there can be no greater error than to expect or calculate upon real favors from nation to nation. it is an illusion which experience must cure which a just pride ought to discard. in offering to you, my countrymen, these counsels of an old and affectionate friend i dare not hope they will make the strong and lasting impression that i could wish, that they will control the usual current of the passions or prevent our nation from running the course which has hitherto marked the destiny of nations. but if i may even flatter myself that they may be productive of some partial benefit, some occasional good, that they may now and then recur to warn against the mischiefs of foreign intrigue, to guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism, this hope will be full recommend come recompense for the solicitude for your welfare which they have been dictated. how far in the discharge of my official duties i have been guided by the principles which have been delineated the public records and other evidences of my conduct must witness to you and to the world. to myself, the assurance of m

what is equally troubling with the idea of using race, national origin and religion and the national security context, it suggests that the most powerful nation in the world, equipped with law enforcement and national security experts second to none, must rely on bias and guesswork to make ourselves secure versus human intelligence, technology, experience and the cooperation of the american people. i want to strongly emphasize this point, senator, there is no reason to profile on the basis of race, religion, national origin or ethnicity. lastly, my last perspective is as a black man in america. i am still subject to increased scrutiny from the community, from my own profession and from my country because of the color of my skin. as i mentioned earlier, i'm a father of three, but i have a 14-year-old boy named glenn. and even though i'm a police chief with over 27 years of experience, i know that when i teach my son glenn how to drive, i must also teach him what to do when stopped by the police. a mandatory course by the way for young men of color in this country. as i end my testimon

nation's capital. the process as directed by congress has worked very well, and we expect that the eisenhower memorial will ultimately be a source of pride for our entire nation. mr. chairman, this concludes my statements. i would be pleased to respond to any questions you or any other members of the subcommittee may have. >> thank you. i appreciate it. mr. whitesell from -- no, you just spoke. thank you. mr. guerin from the gsa, pleased to have you here. same thing. >> i can give him another chance if you want. good morning, chairman bishop, ranking member grijalva and members of the subcommittee. thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today to discuss the proposed dwight d. eisenhower memorial. gsa is honored to play a role in helping the eisenhower commission to create a memorial to president dwight d. eisenhower. his long career of noble service to our country is and should be a sense of inspiration to the american people. the commission was tasked with creating an appropriate permanent

first game for the nationals and home. the fifth opening day at nationals park, hard to believe.ough they told media folks not to get on the field, i am breaking the rules a little. it is exciting to touch the grass. it is grass -- it is new grass. we spoke with the head groundskeeper moments ago. this is your third opening day. how exciting is it? >> opening day is always exciting and nationals park. it's part of spring. good time of year for everybody and certainly in the scene >> we will pan over. this is a new field, a new surface. explain that. >> it was resurfaced in the fall. every couple years it's always good to reset everything. we are excited to have a new field out here. we will have a different set of challenges from a management standpoint, but it's exciting to know we are back to square one. >> what kind of grass do we have? >> 100% kentucky bluegrass. no mix. >> you are dressed up in a turtleneck. you look like a ballplayer. this is just as exciting for you guys ask for the players. >> absolutely. everybody on our staff is excited. it's always a good time of year

the most powerful and influential nation in the world cannot ask smaller moral vulnerable nations to take risks while we stand on the sidelines. we have to lead. because the rewards of effective leadership are so great, forming and leading a coalition with turkey and the arab league nations to assist the opposition by creating a safe haven and equipping the opposition with food, medicine, communication tools, and potentially weapons will not only weaken iran, it will ultimately increase our ability to influence the political environment of a post-assad syria. the spread and success of political and economic freedom in the middle east is in our vital interests. and it will certainly present challenges as newly enfranchised societies eelect lead lears whose views oppose and even offend ours. but in the long-term because governments that rule by the consent of the governed must be responsive to the material demands of their people, any are less like little to engage in costly confrontations that deprive their people of the opportunity to improve their circumstances. the expansion and su

