school officials say he's not a mentor or even an employee &pbecame a amiliar face at thi school. 3(ms. davisould stand oot in the round-about when the kids got off thee bbs..."(ms. williams/parent) "i am really shocked about that! and i'' really upset too. because thii suppose to be a halfway deceet school...." (ms. davis) "it's just really frightening and it's really ala" alarring..."we tried talking with principal wanda young about the screening process, if there is one, for school she's not available.this morning, we're stilllwaiting to hear back from the principal or a spokesperson. pe now know the identity of the man shot and killed in north baltimore monday night. he's identified as 22-year-old jerry isaac.iiaac collapsed from gun shht wounds ear a family dollar store on greenmount... near 29th street. he was shot several &ptimes... possibly in the ptorr's parking lot.still no word on any motivee or suspects at this time. 3 3 a military-style police traaning program is under scrutiny. city councilman brandon scctt wants to know why thh city needs to spend extra money on the program cal

. >> ms. davis. >> thank you, mr. chairman, and thank you, mr. secretary and general for being here and for your service. i wanted to go back to the sexual assault question for a second because i don't know if you had as much time, general, to respond to the chain of command issue and perhaps mr. mchugh you'd like to weigh in as well. as you know, there are a lot of victims and people who are concerned that the chain of command has not allowed victims to have the kind of access to help that perhaps they have needed. particularly in the past, but even today. could you comment on that a little bit more and why you feel that it does serve best? i would say for myself, i think this is a leadership issue. and so i think it's very important that leadership take responsibility and accountability, but on the other hand, we know that there are quite a number of instance when that has not worked. >> thank you. and i don't disagree with your statement. it absolutely is a leadership issue. it's a commanders issue as we would call it. and it's something we ha

the script that they have given me, young writers who say," i have got the ultimate role for you, ms. davis," and they are all urban, get to mothers who look unattractive been speak -- -- urban, unattractive mothers. i am saying it is something deeper. tavis: it is a sickness. >> it is a deeper issue, and i think we sometimes want to revise our history, but we very rarely want to face it. we do not want to face that somehow we cannot let go of that pain. tavis: it seems almost unthinkable that in this age of digital 3-d and computer technology that a silent black- and-white film could get an oscar nomination, let alone take home the night's biggest prize, but if the artist does win for best picture, it would be a triumph for filming of a bygone era, and the tension between the old and the new. ♪ ♪ tavis: what made you think that a silent film to the woodwork? >> i would never take that kind of risk. that is what i said to the finance our and the people that i want money fund -- from. -- that is what i said to be finance people that we wanted money from. there was a good movie to make. you n

(ms. davis/parent) "and everyone knew him..i &pthink that he, whether he was an employee or not, he to the children. i mean even - pulllsome of thh hhldren out - of class, from time to time, and i don't now what capacity that was in. but why would he be allowed ttat much freedoo even if it was in a volunteer c" capacity?"fox45 tried talking with the principal about the screening process... if there is one.. for school volunteers... buu we were ttld she's not available.the school has said haa shelly was not a mentor or even an employee there. 3 today, the same sex marriage debate comes to the house floor. floor. two committtes in the house passed the bill tuesday that would legalize gay marriage.now it's on to the full house of delegates. governor o'malley says the bill doesn't have enough votes there.last year... the bill the house. &p ggmblers and job seeker have a lot i n commmn today. "maryland live!" is one step closer to openiig the doors to the state's largest casino... and newest major eepl. employer. joel d. smith is li

chairman. >> thank you, ms. davis. we proceed now to chairman rob whitman of virginia. >> thank you, mr. chairman. ms. martin, i want to begin with you. i find it interesting in the report you talk about, contract management and deficiencies there with arlington with contract management, specifically in the area of i.t. it appears as though that $5 million spent in i.t. contracts that appear to be wasteful and that haven't produced any results. on page 9 of the report you've said that the i.t. contract management system is not guided by a modernization blueprint and it's duplicative, and costly to maintain. from that b stastandpoint, why u believe that was occurring as well as what are the current efforts to overcome those deficiencies? where are they in this modernization effort to make th there is not duplication? >> thank you, mr. chairman, for the question. and it actually spans both of the reports. we -- the external reviews found that over 5 million that had been spent to try to modernize the i.t. systems really d

