as yoena mentioned, i'm a research fellow over at the national defense university so let me offer this opening comment. the comments i'm about to make to you here neither represent the position of my host institution, national defense university or the department of defense, but are my own individual conclusions. again, delighted to be here today. as we near the one-year anniversary of the operation that eliminated bin laden, i'm here to contend perhaps not as starkly as mary has offered about diverging with her position, but i'm out here to contend to you that rather than overestimating the death of bin laden, we still under estimate, and underappreciate the degree to which bin laden's death has really clarified and made more understandable what -- here's what i do disagree with mary, what is not a global insurgency, but rather has been a radical ideology that has prospered under the leadership of a core and unique organization which tried to bring life to five separate dimensions of that particular diverse ideology and has attempted to get its arms around it and challenge in the dire

lynch, who is distinguished fellow at the institute for national strategic studies at the national defense university. and he returns frires from the y after 26 years or so. >> as yonah mentioned, i'm a research fellow at the national defense university. the comments i represent neither represent the position of my institution or the department of defense, my ultimate employer but are the product of my own research and my own individual conclusions. again, delighted to be here today. as we near the one-year anniversary of the operation that eliminated bin laden, i'm here to contend perhaps not as starkly as mary has offered about diverging with her position but i'm here to contend to you rather than overestimating the death of bin laden, we underestimate the way his death has clarified and made more understandable what has been a radical ideology that has prospered under the leadership of a core and unique organization which tried to bring life to five separate dimensions of that particular diverse ideology and has attempted to get its arms around it and channel it in the direction of the aims that m

president, the longest serving teacher for one and two star generals in the military at the national defense university and air university. i will focus again on national security in three zones, radical islamist where we don't have a grand damage. it was nice the president broadcast from al-qaeda. the center is yemen. i'm not sure the white house has that briefing but they will. the fact we assume our opponents is as stupid as our bureaucracy is dangerous. we do not have a grand strategy. we have to deal with the rise of china, which is not a threat but a reality and we have to deal with new technologies that threaten us, whether cyber war fair, electromagnetic pulse and science technology. i will take back up the issue of space. my wife has pointed pointed oute approximately 219 times, give or take three, the moon colony was not my most clever comment in the campaign. i thought in my role as providing material for "saturday night live" it was helpful but the underlying point is real. the fact is, if we're going to be the leading country in the world, we have to be the leading country in space. the fa

spent 23 years at the national defense university. will focus again on national security in tli zones. radical islamists, it's nice that the president broadcast from afghanistan, the center of al qaeda today is yemen. i'm not sure the white house has gotten that briefing yet. but they will eventually. the fact that we assume our opponents are as stupid as our bureaucracy is very dangerous and i think you have to recognize we do not have a grand strategy in this zone. we have to deal with the rise of china which is not automatically a threat, but is a reality. and we have to deal with new technologies that do in fact threaten us, whether it's cyber warfare, electromagnetic pulse. finally on that topic, new technologies, i want to just say i'm cheerfully going to take back up the issue of space. my wife has pointed out to me rox l approximately 219 times give or take three that monday colony was probably not my most clever comment in this this campaign. i thought frankly in my role as providing material for "saturday night live" it was h

longest serving teacher for one and two star generals in the military, 2023 years at the national defense university the air university. i will focus again on national security in three zones, radical islamists where we still do not have a grand strategy and nice that the president broadcast in afghanistan and the center of al qaeda today is yemen. the fact we assuming our opponents is very dangerous and we have to recognize we do not have a grand strategy. >> we have to deal with the rise of china not automatically a threat and is a reality. we have to deal with new technology that is do in fact threaten us whether it is cyber warfare or electro magnetic pulse or nanoskill science and technology. on that topic new technologies i want to say i am cheerfully going to take back up theish auto of space. my wife pointed out to me 219 times give or take three that moon colony was probably not my most clever comment in the campaign. i thought frankly in my role as providing material for "saturday night live" it was helpful, but the underlying key point is real. the fact is if we're going to be the leading

