>> the chaplain, national captioning will -- national capital region, and the military district of washington, major general geoffrey buchanan, military district of washington, executive director your army national military cemetery, general martin dempsey, chairman, joint chiefs of staff, the honorable chuck hagel, secretary of defense. ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. the chief" ladies and gentlemen, the chaplain. let us join together in prayer. god, we ask that your presence be upon us this day, a day in which we as a nation come us to honor these men and women who gave all they had for our freedom. lord, never let us forget the sacrifice and their willingness to serve. we know they did not ask to become heroes. they simply asked for kurds to leaveere duty, to never their friends, their brothers we continue too command these brave warriors who died for our country in war. today we recognize that their gift to us is peace and liberty, the kind of liberty that indoors too long struggles, that tries of nation's soul, the kind liberty that is brought from heroes.n and

theutive director of national military cemetery. commanding general of the united states army military oestreich of washington. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, please ,tand for the introduction invocation, and national anthem. , majorand chaplain general jeffrey buchanan, commanding general, united states army. executive director of the army national ella terry cemetery. chairman, joint chiefs of staff. the honorable chuck hagel, secretary of defense. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. ♪ [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, chaplain raynor. let us join together in prayer. god, we ask your presence be upon us this day. a day in which we as a nation come together on this hallowed ground to honor those brave men and women who gave all they had for the service of our nation and our freedom. never let us forget the sacrifice and their willingness to serve. they did not ask to become heroes, they asked for courage to never leave their friends, brothers and sisters, those who stood watch w

of course, arlington national cemetery meets a number of national register criteria. these are threshold criteria and arlington national cemetery is very closely associated with the commemoration of our nations military and the sacrifices made by our military. arlington national cemetery also is the final resting place of people who have made outstanding observations to our countries history -- to our country's history. in regard to the threshold arlington national cemetery reflects the key characteristics of a designed landscape for the millions of people who come there every year , they see these beautiful rolling landscape with a row after row of the grave markers. of landscapeesult design. that is recognized by the national register. host: of course, the president will be there later this morning for the wreathlaying ceremony at the tomb of the unknown soldier. we will have coverage of that on c-span. the arlington cemetery is marking its 150th anniversary. some might be surprised that wasn't on the list before this year. yeah, it took some time, i will say. i thi

or other nations do. second, whether charges like these can truly impact cyber security, particularly when there may be significant challenges to arresting and ultimately trying these individuals in criminal court. third, whether government should, instead, focus on hardening defenses rather than pursuing charges. as to the first question, while some commentators may ask whether this is a new line to draw, in fact, we are aware of no nation in the world that publicly states that theft of information for commercial gain is acceptable. even in this case kali china had not attempted to justify the allegations. instead they deny them, and this has been a consistent response. a little over a year ago the chinese government flatly denied reports that unit 61398 was hacking u.s. companies. a spokesman for china's ministry of national defence said, a chinese military forces have never supported any hacking activities. china also challenged the united states to present hard evidence that could stand up in court th

or other nations do. second, whether charges like these can truly impact cyber security, particularly when there may be significant challenges to arresting and ultimately trying these individuals in criminal courts. third, whether government should instead focus on heartening defenses rather than pursuing charges. as to the first question, while some commentators may ask whether this is a to draw, in fact, we are aware of no nation in the world that that theft ofs information for commercial gain is acceptable. case, china has not attempted to justify the allegation, instead, they deny them. this has been a consistent response. over a year ago, the chinese government flatly denied reports that unit 61398 was hacking u.s. companies. a spokesman for china's ministry of national defense said chinese military forces have never supported any hacking activities. china also challenged the united states to present hard evidence, evidence i could stand up in againstat cyber attacks american targets are connected to

next closest nation in the world. it's not a matter of putting resources. it's a matter of using them the right way. give everybody a health savings account the day they are born, and keep it until the day they die. and you have control over that. you sprain your ankle, you need an extra, go to your s. -- agency. birth control pills? hsa. no hobby lobby issues. very few things are coming out of your catastrophic or breach insurance. the costs of that would plummet. you make it cumulative. in other words, if you don't use it, you don't lose that he keeps a team-leading. if you have a from the time of birth and it's a team-leading each year, the vast majority of people ar aren't using substantl amounts of it well into adulthood, they are acting relating enormous amounts of money. the other kicker is you allow people to shift money within a health savings account within the family. so say the fathers $500 sure, the mother can give $500 out of first, or the sun or the grandmother or anybody in the family. every family bec

