february of two thousand and four then army surgeon general james peake testified before a house armed services subcommittee that no link had been found between lariam an army suicides john would be found dead less than four months later. i know. fifteen months after john's funeral the family finally received a copy of the army's investigation into his death the report was over five hundred pages long and contained a copy of the alleged suicide note. dear mom i'm sorry that i had to do this i've been in so much pain in the past year that i can't take it anymore the stomach and chest pains have been getting worse and no doctor has been able to help me the doctors here refused to help me. please know that i'll finally be at peace and with no more pain i wish i could have had a life with elizabeth always pictured her being my wife and mother to my kids i love you all. the letter concludes see you all in heaven when your time comes i'm going to meet jesus christ. for the family the suicide note was proof the army was lying there were certain the john had not written the note that it did not sound like him or lo

he testified before a house armed services subcommittee hearing on the defense. dr. phil:'s auditing -- defense department's auditing practices. this is an hour and 15 minutes. >> i'm going to call the oversight invest subcommittee of the house armed services committee to order. and today's hearing on auditability challenges. want to welcome everybody to today's hearing and appreciate our witnesses coming in to talk to us more about those challenges facing the department of defense as it works toward audit readiness in 2014 and 2017. i'd like to welcome mr. robert hale, undersecretary of defense; ms. elizabeth mcgrath, the honorable gladys commons, comptroller, u.s. department of navy; dr. mary matiella, assistant secretary of the army; ms. marilyn thomas, deputy assistant secretary for financial management and comptroller u.s. department of the air force. thank you very much for being here with us today, and collectively you share the responsibility for managing nearly $700 billion of net operating costs and accounting for nearly $2 trillion in assets. these are weig

this is an hour and 15 minutes. >> i call the oversight and investigation subcommittee of the house arms services committee into order and today's hearing on department of defense audittability challenges. i welcome everybody to the hearing and appreciate the witnesses coming in to talk more about the challenges facing the department of defense as it works towards audit readiness in 2014 and 2017. i want to welcome the distinguished animal panelists. robert hale. ms. elizabeth mcgrath, and the honorable gladys commons, u.s. department of navy, and dr. mary sally, assistant secretary of the army, financial management and comptroller at u.s. department of army, ms. marilyn thomas, deputy assistant secretary for the u.s. department of the air force. thank you very much for being here with us today, and collectively, you share the responsibility for managing near $700 billion for net operating costs and accounting for nearly $2 trillion in assets. these are weighty responsibilities, particularly when you consider the importance of your mission to our nation's national security into our war fighters.

this house arms services committee hearing is an hour and 15 # minutes. >> i call the oversight and investigation subcommitteeof the house arms services committee to ore, and today's hearing on department of defense audittability challenges. i welcome everybody to the hearing and appreciate the witnesses to come in and talk about the challenges facing the department of defense facing audit readiness in 20 # 14-2017. i welcome the distinguished pammists this morning. under secretary of defense. the deputy chief management officer, u.s. management department of defense, age the honorable gladys, the comptroller of the u.s. department of navy, and dr. mary sally, assistant secretary of the army, financial management and comptroller, u.s. department of the army, and ms. marelin thomas, department of the air force. thank you for being here today, and collectively, you share the speedometer for managing nearly $700 million and $2 trillion in assets. they are weighty responsibilities, particularly considering the importance of your mission to our nation's national security and the war fighters. i want to thank you f

we'll take you live now to the rayburn house office building on capitol hill. for armed services subcommittee of the house is looking into problems with the f-22 fighter jets. pilots have reported getting dizzy from oxygen depravation. current and former air force officials are testifying along with a nasa engineer. >> to properly inspiration or breathe is very, very challenging without supplemental pressure to keep your lungs from exploding and to ensure that you're able to process the oxygen that is delivered. the f-22 does not have a full pressure suit and it was designed to operate with a partial pressure suit. the upper pressure garment, and anti-g suit and those sorts ever things. that airplane operates in an environment different from what we had operated, all the other airplanes fly in a full pressure suit. the f-22 pilots do not and therefore it's important they not only understand where they are vulnerable and the limitations of the equipment, but also the performance of the equipment as they operate in those areas. so our concern was making sure that not on did we have the equipmen

i'm chairman of the subcommittee oversees special operations in the special armed services. and i think that in general, whether it is coming from the white housere is way too much talk about how we do things and what happens and that makes the job of the future missions much harder. it needs to stop. >> host: the tapes and the other data that were captured from osama bin laden's compound, is it still benefiting the united states? are we still getting intelligence from it? >> guest: as he indicated there is a tremendous amount of material. i think the bulk of the benefit has been received. and any time -- as time passes anything you can picture becomes less relevant years down the road. but, no question of is tremendous. >> host: congressman, thank you for your time this morning. >> guest: you're welcome. expects to gavel back in at 2:15 eastern to a look now at the congressional agenda. >> the politics editor from the washington times. while congress is back after their august break what is the picture like for the lawmakers this week? what is on their agenda? >> in the house they are picking up the whole bunch of different bills. the big ones