. >> to make up for this obvious deficiency, cattan was sent off to the national defense university inor a few weeks of training and eventually placed in charge of buying $1.2 billion worth of equipment for the iraqi military. the allegations are that $1.2 billion left iraq-- >> yes. >> to buy military equipment. >> yes. >> and only about $400 million worth of equipment came back into the country. and that $800 million somehow disappeared. >> it isn't true. >> cattan told us that the charges are politically motivated, and that he can account for every single dinar. >> all equipment with this 1 billion, 200 million, it is nowaday in iraq. >> it was delivered to iraq. >> i have documentation. i give it to you in your hand. >> this is a big misunderstanding, i mean, we're talking about $800 million. >> yes, it is here. i can show you. this is btr-80, from vanguardian. this is ambulances, 2005 production, also in iraq nowaday. this is mobile kitchen. also in iraq nowaday. >> well, this isn't equipment. this is just pictures of equipment. >> yeah, but you can prove it if you wanted to. nobo

he's now at national defense university here in washington. and steven clemons, editor-at- large at the "atlantic" and senior fellow and founder of the american strategy program at the new america foundation. gentlemen, there's been a lot of talk about what the united states promised in the documents signed with the afghans. steven clemons, one of the big to-do items that the afghans are now obliged to do. >> well, i think the afghans are obliged to do things i regretfully say i think they can't. what we hope they will do is continue to build an inclusive, civil society, a democracy that respects human rights, women's rights, that stamps out corruption and begins to deliver a better way of life for t nation aa whole. that's the goal and objective, and i think that there are efforts under way to do that. what we're likely to see is something that is a much more minimalist version of that, where opportunity is storied around kabul, where a shrunkle u.s. military force essentially acts as a deterrent to an overthrow of that government but you bas

he's now at national defense university. gentlemen, thank you both for being here.sador dobbins, to you first. this nato meeting, how does it affect events in afghanistan? >> well, i think the nato meeting, it was well prepared. there weren't any big surprises. it did confirm, of course, that nato has been on. it clarified somewhat the schedule for turning combat responsibilities over to the afghans. it affirmed an intention to meet the costs of afghan national security forces well beyond 2014. and it affirmed that nato and the united states would remain there militarily in noncombat roles beyond that. it left uncertain exactly how much each state is going to contribute. and it certainly left uncertain what kind of forces they would retain beyond 2014. >> woodruff: colonel lamm, how do you size up the contribution or not of this meeting? >> well, i think as the ambassador pointed out, they've affirmed a number of things. but the devil is in the details here. exactly what does the troop footprint of isaf look like after 2014 into '15, particularly the enablers: intel

hans binnendijk, who is currently the vice president for research at the national defense university nd the theodore roosevelt share and national security policy at the university. thank you all very much for being here. let me just point out, i have a statement that i'm going to submit for the record and asked dr. kupchan if you would like to give that. >> thank you very much madam chair. it's a privilege to have the opportunity to have a conversation with you today. i will simply summarize my written testimony and i would like to ask that it be submitted for the record. i think the upcoming summit in chicago represents a moment for stop taking in the sense that we have been through two decades of post-cold war nato, and i think the alliance has fared much better than any of us had expected in the sense that most alliances disappear when this threat they gave earth to it disappears but here we are in 2012 and not only is nato still in existence, but it has troops in kosovo and afghanistan, just bought a war and the via and has partnerships around the world. so clearly the alliance is

karpinski also leads the brzezinski group the current vice president for research of the national defense universitynd 50 or roosevelt chair and the national security policy at the university. thank you all very much for being here. let me point out to have a statement that i'm going to submit for the record and asked doctor if you would like to begin. >> thank you madam chair. it's a privilege to have the opportunity to have a conversation with you today. i will simply summarize my written testimony and would like to ask that they be submitted for the record to a i think the upcoming summit in chicago representing moment for stocktaking in the sense that we have been through the decades of post cold war nato and i think the alliance has shared much better than any of us had expected in the sense that most alliances disappear when the threats that gave birth to them disappears but here we are in 2012 and not only is it still in existence but it has troops in kosovo and afghanistan, just fought a war mckinley boen has partnerships are of the world, so clearly the alliance is a growing concern and i t

was a distinguished -- gnawed snaud at the institute for national strategic studies and national defense university. and retired from the military after 26 years or so. >> thank you very much. i want to thank you for having me here today. as you mentioned i'm a research fellow at the university so let me open up with comments that neither represent the host of my institution or the department of defense my ultimate employer but are the product of my own research and individual conclusions. again, delighted to be here today. and as we near the one-year anniversary of the operations that eliminated bin laden, i'm here to contend perhaps not as starkly as mary about diverging with her position but rather than overestimated the death of bin laden we still underestimate and underappreciate the degree to which bin laden's death has made understandable -- here's what i disagree with mary not what is an insurgence as i but radical idealology which has prospered under an organization which tried to bring life to five different did mentions in an attempt to get his arms around it and channel it in the direct

