dempsey for distinguished public service in the succession of voluntary initiatives to the service members and families of the united states armed forces from october 2011 to september 2015. during this period, mrsare of the members of the military community have earned her deep respect from all with whom she has come in contact. as a devoted ambassador of good will and a model example for the spouses of all soldiers, sailors, marines and airmen. she was an untiring advocate for the improvement of their quality of life. mrs. dempsey's presence on numerous trips to visit our stateside bases and overseas deployment areas served as a constant reminder of the stid fast commitment to our personnel and reflected her total devotion to the values we cherish within the military community. the distinctive accomplishes reflect great credit upon herself, the joint staff and department of defense and our nation. [ applause ] the department of the army certificate of appreciation is also being presented to mrs. deenie dempsey on the occasion of the retirement of your spouse from the united states army. you have earned grateful appreciation for your unselfish, faithful and devoted service. your unfailing suppo

dempsey for distinguished public service in the succession of voluntary initiatives to the service members and families of the united states armed forces from october 2011 to september 2015. during this period, mrslfare of the members of the military community have earned her deep respect from all with whom she has come in contact. as a devoted ambassador of good will and a model example for the spouses of all soldiers, sailors, marines and airmen. she was an untiring advocate for the improvement of their quality of life. mrs. dempsey's presence on numerous trips to visit our stateside bases and overseas deployment areas served as a constant reminder of the steadfast commitment to our personnel and reflected her total devotion to the values we cherish within the military community. the distinctive accomplishes reflect great credit upon herself, the joint staff and department of defense and our nation. [ applause ] the department of the army certificate of appreciation is also being presented to mrs. deanie dempsey on the occasion of the retirement of your spouse from the united states army. you have earned grateful appreciation for your unselfish, faithful and devoted service. your unfailing sup

mr. president, i know i have big shoes to fill. bier all indebted to general marty dempsey years he's been a great friend, mentor and role model. deanie has been with him every step of the way and she's been a tireless advocate for military families even as she raised three soldiers of her own. the dempsey's with well-earned admir augs, appreciation and affection from all soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines to include the dunfords. marty and deanie, thank you for what you've meant to those of us in uniform and our families. you are what winning looks like. it's a deep privilege to have the honor to continue that. and to follow in the steps of those who on their watch demonstrated decisive leadership, extraordinary commitment and a strong moral compass. in the days ahead, i'll draw strength from their example. and i look forward to serving with my fellow joint chiefs, combatant commanders and other senior leaders in our government as we tackle the challenges on our watch. i see several chiefs of defense from around the world here today. i look forward to working with you a

mrs. dempsey on the occasion of the retirement of your spouse from the united states army you have earnedyour support and understanding helped make possible your spouse's lasting contribution to the nation. [applause] >> honor guard, attention! >> ladies and gentlemen, please stand for the posting of the colors. >> forward march! ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> order! >> ladies and gentlemen, please be seated. >> ceremonial. >> ladies and gentlemen, secretary carter. >> paused a moment, all of us, paused behold--behold this site in front of you, so magnificent, so proud, they on that field represent but millions of men and women who make america's military a finest fighting force the world has ever seen. [applause] president obama, so many distinguished guests and elected officials, your presence with us here in today signifies the awesome responsibility in the office of the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff which we are about to transfer from general martin dempsey to general joseph dunford. the current chairman shares with me the duty to love and respect those who defend this country. to advise the comm

mr. reed: the gcc, in terms of the military expenditures, roughly double what the iranians spent and has a capacity of going much higher, giving their revenues. is that a fair assessment? general dempsey: double is probably the average. certain countries, far more than that. mr. reed: and one of those factors that we are going to have to work with our allies in the region is making sure that those resources are focused and can deter or defeat any aggression or proxy aggression by the iranians. and that is the whole point, i think, of the collaboration you are undertaking? general dempsey: we have a series of initiatives, both with the israelis and the gcc, to better position ourselves. mr. reed: and so we have a situation developing where the resources are available, we are trying to reorganize in collaboration with the regional partners so that they are much more effective to respond, so essentially we are not ignoring these hostile threats by the iranians on the ground through proxies or anything else. indeed, we are in a sense and being of our activities. general dempsey: well, what i would say, senator, is that my responsibility is to articulate risk and provide options. this does

