for me to go to the parade at the marine bar racks here in -- baracks in washington, d.c., and everyone should aattend it and that is the most patriotic striking thing you will experience. and to lose something like that will be a tragedy for this country. the total cost for this -- for the bands is $320 million. and $282 million of those dollars is personnel costs. something that many don't understand is that these band members that perform in at least two of the services i'm familiar with, army and marine corps have other duties. some of them are rifle man. in the army, most of these people work in security or military police. and if the bands were not performing, they would still be in the military and still have personnel costs, housing costs and other costs that would be part of the d.o.d. expenses. so there is -- this is no extra that we're doing here. these pe

all services have met their timeline goals and the army, guard, and reserve are on track to complete august 15. ing ofition to the train co force on in the case of the repeal, the department of defense has undertaken a comprehensive and thorough review of regulations and policies to identify those that require revision to insurer going forward policies and regulations will be neutral with respect to sexual orientation. these revised policy will be effective on the date of repeal, 20 september, 2011. the majority of dod and regulations remain the same as they are already sexual orientation neutral. here are some of the major policies he had made determinations on. the first is a sessions separations and read a sessions. upon appeal, statements about sexual orientation will no longer be a bar the military service. up on repeal, the services will no longer separate service members under don't ask don't tell. upon repeal, former service members solely discharged under don't ask don't tell may reapply for reentry. with regard to -- openly gay and lesbian at companies will be evaluated acco

throughout the entire armed forces-- more than died in combat in iraq and afghanistan. 301 were in the regular army, reserves and national guard up more than 20% from the year before. there were 54 air force suicides -- the most since 1994. suicides in the u.s. marine corps fell nearly 30%. the navy saw a slight decline as well. for years, service chiefs and the secretaries of the army, navy and air force did send condolence letters to the families. but in most cases, the commander-in-chief did not. but his statement yesterday, president obama said it's time to change that policy, at least for those in combat zones. he said, "these americans served our nation bravely. they didn't die because they were weak. and the fact that they didn't get the help they needed must change." military officials have long downplayed a direct correlation between war experiences and suicide. >> i think it's a combination of when you look at our suicides, about a third of them happen before somebody has deployed with no history of deployment. about a third happen during a deployment and about a third in the year after they return home. >> brown: bu

and so, one of the things that i want to say that it is just not the person that is on active military, but there's also the vets, there's national guard, there's reserves; so, we're talking about a whole host and spectrum of categories within the military of men and women that are affected, correct? i think it's very important, ivette, that we stress that the populations that we really are concerned about, is that whole gamut, as you've indicated. it is individuals who have served on active duty and may still be on active duty. it is individuals who are in the national guard, who are a special group of people who actually belong to a state militia. we have individuals who have served in reserve components of each of the individual services who may or may not be in active status. and then we have a whole host of the family members who come into relationships and have relationships with those individuals who may be attached to an active-duty military base, who may not have any connection. and then we have veterans, and we have veterans who are disbursed all across the united states and may or may not have access to va services. so it is a very important

unified efforts of over 47,000 federal, state, and local responders, including 7,000 active and reserve coast guardmembers. i served as a federal on scene coordinator for six months. today, 15 months later after the explosion, we continue the response efforts while distipght from the response, the damage assessment is occurring as well. following the deepwater horizon incident, there have been numerous reports generated and investigations conducted not only to determines cause of the casualty, but to determine the effectiveness of the spill response. this includes the president's commission on the deepwater horizon oil spill and offshore drilling, the national incident commanders' report, and the preparedness review. they reviewed the report in addition to our own review to determine areas where the coast guard needs to take corrective action. two more reports are forthcoming. the coast guard and boemre's the joint investigation report and the coordinator's report that include perspectives of the federal on-scene coordinator regarding the effort. both reports are undergoing final agency review and

rendition, tbi, it was only natural that the prison guards would be trapped to fill the soldiers, sailors and marines and the surfaces and the reservesand came back to the states they were different. the experience damaged them. is it any surprise those involved in the prison brutality of the members of the west virginia national guard unit proposed mostly a state prison guards and the applied the lessons learned at the prisons to the iraqi detainee is that we get the benefit of the experience over here with the return to the civilian life. the prisons are bursting like the factories in the economic production is up and like the auto factories it is hard to find any humans working there. the robots have taken over. at least the act like robots. the show little human emotion as the conveyor belt goes they don't see humans, d.c. serial numbers, not names. my serial number is 1834, my human name is superstitious. ask any who has been free for 20 years with his prison number is and he will say it without hesitation. how do we change the prison system? we must change the lock them up and throw away the key mentality that dominates the soc

the last few years, they may want to go back into some capacity as a guard or reserves, but the law has been in effect for 17 years, and out a long time ago moved forward with their lives, and for some it will be a personal decision, and for some a painful division. this law will finally strengthen our national security so we can serve openly along our counterparts. >> we don't say we are retired, right? >> not retired, just kicked out. >> okay. maybe back in, if you are really pursuing that. all the best to you. >> thank you. >>> and now more on the breaking news out of oslo. an american who witnessed that describes the scene. the eagle flies at dawn. the monkey eats custard. price-line ne-go-ti-a-tor. so, you've been double crossed by other travel sites and now you want to try the real deal. yes, is it true that name your own price... ...got even easier? affirmative. we'll show you other people's winning hotel bids. so i'll know how much to bid... ...and save up to 60% i'm in i know the lady in leather travels on three wheels. wait, is that code? that's my secret weapon... ...naomi pryce see winning hotel bids now at

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and i'll quote out the last sentence. it does not affect the authority of the coast guard to regulate the use of waters subject to the jurisdiction of the united states within the yukon charlie reserve, end of quote. now, i would interpret that in saying the safety part of that is taken care of. the gentleman from alaska certainly is right on the part that these are state waters. i appreciate the gentleman for yielding. i yield back. mr. moran: i was happy to yield. i'd respond to the gentleman. the coast guard really doesn't spend too much time on rivers. it's normally coastal waters. it may have responsibility but the fact is the coast guard normally doesn't apply much in the way of resources. i'd like to know, how large is this national preserve, because i expect it's a substantial national preserve that we're talking about. do we know? mr. hastings: i don't know. mr. young: will the gentleman yield? mr. moran: it's my time. i yield to mr. -- it's my time, mr. young. i'll yield. mr. dicks: the parks service doesn't have jurisdiction. how does the coast guard have jurisdiction? that's another federal agency. the gentleman changed his story. he said the state had authority. i would