i do not in the admiral mike mullen.has tremendous challenges he deals with on a daily basis, as do men and women in uniform every day. i like to flesh out a few points that build on some and sharp and others that he made as well as to fill in some gaps. the first thing, and i think this was implicit in some of his comments, but i think could be made stronger is that i think this coming year will be a major turning point. he talked about the drawdown in iraq, the election. it has been commonplace that every year we said the next 12- 18 months in iraq will be crucial. this time there will be because elections held the potential for increased violenceiran -- this year will determine the future and tell us whether that the domestic has a real chance to affect change. we will also know whether the nuclear diplomacy will be successful. finally, the elephant in the room is the possibility of israeli military action. afghanistan will be crucial in the next 18 months to determine the trajectory of our engagement there. finally,

again, that's not quite admiral mullen's lean but it has an impact. and we will also possibly be seen with the consequence management the potential aftermath of an israeli military strike on iran, which will inevitably and someone or another impact on america's security posture in the region, and then we will have to deal with the possibility since people such as myself believe that to succeed, preventive action cannot be an event but it has to be sustained policy. after the first israeli action, does the united states then support future actions or does it say never again, this cannot occur again. all the while, dealing with the aftermath of an israeli strike and implications that could entail. and then finally, if this does not come to pass, and iran and diplomacy doesn't work in israel doesn't strike, then we're going to be focusing on large part of the coming year and afterwards on confidence building and reassurance among our allies. as we try to build a containment regime to do with a nuclear iran. and i would raise a question, one of the main c

admiral michael mullen. let me take a moment to extend special greetings to members of the institute's board of trustees who are here with us today as well as to those who have gathered in new york, los angeles, south florida, san francisco participating in this session by video conference, welcome to all of you. >> admiral over our 20 years we have been very proud to establish a close working relationship with the uniformed military. sometimes we come to you just today for example, two of our senior scholars cannot be with us. they are down lecturing at the u.s. army central command of atlanta. sometimes you come to us. for more than a decade, we have been honored to host serving officers for up to a year of research. education and training as part of the defense fellows program from the air force and from the army. through the it all, with the institute we have come to respect the bredth. and the multiplicity of responsibilities that you face in our part of the world. the middle east. and we have seen in y

admiral michael mullen.let me take a moment to extend special greetings to members of the institute's board of trustees who are here with us today as well as to those who have gathered in new york, los angeles, south florida, san francisco participating in this session by video conference, welcome to all of you. >> admiral over our 20 years we have been very proud to establish a close working relationship with the uniformed military. sometimes we come to you just today for example, two of our senior scholars cannot be with us. they are down lecturing at the u.s. army central command of atlanta. sometimes you come to us. for more than a decade, we have been honored to host serving officers for up to a year of research. education and training as part of the defense fellows program from the air force and from the army. through the it all, with the institute we have come to respect the bredth. and the multiplicity of responsibilities that you face in our part of the world. the middle east. and we have seen in yo

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admiral mullen has a long and distinguished career, he served in a capacity of great responsibility at the naval academy, he had operational experience with nato, but the thing that actually struck me most about his resume was the fact that he was the skipper of three u.s. navy warships. you think to yourself, now, what's the connection between being on the bridge of a fleet oiler or cruiser or a destroyer and being the principal military advisor to the president of the united states? i think it's this. that if you're on the bridge of a u.s. navy warship, you're a person in whom reposes ultimate responsibility and accountability. if you have a cross-eyed steersman who puts your ship into another vessel, if you run up on a sand bar, it's all your responsibility, you're held accountable for it. this high level of accountability and responsibility is the kind of virtue that someone like admiral mullen brings to this incredibly important office. the responsibilities are closal. i'm sure there are -- are colossal. i'm sure there are time when he thought to himself, i'm not sure i signed up

. >> admiral mullen saidñr earlier today, self radicalization. more of that is going on.amic radicalization? >> the immediate problem is radicalization of any sort, for whatever reason. our concern is with actions and a fax, not necessarily motivations. the role of motivation is if they are allowed to get carried too far, then they become the spark of action. suppose, suppose it were fundamentalist christian inspired. our concern is not with the religion. it is the effect on our soldiers to do their job. >> we certainly did not cit in particular group. we are citing a particular activity that is prejudicial to good order and discipline. notice the language. the language talks about activities that are dangerous to us. activities that should not be authorized. so the question arises, the question is radicalization. there is much to be learned about all of these indicators. so when we talk about the indicators, we are suggesting, look, we did phase one. phase one suggested there is not clarity about these indicators. what needs to happen now in phase two, as the secretary h

