i -- >> and mr. reed, to be fair to mr. reed, he did serve the nrds in a capacity for a number of years to the federal government before he came back as the assistant secretary of administration. and the reason i asked him to do that in 2009 was because our department had a very serious concern and problem with civil rights generally, which we wanted to aggressively address. >> appreciate that. i believe you mentioned that this came to your attention on a hot line tip. a whistleblower tip. can you walk us through the attitude at the department toward whistle blowers and how the function is available to people who see something goes on that they disagree with? >> obviously, we encourage folks who are seeing activity that is inappropriate to notify us notify their supervisor november people in charge of concerns that they may have. that's why we have the hot line process to be able to do that in a way that doesn't necessarily compromise your ability and your relationship with other coworkers. and we take these things very seri

chairman, following mr. reed leaving the office then the oig continued its review of activities involving 2501 an strike force involving mr. reed. and they took a good deal of time obviously to complete the report. when the report was completed we basically requested the department of justice of to take a look at this. i believe it was referred down to the department of justice down in arkansas and the u.s. attorney in arkansas chose not to prosecute. i can't share with you today because i don't know the specific reasons for why he chose not to prosecute. but that decision makes it difficult if not impossible for us to take any further with reference to mr. reed because of the code of federal regulations, specifically 180.2.110 that basically outlines processes that we could take if there is a criminal judgment or civil judgment. obviously, there is beneather in this case. and so as a result, we are where we are today. we focused our attention frankly, mr. chairman, after we received the fast report and after we

mr. reed: thank you for your introduction, it's a very volatile thing to figure out -- a very valuable thing to figure out how we move forward. one of the things to realize for my members that are developing applications is just how much our opportunities are overseas. when the issues that you raise about u.s. government access to the data start harming our sales , it hurts jobs here in the united states. i think you're precisely right it's an issue the congress has to step in on, can't be done through industry best practices or standards. the question of geolocation is once again something we will have to work both with you and with law enforcement, because law enforcement does have a duty to work in protect the citizenry. the problem comes when i have to tell a customer i don't know. about the answer the question of when i have to hand over that information. the difference between the sixth circuit in this idea that i have to tell my customers don't know is enormous. and the other element th

mr. reed thank you very much. let me join new welcoming admiral richard sond and his family. we understand that no one serves alone in the navy or elsewhere. so thank you very much. you have an extraordinary record of service to the nation and the navy and we thank you for that. you have a remarkable record, as the director of navy nuclear programs, the current assignment. and in that assignment, you're familiar with many of the issues senator mccain raised. acquisition, how you design a program, that's not only effective but is affordable. those are one of the major issues you're going to confront as the c.n.o. you'll be asked to ensure that we have a quality force, that's recruiting, training, and in this respect, ensuring the highest ethics are employed in the service, particularly when it comes to the issues of domestic violence, which we've seen all too often in the military services, that's another role we expect you to play. we have a world that is full of crises and the navy is one of

mr. reed: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. reed: thank you very much, mr. president. let me begin by commending senator collins and senator murray for their extraordinary leadership on this tiger program in particular, but in so many different aspects particularly with respect to the transportation policy. they have done an extraordinary job, and today is no exception. i'm just delighted to be able to join them on their amendment to increase resources for tiger grants. i'm disappointed, like my colleagues that this is merely, in some respects, a discussion of the amendment. we can't bray it up for a vote. because this is something that would be supported strongly by both sides of the aisle. since 2009 the tiger program helped state and local governments make critical investments in their infrastructure across this country. in many respects it's the final piece of a puzzle of how do you get needed, necessary infrastructure in place? it's been that catalyst that has brought private funds and state funds and local funds together t

the senator from -- mr. reed: mr. president, i have a motion to instruct conferees which is at the desk and i ask for its consideration. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the motion. the clerk: mr. reed moves to the managers on part of the senate at the conference on the disagreeing votes of the two houses on h.r. 1735 be instructed to insist that the final conference report fully fund the president's budget request for the department of defense, including $534.3 billion in base budget funding and $59.5 billion in overseas contingency funding thereby supporting the bipartisan view that the funding caps imposed by the budget control act of 2011 should be eliminated or increased in proportionally equal amounts for the security and non-security spending cat goirgs. the presiding officer: -- categories. the presiding officer: order in the chamber please. take your conversations outside. there are two minutes of debate equally divided on the motion. mr. reed: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator fro