our national holidays suitably observe, can refresh our national memory and unite us as a people. more determined and better able to preserve the blessings of the liberty to ourselves and our posterity. for these purposes, the birthday of george washington, february 22nd, 1732, should be a particularly cherished national obligation. in fact, americans celebrated washington's birthday long before congress in 1879. declared it as a holiday for federal workers in the district of columbia. and in 1885 a holiday for all federal employees everywhere. it was celebrated already at valley forge in 1778, and after the founding it was annually, if unofficially, marked throughout the new republic. on the centennial of washington's birth, february 22nd, 1832, congress adjourned out of respect for his memory in -- out of respect for his memory. in 1862, the union threatened by civil war, congress chose to read washington's farewell address on the occasion of washington's birthday. and every year since 1896 the united states senate has selected one of its members to read it aloud in legislative

the "unfinished nation," "the end of reform" are two other of his works. the book we're focusing on today and though he didn't ask me to, i'm happy to hold up a hard-bound copy which is still available is the publisher "henry luce and his american century." please join me in welcoming alan brinkley. >> thank you, marty. the title of this session, historians, journalists and the challenges of getting it right is very apt for a talk about henry luce because getting it right was not always something that henry luce did. first of all, i want to thank roger for organizing this session. i'm very grateful for all these men joining this conversation. i'm asked to speak about henry luce. which i'm glad to do. we shouldn't think about this as just a conversation about luce though i do think he's a useful model for understanding how journalism can shape history and vice versa. henry luce was one of the most powerful and influential journalists of the mid 20th century, the co-founder of "time" magazine in 1923, the creator of "fortune" magazine in 1930, "life" magazin

levels the united nations is taking a step back and figure out what makes people in some nations way happier than people in other nations conferences hosted by the king of boot on a small country in mali and mountains which on is one of the poorest nations in the world yet it's the happiest nation in the world and one of the happiest in the world and so what does know that the rest of us don't well that's what the united nations wants to find out last night's show we talked a little bit about this topic by this sect in the nation of denmark which routinely tops the list of happiest nations on the planet take a look. so here we have denmark a nation with taxes and higher rates than we do in the united states gives basic health care and free education all its citizens hasn't sold their elections off to the highest bidder doesn't place any importance on arming their citizens against each other isn't involved in any wars abroad and has seventy two percent of its workers union eyes hearing those stats and probably have said what explode it can mark is the happiest nation on the planet wer

this includes so many of you from grad nation communities. those communities on the front lines of helping young people succeed in school, work and life. all communities can join in this america's promise alliance initiative and become grad nation communities. by working across sectors to pursue the grad nation goals and sharing best practices. to date, nearly 40 communities have joined the grad nation community network. from large, urban centers, such as houston, texas to small, rural communities such as kenston, north carolina. whether you've been a part of the grad nation campaign for a while now, or whether you're new to the movement, we think you'll be able to learn a lot over the next several days. and we hope you can learn and share your experiences much as you can while you're here so you can be more involved and most importantly, inspire others to join us when you return home. you'll learn from all different sectors about what's working, from communities, government, business, nonprofits, and young people themselves. we hope you'll b

he took over the national hotel. in 1844 soon after his father's death he sells the national hotel and moves to a hotel named gadsby's, a smaller hotel a few blocks away. around 1856 he ends up selling this hotel due to problems with debt and becomes a government clerk. the common thread between the two is again they're both in the hotel business and as i show in my paper, they're both small time slave traders. while john gadsby's various hotels appear to be the site of slave trading, accusations against him do not arise until he moves into the famed decatur house. one of the most cited accusations comes from a private letter of a french diplomat to a friend. in 1840 adolf writes some days ago i went to an evening party at gadsby's, the proprietor of the hotel where i stayed on my arrival here, which he has relinquished to his son. he's an old retch who made his fortune in the slave trade which does not provide washington society from rushing to his house. i should make my government unhappy if i refuse to associate

