mr. reed sat in his chair by his desk with his ruler in one hand, ideally staffing it against the other. it was a large, flat, very strong ruler he had just made. mose was the last one in. he was ready to fight and came swaggering up expecting mr. reed to stand up so he could knock and down. william h. reed, a man who inherited a schoolhouse of unruly young boys who started fights with teachers and drove them away. the leader of the gang was a bully named -- who according to wilder was the worst of the lot. mr. reed sat in his chair by his desk with his ruler in one hand, ideally staffing it against the other. it was a large, flat, very strong ruler he had just made. mose was the last one in. he was ready to fight and came swaggering up expecting mr. reed to stand up so he could knock and down. but mr. reed sat still and, just as mose stood in front of him, reached up with his left hand, grabbed mose by the collar and jerked, tripping him with his foot. mose was so surprised that he lay there

but mr. reed sat still and, just stood in front of him, reached up with his left hand, by the collar and jerked, tripping him with his foot. mose was so surprised that he lay there like a bad little boy and was being soundly spanked with the flat, strong ruler. mose is so humiliated that he does not turn -- return to the school. from that day forward, mr. reed ran an efficient and peaceful school. in farmer boy, the teacher's ourse, described as a pale, young man was not big enough to fight the bad boys on his first day at school. they had come to thrash the teacher and break up the school. the leader of this fictional gang is a tough, mean young man named bill ritchie. in the fictional version, the downlteacher faces bill with a whip 15 feet long. around hillsed legs -- bill's legs. mr.cor mr. corse jerked. the outcome is the same. the big boys were licked. cors hade licked ritchie's gang. another episode of pioneer girl found its way into a novel. lane also used material from pioneer girl in sev

mr. reed: thank you, general, for your testimony and service. it has been a long struggle. every leader in this country has seen the effects. a soldier was killed in kabul. this is not just academic or hypothetical, this is very real for our country and the men and women in our armed services. you have two major missions -- train and equip, counterterrorism operations. do you need a physical presence outside of kabul to do that effectively? mr. campbell: to conduct counterterrorism operations effectively, we have to be outside, yes. mr. reed: that would argue the capabilities beyond the simple environment of kabul. mr. campbell: yes. mr. reed: there is new leadership in the taliban. monsor is taking control. his deputies include one principle of the network which is located on both sides of the border of afghanistan and pakistan. all of this raises the issue of the role of pakistan which is a constant issue that comes up. just a few months ago, they were trying to broker peace talks. can you g

mr. reed: that would argue the capabilities beyond the simple environment of kabul. mr. campbell: yes. mr. reed: there is new leadership in the taliban. is taking control. his deputies include one principle of the network which is located on both sides of the border of afghanistan and pakistan. all of this raises the issue of of pakistan which is a constant issue that comes up. just a few months ago, they were trying to broker peace talks. can you give us insight into the current position of the pakistan government with respect to what is going on? as campbell: again, as far reconciliation and pakistan's role, afghanistan has said many times it must be afghan led. pakistan understands that. the leadership in pakistan have talked several times with the afghan president about reconciliation. i think the president and pakistan understand the needs to be some sort of political resolution to this fight. so, reconciliation is one of those ways. right now, with the taliban being fractured, with monso

chairman, you brought this up, as did mr. reed. the cvn-78 program is a typical acquisition. 22% increase in costs. scheduled delays are pretty typical for acquisitions. mr. chairman, i have testified before you a number of times on different things. we have think of the example, jff, fcs, f-22, lcs. i think what's different here, this program we knew all along this was going to be the case. we shouldn't be surprised by anything that's happened here. we saw it coming. it is not an i told you so moment. it is a we all knew it. ask yourself, kr does something like this happen? best practices are pretty well-known. mature technologies before you put them on the program. it wasn't done here. go with a realistic cost estimate and budget to it. we have always gone with the lowest process, the navy's estimate and we still are. and fly before buy. it wasn't done here. you ask yourself, why don't we do these things. my belief is that it is the collective pressures that the different participants bring upon the process that create incentives

