mr. feldman for his comments. he is part of the new 1021. in my opinion, it is a vast improvement over the previous 1021 i had to endure with. hopefully, this mou, whichever way it goes, will benefit the union. hopefully, the union will continue to improve itself. we have to be optimistic in the future, even though, according to my interpretation, the union sometimes cooperates with the employer to often. it is kind of like the nfl situation, where you need a commissioner to put down the hammer on people that obstruct justice. the last thing i have to say it is -- who is the next coach sean peyton? chairperson farrell: thank you. next speaker. >> gabriel holland, san francisco but the coordinator for 1021. i want to thank the city for bringing this to your city. i hope you support it. our union supports it. as gus feldman mentioned earlier, deskilling captures part of the picture. to go more global, it is about valuing the work of people of color. that is why these classifications years ago had a raise. we had a comparative for the study and

feldman made is quite good. i'll stop there. thank you. >> well, thank you very much, mr. ambassador. that does give us an opportunity to get a good dialogue. we certainly appreciate it. let me begin by asking both of you if you would share with us your perceptions of the state of the assad regime itself right now. are there any fishers? there have been some defek shuns, not at the highest level. there have been some excuses we understand of farious military figures, maybe others, as a deterrent to any plots or defection. what is your judgment about the current fragility if it is, indeed, that at all of an anna light family enterprise that has a lot to lose obviously? >> a couple of things i would say on that, senator. fir first, the assad regime is under greater stress now i think than it was even two or three months ago. this is in part because the military is more challenged. there have been a steady stream of desertions. the military has so far retained its cohesion, the security forces have retained their cohesion, but they are under significantly more stress now, the first quart

mr. chairman. i join you in welcoming assistant secretary feldman and ambassador ford to this committee. . we do appreciate their leadership as events in syria have proceeded. ambassador ford and his team on the ground in syria were especially courageous and they deserve great credit for documenting evidence of the syrian government's aggression against its people despite substantial personal risks to themselves. our hearing today takes place amidst the deadly violence, the gross human rights violations and degradations that the assad regime continues to inflict on the syrian people. since our last hearing on syria in november, the death toll in this 11-month conflict has risen dramatically. we're confronted by horrific images of the depths to which the depths assad would go to preserve his power, including targeting civilians, journalists, doctors, workers, women and children. i welcomed a meeting in tunis last week of the friends of the syrian people that brought together 60 nations and international organizations. we should continue to focus attention on humanitarian needs in syria. the

mr. chairman. i join you in welcoming the secretary feldman and ambassador ford to this committee.dor ford was on the ground in syria and deserves special commendation. the hearing today takes place amid the deadly violence and gross human-rights violations, the degradations of the assad regime continues to inflict on the syrian people. since our last hearing on syria in november, the death toll in this 11-month conflict has risen dramatically. we're confronted with horrific images. assad it is targeting civilians, journalists, doctors, women and, and children. i went to a meeting last week of the friends of the syrian people that brings together six nations and international organizations. continue to focus on humanitarian needs in syria. the efforts -- the absence of russia and china at the meeting was the neglect of their duties as permanent members of the united nations security council. the outcome and syria will have deep implications for the internal politics of neighboring countries, ethnic conflicts in the middle east, and broader issues. terrorist groups will take advanta

mr. chairman. i join you in welcoming the secretary feldman and ambassador ford to this committee.assador ford was on the ground in syria and deserves special commendation. the hearing today takes place amid the deadly violence and gross human-rights violations, the degradations of the assad regime continues to inflict on the syrian people. since our last hearing on syria in november, the death toll in this 11-month conflict has risen dramatically. we're confronted with horrific images. assad it is targeting civilians, journalists, doctors, women and, and children. i went to a meeting last week of the friends of the syrian people that brings together six nations and international organizations. continue to focus on humanitarian needs in syria. the efforts -- the absence of russia and china at the meeting was the neglect of their duties as permanent members of the united nations security council. the outcome and syria will have deep implications for the internal politics of neighboring countries, ethnic conflicts in the middle east, and broader issues. terrorist groups will take adv

mr. chairman. i join you in welcoming the secretary feldman and ambassador ford to this committee. ambassador ford was on the ground in syria and deserves special commendation. the hearing today takes place amid the deadly violence and gross human-rights violations, the degradations of the assad regime continues to inflict on the syrian people. since our last hearing on syria in november, the death toll in this 11-month conflict has risen dramatically. we're confronted with horrific images. assad it is targeting civilians, journalists, doctors, women and, and children. i went to a meeting last week of the friends of the syrian people that brings together six nations and international organizations. continue to focus on humanitarian needs in syria. the efforts -- the absence of russia and china at the meeting was the neglect of their duties as permanent members of the united nations security council. the outcome and syria will have deep implications for the internal politics of neighboring countries, ethnic conflicts in the middle east, and broader issues. terrorist groups will take

mrs. obama. they'll grow poe pay toes, broccoli -- potatoes, broccoli, radishes and onions. >>> the new york jets issued credentials for today's press conference to introduce your backup quarterback. sport director dave feldmantest craze in the big apple. >> more than 200 media members showed up with 36 tv cameras. so let's put it this way. if tim tebow is half as effective in the pocket as he is in the podium, he's going to have a heck of a career in the big apple as the backup quarterback or maybe starter. new york has linsanity, now tebow mania, today the newest jet introduced to the big appear, tebow traded last week from denver -- big apple, tebow traded last week from denver. tebow will back up starting quarterback mark sanchez and play a major role in the wildcat offense, although maybe he's not convinced that he's the backup. >> everybody that puts on a uniform, you want to go out there and you want to play. that's why you play the game of football. i'm excited to be a jet, to go out this and help this team any way that i can and whatever my role is, however i can expand that role, i'm going to try to do that and every day in practice i'm going to go out there and compete and try to get better as a q

mr. chairman. i join you in welcoming secretary feldman and the best afford. we appreciate their leadership. ambassador ford and his team in syria were especially courageous and they deserve great credit for documented evidence of the syrian government to cut the aggression against its people. our hearing today takes place amidst the deadly violence that grows -- and degradations of the assad regime that is inflicted on the syrian people. since our last hearing on syria in november, the death toll has risen dramatically. we are confronted by horrific images of dead depths to which assad is to preserve his horror preserve his power. -- preserve his power. international organizations were brought together. we need to focus attention on humanitarian needs in syria. in the absence of russia and china was a relinquishment of their support as permanent members of the u.n. security council. yvette's in syria what impact the u.s. national security and the interest of our -- event in syria will impact the u.s. national security. this will have deep implications for the internal politics of neighborin