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mr. graham said any time you back the president it's good good.l frisch, welcome back home inside "the war room"." >> good even, michael. >> michael: how is the president doing on his second term agenda? i feel almost silly asking that question. it's only 100 days and not historically a marker, but what do you think--how do you think it's gone? >> well, i guess the first 100 days are a honeymoon. that's what people keep saying. if this was a honeymoon it's obviously an arrangeed marriage because it was not pretty. congress would not cooperate and the idea that they would cooperate any further, i quite like what the president said in the press conference as if mockingly. you expect me to control the bad behavior of the republican congress. that's their responsibility. that's very true, and i wish the media would cover it more like that. >> michael: yes, that is a great point. that's the thing the republicans are such a mess--the leadership of the republican party can't control their own soldiers, but by the same token he is the president, and it is

mr. graham is not right on this issue. this issue is only just beginning, as a political football, if you will, because there are serious differences between the president on the one hand and senator graham and several other republicans on the other hand. >> right. senator graham and other republicans are saying that the government did not connect the dots properly, to use that phrase. and it took about a nanosecond for senator graham to issue a press release responding to the president, and he said, with all due respect, mr. president, benghazi and boston are compelling examples how our national security systems have deteriorated on your watch. the president said that intelligence did what it needed to do. he was also, i thought, careful not to criticize the russians, although he did say, quote, suspicions remain between our government and the russian government because we also understand that the fbi went to the russian government asking for more information and did not get it back. one other little piece of information w

mr. graham -- >> that wasn't the reason, no.hat wasn't the whole -- that was just another thing to stress me out over is all that was. >> right. but i talked to mental health. i've talked to lieutenant piper in intel. and we're not going to make that move. you're not going to be able to house with him. we're not going to keep jumping every time you want something done or threaten us. >> i haven't asked for anything. i've been up there 21 days and haven't asked for anything like that. >> i've received 12 kites from you to move with graham. >> not 12. >> lieutenant higden has received five letters from you. requesting about inmate graham. >> that's an exaggeration. >> i kept them all. >> there's no way there was 12. i sent you more like two or three. >> irregardless. basically, you've been trying to dictate everything since i've been here -- >> ma'am, i'm not trying to. you've got to remember i've never been to seg here, okay? i'm coming off eight years of antidepressants. i've received further bad news from the outside world. it'

mr. graham: could i have 30 seconds? the presiding officer: without objection. mr. graham: okay. one minute. how do you get the death penalty when the only way you can get information out of the suspect is to go through his lawyer? you can't have this national security interrogation where there is no lawyer to get information to protect against a future attack that can't be used in the trial, don't you think the lawyer's going to say i'm not going to have my client talk to you unless you promise not to seek the death penalty? ms. ayotte: i would say to the senator from south carolina i don't know how that is even possible in this case. any defense lawyer, as they should, to defend their client, there is no way they will allow that individual who committed the terrorist attack in boston to speak to one investigator now. if we get additional information, we have follow-up questions, without taking the death penalty off the table. that's doing the defense lawyer's job. i respect them for that, but it puts our nation in an awful position to have to negotiate with a defense lawyer whe

mr. graham: mr. president, this debate we're having about gun legislation, how to solve a difficult problem, is a good debate. and quite frankly, i never understood why we would not want to have this debate. this is an issue that most americans very much would like to see something of substance accomplished. but the goal is to do something of substance that will address the underlying problem, not just address the underlying session in the feel-good category. senator manchin and toomey are very sincere. i know you're trying to fix a problem. i understand where you're coming from. i would like to take my time to talk about two things. the president has given a lot of speeches about this issue, very emotional in nature. the state of the union i don't know speeches; lit -- state of the union i don't know speeches. traveled all over the country to support two things. background checks and magazine sizes. at the end of the day the senate will take up these measures individually and some what collectively.

