i don't understand the national defense issue.the biggest thing. >> i think with the woodrow wilson, one thing the conservatives have a problem is you believe in the concept the constitution is a living, breathing document, so you can ignore issues like checks and balances and separation of powers like in the case of recess appointments. i think we are looking at this differently. and that is in this particular case, does it give a president pretty much impunity to do whatever they want? why change the definition considering the president has thumbed his nose at the constitution in the past? >> first of all, my point of view is he hasn't thumbed his nose. and if the affordable healthcare act is unconstitutional. let the supreme court decide that, not jay or mr. hannity. this is hair know -- paranoia that is going on that paralyzes them on the left and right. some of us exchange views in a civil way. but what's going on on the internet and it's line ascy. it's not jay analyzing this calmly. and nobody is mentioning ronald regular r

get ready for a game of monopoly president obama is passing go and collecting all of our national defense resource says in times of emergency anyway we'll tell you how a new executive order means the u.s. government and run the board whenever it wants. and if you thought lawmakers were raking in the dough wait until you find out how much money they make when they start lobbying let's just say they make richie rich poor. and ron paul supporters are fighting back sick of their candidate always being treated as a second string player in this political contacts as a republican field narrows all broad poll ever at ten ten or respect you deserve. it's tuesday march twentieth five pm here in washington d.c. and was well you're watching arts. well an executive order signed by president obama has sparked controversy on both sides of the political aisle the national defense resources preparedness executive order was signed quietly friday night it gives the president the power to control u.s. resources and times of war and peace and this includes food water or oil and transportation now some are con

with the national defense authorization act but a team of authors and to visit politicians and professors are trying to stop the law in its tracks i'll tell you how. good afternoon it's monday march twelfth at four pm in washington d.c. i'm christine rushing yards here. well we want to start this afternoon by taking a look at some of the fallout from this weekend's massacre in afghanistan the shooting rampage led by an american soldier who left his base saturday night lock more than a mile and then broke into three separate homes killing sixteen civilians including nine children and three women who have been in this village in the punjab why district of khandahar in this area is considered to be the birthplace of the taliban where this is a after the shootings the men gathered the bodies and then set them on fire before returning to his base and turning himself in that man is now in custody according to u.s. officials he's a staff sergeant based at the joint base lewis mccord in washington state he's married with two children and has already had already served three tours in iraq and had

for the national defense authorization act but a team of authors activists politicians and professors are trying to stop a wall in the tracks i'll tell you how. it's monday march twelfth five pm in washington d.c. i'm christine frizz out there watching our team. well there is worldwide shock and outrage today after a weekend massacre in afghanistan a shooting rampage led by an american soldier who left his base saturday night walked more than a mile and broke into three separate homes killing sixteen civilians that includes nine children and three women and happening as the village of the punjab my district of khandahar this area actually considered to be the birthplace of the taliban where this is day after the shootings the man gathered some of the bodies and set them on fire before returning to his base and turning himself in and that man is now in custody according to u.s. officials is the staff sergeant based at a joint base lewis mccord in washington state he's married with two children and have already served three tours in iraq and have been in afghanistan since december now a

of this country and we don't look for permission from anybody else when it comes to our national defense. when it comes to the kind of military action where we want to build a coalition and work with our international partners, obviously we would like to have some kind of legal basis on which to do it as we did in libya. >> now some sort of legal basis. we worry about international legal basis but nobody worries about the fundamental constitution legal basis that this congress has over war. we were not asked, stunningly and direct violation of the war powers act, whether or not you believe it's constitution. it certainly didn't comply with it biological weapon spent our time workrying about the u.n., arab league, nato, and too little time, in my opinion, worried about the elected representatives of the united states. as you go forward, will you consult with the united states congress and can we be assured that we will have more c consultation and more participation and legal authority from the dooley elected representatives -- >> believe me, we will. you know, we don't have a corner on t

