. >> the leon panetta 2014 lecture series, living the legends of history, is the past prologue to the future? freedom,versus sedition to internment or surveillance. please welcome mrs. sylvia panetta. [applause] >> thank you for being here. welcome to the third event of the leon panetta 20 or team lecture series here in beautiful monterey at the monterey conference center. the theme of our series is

did she talk with leon panetta that night, and if so what did leon panetta say? on a torrent of information coming from around the world and the pentagon. so again, the question is what did they know? it is not new for the government to massage the truth. it is not new for them to go as far as they can go with a particularly comforting theory. what is new, and this would be the real smoking gun, would be at some point for enough evidence to accumulate that they were saying this when they had to know that it was no longer true. >> we have heard testimony multiple times that the military, the intelligence community and others on the ground, in benghazi, were putting up through their chains that that was definitely a terrorist attack. the state department says this was not an escalation of a protest, to try to emphasize with people don't go with the protest. >> you know, george raised the question of durability. how long did it take? a week, he is on the david letterman show saying terrorists exploited in video. they use it as an excuse, and september 19th, the nati

great to see you. >> good to be here, eric. >> leon panetta is a longtime great democrat. calls it a terrorist attack, but nancy pelosi is pretty harsh, calling this panel a kangaroo court. what do you think the democrats are going to to? >> panetta and everybody else at the pentagon told investigators in the house they knew from the get-go, from the first moment, this was a terrorist attack, not some kind of demonstration gone awry. what is interesting is we have heard so much about the administration's obstruction and covering up of benghazi. that's certainly true for the white house and the state department, but the pentagon, the pentagon, republican sources on the hill told me they have cooperated fully with the investigation. investigators from the house armed services committee controlled by republicans, were able to talk to everybody at the pentagon, up and down the chain of command, they were able to get documents, information, all the stuff they needed. basically, i was told if the rest of the administration had cooperated by the pentagon did, the benghazi investi

leon panetta a liar? the benghazi stuff is really, really dirty. >> the koch brother is doing what everybody is doing on the left. and they're doing it through their wallets, through political action commit feeps they're doing it in very legal ways. you can buy it or not buy it. that's your prerogative. the same in terms of what the parties are talking about more broadly. i get on one level there may be concerned about how we do some of the stuff or do we push that envelope as far as we should. but there are 12i8 still substantive questions on all the issues that should be discussed. >> what are they? >> you have the floor, michael. i want to ask you this. do you believe leon panetta, a credible moderate democrat, do you think he went out there to kill chris stevens? me let him lie in the field? >> of course not. >> do you believe that lois lerner who is a bureaucrat was sitting there talking to the obama people about how to screw the right wing? do you believe she's in cahoots with the -- >> that we're s

that had to come from president obama through leon panetta. you know, the chain of command is very small. it's the president, panetta, to the guys in europe. it didn't happen. >> bill, in a case like this. the white house -- the military would have wanted to go. the white house would have said stand down. >> now that would be huge. >> that will still come out the rule is this, bill. even if you do not think there is chance in hell you can rescue those americans you try. you go after it. >> that's what the brigadier general. >> was put on a short leash. >> absolutely. so everybody is clear. i want everybody to be clear about this. you have to pull in dempsey and panetta and if someone tells you not to get a rescue mission up and running this is a simple question he that these two men have to answer. is that correct? is that where we are? >> that's exactly where we are. the president allegedly-yeah, that's exactly where we are. >> i want everybody to be clear we take it step-by-step. gentlemen, thank you. next on the rundown, white house correspo

