we ask your celestial blessing upon the general martin dempsey, his wife, and their family.em to bear the awesome responsibilities which are placed around -- un him. guard him as he believes admiral mullen, and stand sentinel for each of us night and day. finally, has become to the lore -- caller: of this ceremony, may you continue to bless us and -- as we come to the end of the ceremony, may continue to bless us and keep us. mid-of sunshine warm up on your face, and the rain fall warlock on your fields, and until we meet again, -- fall upon your fields, and until we meet again, may god hold you in his hand. we ask this in his holy name, amen. >> ladies and gentlemen, admiral and mrs. mike mullen. [applause] >> ladies angentlemen, please remain at your seats until the president has departed. [applause] [military chanting] [applause] [applause] [applause] in briefing. then a discussion on john wall then a retirement ceremony for admiral mike mullen. tomorrow, and george mason university professor garrett jones looks of the jobs created from the stimulus. moulton discusses pre

general martin dempsey said that has to change, there is an imperative greater need for the fuel and martin dempsey hosted an energy roundtable where you guys all participated to focus the department's attention on this issue. what are some of the concrete steps that have been taken over the past couple of years to change the energy and how the department thinks about energy? >> i think the first thing has been a recognition that it is critical to our ability to fight wars effectively, to be more energy efficient, so the change in the culture has been fundamental and that's really, i think, been driven largely by the recognition that the most -- we are at our most vulnerable when we are transporting fuel to the tactical edge and convoys traveling through the mountains of pakistan are very vulnerable and we're losing lives trying to get that fuel to forward operating bases. so trying to make ourselves more efficient, reduce our demand for fuel in theater. but that realization is extended to our installations which i oversee. we consume $4 billion worth of electricity on our permanent

chief, david petraeus and joint chiefs of staff, general martin dempsey. the line-up was a clear sign that washington is determined to get its message across. >>> more space junk is hurtling our way. the german aerospace center says nearly two tons of debris from a dead satellite is falling towards the atmosphere, it may reach the surface of the earth in the next few days. the aerospace center projects the satellite known as rosat will re-enter the atmosphere between october 22 and 23, utc. it says it cannot predict the precise time and locations of re-entry. rosat was used for research on black holes and neutron stars and its imaging telescope is the first all-sky survey of x-ray sources. germany launched the satellite in 1990 and ended operations in 1999. the german aerospace center says most parts of the 2.4-ton telescope will burn up on re-entry. but it says up to 30 fragments weighing a total of 1.7 tons could crash into the earth. the largest piece of rosat that could reach the ground is the telescope's heat-resistant mirror. the japan aerospace expl

chief, david petraeus and joint chiefs of staff, general martin dempsey. it was a clear sign that washington is determined to get its message across. >>> more space junk is hurtling our way. the german aerospace center says nearly two tons of debris from a dead satellite is falling towards the atmosphere. it may reach the surface of the earth in the next few days. the aerospace center projects the satellite known as rosat will re-enter the atmosphere between october 22 and 23rd, utc. it ss i cannot predict the precise time and locationsf the re-ery rosat was used for research on black holes and knew tran stars, its telescope performed the first all-sky survey of x-ray sources. germany launched the satellite in 1990 and ended operations in 1999. the german aerospace center says most parts of the telescope will burn up on re-entry. but it says, up to 30 fragments, weighing a total of 1.7 tons could crash into the earth. the largest piece of the satellite that could reach the ground is the telescope's heat-resistant mirror. the japan aerospace exploration age

general martin dempsey and mrs. dempsey. >> the new chairman of the joint chiefs of staff general martin dempsey, his birthday dinner as chairman. also attending this evening defense secretary leon panetta. >> the honorable mike atkins. mr. harrell poe. >> we are going to be the booksellers area and take you to the front to the north portico where president of obama and michelle obama will be welcoming the south korean president and his wife momentarily. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] ♪ ♪ >> the arrival at the north portico, president lee myung-bak and his wife mrs. kim yong bok at the white house at the state dinner about to get underway as a return to the booksellers area. we will stay live here at c-span3. writing about the relationship between president obama and the south korean president mark lander writes today that the two men have also built a personal bond with mr. lee become among a small number of leaders w