national sea shores, national scenic trail, national battlefield, among others. the national park system has units in urban areas, in rural areas, in suburban communities, in the east, in the west, in the center of our country. and without this amendment h.r. 4089 could potentially open for hunting the patterson, new jersey, graut falls national historic park in the city of patterson. the bill could as written potentially allow hunting within a national battlefield. all units of the national parks system like our national battlefield and military parks are sacred ground. should be reserved for solemn contemplation of the sacrifices of our ancestors. my amendment would ensure that the policies of the national parks service involving firearms in areas controlled by the national park service stay in place. now some have suggested that the historic battle reenactments institute -- re-enactments institute recreational -- constitute rec real -- recreational shooting and this would prevent re-enacting on battlefields. maybe my good friend from utah doesn't know the nati

our nation's security by preventing the misuse of such technology. second, almost all research conducted today in bioscience and biotechnology contains some degree of dual-use application. third, dual-use concerns must be addressed at a variety of different levels from research funded by governments to research funded privately, to experimentation done by individual scientists. and finally, there are both domestic and international dimensions to the durc issue as the recent hh5n1 papers have clearly demonstrated. dhs performs research which might be considered durc through a variety of mechanisms, including internal laboratories such these national biodefense analysis and countermeasures center and plum island animal disease center. we also sponsor and collaborate with other departments. additionally, we provide funding to colleges and universities, primarily through our dhs centers of excellence program. one vignette that demonstrates the degree to which dual-use research is both ongoing and critical to the dhs mission is the development of a recumb

it's national. and because of what we've done on the border, as you can see, the number has gone significantly down from a high of 770,000 people in 2000 to a now 140,000 people in 2010. that's a dramatic drop. we've repeatedly invited our republican colleagues to sit done with us and discuss how best to reform our broken immigration system in a manner both parties can support. it will only pass if it's bipartisan. to this date, our colleagues will not even sit down with us and discuss comprehensive immigration reform legislation. finally, when small noncontroversial immigration matters are proposed na can help create jobs, they are blocked in the senate. consequently, states are taking matters into their own hands and passing a multitude of immigration laws that touch upon a variety of subjects, such as employment authorization and verification, border security, work visas and higher education, areas that have always been the exclusive province of the federal government. i believe it's simply too d

[captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> that adds of the eight leading industrial nations will be meeting may 18 and 19th at camp david in maryland from the country include britain, canada, japan, france, and the united states. in about an hour-and-a-half, we will be live once again here on c-span at 2:30 eastern as afghanistan's defense and interior ministers, talk about efforts to create a police force in their country. it will take a center for strategic and international studies. >> i walked out after the iowa caucus victory and said game on and many folks will write a game over. this game as long, long way from over. we will continue to go out there and fight to make sure we defeat president barack obama, that we when the house back, and that we take the united states senate and we stand for the values that make us americans, that make us the greatest country in the history of the world, that shining city on the hill to be a beacon for everyone for freedom around the world. >> with that announcement, >>

national security. the idea of cyberattack is not something that is just out there in space. we don't need to worry about. this is an issue that's here today and right now. mr. kinzinger: in fact just today the new york stock exchange was the target of a dedot attack on some of its external computer systems. that's not something we magically happen today. this is happening every day. thousands and thousands of times a day. i'm a military guy a. military pilot. i think a lot about the threats from outside. you think a lot about threats of terrorism and threats of invasion or anything along that line, one of the biggest threats that keep us up at night is this idea of a cyberattack. and i think it's something that we have to take head on. this voluntary information sharing, classified portions of our government and certified private actors will serve to enhance our defenses greatly. it's important to note the amount of classified information currently shared between our government and private industry is