again that is not quite admiral mullen's lane but has had an impact. we will also possibly dealing with consequence management, the potential aftermath of the israeli military strike on iran which will inevitably in some way or another impact america's security posture in the region and will have to deal with the possibilities, since people such as myself believe if we succeed preventive action cannot be an offense but it has to be a sustained policy after the first action, does the united states then support future actions or does it say never again, that this cannot occur again? all the while dealing with the aftermath of then is really strike and the implications that entail. finally, if this does not come to pass, and iran, diplomacy does not work in israel does not strike then we are going to be focusing a large part of the coming year and afterwards on confidence-building and reassurance among our allies as we try to build a containment regime to deal with nuclear iran. i would raise the question one of the main challenges we will face in confide

later in the day, admiral mike mullen is at the center for strategic and international studies. we'll have that for you live at 3:00, eastern time. .

the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, admiral mike mullen, speaks at the washington center for interns on the role of the military. that's at 10:00 a.m. eastern. at noon eastern, a discussion of conflict in the developing world hosted by the wilson center and catholic relief services. and we'll be live from the national archives at 7:00 p.m. eastern for a discussion of president nixon's meeting with elvis presley in 1970. the photo of the two together is the most requested photo from the archives. >> i'm always concerned about the potential unforeseen consequences, unintended consequences of new regulations. new regulations or regulations of any kind act as a tax. when you tax or regulate something, you tend to get less of it. you tend to diminish it. >> this weekend on "the communicators" republican f.c.c. commissioner robert mcdowell on efforts to create a national broad band plan, net neutrality and the wireless industry. saturday 6:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> next, an update on health care negotiations on capitol hill. democratic leaders spoke with reporters for 10 minutes about

i want to ask that of each of the group and let me first-ever to admiral mullen. would arleigh burke survive today? [laughter] >> i guess in the way david captures them so well he would figure out a way to do it. given those that he routinely challenged in the description i think of the word interesting and how you would draw individuals and even as they got not and even at that level and clearly want to hear from him again. i suspect he could. and that he would have figured out a way to adjust to the circumstances that exist today and very much so. >> can you address the larger question of when particularly of military officer in this control system, when and how and under what circumstances, what are the rules of the road unchallenging higher authority? >> well, actually i think not unlike what admiral burke did in the sense that in discussions that would be routine with your boss, your civilian boss and man does when you disagree and feel strongly about it, even as we can now right up to the president and it's not just me, although i have routinely more access

i would have to say admiral mullens was very impressive. i liked everything this morning. this is right down my alley. also john king and dana. pretty much nobody has not impressed me. >> has anything surprised you? >> actually, everything exceeded my expectations. i want to be optimistic but i'm always wondering where's the catch? so far, it's overly exceeded my expectations. >> are you a member of a party? >> i would say more republican. >> why? >> because i was raised on it. i don't believe in big government. i believe in small government. i believe in the death penalty -- there's not a whole lot of things that i believe in on the liberal side of things. it's just not me. >> have you gotten in any arguments with anybody here? >> yeah, i could say -- \[laughter] >> yeah, a little bit here and there but nothing that we couldn't work through. >> so where are you going to be in 10 years? >> hopefully either making my money talking or living off a sugar mama. \[applause] >> thank you. >> why are only the males in this room clapping? what do you mean -- i don't think i've eve

mike mullen is really an outstanding common outstanding leader. the troops that we have, both in afghanistan and here in america , the national guard -- all of them are doing well. i think our military will do well. the question is, how will the afghan government and afghan people relate to all of that? i am hopeful that they will have a positive attitude and positive report later in the year. in answer to your question, how was it performing at the time of the vote? >> the question remains, they said they are not going to vote for supplemental. speaker pelosi has said she is not going to ask them to vote for another supplemental. it believes the vote in the hands of republicans and a number of democrats that support the military and may want to pass a supplemental. if something happened and anything is added, it may change the report -- the mind of republicans, would you see the potential of a failure or increased debate in congress over this and putting president obama in an awkward position? >> where are we going, where should we go. i do not t

the chairman of the joint chiefs, michael mullen, is really an outstanding leader the troops that we have -- the troops that we have -- i have been meeting with them in afghanistan, the national guard, all of them are wonderful. i think our military will do well. the question is how is the afghan government, how do the people in afghanistan relate to all of this? i am hopeful that they will have a positive attitude and positive report later in the year, but i think the answer to your question is how is it performing at the time of the vote? guest: the question remains, the progressives will not -- they have already said they will not vote for a supplemental. speaker pelosi has said she will not ask them to vote for it. it leaves pretty much the vote in hands of republicans and a number of democrats that support the military, they want to pass a supplemental. if anything is added to the supplemental to change the minds of the republicans, would you see the potential of a failing? do you see an increase debate in congress over this and putting the president in a difficult position? gue