. >> mr. reedieve that communism and those in the repressive regimes why people like rand, rothbart and friedman? >> very good question. i think ultimately communism is such a nonviable system that it makes war on human nature on private property, the things that sustain life. at some point it would have disappeared. john: many say it was ronald reagan who arms buildup and they tried to compete, broke more quickly. wasn't that? >> i think reagan and margaret thatcher, john paul ii. all of those people deserve a little credit. but even they would say and did on many occasions that the lion's share of the credit ought to go to the people who were actually living under communism, resisting it at every turn. they were heroes in the eyes of people like reagan. john: who's next? >> how do you go against the nature of what's popular in society and fight and go to another country. what motivated you to change the regime there. >> this may sound corny, it was a movie. john: yes, it does. >> in 1966 -- [ lau

i guess i will start with mr. reed. >> first of all thank you for your support of the lead actor thank you for your introduction to its infallible thing to figure out how we move forward. i know we're all americans to this, we are in america one of the things to realize for my members are developing the application is just how much opportunities are overseas. with issues that you raise about u.s. government access to that data start harming our sales it hurts jobs in the united states. i think you're precisely right. this is an issue that congress passes to innovate they can't be done to industry best practices or standard for geolocation is something we'll have to work both with you on enforcement because law enforcement does have a duty to work and protect the specific the problem comes when i tell the customer i don't know about the energy to the question of whether have to hand over the information. the difference between the sixth circuit and the ninth circuit and this idea that have become a customer i don't know

. >> and mrs. reedited states senator, dick durbin interceding in your behalf, you have the attorney general of the united states looking at this case on behalf of your daughter. does it feel as if it's getting the kind of attention you would hope it would get from the officials you want to be focusing on this? >> at this point, i feel like it's getting some attention. i just, i don't know how to describe what i'm feeling right now. i can't get too excited about anything, because every piece that comes out, i still don't have any answers. so, as many people that get involved, it shows that there is something wrong, something did go wrong there. but i've not gotten anything that's making me say oh, okay, that's on the money. that's on the ball. no, i don't feel that yet. >> and sharon cooper, the mystery seems to have deepened today when the attorney's office released a toxicology report indicating that marijuana in your sister's system. and the houston chronicle consulted a toxicology expert, and that t

i guess i'll start with mr. reed. >> first of all, thank you for your support. thank you for your introduction. it's a very valuable thing to figure out how to move forward. i know we're all americans here. one of the things for my members developing applications just how much our opportunities overseas. the issues you raise about u.s. government access to that data start harping our sales it hurts jobs in the united states. i think you're precisely right. it's an issue congress has to step in. can't be done on industry best practices or standards. the question of geo location is something we'll have to work both with you and law enforcement because law enforcement does have a duty to work and protect the citizenry. the problem comes when i have to tell a customer i don't know about the answer to the question of when i have to hand over the information. the difference between the 6th circuit and 9th circuit and this idea i have to tell my customer i don't know is enormous. the other element that should be raised, how countries are looking at bhaes happening. if

mrs. murray: madam president? on behalf of senator reed, i call up amendment 2085 and ask that it be reported by number. the presiding officer: without objection, the clerk shall report the amendment by number. the presiding officer: the senator from washington, mrs. murray, for mr. reed, proposes amendment numbered 2085 to amendment numbered 2089. mrs. murray: on behalf of senator warner, i call up amendment 2086 and ask that it be reported by number. the presiding officer: without objection, the clerk shall report the amendment by number. the clerk: the senator from washington mrs. murray for mr. warner proposes amendment numbered 2086 to amendment numbered 2089. mr. alexander: madam president i ask unanimous consent that it be in order for senator toomey to offer amendment numbered 2089 during the background checks of today's session of the senate, the side by side bills by each manager applicable and those second-degree amendments be in order to the toomey or side-by-side amendments. the presiding officer: is there an objection? withou