. >> a bit of a scare at reagan national today. a united airlines flight out of houston blew two retires as the aircraft landed on the tarmac. 122 passengers including a group of eight grade students from louisiana. those on board say the bumpy ride was scary but no one was hurt. the plane had to be towed to the terminal. >> and now the latest in last week's navy jet crash in virginia beach. they're beginning to compensate families whose apartments were burned on friday. dozens of units were destroyed when the fa-18 hornet went down a few miles away from oceania. they will be paid $2,300 and more compensation is likely to come. seven people injured. because of the crash is under investigation. >> walmart will be delaying the opening of the six new stores until 2013. they're facing opponents concerned about low wages and the impact of small businesses. they say they will use the extra time to meet with residents who live near the proposed locations. the originally planned to open four stores by the end of this year. >> more on the m

nation's wars.if you refer to the chart i have provided in front of you, you can see on any given day, we have about 50,000 sailors and 145 ships under way with about 100 of those ships deployed overseas. these ships and sailors allow us to influence events abroad because they insure access to what i refer to as the maritime cross roads. these are areas where shipping lanes and our security interests intersect, and they're indicated in orange on the chartlet. we can replain forward in these areas because of the facilities and support from nearby allies and partners. in the middle east, we have 30 ships and more than 22,000 sailors. they are combatting piracy, supporting operations in afghanistan, assuring our allies and maintaining a presence in the region to deter or counter destabilizing activity. in the asia pacific, we have about 50 ships supported by our base on guam, and our facilities or places in singapore, the republic of korea and japan. they will be joined next spring by the first literal

[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> from the colonial era, prohibition, to today, drinking, for better or worse has always been part of the american landscape. tonight, a history of the alcohol in america. why to our simulcast of back story. tonight, 8:00 p.m. eastern, part of "american history tv" this weekend on c-span 3. >> one of the things that i always remember because my office overlooked the building in the plaza was there was a day care center in the plaza, and some of the children were killed, others were injured, but they would always come play in the plaza, and you would hear their voices. that left a lasting impression when they were silenced. my son, a dear friend of his in high school had graduated and was working in the social security office. her father was a good friend of mine. when i got home, i had messages asking what he could find out about his daughter, seconded that it did not look good, and the third message was when he was crying. >> watch our local content vehicle of the next st

again, a number of the items are items that were recovered with the national dead. you see an ovm belt plate, ohio volunteer militia. you see jackknifes. almost everybody had a knife of some type. some of them have big bowie knives like many of the confederates. the buttons are off the field, collected off the field. some of them would have come up with the war dead. this exhibit always attracts attention. people just sit there and look at all that stuff throughout their touring around. but indeed a witness to shiloh would be this grimsley saddle, holsters, belts, scabbard and sword carried by major john mcferrin who was in the 70th ohio infantry serving in sherman's division assigned to ralph buckland's brigade, so that would have been on his horse as he participated in the battle. the 70th saw significant action, but he would be dead in october of 1862 from fever. the majority of the artillery rounds all have provenience to shiloh, recovered through the years from the battlefield representing the types of explosive rounds or solid shot utilized here. about half of

for the record, this national crisis he's talking about, this national crisis we have on illegal immigration, turns out is not so much really a crisis right now. literally, in terms of the numbers, "the wall street journal" reporting this week on a new study showing net migration from mexico to the united states has dropped down to zero. but having taken the position that there is a huge crisis, a crisis so dire that it necessitates radical policies like arizona's, to be a model for the nation, mitt romney as the republican nominee now has some problems. tactically, there's no way he can win the the election with numbers among latino voters that look like this. it is just not possible. he has the awkwardness of very clumsily now trying to drop his super anti-immigrant positions, as if he didn't have them, in time for the general election, even though everything he said was on tape, and denying he had those positions that he took on tape, of course, makes him look like a liar. but maybe the biggest problem and the least reported problem in all of this is that in allying himself with the paper

it is up to people like "the nation" and other groups like rebuild the dream, national people's action, the progressive caucus. occupy wall street is a spirit. they're committed at the moment to not having concrete demands. we have six ideas. one would be the robin hood tax. the other would be to change the way our tax structure is organized, how to get money out of politics, hold corporations responsible, support attorney general's fighting for for closure relief. there are six of 10. >> have you ever been wrong? [laughter] >> occupy wall street is a moral compass. they are articulating what they think it should be. the lead essay is a shift. i am wrong all the time. >> give me one example. [laughter] >> i said on national television the night -- election night of 2000 as florida was coming in that the election would be decided that night. people may remember that election was decided by the supreme court. it went on for two or three months. it ended up being decided by the governors, bush's brother, a supreme court judge chosen by his father. >>> george bush was asked if he had ever

