and the house armed services committee began consideration this morning of the national defense authorization act for twenty fourteen this bill will appropriate funding to the military in the coming fiscal year some highlights of the current draft bill involve detention facility at guantanamo bay the language of the current access that congress maintains the bipartisan prohibition against the transfer of detainee is from guantanamo bay to the united states or to countries with confirmed cases of transfer detainees returning to the fight this sums up the sentiment from earlier in the week that congress wants to keep the detention facility open and funded a sensibly barring the administration from transferring its terrorist suspects to prisons within the united states or to foreign countries without the use of the national security waiver earlier i was joined by our chief political commentator sam sax and i asked him how the new ending a proposal what effect the status of one tom oh it's a new version for two thousand and fourteen of the national defense authorization act but it contains the sa

today i rise in strong support of h.r. 1960, the fiscal year 2014 national defense authorization act. while this bill will not fix all of the nation's readiness challenges, it does go far in addressing depleted force readiness levels and associated levels of assumed risk. specifically, the bill prohibits the department from proposing, planning or initiating another round of base realignment and closer commission elements. a measure that's critical in my -- closure commission elements, a measure that's critical in my view. this bill helps our military members by restoring vital readiness accounts, such as the army and air force flying programs, increased funding for facilities sustainment, ncreasing funding for army depot maintenance and ship maintenance and prohibiting the retirement of amphibs and cruisers they planned to retire 10 to 15 years early. ith budget cuts, readiness rates remain at readiness levels and these levels are unacceptably low. in our warfighters are at risk and we need to make sure we put dollars back to make sure that readiness of our armed forces does not in an

>> if you read the text of the national defense university speech, the president in effect is admitting his reliance on drones, this program of targeted assassination, may have some upsides but it has significant downsides. he's now acknowledge ago. >> stephen: what downside? >> the downside is it alien aets a substantial part of the world's population. oh, no! are you saying the arabs may not like us? >> the presiden the arabs, many, don't like us. >> stephen: that's why we need this. we can't be the good guys. good guy countries finish last. >> if war is good, europe right. if war is bad, i'm right. >> stephen: i'm not saying war is good. i'm saying vigilance is necessary. that sound good. i like that. when is the last time congress declared war. >> world war ii. >> stephen: really? against the japanese and the nazis, that's last time? >> that is correct. >> stephen: what have we done since then? >> workaroundleading to the commander in chief claiming ever more authority to do whatever the hell he wants to do. >> stephen: and it seems to have work outside on the okay. >> we may differ

at that and what it means in just a moment congress is working on the reauthorization of the national defense authorization act we know about the controversial items this act allows including indefinite detention but what else have lawmakers tucked into this legislation details coming up and get ready for a tech report net companies linked to the n.s.a. prism scandal are pushing to expose more about it meanwhile there's a question about the safety of cloud storage that and more into night show. it's thursday june thirteenth eight pm in washington d.c. i'm meghan lopez and you are watching r.t. but we begin tonight with the latest information coming out of syria the obama administration just released a statement confirming that president bashar all sides regime has used chemical weapons on its people u.s. intelligence reports no estimate that between one hundred and one hundred fifty people have died from multiple chemical weapon attacks over the last year well the legality this is a statement from the white house earlier today it says while the less fallacy of these attacks make up only a sma

coming up on r t congress is working on the reauthorization of the national defense authorization act we know about some of the controversial items this act allows including indefinite detention but what else have lawmakers tucked into this legislation details coming up. support for whistleblower bradley manning reaches a new chapter famous faces have created the video i am bradley manning to highlight his arrest and treatment by the u.s. government we'll talk with some of his supporters just ahead. and maine passed legislation to force companies to label genetically modified foods but what are the details of this bill and how far does it really go more on that in the other states pushing for g.m.o. labeling. it's thursday june thirteenth four pm in washington d.c. i'm meghan lopez and you are watching r t well president obama has threatened to veto the reauthorization of the national defense authorization act better known as the n.d.a. over a number of concerns those concerns clear include limitations on health benefits for retirees transferring detainees out of guantanamo bay the ne