>> leon panetta was not a child. to blanketly indict an administration and call the names you want to call obama and say that's the whole administration is bull. >> do you know who cares -- whoever runs against hillary rodham clinton for president. you know why? >> it's pure politics. >> you can use benghazi politics. you can vary it. the press helps you to bury this tragedy and you can do that. >> just admit it's politics. i admit it's politics, did i not? >> so you are saying, because we think it's bad, that's also politics. >> i'm saying this selected committee is pure politics. none of you are willing to say that. >> if it's under the guise it's politics, you can do anything? you can cover up murders? >> condone it. >> you can cover up knowledge, hide the truth, and say it's the video when he we know it's terrorism. it's like those idiots hiding behind comedy. >> by the way, we knew all this two years ago, but they didn't want to be forthcoming with the truth of the details. they knew it was an ak of terrorism. t

did hillary clinton at 10:00 release a statement about the video did she talk that night with leon panettand if so what did he say? he sits under a ton of information-coming in from around the world to the u.s. military and the pentagon. it is a question of what did they know? it's not new for government to massage the truth. it's not new for them to go as far as they can possibly go with a particular theory such as the video. what is new and this would be the real smoking gun would be at some point for enough evidence to accumulate they were saying this when they had to know it was no longer true. >> we have heard testimony, multiple times, that the military, the intelligence community and others on the ground in benghazi was putting up through their chains this was definitively a terrorist attack. the state department said this was not not an ex calculation of a protest to try to emphasize to the people don't go with the protest. >> by september 18th he's on the david letterman show saying terrorists exploited the video it was part of it they used it as an excuse. then september 19th the

look carter ham was telling leon panetta and what leon panetta testified that it was a terrorist attackd a meeting with the president of the united states along with martin definitely that night in the white house at 5:00. and then the secretary of defense says no one talked to him ever again that night. not one communication from the white house. not one communication from the president of the united states, tammy. what could that mean? >> now look, we do want this to never happen again. but in order to make that the case, we've got to know what happened in the first place. you can't say that we're going to stop this and that's everyone's goal. but we've got to know exactly what transpired. and there have been multiple committees. but what this committee will do is bring all that information together. so for democrats, republicans, libertarians, every american, this is going to be the effort that brings all the information together, tells us what occurred, and it's interesting. if this is going to be the thing that proves what the democrats say that this has been fine, then why the pan

wondering, was he in the situation room, talking to leon panetta? and it turns out -- >> i want to play it. >> was the president in the situation room?nt >> no. >> where was the i president? >> in the white house. >> he wasn't in the situation i room? >> at what point in theua evenin >> any point in the evening? >> it's well-known that when the attack was first briefed to him, it was in the oval office and he was updated constantly. >> when hillary clinton talks tw him by phone at 10:00 p.m., he'w where? >> i don't know. i don't have a tracking device on him. >> but you were in the situation room and he wasn't there?? >> yes, and he wasn't there. >> and the president was not in there? >> not in the boy i was in. >> how many times does the president or other people go in the situation room in the white house? about every day people go in there. >> bigger than a terrorist attack -- biggerthere anything than a terrorist p attack? >> i want to get dana in here. why does the messaging seem tomt be going all over the place.. it's like the twister thing. w

i suspect leon panetta would like to do that.think that he's being an honest broker here, quite honestly. and when it comes to mike morell and the statements that he made, they're interesting in a couple of different ways. he's a crafty guy. he speaks with great deliberateness. and when he talked about the poll numbers, a lot of americans would like to find out exactly what happened here and i would disagree with leslie on the merits of this investigation. we found out a lot in the interim since the last investigation. but one of the things that mike morell said that i thought was pretty interesting is that the intelligence community didn't politicize the benghazi episode. now, in doing that, i speak fluent washington. and in doing that, what he was doing was in effect pointing the finger at the white house and the state department when it comes to who politicized it. we now know that the cia didn't put that videotape in there. so someone else did. >> maybe in the select committee, we'll finally find out the answers to all those

