both the navy and marine corps with

. >> how long could the ship run if the navy needed it to run longer?that's really a function of nuclear fuel management, but from the haul and material aspects of the ship, i've seen much newer ships that don't have as much run time left so years >> this ship has been very, very special to you. why has it been so special to you? >> well, a couple of reasons one of which is she is a demanding ship. she takes a lot out of you. i've served here three times. i had one of -- i had one of my decision officers toured here in the plant. i was the major propulsion assistant here and now back as the chief engineer. so from a navy job perspective, she's been challenging and fun to work with many times. from a personal perspective, i had a chance for the enterprise working her primary mission which is on the strike operations, intervened with me. i was the reconstruction team in afghanistan and i had a team of folks up on the side of a mountain and we had had -- we just passed over an ied attack. we had been in contact all day, so heavy combat, and we just had a s

i don't believe it's a job of the united states navy to do that. i believe it's the energy department who should be doing that and obviously i will seek to act on amendments on the floor to try to prevent this kind of waste of the taxpayers' dollars where they paid for algae fuels. i don't think we can afford it. >> i think we should -- you want to take a moment to -- >> if i could. >> if you wish. >> yes. the place that -- the authority that's being used here is a defense production act which has been in place since the early 1950s which says that if there is an industry that defense needs, but does not exist in the united states, a defense not only can but should invest in that industry, energy is specifically mentioned in the defense production act as something that defense should look at. and in terms of moving toward biofuels, the numbers that we bought small test amounts was high. it's come down dramatically since then, even with the small test amounts we have been buying. and i think that we cannot afford not to do this. we can't afford to b

but the navy isn't getting any larger either. in fact, it's considering dropping lower intensity missions like mairmt security that overlap with the coast guards to focus on high-end war fighting. clearly these are tough times and the administration deserves credit for making hard but measured choices. on this score, it's made a mistake. america's maritime nation and the coast guard is critical to protecting its interests in the atlantic, pacific, arctic and elsewhere and must be properly resourced. thanks for joining us for "this week in defense news." i'm vago muradian. you can watch this program online at defensenewstv.com or you can e-mail me at vago@defensenewstv.com. i'll be back next week at the same time. until then, have a great week.

i have to give the navy credit for that. with regard to the literal combat ship, i'm concerned about the overall reductions in that budget in the future years of the defense plan. i understand it still remains a top navy priority to have 55 ships produced through that program. where are we in terms of cost and schedule for the lcs, mr. secretary or admiral? how does the current contract, the excuse of the program compare with the initial purchase of the first ship in that program? and how do you see that program developing? >> senator, i'm very proud of ships of both variance came in as lead ships do very expensive. very high priced. >> first in class is always more expensive no matter how you build it. >> it is. >> what does it look like now? >> the price has come down from the bids on the -- on ships 5, 6 and 7. the bids, the initial bids have come down from that by 40% and the price is coming down for every ship in this contract. we have a block buy of ten ships from each vendor. so a total of 20 ships. the tenth ship of

remains a top navy priority to have 55 ships produced through that program. where are we in terms of cost and schedule for the lcs, mr. secretary, or admiral, how does the current contract, the execution of the program compare with the initial purchase of the first ship you see that program developing? >> senator, i'm very proud of the combat ship program. the first ships of bonts came in as lead ships through very expensive, very high priced. >> first in class is always more expensive. >> it is. >> what does it look like now? >> the price has come down from the bids on the -- on ships five, six and seven. the bids -- the initial bids, the price has come down from that by about 40%. and the price is coming down for every ship in this contract. we have a block buy of ten ships from each vendor, so a total of 20 ships. the tenth ship of each one will be significantly less expensive than the first ship. these are all fixed-price contracts, so we're certain that we will -- we will reap these savings. we were able to get 20 ships instead of 19 as originally planne

offices of the navy and marine corps? >> thank you, senator, and i will return the good wishes and very good to see you. the naval academy has had an t outreach program going now for several years to make sure we get as diverse an applicant pool as is possible. we shouldn't allow -- everybody should be afforded the honor of defending this country through military service. as you pointed out, the number of minorities not only affluent has gone up dramatically. we have, outside the academy, taken action to make sure for both the navy and marine corps that we are gathering in highly qualified, diverse background americans, not just diversity and ethnicity or national origin but also in terms of geography, in terms of backgrounds, in terms of educational experience, because we believe we will be a better fighting force having that diversity of points of view that we bring to bear on any issue. the final thing -- well, next to final thing that i would note is that we have also expanded naval rotc, returning it to some school s

