mr. gibson. >> thanks, mr. chairman and gentlemen for being here today, your leadership, commitment to our troops and families and veterans. and let me just say from the outset that i'm generally supportive of what you're doing here in the budget. particularly some of the major pieces of it. notable exception, i associate myself with mr. kauffman, a lot of his remarks with regard to positioning of our forces. but what i would like to explore here in the next few minutes is nesting of operational concepts, interested to know to what degree we use modelling and simulation as we went through the strategic review and particularly here at the joint operational concept that drive the army operational concept because so much leads to requirements and the need for structure and procurement, leader development and everything and in that regard. last time the army operational concept was published in 2009 very aware of how all the ins and outs to make that happen. have no expectation there's a new document on the treet.

mr. gibson. >> thank you, mr. chairman, for being here today. let me just say from the outset that i'm generally supportive of what you're doing here in the budget, particularly some of the major pieces of it. notable exception, i associate myles with mr. kaufman, a lot of his remarks with regard to positioning of our forces. what i would like to explore here in the next few minutes is the nesting of operational concepts, interested to know to what degree we use modeling and simulation as we went through the strategic review and particularly here at the joint operational concept that drives the army operational concept, because so much of this leads to requirements. last time the army operational concept was published in 2009, very aware of how all the ins and outs to make that happen and certainly have no expectation there's a new document on the street. but as you went through the process of the strategic review, if you could share with me the notable points with regard to the 2009 document that you think may need to be readdressed in the curr

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mr. gibson -- >> thank you for your leadership.m generally supportive of what you are doing here in the budget particularly some of the major pieces of it. the notable exception is i associate myself with mr. kaufman and is a march with regard to positioning of our forces. i would like to explore the nesting of operational concepts. to what degree do we use modeling and simulation as we went through the strategic review? so much of this leads to requirements and the need for structure and procurement and later development. last time the army operational concept was published in 2009, i was aware of how bold it was. in your notes that you took as you went through the process of the strategic review, if you could share with me the notable points with regard to the 2009 document that may need to be re-address to in the current process and then other deductions in risk that you see in the force in relation to what we think we will need? >> it is about looking at the last seven years over all and we are trying to crack -- project what w

mr. cuccinelli sarah kennedy noah wall, carolyn gibson, they've all been fantastic.the national press club, you saw joe ann booth. i want to thank ron for all his support. automarcum rick and incoming teresa warner. from my team i want to introduce in addition to my wife rich mann. jamie, who did a lot of work. rebecca vanderlynn. my longtime executive assistant. perry brooks lifetime friend. we were at each other's weddings. here from western new england news service. and so we are ready to go. in terms of questions, what we will do is after each attorney general makes the presentation, we'll go to questions. what i'd like to do is have you come to the podium and then rebecca, you'll get the names and identifications of the people as they come. we're going to set this up as a mic for questions. so the audience would please come -- c-span requested that there be sound instead of that usual faint you don't hear it question on television. so we'll have the questions come to the mic and then we'll ask the questions that way. so we'll lead off with ms. coakley. >> and tu

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mr. tillis's unique blend of warmth and humor distinguishes him as one of the most inventive singer-songwriters of his generation. [applause] accepting on behalf of the uso united service organizations sloan gibson11 national medal of arts to united service organizations for lifting the spirits of service members and their families through the arts. the uso continues to support members of our armed forces by bringing iconic american artists to share the sights and sounds of home with troops stationed around the world. [applause] the national humanities medal recipients -- kwame anthony appiah. [applause] the 2011 national humanities medal to kwame anthony appiah for his contributions to philosophy and the pursuit of truth in the contemporary world. dr. appiah's writing within and beyond his academic discipline sheds light on the idea of the individual in an era of globalization and evolving group identities. [applause] john ashbery. [applause] the 2011 national humanities medal to john ashbery for his contributions to american letters. one of the new york school of poets, his work has profoundly influenced generation of writers and garnered awards spanning the pulitzer prize to the grand prix de