this has no impact on national security or national defense. again, no impact on national security or national defense. if the amendment passes, the navy could have 20 carriers next year if the navy decided it's what they wanted to do. all we're doing is taking the congressional mandate from 11 to 10. i go back to former secretary gates. i thought it was interesting. he said our current plan is to have 11 carrier strike groups through 2040 to project power across the seas will never go away but consider the growing anti-ship capabilities. do we need 11 carrier strike groups where no other country has more than one? and he said any future plans must address these realities. mr. mulvaney: that's all we're doing, mr. chairman, giving the navy more control over how many carriers the navy has. i am perfectly -- i'm perfectly willing to trust the navy with the operations of our naval warfare. more so i am congress. with that i ask my friends to support this amendment which has no impact at all on national defense but gives more control of the navy to

ports, we will ensure our ports will be fully prepared to serve our national defense and continue to be the strong economic engine that drives our nation's prosperity. i want to thank congressman young for working with me on this amendment as well as my colleague from california, chairman mckeeon, and ranking member smith for -- chairman mckeon and ranking member smith for accepting this amendment en bloc. i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman from california. mr. mckeon: i yield to the gentleman from alaska, mr. young. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. young: i thank the chairman. my amendment is very simple. it asks the department of defense to report on what tually makes an installation strategically important. i'm always told that the strategic importance of various installations in alaska and all across this country. however, strategic is never fully defined. my amendment merely asks the department of defense to qualify and fauntify exactly what makes -- quantify exactly what makes it strategic. among these are bases in fairbanks as the home of t

of cloud storage that and more in a moment congress is working on the reauthorization of the national defense authorization act we know about some of the controversial items this act allows including indefinite detention but what else have the lawmakers tucked into this legislation details just ahead. support for whistleblower bradley manning reaches a new chapter famous faces have created the video i am bradley manning to highlight his arrest and treatment by the u.s. government we'll talk with some of his supporters coming up. it's june thirteenth five pm in washington d.c. i'm meghan lopez and you are watching our t.v. well it's thursday and so that means it's time for our weekly tech report this week we wanted to focus on the effects of the national security agency leaks on our internet companies and the american public just to recap what we discovered last week the guardian in the washington post revealed that the n.s.a. has a program called prism which allows the n.s.a. to access mehta data from some of the biggest online companies in the world so think google apple facebook microsoft y

we rejoice and be mated to a national defense rb. >> the reason for the name change now am a china's increasingly aggressive moves to challenge ownership of islands in the east china sea. almost daily, fighter pilots have scrambled to intercept chinese jets or surveillance planes in the skies above the eyelids. this is very bus the front line for japan's self-defense force. fighterrs ago, the pilot scribbled just 38 times because of chinese planes in their territories. last year, 306 times. like the bandage charge of the country's defense is the name change would free them from constitutional restraints that keep them from responding fast enough or striking first. >> when you look at instability factors that exist, china has been increasing its military spending by more than 10% a year. there are our movement has grown become a significant power. >> critics fear current leaders noted for their hard-line nationalism may take it too far. ii, japan'srld war military committed horrific atrocities to the massacre of hundreds of thousands in a chinese city. >> those in power right now, pol

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

changes in the authorization for the use of military force joint resolution currently under the national defense authorization act the a u m f contains vague language that gives the executive branch broad authority to go after threats to our national security interest in light of september eleventh well now congress along with the president are trying to clarify the process for targeting these threats are he's political commentator sam sacks brings us more on the a and why we currently manage the war on terror. when we think about our wars since two thousand and one we usually think of just these two countries afghanistan and iraq but those were the signature wars our so-called war on terror stretches beyond those borders if we include nations that we've launched drone strikes into for example it looks like this out in pakistan yemen somalia we have also launched trikes in libya but really even this map doesn't show how limitless the so-called war on terror has now become. here's why very early on in the obama administration in march of two thousand and nine the definition of the authorization f