order signed by president obama has sparked controversy on both sides of the political aisle the national defense resources preparedness executive order was signed quietly friday night and it gives the president the power to control u.s. resources in times of war and peace and this includes food water oil and transportation now some are concerned that this could lead to the executive branch having absolute authority over the nation's resources and others question if this is all in preparation to go to war with iran here's what white house press secretary jay carney how he answered that question at a press conference recently and some commentators. were to all of the. water in the system were time it was supposed to. suggest what. the word. explained with the word. well i cannot explain the reaction to it i think it was a fairly. standard routine piece of business so is this just business as usual or does it give the executive branch an unprecedented amount of power and should americans be alarmed about this executive order well i posed that question earlier to charlie mcgrath founder of wide awak

the national defense authorization accords this latest incarnation of the n.d.a. it really. is a giant step towards. a kind of corporate fascism and it will put more than a chill because anybody who leaks essentially can be sent to prison for life and part of the you know one of the biggest criticisms of course is that it can impact american citizens which is new the president president obama issued a signing statement that said it would not be used on american citizens why isn't this good enough. well because it has no legal standing and dianne feinstein had proposed when she discovered u.s. citizens indeed could be caught up in this dragnet essentially extraordinary rendition on the streets of american cities and not only sent to military facilities but sent to these offshore penal colonies abroad. that they insert into the language that u.s. citizens would not be subject to this kind of treatment and that was rejected by both the obama white house and the democratic party so we know from leaks out of carl levin's office he was the democratic senator who co-sponsored the b

across-the-board defense cuts that would be devastating to our national defense. additional deficit reduction must be made through a comprehensive and balanced deficit reduction plan. it will involve making decisions not just on defense but on every other area of federal spending and revenues. making these tough decisions is what our forefathers intended when they established this great country. they made this remarkable system of three separate but equal branches of government. it is a wonderful formula for ensuring that our is never centralized in any one branch of government. it also happens to be a perfect formula for gridlock. the key to breaking that gridlock has to rest with people that are willing to exercise leadership, compromise, and to make sacrifices in order to find answers. as we confront the broader set of choices and decisions that we need to be made to put america's fiscal house in order, all of us in washington need to demonstrate the same leadership, the same leadership that we counted on our troops to display in battle. they made sacrifices in

national defense and national infrastructure lead that list. these are public goods. pretty much everybody, no matter their political stripe, thinks the government should fund national defense and infrastructure. don't take my word for it. listen to jim inhofe of oklahoma. this is not a guy who is big on government. this is one of the most conservative people in the senate, maybe in the entire world. but here he is. >> i say this to my conservative friends that you can -- a conservative in my opinion, should be a big spenders in two areas, national defense and infrastructure. >> two areas. national, i'll write that down. national defense and infrastructure. senator inhofe is putting his money where his mouth he co-authored the bill with barbara boxer. this makes the process sound like the mythic utopia of days gone by. it has not been that easy. the last long term highway bill to be signed in law was in 2005. it expired in 2009. that is a couple years ago. congress has been getting by with short term stop-gap measures ever since. the highway bill might be the mascot f

how the federal government can meet the highest priority, providing for the common defense and strengthening our national security. as i mentioned, we have secretary panetta here who is no stranger to this committee. in addition, to his extraordinary background as secretary of defense, cia, he served as chairman of this committee. we also want to welcome martin dempsey. in the 38 years since graduating from west point, he led troops in combat, served as a combatant commander and most recently as the chief of staff of the army. thank you for your service, general. welcome to the committee. we also welcome the department of defense's comptroller, robert hail who is no stranger as well to this committee from his years of service. welcome back, secretary hail. relative to last year's request, the president's budget calls for a $487 billion reduction in base defense spending over the next decade. this comes on top of already planned spending reduction for the global war on terrorism. our troops remain engaged in a fierce enemy overseas. it's difficult to square this reamount. the timing of the cuts raises ser

get ready for a game of monopoly president obama's passing go and collecting all of our national defense resources in times of emergency anyway we'll tell you how a new executive order means the u.s. government can run the board whenever it wants. separate thread. in the forseeable future and from warmongering to cyber hysteria the us has sure cultivated a taste for fear tactics and now the government is blazing a trail in the deserts of utah with a super spy center mad to monitor their every move. and if you thought lawmakers were raking in the dough wait until you find out how much money they make when they start lobbying let's just say they made richie rich but poor. it's tuesday march twentieth four pm here in washington d.c. i'm liz of all you're watching our team. well it is an executive order signed by president obama has sparked controversy on both sides of the political aisle but national defense resources preparedness executive order was signed quietly friday night gives the president the power to control u.s. resources in times of war and peace this includes food water oil and