take away french nationality from a french national this is not.the french constitution and then there's money in the pen the far right national front party candidate having long pushed a more radical anti immigration line call for the revival of the death penalty for child killers and the deportation of any foreigner who goes on a suspicious trip to places like afghanistan how many mohammed merah are that in the boats and planes that arrive in france full of immigrants mohammed merah is perhaps only the tip of the iceberg it's time to wage war on this from the mentalists political religious groups who are killing our children a threat of islamic fundamentalism has been underestimated locally i think all that's been announced after these tragic events are proposals put forward solely for the election it goes to the one who proposes the most radical solutions which would aim supposedly at solving the problem but the problem is much deeper what was all of the growing number of immigrants in france about six million of whom are muslims is being labele

other nations in many other nations doesn't exist and in some cases it where it does it's highly checked. in the united kingdom for example there is no judicial review their supreme court does not have the power to strike down laws they seem to be getting along just fine they have what's called parliamentary supremacy which is what most of our founders intended for us the first branch of government congress is the first among equals in switzerland there's no judicial review if parliament is writing a law there supreme court can offer advice which can be ignored in canada the courts are given the was the right to declare laws unconstitutional but the government can ignore their ruling and pretty quickly it does in germany there is strong judicial review but it's done by a separate court that only does that it's called the federal constitution court in germany it has sixteen members eight are appointed by each chamber of the senate and it requires a two thirds majority to appoint one of these people see don't you this filters out the back and do it alls plus they only serve twelve years th

leadership at the united nations. thank you. >> thank you. ambassador rice you'll have your full written statement in place in the record of course. so please feel free to summarize your statement if you chose. >> thank you very much, chairwoman granger, representative, members of the committee. thank you for inviting me to testify today. i'm grateful for your continued support of our efforts at the united nations. especially at this time of fiscal constraint. on behalf of the administration i'm pleased to request full funding. the contributions to international organizations, the contributions to international peacekeeping activities and the international organizations and programs account. as both democratic and republican leaders have long attested, a strong and effective united nations is one of our best tools to tackle many of the world's problem. tun is not the sum of our strategy. but it's an special peace of it. in response to the horrors in syria, the united states and our partners at the united nations have supported an immediate ha

this nation is the child of every other nation. therefore, we should have the interest of every other nation at heart. we are the perfect ones to remain in a pinnacle position for that and a number of other reasons. but, you know, as far as our educational doldrums are concerneddor, shoe know this is not the way it's always been here. inn fact in 1831, when alexis cookville came here, studied america -- because the europeans were just fascinated with america. they say, here's a nation barely 50 years old, which is already competing with us on virtually every level. that's impossible. how could a fledgling nation be doing that. so he wanted to come over here and dissect and see what the heck was going on over here, and while he was at it, he say, let me look at their school system, and he was blown away to see that virtually anybody finishing the second grade was completely literate. i mean, he could go out and find a mountain man who could read the newspaper, who could have a decent political discussion with him. he had never seen

russia is also expected to side with the western nations. the reaction of the remaining permanent council member, china, will be the key to the outcome of the council meeting. >>> china's leaders are calling for calm. the country often acts as a link between the north and the rest of the world. our susumu kojima tells us how the launch is playing out there. >> chinese state-run media has been giving friday's events in north korea front page coverage, quoting u.s., korean, and japanese media. however, some in beijing are still not sure. >> translator: did you hear the news? >> translator: no, not yet. >> translator: they say they failed. >> translator: i'll find out later. >> translator: what do you mean? north korea never fails. >> reporter: a foreign ministry spokesperson told reporters that the government is asking concerned nations to act calmly. >> translator: china is carefully watching how other countries react to the launch. we hope to continue the dialogue among concerned nations in order to maintain peace and stability on the korean