residential foundation recognizes to journalists every year for their reporting on the presidency and national defense. this is at the national press club. we will bring you live coverage at 1:00 p.m. eastern on c-span tw2. witnesses include acting irs commissioner danny warble. i arrested out facing a lawsuit in connection with this targeting of groups applying for taxes it status. you can watch the hearing live at 3:00 p.m. eastern. he indicated that he wanted the death penalty on each of the three charges. he wanted it three times. that made me realize how serious they were. it was not about me. , i couldn't be killed three times. it was about the construction of this imaginary enemy. i was the embodiment of that enemy. >> she wasn't that interested in talking about what happened. the crime, the implications. she was not that interested in talking about it. she is one of these people you do not necessarily go to directly. out there were very important people in her life. i chipped away at the people she knew and trusted. was able to get points with them. slowly she came around. she agreed to meet m

this was the in 2005 defense national authorization act.e but not yet report their sexual assault. thank you, mr. chairman. i yield back. >> the gentleman yields back. if there is no further question on the amendment, the question is on the adoption of the amendment offered by ms. speier. 113-r-l. so many as in favor say aye. those opposed. no. the nos have it. the amendment is not agreed to. are there other amendments? mr. chairman, i have an amendment at the desk. >> mr. whitman. have an amendment? >> yes. >> will the clerk please pass that amendment out, number 70. 070. without objection reading of the amendment will be dispensed with. . . in position of decision making. we know the history at arlington. we know the atrocity and the mishandling ever remains. we know two of the computers system there the disappearance of millions of dollars without knowing where things went. where the dollars went, what the government got in return for the expenditure of the dollars. we know too that the people that were there were never held accountable,

we have been done in our name on tuesday house republicans included in their version of the national defense authorization act for two thousand and fourteen a proposal by congressman mack thornberry to give congress more oversight of the white house's targeted killing program this provision sets up a framework where the administration's got to tell us before right after an. then quarterly about the sensitive operation but the white house already does briefed congress on the strikes presumably including the strikes revealed in this new n.b.c. news report also congressman thornberry proposal only applies to strikes carried out by our armed forces not our cia which was the agency responsible for these particular strikes and while there were reports the president might use his national security speech to announce a realignment in the drone program moving all kill operations out of the cia and into the pentagon where there's more oversight such an announcement has not been officially made now over the next few weeks says the national defense authorization act is debated in congress members of bot

additionally begins our consideration on national defense authorization act. providing the house with an hour of general debate and programs that make up our department of defense. as a member of congress and a three blue star parents, and an american, i think i'm nothing more than providing our military the tools that they need to car out their mission. these brave men and women put their lives on the line for our nation each and every day. in legislation isn't a thank you to the troops, it's our duty as citizens to acknowledge we live in land of the free only because of the service of the brave. you know, mr. speaker, we heard a lot of discussion here on the floor, particularly as it relates to dodd-frank, first of all this is not repeal dodd-frank. if it were vote for repeal of dodd-frank. i'd vote for it but it's not a repeal of dodd-frank. as a matter of fact, this piece of legislation, the swap act, was actually voice voted out of agriculture committee. it has joint jurisdiction over this piece of legislation. voice voted. in the committee, financial serv

rightly or wrongly we set the law of the land how much we are going to send on national defense. today we are talking about how we are going to spend in afghanistan. if we need to spend more money to improve national guard readiness here at home, deal with maintenance accounts here at home, we need to come together and change those budget caps and i support doing that. but i am tired of living in a town where when you don't like the rules you find a way around them. when the president doesn't like the law of the land, he just ignores it. if we don't like the defense budget caps, we just ignore them and fund it other ways instead. we ought to give the joint chiefs of staff every penny they are asking for to support our men and women in afghanistan. if they come back and asking for more we should give them that as well. but the law means something. these caps mean sfplgt we should either change it or stick with it, madam chair. i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. mckeon: note that oco is n

communication of national defense information and willful communication of classified communications intelligence now the final two of those charges come under the espionage. of ten years in prison each. suggesting that they would be prepared to work with the u.s. government to start and begin extradition proceedings however they needed securities and guarantees that the charges against edward snowden were not politically motivated so the suggestion is that they felt the charges against him were. i'm not his why he has been allowed to slip out of the chinese territory now it's not fool it's that he. wiki leaks say that they have organized this whole thing on. exit from hong kong. the paper on the flights and they're trying to secure him asylum in what is being described as a democratic state. democratic state could be only be using moscow as a transit as a temporary stop before. the russian foreign ministry. suggested that edward snowden is indeed only using moscow as a transit so rumors and speculation. as to his exact whereabouts but this is just in is one of the suggestions is he

