mr. rogers? what's i served in iraq for little over nine months for the department of defense and a bully but it was invaluable. >> which you agree that if you have not served there that there would be things that you would not be doing now towards the entire mission? in other words, did that mission alert you to a different course of action because you had been there? >> i am asking each of you. >> clearly, my experience in standing up the iraqi police and understanding how the odepartmet of defense responded clearly helped me. my experience running the protective service detail for the secretary of defense and the deputy secretary of defense certainly helped. >> in valuable -- it was valuable in in pressing upon me on working with the local culture and understanding as a recipient of the services of private security officers what worked and what did not. >> i understood the threat and the cultural differences and how to operate them both. they are both different. >> this is not directly related

mr. rogers, a general idea of the kind of units that are lacking in the current system. >> mr.hairman, the culture resources committee gave attention to this during the process of the commission. i would say that some of the more obvious examples are the ones alluded to by rep lujan. the american industry is to the american indian history, which is not active reach back. there is an american indian history that is its own think, and that is not very visible in the national parkkthe wisdom, and it really ought to be there. along that, this subcommittee directed the national parks service to study the theme of space exploration, and we did come of listing historic landmarks based on trips to the moon and elsewhere, and not many of those projects represented in the system. you could probably change every one of the historic teams -- improve the team by giving more attention to the role of women and minorities. there has been relatively little repreeentation of the history of labor in america. most important, perhaps, the changing definition of what it means to the american. as has

mr. rogers: this is unconscionable behavior, and if it doesn't make you mad, it ought to. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise? >> request one minute. and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. >> it's time for america to end its addiction to oil. mr. garamendi: our national security is at stake. we spend $1 billion a day sending our money overseas to the oil companies. many of them owned by foreign nations. some of whom are not at all friendly to america. i hear a lot of whining from the republican side of the aisle about we can't do that. well, we cannot continue doing what we are doing today. we see the risks, $20 billion worth of economy destroyed along the gulf coast. big oil has had its day. $12 billion. you want to save some money on that side? let's retrieve the $1 billion subsidy we send to the oil industry every day. it's time for us to move to renewables. it's time for us to protect our coast on the west

mr. ryder. the next speaker is miss rogers. >> get afternoon commissioner thibault. i am the president of my company. please let me begin by apologizing on behalf of my company for not being able to accept your invitation at the previous hearing. we do recognize that our testimony to you is an opportunity to assist you in your critical mission to identify reforms. i have prepared written testimony and submitted it and i ask that it be submitted to the record. it goes into greater detail. as a brief introduction, our company is a subsidiary of a worldwide group. we are threat driven and intelligence lead. we are a company that offers comprehensive security solutions in a variety of spaces. we provide humanitarian assistance, commercial risk analysis and more. our focus is to provide the appropriate support that enabled our clients to focus on their mission, the mission for which they were trained. all worked undertaken by our company is done with integrity. our track record is extensive and our men and women are dedicated to supporting the mission at hand. we hire sea