this is about the big blue nation.of any team that has sacrificed for each other like this team and they deserve this moment, they really do. jim: i'm being told right now that we have, for just the fourth time in the history of this championship, a freshman has won the m.o.p., most outstanding player. >> which one? jim: yeah, which one? it's anthony davis. joining arnie per ran back in 1994. ellison in 1988, carmelo anthony in this building in 2003 and now you're a part of that history, a freshman helping lead his team to a national title. tell me about this night and this team. >> it's not me. it's these guys behind me. they've led us this whole tournament, this whole game. i was struggling offensively and i told me -- my team every time y'all score. i'm just going to zpevend rebound. jim: we've seen your parents a few times. there they are right now. >> where's grandma? grandma, where are you? she's up there somewhere. jim: tell me about your teammates and also a word about kansas's effort here at the end, never giv

>> guest: that the notion that america is a -- in some sense that is meaningful at all a clip nation is something that is subject to being challenged, and i try to challenge it in this book and drive at the heart of what does that mean to claim that america is a christian nation, and it's christian only in culture in some sense, and that as christians we need to understand what that means if -- we're going to live well and effectively with faith. >> host: give an example what you mean. >> guest: it's a historical command theme that this country was founded by pilgrims, by christians who came with a certain religious orientation, and that's the story we learned in elementary school, and growing up. i'm not sure that's the case anymore. but in that case our institutions, our frame ofwork, it's not terribly controversial to say that our institutions were framed by christian values, and the judeo^- christian ethick and that's a kind of cultural argument to make. but at the end of the day what are the then defending if we say this is a christian country? as a christian i have been called

what's troubling this nation right now?e really need to figure out how to be competitive in the global economy. we really need to figure out how to have a strong and stable middle class. we need to have people who are contributing, who are innovating, who are ready, who are educated, who can lead in every way. the cohort coming along that will be the future is of color. america can see its future. and it's a five-year-old latino girl, a 7-year-old black boy. what happens to them will determine what america will be. many of the young people who are already 18, 19, 20 are going to be the workers of the near future. and so this country, as a democracy, really cannot expect to continue to be proud on the world stage, competitive in the global economy or having a democracy that it can put forward as working in a multiracial society if we don't invest in t people who are the future. and so i'm all for the moral argument. i've asked -- i've begged, i've prodded on the moral issue. and i will continue to do that. but if it becomes

the policies that obama have put on this nation have weakened our nation.orried about, not what his religion is. i think it's important for us to understand that. it would be important for romney as well or whoever the nominee is. like i said, it looks like it will be romney. >> the question of political reconciliation is one that interests me as well. as a jew, on passover, we read from leviticus. we have to remember we were once slaves in the land of egypt. if you remember that, you think about the duties of liberation but you also think of the other. how as human beings we're all enslaved in one form or another. does anybody see a path from their own religious faith, convictions, to take it into the political arena as a way to reach some kind of reconciliation that we don't see? >> it seems to me that, as we approach and celebrate these high holy days, that we share in common, christians and jews, share a lot in common this time of year, among them, the story, the story of liberation, not just from one place to another but sin and grace and restoration o

how many secrets reside in the repositories of our national archives? have any of the secrets been improperly penetrated and revealed? we'll ask the archivist of the united states, alan weinstein. [theme song playing] >> doctor alan weinstein, it's a great pleasure having yo pleasure to be here. >> recently, you brought the minister of iraq. what did he -- what was his impression? what did he take away from your visit and what did you show him? >> john, we have over a million visitors every year. he was -- he had the place to himself for a while. he was interested in seeing the charters of freedoms, interested in seeing the declaration of independence, the constitution and -- >> u.n. declaration? >> and the bill the rights, the u.s. charter. he was also interested in the revolutionary period. washington -- was fascined to spend sometime with washington's documents. he knew a great deal about american history. he also knew a great deal about the american revolution, for example, that we like so many other democracies began with support from other countri