. >> admiral mullen said earlier today, self radicalization. more of that is going on.talks about extreme practices. isn't the immediate problem islamic radicalization? >> the immediate problem is radicalization of any sort, for whatever reason. our concern is with actions and a fax, not necessarily motivations. the role of motivation is if they are allowed to get carried too far, then they become the spark of action. suppose, suppose it were fundamentalist christian inspired. our concern is not with the religion. is it the pinchot affect on our soldiers to do their job. -- is the effect on our soldiers to do their job. >> we certainly did not cit in particular group. we are citing a particular activity that is prejudicial to good order and discipline. notice the language. the language talks about activities that are dangerous to us. activities that should not be authorized. so the question arises, the question is radicalization. there is much to be learned about all of these indicators. so when we talk about the indicators, we are suggesting, look, we did phase one. ph

admiral mullen has had a long and distinguished career. he served in a capacity of great responsibility, the naval academy, yet operational experience with nato. but the thing that actually struck me most about his resume, was the fact that he was the skipper of three u.s. navy warships. and you think to yourself, now, what's the connection between being on the bridge of a three-pointer, cruiser, or a destroyer, and being the principal military advisor to the president of the united states? and i think it's this. that if you're on the bridge of a u.s. navy warship, you're a person in whom reposes ultimate responsibility and accountability. if you have a cross eyed steersman who put your ship into another vessel, if you run up on a sandbar, it's all your responsibility, you are held accountable for. and his high level level of accountability and responsibility is the kind of virtue that someone like admiral mullen brings to this incredibly important office. the responsibilities are colossal. i'm sure there are times in which he thought to h

perhaps admiral mullen can be persuaded. you had a better understanding how these traditions began. having left washington to run the family foundation, i remain involved in two of the institutions. csis, led by john, and the center for the study of the presidency and congress. sometimes in the board meetings a trustee will say, don't you think we are doing too much? i just smiled to myself and think of some things will never change. we have so much to do in our world, but we have one of the best and brightest at csis. both organizations grasp the lessons of history to deal with today's challenges while moving forward with loyalty inspired by those who came before us. there is no better example than having david share with us the lessons of the admiral burke. [applause] >> thank you. while i was riposte to introduce david , anything i might say it will be a diminishment of what you said. let's ask david to join us. [applause] >> i want to acknowledge the army navy for lending [inaudible] it is just tremendous. it is a deep h

admiral mullen was very impressive, especially with be able to come off an important meeting. i liked everything this morning. says down my alley. -- this is right down my alley. >> has any of this surprise you? >> everything exceeded my expectations. i am somebody that wants to believe an be optimistic but i am always wondering what the catches and so far there has been nothing. >> are you a member of the party? >> i would say i am more republican. >> why? >> because i was raised on it. i do not believe in big government. i believe in the death penalty. there are not a whole lot of things i believe and on the liberal side of things. that is not me. >> have you gotten in any arguments with anybody? >> yes, i can say that. [laughter] a little bit here and there but nothing we could not work for a. >> where will you be in tenures? >> hopefully, you are making money talking or living off of a sugar mama. [laughter] [applause] thank you. >> why are only the males in this room public? [laughter] i know that i have ever heard that before. [laughter] what you mean making your living

two weeks ago at the request of admiral mullen, general petraeus opened a new investigation into theattle. he appointed a three-star general from the marine corps to oversight. we will keep you informed when the results of that investigation are forthcoming. to learn more about the battle of wanat, to get the book tom suggested, go to our website where you will find links to some of the best reporting on this subject. we will be right back. little bot than big bodies. they need special attention and special care. nobody knows that better than children's tylenol. it works with little bodies... to reduce fevers while easing aches and pains. for over fifty years, pediatricians and parents have trusted... children's tylenol... to care for little bodies... while they're growing big. wow, that's a low price! wow, that's a low price! how many products do we carry? 7,000. [ man ] wow, that's a low price! i'll get him a cart. [ man ] hot diggity dog! yeah. that's a low price! [ male announcer ] staples has low prices on everything you need for your office. and we mean everything. staples. tha