the following sense that the nationalist of their nation as a nation among nations, each of which have a stake in the destiny. it was sometimes put in the metaphor of a choir. the course of humanity only works if everybody sings her life. if we don't contribute our part, we can't make the great harmony that is a human harmony. so far from 19 of our nation necessarily against other nations, it is esteemed and special. it may even be from my point of view better. but it is not necessarily opposed to other nations. indeed as i say companies developing nations to make history work. they make the point that this form of nationalism is central. he makes the point in the early 20th century and he is against it. he thinks that this is a problem. he's part of the 20th century form of german nationalism, which is not so keen. the 20th century german and could be any type. you have to understand the philosophical, social contacts is one in which it could be an old. it was the natural way of thinking. but he was combined with a growing sense. i am not defending this view. my view is the understand

>> i think as it is written on its face nationalism is a world of nations. cosmopolitan is a very old tradition and the first person who said he was a citizen of the world was in the 4th century bc. >> the stoics as well. >> it is a very long tradition and has many tendency today. i would say that dominantly it isn't a tradition that takes the metopher of global citizenship and utilize it. it doesn't say we should have a single state because we are singles of the cosmo. if i say it recognizes the value of different ways doing things and you don't need everyone in the one kingdom to live the thought that you all matter fundamentally in the same way because it is consistent with recognizing we matter in the same way but we have the right to live in the ways that matter to us and they are different from each other. sf >> and then the challenge is how do you make the connection we know the rotts? we come from particular families, bodies, colors, culture. and then your routes that you take that are relative to the roots you have. so there has to be some particula

and concerted action at the united nations. we will work over the coming weeks to implement these commitments. including to increase humanitarian assistance and we will work together, we will intensify how closely we work together, given the deepening crisis in syria. because we are all determined to respond to it. so that is what we have been doing this morning. and secretary kerry i know is coming down to speak to you shortly. and there's time for a few questions. >> thank you, foreign secretary. it's pretty grim time in syria as you said. the crisis there is deepening. peace talks haven't worked. president assad has regained territory. he's holding elections. the opposition, different groups are fighting each other. they seem weakened. gone are the days when you can say not just assad, moscow, but he will go. is it time to reassess your strategy based on the likely survival of his regime? and if i might a second question on ukraine. can you be a bit more clear about what it is russia has to do or not do in order to avoid dee

they are the largest of the afghan national security forces. 157,000 members of the afghan national police but also the afghan local police, 30,000. the 20,000 members of the afghan public protection force, 10,000 civil servants. u.n. site security, central prisons director for the nation, and the judicial security units. if you add it all together, it's 230,000 members who fall within that moi infrastructure. it is a resilient, capable, and increasingly credible force. credible with both the coalition operationally and with the people of afghanistan. especially in the wake of the election security. that is a key aspect in ensuring security and credibility of the government of afghanistan and the coalition's efforts in supporting them. they havee time, plenty of challenges. paramountinfluence is throughout the anp and moi. it is seen as one of the most susceptible to political all of then government of afghanistan. high personnel turnover, especially in leadership meanings, turnover not that but rotating in and out of positions but it is a fragmented command and control structure. you hear

does it protect our national security? less so. i don't think anyone can analyze this bill and conclude otherwise that we are less secure if this becomes law because we lose 3-1/2 years of access to data that in many cases qurnl exists. and so i would again urge adoption of my amendment. it is one that i believe is well thought out, careful, not a mandate, protects our national security, our civil liberties. that's in keeping with the theme here even though i seem to be the only one bringing up the national security side of here and my state was not attacked by terrorists i'm thankful for that. i don't want to see that happen again. and i think we have to be considering the national security side of this. there is no downside, it's all upsate and the upside is in national security without diminishing the civil liberties protection. so with that i yield back. >> the chair thanks the gentleman. >> to strike the last word. >> the gentleman is recognized. >> i i disagree with the gentleman from iowa. there is no upside to this amendmen

director, arlington national cemetery. and major general jeffrey buchanan, commanding general of the united states army military district of washington. [background noises] jon: again you see the size of the crowd that is assembled and yet despite that nobody says a word at this hallowed ground, arlington national cemetery. formerly the estate of general robert e. lee after the civil war, the union army essentially grabbed his estate to bury the union war dead. it was at the time considered a slap, if you would at general lee and the confederates. it is now a place of, just incredible beauty and solemn purpose. again, a place that i think all americans should visit. president obama is there as we heard over the loud speaker. he has arrived. he will be walking to that wreath momentarily. to lay the wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier and then he will make some remarks. here comes the presidential party. [background noises] jon: on the left of your screen, you see the first lady, michelle obama, vice president biden, d