reed? >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. let me first thank you for calling this important hearing on a maritime security in the asia pacific region. and also thank the witnesses for appearing today. thank you, gentlemen, for your service to the nation, to the navy. thank you both. when senator mccain and i were in vietnam, we heard concern from almost every government official about the tension in the south china sea caused by the activities. vietnam is not alone if had this regard. china has undertaken extraordinary and unprecedented reclamation activities on disputed land features in the south china sea that have alarmed all of the countries in the region, most of which would prefer to resolve these territorial disputes through legal means under the u.n. convention on the war of the sea. these activities appear to have been the beginning as china has now turned to militarizing the features by building air strips and surveillance towers that i believe will further destabilize the region. while there has been some progress

chairman, you brought this up, as did mr. reed. e cvn 78 program is a typical acquisition outcome. 22% increase in cost, schedule delays are actually pretty typical for acquisitions. mr. chairman, i testified before you a number of times on different things but we can think of worse examples. jsf, fcs, f-22, lcs. so, i think what's different here is this program, we knew all along this was going to be the case. we shouldn't be surprised by anything that has happened here. we saw it coming. it is not and i told you so moment. it is we all knew it. you ask yourself why does something like this happen? best practices are pretty well-known and we can go through them. mature technologies before you put them on the program. wasn't done here. go with realistic cost estimate and budget to it. we've always gone with the lowest cost estimate, the navy's estimate and we still are. and fly before buy. it wasn't done here. you ask yourself, why don't we do these things? and, my belief is it is prevailing acquisition culture. it's the collective

mr. reed: thank you, madam president. i rise once again to speak about the fiscal year national defense authorization conference report. yesterday i spoke at length about the o.c.o. funding issue. that is to me the most critical issue in the bill and one that has reluctantly caused me to support the conference report. but this time i'd like to take a few minutes to discuss the conference report in its entirety, and again i'd like to thank chairman mccain and chairman thornberry and ranking member smith for a very thoughtful and cooperative process which allowed us to reach agreement on some very difficult issues. i'd also like to thank in particular the staff of the house and senate armed services committee who worked tirelessly over several months to resolve differences on over 800 different provisions. and as i said yesterday, in many respects, this is a good conference report which supports our men and women in uniform and establishes many needed reforms, and again with the exception of the o.c.o. provision, it would b

chairman, you brought this up as did mr. reed. he cvn 78 program is a typical acquisition outcome. 22% increase in cost, schedule delays, are actually pretty typical for acquisitions. and, mr. chairman, i have testified before you a number of times on different things but we can think of worst examples. jf -- jsf, fcs. f-22. lcs. so i think what's different here. this program we knew all along this was going to be the case. we shouldn't be surprised by anything that happened here. we saw it coming. not and i told you so moment. it's we all knew it. ask yourself why does something like this happen? best practices are pretty well-known. we can go through them. so, mature technologies before you put them on the program. wasn't done here. go with realistic cost estimate and budget to it. we've always gone with lowest cost estimate, the navy's estimate and we still are. and, fly before buy. it wasn't done here. so you ask yourself, why don't we do these things? and, my belief is, it is prevailing acquisition culture. it's the collective

mr. reed made no see kres of his desire to have a more competitive playing field.the conference call on tuesday after pfizer reported better than expected numbers, said, and talked about taking bold steps and not being afraid to do so. many who followed the company closely and follow allergan have at least anticipated the possibility. however, it did seem it came a bit earlier than some had thought it would. it is here. we will be following this very closely to see whether they, in fact, can get to a deal. it is not without plenty of impediments, whether it be social issues in terms of who would take over a combined company and or how they would go about doing that. i sh yould say pfizer has put i own press release out. perhaps that was what we were waiting for, confirming the sacsame thing. i haven't seen the language of pfizer's press release. there can be no certainty. these discussions will lead to a deal, which is funny. i was just saying that. there is probably no certainty at all. they will be working towards it. composition of said deal will be difficult. w