two weeks ago at the request of admiral mike mullen, general petraeus opened a new investigation into the battle and appointed a three-star general from the marine corps to oversee it. we'll keep you informed when the results of that investigation come in. to read more about the battle of wanat, to get the book tom suggested, go to our website where you'll find links to some of the best reporting on this subject. we will be right back. said carl was our best presentation guy. [ worker ] he is. just last week he told my team about fedex office print online for our presentations. we upload it to fedex office, then they print, bind, and ship it. the presentation looks good, right? yes, but -- wait, you didn't actually bring carl with you. good morning! but i digress. [ male announcer ] we understand. you need presentations done right. fedex office print online. >>> now for our what in the world segment. here's what got my attention this week. it's a report from russia that bankruptcy proceedings have begun for the manufacturer of the number 47. it's more common name, the ak-47. today it'

if we don't bring that into the small business marketplace and the mullen group we will just exacerbate and continue the problem. i have got a couple of questions for you and i guess i want a show of hands but they are touchy questions. i would expect everybody in here pretty much knows if i said how many of you know how much you weigh probably most of you would say okay, i know that. the question is how many of you know your numbers and the numbers have many of you know your blood pressure, how many of you would know your cholesterol, how many would know your glucose and your bmi, body weight index, so the question is as we go forward we can't just look at administrative expenses and just say the exchange will only reduce expenses. it needs to do more than that. it needs to move forward into how we actually change the overall -- underlining population, the health of the population of people have multiple risk factors how we did that to reduce to the one risk factor and i think we have to look at that as we move forward and it's something i am not hearing much about and it's important a

first, my name is larry mullens.owest health costs in the nation whereas other states could be 25, to 50 to 100% more. is there a chance of getting parity between the states so at least you're paying for the same things for the same price in different states? >> larry is again raising the question of how -- how illogical the medical care reimbursement system is. it rewards volume rather than quality. i think in the legislation we're making a real start. and now, it goes forward without causing some of the incredible political brawls that you would have if you tried to do it abruptly, because there are some states that are high cost states and they say, look, we're not inefficient. we don't pour on the volume. we have higher rent and higher charges. the evidence doesn't really show that. the evidence shows that -- you could take a particular procedure and -- and doctor in oregon feels that three tests or three services would be appropriate and the dook tore somewhere else goes with seven because the reimbursement syst

in a morning briefing, joint chiefs chairman admiral mike mullen said the military is working as fast as it can. >> these ships, aircraft and troops also deliver hope, although it seems that supplies and security cannot come quickly enough. i echo the president's promise to the people of haiti that you will not be forsaken and you will not be forgotten. >> holman: u.s. officials acknowledged the need for secure distribution of aid, amid reports of widespread scavenging and growing unrest, with reports of young men and boys roaming the streets with machetes. defense secretary robert gates said speedy relief will ease tension. >> the key is to get the food and the water in there as quickly as possible, so that people don't, in their desperation, turn to violence or lead to the security situation deteriorating. and that's why there's such a high priority now in getting food and water in to people. but at this point, other than some scavenging and minor looting, our understanding is the security situation is pretty good. >> holman: outside washington, personnel from the national naval med

remember the two musical mullen stat and "i have a dream." the first ase "when that day comes we all will sing a country is of the with a new meaning." for the first time we are a nation because we then can actually say. so blacks enter the right national anthem. but the whites -- blacks crossing over into the white song is not the end. this leaves have the last word. and king rights when that the white children and black children, jews and gentiles will sing in the words of the old spiritual we are free at last. he has brought plates right into the voice of the black slaves and in some sense made white black and the sleeves there granddaddy's and grand mommies. so it is an important moment because it is a very black moment in style and an implication even as he is doing what is one of the great moments of american civil religion. there is this other thing right and they're all mixed up with it used, it is drenched in blackness in a variety of ways. i need to in on that moment. but thank you for coming tonight. there are books if people want

getting under way is a briefing at the pentagon with secretary gates and admiral mullen on iraq.we want to let you know that around noon, there will be another briefing, an independent review on for gt hood. thanks for watching today. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] . i should note that it pertains solely to the defense department and does not address other executive branch agencies. the review was completed on time and deliver to me this week. as expected, secretary west and admiral clarke conducted a serious and thorough assessment and i thank them for taking on this difficult task. first, because it remains an active criminal investigation, i cannot address the specifics of the case at this time. the report does include accountability recommendations involving army personnel responsible for supervising major hassan i have formed a -- forbid those to the secretary of the army and directed him to take appropriate action. considering the scope of this report it will take some time to assess the scope

