congress man or woman to go against them here's congressman buck mckeon chairman of the house armed services committee who has fought cuts to have and there will be winners and losers in this process tough choices must be made but i will not support initiatives that will leave our military less capable and less ready to fight. in addition to the wars in iraq and afghanistan and the health and safety of men and women serving and there are also other expenses more than eight hundred military bases in places like the marshall islands and a seven million dollars sponsorship by the army of nascar. usually pleas for money to come closer to the name world of life or death drastic reductions in the size and strength of the us military make milla armed conflict all the more likely with an unacceptably high cost in american blood and treasure but the real treasure in our minds with those with the real power according to trends research institute director gerald celente it's a simple as they had writing on the wall it's called the military industrial complex is in charge of the nation and until that changes ther

. >> the president's proposed budget was also the subject of house armed services committee for defenseary robert gates back to $70 billion cut in defense spending. but criticize congress for failing to pass a budget for this year. running the government under us stop gap measure that expires next month. >> the department of defense will face a crisis if we end up with a year long resolution for significant funding cut for 2011. the >>reporter: the president could see his budget would add 7.2 trillion dollars to the national deficit by 2021. the cbs news poll shows 49 percent of those surveyed, expect the government to cut programs that benefit them. at the white house, a new press secretary said both sides will have to give and take on the budget. >> he decide need to be willing to give. >>reporter: the white house has warned that the president will use his veto pen is presented with the bill, that undermines his critical priorities national security. in washington, samantha hayes kron 4 news. >>pam: president barack obama will be in the bay area tomorrow. he's meeting with business le

security and that's just not realistic actually secretary gates was testify in front of the house armed services committee and he was asked about this very idea you know how much money do we really need to spend for all these security needs and he said listen you know there's no money money that you can spend that can actually take our risk down to zero and that's just it's an illusory concept so we need to do a better job as i said of matching our resources and our priorities and at this moment time with the difficult economic situation in the u.s. we really just can't afford to increase the pentagon budget year after year as we have been doing over the last decade. and terrorist operation has been introduced in parts of russia's southern republic of. it follows a series of incidents this weekend police defuse a car bomb containing the equivalent of seventy kilos of t.n.t. at a hotel in the ski resort of their school a few hours earlier a cable tower at a nearby ski lift was blown up although luckily no one was hurt but before that two masked men opened fire on a tourist minibus further north killing thr

security and that's just not realistic actually secretary gates was testify in front of the house armed services committee and he was asked about this very idea you know how much money do we really need to spend for all these security needs and he said listen you know there's no amount of money that you can spend that can actually take our risk down to zero and that's just it's an illusory concept so we need to do a better job as i said of matching our resources and our priorities and at this moment time with the difficult economic situation in the u.s. we really just can't afford to increase the pentagon budget year after year as we have been doing over the last decade. three years of self proclaimed independence from serbia the region's unilateral moves backed by the us and seventy five other countries most un member states including russia the have not recognized it as a separate nation the anniversary was marred by a recent council of europe report the document claims that kosovo as leaders including the current prime minister were responsible for serious crimes during the war in the late one nine hun

and that's just not realistic actually secretary gates was testifying in front of the house armed services committee and he was asked about this very idea you know how much money do we really need to spend for all these security needs and he said listen you know there's no amount of money that you can spend that can actually take our risk down to zero and that's just it's an illusory concept so we need to do a better job as i said of matching our resources and our priorities and at this moment time with the difficult economic situation in the u.s. we really just can't afford to increase the pentagon budget year after year as we have been doing over the last decade and miriam pemberton from the institute for policy studies in washington says that defense dollars are supposed to make americans safer and may actually be doing the opposite. what they do and they've been doing it for years is a envision you know very ambitious plans for military spending then they pair them back a little bit and they call that a cut at military bases around the world some of those bases were in saudi arabia it's pretty c

security and that's just not realistic actually secretary gates was testify in front of the house armed services committee and he was asked about this very idea you know how much money do we really need to spend for all these security needs and he said listen you know there's no amount of money that you can spend they can actually take our risk down to zero and that's just it's an illusory concept so we need to do a better job as i said of matching our resources and our priorities and at this moment time with the difficult economic situation in the us we really just can't afford to increase the pentagon budget year after year as we have been doing over the last decade. coming up in the program here on our to your recipe for a stable country composition head that's how the president of bell ruth has promised to deal with the sound stay with us for some analysis. and more and more americans are forced to rely on food stamps to put food on the table one major bank is racking up profits by cashing in on every damn transaction . unique mission imitating a return trip to mars reached an important milestone this