i'm david redd from the department of national defense. could you talk a little bit more about the partnership's angle? your strategic guidance mandated a shift towards the asia-pacific region, but it also mandated more cooperation with countries who have frontages on to the pacific ocean. so tell me, what exactly are the administration's expectations of its pacific allies? if you could wave your magic wand over the pacific basin, what air and sea capabilities would you like to see your allies acquire and maintain in the years to come? thank you. >> well, one thing i think it's important to note, while our new strategy focuses on the western pacific and the arabian gulf regions, this is not new for either of us. this is not a new focus for the united states or canada to be in the pacific. in fact our fleet right now is 55% in the pacific, 45% elsewhere. and we're gradually going to move that to where it's 60% in the pacific. in terms of our allies, we want to keep doing what we're doing in things like surface and anti-submarine capabilitie

plus than the national defense authorization act is supposed to do what its title suggests but looks can be deceiving the bill could actually take away more freedoms than it guarantees and now a team of authors activists and politicians are trying to stop the law in its tracks we'll tell you how. a good evening it's monday march twelfth eight pm in washington d.c. and christine for as you're watching our team. well there is worldwide shock and outrage today after a weekend massacre in afghanistan a shooting rampage led by an american soldier who left his base saturday night more than a mile and broke into several homes killing sixteen civilians including nine children three women this all happens in the bob village in the punjab we just heard of khandahar this area is actually considered to be the birthplace of the taliban were to say after the shootings the man gathered some of the bodies and then set them. on fire before returning to his base and turning himself in that man is now in custody now according to u.s. officials a staff sergeant based at joint base lewis in the court in

government crackdowns americans are singing bye bye to their first amendment rights the new national defense authorization after the so-called trespassing bill are we being stripped of our freedoms. and he may not have won any of the primaries last night around fall short of a good fight whoever it may be that they're pointing to this fantasy candidates even just to win the white house but perhaps change political discourse we're going to bring you more on that story in just a bit of. good evening it's wednesday march seventh five pm here in washington d.c. i'm lucy captain of you're watching our t.v. we begin in syria where an end to the violence is seemingly nowhere near in sight after almost a year of bloody offensives the government of president bashar al assad seems unable to regain control of the country meanwhile the opposition groups are too weak and too fragmented to overthrow his regime and amid the bloody stalemate and that's what it seems like it is a debate here in the u.s. about whether this country should intervene on top of ministration officials leading lawmakers and preside

how much of all this spending was necessary for our national defense, was any of it necessary for national defense. >> i think the observation of that individual is of concern to all of us. i think taxpayers give us the money to spend on defense, we owe them the responsibility to make sure that every dollar is being spent nord to take on this country. i'm not saying there aren't occasions like i pointed out in the letterman, where those are examples of people who abuse the system and what we have a spent to do is make sure sure there are no abuses and what's what i'm intent on doing. >> thank you mr. chairman, mr. secretary. i know that my colleague asked you about funding levels for israeli missile defense. i apologize i was not here when he asked that question. would you mind repeating and explaining what those numbers mean in terms of our overall security operation with israel and also explain those numbers as it relates to comparisons in previous administrations. >> first of all, obviously our support to israel is unshakable and we have reflected that in our budget request. the budget

of this country and we don't look for permission from anybody else when it comes to our national defense. when it comes to the kind of military action where we want build a coalition and work with our international partners, obviously we would like to have some kind of legal basis on which to do it as we did in libya. >> now some sort of legal basis. we worry about international legal basis but nobody worries about the fundamental constitution legal basis that this congress has over war. we were not asked, stunningly and direct violation of the war powers act, whether or not you believe it's constitution. it certainly didn't comply with it biological weapon spent our time workrying about the u.n., arab league, nato, and too little time, in my opinion, worried about the elected representatives of the united states. as you go forward, will you consult with the united states congress and can we be assured that we will have more c consultation and more participation and legal authority from the dooley elected representatives -- >> believe me, we will. you know, we don't have a corner on the

