to act on his promise to close guantanamo. >> talk about the reauthorization of the nba, the national defense authorization act, overall. >> it is a defense department funding bill, which i think or which includes restrictions on the ability of the president to try people in the u.s. or transfer them to foreign countries. and the most problematic provisions with respect to closing guantanamo are restrictions on the ability of the president to transfer, for example, these 86 cleared man either to their home countries or third countries ready and willing to take them. they include some provisions that will allow the president to certify that someone should be transferred home anyway, but like his failure to veto the bill, in the past year, hey has failed to act on that limited authorization to return people who have been cleared. >> the significance of john brennan of being nominated to be head of the cia, when president obama was about to do that the first time, there was an outcry. at the time, he withdrew from consideration for the same job amidst protests over his role at the cia under geor

the national defense council, meant to discuss the security situation in the country. what can out of that meeting? >> it was made clear that the events in egypt at the moment will fall under the control of the national defense council. this is a body composed of government ministers and representatives from both houses of parliament, as well as military commanders and the head of military intelligence. this body has not been seen operating publicly since it was created last year. very clearly, it is the supervising was happening on the ground. rejected by most of the opposition movement, claiming that they reserve the right to impose a state of emergency in particular areas, should they wish to do so. there was no threat to do so immediately, but they made it clear that they would use the option if the situation on the ground continued to deteriorate. >> we want to get more on the situation from cairo, we have live pictures. i was following you on twitter yesterday, and we were seeing some pictures of some scuffles and skirmishes. i will let you describe the situation

officials with the country's national defense ministry issued a statement warning of all-out action to defend north korea's sovereignty. >> translator: a series of satellite and long-range rocket launchers by the dprk and a higher level nuclear test are parts of an all-out action. this is a new phase in the anti-u.s. struggle that has lasted for centuries. we do not hide that the target of these actions is the united states, the sworn enemy of the korean people. >> the country's space agency launched a rocket last month. authorities claimed it was to orbit a satellite but other countries say north koreans were testing long-range ballistic missile technology. scientists in the north half carried out two previous nuclear tests in 2006 and 2009. experts have been suggesting for weeks that they could be preparing for a third. the united nations resolutions ban north korea from developing missile and nuclear technology. on tuesday the security council condemned the latest rocket launch and expanded its existing sanctions. the latest north korean statement says the country flatly rejects all

repurposing those lands from national defense to environmental defense. and i believe it is probably the most accessful base conversion in the united states. if you haven't been to the presidio, i think you should try and make that. if you're from out of town, it's a spectacular transition there. so, these golden gate national parks that i happen to be the superintendent of has now become after 40 years the second most visited national park in our country. we get 14 million people a year that come to our parks. it has spectacular coastline, includes muir wood, alcatraz, we get to tell the stories, stories about essentially what you and your predecessors did this this area. our headquarters, fort mason, was the fisherman's wharf area was the port of embarkation for the wars in the pacific. just this week we brought in a world war ii 16-inch bottle ship gun to the marine head lands to put it up at battery townsly which would have been the pinnacle of coastal artillery in world war ii. so, we now have a canon or artillery collection that spans in our park th

>> this came from the national defense commission which often doesn't make statements. we can see these as a final warning. the nuclear analyst tells nhk that north korean scientists are letting it go. they are in a northern area where the previous nuclear test happened. he knows this because it has been used before. but he says nuclear officials are making speculations of the other two and it could carry out a test at any time. a senior japanese intelligence official told me one of the tunnels could handle a nuclear test and the other a test involving highly enriched uranium, which is easier to turn into bomb-making material. experts believe that the north conducted a plutonium tide nuclear test twice in the past, but we should note that the north koreans say they will conduct a nuclear test over higher level. they have highly enriched uranium, so we cannot exclude the possibility that they will use the material in this next test. >> we saw american diplomat glyn davies visiting south korea, china and japan, what can these nations do about north korea's plans? >> the m

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we have a constitutional challenge here where not only the national. defense authorization act but the patriot act and other legislation have gradually moved america away from a robust. freedom to a more limited freedom that is based on proscriptions by the government. this is more than problematic because what has always made america america is is the fact that we follow our constitution and we protect our constitution and we protect people against unreasonable search and seizure we protect people against being seized with a right to. know the charges against them or the right to an attorney or a right to a trial we have in the past condemned government being involved in spying now we have a much broader. spy network this is something that is profoundly anti-democratic i have repeatedly taken exception to it as a member of congress. n l a t arabic news crew and several international journalists have come under rebel sniper fire in syria while covering the conflict that the news team were accompanying the military on a counter insurgency sweep and one of our c

