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. -- mac thornberry, a republican from texas. delauro will talk about food stamps. ♪ um >> go to gettysburg and to think charge, thet's carnage there, lives lost, the , you battles before it manassas. shilo and battles for people defending a way of life. to settles bloodshed this contradiction. and we won. we have our country. gettysburg too say to my clerks, do we deserve this? we deserve the sacrifice for the country we have and are we living up to that? all day coverage from gettysburg national memorial park, starting at 9 eastern on c- american history tv on span3. >> "washington journal" c ontinues. host: we wanted to get you to comment on the g-8 talks. we see this headline -- as you watch president obama meet with vladimir putin of russia, what is your take on what they have been doing so far? >> they have different opinions and that is not a surprise. we have known that russia, the united states, and most of our european allies see this conflict differently. i think the hard question now is what did the west do that will

with respect to the congressman, mac thornberry, provision on oversight, i was one of those who signed on with hr 1904. the congress has talked about military operations. notably missing and that is an exception for afghanistan. that is because we are still at war in afghanistan. however, there is no provisions that would give us oversight after those operations we heard we have had extensive conversations with her staff members. about working on that and perhaps the coming years, revisiting that. i did want to point that out because i do think that this congress should have oversight over what those operations are complete. >> i think the gentleman makes a very good point. when combat operations in afghanistan are more like other parts of the world, i think it is something that we definitely want to consider removing at that point. i think it is a fresh look at those exceptions and see what the status of things. i certainly agree with the point that the gentleman is making. it is my intention. there is an exception that we have a declaration of war. but once that war is done, i think

speaker, i'm also proud to work closely with chairman mac thornberry, both on this bill and in the numerous other provisions which fall under the jurisdiction of the subcommittee on intelligence, emerging sthrets, and capabilities. together we have worked hard to increase resources for our special operations forces. helping us to confront shifting threats and unconfencal battlefields, and support our efforts in the cybersecurity realm. there are many other positive steps with regards to cyberin this legislation. including incentivizing new cybersecurity standards, ensuring u.s. cybercommand has the proper authority and personnel in coordinating cybersecurity efforts with related disciplines. however, the reality is that our nation's cybersecurity challenges cannot simply be handed over to the department of defense. with the vast majority of our critical infrastructure in private hands, we absolutely must require minimum standards for their owners and operators. it is way past time for congress to move aggressively to partner with their private sector and address what i believe is our greate

on the next "washington journal," connors when mac thornberry of texas on the g8 summit and the surveillance programs and the conflicts of syria, turkey, and north korea. rosa delauro of connecticut talks about the fundamental -- the farm bill. later, an examination of the supreme court decision. "washington journal co.'s quote is live morning at seven eastern on c-span. essential to remove france from canada for the united states to have the opportunity to achieve its independence. and the few people led by understood the possibilities for america to become a great country. in different fro words. two and a half million free people, for them to in effect get the british to eve the french from their borders and then the french to help them to get the british -- vict theish to edict french from their borders and then have the french evict the british was extraordinary. secretary moniez. this is 90 minutes. >> good morning, everybody. ok, that works. , to the 2013ybody gia energy conference. we intend to delve deeply into critical energy issues that face us today. one housekeeping note before