in general martin dempsey, incoming chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. >> [military yelling] [band plays] the president of the united states. ["hail to the chief" plays] ladies and gentlemen, please remain standing for the invocation. plays] [military orders] >> let us pray. eternal father, we praise you and thank you. it's subtle presence -- your eternal presence touches us this morning. thank you for your leadership, guidance, and direction that admiral mullen has given to this great nation. we thank you for having stood next to this great leader as he led hundreds of thousas of our most treasured puncher man and woman through two major conflicts. we ask you for a special blessing, a blessing upon admiral mullen. such service has meant sacrifices, chief of which has been the long separations from home, family, and friends. we rejoice with him on this day. we pray that the lordill be with him. life has advance the well-being of soldiers, coastguardsman, and marines, and the loving admilies -- his wife has event vanced. as new begnings jones them into other aspects of life, maybe a

. >> without mentioning the lra, martin dempsey made a strong case to congress for having a presence in africa to snuff out potential threats to the u.s. >> our presence on the african continent is part of our network of building partners, of gaining intelligence and then when targeting approaches or targeting reaches the level of refinement, we can act on it. >> officials here at the white house and on the hill are stressing tonight that a key difference from libya, that was a large nation with a dictator and a big army, this is a lone terrorist with a rag-tag group of 400, 500 members. but one representative vowing to watch all of this very closely. >> it's important, historically, limited missions can lead to bigger missions, of course. the question is about the release, friday afternoon, the letter up to capitol hill. the pentagon seemed to be caught off guard at first that it was coming out today. >> it seemed like it had been in the works for a long time. but no one had a clear idea, especially on the hill that it was all coming together this quickly. now, senator inhofe, a sup

new today, protesters briefly disrupted a hearing involving leon pennetta and chief of staff, martin dempsey this morning. >>> right now, police are warning parents that a man has groped two young girls in prince georges county. police say the man inappropriately touched the girls near a middle school. both incidents happened shortly after 7:00 in the morning. the latest happened yesterday morning, and police say in both cases the man groped the girls and took off running. a local resident tells us she is upset this happened. >> it's awful. your children should be safe always. you know, people shouldn't ever violate children in any way. it's very disturbing. >> police say extra patrols and surveillance will be added. they urge students to walk in pairs and stay alert. >>> we're getting a better look at the gunman that shot and killed eight people in a hair salon in california. the gunman, 42-year-old scott dekraai walked in and started shooting. one person listed in critical condition, and eight were killed. friends of the owner say dekraai was the ex-husband of a stylist that worked there.

we taped our interview on wednesday before he handed over his office to his successor, general martin dempsey. this was mullen's last interview in office. admiral, thank you for joining us. >> it's good to be with you, fareed. >> let's start with the biggest news, the elephant in the room, shall we say. last week you described the haqqani network as a veritable arm of the pakistani military. now for our viewers to understand, the haqqani network is the most deadly terrorist outfit in pakistan that operates across the border in afghanistan, sometimes in pakistan, kills afghans, kills americans, kills westerners. you have a very long relationship with pakistan. you have been engaged with this country. you've traveled there -- i saw an account that said 27 times. you met with your counterpart the general, dozens of times. >> right. >> what made you go public? >> there's been a recent significant series of events from the bombing of the intercontinental earlier this year to the truck bomb that wounded 77 americans, to the september 13 attack on the american embassy in kabul. and i -- in this camp

message: the new director of the c.i.a., david petraeus; and the new joint chiefs chairman, general martin dempsey. she conceded relations had hit a dangerous lowpoint. >> we have seen distrust harden into resentment and public recrimination. we have seen common interest give way to mutual suspicion. >> reporter: despite the tough talk, her trip was designed to stabilize the relationship as well says former state department advisor vali nasr. >> i think the obama administration understands that the relationship with pakistan spiraling out of control will jeopardize their ability to leave afghanistan. >> reporter: several incidents this year have made a hard road even rockier. the january killing of two pakistani men by a c.i.a. contractor, raymond davis. the u.s. mission to find and kill osama bin laden in may undertaken without informing pakistan. and a spate of bloody attacks on u.s. soldiers, on an international hotel kabul and on the u.s. embassy and nato compound there that american officials believe were the work of the pakistan-backed haqqani network. late last month, the outgoing chairman