mr. reed: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i rise to discuss the conference report on the fiscal year 2016 national defense authorization bill, which we will be voting on in the next hour. this conference report is the product of months of negotiation and compromise between the house and the senate, and i frankly want to commend chairman mccain, chairman thornberry and remember member smith for a thoughtful, inclusive and cautious process. there are many provisions in this bill which provide the support we owe to our service members and their families. the funding authority and equipment necessary for our troops to succeed in combat and significant and critical reforms for the military retirement compensation and acquisition systems, many of which i will talk about in further debate on this bill in the days and hours ahead. however, i regret that i am unable to support this conference report because it shifts $38 billion requested by the president for enduring base military requirements, the base budget, if you will

spread that an unknown man had stopped by keith's school around noon that friday, asking to see mr. reed. >> he told them that he was applying for a job as a substitute teacher, came in from connecticut looking for work. >> reporter: the man seen here was captured on school surveillance cameras. was this visitor a piece of the puzzle? detectives didn't know. but given the potential nightmare of schools and children in jeopardy, it was important than ever for the sheriff to have all hands on deck at the crime scene. county district attorney david foley was there and a door-to-door canvas turned up a critical clue for the timeline. >> a neighbor couple had heard gunshots, three gunshots, friday evening, somewhere around 9:00 p.m. >> reporter: on the property itself though, detectives found themselves frustratingly short of clues, but they did recover in the grass a soggy piece of paper that looked like a receipt. it would be work for the lab to figure out. and around the garage, investigators took notice of something perplexing, three exterior lights, the bulbs were missing. >> why are the

chairman, mr. reed members of the committee and members, i appreciate the opportunity to talk about the carrier program this morning. et me start with the 78. my bottom line is the same story, different program. in 2007, we reported that costs were likely to be underestimated by 22% under construction of the ship and that the three main technologies were immature, likely to slip to the right, and out of schedule margin. and we said the navy would be faced with the decision to either push the ship to the right or push the technologies to the right. fast forward to today. 2015. cost increases are 22%. the three key technologies -- we don't have the slide up but they've slipped about five years. so the decisions made to keep the ship construction schedule pretty much intact but let the technology slip. so that's probably hard to see. but the top chart we've circled here three four five and six. those are the three key technologies in the beginning of ship board testing. so the original plan was clearly fly

mr. reed: thank you very much. and thank you. senator reed: your expertise and insights are important as we cope with the issues that the chairman laid out. let me thank the chairman with this opportunity to take a deliberate review of the defense department organization, its structure, missions and essentially look forward to very creatively and thoughtfully. former secretary of defense bob gates and a host of other experts, former officials, historians, they talked about the defense department and going forward. and it is worth while and to quote dr. gates, americans are leaders regard international crisis they are the norm. dr. gates also repeated his conclusion by more than four decades of public service that our record in predicting the future, we have never gotten it right. we must provide training that gives our forces the capabilities across the broadest possible spectrum of conflict. we heard comments from several of the last week's panelists about the way in which our strategic guidance is crafted including the strategy

mr. reed: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i rise to discuss the conference report on the the conference report on the >> the sen.senator from mr. -- from rhode island. >> thank you, mr. president. we will be voting on this in the next hour. this report is the product of months of negotiation and compromise between the house and senate, andcommand i want to commend chairman mccain, thornberry, and ranking member smith for a thoughtful,a thoughtful, inclusive, and cordial process. and there are many provisions that provide for service members and their families. 38 billion request about the president for enduring baseball term requirements essentially skirting the law known as the budget control act. again, this is a maneuver to get around a statutea statute which was signed by the president and voted for by congress which has imposed budget caps on every department and center to that agreement was the consensus, significant consensus using it in a way it was not intended to be so used. fully funding the defense depa

mr. reed's i served her a notice in which she made a false acquisition it is on this 4 months very no nodding how to deal with her we're a new immigrant for more than 10 years we know how tenants feel and want to take care of them we are safeway enough money in envelope and boss of the tenants are disabled our rents coffer mortgage with the last tenants like this i don't know how i can for the record to be a landlord my tenants has affected my mental health every time i see my tenants name i'm shaking all the time and remembering everything - >> thank you, thank you for speaking. >> good afternoon supervisor my name is j.c. tang. >> ms. chang you've already spoken you can only speak once but submit comments. >> i can't say finish. >> i know everybody got not - you can overwhelm or leave your notes with the committee. >> i see that many people can speak two times. >> none. >> yeah. >> none has spoken a. >> i've been really good about not making sure that everything has spoken if one or two passed by i apologize. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> hi, i'm jewel tammy have a story to share t