mr. mccain: please, general. chairman dempsey said exactly there's thing, so clearly a disconnect between your view and that of our outgoing and ingoing of the joint chiefs of staff. really, in your view, everything should remain as it is. for example, do we think we no-fly zone in syria? >> that's a policy decision. mr. mccain: would you recommend it? >> not at this point. mr. mccain: would you recommend setting up a buffer zone in syria where refugeee may be able to come some be protected? will take a ground force to protect refugees. like to n: would you have a zone there? i don't see a force available. wouldn't be able to shoot down the aircraft as barrel bomb innocent men, women and children? we have capability to protect them mr. mccain: but you would not recommend it? you are telling us everything is fine, as we see hundreds and refugees.of slaughtered, as you see more and more iranian militia f the shi'ah that are the only ones that are the fighting. as i say, i've never seen a hearing that is as divorced from outside ty

dempsey. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. thornberry: with that, i move that the house do now adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the motion to adjourn. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the motion is adopted. accordingly the house stands adjourned until noon on monday next for morning hour debate. speakership at the end of october. here's some video from this morning after the republican onference. >> please clear a path. >> does it feel like a weight off your shoulders? >> it's a wonderful day. >> make a path. excuse me, sir. >> mr. speaker, why did you desire to retire? >> why now, mr. speaker? >> is this an emotional day for you you? >> we heard a long period of applause. was that after he made that announcement? >> it was in recognition of what he did for the country and for our party and for this institution. in the fates of great challenges. >> you need to clear a path for us. >> why are you upset, congressman? >> just emotional. thehut down the government, great victory is i

dempsey said, stalemated. which means tragedy. senator reed. senator reed: well, thank you very much, mr. chairman. both madam secretary and general austin, about a year ago or more there was real concern that essentially baghdad could fall to isil. that they were virtually unstoppable. at this point, your assessment of the security, at least for baghdad, has that been improved? general austin: sir, it has been greatly improved. senator reed: and going forward now, one of the fundamental issues is, and i think it's related to the comments both ou and general dempsey made, who is -- who will have the advantage going forward in terms of the use of time, isil or iraqi forces supported by the united states? what's your view on that? general austin: sir, i think clearly it's the iraqi forces supported by not only the united states but the 60-plus nation coalition. senator reed: now, one of the things that has been suggested but not only suggested but recommended strongly to the iraqi government is they create a national guard unit, sunni units as well as others but formally aligned with the government a

dempsey said, stalemated. which means tragedy. senator reed. senator reed: well, thank you very much, mr. chairman. both madam secretary and general austin, about a year ago or more there was real concern that essentially baghdad could fall to isil. that they were virtually unstoppable. at this point, your assessment of the security, at least for baghdad, has that been mproved? general austin: sir, it has been greatly improved. senator reed: and going forward now, one of the fundamental issues is, and i think it's related to the comments both ou and general dempsey made, who is -- who will have the advantage going forward in terms of the use of time, isil or iraqi forces supported by the united states? what's your view on that? general austin: sir, i think clearly it's the iraqi forces supported by not only the who is -- who will have the united states but the 60-plus nation coalition. senator reed: now, one of the things that has been suggested but not only suggested but recommended strongly to the iraqi government is they create a national guard unit, sunni units as well as others but formally al

mr. chairman will have at that point. >> general dempsey speaks about patients at risk and weighing of thepatients needed against how much risk we're looking at. how much patience should we be exhibiting towards our local partners in iraq in syria? how long should we stick with them before we reach a point where we have assumed too much risk and there may be no options left that the united states can look at? when do we reach that point, and is it tactical stalemate where we want to be? >> as i said we are not where we should be. and a tactical stalemate is actually a fairly dynamic stalemate. this is not a stalemate that has world war i trenches and so forth. there's a lot of movement. we are rolling back isis in certain places, inflicting very heavy casualties on the. i would not want to be a leader in the islamic state in iraq or syria. because i think it would be very hard to get a life insurance policy if you were in those shoes. having said that, there is a lot of reinforcements flowing in. and yes, we have pushed out of this area or that area, and then they go to ramadi. in syria th