in 1970s he was in the navy, navy officer and first ensign ever to lecture at the naval war college in new port, rhode island. after his naval service he remained at the war college as a civilian professor of strategy from '74 to '75. an award winning author of 12 books, maybe by more, by now, but who is counting right. editor of several others. and has written over 100 articles in professional journals and popular magazines. from 2005 to 2007, he lived here too. he was the chief historian for the u.s.s. monitor center here at mariners museum and helped us get everything right. so if something you see is right out there and you love it. thank craig for it. he helped us out with that a lot. and he helped oversee the promotion of it as well. traveling around the country. telling the story of the u.s.s. monitor to all who would listen. as i said, even though he thought he retired. you can't keep him still. he returned to the u.s. naval academy for this academic year, class of 1957, distinguished professor of american native heritage. he also is still much in demand everywhere around the c

of course, at that time we had 465 ships in the navy. but also, admiral, i think your comment about learning how to operate in the persian gulf, that really brought back a strong memory to me from when i was secretary of the navy and we had just started, actually, operating full-time in there, and i remember visiting the u.s.s. stanley in the persian gulf like in 1987. the first thing i would do when i would go aboard ship, it came from my youngster crews at the naval academy when i worked with engineering spaces with the s p snipes was always to go down into the engineering spaces and to ask them the last time their commanding officer had visited the engineering spaces. the railings on the ladder going down into the engineering spaces were so hot, you couldn't hold onto them. we've come a long way since then. i remain at the end of this hearing, almost at the end of this hearing, because i was quite surprised, secretary mavis, to hear the response with respect to the questions from chairman 11 and senator mccain regarding this independe

today, our navy is the force. our global fleet operates from u.s. basis and places around the world to deter aggression and respond to crises and when needed and called upon, to win our nation's wars. if you refer to a chart that i provided in front of you, you can see that on any given day, we have about 50,000 sailors and 145 ships under way with about 100 of the ships deployed overseas. these ships and sailors allow us to influence events abroad because they ensure access to what i refer to the maritime crossroads. these are areas where shipping lanes and our security interests intersect. they indicated on the chart. we can remain forward in the areas because of the facilities and support from nearby allies and partners. they are combating piracy and supporting afghanistan operations and maintaining a presence. these forces rely on facilities in bahrain. we have facilities or places in singapore, the republican of korea and japan. they will be joined next spring by the first combat ship "the freedom," which will deploy to operate with the forward

the navy links back in after losing for vessels to confederate artillery. and the water is so low that it's just barely puddles. porter reports there's a stretch of water in them that is 25 feet wide and one foot deep. you can't get warships out. the navy will be saved by a wisconsin girl, joseph bailey. who knows how to do logging. he builds dams. raises the level of water and the navy boats will shoot out. banks is responded. -- despond it. he also finds out he has been fired. he will be a pencil pusher for the rest of the were. as the navy is able to leave alexandria through a torrent of water, porter gets out and just will not come he's so happy to get out he can't see straight. alexandria was burned to the ground and had to be rebuilt. when banks' man's leave, it is burned to the graphic the only major city in louisiana that gets the same kind of destruction that georgia gets. shreveport, second largest city in louisiana, will be a banking center, a trading center, an agricultural center. it will get that position and hold it until 1970. it will call i

strategic dispersal concept, he was pushing hard for navy ships in alaska. but your comment about learning how to operate in the persian gulf, that brought back a strong memory to me about when we were secretary of the navy and we just started operating in there full time. and i remember visiting the uss stanley in the persian gulf. first thing that i did when i came to a ship, was always to go down to engineering spaces and ask them the last time the commanding officer visited the engineering spaces. the railings were so hot that you could not hold on to them. so we have come a long way since then. i remained at the end of this hearing because i was quite surprised, to hear the response with respect to the questions from chairman levin and senator mccain regarding the independent study for the layout from okinawa and guam that we had mandated, and perhaps this is just a miscoordination, because it's not under the jurisdiction of the department of the navy, but i hope what you said is not right. we have mandated by law that there be an independent study and