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we have good estimates from admiral mullen and secretary gates won when the majority will close.he president was briefed on in our strategic review. i think that we will achieve that. >> the general has to go. i thank you very much for your comments and please join me in thanking the general for his comments. >> thank you very much. >> if i could ask our next panel to please come up. ÑiÑiour next panel will be chaid by my colleague who is a national security senior policy analyst here and she brings to this position terrific background. she has been at the council on foreign relations and has been in pakistan to observe the elections. she has really done a lot of work. >> we have an excellent panel, here. general jones just discussed this. we want to talk about the state department's recently released report that spelled out in much more detail. whether this is a reintegration with the taliban, what to raise a number of questions that were sparked for me when i read the remarks. as you're giving your remarks, hopefully you will think of this. the first is, does the u.s. governmen

we have good estimates from admiral mullen and secretary gates won when the majority will close.vertime to make that happen and it is important that it happened within the timelines that the president was briefed on in our strategic review. i think that we will achieve that. >> the general has to go. i thank you very much for your comments and please join me in thanking the general for his comments. >> thank you very much. >> carl levin recently led a congressional delegation to afghanistan and pakistan where he met with government and military leaders. he spoke with reporters monday or about 45 minutes. -- who are about 45 minutes. -- for about 45 minutes. >> help break in and i just returned and i thought i would give you some reactions. can i move these down a little bit? did i mess up somebody here? here, see if we can put that down -- is that yours? ok. thank you. there have been some positive signs that i have noticed in afghanistan, particularly since my most recent visit, which was in september. our troops are comfortable with our counterinsurgency strategy. that seemed t

." >> admiral mike mullen talks this morning about the role of the u.s. military.is audience is high school students. we will have live coverage at 10:00 a.m. eastern. then at noon in discussion on access to and availability of water in the developing world, hosted by the wilson center in catholic services. the picture on your screen of elvis presley and richard nixon is the most requested but note in the national archives. two people who were there will talk about that photo session. the discussion will be tonight live from the national archives at 7:00 p.m. >> in fed we trust -- this author on ben bernanke in the role that he played after the economic collapse of 2008. he will discuss the book with the former federal vice chair and first director of the cbo. >> the new c-span video library is a digital archive of programming from barack obama to run margaret regan. over 157,000 hours. -- from barack obama to ronald reagan. "washington journal" continues. host: the homeland security director contributed to this piece. obama says that u.s. fail to understand intell

eastern time but now we will take you to george washington university where admiral mike mullen, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff will be talking about the current state of the united states military. . [applause] >> good morning. listening to the president talk about who you are and why you are here what you are looking at over the course of this couple of weeks, it is a pretty exciting time. i will talk about a few things for maybe 15 minutes and then open it up to questions per i am particularly excited and delighted to be able to talk to so many of you are so young. there is not a day that goes by where i don't think about the challenges that we have just now but the challenges that are out there for you as you become leaders in our country. i applaud you being here and the fact that you are participating and debating and discussing difficult issues. this week, it is the presidency and congress and next week is the presidency and the media. that encompasses a whole lot. i will try to tell you where the military pit sent to all that. because you are at the age you are, i will tell

admiral mullen in his speech yesterday said we've looked with regard to iran, we've looked to do all we can to insure that conflict doesn't break out there while at the same time preparing forces as we do for many contingencies that we understand might occur. is that preparation of forces with regard to iran per presidential order or just something the pentagon does, and part two, are there also preparations of forces in regard to the yemen? >> i would point you to his spokesperson at the pentagon, chip. i believe the pentagon, as it should, plans for many different types of contingencies based on many, many types of scenarios. the track that the president has aggressively pursued in relating to iran deals with engagement in hopes that they will live up to the obligations internationally that they've signed on to be responsible for. we've gone through in here our asking them through the, aea -- iaea about the research reactor and making a proposal that would prove to the world that their intentions were peaceful. they declined that offer, and we are as we've discussed in the past man

. >> now remarks from joint chiefs of staff's chairmen of michael mullen on suicide prevention.he spoke earlier this morning and a conference -- for veterans at mental health. this is 35 minutes. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> it is a privilege to introduce to you, the 17th chief of staff admiral mullen and his wife. sir. [applause] >> ççgood morning. before we get started on the topic, that is so important to all of us, i do want to express our thoughts and condolences for all the citizens of haiti and those who have been struck by this a very significantç trage. also, certainly, from my perspective, the united states will do all we can to help. we will work throughout the night to figure out how we can do that and do it as rapidly as possible. an awful lot of people working in that direction right now. there are significant internationalç efforts, and all of those will be appreciated. we should keep the haitian people in your thoughts and in our hearts today as they start to recover from t

