mr. collins. >> seriously, it is ridiculous. people were reduced to doing what i did. >> may i help, mr. collins, which is -- because i think it's a very good question and a really important question and i understand it's going to be one of the subjects of the judicial inquiry, which the prime minister announced last week, which as a company we immediately welcomed and we look forward to. the question of public interest, the question of what's acceptable and what isn't in terms of investigative techniques is an important one. but let me be very clear. the codes of conduct of news corporation for our employees, journalists or otherwise are very clear that breaking the law is a very, very serious matter. people should be held to account. and in the matter of phone hacking or payments to police or things like that, we just don't think they should have any place in our business. >> so james mar dourdoch, you w be very clear and people should have been very aware that phone hacking was not only illegal but totally unacceptable? >> we

mr. collins, there are a number of people who have been arrested. we don't know what's going to happen in the future around those things. but given the breach of trust, given the allegations that were emerging at a rapid pace, you know, it was clear to me, anyway, and i think that the future will bear this out without any specific knowledge of the future, obviously, that it was the right thing for the paper to cease publication. >> your father said in his "wall street journal" interview that you, mr. james murdoch, had acted as fast as he could the moment he could. does that suggest that you were held back at any point, have you been frustrated in this process in the last few weeks? >> as i said to the committee earlier, i can't remember which member, my apologies, but mr. collins, this has been a frustrating process and actually, you know, my frustration i think, my real anger to learn that there was new evidence emerging as late as the end of 2010 was real and is real, and you know, what i've done and what the company has tried to do is take new i

mr. collins, there are a number of people who have been arrested. we don't know what is going to happen in the future around those things. but given the breach of trust, given the allegations that were emerging, at a rapid pace, you know, it was clear to me, any way, and i think that the future will bear this out, without any specific knowledge of the future, obviously, that, you know, it was the right thing for the paper to cease publication. >> your father said that you, james acted as fast as he could. does that suggest that you were held back at any point or constrained in this process in the last few weeks. >> as i said to the committee earlier, i can't remember, my apologies, mr. collins this has been a frustrating process, actually my frustration i think and my real anger to learn that, you know, there was new evidence emerging as late as the end of 2010, was real, and is real. and, you know, what i've done and what the company has tried to do is take new information, adjust our course, behave with propriety, behave quickly, behave in a humbl

. >> may i help, mr collins? it is a very good question and i think it is a really important question. i understand it is going to be one of the subjects of the judicial inquiry which the prime minister announced last week, which as a company we immediately welcomed and look forward to. this question of public interest and the question of what is acceptable and what isn't in terms of investigative techniques is an important one. but let me be very clear, the codes of conduct of news corporation globally, for our employees, journalists or otherwise, are very clear -- breaking the law is a very, very serious matter. people who are lawbreakers should be held to account. in the matter of something like phone hacking or, topically, payments to police and things like that, we just don't think they should have any place in our business. >> so, james murdoch, you would be very clear that within your company and within your organisation, senior people should have been very aware that phone hacking was not only illegal, bu

mr. collins, there are a number of people who've been arrested. we don't know what's going to happen in the future around those things. even the breach of trust given the allegations that were emerging at a rapid pace. it was clear to me any way, and i think the future would bear this out, with only specific knowledge of the future i would say, that it was the right thing to sort of pay for these. >> you had acted as fast as he could come at the moment he could? does that suggest you hold back any point of view in the last few weeks? >> as i said to the committee earlier i can't remember which of my apologies, but mr. collins, they're has been a frustrating process and actually life for restoration or my real anger to learn that there was new evidence emerging as late as the end of 2010 was and is real, and what i've done and what the company is trying to do is take new information, adjust the course, be a force propriety and quickly, the haven i humble way with respect to what has happened and with trying to really put it right to me and that is

mr. collins. >> before you is a proposed amendment regarding retroactivity. first, the proposed amendment would expand the listing in subsection c to include parts a and c as an amendment to be considered for retroactive application. part a amended been drug table or crack cocaine and made related revisions. part c deleted the cross reference under which an offender who possessed more than 5 grams of crack cocaine was sentenced under 2-d-11. second, to change the limitations in which imprisonment was less than the minimum. under the proposed amendment, the court shall not reduce the defendant's term of imprisonment less than the minimum guideline range. the amendment restricts the exceptions to cases involving government motions. for those cases, a reduction less than the amended guideline range may be appropriate. third, the proposed amendment amends the commentary to address confrontation issue. consistent with the three step approach and reflected in 1-1.1, the applicable guideline range is the guideline range determined by subsection a, which is determine

