marine debris is nothing new. it has existed for centuries made worse by proliferation of plastics which don't degrade. to some, like beachcombers who find occasional messages in a bott bottle, it's a delight. to others it's an eyesore or worse. many now recognize marine debris as a threat to fish, marine mammals and sea birds, through death by entanglement and indigestion. the tsunami unleashed debris on an unprecedented scale. some 5 million tons swept out to sea. while most quickly sank, noaa estimates 1.5 million tons of tsunami-generated debris is still afloat and being driven by winds and currents toward the west coast of north america. but there's 3 million pounds of mostly plastic trash which will flood into our inner tidal ecosystems and is already here. we've read the press reports of soccer balls found on the middleton island in my state and the fishing floats and styrofoam insulation washing up on kayak and montague islands. these are mostly the high windage item which float high in the water and are p

, and as such, the marine corps reserve is integrated in all areas of the marine corps as never before. since 2001, this great nation required the marine corps reserve to be continuously engaged in combat operations in iraq and afghanistan as well as in regional security cooperation and crisis prevention activities in support of various geographical combatant commanders. almost 80,000 reservists have been activated or mobilized since september 11th. this operational tempo has built a momentum among our war fighters and a depth of experience throughout our ranks that is unprecedented in generations of marine corps reservists. this operational tempo has enabled the marine force's reserve to evolve from a strategic cold-war reserve to an operational force capable of simultaneously filling both roles, both the strategic and the operational role. in the operational role, marine corps reserve has sourced, preplanned, rotational, and routine combatnant commander an service requirements across a variety of military operations. marine corps reserve continues to perform its strategic role with c

represent our service enlisted marines and sailors who form the backbone of marine forces reserve. the [ applause ] >> the marine corps is as strong as ever in its histories. our marines are doing what they have done best since 1775. standing shoulder to shoulder to fight our nation's battles. i'm pleased to report to you today that today's marine corps attends to its commitments as a total force, and as such, the marine corps reserve is i integrated in all areas of the marine corps as never before. since 2001, this great nation required the marine corps reserve to be continuously engaged in combat operations in iraq and afghanistan as well as in regional security cooperation and crisis prevention activities and support various geographical combatant commanders. almost 80,000 reservists have been activated or mobilized since september 11th. this operational tempo has built a momentum among our war fighters and a depth of experience throughout our ranks that is unprecedented in the generations of marine corps reservists. this operational tempo has enabled the marine force's reserve

these gentlemen e pet miz the navy marine corps team and proudly represent our services enlisted marines and sailors who collectively form the backbone of marine forces reserve. the marine corps is as strong today as ever in the 236-year history. the marines have been doing what they have done best since 1775. standing shoulder to shoulder, to fight our nation's battles. i'm pleased to report to you today that today's marine corps attends to the commitments at a total force. it's integrated into all areas since never before. since 2001 the great nation required the marine corps to be continuously engaged in combat operations in iraq and afghanistan, as well as in regional security cooperation and crisis prevention activities in support of various geographical combatant commanders. almost 80,000 reservists have been activated and mobilized since september 11th. this has been unprecedented in the generations of marine corps reservists. they evolve from a strategic cold war reserve to an operational force, capable of filling both roles. both the strategic and the operational role. in the op

two of their marines were killed by a u.s.argeted them in the midst of an intense firefight, the first incident of its kind since drone strikes began. it was gunnery sergeant vega's job to help the men get through it. at 33, he's like the elder statesman and big brother of this group. and even though he's one of four marines in his family, this was the first time he had been allowed to deploy with one of his brothers. >> hector vega: knowing that your brother's here, you almost have to put yourself at a different state of mind, if you will, to where, if something does happen, how are you going to react? what are you going to say? what are you going to do? i role play, psychologically, prepare myself. >> logan: do you have a speech? something you would say to his wife? something prepared? >> hector vega: no. how can you prepare, lara, for things like that? how can... what... what can you possibly say? >> logan: in all your years-- you've been in the marines 17 years-- have you ever seen this many brothers together serving at th

