mr. kelley. mr. tarantino. is that correct? >> yes, it is. senator burr and members of the committee, thank you for allowing me to testify and represent the 200,000 members and supporters on the president's fiscal year 2013 budget request. my name is tom tarantino, i'm the policy director for iava. i began my career as an enlisted service and ending as a cavalry officer. though my uniform is now a suit and tie, i'm proud to work with this congress to have the backs of veterans. while iba is pleased that the v.a. needs increased resources to care for veterans of iraq and afghanistan, we believe that v.a. health care must be fully funded to the level in the 2013 budget. even though the proposed budget does show a 4.5% increase over 2012, it is still $4 billion less than what the independent budget recommends. i'm also concerned that congress has not passed a regular budget in what actually is years. fortunately congress has maintained v.a. funding both current and advanced in continuing resolutions and appropriations bills. however, we are conc

mr. kelley. >> thank you. >> good morning. it is warming nicely out there. temperatures looking really good because we're getting some sunshine. finally that vitamin d, you can walk out your front door in the south bay and actually see the blue skies. still clouds out there but you're socked in in san francisco and north. the north bay thick fog developing but still reporting slight delays out of sfo. 60 degrees in san mateo. warming nicely in sunnyvale up to 68 degrees already. the winds are still playing a minor role. we have winds out of the southwest about 11 miles per hour in fairfield but dropping off. a little bit on the gusty side. you might get caught with a gust over the open water bridges or through the higher elevations as we head through the next few hours as the system pulls out but overall we're getting clearing we promised you and we'll warm up today, tomorrow, all the way through friday. 65 degrees in los gatos. 61 in concord. 65 degrees in the valley. the 60s back tomorrow. the 70s return as high pressure moves back into the bay area. it's

mr. jon kelley. we sure missed you. we're looking good this morning. it's on the cold side out there and we told you last week about this rainy pattern that will be developing as we head through this week. well, it's on the way. but it looks like today we're going to hold off on showers. at least until tonight we could see a stray shower in the north bay. the greater bay area. looking partly cloudy for today. 39 in concord, at 37 this morning in fairfield. and one of our coldest cities napa at 35 degrees. throughout the day you'll see a mix of sun and clouds. by 4:00 p.m., starting to see the storm clouds roll in. we're expecting a lot of rain. potentially two inches up in the north bay. so yeah, that wet pattern we've been waiting for all winter is finally going to arrive as we head through the last week of winter. storm this is week and of course st. patrick's day this saturday. the forecast coming up. i can tell you, y might need your green umbrella. we'll get to the forecast. let's get to your drive. >> i want to know if there's going to be green r

mr. jon kelley. nice to have you. >> thank you so much. hello again. i'm jon kelley. let's get to the weather right now. that's some sunshine we can talk about. meteorologist christina loren, and you say today looks like a good one. >> today does look like a good one. we're telling you for the past two months about this deficit in terms of our average rainfall. we haven't had nearly as much rain as we saw this time last year and we're still running that deficit. let me tell you, by the week's end we are going to take a big, big chunk out of that. we've got a lot of rain on the way, potentially two inches in the north bay. this morning it's cold but dry. leave that umbrella home for now. i'll let you know when you're breaking it out and for how long. let's check your drive. >> enjoy the drive this morning because it's going to change. we have a look at oakland, 880, things are moving nicely. san mateo first and this bridge shot. 92 moves smoothly westbound. not a problem through this area. i don't know if we have the oakland camera available. there we go. northbound 88

mr. invite general kelley to tell us some of the -- perhaps, if you can, and we all realize that there isitigation so none of this is intended to go into litigation details or to force you or anybody else to take a position that could be used in litigation. but perhaps you could talk to us a little bit about some of the issues that you are seeing in your state that have been teed up by the situation with mr. sandusky. >> sure. i wanted to comment just briefly on the policies and procedures and really the lack thereof policies, procedures and law and some of the these instances involving the reporting of child sexual abuse cases. and as david said, we've had this issue come up in a very good way in pennsylvania as a result of the jerry sandusky case as well as the parallel case where the attorney general's office has charged two high ranking administrators at penn state university for failing to report child sexual abuse that occurred in the football locker room at penn state at lash hall. i don't want to talk as david said too much about the facts of the case but, quite frankly, i've neve

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