mr. chairman. >> thank you very much, senator collins. senator hagan. >> thank you, mr. chairman, and general demsy, i want to welcome you and looking forward to your confirmation and to mrs. dempsey, it's always a pleasure seeing you and i know this is definitely a team effort. >> i thank you for all your past service and sacrifice. >> recently i joined several of my colleagues in sending a letter to the secretary of defense, secretary gates regarding findings of the military leadership commission. issued a decision earlier this year. and this is fields separate edit women from serving in occupations involving direct defensive ground combat. the commission recommended dod and the services conduct a phased elimination of combatnded phasusion policies for winning. my question, general dempsey is what do you think are the po opportunities and risk for eliminating combat exclusion policies for women? >> thank you, senator. there is a dod task force, in fact, looking at what have we learned over ten years about the nature of current conflicts? and, of course, i don't have to

mr. chairman. >> thank you very much, senator collins. senator hagan. >> thank you, mr. chairman, and general demsy, i want to welcome you and looking forward to your confirmation and to mrs. dempsey, it's always a pleasure seeing you and i know this is definitely a team effort. >> i thank you for all your past service and sacrifice. >> recently i joined several of my colleagues in sending a letter to the secretary of defense, secretary gates regarding findings of the military leadership commission. issued a decision earlier this year. and this is fields is the dod and service policies that prohibit women from serving in occupations involving direct. combat. the commission recommended dod and the services conduct a phased elimination exclusion policies. what do you think are the opportunities and risk for eliminating combat exclusion policies for women? >> yeah, thank you, senator. there is a dod task force, in fact, looking at what have we learned over ten years about the nature of current conflicts? and, of course, i don't have to explain this to you, you have visited.

mr r.t. washington d.c. . let's have a look at some other international news this hour collins first female prime minister next move look no one has already announced plans to form a new five party coalition government this comes after her if you type party won by slants like in sunday's general election taking clear parliamentary majority forty four year old is the sister of the country's ousted pm approximation of what toppled in the army five years ago. corporal in the armed forces is killed forefront of marines and injured another at a base on the yellow sea close to the northern border and nineteen year old also wounded is now in custody his motive for what may have been a suicide attack is still unknown south korea stations marines close to the volatile border with north korea. opposition activists in syria say security forces are raiding shells in detaining people in the central city of hama which was the scene of massive protests over the weekend at least twenty have been injured in one attempt to. monetise city is just days after three hundred thousand protesters in hama held the largest demonstration

collins. >> thank you, mr. chairman. first let me thank each of you for your service and your willingness to accept the new challenges. general allen, the people of maine have paid a heavy price. our state has suffered the highest rate of casualties of any state in the nation. we've seen lots of discussion at this hearing and others last week about the number of troops, the pace of withdraw, and the timetable. but i have for you a more fundamental question. and that is -- is there any number of troops that can ensure a stable afghanistan that is going to be able to take responsibility for it's own security given the safe havens and turmoil in pakistan and the lack of confident central government that is not plagued by corruption. in other words, are these such insurmountable obstacles that no matter how many troops we have for how long and how brave and skilled they are, are those two facts the safe havens in pakistan, the corruption and incompetence of the central afghan government insurmountable obstacles? >> senator,

collins. >> thank you, mr. chairman. first let me thank each of you for your service and your willingness to accept the new allenges. general allen, the people of maine have paid a heavy price. our state has suffered the highest rate of casualties o any state in the nation. we've seen lots of discussion at this hearing and others last week about the number of troops, the pace of withdraw, and the timetable. but i have for you a more fundamental question. and that is -- is there any number of troops that can ensure a stable afghanistan that is going to be able to take responsibility for its own security given the safe havens and turmoil in pakistan and the lack of confident central government that is not plagued by corruption. in other wordsare these such insurmountable obstacles that no matter how many troops we have for how long and how brave nd skilled they are, are those two facts the safe havens in pakistan, the corruption an incompetence of the central afghan government insurmountable obstacles? >> senator, i don't

mr. johnson: i ask unanimous consent that senator collins be added as a cosponsor to amendment number 556. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. johnson: i note an absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from virginia. mr. webb: mr. president, first i would like to express my -- the presiding officer: we are in a quorum call. mr. webb: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. webb: mr. president, i would like to begin -- rebegin by expressing my appreciation for the remarks the senator from south dakota made about the need to help our veterans, particularly those that have been serving in these recent endeavors. i would like to express my personal appreciation once again for the service that his own son has given this country during this period and to the service of the senator from illinois, who is the ranking republican on this bill, and also to my own son for having serv