he mentioned this very explicitly in his speech to the national defense university several weeks ago on the broader topics of our counterterrorism programs, and spoke specifically about surveillance and the balance we need to strike between security and privacy, between security and inconvenience. and that is a worthy discussion to have in public. and he welcomes that debate. because it's an important debate. it's important to neat we have had this debate every time the patriot act has come up for passage and re-authorization and it has been a spirited debate with strongly held opinions expressed by people who are not opposed to the structures that are in place authorized by bipartisan majorities in congress, overseen by the courts, as well as internally by the executive branch. so that's important and it's healthy and we should continue to have that debate. >> isn't it true that security will have to take a back seat, or rather, privacy will have to take the back seat to security? >> i think i've answered the question that we have to find a balance between those two and e cannot hav

in march 2011, he addressed the american people from national defense university in washington. the president who wanted to pivot away from the middle east was now explaining why he was intervening in a civil war in labia. to stop a bloodbath, in a port city that most americans had never heard of. a place called benghazi. >> if we waited one more day, benghazi would suffer a massacre that would have reverberated across the region and stained the conscious of the world. i refused to let that happen. >> reporter: but saving benghazi from gadhafi was not the end of that story. at that moment, in a jail cell in southern california, a check kiting former meth cooker, named nakula basili nakula was working on a loopy scheme. it employed a low budget, comically inept movie that nakula called "desert warrior." federal authorities would only allow an interview over the phone. >> what was your intent? >> just to send a message to the world, detail evil coming from the east. >> reporter: what was the nature of that evil? >>ith that terrorism culture. >> reporter: at the peak peak of obama'

the markup on this package includes $552 billion in spending for national defense. and an additional 85 billion for overseas operations. here's part of the debate. >> the committee will come to order. the committee will now mark of h.r. 1960, the national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2014. ladies and gentlemen, thank you for joining us today as the commit on armed services prepares to mark up h.r. 1960, the defense national authorization act for 2014 but i want to express my appreciation to ranking member smith for his partnership, for his commitment to the bipartisan spirit. i've seen this bill pass for 51 consecutive years. we're expecting this to b-52. i would also like to thank all of our members, especially our subcommittee chairs and ranking members for their professionalism and for demonstrating once again the support for our troops is one of the highest mayor these in this congress. i've always been proud of the process we use to build this legislation. for several years now this committee has maintained the most transparent process in congress

north korean state tv reported that the country's national defense commission proposed talks to secure peace in the region. the offer comes days after talks with neighboring south korea were called up. tensions have been high on the korean peninsula since february, when the north redoubt its third nuclear test -- carried out its third nuclear test. expressed hope for improved relations. supporters of hassan rouhani celebrated his victory in toronto on saturday. on saturday. the president-elect promised iranians freedom and stability and called on them to support him in that quest. hassan rouhani takes office in august. german elections are coming in september. not much time left for angela merkel's main contender to turn things in his favor. so far it does not look too good for the social democrats, who lacks far behind merkel in recent polls. even support within his own party isn't out. >> just 100 days before election day. the social democrat and his chancellor are struggling to present a convincing image of unity. the party maintains support of internal division -- reports of intern

charges under the espionage chapter in the federal charging book, improperly giving out classified national defense information to somebody who is not cleared to see it and a separate charge for giving out classified information about communications intelligence. so the three charges, each of them carries a maximum sentence of ten years in prison. the other interesting thing about this, these charges were filed on june 14th, under seal, and we just learned about them today. now, what this means is the government has now started the process of seeking an arrest warrant in hong kong for the arrest of him. obviously the fbi can't go over there and arrest him any more than the hong kong authorities could send somebody over here to arrest somebody in washington or new york. the hong kong authorities will arrest them, and he said if they send him back he will resist. >> thank you for bringing us that. we appreciate it. >>> joining me now, a reporter that broke the story tonight who covers the justice department for the "washington post." >> when snowthe complaint was f, the united states has 60 days, and