terror suspects without charge will trial a national defense authorization act also delays the closure of the guantanamo prison for another unit veteran congressman dennis kucinich thinks the move is part of a patent undermining democracy a right now we're much more of a garrison and garrison plus. a powerful military which keeps asserting itself globally and it doesn't make america any safer and frankly doesn't make the world safer we're spending upwards of six hundred billion dollars for an expanded pentagon presence for more war in afghanistan and for proliferation of war. in yemen and somalia and other places we have a lot of problems here at home that we're not taking care of we have massive unemployment people are losing our homes people losing their retirement security and i continue to say that we have to start emphasizing taking care of things here at home instead of developing a bigger footprint around the world as far as our military presence. the high price of x. rated diplomacy headline for that when you're an ambassador to colombia losing a job after a wild christmas orgy

authority to indefinitely detain terror suspects including americans without charge or trial the national defense authorization act of twenty affairs he also allows for the notorious gone tunnel of a miniature present to remain open despite the president's own pledge to shut down the facility as a crowd activists say they are to means obama has failed the first test of his second term even before inauguration day and veteran congressman dennis kucinich thankfully moves part of a tendency that undermines democracy so there are great human rights concerns here . that people could be held indefinitely violates a constitutional privilege that people have we have a constitutional challenge here where not only the national. defense authorization act but the patriot act and other legislation have gradually moved america away from a robust. freedom to a more or less. freedom that is based on proscriptions by the government this is more than problematic because what has always amazed made america america is is the fact that we follow our constitution and we protect our constitution and we protect people a

to the national defense authorization act and we take a close look at that in a few minutes here on our. barack obama signed a last minute deal that increases taxes on the wealthiest americans it prevented the country falling over the so-called fiscal cliff and the nation was on the brink of a financial nosedive with billions of dollars in tax hikes automatically coming into effect if the law hadn't been passed charlie mcgrath from the wide awake news fate of americans has never been a top priority ultimately end of the day for that of the u.s. . listen in to me when the cameras are off and it's time to pass a trillion dollar nearly trillion dollar defense bill they have no problem whatsoever coming to coming together and holding hands with that kind of a deal together since two thousand and one namely we've been covering this nation by proxy the world by crisis and it doesn't matter who gets hurt who gets left by the wayside as long as a special interest is served so long as it's always under the shadow of crisis they will act but it's only when it has to do with acting in behalf of th

we have a constitutional challenge here where not only the national. defense authorization act but the patriot act and other legislation have gradually moved america away from a robust. freedom to a more limited freedom that is based on proscriptions by the government this is more than problematic because what has always amazed made america america is the fact that we follow our constitution and we protect our constitution and we protect people against unreasonable search and seizure we protect people against being seized without the right to. know the charges against them or a right to an attorney. or and us national security agency whistleblower william binney says nobody is safe from being spied on f.b.i. has access to the data collected which is basically the e-mails of virtually everybody in the country. and they have at the f.b.i. has access to it all the congressional members are on on the surveillance to it's not no one's excluded they're all included so yes this can happen to to anyone it may be seen. if they are targeted by the government the governm

tended to be oriented around issues of strong national defense, of an opposition to unions and a defense of free enterprise politics. and also it's in the sun belt in the south and southwest, that we see the rise of what -- by the 1970s we'll be talk about as the religious right. the rise of evangelical involvement in the process. so national defense, he was a staunch anticommunist and played an important role in right wing anticommunist politics in the late 1960s, one of the things that led him to switch parties in 1964. he was a key figure in opposing labor unions and did so long people like barry gold water. early in his career he was a staunch advocate of unions in south carolina, back in the 30s and 40s, when the union vote was an important vote in south carolina, but he switches in the '50s and 60s and by 1970s becomes a die hard supporter of business against labor. then he also has an important roll in conservative evangelical politics. he joins the board of bob jones university in 1950. he does it to win votes, and the upcountry of south carolina. bob jones just moved to his univ

of your your article that you wrote was connecting the dots between one ton of obey and the national defense authorization act and da especially in its most recent form really quick i mean are just talk a little bit about that connection and why you think is going to make it more difficult for guantanamo to be closed well the president promised president obama promised that he would close guantanamo bay but then he turns around and signs an act that prohibits his authority from transferring detainees from guantanamo bay to different countries so essentially he makes it impossible for him to close guantanamo bay because he cannot transfer the detainees so the fact that he signed this having promised to close that kind of undermines his promise because he knows as a section in the end a prohibits the transfer. of. detainees to a foreign country so it kind of undermines the promise he made and it's almost kind of shows that it was an authentic promise i guess you can say so that's kind of where i draw the connection ultimately the signing of this bill makes it impossible to close guantanamo bay