mrs. obama represents a an administration that is the first black both of whom and i use patricia hill collins' concept the outsider within. both of them represent and thank you for correcting my language. both the kennedy demonstration in the obama administration represent administration staff were explicit targets of the kkk. remember when the kkk reorganized at stone mountain they expanded their hatred for black people to black people, catholics and jewish. yes. the kennedy administration came in, having to show how being catholic would not impede governance and the obama administration came in trying to show how -- would not impede government with some religious deviants thrown in and confusion. i won't talk about that now. but you know, they weren't white episcopalians. and are we sure they can govern? well let us watch every single thing she wears and every single thing she does in representing us publicly and let us pillar rate every error she makes. with mrs. obama it is the shorts on the plane and and with mrs. kennedy it was a sandals and no stockings going to church in florida. >> t

before going to them, i beg to yield to commissioner collins for any thoughts you might have and then commissioner joe pitts. >> very briefly, thank you, mr to express my appreciation for witnesses and all the people here can and about these issues. i am a newest member to this commission. chairman smith has a long history and is greatly appreciated for the work he puts in us. this is not by the commission appointments to the congress where you get it out of contributions, you know, and tax support and all those things. this is something you do because you care about human beings. so i appreciate the chairman and other members here in the opportunity to participate here. it's stunning, your testimony that discrimination against cupcakes. i was in cairo a month ago and read about the issues that existed in the chip. i also had red when our american newscaster female was briefed at the screams were not necessary god is great, but that suggestions that she was israeli does really good. the situation is not good. i had an e-mail today and i don't know how valid it is and i'm sending it to the commission for their opportunities to set it, that

mr. president. and this legislation we'll be offering today which has the support of senator rockefeller, democrat from west virginia, senator collins, a republican from maine, senator sanders, a democrat from vermont have joined me as cosponsors. it honors our country by ensuring american flags flown over government buildings are actually american flags. according to u.s. census bureau, the value of imported american flags in the united states last year was $3.2 million with $2.8 million coming from china. i -- i just -- you know, when i think about -- when i think about all the production in china, i -- i often think about young workers -- and when i say young workers, i mean young workers in china -- that make things that people in the united states buy. and i just think, i got to think chinese workers, if they think about this stuff while they're doing it -- maybe they do, maybe they don't -- they must be a bit amused that they're making american flags in china, selling them to us. they must think, what kind of country is this that doesn't make its own flags? i just -- it's t just occurred to me that, mr. president, that's -- th

collins. he said 150 people expecting to begin work next week are about to be put on hold and the project will have to be rebid for the third time. mr. president, a lot of people in congress talk about putting people back to work. they talk about fiscal responsibility. but this delay is costing thousands of jobs and an estimated $30 million a day in lost revenue. if this shutdown continues, these losses could dwarf the entire yearly budget. e.a.s. program which some claim is holding up the bill. congress must not allow our debate over the debt limit or the deficit to prevent action on a short-term f.a.a. extension. such inaction only proves once again to the american people how broken this place is. mr. president, it would be a terrible shame for members of congress to resolve this debt debate, adjourn and board their planes home for recess without resolving this issue. what a slap in the face. to people all across this country. and on behalf of our constituents who make a much more forceful case than i ever could, i implore my colleagues and members of the house to resolve this impasse and re-authorize the f.a.a. now. and with the

mr. president, i had a hearing before my committee, my committee, the "help" committee, has jurisdiction over the national institutes of health. we had the national institutes of health in, francis collins who's now the director of it, bringing us up to date on what the n.i.h. was doing. he pointed out something very interesting. some 20 years ago, we began to invest taxpayer money -- your money, taxpayers' dollars -- into something called mapping and sequencing the huma human g, the human genome project. it became the human genome institute at the n.i.h. and they began a -- about a 12-year -- actually, they finished in about 12 years of mapping and sequencing the entire human genome. the batelle institute, a research institute, privately owned, not government, based i think, if i'm not mistaken, in ohio did a study of this to what happened because of that. we invested $3.8 billion in mapping and sequencing the human gene. 3 $3.8 billion. the batelle institute said in the last eight to ten years, that $3.8 billion of taxpayer money invested in research resulted in over $790 billion of private sector investment. $3.8 billion of taxpayer money, $790 billion of private sector investment. t

mr. collins, there are a number of people who've been arrested. we don't know what's going to happen in the future around those things. even the breach of trust given the allegations that were emerging at a rapid pace. it was clear to me any way, and i think the future would bear this out, with only specific knowledge of the future i would say, that it was the right thing to sort of pay for these. >> you had acted as fast as he could come at the moment he could? does that suggest you hold back any point of view in the last few weeks? >> as i said to the committee earlier i can't remember which of my apologies, but mr. collins, they're has been a frustrating process and actually life for restoration or my real anger to learn that there was new evidence emerging as late as the end of 2010 was and is real, and what i've done and what the company is trying to do is take new information, adjust the course, be a force propriety and quickly, the haven i humble way with respect to what has happened and with trying to really put it right to me and that is