also as a visiting faculty of the national defense university, which is a dod organization, and certainlyo not represent the views of the u.s. government. with those two disclaimers, i want to thank greg for that introduction and for inviting me. predicting elections is always a hazardous business. i think the injection election is no exception -- egyptian election is no exception. it will be held on june 16-17. we will see the face off between mohamed morsi and ahmed shafiq. of of some both garnered 24% of the votes in the first round. the election so far has been remarkably surprising. the results have defied all the predictions that the experts have put forward. most of the polling put the top two front runners as foermer prime minister who broke off from the muslim brotherhood about a year ago to run as an independent president. the high election council announced the final results of the first round yesterday. there have been some very interesting developments in the last 24 hours, with demonstrations in the square and the torching of his campaign headquarters. i think what we have i

and national security council, he became president of texas and, a, many university. in 2006, president george w. bush appointed him sex tear of defense succeeding donald rumsfeld. under his watch, gates oversaw iraq's troop surge. president-elect obama asked him to stay in the job. he became the first defense secretary to serve both a republican and democratic president. in the obama administration he played a pivotal role in shaping u.s. policy in afghanistan. he was a key player in the decision to send additional forces into the country. he was at the center of the debate on the raid to kill osama bin laden last may. gates stepped down as defense secretary in june, 2011. here is what president obama said at gates' farewell ceremony. >> what you see is a man that i've come to know and respect. a humble american patriot. a man of common sense and decency. quite simply one of our nation's finest public servants. >> reporter: i talked with bob gates in williamsburg virginia at the college of william & mary where he accepted the post of chancellor, a post held by gorge washington, margaret thatcher, sandra day o'connor and many others.

disregards for the bishops and so many others across the nation who are committed to the defense of the freedom of religion. and princeton universityreligion and the constitution says this is a microcosm of a much larger issue. take a listen. >> also very american story about liberty vs. government and freedom vs. coercion and sadly, i think georgetown university has taken the side of government in coercion against liberty and freedom. >> now, i want to mention also there were letters from the faculty and some of the students that actually supported the appearance here of kathleen sebelius. and we're told that the secretary will not address any of the controversy but she will speak to the sort of encourage the student as they embark on their various lives and careers. steve and gretchen? >> big day in many ways here in georgetown. thanks, lauren. auto wee begin with new details about the death of mary kennedy. we know her estranged husband robert f. kennedy jr. is the one who called police after a housekeeper found her body in a barn behind her new york home. housekeeper asked robert to stop by after she realized mary was missing.

national prominence. >>> and the pro football team is making a paralyzed player's dream come true. the tampa bay bucaneers signed former rutgers university defensivekle eric la grande. he broke two vertabrae and hurt his spinal cord during a college game two years ago. he is now on schedule to graduate from rutgers, and instead of being able to play pro football, he now want to pursue a career in sports broadcasting. >> good for him! >>> we want to economic in with sal, see what is happening on the road. >> we're going to look at the south bay first, and quickly go through them. we have a look at 237, westbound, stop and go traffic. also stop and go nearby on interstate 880, and 880 has been slow in hayward, union city, also oakland. now it's getting more crowded but not slow at all up to crowded bay bridge toll plaza. highway 4, slow again here in bay point. let's go to steve. >> cloudy to mostly cloudy, drizzle, san francisco weather reported that, also sausalito, and even up to santa rosa. so our weak system on the way. we could see some foggy conditions. it will be here so a cloudy, cool day with light rain and this system will make it. we'll

national employment law project, the leadership conference on civil rights, the american federation of government employees, the asian-american justice senlter, the american association of university women, the naacp legal defense and educational fund. this amendment is just common sense. and i ask all of my colleagues to support this amendment. with these funds, the commission will be able to more effectively fight discriminatory hiring practices. we can and will debate the value of different job creation proposals, but ending discrimination against the unemployed is beyond debate. the unemployed is a status that should not disqualify anyone from a job. i urge my colleagues to support this amendment to provide a needed boost to millions of americans. and i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia rise? mr. wolf: strike the requisite number of words. chairman the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. wolf: i rise in opposition to the amendment. the bill includes $7 million increase for the e.e.o.c. which will allow the agency to make progress in addressing backlog in addressing discrimination complaints. and in the contex