mrs. petraeus for your help of bringing accountability to the banks that unlawfully fore closed on service members. i wanted to say that. on july 6, 2011, it was announced that the consumer financial protection bureau and the judge advocates bureau of the army, coast guard, air force, and navy took steps towards helping families; is that right? >> yes, sir. >> one important aspect of this has to be education, but another aspect has to be enforcement where mrs. petraeus appeared on tuesday emphasizing this -- here is what she said, let me go repeat -- "you can have the laws in place, but if the people on the other end of the phone are not aware of them or are not applying them properly, then it is not going to work." what is your reaction? >> i think that is absolutely certain, congressman. she speaks truth on this. you know, one of the things i want to say about the consumer bureau, i'll say it again quickly. half of all our money, our employees, eventually will be in supervision and enforcement, not in trying to change rules, but in making sure that the law is enforced. a quarter of our p

mrs. petraeus' will be effective in providing service members with an address when they have problems.t will be one agency that will take on consumer complaints and tried to address consumer complaints. by recognizing systemic problems that need to be addressed -- one of the clearest examples of her effective ness was her actions -- effectiveness was her actions in making sure foreclosure notices were given to active duty military. active duty individuals were losing their homes without proper notice and without the protection of the civil relief act. she took notice of this. there were enforcement actions taken against three of the servicers that were the most at fault in the failure to provide notice. i am sure there are others out there. i am feel comfortable that the office of service member affairs will be the most effective vehicle to do this. >> without a director in place, the cfpb will not be able to exercise its examination and enforcement powers over financial institutions. do you agree that this authority is essential to level the playing field between small community banks

mr. obama and general petraeus have countermeasures on their aircrara and additional aircraft following them that would make them a very tough target, josh. >> chilling details. martha raddatz in washington, thank you. >>> secretary of state hillary clinton has arrived in turkey to meet with diplomats, hoping to end the 5-month-old conflict in libya. the u.s. has recognized the libya rebel group as the libya's legitimate government, freeing cash for weapons to take on moammar gadhafi's forces. >>> and roger clemens will learn in september whether he's off the hook for good. the judge in his federal perjury case declared a mistrial thursday after prosecutors showed jurors what was deemed inadmissssle evidence. clemens is charged with lying to congress about using performance-enhancing drugs. >>> and there's word nfl owners and players have made significant progress in labor talks, specifically on rookie salaries, the last key sticking point reportedly. a tentative deal could be in place within hours. and, well, as the nfl's millionaires and billionaires continue to haggle, a disturbing sign o

mr. jones. >> thank you, senator petraeus too cementer blumenthal, you have additional questions? a couple of quick questions, and thank you, mr. jones for your service in the marine corps as a prosecutor in the department of justice focusing again on the mortgage foreclosure issue. i wonder if he can tell us, neither to the to either mr. etkin or mr. jones whether the signing practices that were uncovered some months, 80 a year ago or more have given rise to any criminal investigations and prosecutions. >> you're correct i think it came to light in late september and increasingly into october of last year. what is commonly referred to as the signing also there's more to it than just that in the foreclosure documentation issues. as you know, the task force i think this is a benefit as the u.s. attorney jones said there are certain things that will outlive the taskforce. one that i'm most proud of and i think is necessary to affect enforcement of the national level is great synergy between states and federal law enforcement authorities. in my experience it is not something we've alw

mr. speaker, last week general david petraeus relinquish afghan general command. he did this as he prepared to take over as c.i.a. director this fall. we're all grateful to general petraeus for 37 years of honorable and distinguished service, but the fact remains that the fundamental realities in afghanistan haven't changed. "the new york times" put it plainly, noting that the general is, and i quote them, "the general is leaving behind a country racked by deep political instability whose fledging security forces are fighting a weakened but deadly insurgency that kills coalition troops and afghan civilians and officials nearly every day." that's a pretty damning assessment, mr. speaker, and it's accurate. in recent weeks two of president karzai's most powerful allies, including his brother, have been gunned down by the taliban. and ordinary afghan citizens are caught in the line of fire as never, never before. the u.n. recently reported that more afghan civilians were killed in the first half of 2011 than in any other six-month period since the war began. some the

mr. conaway: i speak in opposition to my colleague's amendment. general petraeus stated that the current counterinsurgency strategy deployed by u.s. forces and nato has success. i was there in mid-april and having been there since 2005, it is better than it has been since i started going over there in 2005. the afghan infrastructure fund is key and as improvements is necessary to attain support. general petraeus' strategy is dependent on the population and the intelligence they provide. local development projects increases the legitimacy, especially since these projects are conducted in areas that have influence. and mr. speaker, i'm going to oppose this amendment. the house armed services committee has authorized this program. the house appropriations committee has gone through this bill with a fine tooth comb and believe these funds will be properly used and properly supervised in the building of afghan infrastructure as we continue to put in place the system we need when we leave and we will leave, the afghan people will sustain what they are doing. one of the