marines tend to be a very tough judge of both friends and foes. 43]ñotakes -- what's the marine takees? >> very is still a large improvement over what i saw in afghanistan two years ago when i ç$lkúmçwas on one hand i marines complementing the afghans for being courageous, for trading fire with the taliban all day as one lieutenant put it. on the other hand there ?dcqÑwe concerns and complaints about the afghan police in some of those areas being corrupt, being abusive to some of the civilians in the area, so i think it's kind of hard to say. i mean, to an extent i think it depends on the commanders of those afghan units. >> so is there a concern -- i mean, green on blue attacks where uniformed afghans are turning their weapons on americans have been on the increase, there have been 22 incidents in this year. to what extent does that shape how marines cooperate with their afghan allies? >> i think it's always in the back of their mind. especially when, you know, i n1wstaying on >n little bases with them. to an extent, i felt relatively comfortable that the marines were happy to be wo

and it. >> for days marines tried to take out snipers.now, captain harrington and delta company's job. >> we conducted a major attack basically 1% of the command of, as i say, everything that could go wrong, went wrong. and i lost communications. one opportunity was until 3:00 in the afternoon, several hours later before you're able to regain communication with them. >> took them eight long hours to secure the tower. but the victory didn't last long. about 4:00 the next morning they counter attacked. took over the tower again. we had to force them back out again. and it's been hours in taking the tower, we weren't about to give it up. so we marched back up there and did that. so it was difficult but i was surrounded by this magnificent marines and they made it easy. >> who are the closest? >> we were in constant contact with them in a very, very short range, 20-30 meters. snipers as close as 10 meters to us. they're firing in mortars on us. i just don't know why. the lord allowed me to go through that and escape. but he did. >> this is a

and it. >> for days marines tried to take out snipers.now, captain harrington and delta company's job. >> we conducted a major attack basically 1% of the command of, as i say, everything that could go wrong, went wrong. and i lost communications. one opportunity was until 3:00 in the afternoon, several hours later before you're able to regain communication with them. >> took them eight long hours to secure the tower. but the victory didn't last long. about 4:00 the next morning they counter attacked. took over the tower again. we had to force them back out again. and it's been hours in taking the tower, we weren't about to give it up. so we marched back up there and did that. so it was difficult but i was surrounded by this magnificent marines and they made it easy. >> who are the closest? >> we were in constant contact with them in a very, very short range, 20-30 meters. snipers as close as 10 meters to us. they're firing in mortars on us. i just don't know why. the lord allowed me to go through that and escape. but he did. >> this is a

ucb it would bring the marines together for a couple of days -- used to be it would bring the marines together for a few days and then they're out the door. now there are times in their transition, a year before they get out, right before they get out, and all this information is put on the web so they can get access to it. for the legendary marina was to get out and served for six months before he wants to get a job for -- marine who wants to get out and surf for six months before he gets a job or goes to school. if they're going to go to school or trade school, a business track if they want to get into business or if they want to start a business. there is an entrepreneurial track. we have room for them in our 396. we see the reserve increasing. an estimate would be up to 75,000. those are marines we also pay attention to and take care of as much as we can even though they are not drilling reservists. we are tightly integrated with the active component and that continuant and marine for life program that brings them in, it trains them, and gives them the opportunity to join the rese

and then joined the marines at age 17. and it was a time, those of my generation, my age know going into the service was simply something that was expected of us. so you could wait to be drafted in the army or as we did, we joined the marines: there were 25 boys in my high school graduating class, five of us joined the marines, another half dozen went into the army, the navy or the air force, and i think three or four went to college and that was, basically, the breakdown at that time in the community where i grew up. but after i got out of the marines i decided to go to school. and once i started, i never stopped, and i haven't stopped yet because there's so much to learn and there's so much to do. while at the university of wisconsin in the 12960s -- 1960s, clearly, i went through a disengagement with the military. the vietnam war was something that increasingly troubled me. not the kids who were fighting there, i worried about them a lot, wondered if i knew them, and i'm sure i did knowsome some. but it was a difficult

wright himself joined the marine corps at the age of 17. he's from galena, illinois, originally, a small town near dubuque, iowa, where i went to school. and if the college president, my college president, doctor couchman, who is now deceased, knew i was with dr. wright, because i graduated with only the slimmest of margins from the university of dubuque, he would be rolling over in his grave about 5000 rpms. so dr. wright, please allow me to continue. after his tour in the marine corps he went to college, university college, university of wisconsin and eventually became a history professor at dartmouth in 1969. he served as the president of dartmouth from 1998-2009, and since 2005 he has visited most of our military hospitals, and has encouraged support for the wounded veterans in those hospitals. he is a director on the board of the injured marines semper fi fund, one of the 10 top charities recently rated by charity navigator. his writings have been featured in "the new york times," "boston globe," "christian science monitor," npr, just