first, the army national guard is cost effective. a range of department of defense and independent studies that have already been mentioned confirm that an army national guard soldier delivers operational impact and strategic depth at about the third of the cost of his active come possibility counterpart. in terms of sheer scale, the army national guard contributes 39% of the army's operating forces for 12% of its budget. complementing the active army and the army reserve and providing vital capability to the total force. with these forces, the army national guard serves as the military's first responder for domestic emergencies while also providing a balanced force for employment overseas. and i can't underscore that enough. the reason that the guard is good at doing the domestic mission is because we're manned, trained, equipped and organized by federal forces. as federal forces. and we provide, the army national guard provides a combat reserve of the army. the army reserve does other things, but they, the preponderance of the combat forces in the reserve componen

the ceremony happened at the new national defense university. all foreign combat troops are scheduled to leave that country by the end of next year. >>> right now we are waiting for leaders of the g-8 countries to release a statement about syria's civil war. this is video from minutes ago when the leaders posed for a family photo in northern ireland. president obama is trying to convince the other leaders to support his plan to arm syrian rebels. syria was one of the main talking points of president obama's meeting yesterday with russian president vladimir putin. russia has been one of the syrian government's main allies. >>> and president obama is pledging another $300 million in humanitarian aid for syria and its neighbors. most of that money will go to countries that are taking care of syrian refugees. the u.s. will now have sent about $800 million on relief efforts in syria. that is more aid than any other country. >>> today the head of the nsa heads back to capitol hill. general keith alexander will tell a house committee how his agency's s

the idea they have penetrated our national defense and our capability and the uniqueness of of concerne cause to americans. almost as great of a concern as the takeover of smithfield hams. has is a country, china food safety concerns? anybody seen the river with 10,000 dead pigs? that is like saying jeffrey dahmer had to nutritional problems. it is not a major issue. for my people. safety is only one issue. there is a larger issue with the takeover, an iconic, quintessential american brand. >> are going to call them chinese hams? >> there was an interesting piece on friday by david brooks about how the chinese have failed at branding. what chinese brand do people want to buy? apparently they're going to buy our brands and sell them back to us. that is the way they're going to deal with it. >> the volvo car company. now it is a chinese company. >> they have not figured out how to sell something they make that we want to buy. >> for those of you out there, i was referring to my co-religion. haves the press won't michele bachmann much longer. >> this decision was not impacted by the recent

speaker, i rise today in support of h.r. 1960, the national defense authorization act. while our brave armed forces continue to fight for our national security, it is vitally important that congress eng sure their economic security. even during times of tight budgets and spending cuts, it is our responsibility to give adequate support all the way from the joint chiefs to the newest revutes. this also includes stricter penalties for personal misconduct and greater protection for victims of assault. texas 25th district is home to fort hood. one of the largest military installations in the world. these soldiers and all who wear the uniform need to know their congress is behind them, giving them the best armored trucks you can drive, best planes you can fly, best weapons you can fire, and best ammunition can you use. mr. williams: we need to have an unbeatable military readiness and the highest quality of life possible for the greatest military in the history of the world. even with restraint resources, this bill will support and project our troops and their families and pr

national defense commission is proposing high level nuclear and security talks with the united states. a few days after north cokorea called off high level talks with south korea. the talks should ease tensions and achieve peace and security on the peninsula. washington's top worry, north korea's nuclear weapons program. >> vice president joe biden on his way hem ome to washington. his visit included a surprise stop to a popular diner. obviously not the right pictures to go with that. his surprise visit to a popular diner and he ordered like a local getting blueberry coffee cake. monte francis has the the story for us. >> reporter: vice president biden walked into hoebbi's restaurant and then worked the room like only joe biden can. >> hey, work on your biceps, will you. >> in good shape. >> hi. >> reporter: chivan lee got a kiss and her daughter was swept up in the vice president's arms. >> i said hi. you know what my uncle calls you, joey b. >> said great job. keep up the great work. amazing to meet him in person. and nice that you know they take time to come to, to smaller places.