who are pretty tough nuts like general david petraeus and general rodriguez were impressed by what the security forces did. we should be talking that up. >> mr. speaker, my right hon. friend -- all kinds of pressures to speed up afghanistan, that would be the wrong reason to withdraw from afghanistan. can i commend him for setting a timetable because that is the way to accelerate the process in kabul and make president hamid karzai set up and engage in some of the talks that are already taking place and i agree with my right hon. friend is wrong to internationalize this process. it has to be done through tribal structures in afghanistan and fought by themselves and for themselves. is not something we can supervise from the un. >> i thank my hon. friend for his questioning. across the house -- has to the afghan led. we don't want to see a sort of bad tribal -- that would lead to future instability. clearly it has got to be a proper reconciliation process. what i am scene and a timetable has existed, is a positive engagement from afghanistan and pakistan in talking about their shared future and in the end we can push and encourage and work wit

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pretty tough like general petraeus and general rodriguez were impressed by what the afghanistan security forces really did. we should be talking that up, not talking it down. >> mr. speaker, while my right honorable friend, all kinds of pressure to speed up the withdrawal in afghanistan, a wrong reason to drawdown from afghanistan, can i commend him for setting a timetable because that's the way to accelerate the process in kabul and have president karzai to set up talks. my right honorable friend would be quite wrong to internationalize this process. it should go through afghanistan, themselves, by themselves, for themselves, it's not something we can supervise from the u.n. >> if i can -- i thank my honorable friend for his question. if it has to be afghan led we don't need to see a bad tribal poorly thought through carve out that will lead to future instability. clearly it's got to be a proper reconciliation process. but what i've seen and i think the time tabble has insisted with this is a very good indication from afghanistan and pakistan in talking together about their shared future and in the end, you know, we can push and encourage and work with but in t

than i have encountered in the team of odierno and petraeus and crocker was instrumental in our success in implementing the surge in iraq. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you. senator read? >> thank you, mr. chairman and gentlemen, thanks for your service to the country and to the family that has supported you, thank you very much. admiral winnefeld, one of your principal responsibilities will be in the requirements process, and ultimately that transitions into procurement. the secretary, former secretary and his great insights said just a comment if you will as we face a great deal of uncertainty on terms of what systems are going for and how much money you will have. in the context of that proposal, how do you propose to get your hands are now sort of the recess if necessary, the new innovative technologies that have to be incorporated in the budget in the extremely challenging more so i think today. >> i don't have the details of the proposal that you've referred to regarding of the procurement holiday. i think there would probably be unwise. we have a future challenges in the world we need to continue to address and prepare ours

who are pretty tough nuts like general david petraeus and general rodriguez were impressed by what the security forces did. we should be talking that up. >>mrspeaker, my right hon. friend -- all kinds of pressures to speed up afghanistan, that would be the wrong rson to withdraw from afghantan. can i commend him for setting a timetable because that is the way to accelerate the process in kabul and make president hamid karzai set up and engage in some of the talks that are already taking place and i agree with my right hon. friend is wrong to internationalize this process. it has to be done through tribal structures in afghanistan and fought by themselves and for themselves. is not something we can supervise from the un. >> i thank my hon. friend for his questioning. across the house -- has to the afghan led. we don't want to see a sort of bad tribal -- that would lead to future instability. clearly itas got to be a proper reconciliation process. what i am scene and a timetable has existed, is a positive engagement from afghanistan and pakistan in talking about their shared future and in the end we can push and encourage and work with but in

who are pretty tough nuts like general david petraeus and general rodriguez were impressed by what the security forces did. we should be talking that up. >> mr. speaker, my right hon. friend -- all kinds of pressures to speed up afghanistan, that would be the wrong reason to withdraw from afghanistan. can i commend him for setting a timetable because that is the way to accelerate the process in kabul and make president hamid karzai set up and engage in some of the talks that are already taking place and i agree with my right hon. friend is wrong to internationalize this process. it has to be done through tribal structures in afghanistan and fought by themselves and for themselves. is not something we can supervise from the un. >> i thank my hon. friend for his questioning. across the house -- has to the afghan led. we don't want to see a sort of bad tribal -- that would lead to future instability. clearly it has got to be a proper reconciliation process. what i am scene and a timetable has existed, is a positive engagement from afghanistan and pakistan in talking about their shared future and in the end we can push and encourage and work wit