punches well above its weight given the contributions it makes to many other areas, including national defense, safety efficient air travel and so forth. >> and just technologically more across the board. >> the science and technology, the contributions that are made to med sition and to material sciences and others has gone beyond. >> cord, let me take you to something that aia has been warning for a while about a million jobs that will be lost. on the one hand the survey finds 1 million direct jobs and then you guys are talking about a million jobs being lost which obviously would be everybody in the sector. when you guys talk about a million jobs, what are you talking about? >> the one million includes all the people we help to employ. as tom indicated, it's a million direct jobs, but it also helps employ another 2 1/2 million jobs. if we have the sequestration that goes through, we will lose about 350,000 employees in our sector, but they help to employ another 650 in the economy at large out in main street. >> i want to get to sequestration a little later in the segment, but what i want t

sources that in the field are critical, reducing our dependence on foreign oil is vital to our national defense and that there is a direct correlation between our dependence on fossil fuels and casualties on the battlefield. now, one of the things that i would hope you might address this morning and i would point out that i know the department of energy is working closely with the navy, the department of agriculture on biofuels, which are a critical piece of trying to reduce the dependence of our military on foreign oil. but can you talk about how the programs that we're talking about, as part of the loan guarantee program relate to our national defense and how critical they are, if we're going to make some of these changes on the military side of our government? >> certainly. let me begin with biofuels. not only in the loan guarantee program but things that we assess from the office of science and the energy to rv. we think that biofuels have considerable promise. by that i mean, we think they have considerable promise in developing technologies that can compete in the open market and that is

and the a national defense authorization act that obama has called for and signed stipulates that even american citizens can now be targeted by the military picked up and imprisoned indefinitely without civilian trial thus throwing out our if you process our it is corpus clauses so we are now in the state of martial law everything is now in could print conditions for a total war state i mean mccain called for the whole of america becoming part of the so-called battlefield america's the battlefield the whole earth is a battlefield so rather than try a more in there what's being done is that rather than trying to address our economic continued economic oppression and the reforms necessary domestically what we're trying to do that is create a martial law state using using iran as a terrorist enemy or threat you see everything is now in motion as a pretext that you can go to martial law here and war abroad and obviously the war brought has tremendous consequences now because if you attack iran hezbollah hamas the nation israel which then brings in america potentially russia into the equati

and a controversial detention circuits are commonplace in the us now with the national defense authorization act coming into effect this thursday of a law that many fear spells the end of american democracy grants the government and the military and president of powers to detain u.s. citizens indefinitely without trial or this is happening against the backdrop of rampart and sea iranian rhetoric from washington a film director sean stone who recently made headlines for publicly embracing is alarmed sold us here at r.t. the timing is no coincidence. that's a point to prevent or stop but i think it's we're walking into world war three at the moment between syria the mystical ised and iran it's on its border being threatened by israel america to me it's very dangerous time and we don't recognize what the causes consequences would be not only not only regionally but for the world what's happening is we are now in a state of martial law and war a global in the a national defense authorization act that obama has called for and signed stipulates even american citizens can now be targeted by the mil

in our budget is we -- it's discretionary, but we account for how as vicki pointed out, how national defense, we don't want to cut there butke t billion in cuts to discretionary spend bug won't do it in national defense. we're not changing the amount. we are changing where it gets reduced. exactly. [ inaudible question ] >> i would add there have been control act since the budget coact. [ inaudible question ] >>ent said, all the budgets you see will depart from some part in some fashion. we're the only ones who take the $97 billion out of discretionary spending in year one. >> last one. >> mr. chairman, are you active

and that's not the only example of overreaching government control the new national defense authorization act is looking up more locking up more american freedoms than ever before but a group of authors journalists politicians and professors are trying to stop the n.c.a.a. in its tracks i'll tell you how. it's friday march thirtieth four pm in washington d.c. i'm christine for watching our team. well it appears there are major plans for the united states to expand its military presence toward the southern hemisphere this includes an expanded presence in australia and in the long run a new air base on the cocos in healing island territory of australia located in india in the indian ocean sort of halfway between australia and sri lanka there's talk the islands would replace the u.s. as current indian ocean based on diego garcia which is least the u.s. by britain at least runs out in four years and well as specifics of the new base remain under wraps an in-depth report by the washington post from the location should be quote ideal from am surveillance aircraft as well as unmanned drones also