we passed legislation with the leadership of ms. davis and others on the committee, to you know, try to, you know, better address that issue. there are proposals to go further, i think the biggest proposal is taking sexual assault outside the normal chain of command in terms of charging. if you could do two things. tell us about the progress that has been made with the changes that were done and explain your concerns about going outside the chain of command for sexual assault cases, but to accept that second one, we have to make sure that the first one is making a real difference. >> we deeply appreciate the concerns that members on the committee have brought to this. i want to assure you having worked on this member, there are few things that are more in contrast to the basic army values and few things that happen within our ranks that we are more concerned about. and that we are not trying every day to become better. as to our responses, as you no mr. smith, we have taken a wholistic approach to thris. encouraging victims to come forwar

but that really, as you noted, ms. davis, that's the critical part of fixing this more fully, making those commanders sensitive. making them understand that if they don't get it right, they're not going to be in this army much longer. as the ucmj, it provides the prosecutors the opportunity to take action against people who are perhaps not violent sexual offenders, but inappropriate touching. the kinds of actions that probably in the civilian sector nothing is done. and we take action against them as well. there is an article 15 or a holding off a promotion or pay cuts. >> thank you, mr. secretary. my time is about up. i did want to make one comment if the chairman would let me. i think one of the things i've heard is that if women are surveying up and down the commands and across the spectrum of the services, then in many ways we'll have less of this. so i just wanted to share my somewhat disappointment, i think with the latest report that came out in women in combat, and hope we can work together to make sure there is a pr

(ms. davis/parent) "and everyone knew him.. definitely had a ot of access to the ccildren. i mean even my daughter said that he would pull somm of the children out of class, from time to time, and i don't know what capacitt that was in. but why would he be allowed that much freedom even if it was in a volunteer c" capacity?"we tried talking with principal wanda oong aboot the screening process, if there is one, for school volunteers... but we were told she'ssnot available.this morning, we're till waiting to hear back from the principal or a spokesperson. 3 the prosecution is expecteddto rest today... in the george huguely murder trial. trral.they've preseeted medical and forensic experts to testify in trial of the lacrosse player ... accused of killing his ex-girlfriend, yeardley love.prosecution attorneys say huguley became violent with love in her apartmeet back in 2010... and that altercation left her bruised, battered, and dead. experrs testified the cause of death was blunt force trauma and although there was alcohol in lo

i have a question for ms. davis. what is your view of obamacare?oes she think that law has to do with the medicare fraud thing going on throughout the country? i am just wondering, does that needed to be repealed in order to make things better for the rest of us throughout the country? guest: because i work for the government accountability office, we have a very strict standards about auditing and sharing in reporting information. we report to congress, we report to various agencies. our records are public. you can go to our website at gao.gov and see all of our testimonies and reports. i cannot speak specifically to that break any statement i make needs to be relevant to the work we do have the government accountability office. host: the recent analysis of improper payments in 2011 shows there were $150 billion set out improperly. can programs accounted for about $7 billion, -- $107 billion, 90% of the problem. delaware, brandon, independent line. caller: great show again, c- span. i wanted to speak on the point of improper payments. i don't thin

i have a question for ms. davis. what is your view of obamacare? does she think that law has to do with the medicare fraud thing going on throughout the country? i am just wondering, does that needed to be repealed in order to make things better for the rest of us throughout the country? guest: because i work for the government accountability office, we have a very strict standards about auditing and sharing in reporting information. we report to congress, we report to various agencies. our records are public. you can go to our website at gao.gov and see all of our testimonies and reports. i cannot speak specifically to that break any statement i make needs to be relevant to the work we do have the government accountability office. host: the recent analysis of improper payments in 2011 shows there were $150 billion set out improperly. can programs accounted for about $7 billion, -- $107 billion, 90% of the problem. delaware, brandon, independent line. caller: great show again, c- span. i wanted to speak on the point of improper payments. i don't th