mr. reedboth your testimonies highlighted the inability of the government in baghdad to fully support sunni forces. some of that is historic mistrust. from your testimony you are considering having american advisers not at the company level but higher up. one function they could perform is to be an honest broker which would allow the payment of troops, the government of magnetic deal they have some control, and demand on behalf of sunni forces they get a fair share. there are four: reasons why you might consider putting forces in a company role. the first is what you are suggesting, to bring campaign coherence. the other is to ensure logistic support is effective. another challenge is situational awareness and intelligence. that would be another advantage of doing that. then the better delivery of combined arms. there are four factors that would be considered. impact,nal or strategic we could reinforce success. that would be the basic framework of which i made a recommendation. to make the rec

mr. reed: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i want to comment briefly on the cybersecurity information sharing act the senate is considering. let me first commend the sponsors, senator burr and senator feinstein for their extraordinary work. this bill will help ensure greater sharing of cybersecurity information while rapidly and broadly across industry and government. as we have seen with large-scale attacks against the federal government and companies like sony, interests an -- there is an urgent need to start addressing these breaches. while such legislation is not going to eliminate our cybersecurity challenges, it should materially help to defeat and deter cyber attacks and assist law enforcement in tracking down and prosecuting cyber criminals. information sharing will also assist the intelligence agencies and law enforcement to detect and trace attacks originating from foreign actors which is a crucial step in holding other countries accountable. many of our citizens and corporations are understandably concern

mr. reedboth your testimonies highlighted the inability of the government in baghdad to fully support sunni forces. some of that is historic mistrust. from your testimony you are considering having american advisers not at the company level but higher up. one function they could perform is to be an honest broker which would allow the payment of troops, the government of magnetic deal they have some control, and demand on behalf of sunni forces they get a fair share. there are four: reasons why you might consider putting forces in a company role. the first is what you are suggesting, to bring campaign coherence. the other is to ensure logistic support is effective. another challenge is situational awareness and intelligence. that would be another advantage of doing that. then the better delivery of combined arms. there are four factors that would be considered. impact,nal or strategic we could reinforce success. that would be the basic framework of which i made a recommendation. to make the rec

(clerk of sf 61234 sf 71234 >>supervisor norman yee: mr. reed? >> phillip reed, let me introduce jerry rad ler who was the chair of the committee who wrote this construction management report. >> thank you, good afternoon. in the interest of moving this forward, i just want to make sure that you receive this schedule from your staff that summarizes everything on one page. did you receive that? >> yes. >> thank you. i would like to offer it to the budget legislative analyst. thank you. san francisco as a 10-year capital plan from 2014-2023 that exceeds $25 billion. the funding funds infrastructure like roads, power systems and a large number of building projects. the city classifies construction project as vertical which are buildings or horizontal projects. our report focuses on building projects only because they are simpler to understand in all six city departments that have public works contract buildings. the six city departments with this authority are the port, the airport, the public utilities commission, recreation and municipal transit ag

mr. reed: thank you. on behalf of chairman mccain, let me thank you gentlemen for an extraordinarily insightful testimony which will be a superb foundation for the hearing the chairman is envisioning, recommendation. truly, truly impressive and helpful hearing. thank you very much, gentlemen. at the direction of the chairman, the hearing is adjourned. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] >> here's a look at our primetime schedule -- starting at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span, josh earnest answers questions on the obama administration's decision to ought the rise u.s. special operation forces in syria. on c-span2, a discussion on ways to increase the number of americans sitting for retirement. on c-span3, the senate foreign relations committee holds a confirmation hearing for two diplomatic posts under secretary of state and u.s. representative for the inter