and then -- and then buchanan says, you know, there`s a wonderful lawyer up there, john mr. reed.he was for you. he was for me. he`d be a wonderful justice of the supreme court. and he leaves there thinking that he`s made the case for his friend reed. and polk, without saying anything to him -- i`m sure -- i`m sure buchanan went out and told all his friends in congress, told reed, probably, you know, he`s going to be the next supreme court justice. polk gives it to a state judge named george woodward. and buchanan comes over there almost weeping, said, you cut me to the heart. why didn`t you tell me you were going to do this? it`s none of your business. i don`t have to ask my cabinet for permission. and then he says, you know, i found out that this man was a federalist for 12 years, and i have never -- now, this is how partisan he was. i have never found a federalist older than 30 who ever changes his mind on his politics. now, that`s pretty partisan, you know. and he used federalist and whig interchangeably. i mean, if you were a whig, you were a federalist. and buchanan went ahe

mr. reed. senator reed: thank you very much, mr. chairman. mr. secretary, i was struck by your statement when you said that first critical line with our efforts is a political one led by the state department. in your colloquy with the chairman you pointed out that there are challenges with respect to year-to-year o.c.o. funding that's being proposed. but the state doesn't even have options that source of funding. are you concerned that they might be so resourced deprived under the budget control act they could not be the primary? secretary carter: i am. the state department, the department of homeland security, other agencies that are critical to protecting us against isil and other threats, they need resources too. and so that's another reason why i appeal for a overall budget perspective, and i realize it involves lots of moving parts , and would require a major coming together to release the gridlock of the last few years but i really appeal for that , not just for my own department, but for the rest of the national security establishment, i t

mr. reed: mr. president i urge all my colleagues to vote aye on the kirk-reed-brown amendment. essentially -- a senator: mr. president the senate is not in order. the presiding officer: the senate will be in order. the senate will be in order. the senator from rhode island. mr. reed: thank you mr. president. i commend the chairman and the ranking member for all the work they have done. they have established lofty goals, but without adequate resources, all our students can't succeed. this legislation would encourage the states to develop and report on measures of access which is critical to students' success identify disparities in districts for those resources develop plans so the school districts could have adequate resources and include this report in a requirement already in the bill of a state report on the success of their efforts to implement the legislation. again, very -- it's a very simple concept. lofty goals without adequate resources will not give opportunity to american students. we hope that this will help provide the resources. mr. alexander: mr. president? the pr

lieu segged suggested that to mr. reed as a -- suggested that to mr. reid as a way we could get by the house's refuse you will -- refusal up to that point in time extended which meant we couldn't pay our bills. i don't think that's very useful in discussing how we get by this loggerhead that we have met on the appropriations process. i served on the appropriations committee for 23 years. before i became a leader. we did pass bills. not always on time, but we had an ability, republicans and democrats working on the appropriations committee, working in the congress, to get our bills done. mr. speaker i don't know whether you recall i presume you will recall, that when we got to a similar impasse mr. ryan the then chairman of the budget committee, miss murray then chairwoman of the budget committee in the senate, got together and came up with a -- some figures that we could agree on in a bipartisan basis. until that time, we had the same kind of scenario that we are now confronted with. mr. speaker it is my view that unless we have such a meeting of the m

mr. reed: thank you mr. president. mr. president, i come to the floor today to urge all of my colleagues to support the reed-cochran amendment to encourage states and school districts to integrate school library programs into their plans for improving student academic achievement. i would first like to thank senator cochran for his long-standing partnership in supporting school libraries. he had been a steadfast champion for ensuring that students had access to these vital resources. 50 years ago when president lyndon johnson urged congress to enact what would become the elementary and secondary education act he specifically called for an investment in school libraries saying that school libraries were simply limping along and implying and in fact insisting that we do better. sadly, this limping along is still true for too many communities in our united states. this spring, "the washington post" ran an article -- ran articles on the inequitable access to school libraries in public schools in our nation's capital. and report