i mean she has two tours in iraq with marine corp. she made some bad mistakes, she made some bad decisions. i believe that her duis, her substance abuse her, --are related actually to her ptsd that she received while she was serving in iraq. >> lindsey: and my situation when you apply for a job and it always asks if you were veteran and asks for the list of your discharge so usually if you don't have the honorable they think you are just a big mess up and you can't do the job so they usually don't hire you so i tend to go for a jobs that don't ask that . with encouragement and support lindsey has decided to fight her dishonorable charging court, to receive the benefits that she deserves ...such as her health care and her financial assistance for school. >> mary: i e-mailed jay this morning and i told him that you have decided that you are ready to do this! >> lindsey: yes ma'am ! i mean i wanna fight for because i think i deserve to get to go to school after going, you know, to iraq twice, you know, i don't care about money, i don't c

corps reserve of 39,500 marines. we believe that structure filled with high quality marines and combined with our aviation and ground modernization initiatives will allow us to meet the requirements of the new strategy. with your continued support, that force will be manned and equipped as a force of readiness. it will designed to be forward employed and forward engaged and will be prepared for a wide range of crises and contingencies. thank you. i look forward to your questions. >> thank you, general. finally, general philip brood jfr love, vice chair of the united states air force. welcome, general. >> madam chairman, senator ayotte, distinguished members of the subcommittee, thank you for your opportunity to be here today and tell our air force story. these are challenging times, and i commend you for your leadership and your efforts to ensure we have the best equipped and best trained military on the globe. it's an honor to be here to serve on behalf of our 690,000 active duty, guard, and reserve civilian airmen

authorized in '12 down to the marines we'll be at in '16. if sequestration went into effect that would be an immediate reduction from 202,000 to something on the order of 168,000 and at that number there is absolutely no way we would keep faith with people and we would be breaking contracts and sending people on their way who believe they had a commitment from us to keep on active duty. these are the very people we talked about earlier who are in afghanistan today. forward deployed and forward engaged in harms way and the reward will be to dismiss them and shake their hand and i think that would be a mistake. >> thank you, general. >> senator, just to reiterate a couple of things. my compatriots said, we think we would definitely not be able to execute the existing strategy if we have to go through sequestration. we echo your remark it would be devastating. we simply can't afford this one. as we talked about several times, the air force is the oldest it has ever been in terms of its iron. we desperately need to recapitalize our flying fleet.

cordon it with address of marine debris issues. any debris that poses a threat via potential oil or hazardous substance to the environment. the coast guard may also develop and issue broadcast notice to mariners and advice vessel traffic of potential hazards to navigation. service also has the authority to destroy these hazards for navigation pc to make sure that we're protecting lives and preserving property. if debris creates a hazard navigation and navigable waters or channels, the coast are typically works the army corps of engineers, the lead federal agency for all obstructions determined to be federal maintain navigable channels or water. to address the matter. coast guard resources and personnel may also be requested by noaa to help with identifying, tracking and monitoring debris by conducting overflights such as those conducted over montague island with noaa representatives on board. the coast guard and noaa actively work and playing together at all levels at both agencies. at the national level the coast guard participate

to lourdes board visit our web site at marine club.com. please turn off your cellphones and any other noisemakers you may have. this wednesday may 9th paula bravo will speak all biden. the indication of general petraeus and was imbedded in his death in she adds, -- has hundreds of hours to tell the inside story of his development and leadership from every vantage point*. last, you have question cards. i would make use of those cards that is how we will handle q&a. please hand them to the staff then the questions will be post during the second half of the program. it is by a pleasure to introduce dr. right to the said of world war ii veteran. he is from believe the illinois near dubuque diyala and the college resolute knew i was with james wright i graduated with this list of margins. [laughter] he would roll over in his grave. you went to the university of wisconsin and became a history professor 1969. served as the president 1998 through 2009 and he has visited most of the military hospitals and has a courage support for the wounded veter

but we right now are budgeted in fy '13 for 182,000 marines. relying on overseas contingency funds to have a ramp to take us from the authorization in '12 down to 182,000 we'll be at in fy '16. if sequesteration quent inwent effect and not given the ramp that would be immediate from 182,000 to 168,000. at that number there is absolutely no way we would keep faith with people. we would be breaking contracts and sending people on their way who believe they had a commitment from us to keep on active duty. these are the very people earlier, in afghanistan today, forward deployed, forward enganlenganl enganl -- engaged in harm's way. their onto reward would to be come home and shake their hand. i think that would be a mistake. >> to reiterate a couple things my compatriots have said. we think we would not be able to execute the existing strategy if we have to go through sequesteration. we echo your remark it would be devastating. we simply can't afford this one. as we have talked about several times, the air force is the oldest it's ever been in ter

