public health service, detailed with the national guard bureau, arlington, va; hector zayas, recoverych and consultant, orlando, fl; dr. bradley karlin, national mental health director for psychotherapy and psychogeriatrics, office of mental health services, department of veterans affairs headquarters, washington, dc. kathryn, more than 2 million troops deployed to afghanistan and iraq. what are some of the behavioral health issues related to the returning vets that are there, the vets that are there, and the returning vets? i think all of us are paying great attention to the behavioral health issues of anyone who has been in combat. and, first of all, when we use the term "behavioral health," we generally are talking about a broad range of mental and emotional and substance abuse disorders and/or problems. we know that anyone who has been in combat will probably suffer from trauma and anyone who has been in a combat situation will have effects of that trauma. so, the first thing we really want to pay attention to is: how have the individuals who have served in combat absorbed that tr

that's still important, in the national guard. i think our younger generation is doing a better job of sharing their stories, but clearly, we have put our directors of psychological health outside of the medical community, because we didn't want or believe that someone would seek assistance from someone who is going to determine whether they were fit for duty. and we wanted to take that component away. otherwise, we'd be forcing them underground, so to speak. and, it's important, and i think because we put our directors of psychological health in places where yellow ribbon, transition assistance, is available, they become part of a larger team in the national guard, to support both our airmen and soldiers. the wonderful thing the department of defense has done, i just want to acknowledge, is develop the battlemind program. and i would encourage individuals to check out this wonderful resource. the battlemind program is accessible through the internet, and it's individuals who served in military, talking about their experiences, ta

the national guard, right now, we have 363 national guard troops on the ground. we have more coming. it is a constant build up of what we do in arizona. we will do so as quickly as we can. something that i think is critical here, because of the drop in activity levels that we have seen, we figure that apprehensive is between 106,100 19,000. over 630,000 for fiscal year 2000, it has dropped dramatically. using those figures in california, right now throughout the state we have apprehended 750,840 cross border e legal aliens coming across. i feel comfortable making the following statement. in california, people are not complaining. we are still driving that number down. what is the proper number? to me it would be zero. as the governor said earlier, that is an impossibility. we are working to make sure that what is crossing is being caught. the border actually begins transit to the border with entry and egress from the border and final destination. i will close this out with the following. the demographics tell another story. 80% of what was being apprehended in ph

national guard was still feeding meals and stuff like that. that's when i learned they said, we just notified your parents, you're dead, you know? i said, i'm not dead, not yet. but one of the national guard, he said look, he said write a short note to your parents. you have to keep it short and everything. i will take it out and mail it. and that's what i did. i wrote my mom. let her know i was still okay. >> years after the riot, having been transferred out of and back into pnm, jimmy kinslow escaped from the newly built level six facility. >> shortly after i arrived, i i was approached through some friends that i had met, would i be interested in escaping with was approached through some friends that i had met, would i be interested in escaping wit was approached through some friends that i had met, would i be interested in escaping with them. so young, facing so much time, never the possibility of getting out, i said, sure. i'm ready. let's go. what can i do to help? >> this is the x-pod. this is where the individual masterminded the whole

about a third of that cofrom our national guard and reserve. many national guard members -- >> the house is not in order. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the gentleman may proceed. mr. barrow: thank you, mr. speaker. while most americans don't know it, many national guard members don't get the same support we give career service members. when many national guards men and women go on the plane to go overseas, their families don't know about the services that are available to them. and when many of those trops get back home they don't have -- troops get back home they don't have the help they need to get back in daily lives. to address this disparity, in 2008 congress established the yellow ribbon reintegration program to provide a support network tailored to meet the needs of national guard and combat veterans. they help families with career counseling, suicide prevention, access to health care, veterans' benefits and education benefits. this final amendment would increase funding by $200 million. the augusta wounded warrior