mr. reed. senator reed: thank you very much, mr. chairman. mr. secretary, i was struck by your statement when you said that first critical line with our efforts is a political one led by the state department. in your colloquy with the chairman you pointed out that there are challenges with respect to year-to-year o.c.o. funding that's being proposed. but the state doesn't even have options that source of funding. are you concerned that they might be so resourced deprived under the budget control act they could not be the primary? secretary carter: i am. the state department, the department of homeland security, other agencies that are critical to protecting us against isil and other threats, they need resources too. and so that's another reason why i appeal for a overall budget perspective, and i realize it involves lots of moving parts , and would require a major coming together to release the gridlock of the last few years but i really appeal for that , not just for my own department, but for the rest of the national security establishment, i t

mr. steele reed of walhalla was still in possession of the regimental colors, which have subsequently come into the possession of the state of south carolina. and on a rotational basis have been displayed at the confederate relic room. my granddaddy -- migrate granddaddy to generations removed gripped those -- my great granddaddy two generations removed gripped those colors. he gripped hearth and home. he maintained a homestead with his family. he sustained himself by god's favor. let me just say that i know that i speak for many of you here that can relate such story. i know i cannot speak for many of you here to look through a totally different prism. i hope that i have had listening ears. i surely have tried. i'm going to ask for a vote. i've told my republican colleagues that i have a full heart. and it some point before this day is concluded i do want to address not only who they were with a few other biographical sketches, but in my estimation what they were attempting, the very essence of the cloth, the when and where that i believe we need to go forward as a people. and i think i h

mr. morgan reed, executive director of the association for competitive technology. n the road for the witnesses i have to take a little bit of a personal privilege. the other three know it. mr. shapiro and i go way back a long time. we were there at the birth of a modern consumer electronics association, and i once worked for him on an unpaid highly compensated an unpaid position as the chairman. so if today i can rough them up, remember, get back -- get back state law. and with that, mr. shapiro. >> thank you, chairman dick this is an historic moment in molecular i've been referring to you as boss for 25 years. and you oversight good portion of our freedom and our growth. thank you ranking member nadler, chairman good law and other members as well. the consumer electronic association represents 2000 technology copies and what own and produce that cbs which is held each january in las vegas and is the world's largest innovation event. the internet of things is a big part. it's so big that some 900 of our 3600 exhibitors had internet of things related projects in a re

the chair recognizes the gentleman from new york, mr. reed, for five minutes. mr. reed: thank you mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise this morning to highlight an issue that i believe we must pay closer attention to in this chamber and in this congress. you see, on june 23, mr. speaker, we mark the 10th anniversary of an important supreme court case. that case was kelow vs. new london. the title of the case really means nothing but i point to sue zet who i have here depicted in this picture -- suzette who i have here depicted in this picture. she was the plaintiff in that case and what happened in that case was a real tragedy. she was told by her government that they were going to take her home and give it to another private owner for another development. you heard me right mr. speaker. she was told that her home was going to be taken by our government because they were picking the winners and losers because they felt they knew best how to utilize her property and give it to another private owner to develop it the way that private owner wanted to. well, mr. speaker suz

lieu segged suggested that to mr. reed as a -- suggested that to mr. reid as a way we could get by the house's refuse you will -- refusal up to that point in time extended which meant we couldn't pay our bills. i don't think that's very useful in discussing how we get by this loggerhead that we have met on the appropriations process. i served on the appropriations committee for 23 years. before i became a leader. we did pass bills. not always on time, but we had an ability, republicans and democrats working on the appropriations committee, working in the congress, to get our bills done. mr. speaker i don't know whether you recall i presume you will recall, that when we got to a similar impasse mr. ryan the then chairman of the budget committee, miss murray then chairwoman of the budget committee in the senate, got together and came up with a -- some figures that we could agree on in a bipartisan basis. until that time, we had the same kind of scenario that we are now confronted with. mr. speaker it is my view that unless we have such a meeting of the m