ken ballen served on the staff and now a national defense university and has one negative written a chapter on the strategic defeat of both chitin and what we should do about a. it is a popular view in washington d.c. how they say attacking been gauzy is proof but we will do without question with his remarks. finally sameer lalwani a ph.d. candidate and has say an interesting chapter on counter insurgency operations that is quite effective but arguably the pakistan need military did better than we have in afghanistan that we will start with hassan abbas. >> first and foremost, figure eight work done by the new america foundation is a great contribution and source for research everywhere and not just the u.s.. i just returned from pakistan 48 hours ago. three days in pakistan and two were discussing phenomenon. we had just gone back and this was recent to hold a big rally coming up with a new agenda and in three months there is political activity but i am given seven minutes on the frontier province and given my position that today my views are my personal views but the political landscape w

the national guard is important to our nation's defense. it is important they have the right equipment, the right training, the funding they need to be able to operate. they have played a huge role in defending our nation. what we are concerned about as governors in general is, when we are talking of sequestration and budget cuts -- we understand there will be cuts made. we are concerned about the disproportionate cuts to our national guard when it comes to our military. we believe it is important for governors to have a seat at the table. we appreciate that with congress and the vice president and the president. we are stepping up to take a more active role in the fiscal issues facing our nation. >> back to education. with your budget pretty limited, how are you trying to better connect education to your workforce so you can strengthen your state economies. ? what is on the table for that? >> first of all, it is a great question. it is what is on the table for every state. we had an $800 million budget shortfall. it is difficult to solve. w

he will be dealing with this amazing fact about our national defense. e base defense budget has nearly doubled. doubled from roughly $290 billion to $530 billion. and that is not including the cost of the wars in iraq and afghanistan. $530 billion without them. add those in and we're spending more than $700 billion on our military and wars. now the defense budget is about to be put on a big diet. the outgoing secretary, leon panetta, has already signed on cutting a trillion from the defense budget. and frankly, a lot of people think we should go even lower. my colleague has put together charts that show just how insane american defense spending has gotten, and what the next defense secretary may want to think very hard about when looking at the budget. chart number one, and i love this one. the u.s. spends more than any other nation on defense, by far. but in our budget, in 2011, we spent a total of $718 billion on defense and international security, including $159 billion we spent that year on the wars in iraq and afghanistan. together, that is $718 bil

the government who comes into possession of closely held sensitive information regarding the national defenseor the identity of a covert agent that it is critical that information remains secure and not into the public domain are be shared with others who do not have authorized access to it. >> the judge in the case told kiriakou she would have sentenced him to more jail time if not for the limits imposed by the plea deal. kiriakou's supporters say he has been unfairly targeted in the obama administration's crackdown on government was a lower is. in a statement urging president obama to commute kiriakou's sentence, agreed signatories including attorneys and former cia officers said -- speaking after his sentencing, kiriakou thanked what he said were a number of intelligence officials who supported his cause. >> the dozens of former and active duty cia officers and fbi agents and assisting u.s. attorneys to rally to my side, although most had to do so privately, i thank them for their cards, emails, donations to my defense fund. it was their friendship and support of my friends and family that

national defense leaders announced last thursday they will carry out a nuclear test. workers' party leaders then asked secretaries of what they call local cells to gather in the capital. the media said on sunday that kim had some of the country's top defense officials. reporters said the leaders determined to act in his nation's interest. >>> tell us about the challenges in getting this country out of deflati deflation. >> getting price to rise is a major challenge. it's money circulating the markets, company performance, customers appetite for buying things. then there's the challenge of will people be able to afford more. labor and business leaders in japan are butting heads over a proposed wage increase. >> translator: this year we intend to secure a pay hike and improve working conditions. we want to bring japan out of deflation. >> officials of the japanese trade union confederation are calling for a 1% increase in wages. they suggest firms use the money to improve working conditions. they also say seniority-based pay increases should continue. the leaders of the

also we have to reduce our areas of -- in our national defense. when we spoke earlier i was pleased to hear you did not support these indiscriminate, unprioritized cuts that sequestration would cause. if allowed to take effect, how would sequestration impact the ability to meet the future threats and challenges? as i shared with you i chaired the subcommittee on the threats and capabilities. so i'm particularly interested in your thoughts. you were commenting on the cyber issues airforce basely being considered in the emerging threats and capability. so my question is what impact do you believe that these cuts would have on our service members and their families at home and abroad and in particular, the cuts in the sequestration, how would this impact areas such as cyber security and the other areas? >> well, first, as we have said this morning and you know the chiefs made very clear, secretary pennetta. there would be serious consequences to the management of our defense department and our ability to have the flexibility and make the decisions no

