and it's a very significant ship that mrs. perry is the sponsor for. she's the sponsor for the u.s.s. cole and i want to welcome you, lee perry, here this morning and thank you for all you've done and supporting your husband and his marvelous career. thank you, ms. perry. (applause) >> our speaker this morning, the former secretary of defense william perry, i first met when he was the deputy secretary of defense, and he and mrs. perry came to korea where i was the c5j5 and i was assigned to escort them around. and i had a lot of those kinds of duties while i was assigned to korea. but it was the most pleasant experience i had and i say that honestly, to get to know these two people. and he then became our secretary of defense. and many of us that have served thought that he was one of the best secretary of defenses we've ever had. he's currently a senior fellow at the hoover institute and a freeman foley institute of international studies. he is the michael and barbara bavarian professor at stanford university and serves as co-director of the nuclear r

i thank secretary and mrs. perry for coming, just -- i know it's, you've got some other things, people are waiting on you right now but i really appreciate you coming here. of course secretary and mrs. schultz for the entire program. vice admiral nathan, i don't know if he's here, he may have gone already, but he gave a great talk yesterday on the medical side. and vice admiral z, coast guard, our senior rep here, i can never pronounce his name but he's made things great. general speese, thank you for making this happen. rear admiral hubner, he was here, he's been terrific working with us. rear admiral rivera coming up from the chilean navy, thank you so much. i learned a lot. we need the kind of input that we got from you, really, and we thank you so much. i would be remiss not to mention the two people that really are responsible for all this. first was lewis loeven. lewis loeven works hours and hours to do this. thank you so much. but the other is because she's committed to make it happen and it's her focus that a

schultz, mrs. perry, honored to be in your presence. the uss makin island, chief of the fairest city in the world, san francisco, and he esteemed professionals. this is nice, i'm going to move south of here and take you to afghanistan. as you know we have marines, soldiers, sailors in afghanistan currently, but i'm going to bring you to when i was there during 2010 and 2011 after the president decided to surge the forces. first marine decision, first marine expeditionary force forward entered southwest afghanistan during 2009. we arrived in 2010 so it was a bit more stable. and we went straight to helman and nimruz province. very complex dynamic environment that we were operating in but before i begin it talk to you about the operational picture, i just want to give you a snapshot of afghanistan. when we got there i want to set the frame here so you understand what we're dealing with. afghanistan ranged 180th out of 1 86 on the world bank list of developed countries. 20 percent of the babies won't reach their first year of life. there i

we have mr. perry offutt who is the managing director of morgan stanley and mr. john tolman who's vice president national legislative representative, the brotherhood of locomotive ending nears and trainmen. i want to welcome all of our witnesses. we're trying to get to as many as we can. they're going to call a vote in a few minutes. so if you have a lengthy statement, it will be submitted by unanimous concept to the record. -- concept to the record. we'd like to have you summarize, and when we finish with everyone, we'll go to questions. thank you so much for joining us, and we'll turn first to karen hedlund, and she is the deputy administrator of fra. welcome, and you're recognized, ma'am. >> chairman pica and ranking member, thank you very much for -- >> pull that up as close as you can. it's a little hard to hear. >> thank you for inviting me to speak to this committee. and, mr. chairman, i want to say it's a great honor to testify before this committee during its final hearing with you at the helm. you've achieved significant legislative accomplishments duri

perry. that includes teachers. he thinks he should be armed in school. crockett keller, a gun store owner in texas. mr. ller, you agree with rick perry? >> yes, sir, wholeheartedly i've seen where that works. >> and your idea is that all teachers would be armed? >> no, not at all. i don't think that all teachers are capable of being armed. i don't think that they can handle it. it's too serious a situation. i think only volunteer teachers that are willing to go through extra training should be able to carry their weapons in school. >> and you're offering a discount to teachers in school with weapons? >> that's correct, either the weapons or the concealed weapons class that i teach. i try to extend a sympathetic hand, if you will, towards their situation. i want to personally extend my sympathy towards all of the victims' families. i know what it's like to lose a child. i've gone through that. i don't wish that on anyone and my sympathy is so much with these people. my heart is with them and i -- that's just nothing that words can say. i do wish that the news media would get out of their neighborhood and