reed. >> thank you mr.hairman, good morning secretary kerry, secretary moniz, secretary lew general dempsey. your -- at the 20 months of negotiations the p 45+1 and iran agreed on the terms. the agreement no matter your position on is historic and if implemented scrupulous low could serve as the strategic inflection point in the world's relations with iran for international non proliferation efforts and for dynamics in the mideast. i commend the president his negotiating team from cabinet officials and nation's scientists for their hard work. in the weeks ahead congress has a solemn agreement to carefully review the details and independently evaluate the agreement will reach our goal of stopping iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. this is part of today's scope. and i welcome you. secretary kerry your work is to be commended. i hope unyou will help us understand why this is a good deal and. secretary moniz you played an important role in the negotiations and you too have been a strong advocate for the comp

mr. chairman. thank you ranking member reed and thank all the members of the committee for giving me the opportunity to testify this morning on our defense strategy towards this critical region. in the wake as senator reed noted of my travels to the region last week the chairman's also and of course very importantly two weeks after the conclusion of the joint comprehensive plan of action. i'm pleased to be joined by my fellow cabinet members who can talk in detail about that agreement reached in vienna. that deal is an important step. one brought about by the leadership of president obama the persistent diplomas of secretaries kerry, moniz and others. crippling sanctions that secretary lew led and that congress helped put in place. it is a good deal because it prevents iran from getting a nuclear weapon in a comprehensive and verifiable way. once implemented, it will therefore remove a critical element of risk and uncertainty. one element of risk and uncertainty. but a critical element of risk and uncertainty from the region. for those reasons and those my colleagues have provided in testimony befor

reed. >> thank you mr. chairman. and let me join you in welcoming the general and to thank him for his extraordinary service to the nation. during 38 years of the service dunford has served with courage and distinction and i'm confident he'll continue to do so as the next chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and finally let me recognize and thank hi family,leen thank you patrick, thank you for being here today. i know joe and kathleen wanted to be here but they are serving elsewhere. but thank you very much for what you've done to serve the nation and the marine corp. the last week the current chairman, general dempsey, released the 2015 national strategy and he stated that the current global security environment is the most unpredibbleable he's seen during military service and global disorder has decreased while some of the military advantage has begun to erode. without question the united states faces a wide range of challenges around the world. if confirmed as the chairman, you'll be viccing the president and the

reed. >> thank you very much mr. chairman. your appearance before the committee comes 2 weeks after the news that after 20 months of negotiations with p5 +1 that iran agreed on the company has a plan of action. the agreement and your position on it is historic and is lamented scrupulously in the world relations with iran for international nonproliferation efforts and for the political dynamics in the middle east. i commend the president and his negotiation team for their persistence and hard work. in the weeks ahead congress has a solemn obligation to carefully review the details of this historic agreement and independently validate that the agreement will meet our common goal of stopping iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. today's hearing is part of that obligation, and i look forward to your testimony. >> secretary kerry you were the key architect of this agreement. your witness to take this thankless endeavor is commended. we would like to hear white you believe this is a good deal and how you intend to direct our did let'

mr. chairman, i look very much forward to supporting that study completely and seeing what information it produces. >> thank you. senator reedw program coming online is the ohio class replacement, and you talked about sort of getting it right from the beginning which is requirements. and you're in a very significant position right now with your participation in the nuclear reactor program. are you satisfied with the requirements as they exist today, 16 missile tubes on the ohio class, one of the most significant aspects? >> senator the current requirement is for the replacement program are exactly what we need to continue to deliver that capability. >> and not only now but if you're the cno you'll continue to look closely at those requirements to insure that they're necessary and sufficient? >> yes sir. >> the other -- what other requirements with respect to the ohio class replacement do you think are critical besides the tubes? any other key sort of game changers that you're looking at? >> yes sir. certainly, as i look adç the ohio replacement program, a program that will be defending the nation well into the -- for 50 year