mr. graham is not right on this issue. the president did not back off at all when he defended the fbi and the entire investigation. >> you're right. the president was unwaivering in his support of fbi and the jttf. he has maintained that they've done -- the information sharing has been excellent and that there are some things, some times, when you just can't catch a terrorist act before it happens. so he sort of repeated a thing we've heard from him before suggesting that he didn't say it quite explicitly, that senator graham is pushing this issue too hard. we heard it after senator graham attacked him over the benghazi incident. senator graham is up for reelection. perhaps there's a political back and forth over this issue is the intimation there. more broadly the president did confirm the dni clapper is doing its intelligence review. he views that as just standard procedure, not a sign that there's something amiss or we should see that as a sign of a failure. on the syria question, it was worth noting it is a game change

mr. graham's reckless statement makes a mockery of the superb civilian police work that led to the suspect's capture, starting with the skillful analysis of the video recordings of the marathon. there is no reason that the lawyers and courts cannot continue to do their work." what do thou sayeth, kelly. >> they have a long history of prosecuting terrorism cases before and after 9/11. i think it's important when we are talking about a united states citizen where the conduct is principally here in the united states. i think the administration got it just right here. >> he a i see you nodding. >> i would second bet in the conversation that's going on right now, exacerbating fears in this country. terrorists aren't going after territory. they are going after the creation of fear, panic, and disruption of the system. we allow them to rip apart our constitution and they win. >> catherine crier and kelly cu ar rrie, thank you for your time tonight. >>> a friend is describing the drastic turn his life took. and authorities want to hear from his wife. how did she turn so quickly to a religion. >>> an

mr. graham said the administration's decision to reject enemy combatant status was, quoting him, prematuregree with that? >> i don't. it's weird for senator graham to say it. what is premature is try to assert there would be a direct or substantial link between the suspect and al qaeda. that is the legal requirement to take an american away from the civilian courts and treat them as an enemy combatant. i believe senator graham who has a long history on detention issues and was a lawyer, himself, i think he knows that. because he knows that, he knows he is premature to suggest this when no reliable source and nobody in the government -- >> certainly not yet. >> -- has met that standard. >> let's listen to what senator graham said was his reason for using the enemy combatant tact. take a listen. >> if we have to clear the questions that we're going to ask to gather intelligence through the terror suspect's lawyer, we greatly diminished our ability to control the process. >> where has that ever occurred? >> well, it's not the problem at issue, right? there's two shortcomings there. number one

mr. graham is not right. on this issue. although i'm sure generated some headlines. i think that what we saw in boston was state, local, federal officials, every agency rallying around a city that had been attacked. identifying the perpetrators just hours after the scene had been examined. >>> and the president says he couldn't be more proud of jason collins, for cing out and being a role model f yng pele eryerstl ruli wh e su an individual who excelled at the highest levels in one of the major sports to go ahead and say this is who i am, i'm proud of it. i'm still a great competitor, i'm still seven-foot tall and can bang with shaq and you know -- deliver a hard foul. i think a lot of young people out there who you know are gay or lesbian who are struggling with these issues to see a role model like that who is unafraid, i think it's a great thing. >>> good day, i'm andrea mitchell in washington. 100 days into his second term, president obama met the press. and quickly discovered that all of that schmoozing on saturday night didn't buy him a hall pass. >> do you sti

mr. graham's reckless statements made a mockery of the superb police work that led to the capture. >> the new york times won't defend the nation against radical islamist attacks. the cops did a great job -- >> they did a great job. >> the lawyer who is representing him will do a fantastic job. but if we limit our intelligence to the criminal justice system and not use the national security system i'm talking about, guess what? no lawyer will allow to you talk to their client unless you promise not to seek the death penalty. >> a plea bargaining. my client i. exactly. >> my client will give up "x" if the feds give up the death penalty. >> under the obama administration, we are down to gathering intelligence through plea barg ang, that has never been the law -- we have taken these cases. >> i tell you what the problem is. the plea bargaining will be done a year from now. i mean i. exactly -- >> i don't want to make your case. but plea bargaining i. i am worried he may be lying to us. i am worried that the brother when he went to the radical part of the world that we need to look very closel

mr. graham is not right on this issue. although i'm sure it generated some headlines.k what we saw in boston was state, local, federal officials, every agency, rallying around a city that had been attacked. identifying the perpetrators just hours after the scene had been examined. we now have one individual deceased, one in custody. charges have been brought. i think that all our law enforcement officials performed in an exemplary fashion after the bombing had taken place. and we should be be very proud of their work, as obviously, we're proud of the people in boston, all the first responders and the medical personnel that helped save lives. what we also know is that the russian intelligence services had alerted u.s. intelligence about the older brother, as well as the mother, indicating that they might be simple ympathizer extremists. the fbi investigated that older brother. it's not as if the fbi did nothing. they not only investigated the older brother, they interviewed the older brother. they concluded there were no signs that he was engaging in extremist activity.