about how sexual assault charges are handled, we have passed in legislation in the leadership, miss davis, ms. sanchez and others on this committee to try to better address that issue. there are some proposals to go further. i think the biggest proposal is the idea of taking sexual assault outside the normal chain of command, in terms of charging. i know there are deep concerns within the military about that. so you can do two things, tell us about the progress being made with the changes we've done, and then explain your concerns about going outside the chain of command for sexual assault cases. but the big thing is to avoid that second one, we have to have some confidence that the first one is making a real difference. >> and we deeply appreciate the leadership that many members on this committee have brought to the issue. and i just want to assure you, having worked on this matter as personal subcommittee chairman and ranking member in my time here, there are few things that are more in contrast to the basic army values, and few things that happen within our ranks that we're more concerned

i have a question for ms. davis. what is your view of obamacare?oes she think that law has to do with the medicare fraud thing going on throughout the country? i am just wondering, does that needed to be repealed in order to make things better for the rest of us throughout the country? guest: because i work for the government accountability office, we have a very strict standards about auditing and sharing in reporting information. we report to congress, we report to various agencies. our records are public. you can go to our website at gao.gov and see all of our testimonies and reports. i cannot speak specifically to that break any statement i make needs to be relevant to the work we do have the government accountability office. host: the recent analysis of improper payments in 2011 shows there were $150 billion set out improperly. can programs accounted for about $7 billion, -- $107 billion, 90% of the problem. delaware, brandon, independent line. caller: great show again, c- span. i wanted to speak on the point of improper payments. i don't thin

mike davis of csba and i want to recognize ms. casco who was a great adviser throughout the process. president yee: commissioner maufas? commissioner maufas: i'm so glad we're to the end of this process. i feel like i've vivid -- visited the rules committee meetings just to participate and was able to skip the committee as a whole because i knew so much. i want to thank commissioner murase because, really, as a new board member, being asked to do this task, which we had been avoiding for so many years, thank you very much and it was your naivete that helped us to get through this because you kept plugging along and telling us that we could get through this and it will be a much better day for folks within sfusd and also the public. thank you for leading the way. president yee: that was her initiation present. roll call, please. >> thank you. [roll call vote was taken] [the measure passed unanimously] president yee: motion passes. ok, item i, board members, proposals, speaker cards or actions, no one tonight. item j, request to spe

ms. hughes houston's costar in the bodyguard, and clive davis were among those who spoke. >> you wait for a voice like that. you wait for a smile leak that, a face like that. when you thing before him, don't you -- when you sing before him, don't you worry. you'll be good enough. >> the late husband bobby brown showed up briefly. pastor wyman married houston and brown in 1992. he read the eulogy. >> you brought the world to church today. >> reporter: houston's family shared some parting words. >> there are no words that can describe how i feel right now. >> now i'm free. >> reporter: whitney houston's family say they have shared her with the world but today is their day. they say they would like the world to remember whitney as a daughter, a mother, a sister, a friend, a child of god. in north new jersey, kelly wright, fox news. >> houston will be laid to rest as fair view cemetery in west field alongside her father, john russell houston, jr. who was buried back in 2003. bobby brown said he left the service early after security guards repeatedly asked him and his children to change seats.

-- ms. davis?thank you for going out of your way and really talking about the all-in-one element of this strategy, which i think is our people. i think keeping faith with our soldiers marines, and their families remains a top priority. as we think of this process and move forward reducing personnel strength over the next few years, what are we doing to make sure we retain a spectrum of experience and knowledge across services and specialties? within that package, what is your greatest concern? >> let me yield to general dempsey. he has been very involved in how we approach the retention of some of these mid-level officers. >> i will hearken back to my time as chief staff of the army. that is the issue the service chiefs are grappling with, with the secretary's guidance. one of the things we did back in the 90's -- when we separated soldiers, we did so -- i said soldiers but servicemen in general. we were separating them too quickly. we had reduction in force boards that sat specifically to tell peo