from the president, the vice president, to secretary gates, to admiral mullens. to leaders down the chain of command, these people care deeply. and finally, my goal has been to work hard to ensure that the concerns and needs that we hear actually lead to some real change coming out of washington. because the quality of the lives of our military and their families means a great deal because in the history of our all-volunteer force we have never asked so much of so few. we have seen the huge burden of eight years of war on our troops, tour after tour, year after year, missing out on moments that every parent treasures. a baby's first steps. the first words. the day the training wheel comes off the bike. birthdays, anniversaries. we have seen the sacrifices of families on the home front. spouses back home left to do the parenting of two, juggling play dates and ballet recitals and practices. keeping the household together all on their own. holding down jobs. all the while trying to hide their own fear and worries. when the kids look up and ask when mommy or daddy a

satellite corp. 2010] >> tomorrow o we would hear from the chairman of the joint chiefs, admiral mike mullen. he is that the center for international studies. it starts at 3:00 p.m. eastern piddock. earlier, former president bill clinton asked businesses to help haiti with humanitarian efforts following the earthquake. that is next. after that, at a senate relations hearing on haiti. >> this weekend on of a global tv" -- published during the war years. it goes back to the nixon and the decision. find the entire weekend schedule at booktv.org. >> night conversation on haiti with former president and u.s. special envoy bill clinton. he spoke about the recovery efforts in haiti. his remarks are followed by a panel discussion. from the world economic forum in davos, this is about 40 minutes. >> mr. president, ladies and gentlemen, i welcome you to this important and crucial session on haiti. all of us remain deeply saddened by the scope that has ravaged haiti. scope that has ravaged haiti. the scope of the destruction. disasters of this magnitude serve as a harsh reminder of how fragile life can

deeply about military families, from the president, vice president, to secretary gates, to admiral mullenliters down the chain of command. these people care deeply. and finally, my goal has been to work hard to ensure that the concerns and needs that we here actually lead to some real change coming out of washington. because the quality of the lives of our military and their families means a great deal because in the history of our all volunteer force, we have never asked so much of so few. we've seen the huge burden of the gears of war on our troops, tour after tour, year after were, and missing out moment that every parent treasures. abb's first steps, the first words, they did the training wheel comes off the bike, birthdays, anniversaries. we see the sacrifices of families on the home front, spouses back home left to do the parenting of juggling to play dates and ballet recitals in part says, keeping the household together on their own, holding down jobs, all the while trying to hide their own fear and worries when the kids look up and ask when mommy or daddy are coming home. and some

influenced our military commanders, including general mcchrystal and general petraeus, admiral mike mullenthe chairman of the joint chiefs of staff has made mr. mortonson an advisor. so mr. mortonson isn't saying, let's pick up and leave afghanistan and sing come buyia but he does want to change our mission there as i do. he wants to see much more emphasis on diplomacy, economic development, better policing, a better legal system to protect women's rights, and, of course, more schools. . president obama is sending 30,000 more troops to afghanistan. it will cost $1 million per year to support each of those soldiers. greg mortenson says we could build 30 to 40 schools with $1 million and educate up to 30,000 young people for the cost of one soldier. i think that's a far better way to win the hearts and minds of the afghan people and defeat violent terrorism. mr. mortenson is on to something. we should all listen to what he has to say. there has to be a smarter way. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? mr. poe: request permission to addre

the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, admiral mike mullen, says that frequently.are blessed with the strength of visionary leadership at all levels, and in both departments. we know that these invisible wounds of war, whether depression, posttraumatic stress, anxiety, concussion, traumatic brain injury, we knew that these invisible wounds are real. we know that you're not alone. i am not alone. we are all in this together. we know that treatment works. treatment based on an integrated team health model of care, that covers the entire continuum, from the point of injury or exposure or distress, all the way through, from the battlefield to the homefront, to the bedside, to the kitchen table. and we also know, not only does treatment work, but the earlier we can intervene, the better. we know that reaching out is an act of courage and strength. as hemingway once put it, following world war i, the world breaks everyone. and many grow stronger at the broken places. finally, we must double down on our commitment to eliminate, not just to minimize, not just to reduce, bu

mentioned earlier, and of course i would like to thank the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, admiral mullen who will be here later. he has been especially dedicated to this issue and has been an advocate for the department in helping us all see and address the unseen wounds of war. i would like to thank our conference co-host and partner. when he comes, please extend my warmest regard and thanks for his support as we jointly sponsor this conference. so, let's talk a little bit about the tragedy of suicide. every life lost to suicide is both a personal tragedy and a tragedy to society. whether civilian or military. it's a tragedy because a precious human life has been lost. it is also a tragedy because for all of our sophisticated knowledge, we still do not know all there is to know about preventing these needless deaths from occurring. at a round table, the army's chief of staff briefed the prees. the challenge of suicide, he said, is without a doubt the toughest i have had to tackle in 37-plus years in the army. simply stated, he said, it is not a single problem with a defined set of sympt