where the national defense authorization act coming into effect this thursday a lot of many fear spells the end of american democracy grants the government and the military unprecedented powers to detain us citizens indefinitely without trial all this is having a cancer backdrop of ramped up and there were any rather it from washington from director sharon stone who recently made headlines for publicly embarrassing as are embracing as arm has told r.t. the timing is no coincidence. point is to prevent or stop what i think is we are walking into world war three at the moment between syria being destabilized and iran and on its border and threatened by israel america to me it's very dangerous time and we don't recognize what the causes consequences will be not only not only be generally but to the world what's happening is we are you know enough said martial law and war globally and be a national defense authorization act that obama has called for and signed stipulates even american citizens can now be targeted by the military picked up and imprisoned indefinitely without civilian trial t

items are with the mainstream media should be talking about they should be talking about the national defense authorization act now if you watch the show if there's no way you go know about n.d.a. the military spending bill that's a whole lot more than just how much money is spent on what it also includes at some questionable and that is a very polite word provisions specifically i'm referring to section ten twenty one a provision that permits the indefinite military detention without formal charge or public trial of anyone suspected of participating in aiding a terrorist organization engaged in hostilities against the united states and that includes u.s. citizens. well president obama said it would not in fact be used on u.s. citizens part was not taken out of the bill which is now the law of the land and the law several people have taken to court in the case hedges v obama had his is chris hedges who will be on the show on monday he's a reporter with truthdig who previously worked for other publications including working as a middle east bureau chief for the new york times and he has himsel

discussed this speech the eric holder gave the other day you have been outspoken against the national defense authorization act that was passed last year at least this provision for the attention of american citizens for a long time now you have certain colleagues of yours in congress that are trying to pass laws where you get the american part taken out of the language but while they pass this bill and the first place question in this climate of fear which our nation is still in and post nine eleven. it is ultimately destructive of our democracy because it has set us on the path through pass the patriot act pass the national defense authorization act which further erodes basic constitutional guarantees such as to process and creates a profoundly anti-democratic environment in america when when you have a government that has assumed for itself the right to execute american citizens then you have the government being policeman. prosecutor judge jury and executioner due process destroyed our constitution shredded. this is not a democrat or republican issue this is a question of who are we as am

the national defense authorization act is really the kind of appeared to me of you know where we are ten years after nine eleven after osama bin laden you know has been killed with al-qaeda on the ropes as we're preparing to withdraw from afghanistan i think there's a real question about why we are in the business of further legislating against our civil liberties so fair fair drive a lot of this thing that's my question to you is is it is it too late i mean now that you know the n.b.a. has passed the targeted assassinations now that the legal justification that's ok i mean how do you go back how do you and do these steps that sort of a road our liberties well i think it's one step at a time and i don't think it's too late you know most recently the obama administration quite a lot of weight has passed regulations that seeks to curtail some of the negative aspects of the n.d.a. that was released last week so that will limit the cases in which mandatory military custody will be will be employed for terrorism suspects and i think we have to push the administration to to be more forthco

and 50 years ago, national defense made up 48% of the budget while entitlement spending accounted fornd entitlements but will be 60% and the defense will and out to 19% of the budget. -- amount to 90% of the -- 19% of the budget. we can cut the pentagon. the truth overtime, and heineman organizations will consume a larger share of federal spending. and 2030, a years outside our budget window, in 2013, and taught and obligations will be as much as six times greater than -- entitlement obligations will be as much as six times greater than defense spending. eliminating the fans would not balance the budget. eliminating it entirely. myth 3, defense spending has seen the fastest growth of any item in our budget. pentagon's base budget has increased 10% since 2008, three years, non-defense discretionary spending increased 24%, not counting the stimulus during just the first two years of president obama's presidency. the cuts that showed in the non-defense discretionary are part of the budget control act agreement that are projected out there, but that is from accelerated levels of spending.