and for our national defense. i believe that we have put in place a new defense strategy for the 21st century that we believe can meet our fiscal responsibilities to the country. that can confront any threat to our national interests, and i can maintain the strongest military power in the world to protect the american people. we face, as you know, a number of adversaries around the world's,, but the most immediate threat to our ability to achieve our mission is fiscal uncertainty. not knowing what our budget will be, not knowing if our budget will be drastically cut, and not knowing whether the strategy that we have put in place can survive. let me be clear, cut this department is doing its part to help confront the nation's deficit trouble him. we have implemented in our budget plan the $487 billion in spending reductions that we were asked to do by the congress over the next decade. and we can, and we are doing this by virtue of the broader strategy we have put in place. wheats lined a strategy and we know what

north korea's national defense commission called the u.s., quote, the sworn enemy of the korean people. this happened tuesday after a security resolution passed condemning the rocket launch and expanding existing sanctions against them. >> hillary clinton answering tough questions on the issue in benghazi. >> i stood next to president obama as the marines carried those flag-draped caskets off the plane at andrews. i put my arms around the mothers and fathers, the sisters and brothers, sons and daughters and the wives left alone to raise their children. >> during her 5 1/2 hours of testimony, there was also intense criticism of her and the obama administration like this from a republican senator and potential 2016 presidential hopeful, rand paul. >> had i been president at the time and found you did not read the cables from benghazi, did not read the cables, i would have relieved you from your post. i think it's inexcusable. >> president obama picked senator john kerry to lead the state department after ambassador susan rice withdrew her name. you'll recall rice caught a lot of flack ov

senator inhofe has shown his strong commitment to the national defense over his 20 years on this committee. and i know that we're going to work well together to continue the bipartisan tradition of the committee. we're also pleased to welcome the eight senators who are joining the committee this year, both those who are new to the senate and those who are new to our committee. senators donnelly, hirano, cain, and king on the democratic side and senators blunt, cruz, fisher and lee on the republican side. you will all find that this is a wonderful committee, where we work across party lines the support our troops and their families and their national defense mission. i would also like to pause for a moment to offer my thanks and the thanks of our committee to secretary panetta, who delayed his retirement and his return to california to serve our country, first as director of intelligence and then as secretaries of defense. secretary panetta has provided a steady hand at the department of defense through very difficult years and has earned our great respect and our appreciation. finally, bef

calling a grave concern for global security. >>> the japanese government has decided to revise the nation's defense guidelines and draft a new framework by the end the year. the decision is a response to recent changes in security issues surrounding japan. >> prime minister shinzo abe plans to review national security policies amid an increasing number of intrusions by chinese ships into japanese waters. the government decided friday to revise the guidelines in 2010 by the previous administration. it intends to focus on boosting japan's capacity to defend its territory on land, sea and air. defense minister met senior officials of his ministry and the self-defense forces. he instructed them to speed up work to compile new guidelines. he underlined recent events that undermine japan's security. they include north korea's missile launch and the hostage crisis in algeria. >> translator: the security situation around japan has become severe. >> a ministry panel headed by senior vice defense minister will compile an interim report on the defense guidelines by the end of june. >>> the seven japanese surv

we were conferees over the national defense act. i found judy on the right side of everything, and we're really, really going to miss her. todd akin of missouri, had a strong showing for the senate, had some rocks and handicaps along the way, but he's a good man. he's served well for us, and people kept writing to me telling me to put him off this committee, and i said time and time again if i can put anybody off a committee, i'd put sensen brenner off or eddie bernice or somebody. [laughter] we don't have this right to put anybody off. we couldn't do without sensen brenner. so he's still here. >> yep. >> and doing a good job. sandy adams is still young enough to continue her fight for the kennedy space center. ben quayle, young man -- he's not here today either, but i knew his father so well, i spent seven or eight days in russia with his dad. i was with him when he made a speech to the retiring editors and the retiring school people there. all of them communists. and he was making his speech, and he made the mistake of opening it

when we come back, the president making too big national defense, national security nominations.a look at the confirmation battle that lies ahead next. ♪ at a dry cleaner, weeplaced people with a machine. what? customers didn't like it. so why do banks do it? hello? hello?! if your bank doesn't let you talk to a real person 24/7, you need an ally. hello? ally bank. your money needs an ally. ♪ lou: journey me now, the "a-team", pulitzer prize-winning journalist, former clinton adviser, former deputy assistant to president bush. good to have you all year. let's start with the presidents appointing a republican, and the chief opposition seems to be coming from the republicans. what is that about? >> are you sure he is a republican? lou: a big old -- look, i think the problem, if anything, is comments obviously about the middle east. lou: refusing to declare them a terrorist organization, telling israel that they have to negotiate with a terrorist organization. there's a lot of trouble. but here is the main -- lou: referencing the israeli lobby. you guys are making me work hard. foot