intelligence, retired general david petraeus, and the new chairman of the joint chiefs, general martin dempsey. it's been a rocky stretch for u.s.-pakistan relations, with alleged ongoing pakistani support for militant groups; strategic wrangling over afghanistan; and the mission to kill osama bin laden inside pakistan having frayed ties between the two nations. nonetheless, the americans brought a stern message to pakistan's president, prime minister, and their powerful intelligence and military leaders. secretary clinton previewed that message yesterday in afghanistan after meeting with president karzai. >> they can either be helping or hindering. >> holman: today, clinton reiterated that at a town hall- style meeting in islamabad, and again assailed pakistani support for extremists. >> but no policy that distinguishes between so-called "good" terrorists and "bad" terrorists can provide long-term security. and pakistan has the opportunity to show regional leadership by ending the insurgency on both sides of the border. >> holman: clinton's trip continues with visits on to other regional play

director david petraeus and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general martin dempsey to meet with pakistani prime minister yousaf raza gilani. basque separtists today declared an end to their violent campaign to gain independence from spain and france. since the late 1960s, the separatist group known as e.t.a. has killed more than 800 people in bombings and shootings in their quest for independence. in a statement today, the group renounced armed struggle as a tool on the path to independence, and said it now wants to open direct talks with spain and france. nearly 10,000 turkish troops took part in a ground offensive against kurdish rebels in iraq. about a thousand of those troops entered iraq along the southeastern border. it marked turkey's largest attack on the rebels in more than three years. the offensive was prompted after kurdish forces killed 24 turkish soldiers in a raid yesterday. protesters rampaged outside the greek parliament today, as a vote was underway inside to impose new austerity measures. riot police tried to separate more than 50,000 protesters from smal

ceremony at joint base myer in virginia, the chairman handed over his duties to army general martin dempseyen began his military service at the u.s. naval academy in 1964. president obama honored that long service, in particular mullen's dedication to men and women in uniform. >> i've seen it in the quiet moments with our wounded warriors and our veterans. i saw it that day in the situation room as we held our breath for the safe return of our forces who delivered justice to osama bin laden. i saw it at dover as we honored our fallen heroes in their final journey home. mike, you have fulfilled the pledge you made at the beginning to represent our troops with unwavering dedication. >> holman: in his last words as chairman, mullen asked all americans to look after the nation's troops. >> we talk about the resilience of our troops and their families as if it is something apart from society. it isn't. or, at least, it shouldn't be. where do you think those troops learned to be so brave? in your home, in your schools, in your communities. >> holman: just yesterday, on his final full day as chair

and general martin e. dempsey. >> present. ♪ [band plays] the president of the united states.l to the chief" plays] ladies and gentlemen, please remain standing for the invocation. plays] [military orders] >> let us pray. eternal father, we praise you and thank you it's subtle presence -- your eternal presence touches us this morning. thank you for your leadership, guidance, and direction that admiral mullen has given to this great nation. we thank you for having stood next to this great leader as led hundreds of thousands of our most treasured puncher man and woma through two major conflicts. we ask you for a special blessing, a blessing upon admiral mullen. such service has meant sacrifices, chief of which has been the long separations from home, family, and friends. we rejoice with him on this day. we pray that the lord will be with him. life has advance the well-being of soldiers, coastguardsman, and marines, and the loving admilies -- his wife has event vanced. as new beginnings jones them into other aspects of life, maybe a short of lasting friendships and support. maybe

chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, martin dempsey. welcome to your first hearing in your new positions before this committee. i look forward to a candid dialogue and the time is now yours secretary panetta. >> thank you very much. [indistinct yelling] >> you are murdering people. you are murdering people. [applause] [indistinct chanting] [indistinct chanting] >> how many lives? how many lives around the world? how many lives are going to see sacrifice? >> dingell and will resume. -- gentleman will resume. >> distinguished members of the committee, it is an honor to appear before you. for the first time a secretary of defense, i would like to join you in recognizing general dempsey. he is a brilliant soldier. he is someone who is a proven leader on the battlefield and off the battlefield. i am delighted to have him alongside me in his new capacity as chairman of the joint chiefs. on behalf of the men and women of the department of defense, i want to thank the members of this committee for your support, for your determination to join me