nations among each other. it is still to some extent on to the straw speaking among each others best why. get the information has not been transparent these now you know in the shade of information is not that perfect not as good as expected though we need to take the first radio program today will be right back i knew. i am the site. they got it is. oh she is. many. as you sow. the sun. the sun this site. the sun. do you do the stoush. welcome back to the second segment of today's program beyond the town while that on the host recall what we'll continue our conversation with mr due to the corkscrew actu executive deputy executive director of peace center for security studies at the used it to our international relations at the national tinted university. i was ceo title just one more time. a lot but it does go he kept it low key al qaeda teal. we talk a little bit in the early assessment about the possible territorial disputes between the os him the shoes in china especially over it he yelled the sovereignty

other nations are jockeying for position in global affairs. many of them as we have discussed here, are making their own aggressive moves to build their own science and technology capables, and then, of course, meanwhile here at home, we are dealing with constrained resources, dealings with the effect of sequestration jessica, -- sequestration but when i step back and look at what we have done over many decades in the country i would observe we have had a long and very successful commitment to investing investing in r & d as nation and when we make that investment, we are investing in two things that are deeply american. one is the kind of creativity that is sparked by the open society that is a hallmark of this country, and in this case, it's the creativity of our scientists and engineers that we're investing in. the second is this drive to create a better future, and in many ways, in a sense this is the most product kind of restlessness you can imagine. two very american things. so, i'll just say along with my colleagues i very much apprecia

a nation. we should continue this important research effort and use the knowledge gained from it to inform and implement an adaptive strategy. with that, i urge support of this amendment and yield back. hypothe gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman -- the chair: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman rise? >> i move to strike the last word. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. >> i also rise in support of the amendment and i echo representative farr in sing that it's been an honor and privilege to serve in his company in the united states house of representatives. mr. cartwright: madam speaker, average temperatures have risen across the contiguous 48 states since 1901. with an increased rate of warming over the past 30 years. seven of the top 10 warmest years on record have occurred since just 1998. tropical storm activity in the atlantic ocean, the caribbean and the gulf of mexico has increased during the past 20 years. in the pa

, please stand for the introduction of the president, honors, and national anthem. >> national cap littlet and united states army district of washington. s.or general jeffrey buchanan. commanding general united states army, district of washington. her army national military cemeteries. . dempsey, joint chiefs of staff. the honorable chuck hagel, secretary of defense. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, chaplin brainerd. >> let judge doing together in prayer. join together in prayer. almighty god, we ask that your prayers and it's -- that your presence be upon us this day on which we come together. it is here on this hollowed ground to honor those brave men and women who gave all they had with the service of our nation and for our freedom. never let us forget the sacrifice and their willingness to serve. we know they did not ask to become heroes. they simply asks for current age to do their duty, to never leave their friends, their brothers and sisters, those who stood watch with them. we continue to command your holy spirit, these brave

academy of science national research council. this new report was funded by the national institute of justice as well as by the mcarthur foundation. its findings were based upon a comprehensive, nonpartisan and independence examination of incarceration rates in the united states over the past four decades. as this study makes clear, the rise in incarceration that we witnessed over that period was, historically unprecedented. these conditions have been shown to contribute to family instabilities, to high unemployment as well as to low wage. they often corollate with high rate of profit and serious public health concerns. they not only feed, they exacerbate, the poverty of criminality of incarceration that traps too many individuals and devastates the entire community. the n.a.s. principle conclusion, u.s. policy makers must take steps by making targeted reforms to criminal justice policies. in addition to broader social policy changes. these recommendations are entirely consistent with the work that's under way through the justice

the impact on our national security writ large must be considered. i urge you to pursue some kind of a modification of this budget, which is being used. if we can get back to full order so that we can have a dialogue like we are having here today, decisions can be made -- appropriate decisions can be made based on the needs of our nation for our security and our national defense. >> thank you very much for your patience. essential we at ausa appreciate anything you can do to get rid of the burdensome sequestration. there has to be a better way. >> thank you so much, chairman sullivan. admiral. >> we're going to have to leave here until about 15 minutes to go to -- what time is it now? about -- >> it's 25 minutes -- >> well, we all have to leave a few minutes before 1:00, so we want to leave some time for questions, so if you can adjust accordingly, that would be great. we don't want to cut you short. >> i'll endeavor to do that. thank you very much. ranking member inhoff, members of the committee, it's always a pleasure to be with you, and thank you