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i have a lot of respect for leon panetta. washington is so dysfunctional.y are approaching the military budget cuts this not make sense. you cannot create a military based on what you hope to see and have to hope to fight down the road. because it takes a long time to turn that ship around. we are fatigued after iraq, fatigue after afghanistan. that does not mean you do a half job, willy-nilly cut a budget because you hope you don't have to fight another war down the world. bill: the point. this group in nigeria frankly has seen very little media attention is downright brutal. thank you for your time. >> thank you. martha: bill o'reilly going up the media for what he says mostly ignoring the benghazi scandal. >> a scandal, that is proof the american press is dishonest. martha: coming up we will be base that. bill: and saying u.s. forces should have gotten th benghazi o save the lives of four americans who died that night. colonel ralph peters on that. >> even if you do not think there is one chance in hell you connect to those americans you try, you go afte

and i recall the testimony of leon panetta that he and general dempsey stayed awake all night and lindseyto sleep and he said he didn't know. then the next day he gave perfunctory remarks and then flew to a campaign event. >> we learned where the president was not. but today asserted as being excellent in the white house. so let's turn to the simple issue of a select committee. this is give the power of the energy to the congress to actually get to the truth and tear down this wall? neck and reinvigorate the ability of republicans to come forth but the question of how much work and again. we need to find out the direct connection between the white house and the day department. obviously we know that this was a national security official that sent out this morning about underscoring the fact that it was an internet protest versus a broader failure policy. like you said, working at the white house. it was very clear when i saw that video, that this is a terrorist attack. so does give the republicans a chance to bring this argument back to the table. and really give peace to some of the poor

. >> i once asked leon panetta and he said he does not think they made a commitment to build a nuclear weapon. what is their commitment to do? >> i can give you my assessment based on intelligence and so on. i think their leadership has been very clear over the years to certainly have the capabilities to build nuclear weapons. >> the breakout capability. >> in a short amount of time. i think that is certainly there. has the decision been made by the ayatollah and other leaders toiran that we are committed produce a nuclear weapon? i don't know. we cannot take that chance. this is a zero-sum game on that. that it possible though they could pass an israeli red line before they get to an american red line in terms of where they have gotten to that lace? told they still be compelled act if they thought they were intent on having a nuclear weapons and the united states did not believe they were in the same place? would they act because they don't want to be dependent on someone else? i cannot think for the israelis nor can i speak for any country, but the israelis and the u.s. are very tigh

. >> leon panetta disclosing the names of the s.e.a.l.s for the production of a hollywood film. >> the leak of a cia name can be prosecuted if it's intentional. they point to the outing of valerie plane as a case in point. >> that was just the malicious piece of gossip. this is utter incompetence. there is no justification for this. there's no explanation for it. it's like there's nobody in charge at the white house. >> late today, the white house said the chief of staff here has asked white house counsel to look into what happened and report back with recommendations to make sure that something like this never happens again. bret. >> doug, thank you. senior political analyst brit hume is here tonight with analysis. his thoughts on what this episode may tell us about the obama white house. >> this in political terms is damaging to the administration, it feeds into the question of whether the administration can in fact administer. we had first the fiasco with the rollout of the health care program. now we've got the troubles at the v.a. now this blund are by the white house press office

leon panetta he had hospital corners on his bed. we believe chuck has not made his bed in 30 years. >>> torture is a loaded word. not to be thrown around lightly, but the u.n. and the catholic church are using it against one another in the latest battle over birth control and abortion. senior correspondent eric shawn explains tonight. >> critics say the united states nation -- committee vice chair, if he lease gair of the united states says countries that restrict abortions can cause unnecessary deaths and suffering of women. >> the committee has found that laws and and this laws that criminalize termination of pregnancy that violates -- >> in agreement and as directed by the convention itself, kems torture, including for those who are tortured and killed before they are born. >> the committee also criticized the church's sex abuse record. ashley mcguire of catholic voices says pro life is not torture. >> it really undermines religious liberty to have the united states nations once of whose defense of rights and liberty, to be telli