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mr. graham's reckless statements makes a mockery of the superb work that led to his capture. >> they will not defend them. the cops did a great job. >> they did a fantastic job. >> and you know what, the lawyer that's representing hip would do a fantastic job. but if we limit ourselves to gathering intelligence through the criminal justice system and not use the national security system i'm talking about, guess what? no lawyer in their right mind will allow you to talk to their client unless you promise not to seek the death penalty. >> it would being done on plea bargaining. my client will give up x if the -- >> exactly. >> -- if the feds give up the death penalty. >> down to the obama administering, we are down to intelligence through plea bargaining. that has never been the car. >> i'll tell you what the problem with that is, the plea bargaining will be done a year from now. >> exactly. >> plea bargaining is not done now, it's done a year from mao. >> i'm worried he may be lying to us. i'm worried the brother, when he went over to the radical part of the world, that we need to look ver

mr. graham is not right on this issue.e, local, federal officials, every agency rallying around the city that had been attacked. identifying the perpetrators just hours after the scene had been examined. we now have one individual deceased. one in custody. charges have been brought. i think all our law enforcement officials performed in exemplary action. they should be proud of all the work. as we are proud of all the medical personnel who helped save lives. we also know the russian intelligence services alerted the u.s. intelligence about the older brother as well as the mother, indicating they may be sympathizers to extremists. the fbi investigator, that older brother, it's not as if the fbi did nothing. they not only investigated the older brother, they interviewed the older brother. they concluded tlerp no signs he was engaging in extremist activity. is there something that triggered cad ralization and a brother to engage in the attack zsh the tragic attack we saw in boston. what they are doing is standard procedure ar

mr. graham is not right on this issue. i'm sure it generated some headlines. we saw in boston was -- was state, local, federal officials, every agency rallying around a city that had been attacked. identifying the perpetrators just hours after the scene had been examined. we now have one individual deceased, one in custody. charges have been brought. i think that all of our law enforcement officials performed in an exemplary fashion after the bombing had taken place and we should be very proud of their work as we're proud of the people in boston, the first responders and the mel personnel that helped save lives. what we also know that is -- is that the russian intelligence services had alerted u.s. intelligence about the older brother as well as the mother indicating that they might be sympathizers to extremists. the fbi investigated that older brother. it's not as if the fbi did nothing. they not only investigated the older brother, they interviewed the older brother. they concluded that there were no signs when he was engaging in extremist activity. that muc

mr. graham is not right on this herb, although i'm sure it generated some headlines.was state, local, federal officials, every agency rallying around the city that had been attacked, identifying the perpetrators just hours after the scene had been examined. we now have one individual deceased, one in custody. charges have been brought. i think that all our law enforcement officials performed in exemplary fashion after the bombing had taken place. and we should be very proud of their work. as obviously we're proud of the people in boston, all the first responders and the medical personnel that helped save lives. what we also know is that the russian intelligence services had alerted u.s. intelligence about the older brother as well as the mother indicating that they might be sympathizers to extremists. the fbi investigated that older brother. it's not as if the fbi did nothing. they not only investigated the older brother, they interviewed the older brother. they concluded that there were no seens that he was engaging in extremist activity. so that much we know. and th

mr. graham is into the right on this issue, although generated some headlines.w in boston was state, local, federal officials, every agency rallying behind the city that be attacked. we now have one individual deceased, one in custody. charges have been brought. i think that all our law enforcement officials performed in an emper rare fashion. we should be proud of their work as obviously we are proud of the people of boston, all the fir responders and the medical personnel that saved lives. we know the russian intelligence services had alerted u.s. intelligence about the older brother as well as the mother indicating they might be sympathizers to extremists. the fbi investigated the older brother. it's not as if the fbi did nothing. they not only investigated the older brother, they interviewed the older brother. they concluded there were no signs he was engaging in extremist activity. that much we know. the question then is, was there something that happened that triggered radicalization and actual decision by the brother to engage in the attack -- the tragic