the national climate assessment digs deeper than global and national averages to reveal specific regional impacts that matter to people every day. this report is about what is happening to people in this country. with five more years of observed data since the last assessment, and, by the way, a few of us, tom and others and i have been with this assessment process since the beginning, and we have tracked its progress. this new report reveals specific climate-related changes and cumulative impacts already occurring in every region and in economics that are such as health, agriculture, energy, water, and transportation. the report also reveals linkages among the impacts in cross sectors, and this is something new in this report. for example, reduced water availability in already arid regions can increase competition for water resources among uses such as your addition, electricity production, and the needs of the ecosystem to sustain us, and this effort of beginning to think about connections across sectors is something that we hope will continue, because it is absolutely a critical area f

it protects our nation while protecting the nation's privacy and civil liberties. mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to submit a longer statement for the record. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: so ordered. the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from michigan is recognized. mr. rogers: thank you, mr. speaker. i'd like to yield three minutes to the gentleman from new jersey, who has been incredibly important, not only on forming this piece of legislation to find the right balance but his work across northern africa on boko haram before it was even popular and bringing attention and resources to important intelligence problems around the world in difficult places, a good friend and a great member and a great patriot, mr. lobiondo from new jersey. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey is recognized for three minutes. . mr. lobiondo: thank you, mr. speaker. let me start out by thanking my colleagues for bringing together an incredibly complicated and difficult issue that probably as recently as a couple months ago no one thought

help our nation prosper. within the national science foundation and the department of commerce, the bill invests in programs that foster innovation and boost our economic competitiveness. this includes funding for programs that conduct research on manufacturing, cybersecurity, neuroscience, and stem education , as well as $5 million in grant funding to encourage the repatriation of overseas jobs. but, as my committee will do with erbil we bring to the floor this year, we have ensured that this funding is responsible, is reasonable, and will make the most of every single tax dollar spent. by scout ought waste and trimming unnecessary spending we produced a bill that comes in nearly $400 million below the current year. i'd like to note that the committee did this in spite of the president's request, which had $800 million in false savings and offsets and underfunded a variety of critical programs. this bill rejects those gimmicks and makes sure that these programs have received funding levels that allow them to

our nation. mr. smith: may is also national military appreciation month. we appreciate their service and strive to make sure they receive the benefits they were promised and have earned. urn fortunately, the quality of service for veterans doesn't always match our gratitude. they often fate long wait times and a record backlog of cases continues to go unaddressed. serious questions of mismanagement are raise manage questions. this is why i'm a co-sponsor of h.r. 4031, the veterans afairs management act, which will be considered tomorrow. it will allow the secretary of personnel re flexibility. it is an honor to serve men and women in uniform who have given us so much. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> mr. speaker, after a lot of hard work and -- ms. hahn: mr. speaker, after a lot of ha

[applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by nationalaptioning institute] on this memorial day, c-span is visiting a memorial around the national mall in washington d c. i world war ii memorial. thatmemorial has 56 it is set herea between the lincoln memorial and the washington monument. earlier this memorial day we were at the national commentary on where president obama took ceremony of two of the unknowns. he delivered the annual memorial day address. watch the entire ceremony i here on these than area just before today's ceremony, c-span's coverage and in use with remarks by the supreme court justice scalia and scott walker starting at 2, 45 -- 2:45 eastern. return to women and the with anties they face admiral who spoke earlier this year at a business college in rockville, said -- rock hill, south carolina. speaker is the superintendent of the united eight coast guard academy and is the first female leader of any of our nation's five academies. --iral sandra stosz search-and-rescue, domestic icebreaking, and law enforcement. she pre

from the national weather service helping to shape a weather-ready nation, to the national ocean service, providing coastal intelligence service, sea level rise tools, real-time tide and current information to navigators, we work every day to take science off the pages of our journals, off the pages of this assessment and connect it directly to people's lives, providing, as suey mozer said, the foresight they so urgently seek. let me come back to the question that closed the last panel. and i, too will say what gives me hope about the path forward is two things. it's the caliber of the comprehensiveness, the transparency, the thoroughness of this assessment. what i see as a success in abridging language and into real-world terms, that's number one. and number two, as many of our first panel said, the people in this room, the attention and tenor of the conversation that's started here this morning with the release of this report and that is feeding into the emerging shift and how our population looks at the changing trends they're seeing around them. that's an alignment that gives me hope