gap there were gaps and was there communication between secretary of state hillary clinton and leon panettathe aftermath of significant military response. >> if you look at other reports that are done, whether the accountability review board have many gaps in the fact pattern. >> reporter: fox news said there are 20 known suspects in the attacks. and much of this information was known immediately. >> we know intelligence analyst on the ground anyhow instan tannously and yet it took a long time and still not chlor that the administration acknowledged the depth and risk associated with what it means to have an al-qaeda affiliate takedown an american embassy. >> reporter: trey gowdy met and discussed tavissues and time tables. and as for a time table for a public hearing, two republicans on the hearing that late july would be ambitious. >> interesting, thank you. >>> from security in benghazi to security here at home. secretary jay johnson getting grilled on capitol hill and obama administration is delaying's deportation review. that is drawing sharp criticism from both sides of the aisle. car

i mean, was he following it also, in the same kind of real time and -- >> he and leon panetta have testified at length about what they were doing and how they were following it. they have spoken about this at length. they were very engaged, yes. >> can i try some? >> mm-hmm. >> the implication and what the, i think the committee was trying to bear out and what this retired brigadier general said was that the state department was at fault -- forget about the result, whether there would have been enough time -- but that the state department had not asked for specific help. >> well, again, i just noted all of these different assets that were deployed to benghazi that night in a coordination process that played out on the ground. so i'm not sure what they're referring to, and i'm not sure exactly why they chose to hold another hearing looking at this when they could spend their time focusing on other things. >> not only that -- is that the kind of chain -- i mean, what is the chain of how the -- >> the chain of command? >> how does that work? i mean, does the secretary of state call up stuttgart

hillary clinton, who at 10:00 releases this statement about a video, did she talk that night with leon panettaif so, what did he say? because he sits under a torrent of information coming in from around the world to the u.s. military and the pentagon. so again, it's a question of what did they know? it's not new for government to massage the true. it's not new for them to go as far as they can possibly go with a particular comforting theory, such as the video. what is new, and this would be the real smoking gun, would be for the -- at some point for enough evidence to accumulate that they were saying this when they had to know that it was no longer true. >> we have heard testimony multiple times that the military, the intelligence community, and others on the ground in benghazi were putting up through their chains that this was definitively a terrorist attack. the cia station chief said this was not, not an escalation of a protest, to try to emphasize to people, don't go with the protest. >> you forecast george raised the question about durability. ? within a week, september 11 is the attack.

we know he had a meeting with defense secretary leon panetta in the afternoon and he was told about the we know that the administration says that he was kept abreast of what was happening, and we also know that secretary clinton had a phone call with him at 10:00 p.m. in between that time we don't know where the president is and he is not in the situation room. you can handle things from other rooms in the white house, obviously. presidents can. but communications equipment and intelligence with breaking stories, as you saw with the obama raid and that iconic picture of the president and his staff in there, that's usually where they go. >> does the new select investigative committee from the house -- does it have the powers required to advance the ball ♪ [ banker ] sydney needed some financial guidance so she could take her dream to the next level. so we talked about her options. her valuable assets were staying. and selling her car wouldn't fly. we helped sydney manage her debt and prioritize her goals, so she could really turn up the volume on her dreams today...and tomorrow. so let's

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joining us now is jeremy, former chief of staff to leon panetta, and a longtime official at t defense department. jeremy, thanks so much for being here, sir. first off, what is the specific damage that's been done to national security since those documents were published last year? >> hey, ronan. look, i think it would be one thing if snowden had gone out and said, look, i'm really uncomfortable with the way the americans' telephone record is under section 215 of the patriot act, or being compiled by the nsa. i think it's a stretch of the law and i think we should do something about it to try to make the fourth amendment case. instead, what he did, he downloaded and took 1.7 million documents talking about chinese fire aircraft and russian capabilities and al qaeda and pakistani nuclear weapons. he put it on four encrypted laptops and made a run for china. he really wanted to get to cuba ultimately and ended up in moscow. hardly bastions of cuba. i consider him at best delusional, narcissistic, doesn't even really know what's on those laptops, what he has revealed to the press. at wor

