on the mrap, we have been loaned 60 mraps by the department of defense. they will oversee the maintenance of those vehicles. we are writing again a contract to rock island. the department of defense as contracts for the maintenance of that equipment. there are specifications for what you need to do per engine our eye in order to -- hour in order to keep those -- keep the equipment in use. when you are talking about contacting, there is contacting and then there is obviously the administration of the contract. i believe that we have both items in a tight focus. we have meetings every week to discuss these. >> i am talking as much about the requirements, too. >> can i add a little bit to that, commissioner? part of the context that is being laid out, we are talking about roots security. a big part of the mrap purpose -- moving individuals. the military mission was room security before. the contractors out with the maintenance, thank goodness. but wonder% of the drivers and those and -- 100% of those drivers and those individuals -- you come under fire somet

it's a piece of an armored vehicle called an mrap. it has a hole in it. he wanted gates to know, despite the power of the explosive, that vehicle gates had ordered had saved all the lives inside. >> even though there's a hole in this, the four individuals, the four troopers in this mrap, survived. pretty awesome, huh? >> we had a chance to spend some time with some troops on our trip this weekend who told us about what they think about whether we're winning, and how they miss just the smell of a freshly mown lawn. we want you to meet two people unlike any other. the only team of journalists to embed for one solid year on the front line with the troops here. and not only that, they're father and son. they're mike and carlos boettcher. we ask you, mike, just to give us a sense of what it's like out there in the hills at night when the darkness begins to fall? >> it's tough out there in the mountains. we met the troops in a makeshift chapel and there they spoke from the heart. one day, one mission, six months ago keeps coming back to me. american troops risk

using the mrap as an example. we have built into the contract a training unit meaning an mrap that behaves as a simulator. we have a mod embassy there, the model is being upgraded. every security person involved in the operation and use of those mraps will be run through that simulator to ensure that they know how to operate it. your point about suppression of fire, you're right. the u.s. military is the greatest military in the world, but i don't have that option available to me after december 31st. that is why we are using -- >> so you're going to use contractors? >> no, sir. >> you can't run if you're under fire. >> no, that is exactly we're what we're going to do and that's the point i want to make. there's a difference tween the ignition of the u.s. military and the mission of the state department. the mission of the united states military is to engaming the enemy. the mission -- >> ambassador kennedy, but chairman has taken my time, and that was his question so i'm going to stop you there, and you can come b

on the mraps, we have been loaned 60 mraps by the department of defense. the diplomatic security service will oversee their operation, it will oversee the maintenance of those vehicles. we are riding, again, a contract again through rock island arsenal because the department of defense has a contract for the maintenance of those. they have specifications for exactly what you need to do per engine hour or per time in order to, in order to keep that equipment operating and available for use. and so we believe that we have the personnelling personnel ande talking about contracting, there's the contracting and then there is, obviously, the administration of the contract. and so i believe that we have both, both focus -- both items in a tight focus. we have meetings every week to -- >> i'm talking as much about the requirements too, ambassador kennedy. >> well the -- >> it's the end of the process. >> commissioner, can i add a little bit to that? >> uh-huh. >> part of the context of what commissioner schinasi's laying out is we're talking about road security, a

. >> i need to get these mraps out. >> my purpose is to get the recruits prepared for the construction training. >> what you do is get a 2 by 6 sitting on the saw horses. we will cut 10 feet. everybody going to get one and you measure up 6 inches. you sure you got 8 feet. >> as a carpenter you have to let them know what's expected and they need to know the stuff to get going on the trades. >> the main thing they need to know is how to carry the stuff on the job and the hussle. >> you can't work with the gloves. >> my part is a small part. my part is the best part. the part that really teaches them how to go out and fish rather than go to the fish market. my job is how to teach them to fish when the fish market is closed. >> this requires i thinking. when you go on the job site they will pay you 20-15, dollars an hour you have to think and figure stuff out and get the jobs done in a record time. >> one of the things we try to teach with the construction trades is your attitude going to work. how employers look on new workers and it's about profitability and productivity. it's not how mu

using the mrap as an example. we have built into the contract a training unit, meaning an mrap that the lake -- behaves, which is a simulator. we have a model, it is being upgraded. every security person who is going to be involved in the operation and use of those mraps will be run through that simulator to make sure they know how to operate it. your point about suppression of fire -- you are right. the u.s. military is the greatest military in the world. i don't have that option available to me after december 31. that is why we are using -- and >> you are going to use contractors for do >> no, bang -- no, sir. the point i was going to make, mr. chairman, there is a difference between the mission of the u.s. military and the state department. the mission of the united states military is to engage the enemy. >> ambassador kennedy, but chairman thibault is taking my time and that was his question. i will stop it right there and you can come back in the second round to give the answer to that question. i just wanted

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the outpatient treatment of wounded warriors at walter reed and resistance to purchasing life-saving mraps for troops downrange. responding to both of these critical issues, which only came to my attention through the media, became my top priority and two of my earliest and most significant management decisions. over the past four and a half years, i have not always liked what i read, and like anyone else in government, i hate leaks, maybe more than most.but i have great respect for your role as a watchdog on behalf of the american people and as a means for me to learn of problems that the building was not telling me about. i know we don't always make it easy to do your jobs here. gaining timely and usable information out of the bureaucracy and their gatekeepers is always a challenge, a challenge that i've shared with you on occasion. so thanks again for your professionalism, tough questions and hard work. i'll close by saying a few words about the man seated next to me, admiral mullen, and his vice chairman hoss cartwright. chairman mullen has spent four years as the military's most senio