and marine recruiter wasn't there. the navy chief said hey, step in. we joined the navy. >> had you heard of vietnam? >> i had heard of it when i was in high school but it was just another country. >> just another country? >> as manyening wills are much like the history, complex and dangerous. >> edwin is professor of history. >> in the mid 19th century catholic missionaries were being persecuted in vietnam and in china and this issue was a part of what brought france into involvement in both vietnam and china. >> french colony of indochina includes cambodiaa, vietnam and laos. thousands migrated to asia in search of wealth. made second class citizens they resisted french occupation with violence. at the end of world war i, woodrow wilson envisioned a new world forum. founded at paris peace conference the league of nations was intended to be a new arena for people in countries to hash out their differences. this high minded concept appealed to one young man in particular. >> he showed up at the paris peace conference w

i'm also pleased that the army and marine corps -- i'm also pleased that the army and marine corps has funded facilities sustainment, restoration and modernization at the 90% level, which is the dod's stated goal. unfortunately, the air force and navy funded this same fsrm at 82% and 80% respectively. i'd like to hear from the air force and the navy what level of risk they are taking on as a result of these lower funding levels and what steps they plan to take to avoid large bills down the road. finally, we have learned the department of defense will face at least a $1.3 billion bill as a result of the rise in fuel prices. this price increase has been exacerbated by the continued closure of the pakistan border, forcing supply convoys for our force in afghanistan to use the northern distribution network at an increased expense of about $38 million per month. given all of these challenges we face, we must strive to protect our readiness accounts, but we can also do a better job in managing funds like operation and maintenance. we can improve the execution rates and unobligated balances i

killed in afghanistan a young marine is home. don knapp was in danville where the marine was greeted by a thankful crowd. >>> and and delta gave corporal lance jordan a parade with parties and cars and appreciative friends and neighbors. >>> welcome home. >>> thank you. >>> at times the motions were overflowing. the town's response was a surprise is faubus that because a surprise was the only way to give jordan involved. >>> we had a surprise of policy would never go for it he would never do it. >>> a bittersweet return. in november many of these folks can not to honor joshua corral one spot it was brought home after he was killed in afghanistan. corral was a 2010 graduate of san ramon valley high school. he and other seniors join the marines after school. >>> when we lost one of our own that was he was a close friend of jordan's eight prodded closer to home the prize goes beyond belief. >>> he appeared to be taken is welcome home in stride, the marines said of this service, he was doing his job. >>> thank you for the oncoming me

on 18th, marines begin first emergencies in vietnam. navy begin to pound the first vietcongs. >> intelligence heard the first vietcong legend was preparing. >> he joined the company second battalion just before operation starlight. as a medical corpsman his job was to save lives. >> i don't think any of us slept that night. >> oliver: operation starlight called for a landing nine miles south of an airfield. another unity would come in from the north and they would conduct an assault west of the enemy. corpsman landed at slsm lsm v wright. >> we got to the top and we got mortar fire. >> no cover. no cover at all. >> how many casualties did you take? >> we had four initially. >> how badly were they hurt? >> my first casualty was dead. i stock my financing other his eyeball. there was no reaction i closed his eyes zbloovm they were under fire. despite the incoming they had to move across open ground and assault from 43. >> from where we landed, open rice paddy all the way out 400 to 500 meters and to the left was a village and a large open

marines was as close as i could get. i was passed the phase then as president of the class a went to the marine officer candidate school. vassar was shocked but my parents found peace and were proud. it took them a period of shock. the parents' job is the hardest to protect the child. i was a child chasing it. if there was a line one point* on safety one out of risk. always out of reach. but always reaching. that is what drove them crazy. >> since you became an orphan have you moved to the safety side? divx i left the marine corps. i left. 16 years. no retirement. no benefits. i walked cold. i knew i would continue to go back until they brought me back if the beg because afghanistan was next for me. i wanted to go. it is hard to see marines deployed. i feel betrayal because i feel responsible. that is part of the leadership. all the way down. if they have a responsibility, levying is the hardest decision i ever made. the marine corps did not care. we will put another of lieutenant-colonel there. it did not notice the com