mr. graham is not right on this issue, although i'm sure it generated some headlines. you know, i think that what we saw in boston was state, local, federal officials, every agency rallying around the city that had been attacked, identifying the perpetrators just hours after the scene had been examined. we now have one individual deceased, one in custody, charges have been brought. >> shortly after the news conference i spoke on the phone with senator graham and i asked him to respond. >> it's not so much about blaming people as lives. we've lost eight americans in seven months, four overseas, four at home, radical islam is on the march, and we need to up our game. clearly to me the systems did not work the way they're supposed to. i'm shocked that this happened after 9/11 where people no longer talked to each other. i thought we had gotten over that. >> let's dig a little deeper with our chief political analyst gloria borger. the president is walking a delicate line. he said the fbi has done a great job since the bombings making sure there were arrests and all of that

mr. graham to explain exactly what it progressive is. the reason i'm asking that is because the communist party usa in the socialist party usa call themselves progressives also. i was also like to hear a comment on his comment about taxing the companies more, for them to pay taxes. i worked on budgets in the company i work for, those taxes are rolled into next year's cost so what you are talking about you would taxes to the consumer. i will get off a muddy comment. >> guest: i don't know what your business was. nothing against small businesses or businesses that play by the rules or operating good faith but when general electric pay $0 in taxes that's obviously a problem. we are investing more in egregious things like that. what was the first one? >> host: he also talked about from his perspective seeing socialism and communism has eaten also labeled as progressive. >> guest: always happy to talk about less progressive means. it's the fundamental question is do you side with the little guy or that the guy in economic issues? that's it an

mr. graham is not right on this issue, although i'm sure it generated some headlines.hat what we saw in boston was state, local, federal officials, every agency, rallying around a city that had been attacked, identifying the perpetrators just hours after the scene had been examined. we now have one individual deceased, one in custody. charges have been brought. jon: well joining us by phone now south carolina republican senator lindsey graham. you heard the president there at his news conference in essence say, senator, that you are wrong. what's your response? >> with all due respect to the president we've lost eight americans to radical islamists in the last seven months, four dead in benghazi, four dead in boston, and when you look at each case the system failed. in boston they did a great job catching the guy with the help of citizens, but you had the fbi, and the cia warned by russian intelligence in 2011, months before it. the guy went back to russia, went back to dagestan, picked up by dhs but they never told the fbi or the cia so they could monitor what he was

mr. graham is not right on this issue. although i'm sure it generated some headlines.in boston was state, local, federal officials, every agency rallying around the city, that had been attacked. identifying the perpetrators just hours after the scene had been examined. we now have one individual deceased, one in custody, charges have been brought. i think that all of our law enforcement officials performed an exemplary fashion after the bombing had taken place. and we should be very proud of their work. as obviously we are proud of the people of boston, all of the first responders and medical personnel that helped save lives. what we also know is that the russian intelligence services had alerted u.s. intelligence about the older brother, as well as the mother indicating they might be sympathizers to extremists. the fbi investigated that older brother. it's not as if the fbi did nothing. they not only investigated the older brother, they interviewed the older brother. they concluded that there were no signs that he was engaging in extremist activity. so that much we kn

mr. graham is not right 0 on this issue, although i'm sure it generated some headlines. boston was state, local, federal officials, every agency, rallying around a city that had been attacked, identifying the perpetrators just hours after the scene had been examined. we now have one individual deceased, one in custody. charges have been brought. i think that all our law enforcement officials performed in an exemplary fashion after the bombing had taken place and we should be very proud of their work. as obviously we're proud of the people in boston, all the first responders and the medical personnel that helped save lives. what we also know is that the russian intelligence services had alerted u.s. intelligence about the older brother, as well as the mother indicating that they might be sympathizers to extremists. the fbi investigated that older brother. it's not as if the fbi did nothing. they not only investigated the older brother, they interviewed the older brother. they concluded that there were no signs that he was engaging in extremist activity. so that much we kn