there is no question about there tends to get into our national defense networks as well as major privateusinesses. >> that was senator feinstein on "face the nation." glenn greenwald, your response? >> first of all, dianne feinstein is outright lying when she says she does not know of any instances of abuse at the national security agency. leaving aside the fact there in several different reports by abc news, the new york times, the nsa abusing its eavesdropping power in the last four years, there is a 2011 opinion, 80 pages long, from the fisa court which oversees the nsa, and what role -- although the opinion is top-secret and has done been publicly released -- it will the way in which the nsa is spying on american citizens is in violation of the fourth element of the u.s. constitution as well as of access of the limitations imposed by the statute by some -- fisa act. although the public does that have access to that opinion, shockingly in a democracy and have a court will the government has violated the laws of constitution and keep a secret, dianne feinstein has that information. whe

on friday, as part of the national defense reauthorization act, congress voted down an amendment to closehe prison in a 249-174 vote with republicans casting the vast majority of no votes. while resistance to closing gitmo remains entrenched, the moral and economic costs of detention represent an ever increasing debt for this country. whatever the american appetite for debate rmt it's an issue that would seem to weigh heavily on the mind of the commander in chief. >> look, i haven't yet closed guantana guantana guantanamo. one of the things you've learned as president, what have you done for me lately? if you didn't get it done, it's your problem. i accept that. that's my job. until i close guantanamo bay, they're right, i haven't closed guantanamo bay. >> andrew, where do we go from here? >> i don't know. can i just talk about the economic cost? i'm always a numbers guy. >> you are. >> $900,000 per inmate. that's the cost. >> compared to $60,000 to $70,000 for a super max. >> and $3,00,000 across the boa. if you're a republican and you want to cut costs, spend here. >> here we're spendin

that is the priority of any nation's defense structure is the security of their country. and then you build from there what does it require? i don't need to go much beyond picking up the newspaper today. and you go down proven "new york times" "washington post" and the inventory of problems in the world are threats to last. they come from cyber nuclear threats, terrorism, conventional forces, economic threats said u.s.s. what your requirements are to defend your country and then based on that assessment, then you fleshed out with the requirements are going to be in the resources. >> it's the question we are asking in this review is what do we want to be doubled to accomplish? >> what key devotee and so much so that it can rotate. our forces generally present in places like korea and europe. its rotational and we keep a compassionate for readiness at home as the hedge against the future uncertainty. >> all you need is about 25 new books and if anybody interferes with your interest they will nuke them but that is and who we are. we need options along the spectrum of the con

. >> they talked tough on national defense and military issues and cast dispersant on others when it was their turn to serve, where were they? awol. that is where they were. >> senator lautenberg died monday in manhattan of complications from pneumonia. his death is likely to decrease the democratic majority the senate since new jersey republican governor chris christie will appoint his replacement. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with aaron matÉ. >> welcome to all our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. the military trollop army whistleblower bradley manning is under way. he is accused of providing more than 700,000 secret u.s. current documents and cables to wikileaks. it is the largest disclosure of state secrets in u.s. history. manning faces more than 20 charges, including violating the espionage act and aiding the enemy. he has pled guilty to misusing classified material. the trial began monday with the defense and prosecution with starkly contrasting account

barack obama gave a major address on counterterrorism policy this afternoon at washington's national defense university. actual safety school. (laughter) all right. in the speech president obama questioned how our overzealous prosecution of the war on terror and the prison at guantanamo bay may be affecting our souls. >> look at the current situation where we are force feeding detainees who are being held on a hunger strike. is this who we are? is that something our founders foresaw? >> jon: oh, i don't know. (laughter) i actually think on a scale of "founders foresaw" prisoner mistreatment would take a backseat to "black president." (laughter) i think the first thing they would say is "who's that guy?" and "will he get me a sandwich?" (laughter) but it is a good point, how a nation and its leaders react to threats both external and internal says a great deal about that administration's values and ideals. and while it's hard to judge an administration by the actions it says it wants to take but can't, perhaps we can learn something about the administration from the actions it says it won't t

she has taught at west point, johns hopkins, the national defense university.id you get interested in this line of work? [laughter] >> guest: i was a student of secretary rice. i had a grand idea about writing my ph.d. on the the renaissance of the latin american novel in the 1970's and what this tells us about the law of literature and art. and it did not do that. >> host: "state of disrepair" is the name of the book. one of the recommendations that we have is that for the state department to reconsider universality. >> guest: we have american embassies within every country that we have diplomatic relations in. and that makes a certain amount of sense. if you tried said real vision how to spend our resources on diplomacy, it is not entirely clear to me that luxembourg would need an embassy of its own when belgium is next door and the european union as a lot of its diplomatic work in brussels now. so it seems to me possible that given american predominance in the international order much of the work that we would want to do diplomatically behind politics, state