mentioned earlier, and, of course, i'd like to thank the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, admiral mullenill be here later. he has been especially dedicated to this issue and has been quite an advocate for the department in helping us all to see and address as a matter of priority the unseen wounds of war. i'd also like to thank our conference co-host and partner, secretary shinseki. when he comes, please, extend my warmest regards and thanks for his support as we jointly sponsor this conference. so let's talk a little bit about the tragedy of suicide. every life lost to suicide is both a personal tragedy and a tragedy to society. whether civilian or military. it's a tragedy because a precious human life has been lost. it is the also a tragedy because for all of our sophisticated knowledge, we still do not know all there is to know about preventing these needless deaths from occurring. at a media round table last november, the army's vice chief of staff, peter cellly, briefed the press on his services suicide -- service's suicide prevention efforts. the challenge of suicides, he said, is

. and general petraeus and admiral mullen and i were all personally involved in this.we're not doing this simply to raise america's poll numbers. we're doing it because it's a necessity, and this is what a great nation does for a country which is under so much pressure. and we will continue to help them in any way we can. and as far as america's position in pakistan goes, i think it's in terms of attitudes towards the u.s., i believe it's better today than it was a year ago. and i believe a lot of the data, most of the data supports that. at the same time the, it'll take time to rebuild the relationship. the last decade was a complicated one for u.s./pakistan relations. matter of fact, every decade has been. >> in the back. >> good aaron, am bass daughter -- afternoon, ambassador. i'm bob dreyfuss with the nation magazine. isn't it true that you didn't answer the gentleman's question earlier, but isn't it true that the pakistani military and isi is still to this day giving significant support to the very enemies that we're fighting, the taliban, hakani, and that if we

mullen. sir. [applause] >> well, good morning.ore i get started, before we get started on the topic, obviously that's so important to all of us, i do want to express our thoughts and condolences for all the citizens of haiti, and those who have been struck by this very significant tragedy. and also, certainly from my perspective, the united states is going to do all we can to help. and we will have worked throughout the night to figure out how we can do that and do it as rapidly as possible. and awful lot of people work in that direction right now. i know there are also significant international efforts, and although it will be greatly appreciated. so we should just keep the haitian people in our thoughts and in our hearts today, as they start to recover from this very, very tragic incident. it really is a great pleasure for deborah and i to be here with you today, and i will make a few comments. the devil also make a few comments and they will try to take a couple of questions that we only have about a half in our. i know this is

mentioned earlier and of course, i would like to thank the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff admiral mullen who will be here later. . . and helping us all to see and address as a matter of priority the unseen once a war. i would also like to thank our conference call hosted a partner, secretary shinseki. so, let's talk a little bit about the tragedy of suicide. every life lost to suicide is both a personal tragedy and a tragedy to society. whether civilian or military, it is a tragedy because of a human life has been lost. it is also a tragedy because for all of our sophisticated knowledge, we still do not know all there is to know about preventing these needless deaths from occurring. at a media roundtable last november, the army's vice chief of staff briefed the press on his service's suicide prevention efforts. the challenge of suicides, he said, is without a doubt the toughest i have had to tackle in 35 -- 37 + years in the army. simply stated, he said it is not a single problem with the defined set of symptoms or markers. there are no easy answers or solutions. and as we all know, he i

first, my name is larry mullens.ge the here role that you have played on health care reform in a very nonpartisan way. that's very much appreciated. you did mention something earlier, though, and i want to know if you could expand upon and i want to know if it was addressed in the healthier americans act and i wonder if it is still of concern to the citizens. the med pack report came out & notice they focused that oregon has one of the lowest health costs in the nation whereas other states could be 25, to 50 to 100% more. is there a chance of getting parity between the states so at least you're paying for the same things for the same price in different states? >> larry is again raising the question of how -- how illogical the medical care reimbursement system is. it rewards volume rather than quality. i think in the legislation we're making a real start. and now, it goes forward without causing some of the incredible political brawls that you would have if you tried to do it abruptly, because there are some states th