mr. graham is not right on this issue. although i'm sure it have one individual deceased, one in custody, charges have been brought. i think that all our law enforcement officials performed in exemplary fashion after the bombing had taken place. >> now, lindsey graham republican running for re-election who pressed the president the hardest on this and hit the administration the most forcefully. a little bit of accusation there that this is really all about his re-election. i will add, brooke that thelear that the dni, the director of national intelligence, is conducting an intelligence assessment to see if any balls were dropped, so to speak, in the leadup to before the boston bombing. and, you know the administration just isn't going to finally say yes or no whether they think any clues were missed until that -- until that report is done. brooke? >> okay. jessica, of course there are critics who are not partisan. people -- former counterterrorism officials, interviewed one on the lead yesterday, former ambassador thomas m

mr. graham make sure it takes 20 years to become a u.s. citizen or nearly imsnoble isn't that his agenda?" guest: that's a better question to pose to senator graham but based on the articles that have come out in last 24 hours, it sounds like they're looking at a 13-year path to citizenship, which is an eight-year path for a green card. you have to hold a green card for five years before being eligible to apply for citizenship so that's in law and won't be changed but the question is how long is the path to get point where you get a green card and much of that is based off of the border security, trigger, whatever that trigger looks like and the clearing out of the backlog which is people currently outside the country waiting legally to come in and how do you clear those people out and make sure nobody who's here illegally gets a better path than people who have been waiting outside the country legally and generally they -- the estimate it's going to take about eight years to clear those folks out and make sure that they have the opportunit

mr. graham is not right on this issue, although i'm sure it generated some headlines. [ laughter ] >> woween examined. we now have one individual deceased. one in custody. charges have been brought. i think that all of our law enforcement officials performed in an exemplary fashion after the bombings had taken place. and we should be very proud of their work. what we also know is that the russian intelligence services had alerted the u.s. intelligence about the older brother as well as the mother, indicating that they might be sympathizers to extremists. the fbi investigated that older brother. it's not as if the fbi did nothing. they not only investigated the older brother, they interviewed the older brother. they concluded that there were no signs that he was engaging in extremist activity. so that much we know and the question then is was there something that happened that triggered radicalization and actual -- an actual decision by the brother to engage in the attack -- the tragic attack we actually saw in boston? and are there additional things that could have been done in that inter

mr. graham is not right on this issue, although i'm sure generated some headlines.dual deceased, one in custody. charges have been brought. i think that all our law enforcement officials performed in exemplary fashion after the bombing d taken place and we should be very proud of their work as obviously, we are very proud of the people in boston, the first responders around the medical personnel who helped save lives. what we also know is that the russian intelligence services had alerted u.s. intelligence about the older brother, as well as the mother, indicating that they might be sympathizers to extremists. the fbi investigated that older brother. it's not as if the fbi did nothing. they not only investigated the old brother, they interviewed the older brother. they concluded that there were no signs that he was engaging in extremist activity. so that much we know. and the question then is was there something that happened that triggered radicalization and actual -- an actual decision by the brother to engage in the attack -- the tragic attack we actually saw in

mr. graham, thank you for your leadership. 7000rane represents immigration and customs and enforcement agents, a former marine, you can tell the has the courage of his convictions. voted noimously confidence. because they undermine the ability to enforce law, filing a lawsuit in texas, a lawsuit in fet to tfo them to follow the plan requirements of the law. your criticisms of the president and this p, your repeated requests over the right to participate in these discussions, to advise and give your opinion on crafting a system that would work, you were denied that and i think you are speaking out and if it is very much important. we certainly have pro-immigrant groups who are very active, pushing, people with a real interest in more workers from the business community. but a lot of those people have to enforce the law and make sure it stays on a sound basis. listen, doctor. i want you to talk with us a bit about the statements that have been made here by others today. immigrantslegal with low education, high-schoolt are legal, do we have data that shows how they compare to the same cohort of

graham. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i would like to say for the record that no system is perfect, but generally speaking, i want to apply the obama administration. i think i'm aggressive and responsible part of the drone program, particularly where we do not have a lot of control, makes the rest of us safe. i do not get to say many good things about president obama in south carolina, but i will say that i think he is serious. i think he is thoughtful, and i think he takes the responsibility when it comes to targeting people in a very commander in chief-like way. car right, right, -- as a marine, when you are ordered into battle, do you obey his orders? >> i do. >> i find it a bit odd that we are going to give the commander to orderthe authority our own citizens into battle but they don't get to go to court. , i marines don't get to say think that is a dumb decision, i want to get a judge to say hey, you should not go. my belief is that there is nothing more basic to being commander in chief then being able to order peop

