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ll, lete continue then on thisscreen. again, theather says here's the guy, a we miss a bunch of opportities to revoke a visa and put on a noly st, this person that's been identied, reasonablyo for us. and en he gets through a scen because he's -- he'sone whatever he has done with this concled bomb to mask its image a scrnnd to not have metal parts to it let me askbout the prevalence of the capility of the scre devices at most airpts both here and abroato detect exactly wt went through a screen undetected at christmas ti. sure. obviously the x-ray machines, e typical ones that you see at most airrts would not pick up the type ofevice he used. because there are no metal parts to it. the ne advanced imaging technology machines would ge a much better oppounity, because there would be an anoly identifiedn -- hopefully, that's one of the things that need to make sure the traing is up to speed so if an amaly is detected then a further patdown or other additional screeng woul be propriate. again, it's a -- >> but those are not in

lete just say i don't think he meant it quite as harshly as it sounded withpect to the issue offed edoffed a adoe less. e president didn't punch that hole and he can't plug it either. the secretary of energy, dr. tom hunter,hom i met with this moing, there is a seriousness of purpose here that has brought together the best minds we have in this country to work with all of you. i wish it had been plugged i the worst way. this raises questions it seems to me about regulations. >> number one, you talked about bp and their responsibility and their pledge and commitment. the fact is there is is nothing bind in binding i propose $10 billion which is about -- it's just a bit more than the first quarter ofits of bp. 6 or $7 billion. be put in a gulf coast recovery fund that is run by a master that would be selected and per happens a counselorrom bp so you would have joint management from that. i think it is time to move this from a pledge to some sort of binding requirement. if bp would say no, we are not going part with money to put it into gulf coast recovery fund then i think congress ought to

>> lete say that i think the afghan army is doing a great job. afghan soldiers are good fighters.urse, part o the expansion of their capacity is there that we gradually build up their military equipment. as far as the fight against corruption is conccrned, it is primarily a challenge for the afghan government. president caer's i kar --zai and the government -- karzai and the gernment have committed themselves against corruption. i am confident the afghan government will do its utmost to fight the corrupon. i fully agree tt it is k to establish confidence in government of in ortiz afghanistan. government authorities in ghanistan -- establish confidence i government authorities in afghanistan. >> general mcchrystal is concerned of the rollback of some trips next year. he expects other allied countries to have similar plans and that it is rlistic. do you share thatssessment? do you expect othersto start growing back troops next year? >> this statement is not a new statement a new assessment. it has been clear for quite some time that 2011 will be a year fo evaluation of the troop sur

. >> lete say that ion't mean that the three of you look awful. when i said that you need sleep. this has been a long period. you hav not had a day off. good for you. i think this congress wants to do everything possible it can do to be supportive. >> thank you. the folks in the gulf are hurting. you all are putting in predijeous numbers of hours at this point. i want to ask you about two policy questions that relate to the report. areas that the report doesn't get into. for the future, it will be absolutely critical to close the lving door between the interior department between the oil and gas intusry. there is a specific law governing the department involving the outer continental elf oil and gas program. but it doesn't look to me like it's closing the revolving door. got a job with the company that he was inspecting. the segd one i think concerns me more. as of march 1, 2010. -- the rule fos block this revolving door are not tough enough. would you be willing to work with me. >> >> if there are this that need to be done which we have put into place since i became secretary of

lete maket clear and i'm ad everyone on the other side has made it very clear that b.p.'s seat will be held to the fire to repay this money. we hear that.p. has called the other side and told them that they're going to pay, the check is in the mail and tt's all well, finand good i'll be glad to send somebody down to o.m.b. and show them how they can send a rapid request for payment to b.p. as this thing moves forward because, again, e taxpayer shouldn't be left on the hook, nor should this fund be lt on the hook in anyway for responsility f this eanup. finally, just a couple of points. it was ntioned that the bush administration gave 4,200 leases -- i think that was the figure -- and tharue. it's also true, and the docrats' stf did an excellent job. i complimented tm yesterday in gting a listf the current drilling and production acivities in t gulf of mexico. i'll submit is to the record, but if u look it's about 3,500, 3,492 relatively shallow water, 200 meters, about 600 feet and up to the sface. there are only 25 at 1,000 meters below. the obama administration in comin