the impact on our national security writ large must be considered. i urge you to pursue some kind of a modification of this budget, which is being used. if we can get back to full order so that we can have a dialogue like we are having here today, decisions can be made -- appropriate decisions can be made based on the needs of our nation for our security and our national defense. >> thank you very much for your patience. essential we at ausa appreciate anything you can do to get rid of the burdensome sequestration. there has to be a better way. >> thank you so much, chairman sullivan. admiral. >> we're going to have to leave here until about 15 minutes to go to -- what time is it now? about -- >> it's 25 minutes -- >> well, we all have to leave a few minutes before 1:00, so we want to leave some time for questions, so if you can adjust accordingly, that would be great. we don't want to cut you short. >> i'll endeavor to do that. thank you very much. ranking member inhoff, members of the committee, it's always a pleasure to be with you, and thank you

we talk so much about how we work with other nations, and especially some of these nations that have struggled in eastern europe, in the middle east, and with he show what freedom can do for hope and opportunity for women and children. wouldn't it be great if we had a museum that told that story? like the story of the suffrages . seneca falls, that convention which by the way it was republican and conservative women and the quakers who called together the seneca falls convention to start looking at the issue of suffrage. you probably are also interested to know frederick douglass was the one gentleman invited to speak at that convention on suffrage. and then of course the suffragists who led the fight. usan b. anthony, elizabeth statan, anne dallas dudley, strong republican women. it is time for that story to be told. the ratification of the 19th amendment with women receiving the right to vote took place in nashville, tennessee, my state at our state capital where i had the opportunity and the speaker has also had the opportunity to serve. we know that it is important to tell that s

or other nations do. second, whether charges like these can truly impact cyber security, particularly when there may be significant challenges to arresting and ultimately trying these individuals in criminal court. third, whether government should focus on hardening defenses rather than pursuing charges. as to the first question, while some commentators may ask whether this is a new line to draw, in fact, we are aware of no nation in the world that publically states that theft of information for commercial gain is acceptable. even in this case, china has not attempted to justify the allegations. instead, it denied them. this has been a consistent response. a little over a year ago, the chinese government flatly denied reports that unit 61398 was hacking u.s. companies. a spokesman for china's ministry of national defense said chinese military forces have never supported any hacking activities. china also challenged the united states to present hard evidence that could stand up in court that cyber attacks

don't burn this great nation to the ground. thomas jefferson noted there is nothing that gives one man such advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under every circumstance. my challenge to each of you, specific to this race and to every race, my challenge to you is to remain cool. to remain unruffled. we know when we will not forget that we have been lied about. we have been boxed out. we know we have been ridiculed. often by people who have never even met us. by us i mean every one of us in this room. and yet we have held up our heads high through this process. you could feel good about that. you have held your head high. we have fought on. we fought on because we are fighting for a higher purpose than ourselves. we fought on because this is bigger than one race. this is bigger than one senate seat. this is bigger than just another political contest. this is bigger than anything we have been involved in perhaps for many of us on a number of fronts. this is about the future of the united states of america

[applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [applause] [applause] >> to mark memorial today, president obama was at arlington national cemetery. that is next on c-span. then antiwar activists talk about the impact of war on civilians. antonin scalia spoke at william and mary law school, followed by terry mcauliffe at virginia tech, and later wisconsin governor scott walker. the second amendment is the most misunderstood part of the bill of rights.

the world economic forum says our nation and our nation's economy is driven by innovation. the last thing that we should be doing on the floor of this house is equivocating or compromising or making it more challenging for those who are engaged in the innovation ecosystem to do their work. so even though i compliment the gentleman, mr. smith, and the majority leader, mr. cantor, for other efforts, i can't imagine for the life of me why we would be on this floor tonight debating a retreat on behavioral science, on economic science. it makes no sense, and i would hope that the house, notwithstanding the fact that there's a majority that is held by the other team, i hope in this instance, as the chairman said, we would realize this is not a competition between democrats and republicans. we are competing against countries that have a big population like china and india. they want to eat our lunch economically. and what we want to do is stop the bickering back and forth and figure out what's best for our country. so the chairman and i voted for simpson-bowles. we were one of jus