. >> charlie: i once asked leon panetta, one of your predecessors, and he said he didn't think they've made a commitment to build a nuclear weapon. what is their commitment to do? >> well, i can give you what -- at least my assessment based on intelligence, but i think their leadership has been very clear over the years to certainly have the capability to build nuclear weapons. >> charlie: to break out capability. >> that's right. >> charlie: in a short amount of time? >> in a short amount of time. i think that certainly is there. now, has a decision been made by the ayatollah and the other leaders in iran that we are committed to produce a nuclear weapon? i don't know. but we can't take that chance. this is a zero-sum game on that. we're not going to take a chance. >> charlie: is it possible, though, that they could pass an israeli red line, which is before they get to an american red line, in terms of where they have got ton that place -- where they have gotten to that place? will the israelis feel compelled to act ahead of the united states if they felt they were intent on having a

president obama was first alerted to the benghazi attack while meeting with then defense secretary leon panettain the oval office. then he went on to imply that the question of whether the president was monitoring events through the night was silly. >> this is a conspiracy theory in search of a conspiracy. it is -- has clearly been that for so long now that i have lost track of the number of conspiracies that have fallen flat. >> joining us now from santa faye new mexico the state's former democratic governor bill richard shon a former u.s. ambassador to the u.n. energy secretary and great to see you, governor. so, there you have it. i mean, i guess i'm delusional. everyone is trying to peddle a conspiracy theories. look, you have been in the hot seat before in government. is this a legitimate inquiry given all those documents that were released after the initial request last summer? >> well, laura, i do think there is partisanship here. it's a bit of a witch-hunt. but the congress has investigatory. -- prerogative of the party in power. where i would disagree with my democratic friends is we s

leon panetta had hospital corners on his bed. you could bounce a quarter off his bed.hink we believe that chuck has not made his bed in 30 years. fortunately we have a person that comes in and helps clean the house every so often but in between it's a rough go. >> 40 years, i was expecting honestly, someone that was -- i just retired, i'm sick of it. >> oh, i do. it sounds corny, but it's been such a privilege and to play at this level in terms of national policy and to have really my successes is really very excitingpp. and it's, you know, hard to walk away but it's the right thing. >> i thought one of the best things i read recently, john boehner saying, no one would confuse us for political soulmates but we got things done together. >> we did. >> this is from john boehner saying this. >> that's right. most of my big national successes were bipartisan. i worked with very conservative members of the congress. ted kennedy and i worked with john boehner to do education reform. >> if i can interrupt you. you can get things done in a bipartisan effort, at least some thing

. >> we've got a morning must read -- this comes from leon panetta.says the world is just as dangerous and maybe more so. >> has the debate going away about getting back to 1938? that was shocking that headline, the idea of bringing the budget back to 1938. >> that's incredible. >> that's the concern. wasard haas yesterday talking about how our policy is completely unfocused and we are sending the wrong messages is because we don't know what the message is we want to send and it weakens the military. >> he was advocating arming the ukraine. he wants us to send more military assistance and to ukraine. >> as does john mccain. hour, we will hear a briefing about the travels of john kerry. also coming up, u.s. gdp is slowing to its weakest pace in five years and we will discuss why next. "bloomberg surveillance," on bloomberg television, streaming on your phone, your tablet, and bloomberg.com and now available on apple tv and amazon fire. ♪ >> good morning, everyone. adam johnson and olivia sterns are with me. scarlet fu is off today. i think it is the ra

host: let me get your reaction to this tweet, too bad they can't get leon panetta out of retirement. who do you think would be a good replacement if eric shinseki steps down? guest: i don't know. i'm not in the medical field. i don't use used to be somebody who is strong in medical, or it ministration. this is a large corporation, it is the second largest agency in the federal government. there has to be someone brought in to make -- who can handle that and move it forward. host: do you think you think you'll stay on through the end of the president's term? guest: he has said he will not resign, the president says he is doing a good job. we still think you should go because of his failed leadership and oversight issues. i don't know. host: weighing in on all of this, senator bernie sanders. he held a hearing that included eric shinseki earlier this month, he also talked about some of the looming issues facing the va hospitals around the country. here's a portion. [video clip] they're waiting list, why is that so? in certain parts of the country, they may not have the staff they need.