mr. connors, do you believe most people working in agriculture are noncitizens? re: illegal immigrants? >> senator graham, i believe statistics to verify that the numbers are somewhere between 60% to 70% of the agricultural workforce are undocumented. >> why is that? mr. rodriguez, do you agree with that? >> yes, sir. >> why is that? >> i think you pointed out some of the reasons. you set the current systems that are in place are not -- >> employers cannot get enough legal labor because there are limits on the visas and it is complicated and expensive. you agree with that? >> yes. >> everybody said yes. and it appears that meatpacking, poultry, agriculture, some of these more labor-intensive jobs, that it is hard to find labor in this country? do you agree with that? >> well, senator, let me just respond. i am not here representing the meatpacking industry but the six categories, if you will, of agricultural workers out there and there is no question i wholeheartedly agree with that payment, that you cannot get americans to do this work. >> here is the question. if you pay them $40 an hour, you probably

graham. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i would like to welcome you for the hearing today. very important. thank you for your leadership and i want to thank the men and women who share with you. i visited with many of our leaders this past week and so i know how hard they work. and the fact that they are very much a part of the community through volunteering and particularly with our schools. i have a question regarding pearl harbor naval shipyard. with a new strategy to rebalance our forces with the focus on the asia pacific, the need for strategically located maintenance facilities such as the pearl harbor naval shipyard appears more critical to the readiness of our fleet. one of our attack submarines was in dry dock and i saw the huge effort and the hundreds of people who have to work to maintain our submarines. so do you foresee any adjustments to the role that you see pearl harbor shipyard playing with this rebalancing as well as the importance of continuing the modernization efforts of the shipyard? we need to modernize that shipyard in order for them to work on these very, very high

graham. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i would like to say for the record no system is perfect, but i want to applaud the obama administration. i think an aggressive and responsible use of the program where we don't have ground forces or a whole lot of control to make the rest of essays. i don't get to see many good things about president obama in south carolina. but i think he is serious. i think he's full and takes the responsibility when it comes to targeting people in a commander-in-chief type way. general cartwright, when you ordered into battle by your commander-in-chief, do you obey your orders? >> i do. we are going to give the commander-in-chief the ability to order citizens into battle, but they don't get to go to court. i think that is a decision. i want a judge to say you shouldn't know. there is nothing more basic to being commander-in-chief and being able to order people into battle and suppress the enemies of this nation. if you want to talk about transparency, count me in. if you're a congress more in how t

mr. chairman. >> thank you very much. senator graham. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, madam secretary. it's been a real pleasure working with you and your staff on this very important topic of border security. let me start with the waiver provisions, as inquired by senator lee. it's my understanding that there is no waiver for an aggravated felony or a felony or a national security problem. that those three areas are not waiverble. is that correct? >> that's my understanding as well, senator. >> i think the waiver he's talking about is in other areas and again i think that's good to know that there is some discretion. but not in these areas. now, about the -- what we're trying to accomplish here, how much money have we spent on border security since 2005 or 2006? >> billions. >> ok. multiple billions? >> yes, sir. >> i think we have 21,000 border patrol agents at the border now? >> 21,370 i think is today's count. >> that's double what we had in 2005 or 2006, is that correct? >> at least doubled, yes. >> at least doubled. and this bill lets 3,500 more, is that correct? >> it adds 3,500

mr. conner do you believe that most people working in agriculture are noncitizens? or it illegal immigrants? >> senator graham i believe the statistics do verify the numbers are somewhere between 60 to 70%. >> why is that? >> are undocumented workers. >> why is that? mr. rodriguez do you agree with that? >> yes, sir. >> why is that? >> you pointed out some of the reasons serve. he said the current system that are in place or not effective. >> employers can't get enough -- because it's complicated by expenses. do you agree with that? do you also agree that it appears meatpacking old string agriculture some of the more labor-intensive jobs is hard to find labor in our country? do you agree with that? i'm not here representing the meet packing industry but the agricultural workers out there there's no there is no question i wholeheartedly agree with that statement that you cannot get americans to do this work. >> is the question. if you pay them $40 an hour you probably could that nobody would be left in american agriculture. they would go to mexico. we have got to find a way in my view to replace our agricultur