between 1998 and 2002, the navy working with noaa and of course the navy was the workhorse in this effort bringing their professionalism and expertise and technical abilities began to recover those pieces of the wreck. and as noaa worked with the military, we acknowledged from the beginning that there was the likelihood that human remains would be found. and lo and behold, in july of 2002, while the navy was removing overburden -- if you know the story, "the monitor" sank upside down with the turret upside down. filled with coal and material and artifacts. but the roof of the turret, you have to understand how it was constructed, was just railroad rails. so it was known from the beginning that if an attempt was made to lift that with all that material in there there was a high likelihood that the roof would give way, spilling the contents of the turret, which is something nobody wanted to have happen. so navy divers working 24 hours a day began removing all that coal and sediment, which is tougher than you think. because it was not soft silts. this material was the equivalent of concrete.

for my department, the department of the navy, this new strategy requires a navy and marine corps team that is built and ready for any eventuality, in land, under the air, on the world's ocean or in the vast cyber seas. we see our maritime team playing a role in the growing demand, things like deterring and defeating aggression from state and nonstate actors. conventional or irregular threats. projecting power, maintaining presence to assure open sea lanes and providing disaster relief and humanitarian assistance whenever and wherever they are needed. my favorite navy recruiting poster says sometimes we follow the storm to the shore. sometimes we are the storm. we do it with the same people. we do it with the same platforms. and we do it without taking up an inch of anybody else's sovereign soil. while the security environment that we all face is complex and changing, our shared interests are simple and enduring. interests of security, prosperity, respect for universal values and international order. those common goals form the basis of the grand strategy reaching back to roosevelt and

if you pardon the expression navy. in virginia. and a few of us knew that we were going to get into this thing before long. the war had started in europe. and we were a little antsy about what we were going to do. we knew we couldn't stay where we were. we'd have to go sooner or later. we were looking for something unique. so we all decided to join the rcaf, royal canadian air force. go up to canada, hamilton, ontario. and we made a pact with ourselves that all four of us would get in. if not, we'd all come back. wouldn't flunk anything, physical, test, anything. we'd come back to virginia. this is prior to pearl harbor. some time in december or ladder part of november, 1941. we got in the car, went up to canada. and one of the guys had a heart murmur so we decided that we will honor our pact. we came back together. and as we were coming back it was december the 7th, pearl harbor. so we had no -- we knew then what we were going to do. we were going to have to join somewhere in our particular armed services. so we waited around. i w

expression navy. in norfolk, virginia. and a few of us knew that we were going to get into this thing before long, the war had started in europe. and we were a littleants about what we were going to do. we knew that we couldn't stay where we were. we were going to have to go, sooner or later. we were looking for something unique. we all decided to join the royal air force, and we made a pact with ourselves that all four of us would get in. if not, we all come back. if one flunked anything, test, physical, what have you, we'd all come back to virginia. this was prior to pearl harbor. sometime in december or latter part of november, 1941. we got in the car, went up to canada. and one of the guys had a problem, so we decided to honor our pact. we came back together. and as we were coming back, it was december 7, pearl harbor. so we had no idea -- we knew then what we were going to do. we were going to have to join somewhere in our particular armed serves. so we waited around. i waited around. and this th

secretary of the navy. ray mav vis is the 75 us u.s. second of the navy. he leads therine corps is and responsible for an annual budget of $150 bill and almost 900,000 persons. you have copied of his curriculum vitae, his biography, in your packaging allow me simply to make a fur regards about this background. prior to joining the administration of president barack obama, mr. maviss served in a variety of top posts in government and the private sector mplt if in 1987 he was elected as the younger governor of mississippi although the age of 39. in more than 14u7b hundred years at the time of his election and previously at state auditor, 1984 to 198 of the 8 and was instrumental in prooting out corruption funds in county government 25 counties. he was also pointed ambassador for the kingdom of saudi arabia for the clinton administration in 1984. let me end the introduction of s morning by suggesting he served two years as a service war father officer on cruiser little rock and was offered a full bright scholarship and held a woodrow wilson fellowship. ladies