professors has filed a lawsuit against obama administration all in an attempt to stop the new national defense authorization act in its tracks we'll show you what's at stake and how this lawsuit would affect you as a person and. you know if you can make it to me as a journalist you can make it and i use journals things and figure out how to capitalize on our minds in the same way. times are tough but how much are you willing to do to make ends meet well introduce you to one cash structure journalist to write stories during the day and strips at night. well good evening it is friday march thirtieth seven pm here in washington d.c. i'm christine for sound and you're watching our team well if here is there are major plans for the united states to expand its military presence to the southern hemisphere this includes an expanded presence in australia and also in the long run a new air base in the cocos and killing islands this is a territory off australia located in the indian ocean kind of halfway between australia and sri lanka there's talk that the islands could replace the u.s. this current ind

order signed by president obama has sparked controversy on both sides of the political aisle the national defense resources preparedness executive order was signed quietly friday night it gives the president the power to control u.s. resources in times of war and peace this includes food water oil and transportation now some are concerned this cut leads to the executive branch having absolute authority over the nation's resources and others question if this is all and preparation to go to war with iraq there is a white house press secretary jay carney has answered that question across conference and some of. the brain power to allocate. it was. before the. plane with. the well i cannot explain the reaction to it i think it was a fairly. standard in which. piece of business. so is this just business as usual or does it give be executive branch on precedence that amount of power let's talk more about this radio host alex jones joined me earlier today from austin texas he told me why he thinks this piece of legislation is so dangerous. americans should be extremely alarmed look at the india a where

district court in new york city against the national defense authorization act also known as an da to follow lawsuit against the obama administration determined to overturn n.d.a. or at least parts of it provisions in the bill give the united states military the power to legally detain suspects indefinitely and without charge or trial and that could include american citizens as long as are suspected in some way shape or form being associated with terrorists plaintiffs include pentagon papers whistleblower daniel ellsberg writer and linguist noam chomsky and journalist chris hedges the lawsuit is named hedges v obama now i spoke with chris hedges earlier this month about his lawsuit i thought it was important removes due process for anybody who is deemed not much use to terrorist but to have contact with these associated forces that's not a term that's to find it's nebulous it's quite a frightening piece of legislation a whole lot of stuff in that legislation but nothing in there they gives exceptions to journalists and since chris hedges has done several interviews with groups it deem

defense priorities, we can't and shouldn't choose between miss cal responsibility and a strong national defense. of we have to have both. as he sp others have sdz economic security is national security. we have faced some pretty tough budgetary targets pass bid our con. one of the things i want to emphasize is that the defense budget unveiled by the president ten days ago was driven by strategy and not by dollars. we navigated by some key principles for this defense straj. one was to maintain the world's finest military and avoid at all costing hollow out that force. a smaller military that is capable of a full spectrum of missions is superior to a larger force ill equipped because resources are not made available for things like training or maintenance or modernization. another key principle was to preserve the quality of the all-volunteer force and to keep pace with them who have borne the battle over the last decade. our fleets of ships, aircrafts, vehicles and submarines don't sail, fly, drive or dive without the men and women who wear the uniform of the united states. our new strategy has

will be involved in more militarism and not national defense.n that position today because we are vulnerable and we ought to listen to that advice. [applause] but in these last 10 years, we have racked up a lot of debt. we are currently running up debt and $1.30 trillion to $1.5 trillion a year. everybody knows that is unsustainable, even if we are getting away with borrowing and printing money if the dollar doesn't collapse, it will eventually collapse the dollar. during these last 10 years we have added to our national debt more than $4 trillion for the wars in the middle east. and what have we gotten for it? we lost about 8500 americans when you count the independent contractors and all the military personnel. we had over 40,000 individuals come back with severe injuries, amputations and severely handicapped because of the war. hundreds of thousands of veterans coming on that cannot get their medical care. and we are spending this money, going around looking for trouble, and we have an entitlement system of control, and we are not taking care

he spoke about national security challenges and the defense budget at the ronald reagan presidentialn california. this is half an hour. >> there was an ominous reference to the soviet union in the advertisement and as the narrator gravely warned that there is a bear in the woods. the point was that unpredictability was a dangerous -- of a dangerous enemy was a threat that must be taken seriously. is ripe with the unpredictability and america's 21st century strategic outlook is a tangled mess. a senior military leader recently told me, in my 37 years of service, i have never seen a time as dangerous as today. we live in a globalized economy where commerce and communication are networked to an conflict in a remote region of the world can ripple across and burger -- borders, fakes, and economies. i am concerned about a world where the flop of a butterfly's wings can create a tornado. that means we must make preparedness a top national security priority. the price of liberty, thomas jefferson once wrote, is eternal vigilance. dwight eisenhower echoed that sentiment. everyone knows his re