. >> reporter: general martin dempsey says his ipad is not only crucial for him, but it's the kind ofends on. >> what i'm interested in, by the way, is we have -- one of the lessons we've learned over the last ten years with war is the extent to come we've pushed capability -- extent to which we've pushed capability to the edge. the junior leader at the edge of all of this with the information he needs to understand what's going on. >> reporter: the military does have to be careful. due to worries about viruses and worms, most devices must be used in a stand-alone mode. they cannot be directly connected to military computer network. >> this is probably the tactical outpost of the future. because the power, the generating power and the data management power of these devices in the future, and i'm looking out to about 2020 or such, wherever the commander is, if he and his people have it, it's a critical operation center. every piece of information will be available here. >> reporter: even pilots flying over afghanistan and libya used commercial maps loaded to their ipads when flying com

. >> still, martin dempsey warns current budget cuts could risk it all at a time when the threat to americansll operations. his major worry, al-qaeda and africa's threat to americans. right now, he says al-qaeda groups in somalia, as well as algeria are trying to join forces. >> at least the stated intent for those organizations to collaborate and synchronize, which if they are able to do so, would establish an extremist link network, if you will, that would extend from somalia across the north into the sahel and into west africa. and that network would be very dangerous. not only to us as americans, but clearly to the africans as well. >> general hamm along with the central intelligence agency is focused on targeting the militant al shabaab group, which is recruiting american somalis for terrorist training. >> there are clearly some smaller number camps where there is the presence of foreign fighters. i believe there is an intent to train foreign fighters for extennell operations, both in africa and europe and potentially back to the united states. >> now, wolf, these troops on their way to

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president obama announced the death of al qaeda clara anwar al-awlaki at a ceremony welcoming martin dempsey as the 18th joint chiefs of staff chairman and honoring outgoing chairman admiral mike mullen. he was killed in the u.s. air strike in yemen. here is a brief portion of the remarks. >> before i begin, i want to say a few words about some important news. earlier this morning, anwar al- awlaki, a leader of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, was killed and yemen. [applause] the death is a major blow to al qaeda as most active operational affiliate's. anwar al-awlaki was the leader of the external operations for al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. in that role, he took the lead in planning and directing efforts to murder innocent americans. he directed the failed attempt to blow up an airplane on christmas day in 2009. he directed the failed attempt to blow up u.s. cargo planes in 2010. he repeatedly called on individuals and united states and around the globe to kill innocent men and women and children to advance a murderous agenda. the death of anwar al-awlaki marks another significant m

later on c-span3, defense secretary leon panetta and joint chiefs of staff chairman martin dempsey will testify about the pentagon's spending priorities. live coverage from the house armed services committee starts at 10:00 a.m. eastern. now the confirmation hearing for michael mcfaul to be u.s. ambassador to russia. the nominee is currently senior director for russia at the national security council and teaches political science at stanford university. this senate foreign relations committee hearing is an hour, 20 minutes. >> good afternoon, everyone. good afternoon, dr. mcfaul. senator lugar and i were at the business meeting of the senate foreign relations committee. so please excuse us for being tardy but i think that is probably an excused absence. this afternoon the senate foreign relations committee meets today to consider the nomination of michael mcfaul to be the u.s. ambassador to russia. i want to welcome dr. mcfaul and his family here and congratulate him on his nomination. thank you for choosing to take on this new responsibility at such an important time for our country. i

anybody that can keep the tribes together and say we are going to do this together it will be martin dempsey. >> hi endorsement for large challenge. you are on the aisle. >> good morning and thank you. you spoke -- >> speak of the little. >> you spoke earlier about the proposal -- do you think the way to save money for expanding -- expenditure? >> could you repeat the question? may be come up here? canyon come up here a little closer? it is just reality. >> earlier in the summer you spoke of brookings institute and set your favorable to center web's plan of booking air force base, having spent three months in this process do you think this is still the best way to save money considering camp schwab is expensive? >> thank you. as you know, secretary norman panetta was in japan and is traveling to korea today. the reports that i read in newspapers is i have not talked to anybody is a very encouraging visit in japan and there is strong encouragement from the central government to continue the agreed to implementation plan which eventually is building the runway offshore and moving the marine qu

washington times" this morning -- the armedl cover services meeting today and leon panetta and martin dempsey will be testifying before the house armed services committee. if you can see live coverage at 10:00 a.m. eastern time and no doubt there will be discussion about the events this meat -- week and the announcements from the justice department. our last caller from this first segment is from eureka -- good morning, myron. republican vin caller: it does not seem to matter whether we had a democrat or republican in the white house or congress, the leadership of the republican and democrat party, they all work together. what they are working for is globalization. if you take a look at the european union, it was set up three different trade agreements. this is what this is all about. we are going to lower the standard of living in the united states so we can be comfortably merged with the rest of the world. it is all about globalization and of this world dictatorship is what these people are working for. it is not for anybody's well- being, not for the american people, and it is not going to