now, to me the marine debris program started with me in its infancy. i think it's a very important program. we absolutely appreciated the ability to have that 600-plus because if we didn't, we wouldn't have been able to put even the attention we've tried to put on debris program. it's been very important to us, and we hope we'll be able to find a way to continue to have some resources to focus on the issue because it will be around for a while. but there is a president's budget. >> yeah, i know. and i think we should be discriminating in terms of what's essential as a priority, and obviously, this is a priority. we should have some preplanning and some forethought involved knowing that the bulk of this debris is going to occur, you know, presumably in 2013 and 2014. correct? >> yes. >> you think the bulk will occur in 2013 as some scientists are saying? >> yes. >> you do. >> potentially yes. >> here we are facing reductions in the very program that's going to be essential. okay. well, obviously, it doesn't make sense. and that's something that has to b

and we have learned from my good friend, steve hummer here of the marine corps, that the marine for life mentality needs to be in the army, also. a soldier for life mentality. we're doing several things, sir. we are putting -- i am putting manpower on the active duty installations to start working more aggressively with the transition process much further out than we have in the past. that soldier that decides he's going to leave the army from an active status, we're telling him he's not getting out. he's transitioning. he's transitioning into reserve status, whether it's active or inactive reserve status, he's still going to be a soldier. but we need to start talk iing him six to nine months before he leaves not two weeks. we need to start talking to him first of all about what he's going to do for civilian work, and we need to help him get a job. and so one of the cornerstones of our program is our employer support program that we've developed over the last four years where we now have over 3,000 employers across america that have partnered with us. we have 700,000 jobs on the web port

shipbuilding industry that supplies our united states marine corps. i thank the chairman for entering this amendment and need back my time. >> any further debate on the unblocked amendment? no questions on the -- so all those in favor will say aye. the opposed no, the aye's have it, the amendment is agreed to. the gentleman will recognize mr. akin for the purpose of offering a motion. >> mr. chairman, i move that we adopt the amendment. >> the subcommittee report. >> the question is on the motion of the gentleman from missouri of adopting the subcommittee report as amendmented. members in favor will say aye, those against no, the aye's have it and the motion is agreed to. the committee will now receive the report according to committee rule 17. the chair recognizes the chairman of the subcommittee, the gentleman from virginia mr. forbes for any comments he would like to make. >> thank you mr. chairman, and i would like to reduce the dangerous -- sequestration. we have a long way to go if we are to continue to guarantee the security of american and ame

. >> always wanted to be a marine. when i was a kid, we used to watch the movies, john wayne made them famous. >> thomas montgomery loved to reminisce about his days as a marine. >> used an m-14, m-16, .50 caliber. >> he never did see live combat. instead of medals, he left the military with a drinking problem. but he quit cold turkey after becoming a responsible family man, with a house in upstate new york, a wife and two lovely daughters. montgomery was a model citizen, taught sunday school, never even had a speeding ticket to his name. what we didn't know about montgomery is that his 17-year marriage was in trouble. and he had become impotent. >> i mean, i had a desire. but there was times i just couldn't do anything. i wasn't disappointed in her. i was more disappointed in how my life was. i mean, i had great kids, and a great wife. but it seems like i felt guilty because i wasn't satisfied. i wanted something else. >> that something else, first it was online gaming, then it was a girl. a teenaged girl. >> i was in

and marine recruiter wasn't there. the navy chief said hey, step in. we joined the navy. >> had you heard of vietnam? >> i had heard of it when i was in high school but it was just another country. >> just another country? >> as manyening wills are much like the history, complex and dangerous. >> edwin is professor of history. >> in the mid 19th century catholic missionaries were being persecuted in vietnam and in china and this issue was a part of what brought france into involvement in both vietnam and china. >> french colony of indochina includes cambodiaa, vietnam and laos. thousands migrated to asia in search of wealth. made second class citizens they resisted french occupation with violence. at the end of world war i, woodrow wilson envisioned a new world forum. founded at paris peace conference the league of nations was intended to be a new arena for people in countries to hash out their differences. this high minded concept appealed to one young man in particular. >> he showed up at the paris peace conference w