national guard personnel, army, $646,879,000. national forward personnel air force, $9,435,000. operation and maintenance, operation and maintenance, army. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman rise. >> mr. speaker i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by mr. welch of vermont, line 27 -- page 27, line 58 -- mr. welch: i ask unanimous consent that the amendment be considered as read. the chair: without objection, so ordered. >> i reserve a point of order on the gentleman's amendment. -- amendment. the chair: a spoifered reserved. the gentleman from vermont is recognized for five minutes. mr. pell. swk -- mr. welch: thank you, mr. chairman. one of the questions, central questions congress must address is whether to continue the policy of nation building in afghanistan. as previous speakers have indicated, it's expensive. it's also very questionable as to whether it's anything but a fail wrur. the cornerstone of the nation building program is the commander's emergency response program. that gives the c

our national guard troops serve with honor and bravery at home and abroad. they have earned the respect and admiration of an entire nation with their incredible sacrifices over the last decade. we must not forget that they have also, in addition to our respect and admiration, earned their compensation and their benefits. to take back a veterans' compensation after she or he has fulfilled the requirements is unthinkable, yet that is exactly what is happening around the country in regard to national guard bonuses. let me share with you the story of private first clas class chea wells. this is emblematic of the many stories that they're facing today. and i would like to thank congressman waldon to bringing this to the public's attention and to my attention. i add my voice to his to call for fairness for private first class chelsea wells and for all other members of the national guard. first private class wells is from my home state of oregon where she has served in the oregon national guard for the last three years. in 2007, she enlisted as an intelligence anal

the deployment of the national guard goes back to president clinton, kosovo, iraq, afghanistan. my basic observation to you is i do not think we have ever had a discussion in the nation, and i say that as a former member of the med services committee, who made this complaint over and over again. what is the object of what we're doing with these massive deployments all around the world almost at a moment's notice? as that the role we're going to assume? what are the implications of this? and as we come to grips and have a discussion, we have never had a conversation in a presidential election about it, this deployment by default. employers are saying, and we have to get used to hiring people in the national guard will go ay for 12-18 months at a time? what does that mean? my bottom line observation is should there be a fixed element of that we are not imperial rome, and if we are what does that mean? >> that is a great question, governor. we address it a little in the book. for me, i wrestled with this a lot. i did not think there were any weapons of mass destruction in there. i s

the deployment of the national guard goes back to president clinton, kosovo, iraq, afghanistan. my basic observation to you is i do not think we have ever had a discussion in the nation, and i say that as a former member of the armed services committee, who made this complaint over and over again. what is the object of what we're doing with these massive deployments all around the world almost at a moment's notice? as that the role we're going to assume? what are the implications of this? and as we come to grips and have a discussion, we have never had a conversation in a presidential election about it, this deployment by default. employers are saying, and we have to get used to hiring people in the national guard will go away for 12-18 months at a time? what does that mean? my bottom line observation is should there be a fixed element of that we are not imperial rome, and if we are what does that mean? >> that is a great question, governor. we address it a little in the book. for me, i wrestled with this a lot. i did not think there were any weapons of mass destruction in there.

section 8053, the chief of the national guard bureau may permit the use of equipment of the national guard distance learning project by any person on a space available reimbursable basis. section 8054, the secretary of the air force may have agreements for required heating facility modernization and the kaiser spotter military community and the federal republic of germany. section 8055, none of the funds may be used to procure end items for delivery for military forces for operational training. section 8056, none of the funds may be used to approve or license the sale of the f-22-a advanced tactical fighter to any foreign government. section 8057, the secretary may waive with respect to a foreign country each limitation on the procurement of defense items from foreign sources if the secretary determines that the application would invalidate cooperative programs. section 8058, none of the funds may be used to support any training program involving a unit of the security forces or police of a foreign country. the secretary shall ensure that full consideration is given to all credible in