and that's just not realistic actually secretary gates was testifying in front of the house armed services committee and he was asked about this very idea you know how much money do we really need to spend for all these security needs and he said listen you know there's no amount of money that you can spend that can actually take our risk down to zero and that's just it's an illusory concept so we need to do a better job as i said of matching our resources and our priorities and at this moment time with the difficult economic situation in the us we really just can't afford to increase the pentagon budget year after year as we have been doing over the last decade. coming up in a few minutes the threat of a bass saying. that's president sankoh once again strongly warns the country's opposition we have one latest mass a signal about the country's future. but find out how by saying he's sorry and just agreeing with the official version of events twenty years ago by now part one lithuanian. unique mission replicating a return trip to mars reached an important milestone this week friday marked the middle

security and that's just not realistic actually secretary gates was testify in front of the house armed services committee and he was asked about this very idea you know how much money do we really need to spend for all these security needs and he said listen you know there's no amount of money that you can spend that can actually take our risk down to zero and that's just it's an illusory concept so we need to do a better job as i said of matching our resources and our priorities and at this moment time with the difficult economic situation in the u.s. we really just can't afford to increase the pentagon budget year after year as we have been doing over the last decade. scores of civilians have been reported killed in nato led operations in the north of the country over the past few days where women and children are said to make up most almost half brother of the casualties another thirteen dead were identified as taliban militants nato has officially confirmed its troops were involved in the ground in air operations but deny civilian killings was not discussed the story in a little more we're joined by

security and that's just not realistic actually secretary gates was testify in front of the house armed services committee and he was asked about this very idea you know how much money do we really need to spend for all these security needs and he said listen you know there's no amount of money that you can spend that can actually take our risk down to zero and that's just it's an illusory concept so we need to do a better job as i said of matching our resources and our priorities and at this moment time with the difficult economic situation in the u.s. we really just can't afford to increase the pentagon budget year after year as we have been doing over the last decade. and coming up in a few minutes the threat of a bashing in belo bruce as president called once again a strongly balanced the country's opposition we asked what his latest message signals about the country's future plus. j.p. morgan is responsible for the fact that i want to employ a look at how an american investment is profiting from the poverty that has led to recent those relying on food handouts. are unique mission replicating a return

realistic actually secretary gates was testifying on the hill yesterday in front of the house armed services committee and and he was asked about this very idea you know how much money do we really need to spend for all these security needs and he said listen you know there is no amount of money that you can spend they can actually take our risk down to zero and that's just it's an illusory concept so we need to do a better job as i said of matt. our resources and our priorities and at this moment time with the difficult economic situation in the u.s. we really just can't afford to increase the pentagon budget year after year as we have been doing over the last decade but some may say that you can spend your way out of a recession you're talking about priorities you're talking about the economic situation then you in the u.s. now many may say that in fact if you spend a lot of money on the military therefore you're going to be creating jobs and income for people who if you didn't spend that money wouldn't have it at all. and that's an argument they hear a lot on capitol hill and i think it's one of th

and that's just not realistic actually secretary gates was testifying in front of the house armed services committee and and he was asked about this very idea you know how much money do we really need to spend for all these security needs and he said listen you know there is no amount of money that you can spend that can actually take our risk down to zero that's just it's an illusory concept so we need to do a better job as i said of matching our resources and our priorities and at this moment time with the difficult economic situation in the u.s. we really just can't afford to increase the pentagon budget year after year as we have been doing over the last decade stay with us here on our coming up over tool trip to outer space but what are you simulating a journey to the red planet by a multinational group and what it could mean for real space travel was. opposition on the head is a recipe for a stable country according to the president of bellers stay with us but more. first though kosovo has marked three years of suffering claim to dependents from serbia the region's unilateral move was backed b

and that's just not realistic actually secretary gates was testifying in front of the house armed services committee and he was asked about this very idea you know how much money do we really need to spend for all these security needs and he said listen you know there's no amount of money that you can spend that can actually take our risk down to zero and that's just it's an illusory concept so we need to do a better job as i said of matching our resources and our priorities and at this. i'm in time with the difficult economic situation in the us we really just can't afford to increase the pentagon budget year after year as we have been doing over the last decade. well ties between moscow and vatican saw a dramatic improvement that this week when president medvedev met pope benedict the sixteenth in rome well the two discussed ways of dialogue between the russian orthodox and catholic churches the latest attempt to remember relations that were destroyed during soviet times it's just over a year since moscow and the vatican have restored full diplomatic ties all earlier the president met prime minist

and that's just not realistic actually secretary gates was testifying in front of the house armed services committee and he was asked about this very idea you know how much money do we really need to span for all these security needs and he said listen you know there's no amount of money that you can spend they can actually take our risk down to zero that's just it's an illusory concept so we need to do a better job as i said of matching our resources and our priorities and at this moment time with the difficult economic situation in the u.s. we really just can't afford to increase the pentagon budget year after year as we have been doing over the last decade. in the program we'll take you to outer space soon for a look at a trip to mars which took place earlier this week the. motive national crude will bring up to date with the latest from plus. a position on the that's the rest of the. country according to the president to stay with us to have some analysis about that story. kosovo's mark three years of self proclaimed independence from serbia the region's unilateral move was blocked by the u.s. a