a mockery of the united nations and the nations who voted for it. i think there is very strong argument now for each of the permanent embers of the security council who have already put their name to the un's resolution to appoint a permanent humanitarian envoys who would be the job to make sure that that resolution was properly instrumented. they need help from the supporting space different sites in the conflict, from the iranian side, or the saudi side. they will be able to draw attention to the abuse of international law that is going on. her credit, very be having five different coordinators. >> we have a united nations coordinator. we need an voice that are willing to put the muzzle and the muscle of their countries behind the effort. united nations is working hard after, butte the aid there needs to be much stronger pressure on the assad regime but also on the rebel groups to make sure that they abide by the norms and laws of international humanitarian help to make sure that civilians are able to get the basic food, medicine that they need be

all of the work of the national science foundation. three the field of energy for sure but even in computer science in so many different areas. how complementary this all this and it just troubles me. let me just ask, you talk about losing the last 12 years or 20% of your spending tap -- power to award grants for research for biomedical research. what does next year look like? is it true that the amount that you were going to be allocating in the president's budget is 8.7% increase over the current budget? >> that's correct. >> and the anticipated inflation for next year's 1.7% so we will fall behind another year. make it 21, 22 years falling behind. i don't know if the same is true for other agencies represented here but i would like your comments on the talent pool question on the h-1b visas on those coming to this country to study and how we can do our best to have the men and women we need in each of the departments. >> that's a great question and when you look at america's success story is remarkable how it has been benefited by h

but it is shocking to me how i've lived in both nations. i now live in south carolina and we have two different cultures and it's getting harder and harder to bridge that and i don't know how we do it but i will throw one other thing. i think it's so important for us to look at today and he talks about the four cities that are absolutely important to the western civilization. he talks about jerusalem and athens, the idea of the separation of powers, london the university out of the of the law and he then talks about it, knitting in philadelphia which i think it has for the american experiment and i think we are losing those for key western principles. i think that this administration is helping them lose faster, but i worry about that. by the way the first chapter he talks about that at great length and it's really pretty interesting to read about that in the first chapter. >> maybe we can focus on attacking the infidels do you have any thoughts on how we can do that? the >> tough, not really. i think it's a matter of continuing to talk abo

our nation, people and the lives of officers who are being assassinated. this is not a coup against a state. we are not seeking power or authority or hindering the course of democracy. the blood of libyans is safety. terrorists wanted there to be a battle. there it be honourable. >>> the central government accused khalifa haftar of staging a coup. >> translation: the acts carried out by army officers constitute violation of army officers. it represents a coup, an arrest warrant issued by the military prosecutor. an order has been handed down stand up to attempts by the subverse if forces. >> reporter: the caretaker government is week, struggling to rein in powerful militias. armed forcers are unable to compose law and orders. militias act with impunity. hours after the attack on the national congress, the sound of fighting - explosions could be heard in tripoli. it could indicate that libya is heading to chaos, violence and infighting. >>> omar joins us live on the line from tripoli now. what is the latest on the ground there? >> well, this morning it is s

responsible nations do conduct intelligence activities and nations openly acknowledge that they have intelligence services. like others, our intelligence activities are focused on national security needs of our country. that's why the president this year reaffirmed in a presidential directive that , quote, it is not an authorized foreign intelligence purpose to collect such information to afford a competitive advantage to u.s. companies and u.s. business sectors commercially. u.s. foreign intelligence collection occurs under the framework of the rule of law involving oversight by all three branches of government. as the church committee recognized in 1976 the constitution provides for a system of checks and balances and interdependent power as between the congress and the executive branch with respect to foreign intelligence activity. the very protections that are built into that legal framework, subject that information to rigorous oversight and prevent sharing with private companies for their private gain. let's be clear. those protections do not exist in other countries targeting

the western nations don't accept it. they are occupying crimea now and that is part of the bigger dynamic here of how this gets resolved in the future. >> you also see some of the best intelligence in the world. what do you think is in putin's mind? what is the calculus he is operating under? >> he has made no secret and has said it publicly over the years that the demise of the soviet union was a terrific mistake. it should not have happened. it was bad for the russian people. i think that is a premise that he truly believes and that is where he starts. >> is he prepared act on it to regain -- >> when you look at his actions in 2008 in georgia, the actions he's taken specifically, as you know, in crimea. he has not crossed the eastern ukrainian border, but nonetheless, he is in crimea. you do have to reflect on that reality and we have to be very clear eyed about your question. what is the endgame? where is he going with this? he has made all of those former soviet republic -stan's nervous. moldova, some of the nations