the communist nation says it simply is sending a satellite into space but western nations say this iseally a ballistic missile test which violates a united nations' ban. >>> a d.c. apartment building is safe this afternoon after police raided a covert meth lab inside. investigators searched a unit inside the building at 1825 summit place in adams morgan. detectives say they found chemicals inside that are commonly used to make meth. one person sat in handcuffs as the hazardous materials were taken from the building. >>> well, we have a happy update to report this afternoon. on our colleague, our own j.c. hayward. she's resting at home resting from breast cancer recovery she had wednesday. she's feeling no pain and raring to come back to work in fact they had to stop her from getting dressed and being here with us this afternoon. as you know the news was excellent after her lumpectomy. doctors removed the breast tumor and tissue around the site of the benign tumor which doctors had removed monday. the breast surgeon told jack the margins -- jc the margins were good and the node was goo

this nation is the child of every other nation. therefore, we should have the interest of every other nation at heart. we are the perfect ones to remain in a pinnacle position. for that and a number of other reasons. a source or education is concerned, we should note this is not the way it has always been here. in 18311 [inaudible name] came here to study america, europeans were just fascinated with america. here is a nation barely 50 years old, which is are you competing with us on virtually every level. that is impossible. how could a fledgling nation be doing that? he wanted to come over here and dissect and see what was going on. while he was at it, he said let me look at the school system. he was blown away to see that virtually anybody finessing the second grade was completely literate. he could find a mountain man that there -- that could read the newspaper. he had never seen anything like that before. go to some of the museums and look at some of the letters written by people on the frontier in the wild west. you would thin

in my mind it's probably the most beautiful national cemetery in existence. i like arlington, i like a lot of others but right there on the bank of the river is absolutely beautiful. the federal government of course comes in, disinters the union soldiers that they could find, there are probably others out there still today but all they could find disinterred, took home to the national cemetery and created basically what we see there today. what's significant about this and other national cemeteries, you go to fort donaldson or vicksburg or chattanooga or gettysburg or antietam. any of those cemetery, logically the soldiers are buried in close proximity to where they were originally buried. where they fell. so it's going to be on the battlefield itself. so in kind of a roundabout way, although they were not doing it in terms of preservation, they were actually preserving part of the battlefield when they reburied those dead at shiloh national cemetery. and you see that all around even though this national cemetery at chattanooga, we're talking about tennessee

defense of the nation comes under if the nation comes under attack. i'd like to go into a few -- if i could -- a little bit on what i see we need in cyberspace. the requirements to defend the nation from attack, because there's been a lot of discussion on this and i think it's important to put this up front. i think this is the heart of some of the discussion that's going on with the legislation today. first, we need to see the attack. what do i mean by that? that was a quote that we made up at the fordham university. if we can't see the attack, we can't stop it. what we're not talking about is putting nsa or the military into our networks to see the attack. what we're talking about that all of you have put on the table is, we have to have the ability to work with industry, our partners, so that when they are attacked or they see an attack, they can share that with us immediately. the information sharing and the liability that goes along would allow industry, armed with signatures that we can provide, signatures that they have i agree it takes all of

it is now both my privilege and honor to preside over our 86th national convention.the roa minuteman hall of fame welcomes another inductee. a great citizen patriot who has conspicuously contributed to the advancement of our roa programs and objectives. it is an exceptional honor for me to introduce our first speaker and induct this year's newest addition to the minuteman hall of fame. our speaker has been referred to as the premiere military man of our age. he has distinguished himself with his leadership, valor, creativity and diplomacy. in the area of scholarship, his masters and doctorate degrees from the woodrow wilson school of public and international affairs at princeton university and his leadership of the combined arms center where he led the development of our current counterinsurgency manual reflect the marvelous intelligence and insight he brings to bear on any issue. his integrity is unimpeachable. through his over 37 years of military service, remarkably director petraeus has held six general officer commands, five as combat commands. he did this in bo

these are ideas for sprucing up the national mall.has come a long way since its early days with train tracks and a stinky canal. some look at cracked sidewalks and fading sea walls and say it's time for some upgrade psup. >> what we see today on the national mall is not what i think the people of the country expect. we picked out the top three areas that needed the most work. 25 million people come here every single year, and we want to better meet the needs of the visitors were more food facilities, more bathrooms and amenities. >> caroline cunningham and the trust for the national mall are presenting the finalist for design competition and are asking the public to weigh in. this amphitheater right next to the washington monument could be replaced with a new underground theater for performances. or how about a restaurant with a grass roof? in front of the capital, this reflecting pool could be upgraded with a new shape, new fountains or pathways crossing it. >> i think the bridges are a good idea. again, it's an interactive element.