hear him say again what he said in his speech earlier this month at the war college, at the national defense university. you hear what he said when he responded to reporters last week on this question, which is we do have to find the right balance, especially in this new situation where we find ourselveses with all of us reliant on internet, on e-mail, on texting. so we find ourselves communicating in different ways, but that means the bad guys are doing that as well. we have to find the right balance between protecting our privacy-- which is sacrosanct in the president's view-- and protecting the country against the very real risks we face. the president is not saying-- and this goes to the heart of the changes he made in 2009. the president is not saying, "trust me." the president is saying i want every member of congress owhose authority we are running this program, to understand it, to be briefed about it, and to be comfortable with it. that's why we've done things like we did in 2009 and 2011 by presenting a classified white paper, inviting every member of congress-- 535 members of them

we have the national defense looking at the metrics. gao certifyinge the plan. we can see where these are. we can see which ones we put down there. what integrates this. what about border patrol agent? you cannot make those assessments. it is unwise to make those until you know what the plan is that has been put forward. that is a more commonsense approach. we cannot trigger reform until it has commonsense approach. we cannot trigger reform until it has been certified by the government accountability office that we finally have operation control over the border. this calls for a two-year time frame to get that control. not only of southwest but our canadian borders. >> let me ask you a larger political question. texas has been dealing with the larger republican party. -- president obama did very well at the pool with hispanic voters. what is the consequence for the republican party if there are so many hispanic voters that are processing for an show that they really want it? >> he mentions my home state of texas. it is shifting toward the majority hispanic. i th

lawyer and lobbyist, and bob deans, the federal commission's director with the national resources defense council. "washington journal" is next. ♪ host: good morning, it is "washington journal." a rule issued by the obama administration of fraud would require most employers to provide coverage for contraceptive. the national football league says it will not help promote the affordable care act. washington post reports that with the help of human services has to look a and various sports organizations for assistance but also republican leaders have weighed in, asking the sporting industry to stay out of the issue. chief justice roberts will participate in a supreme court term review in the west virginia. if we plan on showing that bought at 9:00. you can watch it here on c-span. on the effect on our facebook page. to show will be dedicated examining president obama's action plan for climate change. the proposal was released earlier this week, causing regulations on coal and other industries, as well as other measures. we are interested in your thoughts on the plan -- if you want to reach o

what the national defense look at the metrics. we have the certifying this plan. from there, we can see what the capability is. we can determine which dod assets with the put down there. towers but what about the border patrol agents? how many more do we need? you cannot make those assessments until you know really what the plan is and put forward. approachre commonsense . and with respect to any triggers, we cannot trigger reform until it is certified by the government accountability office that we do have control over the border. our plan calls for a two-year period after the plan is submitted to get to that submitted not only of our southwest and canadian borders. >> mr. chairman, let me ask you a larger political russian. texas has been dealing with it in the republican party. very well atma did the polls with hispanic voters. what is the consequence for the republican party if there is not an immigration reform with so many hispanic voters in the number in the community has been pressing for and by their votes last election showed they really want? >> you men

the ceremony held at afghanistan's national defense university in kabul is a significant milestone in the afghan war which has lasted nearly 12 years. nato secretary general attended the ceremony where he promised the organization's continued support. >>> president obama headed to berlin this morning. during the final hours of the summit, the leaders talking about how to stop the kidnapping of foreign workers in africa and how to get multinational companies to pay more taxes. there's also some behind the scenes haggling to see if all eight can come to the agreement ton syrian civil war. russia's president, vladimir putin, an ally of syrian president bashar al assad standing firm on his stance. >>> nasa marking a historic moment in space today. 30 years ago, sally ride became the country's first ro man in space. she and four colleagues blasted off aboard "the challenger." she also remains the youngest american to travel to space. she died last year at the age of 61. >>> california lawmakers considering tougher restrictions today on the use of drones. an assembly committee reviewing a b