afghanistan and iraq tomorrow, from defense secretary leon panetta and joint chiefs of staff chairman martin dempsey. there will testify at a hearing of the house armed services committee, beginning at eastern time on c-span 3. up next, the senate commerce committee holds a hearing on subsidies for broadband internet access. the house debates free-trade agreements with columbia and south korea -- with columbia and south korea -- with colombia and south korea. >> the telecommunications act founded the universal service fund a. money for this fund comes from telecom companies and is charged on consumers' phone bills. the fcc plans to shift the focus to providing broadband internet access. the senate commerce committee looks into this proposal. it is two hours and 20 minutes. >> it is not going to be started off by me, but by john kerry, who has to leave immediately for that wonderful thing called the super committee, which is solving all the problems of eastern, western, and north and south countries, plus he is the subcommittee chairman. go-ahead, mr. kerry. >> thank you. i did not realize you had pu

you done any research as far as the degradation of leadership which is something that general martin dempsey talk about when he came to testify before us a couple of weeks ago? have we look at that and what can happen as far as the congressional leadership? >> i believe used the term hauling of the force. that is something we have learned many lessons in the past. we will not do anything to our compensation system so we end up with that forced. >> any comments? >> i would like to say, i know what you are saying about that. from the enlisted said, you have senior enlisted people -- you need first sergeants. >> nothing else, because people combined with the junior officers, you also have a senior enlisted person who can have a wealth of experience with the military 20 or 30 years who can exploit things to call on them, that makes it very powerful combination. >> ever testify to that as a young, stupid second lieutenant when i came in. >> so many of these things in these analyses treaty people in the context of human resources. as if they were which it in a box. instead of thinking of human bei

after that, a house hearing with leon panetta and joint chiefs of staff chairman martin dempsey.day on "washington journal", a look at the economic proposals for the republican presidential candidates. our guest is economist an american enterprise research institute fellow alex brill. that is followed by the harvard professor roland fryer. he discusses martin luther king jr. and a discussion of race today. starting at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. >> it's been almost 30 years since a small group of the alphi phi alpha fraternity proposed a memorial. this sunday, watched the official dedication of the national memorial in washington d.c. live coverage begins at 9:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> on "newsmakers", texas congressman pete sessions, chairman of the texas -- national republican congressional committee. he discusses the campaigns. "newsmakers" sunday at 12:10 p.m. eastern following the dr. king memorial dedication. and again at 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. homeland security secretary janet napolitano and your predecessors michael cherthoff and tom ridge spoke tuesday at

have you done any research as far as the degradation of leadership, which is something general martin dempsey talked about when he came and talked before us a couple of weeks ago? have looked at that, and what could happen as far as a progression of leadership? >> yes. i believe general dempsey used the term "hauling of the forced their called the secretary has also talked about that. -- force." the secretary has also talked about that. we have learned lessons so we do not end up with that hollowed force. >> any comments? >> i would just like to say, i know you are saying about that, and from the in listed side, you have senior enlisted people, sergeant, major -- >> you need first sergeants, majors. >> if nothing else, those people combined with the junior officers, r-charging junior officers, you also have the senior enlisted person who can have a wealth which wealth of experience with the military, 20, 30 years, and they can explain things. a junior officer can call on them for their experience that that makes a powerful combination. >> i will testify to that as a young, stupid, second lieu

y'all down any research as far as the degradation of leadership which is something that general martin dempsey talked about when he came and testified before us is couple of weeks ago? have we looked at that and what could happen as far as the regression of leadership? >> yes. i believe general dempsey used the term "hollowing" of the force and the secretary has talked about that is something we have learned many lessons from the past and we will not do anything to our compensation system so that we end up with that hollowed force. >> okay. any comments, colonel? >> i'd just like to say i know what you're saying about that. and, you know, from the enlisted side, you have, you know, senior enlisted people, sergeant, major -- >> you need first sergeant and sergeant majors. >> to nothing else with those people combined with the junior officers a hard charging junior officer and you have a senior enlisted person who can, you know, have a wealth of experience with the military 20 or 30 years that they can, you know, explain things to the junior officer can call on them for their experience and that

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