he bought weapons found at the scene of border agent brian perry's murder. >>> i am sure mr. avila is remorseful but that shouldn't discount the severe consequences of his actions and those of the 19 codefendants in this case. >> tomorrow will mark two years since agent brian terry's death. >>> the satellite north korea rocketed into space apparently is tumbling out of control. the report comes after they released the video of those watching the launch at the command center in the capital pyongyang. it claims it was carrying a weather satellite. many fear it could carry an atomic war head to the west coast of the u.s. talk about a perfect dozen. the clock striking 12-12 on december the 12th that's when this little girl came into world. the special moment is a once in a lifetime date. it happened at the new york hospital. the little girl hasn't been named yet but we are told she has twin siblings and it was a natural delivery not a c section. >> that is your 5@5 now. >> the masked gunman behind the mall shooting that left three people dead in portland oregon. ainsley earhardt

shot and killed a few days earlier, in an adjoining county called perry county-this is in the black belt of alabama-the home county of mrs. martin luther king jr., the home county of mrs. ralph abernathy, the home county of mrs. andrew young. and because of what happened to him, we made a decision to march. in selma, alabama, in 1965, only 2.1 percent of blacks of voting age were registered to vote. the only place you could attempt to register was to go down to the courthouse. you had to pass a so-called literacy test. and they would tell people over and over again that they didn't or couldn't pass the literacy test. on one occasion, a man was asked to count the number of bubbles on a bar of soap. on another occasion, a man was asked to count the number of jellybeans in a jar. there were african-american lawyers, doctors, teachers, housewives, college professors flunking this so-called literacy test. and we had to change that, so we sought to march. and we got to the top of the bridge. we saw a sea of blue-alabama state troopers-and we continued to walk. we came within hearing distance of the state troopers. and a man id

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perry wrote a letter on the subject. i would like that part of the record as well. so ordered. >> mr. chairman, thank you so much. i want to thank all seven witnesses for bearing with us. my question is over a concern that i have in regard to the exchanges and the authority of the secretary in regard to will making. i am going to direct my questioning to the secretary of health services in wisconsin, mr. dennis smith, and hopefully we will be able to get all this done in five minutes. the recently released information regarding health care quality for exchanges on november the 27, it specifically mentions a section, 1311 of aca, which directs quality health plan issues and improvement strategies as directed by the secretary, specifically subsection 8 of 1311 would allow the secretary to prevent physicians treating patients in exchanges unless they implement such mechanisms to improve health care quality the secretary may require. physicians must follow quality directives as defined by the secretary or lose their business. mr. smith, are you aware of this provision? >> i am not familiar with that section. >> let m

mr. chairman. >> the vice president of litigation from the mexican defense and education fund. she is well known in the civil-rights community for the work on voting rights and the cases include lack versus perry and challenged texas congressional redistricting which she led through the trial and appeal to the supreme court. the floor is yours. >> members of the judiciary committee thank you for inviting me to testify today. today latinos constitute the largest racial minority group in the united states. over the past decade the number of latino eligible voters, a u.s. citizen adel increased from 13 million to 21 million. as the latino and other racial minority communities of grown and expanded the u.s. electorate, some states have attempted to slow the registration and participation of new voters. for example, arizona adopted a new law in 2004 that changed the voter registration rules to require only new boulder registrants to provide dhaka entry proof of the u.s. citizenship. proposition 200 as it is called has had broad - impact on the voter registration across arizona. falling and that none of law over 30,000 individuals or reject it for the voter registration. proposition 200 special burd

richard, the american enterprise institute, mr. perry, who is the managing director of morgan stanley, and john. i want to welcome all of our witnesses. they will call a vote in a few minutes. if you have a lengthy statements, it will be committed to the record. when we are finished with everyone, we will go to questions. thank you for joining us. we will turn first to carolyn,

richard, the american enterprise institute, mr. perry, who is the managing director of morgan stanley, and john. i want to welcome all of our witnesses. they will call a vote in a few minutes. if you have a lengthy statements, it will be committed to the record. when we are finished with everyone, we will go to questions. thank you for joining us. we will turn first to carolyn, the deputy administrator. welcome. you are recognized. >> thank you very much. >> hold that up as close as you can. it is a little hard to hear. >> thank you. it is a great honor to testify before the committee during its final hearing with you at the helm. you have achieved significant legislative accomplishments during your tenure and your oversight and interest has really strengthened our agency while improving transportation often throughout the country -- options throughout the country. this morning, i also thank you for the opportunity to discuss our planning and development efforts in the northeast corridor, which has been stated as one of the most valuable

perry alludeed to arming teachers. >> and talking to larry pratt of the gun association. >> i know why sales have been soaring these past few days. it's to idiots like you. mr thank you for joining me. m02143ññ