(clerk of sf 61234 sf 71234 >>supervisor norman yee: mr. reed? >> phillip reed, let me introduce jerry rad ler who was the chair of the committee who wrote this construction management report. >> thank you, good afternoon. in the interest of moving this forward, i just want to make sure that you receive this schedule from your staff that summarizes everything on one page. did you receive that? >> yes. >> thank you. i would like to offer it to the budget legislative analyst. thank you. san francisco as a 10-year capital plan from 2014-2023 that exceeds $25 billion. the funding funds infrastructure like roads, power systems and a large number of building projects. the city classifies construction project as vertical which are buildings or horizontal projects. our report focuses on building projects only because they are simpler to understand in all six city departments that have public works contract buildings. the six city departments with this authority are the port, the airport, the public utilities commission, recreation and municipal transit ag

(clerk of sf 61234 sf 71234 >>supervisor norman yee: mr. reed? >> phillip reed, let me introduce jerry rad ler who was the chair of the committee who wrote this construction management report. >> thank you, good afternoon. in the interest of moving this forward, i just want to make sure that you receive this schedule from your staff that summarizes everything on one page. did you receive that? >> yes. >> thank you. i would like to offer it to the budget legislative analyst. thank you. san francisco as a 10-year capital plan from 2014-2023 that exceeds $25 billion. the funding funds infrastructure like roads, power systems and a large number of building projects. the city classifies construction project as vertical which are buildings or horizontal projects. our report focuses on building projects only because they are simpler to understand in all six city departments that have public works contract buildings. the six city departments with this authority are the port, the airport, the public utilities commission, recreation and municipal transit a

mr. chairman, ranking member reed, thank you for the opportunity to discuss the cvn-78 program. no one, more than you, mr. chairman, fully understands the role of the care krers in american diplomacy, power projection and global security. george well did in his column yesterday, the navy's operation on which the sun never sets are the nation's nerve endings connecting it with the turbulent world. the next president may be elected without addressing the navy's size or configuration. for four years, he or she will be acutely aware of where the carriers are. the newest will be the gerald r. ford, cvn-79, the first new carrier design since the nimitz in 1967. it will be in service for 50 years in a three-ship class until almost 2080. it is, therefore, imperative, that this committee has so clearly impressed upon the department and reemphasized here today, that our future carrier have the capability necessary to defeat the future threat but, two, that it does so at a cost that the nation can bear. designing, building, manning, operating and maintaining these incredibly complex gifts a

reed? >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. let me join the chairman in welcoming back secretary of defense and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. thank you for your service. today's hearing comes in the midst of a series of events altering the current situation in the middle east, a massive wave of refugees fleeing, the deployment of russian air and ground forces in syria, the suspected isil attack on turkey that killed over 100 people and injured hundreds more during a peace rally in ankara and the deployment of mcfarland, the new commander of operation inherent resolve. secretary kerry's recent meetings with the foreign ministers of russia, turkey and saudi arabia. in addition, the hearing also comes only weeks before the g-20 summit in turkey where these issues and the international response will be at the forefront. general mcfarland has been in the command of military operations in syria on iraq for a little more than 45 days and the stand he has used to evaluate the situation on the ground and may be recommendati

reed. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. and let me commend you for scheduling this very important hearing. it's an appropriate time to discuss a number of important cyber issues with our witnesses, especially in light of the cyber agreements announced last friday between president obama and the president of china. i want to thank director clapper, deputy secretary work and cyber commander admiral rogers for their testimony today and for their service to the notion. thank you, gentlemen, very much. let me start with a series of cyber agreements with china. the apparent commitment by china to cease stealing u.s. intellectual property for their economic gain is notable, and i expect we will have a robust discussion about china's compliance and our course of action if it does not. china's leaders must be aware that its reputation is standing -- and standing in the eyes of the american people will continue to decline if this piracy does not stop which, ultimately, will have a tremendously negative impact on our relations with ch

mr. chairman, senator reed, members of the committee, whether the combat improvements will be realized that are associated with the new systems being incorporated not now known, the navy indicates the reliability of the electric aircraft launch system in the past arresting gear will support initial operational test and evaluation for deployment. the most recent definitive date i have indicates the reliability of emails is below the navy's goal by more than a factor of ten. the reliability is unknown and we only have engineering estimates and little test data. prior to redesign reliability was a factor of 800 below goal with data providing a 1st indication available later this year as a result of ongoing testing. testing. the navy knows reliability is above the december 14 reliability growth curve. however, that was very baselined below the liability gold and consequently the data we have indicates emails was not on the path. what the effect if any of the oath of the liability of the systems could be not be known until development of operational tests are conducted post delivery, and particu