layers -- marine layer's flung.oolest everywhere tomorrow, warming again almost as warm as today this weekend. today three degrees warmer in santa rosa, two in concord. one degree cooler san jose. closer to the ocean or the golden gate bridge the san bruno gap where cool air -- cool winds funnel through. south bay mid to upper 80s, 88 campbell and saratoga. peninsula change from mid 80s around palo alto to mid 70s in millbrae. low to mid 60s along the coast low 70s downtown and south san francisco. 25 to 30° warmer in your valleys with mid to upper 80s, 76 sausalito, mid 70s to low 80s north to south along the east bay shore 90s concord, antioch, brentwood, livermore. near 90 morgan hill, gilroy, 86 hollister. low to mid 60s monterey and carmel. going to the a's game? 71 dropping to 61, 7:05 first pitch. most of us in the low to mid 50s tomorrow four to eight degrees cooler. before you know it upper 80s to near 90 this weekend inland. fear 70 at the coast for the holiday weekend. have a great day. >>> you can tell t

say something about the marines. the marines in the asia pacific region. there will be something more about this later. reduction in marine corps in- strength reflecting the winddowns in iraq and afghanistan. no reduction in marine corps presence west of the international death line. none. and -- international date line. none. in fact, we will see more marines out in east asia. why is that? because the marines won't be in afghanistan. they are going to be at their stations. we have a new rotational presence in australia that we're building. marines presence in guam. definitely going to make that move now, and so marie -- marine corps presence in the asia pacific also. finally, we sustained or launched new capabilities specifically for the asia pacific region. i mentioned the new bomber. didn't mention yet the virginia payload module for the virginia class submarines, conventional prompt strike and a host of upgrades in radars, electronic, protectional electronic warfare, new munitions of various kinds and on and on and on all not only protected but enhance

he is not going to be a marine.ing, she took my brother and my dad and told him to go start the car, we are going for ride. his conversation did not last very long. my brother says, we have been told by mom to convention not to go in the marine corps like we did. -- to convince you not to go in the marine corps like we did. my older brother and the los that if you don't, we are going to break your legs. [laughter] they were all highly decorated. they did not receive the highest awards, but they received quite a bit. the golden teased as they sat with that evening with me, i want to pass them on to the young people -- a golden keys. always said a good example. set your standards high. always take care of your fellow men. the third one was kind of tough. whatever you do, don't ever ask a marine or anyone you are leading to do anything, in peacetime or in combat, that you would not do. how does that relate to you? if you go back to the first one, setting in your standards and examples high. at this stage in life, you s

pages i started the marine corps knew one.s you put a disclaimer up, you would be covered and that came back to running the page and one of five administrators on it and founding it and that's what they hammered on. >> mike: that was a facebook page that was public. >> public. >> mike: one that you helped co-found, but it was not the one where you had the. >> no. >> mike: quote, and it was fiscal policy. >> free market, fiscal responsibility and government. >> mike: one of the champions on your cause is the aclu. an unlikely ally typically for a conservative tea party card carrying person. >> that shows you how much this is crossing party lines, how free speech does and aclu, of counsel and justice foundation, who are doing all the fund raising, who are doing all the leg work, so to speak, but to see these two groups come together and fight for one cause, freedom of speech is amazing especially for a tea party member. >> mike: gary, i appreciate your service to the country and marine corps, anybody could get in the marine corp

both of which are maritime entities and it places i think additional responsibility on the navy and marine corpse, but, corp, with but it is a continuation of our historic role .. we conclude with a newby ography about general eisenhower by jean smith, eisenhower in war and peace. >> he worked a seven-day week from the time he graduated from west point and he was focused, he was able, he was intelligent, he had a very good command of the language, macarthur speeches were written by eisenhower. and he had a marvelous command of the english language, and was very critical of staff members who weren't. and h he also knew how to get along with people. >> rose: al halperin, ray mabus and jean edward smith when we continue. >> funding for charlie rose was provided by the following. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> we begin tonight with politics, with less than six months before election day, president obama and governor romney are active on the campaign trail. today's washington post abc news poll shows the candidates are tie

of honor recipient, bruce carter in honor of every marine who served. joining averell mark ferguson, vice chief of naval operations, stephanie low burke, these of petty officer richard hunt in honor of every sailor who served. joining general philip brief shine.een joining the vice admiral, nathan brown, united states coast radishire.ry pressur joining it general craig mcanally, chief of national guard bureau, bill stylar he and steven tyler in honor of every member of the guard and reserves to serve. joining honorable william burns, deputy secretary of state, is in the colon, the wife of foreign service officer, and gregory ndino in honor of the state department and those who serve. deputyg the hon. th secretary, a vietnam veteran and member of the department of transportation to honor all who served in the merchant marine. joining mr. jan scruggs, missed billy gabriel, the sister of james gabriel and honor of all special forces. joining major general victor hego, daughters of colonel bandwind in honor all those that serve. ♪ "saving grace" on bag pipe