in the final paragraph of a 39-page chapter on once a future library in san francisco, kevin starr, the former city librarian of san francisco, wrote, "these people disestablished a distinguished collection. to say that the san francisco public library, the largest public library at the center of ground zero of the fourth largest urban population mass in the nation, should divest itself of a collection that is moving toward 100 years old, to disestablish that collection without any mandate or public discussion is shocking." and he talks about in the previous pages about why and how that process worked and he he talks about the secrecy that made it possible. the library has talked about a new project which will affect negatively the public access to magazines and has absolutely kept secret the negative impact. thank you. >> next speaker. >>> i'm mark trout and it's sometimes said that jesus never spoke out against homosexuality. and since there is so much good in the worst of us and so much bad in the best of us, it bee monthsv all of us not to judge any of us. but that's actually not a

starr. she's monitoring the hearing. and kevin ryan. barbara, let me start with you.d that the current u.s. strategy in ukraine focuses on diplomatic efforts. do you expect him to mention ukraine during today's hearing? >> well, you know, jake if he doesn't mention it they are certainly going to ask about it. that may, in fact, be topic number one because he's is going to this committee to talk about cutting the military budget in the united states at a time when now suddenly the military is facing the potential of a major national security crisis. no one is talking about military options for ukraine and russia for this crisis, not putting military force into the mix. but certainly he'll be asked about could this budget make it more difficult if there was to be military force used. can the military still be large enough, strong enough to deal with whatever it might face, whatever threats it might face. hagel will say yes, but it is skirts the edge of that that he's concerned that the budget is getting cut to the bone. jake? >> general, cnn has just learned several nat