mr. reed: thank you very much. and thank you. senator reed: your expertise and insights are important as we cope with the issues that the chairman laid out. let me thank the chairman with this opportunity to take a deliberate review of the defense department organization, its structure, missions and essentially look forward to very creatively and thoughtfully. former secretary of defense bob gates and a host of other experts, former officials, historians, they talked about the defense department and going forward. and to worth while quote dr. gates, americans are leaders regard international crisis they are the norm. dr. gates also repeated his conclusion by more than four decades of public service that our record in predicting the future, we have never gotten it right. we must provide training that give our forces the capabilities across the broadest possible spectrum of conflict. we heard comments from several of the last week's panelists about the way in which our strategic guidance is crafted including the strategy and the qua

reed? >> thank you very much, mr. chairman, .director clapper, we're constantly engaged euphemistically operations with many other nations and their involved in information operations, as you indicated in your testimony influence the tc. opinion, disguise activities, disrupt, et cetera. what agencies are under your purview or outside your purview are actually engaged in information operations for the united states in the cyberworld? >> actually, sir, from a perspecti intelligence perspective, we would feed that we don't at least what iiváóç can speak to publicly engage in that as part of our normal intelligence activities. so weel feedli other arms, supp other arms of the government not only the state department, and a those responsible for messaging. the national counterterrorism mm center has an office that is devoted to in countering violenc extremism context helping to develop themes or recommending themes based on what we glean from intelligence for potential vulnerabilities and messages that would appear to various groups t

mr. heeding e reed the amount of taxes from the treasurers office identified the back taxed ocean side how did we calculate the museum that was paid by airbnb after holding out for months and months until communities demanded it including is a matter of fact, feinstein. >> i'll certainly not talk about it in particular to a certain taxpayer but some of the tools our office uses are looking at the codes looking at the various penalties and interest structures that the codes affords us and marking determinations and making tax meetings to determine those issues those are some of the fools for any taxpayer not found in compliance. >> so ms. wong we've ask do question do - and supervisor campos. >> i'll call a few names. >> we'll open this up to public comment people that are here to speak (calling names). >> if you can come to the mike and line up to your right our left limit to 2 minutes a buzzer will go off and please could our best to be succinct ms. wellborn. >> we needs information about the number ever illegal and legal short-term rentals and who is paying tax how so the treasurer know

>> chairman mccain, senator reed, probably the least sincere sentence in the english language is, mr. chairman, it's a pleasure to be here with you today. frankly short of a subpoena i never thought i would be in a congressional hearing gab and some of the things i wrote in a book, i'm rather surprised to be invited back. thank you for your kind introductory remarks and for the invitation to address the important topic of defense reform. i also commend you, mr. chairman, for attempting to transcend the deadly headlines and crises of the moment to focus this committee and hopefully the rest of the congress on institutional challenges. while i've stayed in touch with my successors periodically and have followed developments from afar, very afar, my testimony today is based predominantly on my experience as defense secretary between december 2006 and july 2011. and being engaged in two wars, every single day during that period. so my comments this morning may not necessarily account for all of the changes that have taken place over the last four years. i joined cia to do my bit in the de

mr. chairman, ranking member reed, members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to appear today to discuss the cvn-78 program. this committee and no one more than you, mr. chairman, fully understands the role of the carriers as an instrument of american diplomacy, power projection and global security. george will summed it well in his column just yesterday. the navy's operations on which the sun never sets or the nation's nerve endings connecting it with a turbulent world. although the next president may be elected without addressing the navy's size and configuration for four years he or she will be acutely aware of where the carriers are. in the newest of these carriers will be the gerald r. ford, the nation's first new carrier design since the nimitz was authorized in 1967. the ford itself will be in service for 50 years in a three-ship class until almost 2080. it is therefore imperative as this committee has so clearly impressed upon the department and re-emphasizes here today that our future carrier force have the capability necessary to defeat the future threat but, too, th