outed him while they were denying it, the white house, leon panetta particularly said yes, he was theknow is still in prison. we compromised in fast and furious our border agents on the southern border. it goes on and on again. you wonder, is it because they are very unprofessional but is it because they are unprofessionals and novices or complies why it in destroying and dismantling the institutions that provide security to the republic of the united states of america. >> very quickly, your son a navy seal, special operations guy, you are very familiar with that. is this concern widespread in the special operations community? >> there have been people who talk to us about their concerns. the word i had used to me is they're watering us down and there is a compromise of confidence between the war fighters on the ground and the administration and our upper leaders in washington. this makes it unsafe for the war fighters and it makes it unsafe for national security for the citizens of our united states. >> tucker, i'm not sure many people are aware that not only did joe biden out the na

after that hearing, leon panetta made an important announcement at greatly elevated the priority of financialgement. he established an additional line for partial financial audit by the end of fiscal 2014. in order to quicken the pace of improvements. to his credit, his successor as to buy these goals. this means in seven months, the entire department should have its statement of budgetary resources and key financial components ready for audit. we are here today to get an update on this quickly approaching deadline. fortunately, the department can look through some recent successes to help find the right path to reach his goal. the ring core has made some important progress. -- the marine corps. that is good news. the department of homeland security was the only other department unable to audit its finances. last year, homeland security was able to achieve a clean audit. the department created barely 10 were able to achieve a clean audit last year. , theey can do that department of defense needs to keep its -- we need to keep your feet to the fire. this idea of a goal for 2014 slip does not h

." >>> and leon panetta will give the keynote address at st. mary's tomorrow.he graduated back in 1960 from santa clara university. he served as an army office, congressman and cia director. he recently retired back in 2013. about 730 students are expected to graduate this year and that is the largest class in the school's history. >>> a touching story from ucsf medical center. a pregnant woman gave birth to a baby boy even show she's in a coma. melissa carlson suffered treatment for a tumor for a benign brain tuner and has not regained full consciousness. despite that, she brought the baby to full term. he was born yesterday morning. the bea's -- the boy's father said she put his hand on her stomach right where the baby was kicking. >> she was able to reach up and touch my face. she puckered for a kiss. these are things we waited for for months to happen. >> the baby boy is a healthy 5 pounds, 9 pounces. if all goes well following her c-section recovery, she could move to a specialized the treatment facility in marin county. >>> astronomers say we could be in

>> he and leon panetta have described at length as to what they were doing and how they were following it. they were very engaged, yes. >> the implication and what the committee was trying to bear out and what the retired brigadier general said was that the state department was at fault -- forget about the result whether there would have been enough time, but that the state department had not asked for specific help. >> i noted all the different assets that were deployed at process that played out on the ground. i am not sure what they are referring to. i'm not sure exactly why they chose to hold another hearing looking at this when they could spend their time focusing on -- >> is that the kind of chain -- >> the chain of command? >> how does that work? does the secretary of state call deployed assets or did secretary clinton speak with panetta that night? >> there were scored nation between state and events about how to respond to this. of course there is a military chain of command about how assets get deployed and what assets make sense. believe me, the committee was getting at was