dempsey said, stalemated. which means tragedy. senator reed. senator reed: well, thank you very much, mr. chairman. both madam secretary and general austin, about a year ago or more there was real concern that essentially baghdad could fall to isil. that they were virtually unstoppable. at this point, your assessment of the security, at least for baghdad, has that been improved? general austin: sir, it has been greatly improved. enator reed: and going forward now, one of the fundamental issues is, and i think it's related to the comments both you and general dempsey made, who is -- who will have the advantage going forward in terms of the use of time, isil or iraqi forces supported by the united tates? what's your view on that? general austin: sir, i think clearly it's the iraqi forces supported by not only the united states but the 60-plus nation coalition. senator reed: now, one of the things that has been suggested but not only suggested but recommended strongly to the iraqi government is they create a national guard unit, sunni units as well as others but formally aligned with the government an

mr. chairman. secretary and general, about a year or more there was real concern that isil was virtually unstoppable. has that been approved? >> greatly one of the fundamental issues related to the comment un general dempsey have made is, who will have the advantage going forward, isil or iraqi forces supported by the united states? >> clearly it is the iraqi forces supported by not only the united states that the 60 plus nation coalition. >> one of the things that has been suggested and recommended strongly to the iraqi government, the national guard units, sunni as well as others that formally allied with the government, and that legislation is bogged down. we could do more if the iraqis were willing to make changes in terms of their policy. they could contemplate the use of advises with the national guard, iraqi national guard units to distribute equipment as well as tactical advice. >> is it something you would consider? >> yes, sir. it is. >> a scathing report about the leadership or lack thereof suggesting that not every state could be trusted. leading up to this crisis over many years. >> sir, what we saw from the former prime minister was increasingly sectarian behavior and a number of bad decisio

dempsey's previous statements. in a perfect world, the embargo would remain. but as it is we remain concerned about this and we must keep pressure on this air. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> chairman will recognize mr. aguilar. >> thank you mr. chairman. general claudeson and vice admiral, with respect to budget and allocations for missile defense, is it fair to say with sequestration technically kicking back in in nokt that would also effect the support that we could offer for missile defense for our allies, in addition to a continuing resolution that could also offer reduced support and aid. is that fair to say as well? >> well, sir, i don't deal with missile defense and the national nuclear security administration, and let me say since you have created an opportunity to do that, there are a number of very important programs under way within the department of energy and national nuclear security administration which apply to a safety nuclear arsenal and posturing ourselves for the future that would be severely effected by sequestration and budget caps and without any real relief from that. >> and sir, for missile defense, and i'll talk to your concerns on t

mr. chairman. secretary and general, about a year or more there was real concern that isil was virtually unstoppable. has that been approved? >> greatly one of the fundamental issues related to the comment un general dempsey have made is, who will have the advantage going forward, isil or iraqi forces supported by the united states? >> clearly it is the iraqi forces supported by not only the united states that the 60 plus nation coalition. >> one of the things that has been suggested and recommended strongly to the iraqi government, the national guard units, sunni as well as others that formally allied with the government, and that legislation is bogged down. we could do more if the iraqis were willing to make changes in terms of their policy. they could contemplate the use of advises with the national guard, iraqi national guard units to distribute equipment as well as tactical advice. >> is it something you would consider? >> yes, sir. it is. >> a scathing report about the leadership or lack thereof suggesting that not every state could be trusted. leading up to this crisis over many years. >> sir, what we saw from the former prime minister was increasingly sectarian behavior and a number of bad decisio

mr. president, i know i have big shoes to fill. we are all indebted to john the marty dempsey a personal note, for many years has been a great friend, mentor and role model. deanie has been with him every step of the way and she's been a tireless advocate for military families even as she raised three children of her own. vacancies -- well-earned admiration, appreciation and affection from all soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines to include the dunford. marty and deanie, thank you for which event to those of us in uniform and our families. you are what winning looks like. it had the privilege to have a change to continue that legacy of leadership it's an honor to follow in the footsteps of general pace, general myers and the other distinguished chairman who, on their watch, commissioner decisive leadership, extraordinary commitment and a strong moral compass. in the days ahead i'll draw strength from their example. i look forward to serving with my fellow joint chiefs, combatant commanders and other senior leaders in our government as we tackle the challenges on our watch. i