are some nations. now they are seen as being independent the venations. so just to give you an example, the united states and other countries in the world were ever to reach an agreement about global warming, you would have both of these characteristics to be effective, have to be able to reach into energy production and use in the country in ways the federal government today is our regular here at home, even maybe to the scent of regulating lough domestic or on energy usage and at the same time would have to create international institutions that would have to decide how much each country was allowed to produce in terms of energy, how much pollution it was allowed to make and also to measure whether people in violation and to issue sanctions, no one would trust that institution if it was directly under the control of the united states. it would lose its legitimacy in independent functions and the regime would not function unless you have an answer @booktv dependent institutions separate. so i don't fe

our nation's economy, our nation's decision make iing that puts us risk. the problem is our enemies ek nuys that and it is th strategy, the philosophy, of extremists who would attack our country and will cont o do so. they believe that they cannot beat us in the field, but that they can bring us to o news through manipulation. control, destruction, having impact on the cost of this nation. to the degree they can bankrupt us, that would then make us unavailable to react. so it is that potential for manipulation that causes us concern from a national security perspective and i can assure you, because i've been there, when the joa chiefs of staff sit around the table and talk about various options in any scenario these days, it involves the middle east high on considerations as you look at courses of action. our impact on our national economic picture. that has never been the case before. previously, that's always been sort of a sigh and concern that we would have as military men. someone else will worry ability those factors. but today, it is front and cente

security is national debt. in the effort to try to confront the national debt, obviously the congress came forward and proposed the budget control act, budget control exact provided about a trillion dollars in reductions. you developed a fence that was part of the act that set aside national security, and ensured that we would be required to reduce the budget by almost half a trillion dollars. that's the law. that's the requirement that i have abided by. >> mr. chairman, can i take a stab at adding to that a little bit? i do wear the uniform, been around 38 years, have gone through any number of strategic reviews and some of your questioning about whether we could make this a strategy driven discussion i think relates to the amount of time taken. i am a personal believer in parkinson's law. some of you may remember in 1955 in the economist magazine there was a that work expands to fill the time available. i actually believe that, and i believe that in the six months, five months we had to take a very comprehens

the national security programs. that would be counterterrorism, counter intelligence. weapons of mass destruction and then additional pieces of other programs, and that's about 60% of our programs, but for instance the cyber program is split between criminal and national security where 60% of the cyber program, that which is scored to national security, relates to sbrugsintrusions, wh the other 40% relates to programs such as innocent images which addresses child pornography on the internet and ipr, the intellectual property crimes that we also address. so 40% of it is cyber crime. the other 60% of it is perceived and scored against the national security piece of the budget and that relates to computer intrusions. >> well, let's then go to threat of sequester. i'm concerned that the congress doesn't have the sense of urgency about cyber, but i'm concerned that they don't have a sense of urgency about the threat of sequester. given this $8.2 billion, when one looks at what all we spend on other security issues, this

in order to improve the appearances of our national cemetery. aside from the -- $280 million for the nca's operations and maintenance budget in fy 2013 with an annual increase of $20 million until the national shrine commitments operational standards are reached. finally the ibo asks the administration and congress to provide the resources needed to meet the sensitive and critical -- to all veterans who have served their country so honorably and faithfully. that coffin clouds my statements, i'll be happy to take any questions. >> ranking member burr, on more than 2 -- thank you for the opportunity to testify today. in partnership with the iv, it's vfe's -- every effort must be made to ensure that the facilities are safe, utilization has grown from 80% to -- this is having an impact on the delivery of health care, to determine and monitor the condition of the facilities, an assessment was made of building systems, such as electrical, struckally. from an a to c is -- an f means the condition of the facility requires immediate attention. to correct