we have to ensure we have access to the national guard reserve component. and all of this will enable less than to ensure they get the training and equipment necessary to meet the requirements that we are placing on them as we move forward. this is critical to us and our success. i promise you that if confirmed, we will constantly ss, study, work with the national guard bureau lists of the reserve component leaders in order to deal with these issues. >> thank you very much, general. general fraser? in april, the general testified that the civil reserve air fleet is a critical component to rapidly deploy forces on equipment with response times between 2448 hours after the mission is assigned. what are your thoughts in the future of the partnership with the civilian sector? >> thank you, senator, and i agree with the general that the craft as it is called is a significant part of what we have in our capabilities that are available to us. and if confirmed, i will work my hardest to make sure this is liable, and that means reaching out and working with our comm

they are 18-year-old quadruplets and they are enlisting in the army national guard together.st siblings shipping out today, but not before a chicken sendoff party. >> i'm leaving my family. >> i'm sad she is leaving. >> i won't see her for 9 months. >> she'll be gone for 6 months. all of us aren't used to that because we have been together since the beginning. alisyn: jim pollack joins me now. hi, jim. can you hear me? >> yes, i can. alisyn: tell me how your kids told you about their plan to all enlist together. >> erin came home one day and decided she wanted to enlist in the national guard. we were behind her, we spoke with her recruiter. and after we spoke with her about it, the other kids decided to talk with the recruiter as well. alisyn: what did you think when you learned that all four of your kids, these 18-year-old yawd quadruplets were going to make this pact and do it together? >> it was shocking that all four of them decided to do it. we aren't ready for them to leave. it's a tough morning for my wife and i when erin left. but we were all here. her brothers and si

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when i joined the national guard, i never thought i'd be saving lives. it's more than money for college. it's built my character and given me a sense of accomplishment. now i'm on a career path, and i'm the leader of my team. i put on the uniform and i have a whole new outlook on life.

>> are you in a position to get me an answer from the national guard on that point? >> absolutely, senator. >> let me follow up with a couple other questions that you probably can't answer now but along the same lines. whether or not they or you would agree with the premise that a few u are law enforcement personnel are able to receive specialized counter drug training whether it would reduce the effectiveness of the efforts to eradicate the drugs in the country and what shift of priorities would have on training school ank you. could i go on to continue to ask -- well, this would be of all three of you. in our 2010 report, we included a report that the afghan judicial is, quote, not capable of handling the prosecution and incarceration of high-level drug traffickers. this was a similar of other countries including mexico. the caucus report on mexico earlier this year discussed how extra dictions put traffickers behind bars despite concerns of trials and incarceration there. i'll start with mr. nichols. what is the status of the proposed extradition treaty between th

of authority was held at the air field north of kabul on wednesday the 650 members of the iowa national guard were chosen as the first unit to leave afghanistan they left on thursday. the withdrawal was the first step towards ending the u.s.-led war that followed the 2001 terrorist attacks on the united states. the taliban is increasing offensives and the security situation remains volatile. over a few months, the military withdrawal is expected to be small scale . >> welcome back to the weather update. we are keeping an eye on this cluster of clouds here in the pacific. looking very well formed now. this will be the one with us for this whole week on a strengthening track. it is a long and strong typhoon westward at 20 kilometers. it has been keeping the pace. the maximum gusts are reaching 200 kilometers per hour or more. this is a powerful system. forecasts will continue to mostly track for a couple more days and start veering and turning and trends towards japan. things will get stormy here. it's a large tropical storm force wins over a large area. the islands could be feeling the stormy

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>> are you in a position to get me an answer from the national guard on that point? >> absolutely, senator. >> let me follow up with a couple other questions that you probably can't answer now but along the same lines. whether or not they or you would agree with the premise that a few you are law enforcement personnel are able to receive specialized counter drug training whether it would reduce the effectiveness of the efforts to eradicate the drugs in the country and what shift of priorities would have on training schools. thank you. could i go on to continue to ask -- well, this would be of all three of you. in our 2010 report, we included a report that the afghan judicial is, quote, not capable of handling the prosecution and incarceration of high-level drug traffickers. this was a similar of other countries including mexico. the caucus report on mexico earlier this year discussed how extra dictions put traffickers behind bars despite concerns of trials and incarceration there. i'll start with mr. nichols. what is the status of the proposed extradition treaty betw

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