ms. martin. we now have mr. brian lepore. >> thank you, mr. chairman. chairman wilson, ranking member davis, chairman whitman and ranking member cooper and members of the subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today to present our findings from our review of oversight and management of arlington national cemetery. as you know, we issued our report on the management and oversight of arlington on december 15th of last year. my testimony is based on our report, and i will make two points today. first, i'll discuss the policies and procedures that the current leadership team at arlington put in place to begin to address the deficiencies that became apparent, and i'll identify some of our recommendations to assist in that endeavor and secondly discuss factor that could potentially affect the feasibility and advisability of transferring arlington from the army to the department of veterans affairs. the v.a. here's the bottom line -- i think it is fair to say the current leadership team at arlington has taken many positive steps at the cemetery current leadership team at

davis, jr. mls maya angelo. mr. james brown. this is our narrator. we have earth ya kids, ms. rosa parks and ms.. >> how are you organizing the makeup, hair and wardrobe. we have a lot of people. >> well, i have not slept for two months, notwithstanding that i did not go to sleep last night. i'm just thankful that we have the privilege to do this here at the southeast tennis learning center and, thank god, parks and recs gives me the opportunity to do it >>> let's talk about the costume. the style changes, things change. >> i am a history junky. i go to consignment stores. i have donations. each year, children change and even the ones that were the same characters, you know, children grow. they grow the next year. >> right, right. >> thank you very much. this year's theme, jackie, is moving -- janice, i'm sorry. now you are getting all messed up. it's movement to mon umehs and it's those who played a very significant role to the civil rights movement. >> wow, this is my march. i remember my father telling me about the march to washington. and i have a poem from maya angelo. the whole man came fo

ms. kathryn condon who is the executive director of the army's national cemeteries program. and so general, thank you for beginning. >> chairman wilson, ranking member davis, chairman whitman, ranking member cooper and distinguished members of the subcommittees, thank you for the opportunity to speak to you today and for your oversight and support over the past 18 months. it has made a difference at arlington national cemetery. since assuming the duties of the army inspector general in november, i have reviewed our previous inspections, met with the executive director and here team and other stakeholders involved in directing deficiencies found at arlington. to fully appreciate the progress one only has to review the 2010 i.g. report identifying 61 deficiencies. among them, deplorable organizational climate, archaic recordkeeping and automation system, uncontrolled contracting and budgets processes, significant problems with grave site accountability. in contrast, you may recall from general mccoy's testimony that the 2011 i.g. report identified no deficiencies and noticed significant progress at the cemetery largely due to the course set by the secretary

ms. martin. we now have mr. bryan. >> thank you. churn and wilson, a ranking member davis, chairman whitman and ranking member cooper and members of the subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today to present our findings from our review of oversight and management of arlington national cemetery. we issue our report on the management and oversight of arlington on december 15th of last year. my testimony is based on our report, and i will make two points today. first i will discuss the policies and procedures the current leadership at arlington has put into place to begin to address these deficiencies that became apparent, and i will identify some of our recommendations to help assist that endeavor and second, i will discuss some factors that could potentially affect the feasibility and advisability of transferring arlington from the army to the department of veterans affairs, the va. here's the bottomline. i think it is fair to say the current leadership team at arlington has taken any positive steps at the cemetery to address the deficiencies and

-- written by colonel davis into the congressional record, published this past sunday in the armed forces journal. may i insert this? the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. lee: in this article, and i quote, colonel davis asked, how many more nen must die in support of a mission that is not succeeding and behind an array of more than seven years of optimistic statements by united states seenor leaders in afghanistan? no one expects our leaders to always have a successful plan, but we do expect and the men and women i must add who do the living, fighting, and dying deserve to have our leaders tell us the truth about what's going on. mr. speaker, the american people deserve to know the truth. after spending the past decade on failed military strategies, which have cost us over $450 billion in direct funding. and the costs of others have been even greater in injuries, lives lost, and the trillions of dollars we will need to spend in long-term care for our veterans, including hospitals, clinics, job training, posttraumatic stress disorder treatment, housing assistance, and homeless services, but we must spend these resources for our veterans. the american p