isn't he most likely to follow through when reed and nancy and -- >> mrs. and they both embody the democratic party. so i think my former boss would be fine with either one is fun, though, isn't it? >> it's quite fun. stuart: it's entertaining. ratings are terrific, aren't they? >> very much so. stuart: penny lee, come back very soon. thank you very much. >> thanks, stuart,. stuart: we have been there, yes, we have, rushing out the door and you can't find your keys, your cell phone, gone missing, cyber guy is here with new technology, i'm going to call him the memory challenged. what do you got? >> you know, i left my wallet here last week when i was with you,. stuart: yes, you did. >> and that's i got this here. attached to those keys, this is new technology so you've heard of this maybe before but now there's 2 million of these things in the planet. it's called a tile, it's a bluetooth device, you can hook it to your keys, attach to virtually anything, your wallet, piece of luggage, anything you want with it and what happens is there's an app when you're a

mr. heeding e reed the amount of taxes from the treasurers office identified the back taxed ocean side how did we calculate the museum that was paid by airbnb after holding out for months and months until communities demanded it including is a matter of fact, feinstein. >> i'll certainly not talk about it in particular to a certain taxpayer but some of the tools our office uses are looking at the codes looking at the various penalties and interest structures that the codes affords us and marking determinations and making tax meetings to determine those issues those are some of the fools for any taxpayer not found in compliance. >> so ms. wong we've ask do question do - and supervisor campos. >> i'll call a few names. >> we'll open this up to public comment people that are here to speak (calling names). >> if you can come to the mike and line up to your right our left limit to 2 minutes a buzzer will go off and please could our best to be succinct ms. wellborn. >> we needs information about the number ever illegal and legal short-term rentals and who is paying tax how so the treasurer know

mr. heeding e reed the amount of taxes from the treasurers office identified the back taxed ocean side how did we calculate the museum that was paid by airbnb after holding out for months and months until communities demanded it including is a matter of fact, feinstein. >> i'll certainly not talk about it in particular to a certain taxpayer but some of the tools our office uses are looking at the codes looking at the various penalties and interest structures that the codes affords us and marking determinations and making tax meetings to determine those issues those are some of the fools for any taxpayer not found in compliance. >> so ms. wong we've ask do question do - and supervisor campos. >> i'll call a few names. >> we'll open this up to public comment people that are here to speak (calling names). >> if you can come to the mike and line up to your right our left limit to 2 minutes a buzzer will go off and please could our best to be succinct ms. wellborn. >> we needs information about the number ever illegal and legal short-term rentals and who is paying tax how so the treasurer know

>> chairman mccain, senator reed, probably the least sincere sentence in the english language is, mr.a pleasure to be here with you today. frankly short of a subpoena i never thought i would be in a congressional hearing gab and some of the things i wrote in a book, i'm rather surprised to be invited back. thank you for your kind introductory remarks and for the invitation to address the important topic of defense reform. i also commend you, mr. chairman, for attempting to transcend the deadly headlines and crises of the moment to focus this committee and hopefully the rest of the congress on institutional challenges. while i've stayed in touch with my successors periodically and have followed developments from afar, very afar, my testimony today is based predominantly on my experience as defense secretary between december 2006 and july 2011. and being engaged in two wars, every single day during that period. so my comments this morning may not necessarily account for all of the changes that have taken place over the last four years. i joined cia to do my bit in the defense of our cou

reed. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. let me join the chairman and welcoming the chief of staff. today's hearing comes in the midst of a series of events offering the security situation in the middle east. the deployment of russian air and ground forces in syria, suspected, suspected i sil attack that killed over 100 people and injured hundreds more. during a peace rally and the deployment recently the new commander operation inherent resolve, the recent meetings with the foreign minister of russia, turkey, and saudi arabia. in addition arabia. in addition to hearing comes weeks before the summit in turkey where these issues and the international response will be at the forefront. a little more than 45 days. i understand that he has used this time to evaluate the situation on the ground and may be recommending changes. this comes at a critical time as there is a reevaluation of strategy. the coalition faces a series of intermingled conflicts, including the counter i sil fight, syrian civil war, regional proxy war, sectarian sunni shia conflict, counterterrorism fight, and the int