mr. chairman, i look very much forward to supporting that study completely and seeing what information it produces. >> thank you. senator reed? >> thank you mr. chairman admiral richardson. following on the chairman's questioning, the biggest new program coming online is the ohio class replacement. you talked about getting it right from the beginning, which is requirements. and you're in a very significant position right now with your participation in the nuclear action program. are you satisfied with your requirements as they exist today? 16 missile tubes on the ohio class, one of the most significant aspects. >> the current requirements are exact what we need to continue do deliver that capability. >> you'll continue to look closely at those requirements to ensure that they're necessary and sufficient? >> yes, sir. >> what other requirements with respect to the ohio class replacement do you think are critical besides the tubes? are there any other game-changers that you're looking at? >> yes, sir. certainly, as i look at the ohio replacement program, a program that will be defending the nation well into -- for 50 years, po

reed? >> thank you very much mr. chairman. and once against thank you for your service and sacrifice, general. following on senator mccain's questions about sequestration. the administration and secretary carter made this clear has adopted any isis campaign with nine lines of efforts, two principle controlled by the department of defense. are you comfortable with that overall approach? >> i am comfortable with the overall approach. >> the other lines of effort are controlled and senator mccain's effects of sequestration on department of defense. are you concerned the partners in the effort could be hand strung as much as you would be if the bca went into affect for them? >> i would not only do we represent two of the nine lines of effort but we cannot be successful in iraq syria or other endeavors without the whole government approach. >> let me just ask you since you are the expert. you were in afghanistan and we had a significant military effort but we had a significant civilian agencies effort -- state department fbi, drug

mr. mcconnell: if there's no further business to come before the senate, i ask it stand adjourned under the previous order following the remarks of senator reed. mr. alexander: mr. president? the presiding officer: i see that the majority leader has filed cloture on the bill, which i understand. we've had a chance to have a good discussion and a good debate. we're getting toward the end of the consideration of our bill to fix no child left behind. we've got a couple of issues that we need to resolve but there are only a couple. and for a bill this complicated that's pretty good. so it would be my hope that we could continue right on through the process and the majority leader might even get to the point later in the week where he'd be able to vitiate the cloture and we could finish without a cloture vote. so far so good. we considered 58 amendments in committee and adopted 29. we've considered 29 on the floor, adopted eight by roll call and 11 by voice and we have dozens more that have been -- that have been agreed to by senator murray and me and that we would recommend to the senate that we complete. so it's my hope that senators will allow

reed. >> well, thank you very much, mr. chairman again. thank you general for your service. the marine corp continues to test, develop and validate general neutral occupation standards. less would be available to qualify female marines as well as males. can you comment upon the expectations and your commitment to making sure that this is accomplished? >> senator reed, first off, just let me say as i said in my statement that whatever we do, it's got to at least maintain if not improve our operational capability. since the secretary made the decision to open up we've done a number of things. first, we assign women at moss they already held to previously restricted units to begin the progress of immigration. we have opened up over moss. right now, 94% moss in the marine corp are open to females. we sent women in infantry training. they volunteered. we ran them through to see what their ability was to pass that kir curriculum. the last thing we did in a measure deliberate way was to form a task force an integrated task force, to put men and women together and run them -- prepar

reed? >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. thank you, general, for your service. the marine corps continues to test and develop general neutral occupation stated i think the goal is that every one would be qualified female in the marines as well as males. you just opening up the pace to company great theme officer can you comment upon the expectations and your commitment to making sure that this is unaccomplished? >> senator reed, first off let me say as i said in my statement that whatever we do it's got to leastlease maintain if not improve our operational capabilities. since the secretary made the decision to open up these mos's we've done a number of things. first, we assign women and mos's that help you previously restricted units to begin the process of integration. we've opened up other mos's that were previously close to being a marines like me next mos's and light and the evidence. right now 94% of mos's are open to females. we send women to training battalion as enlisted marines. they volunteered and we ran into the train develop add-ons to see with her

reed. >> thank you very much mr. chairman. your appearance before the committee comes 2 weeks after the news that after 20 months of negotiations with p5 +1 that iran agreed on the company has a plan of action. the agreement and your position on it is historic and is lamented scrupulously in the world relations with iran for international nonproliferation efforts and for the political dynamics in the middle east. i commend the president and his negotiation team for their persistence and hard work. in the weeks ahead congress has a solemn obligation to carefully review the details of this historic agreement and independently validate that the agreement will meet our common goal of stopping iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. today's hearing is part of that obligation, and i look forward to your testimony. >> secretary kerry you were the key architect of this agreement. your witness to take this thankless endeavor is commended. we would like to hear white you believe this is a good deal and how you intend to direct our did let'