as you probably heard, the president is proposing spending freeze on discretionary spending, mullen security spending. is that enough, or would you consider that minor the tinkering? >> we have not analyzed that aspect of the proposal or any other aspect. we'll of course be analyzing the proposals when they are released next week and released the analysis of them in march. but the administration estimates as reported in various newspapers i read this morning is that they are proposing would save about $250 billion over ten years. again i don't know of that is the estimate we would produce because we don't know the specifics of the proposal and have not done the guesstimate. savings of $250 billion of that were to occur are substantial savings but clearly they are only a small share of the baseline deficit. we project a deficit over the next ten years of about $6 trillion under the current law and significantly more if the tax cuts were extended relative to those numbers the savings from this particular piece the at ministration has discussed would be a step in the right direction of a small

the associated press says the in-house legal counsel for the joint chiefs chair of raw mike mullen reportsmilitary. stress in wartime is adding to that. the advisers recommended delaying the appeal process for a year until 2012. president obama made allowing gays to serve -- openly in the military one of his campaign promises. officials say the taliban chief is a lie. there have been reports that he was killed in a u.s. missile strike on a school where taliban leaders were meeting. twelp people were killed in that attack. in yemen, clerk's report that it will call for a holy war if the u.s. sends troops to fight a credit in yemen. president obama says he does not plan to send troops to yemen. although, he is increasing aid to yemeni forces. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. >> this weekend, history professor on the 1965 voting rights act, and the effect on politics and out of pave the way for future african american leadership. he will discuss his book on afterwards as part of the c- span book t.a.r.p. -- "book tv." host: our guest is here with us today to talk about

and we got them out there, and general petraeus and general mullen and i were all personally involved in this. and we're not doing this simply to raise america's poll numbers. we're doing it because it's a necessity and this is what a great nation does for a country which is under so much pressure. and we will continue to help them in any way we can. and as far as america's position in pakistan goes, i think it's, in terms of additives to the u.s., i believe it's better today than it was a year ago and i believe a lot of the data, most of the data supports that. at the same time it will take time to rebuild the relationship. the last decade was a complicated one. for u.s.-pakistan relations. as a matter of fact, every decade is complicated. >> good afternoon, ambassador. i'm bob dreyfuss with the nation magazine. isn't it true that the -- you didn't answer the gentleman's question earlier, but isn't it true that the pakistani military and i.s.i. is still to this day giving significant support to the very enemies that we're fighting, the taliban, hakani, and that if we squeeze them too

chairman of the joint chiefs, admiral michael mullen, will testify before congress next week about thattoday he is speaking before the center for strategic and international studies. you can hear his comments live at 3:00 p.m. also here on c- span. >> american jazz can be an instrument for spreading good will overseas? >> i think so. just like a religion. they live it. >> he was without question the single most important figure in jazz and a 20th-century. >> q&a, sunday, in a biography of jazz great louis armstrong at 8:00 p.m. eastern and specific here on c-span. this weekend on c-span2's book tv, on how the growth of the muslim mogul -- middle-class and the middle east can and villages extremism, and the political cartoons of dr. seuss, published during the war years in the 1940's, also the neocons and provincial farm policy going back to the nixon administration. find the entire schedule at book tv.org and get the latest updates on twitter. >> "washington journal" continues. host: colonel attalla, former africa director 2003 through 2007. where is the terrorist movement in africa? ca

both provide premium subsidies will cover over half of all uninsured individuals in the mullen group marketing and our only available through the exchange. both give the exchange some discretion over whether or not to offer health plans and thus bargaining power with insurers. both bills generally of all risk underwriting by insurers and pre-existing condition exclusions and both bills contain a program for relocating risk among insurers. although the programs in the two different plans for was collocation are very different both allow grandfathered plans to exist outside of the exchange which will undermine its ability to pull a risk. the bills however differ in key respects. which approach is in the end taken will have a profound influence on implementation and effectiveness. first, the house bills put responsibility for creating exchanges on the national government. the house bill creates a national exchange but allows states that can cat presumably massachusetts to opt out. .. this will depend on the federal government effectively determining that a state has failed to comply wit

first, my name is larry mullens.much appreciated. you did mention something earlier, though, and i want to know if you could expand upon and i want to know if it was addressed in the healthier americans act and i wonder if it is still of concern to the citizens. the med pack report came out & notice they focused that oregon has one of the lowest health costs in the nation whereas other states could be 25, to 50 to 100% more. is there a chance of getting parity between the states so at least you're paying for the same things for the same price in different states? >> larry is again raising the question of how -- how illogical the medical care reimbursement system is. it rewards volume rather than quality. i think in the legislation we're making a real start. and now, it goes forward without causing some of the incredible political brawls that you would have if you tried to do it abruptly, because there are some states that are high cost states and they say, look, we're not inefficient. we don't pour on the volume. we