>> i'm absolutely deferring to dempsey by also the secretary of defense, leon panetta and others who have said beginning of this attack, a very fast moving attack that we had no advanced inning of, we were communication with folks back d.o.d., there were assets moved, but again there are not military assets just everywhere around the world. even in that time frame that you're walking about. when, welling that's what general dempsey said, what the retired general said this morning. general.d brigadier >> any way, he said you don't it could have made a difference much it might have made a difference. >> again i will take the opinion militarytion's top official, general dempsey, who has spoken very clearly, again, simply note was enough time for armed u.s. military assets to have made a difference much i appreciate point of view,s and his opinion that the gentleman that was in stuttgart but again the opinion of the military is that it would not have made a difference much. >> but this retired brigadier general said that, was watching in realollowing this time. >> had insight into parts

more importantly than where he was is the fact that the secretary of defense, leon panetta, said he nevers defense secretary before? and then we heart brigadierrñ?ññ general. it -- here the general. what's on your show? >> we're talking with kelly ayotte, the republican senator from new hampshire, who has been one of the people calling for a select committee, and adam shift of the house intelligence committee. it will be very interesting to hear what they have to say. and we're going to see they're going to talk about the economy because we got first quarter gdp and it was nonexistents. the growth, 1%. former head of ubs with 32 advisors. >> very good. we thank you very much. we're going to be watching you on sunday. >> thank you, guys. >> sorry about that prom. >> he's happily married now. it all worked out. >> there is a lot of pressure now. >> i don't think he's over it. we'll discuss it in the break. hey, heather. >> did a girl ever say no to you to the prom? >> apparently so. >> a lot of controversy. >> all right. i'll move on. got some news. a decorated u.s. marine who served two co

leon panetta said democrats should do this. thing. so democrat, stop with the rhetoric and let's get started. >> you're at a women's conference, the four who died are the son of a woman, husband of a woman, fathers. we're talking about individuals who directly affected women 'cause they are no longer here on this earth because of what seems to be a hidden reason that we didn't know and danged if i know wasn't a good enough explanation yesterday and it isn't good enough today. >> are you focusing on their reaction? >> yeah. >> they seem to be laughing after she made a comment? >> the audience seemed to laugh. >> she also made an inappropriate comment about going down in flames and considering how chris stevens died, ill advised. meanwhile, let's talk about the war on women. it is real, ladies and gentlemen. absolutely. but it's at the "new york times." why do i say that? jill abramsson, executive editor, was fired yesterday. she had found out the guy who had her job before she did, bill keller, was paid a lot more than she was b

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. >>> a former cia director and defense secretary leon panetta told st. mary's college grads that america's strength lies in its people and their determination. >> i saw those values in our troops, i saw those values in the s.e.a.l.s and the intelligence officials that conducted the operation to go after bin laden. >> as defense secretary, panetta oversaw the mission that killed osama bin laden as you heard him mention there. he also told the class of 2014 how his immigrant parents inspired his decades of public service. >>> many school districts have expressing shock at a new teacher pension plan from governor jerry brown. the "san francisco chronicle" reports the plan would more than double the amount that districts pay for teacher retirement costs each year. that would force the san francisco school district to pay an additional $34 million a year on top of the 25 million it currently pays for teacher pensions. supporters say the plan would help address a $74 billion shortfall in the state pension plan for teachers. >>> if you've been behind the wheel

moorehouse dress to college, leon panetta said we needed an intelligence community with a work force that reflects the world it engages. my amendment helps the intelligence community meet its strategic diversity goals by providing grants to predominantly black colleges that helps future generations of tgs experts through advance language training, study abroad and cultural emerging programs. to remain globally secure, we must have people on the ground who can blend easily abroad, especially in africa and the middle east. overcoming cultural, language and educational barriers is critical to achieving this goal. i ask that my colleagues support this commonsense amendment. and i yield back. . the chair: the gentlelady yields back her time. the gentleman from maryland. mr. ruppersberger: reserves. the chair: reserves. the gentleman from michigan. mr. rogers: i continue to reserve. the chair: both sides reserve. the gentleman from maryland. mr. ruppersberger: i yield two minutes to a great member of congress, sheila jackson lee. the chair: the gentlelady from texas is recognized for two m