as the constituency of marie le pen, 33% voted for the national front. there's no eu flag but re-french ones. >> the eu has france in a headlock. it has lost its radiance and has nothing to say. we want to restore france to its former glory. >> the national front mayor took up office in march and locals are mystified at europe's apprise over the french vote. >> more and more people are on welfare. they don't have jobs and they don't have money. who should i vote for, the left or the right? i don't trust any of them anymore. >> even if the national front is far right, it's not like he used to be. >> but what is behind the party that has captured the imagination of the french people with such arguments? and now, he travels through france warning people away from the national front all stop >> i thought we could serve as a genuine counterweight to the e you. the national front is the only party that can affect change in france and which doesn't belong to the old, established click. a party with good chances and speaks the language of the people. >> his hope

why is the french national anthem at the heart of the scandal in france?he far right, the national front party, has called on the justice minister to step down. why? during an official ceremony over the weekend, she refused to sing -- well, she didn't refused to sing, she just didn't sing it. she defended her decision by saying that it was a moment of reflection for her, and she didn't want to participate in "karaoke in a public platform." now, this sparked renewed outrage in the national front party, saying that this was proof of her contempt for france. this points out that attacking her for the fact that she did llaise" isla marsei pretty low-level politics. the article points out that it is ethically normal and even protocol sometimes for ministers not to sing the national anthem, especially if it is being performed by a military band. we have seen footage of other high profile politicians, including franÇois along, nicolas sarkozy, not singing. on that saturday when she was attacked, she was standing asked to the education minister, who wasn't singing

to the nation. i thank him for accepting his responsibility for these problems we've seen throughout the v.a. that the inspector general has confirmed extend throughout the entire system of veterans being forced to wait for health care. it's an absolutely unacceptable situation and general shinseki has done the right thing by accepting responsibility as the man in charge. i urge him and these midlevel and upper level leadership at the v.a. to do the right thing as well and accept responsibility. mr. culberson: we need to see these veterans given access to health care immediately. every one of them that's on a waiting list that has been kept from access to doctors need to be immediately put into a private hospital. the v.a. system -- hospital as quickly as humanly possible. the congress has given the v.a. all the money and authority they need to do our job and make sure our people get access to the best medical care in the world. i want the v.a. to understand that congress is going to continue to do

that could include a ban on travel between the two nations. and on charter flights from north korea to japan. hiroki yajima, nhk world. >>> relatives of the abductees have been yearning for years to see their loved ones. they've watched negotiations on this issue plod along, but this new round of talks has given them hope. nhk world's norika okata reports. >> reporter: leaders in japan say north korean asians abducted 17 japanese citizens in the 1970s and '80s. authorities in pyongyang denied the accusation again and again. but in 2002, late leader kim jong-il told a different story to then prime minister koizin. kim admitted for the first time the abductions had happened, and he gave an apology. kim allowed five abductees to return to japan. and he called for the resumption of talks to normalize relations. members of his regime later announced they've investigated the abductions issue and they cleared it revolved. but japanese officials still have many questions. they demanded a new inquiry to shed light on what happened to all of the abducte

it protects our nation while protecting the nation's privacy and civil liberties. mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to submit a longer statement for the record. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: so ordered. the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from michigan is recognized. mr. rogers: thank you, mr. speaker. i'd like to yield three minutes to the gentleman from new jersey, who has been incredibly important, not only on forming this piece of legislation to find the right balance but his work across northern africa on boko haram before it was even popular and bringing attention and resources to important intelligence problems around the world in difficult places, a good friend and a great member and a great patriot, mr. lobiondo from new jersey. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey is recognized for three minutes. . mr. lobiondo: thank you, mr. speaker. let me start out by thanking my colleagues for bringing together an incredibly complicated and difficult issue that probably as recently as a couple months ago no one thought

every year this ceremony marks another page in the life of our nation.anniversary of this holy space, arlington national cemetery. 150 years ago war raged on hillsides and farmlands not far from where we gather today. a nation ill prepared for war found itself overwhelmed for the task of burying so many of its sons. so we declared upon this hill a final resting place for those willing to lay down their lives for the country that we love. on a spring day in 1864, a private from pennsylvania was the first american to find eternal rest on these grounds. over that century and a half, in times of war, in times of peace, americans have come here to pay tribute not only to the loved ones who meant the world to them but to all our heroes known and unknown. here in perfect military order why patriots who won our freedom and saved the union. here side by side lie the privates and the generals who defeated fascism and laid the foundation for an american century. here lie the americans who fought through vietnam and those who won a struggle against communism and her