security and that's just not realistic actually secretary gates was testify in front of the house armed services committee and he was asked about this very idea you know how much money do we really need to spend for all these security needs and he said listen you know there's no money money that you can spend that can actually take our risk down to zero that's just it's an illusory concept so we need to do a better job as i said of matching our resources and our priorities and at this moment time with the difficult economic situation in the us we really just can't afford to increase the pentagon budget year after year as we have been doing over the last decade. here with our t.v. live from moscow coming up in a few minutes the threat of a balancing in belo road as president once again strongly warns the country's opposition we ask what your latest message signals about the country's future also . nobody denies that but from the start over representatives of the libyan oil for its use where should you go into withdrawal revisiting history is putting a lithuanian politician under the threat of imprisonment

iraq skelton, former chairman of the house armed services committee, to see are we fighting this war the right way? are we doing the right thing? and i believe, i believe we need fresh eyes on the target. and when you look at and reobama's war, you can see there are -- read obama's war, you can see there are no fresh eyes on the target. we owe it, we owe it to the men and women that are fighting in afghanistan and dealing with this issue to make sure that we are doing everything possible, and i don't know what the answer is, everything possible to make sure that we are doing what we should do as a nation. with that, i hope when there is an opportunity i can offer this amendment because i don't think the amendment -- the administration is going to do this by executive order. we can adopt this because we owe it to our fighting men. with that i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentlelady from new york seek recognition? >> from missouri. i rise to enter a colloquy from the gentleman from florida. i

that is live from the house armed services committee at 10:00 eastern. later in the day, on c-span 3, treasury secretary tim geithner will be back on capitol hill for a second day to testify about the president paz budget. live coverage from the house budget committee at 2:00 eastern. >> the cspan networks, we provide coverage of politics, public affairs, nonfiction books, and american history available on television, radio, online and on social media networking sites and find our content any time through the cspan video library and we take cspan on the road with local content vehicle bringing our resources to your community. it is washington your way, the cspan networks, now available in more than 100 million homes, created by cable and provided as a public service. >> "washington journal" is next. the house gavel's beckham this morning. they will start today with members beaches and continued debate on additional spending for 2011. live house coverage on c-span. coming up, more about the federal budget. this hour, joined by the chairman of the american

lockheed martin is the biggest donor to buck mckeon, the new incoming chair of the house armed services committee. also the biggest donor to daniel inouye who has the appropriations committee in the senate. he's called himself the number one guy for your marks maza that means what takes away with one hand he might try to get back with the other. but i think there will be a battle. there will be a debate which is new, something we haven't really seen in the last ten years i would say. >> thank you. [applause] .. >> he talks with the executive editor of foreign policy magazine. susan glasser. >> host: george, thank you for joining us today. i'm thrilled to have the chance to talk to you in some depth about your new book, "the next decade". it remits a -- it represents narrowing from the

lockheed martin is the biggest donor to the new incoming chair of the house armed services committee and the biggest donor to democrat daniel inouye who has has columns of the number-1 guy for earmarks. he might try to give back with the other. there will be a battle and a debate which is something we have not seen in the last ten years i would think. >> thank you wall. [applause] >> this event was hosted by barnes and noble booksellers in

the third thing is, this is an amendment supported not only by the chairman of the house armed services committee but by every single subcommittee chairman of the house armed services committee. so what does it do? it simply states before we turn out the lights on the men and women who without question have the most expertise and experience and the legal authority to assemble the teams to fight our wars and respond to our national emergencies, we're going to know who will replace them. any time this nation faces a crisis, there are two observations that always emerge. first, we realize how ineffective or government agencies are in assembling cross agency teams to respond to that crisis. and secondly, we realize how good our military is at putting those teams together. one of the reasons for our military success is that for over a decade, whether we go to war to defend our homeland, the military does it as a team. they can bring together a coast guard cutter, army special ops units, marine expeditionary units, an air force squadron, reserve units and even when needed our allied partners in a combi

last week a congressional delegation from the house arms services committee, they were here and theytary aid, more than $2 billion a year that goes to pakistan, if davis isn't released. tensions are running extremely high. it's not an overstatement to say the fate of raymond davis could threaten alliance that is so critical to the war in afghanistan and to the fight against al qaeda. >>> plenty of customers will head to verizon wireless stores to get their hands on its version of the iphone. however, there are reports out there that verizon's version may have the very same antenna problems as at&t iphones. callers can lose their connection when the antenna comes in contact with bare skin. it's believed a case or some type of cover should solve the problem. >>> and here's something to tweet about. "the wall street journal" reports executives from several companies have held preliminary talks with twitter about possibly buying the messaging service. among the tech titans interested are facebook and google. the potential price tag could be somewhere between $8 and $10 billion. >> how mu