reed. >> thank you very much, mr. carter, you indicated in your statement, the united states has not given up any of the military options with respect to the region to the iranians and i would presume it has not given up any military national intelligence with respect to iran. and those intelligence operations i would presume would be focused in great detail on potential violations of the treaty is that your sense too? >> yes. without going into detail here, certainly we have intelligence activities focused on the iran nuclear program. but we have on everything else they are doing, malign activity, kurds force, ballistic missiles, arms transfers the whole thing. it is a very important intelligence effort. >> and secretary moniz, i understand that general clapper yesterday indicated that he is confident, i think is a reasonable explanation, of the intelligence community to detect any significant violation of the treaties with or without direct contact of the iaea. is that a fair judgment in your mind. >> yes. mr. clapp

reed. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. let me join you in welcoming general dunford. and to thank you for your extraordinary service. 38 years of military service general dunford served with courage and distinction and i'm confident he'll continue to do so as the next chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. finally let me recognize and thank his family. ellen, thank you. patrick, thank you for being here today. i know joy and kathleen wanted to be here but they are serving elsewhere. but thank you very much for what you've done to serve the nation and the marine corps. last week the current chairman of the joint chiefs of staff general dempsey released the 2015 national military strategy. in his forward he stated that the current environment is the most unpredictable he's seen during his military service and that global disorder significantly increased while some of our military advantage has begun to erode. without question the united states face as wide range of challenges around the world. if confirmed as the joint chiefs of staff you'll be advising the president on

. >> kathleen parker is a prize columnist and you reed is national correspondent up, there she is up in new york with msnbc. mr. trump lapped the field for the nomination in a new today abc news poll released late today trump has surged into the lead in this contest with 24%, nearly twice as much as the nearest rival and jeb bush is further down. the biggest lead of any candidate in the polling and here is the rub, the poll was taken before trump's comments on sad about mccain and they note his support fell sharply on the one night when voters were surveyed after his remarks. howard, what do you make of that? has he crested because of this comment about mccain not really being a war hero? >> if he has, it's not just because of the substance of his remarks about mccain. i was with mccain the year after that interview -- >> that -- >> i was with john mccain and watched him go into the room, the cell and anyone that seen that would never make the comment donald trump made. it's the notion that he somehow is a little unhinged. until now it's been he's crazy like a fox saying all kinds of provocative things, gettin

mr. chair. >> i recognize senator fisher. >> thank you, senator reed. thank you gentlemen for your service and thank you general dempsey for the many years you've served the people of this country and the military families that have been under you. thank you, sir. mr. carter earlier senator rounds had a conversation with general dempsey about the act of patience and timec and i know the general has counseled parns and what role do you see time playing in our strategy? do we have a strategy on forces, on containing isil? are we going to allow them to be able to maintain control of territory for the next three to five years? is that going to be acceptable to us? and do you see risks with that type of strategy? >> well i think we're going to continue to strike and apply pressure to isil throughout this period. we're doing it now. we do it every day. it's had some effect. and we're going to continue every single day as we did over this past weekend to defend ourselves. against isil. including these home grown people. we have to protect ourselves in the mean

reed. >> well, thank you very much, mr. chairman again. thank you general for your service. the marine corp continues to test, develop, and validate gender neutral occupation standards. the goal is every mos would be available to qualify female marines as well as males. can you comment upon the expectations and your commitment to making sure that this is accomplished? >> senator reed, first off, just let me say as i said in my statement that whatever we do, it's got to at least maintain if not improve our operational capability. since the secretary made the decision to open up, we've done a number of things. first, we assign women at moss they already held to previously restricted units to begin the process of immigration. we have opened up over moss. that were previously closed to females. right now, 94% moss in the marine corps are open to females. we sent women to infantry training as enlisted marines. they volunteered. we ran them through to see what their ability was to pass that curriculum. we also continued to allow women to compete in the infantry officers course. th