all those nations are sovereign nations. we can't just parachute in -- well, i suppose we could -- >> charlie: we have the ability but not -- >> i'm not sure we would want to. >> charlie: an invasion of sovereignty is not something we want to do. >> that's right. you have to work with the governments. you have to be invited in to help them. we are working closely with the nigerians and the things we're doing. we sent ten days ago a team of 18 military people to nigeria to work with the government, with their military, with their law enforcement to advise them, assess what's going on, assess where we can immediately help them. since that time, we are flying manned and unmanned intelligence surveillance reconnaissance, drones -- unarmed drones. we're now sharing intelligence with the nigerians. you know that we just recently a day or two ago announced we're putting 80 yo 80 support people, drones, aircraft, to assist the nigerians in finding the girls. now, our aiding troops are armed because for their own self-defense and def

and he certainly understands that a strong national defense, a strong national security system, and a strong commitment to our international obligations is what this country's responsibility is all about. and i think he also understands, as he watches what is happening in washington, that we are not getting any of that right now. marco rubio and kelly were both elected in 2010. they both have young children. they both are committed to their family structure and recognize that that family structure is the heart and soul of what makes this country strong. marco has been the point man in many of the battles against obamacare. he understands that this overreach by government not only is bad for now, but sets a horrible precedent for the future, is eating away our resources, and creating complications of growth of government that are disastrous for all of us. he voted against the debt ceiling increase. he voted against internet taxes. marco rubio is one of those young senators making a huge difference, and the only thing negative i can say about him is that it really ticks me off to be int

national security.id the justice department plans to bring these charges forward and believe they have enough evidence for conviction. he warned that to not bring charges is to say that this is not criminal activity. national security division was created in the after nine -- after that of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. [indiscernible] [no mic] >> there's nothing going on in the area of cyber espionage or emerging national security threats these days. it'll be a short and relatively uninteresting session. i'm joking. it is an amazing time to have him here. know, it gives up them living in a cave for the last 48-72 hours, this is a big week in this area. it has involve some very significant and unprecedented actions by the federal government. specifically in the bringing of indictments against foreign military officials for cyber attacks on u.s. companies and espionage against american business interests. separately, the house just passed the usa freedom act. nsaificantly amending surveillance authority. th

because as we said national creates national telecomgrowth and development.national rotesdz and rail companies have had a more national dimension and the interconnections are in many cases missing. and it is more difficult to find the right -- to put together contracts or authorities from two countries. this is where the e.u. has an advantage and has a role that it wants to play. and this is also important we are told because to have this vision, to have these strategic plans and to have this certainty of where we are going and what the priorities are said, then it is much easier to bring private companies to make the investment. and it is much more easier to persuade taxpayers to put their money into those infrastructures that are more relevant. so to have this pan european plan is important for -- to help investment. you saw very quickly in the video the map with the -- with nine transeuropean corridors in different colors. so these are sometimes east-west or north-south corridors that enable as i said to benefit from the various modes of transport and to b

moving onto the black nationalism, there are several variants of the black nationalism today including groups like the nation of islam, and the new black panther party. at times the nationalist movement has been repressed as witnessed by the fbi operations back in the 1960s and early 70s. it was an illegal and secret fbi program that sought to disrupt and neutralize various dissident groups in america. but it's mentioning that on occasion, the representatives of the black nationalist movement have garnered grass-roots support in washington, d.c. back to 1995. bearing malloy had one of the -- the black panther party for self-defense. this group was founded in 1990 and malik is the leader of the group. the black panther party holds the racist, conspiratorial anti-semitic. on occasion the members of the groups have supported the islamic causes as well as members of the group protested as the danish embassy back in 2006 during the controversy surrounding the khartoum of the prophet mohammed that appears in the danish newspaper around that time. the group also offered support to the alleged

in fact protect the national security that exists today.i would submit to this committee that if this amendment goes on and becomes part of law we are not as safe as we would be otherwise and with my amendment we are much safer than we would be otherwise but neither are we sacrificing any of the civil liberties protections that are part of this underlying bill and the purpose of the intent of coming before this committee. .. >> the notion in that private companies should retain records for a longer period of time than they do normally for their current course of business was specifically not contemplated by obama when he announced in january his desire. president obama is specifically said bulk records should stay in the hands of some companies that would not be required to retain the data for any longer than they normally would. of numbers and fault have considered and rejected such a concept. record retention by the communications company does not necessarily to swaged civil liberty and privacy concerns with the danger preach by several f