graham. senator blumenthal. >> thank you, mr. chairman.thank you go through being here and thank you for your service to our country. i want to begin by following up one of the questions that was asked earlier concerning the soul. i understand their purpose under preparation to be delivered at the end of march regarding changes in recommendations and i know you've answered a number of inquiries regarding sexual assault. i wonder if you could tell us whether the report is received and whether you can commit to providing that to us? >> thank you, senator. i request of the office of general counsel sl as the secretary of the air force was given to me that one request was to give thoughts on recommendations on how the police section 60 should be amended. they accepted those recommendations. we are now moving forward working with our council to draft legislation to ask the congress to look out. >> is not exactly were were. recommendations that will get back and asked them. >> if you could prevent them, i would appreciate it. i want to turn now

graham. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i would like to welcome you for the hearing today. very important. thank you for your leadership nd i want to thank the men and women who serve with you. i visited with many of our leaders this past week and so i know how hard they work and they have more much part of the community with volunteers and particularly with our schools. i have a question regarding pearl harbor naval shipyard. with a new strategy to rebalance our forces with the focus on the asia pacific, the need for strategically located maintenance facilities such as the pearl harbor naval shipyard appears more critical to the readiness of our fleet. one of our attack submarines was in dry dock and i saw the huge effort and the hundreds of people who have to work to maintain our submarines. so do you foresee any adjustments to the role that you see pearl harbor shipyard playing with this rebalancing as well as the importance of continuing the modernization efforts of the shipyard? we need to modernize that shipyard in order for them to work on these very, very highly sophisticated subma

mr. obama set to unveil the plan to congress tomorrow. senator lindsey grahamre some nuggets of this bill i think are optimistic. let's ask him himself. senator lindsey graham joins me now. he serves on the appropriations and armed services committees. senator graham, welcome. good to have you here. >> good morning. martha: so the president's plan from what we know would cut two trillion but would also change, put in entitle changes that social security. you think there is an opening here for another grand bargain. how? >> well, you've got to remember the budget of the president as a whole is a tax-and-spend nightmare. the document as a hole is going nowhere but within his budget he embraces chain cpi. basically recalculating the benefit formula for social security and medicare, which will save a lot of money over the next 30 years, and the left is going nuts. i want to compliment the president for embracing that change as recommended by bowles-simpson, just about every bipartisan group serious about budget reform. and he did some things on the medicare front t

lindsey graham, which we heard from was the first group of republicans mr.or dinner last month. the president will take a second group to dinner wednesday after his budget is released. he can bend on raising the social security retirement age as he already had, using a method called chain consumer price index to calculate annual benefit increases. >> if the president willand he d some leadership, no democrat will get to his right. nobody will adjust the age of retirement if the president doesn't embrace it. nobody will adjust cpi if the president doesn't embrace it. so he is showing some signs of leadership that has been lacking. >> reporter: so far the president rejected the idea of raising the retirement age for social security, gregg. gregg: what about prospects in the house? not so optimistic there? >> reporter: not so good. house speaker john boehner rejected any new tax revenue unless it is used to lower anyone's tax rates. the tax hike on families making more than $450,000 a year that went into effect this year is the only one republicans will accept.

graham. thank you for serving our country. the fliers you. >> thank you mr. chairman, ranking member cruz and the distinguished members of the sub emptyee. i come you from an operational point of view and i will speak in generalities at the unclassified level on my military experience related to universe remotely pilot aircraft. i use that term because that is part of the challenge. there's a campaign by al qaeda going on against us and the word drone has a connotation that we have these autonomous vehicles flying around and striking at will without a whole lot of scrutiny and oversight to them. the military does use the term remotely piloted aircraft to explain and try to paint the picture that it actually take tuesday hundred individuals to keep one of these aircraft airborne for a 24-hour orbit and that 200 individuals includes the operators, the intelligence personnel, the maintenance personnel, the equipment people, the lawyers, and also part of the process, you have literally hundreds of other personnel that are involved in the process on the military s