risk and credit would we choose to add to those risks by making large and misguided pastor and national defense budget? cuts that by themselves will not significantly reduce our national debt, the real driver which is our domestic entitlement programs. i do not see a compelling answer to this question at this time and i imagine today's hearing will underscore that point. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you so much. senator mccain. mr. clapper. >> thank you. distinguished members of the committee for inviting us to present the 2012th worldwide threat assessment. i observe you probably are the given up for us. i'm joined today by the defense intelligence agency, friend and colleague lieutenant general ron burgess. these are marks in her statement for the record reflect to collect event sides of extraordinary men and women of the united states intelligence community would be recognized and we must appreciate that and have it is our privilege and honor to the. we are most appreciative of your knowledge of the work, sometimes under various conditions around the world. with all its attempt to cover

nation. the president and secretary of defense recently reviewed our nation's strategic interests issued guidance on defense priorities. in sustaining u.s. global leadership, priorities to 21st century defense, the secretary focuses on protecting access throughout the cyber domain. the u.s. cybercommand role is to pay attention how nations and nonnation state actors are developing asymmetric capabilities to conduct cyberespionage and attacks. d.o.d. recently added detail to that position in accordance with the president's strategy the department further explained our deterrent posture to congress in a cyberspace policy report last november. d.o.d. components especially cybercommand, worked to dissuade others from attacking our planning to attack the united states in cyberspace. we worked with a range of partners, u.s. governmental lies, private industry, strengthen defense of our citizens, the nation, and allies in cyberspace. i wanted to assure you that all of our work is performed to safeguard the privacy and civil liberties of u.s. persons. these responsibilities are very much on our minds. in

now, thanks to the congress and the president, the 2012 national defense authorization act put into law initiatives supported by the council of governors and the secretary of defense concerning dual status commandsering and activation of reserves in disaster response. i appreciate the committee's response for these two important measures which surely will help save american lives. it was my privilege to serve in afghanistan and iraq with many many members of the national guard and reserves. i believe in the cruise able of ten years of continuous conflict. we have developed the fine eftd total force that i've seen and norad and north-c movement depend on that every day. this past year has been busy. benefit synchronized ho eour activities with others. for fy '12 we have trimmed our workforce full time equivalents, with the reurs sources an s and authorities at hand we will continue to support the american people. thank you for the opportunity today and i look forward to the discussion. >> thank you, we will have a seven-minute first round. let me ask you both, the defense department crea

budget that we have presented to congress and the nation seeks to achieve those goals, fyi 13 budget request to the department of defense was a product of a very intensive strategy review conducted by senior military and civilian leaders of the department with the advice and guidance of the national security council of the president. the reasons for this review a pretty clear. first of all, we are at a strategic turning point after a decade of war, and we have been through a decade of war. at the same time during that decade there was a substantial growth in defense budgets. second, congress to pass the budget control act of 2011 which did impose some spending limits that impacted on the defense budget to the tune of $4,807,000,000,000 over the next decade. we decided that this does situations that we were confronting presented as at the defense department with an average into the to establish a new defense strategy for the future. we develop strategic guidance before any budget decisions are made because we wanted those buds decisions to be based on strategy, not the other way around. we agree to that we are at eight k

once again, energy security key to economic prosperity and national defense is the focus of public debate. the congress has said a very strong message that we must have balance in the expansion of conventional fuels. coal, natural gas, oil, nuclear to provide energy today with investment and to renewable energy to power our future. and while the president has repeatedly mentioned his support for a similar all of the above energy policy, this budget proposal and the recent denial of the keystone xl pipeline seemed to insinuate that this administration is not serious about responsibility and responsibly diverse fig our energy portfolio. instead, this budget request for doe coupled with the budgets of interior and the epa seem merely a continuance of this administration's political posturing. and diversion of scarce federal dollars to favored sectors at the expense of the others. in particular, coal, so important to my region of southern and eastern kentucky and our country's most abundant energy resource has remained squarely in the administration's cross hairs. although your budget tries t