mr, general. this is a very serious time for us. sen. reed: it is also the sen. sessions: it will not impact the outcome. is that correct? gen. campbell: you are talking about the afghan security forces? sen. sessions: there are some battles to be fought. military conflict is involved and will continue to be involved for some time, is it not? gen. campbell: afghanistan will continue to be a very dangerous place and the kurdish forces will continue to be challenged. sen. sessions: the president has said he would like to negotiate with the taliban and that has been attempted for a number of years to date. is it harder or easier to negotiate with the taliban. a reasonable solution, a peaceful solution if we made it irrevocablee an commitment to leave at a certain date? gen. campbell: the reconciliation piece will be led by the afghan government. you absolutely want to operate from a position of strength. i know it is a difficult question. i would translate it to say you needed to have a military strength, and if it is not there, we can give confidence in the taliban

mr. chairman. >> chairman, mccain, ranking member reed, thank for the opportunity to contribute the the testimony. i am delighted to know this committee is challenging all aspects of u.s. defense policy. the section on for sizing, rational in military capabilities is an important step in the process. there are differing opinions on how and why the military should be equipped to defend interest. with russia, ukraine, syria, iran is deeply involved in expanding the portfolio trying to engage even more provocative, having the right forces in sufficient quantity is critically important. in work i have been involved, we took a different approach to consider how one might think about sizing the u.s. military and posturing it for the future. instead of predicting where the forces might be needed and the type of conflict we look at history's use of military force. we reviewed other top level stories to include the bottom up review in 1992. what we found was that from the korean war onward the united states has been found to be in a major war over 15 years. further each of the nine studies came to roughly

reed. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman and general campbell. welcome.nk you if are your service. please pass away our deep appreciation of the men and women under your command in afghanistan for their service. you have been in command for over a year of the twin missions in afghanistan, draining and advising the afghan security forces and dounter terrorism operations. your purpose and mission is to ensure that afghanistan does not once again become a safe haven for the terrorists wishing to attack the united states, its allies or their interest. the administration is in the process of considering option for the size and authorities of the u.s. military presence in afghanistan in 2016 and beyond. i strongly believe that u.s. force posture in afghanistan should be shaped and resourced to enable you to achieve your missions objectives based on conditions on the ground. we should also take into account our regional counter terrorism requirements, including against al qaeda and an apparent growing presence of isil. in determining the posture of the u.s. mili

reed ranking member. >> a senator from rhode island. >> mr. president, i rise to discuss the conference report on the fiscal year 2013 national reauthorization bill. this is the product of months of negotiation and compromise we do the house of that it, and i frankly want to commend chairman mccain, thornberry, and ranking member smith for corporal, inclusive, and cordial process. there are many provisions of the funding authority, equipment necessary necessaryauthority, equipment necessary for our troops to succeed and significant in critical reform from military systems. many of which i we will talk about in for the debate on this bill in the days and hours ahead. however, i regret i am unable to support this because it shifts $38 billion'ssequestered by the president for endearing base military requirements, the base budget, if you will too much of the overseas contingency operation essentially skirting the law known as the budget control act for bca. this is a maneuver to get around a statute which was signed by the pres.,president, voted

chairman of the armed services committee, ranking member reed, jack reed from rhode island who did a fantastic job, but i must admit, mr. president, i feared a little bit of a replay in terms of the scenario that we saw with the appropriations bills, meaning strong bipartisan support out of the committee and then coming to the senate floor and being filibustered. i feared this in part because at one point during the defense authorization debate, the minority leader came and stated that the defense authorization bill was -- quote -- a waste of time. a waste of time. the defense authorization bill. tell that to the marines and the soldiers and the airmen and the sailors and their families, those members of the military that are defending our country right now that this bill was a waste of time. i guarantee you they would not agree with that statement. and fortunately neither did the u.s. senate. to the contrary, the senate has now voted on the defense authorization bill twice. once an original bill, once part of a conference report, with very strong, bipartisan and veto-proof majorities. 71 senators the first time around