we are suing the marine commandants in the navy and it's focused on navy and marines specifically. the legal theory that -- is the same. it's a constitutional theory that women and men should not have to tolerate harassment, sexual assault and rape in order to serve and we expect to prevail in the district of columbia. >> i was just wondering if you can talk about why you decided to bring this lawsuit against the department of the navy specifically? is it believe that their harassment is more egregious than the air force and the army and do you plan to bring lawsuits against them as well? >> taking the latter question first, yes, we have more lawsuits in the works. sadly, the attitude, the sexual harassment and the toleration for rape and assault spans all the services. >> is there a reason you decided to start with the marine and the navy? >> the way we proceed is as people come to us. so ariana and elle and the other survivors came to us. we have brought their claims forward and we as ellie mentioned, we are all committed to staying with this, to bringing forward as many lawsuits

they didn't want so the navy goes, he served in the navy and the navy's doing it and that's it. they were against a lot of stuff. >> you're having, again, a breakfast. tell us about the events that you're having. >> the first event this month is the annual cesar chavez golf tournament and the money goes to the scholarship. we're actually dedicating this year's golf tournament to victor chavez. >> he we lost him, too. >> that's on march 24th. two times, about 11:00, 11:30. we have a few spots left so come out and join us. and then we have our breakfast on the 30th. that's our 11th annual breakfast. we have ed bagley, jr. he's an activist and actor. he's been supportive of the ufw and the family for many years. and then on saturday, march 30th, we're doing our annual march for justice, st. patrick's -- roosevelt park. roosevelt park and walk you through and then ending up at the mexican heritage plaza. >> which is another historic plaza. >> right. >> you know, it's always intrigued me in the last decade or so is your affiliation with safe way and we all know the history with safew

but it's my understanding -- i mean, this is obviously a very important issue for us, that the navy was only able to support 61% of the combat and commanders requirements for attack submarine in 2011, is that right? >> that's right. >> so, we're only currently in 2011 when the combat commanders ask for the support of the submarines meeting only 6 out of 10 requests. >> that's right, ma'am. they provide their requested. they're adjudicated within the joint staff and then we get, you know, our distribution of providing worldwide presence. >> and the navy has a requirement for 48 attack submarines? >> that's correct, senator. >> and based on where we are, is it correct to say when we look at the build rates that are proposed that the navy will only have 39 attack submarines if we look forward to 2030? >> that will be the low point, yes, ma'am. >> so, we'll have a nine submarine shortfall in 2030 if we continue with the proposed build rate that we have in this budget. >> yes, ma'am. that's the depth. and there's a breadth to that too, of course, anytime you go below 48, there's a difference

navy, is going to bring in the vast bull -- bulk of its brown water or inland navy which is the squadron under admiral david dixon porter. porter is a friend of general sherman's, and general sherman thought that he was going to lead this, so when the navy commits it's going to be porter to sherman. then when sherman is forced to back out, porter's caught. he has to comment -- come. now, this river that shreveport is on, the red river, is long, thin, muddy, silty, and in 1864 it was relatively shallow. um, about 9 feet would be a good, constant idea of the depth. and so admiral porter is going to bring up vessels that have drafts from 5-9 feet. meaning that his heavy ironclads are going to scrape the bottom of the live as they come up. that is not a good way to operate a force. and he's going to bring 104 vessels up the red river. these 104 vessels are marvelous in their complexity, in their ability to, um, project firepower. but it is very much a case of a river too shallow, too far and how do you get them out when they get into trouble, and they will get into trouble. so beginning marc

men and women of our navy and marines for our country. i also want to recognize and thank the military members and their families for their outstanding service. mr. secretary, it's always good to see you and speak with you. i always wish you well. in your written testimony, mr. secretary, you indicate the naval academy received nearly 7,000 minority applications for the 2014 class, and it's double the number for the class of 2010. can you discuss what the navy is doing to receive this significant age as well as the

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and may be the reason that his brother joined the navy. his brother was in charge of union troop movements during the civil war and lincoln's funeral train. a volunteer from findagrave.com photographed sam augee lewis's mother, hannah mendenhall's grave. so we have located it. if the navy should choose to exhume, that could happen. of course, that's a legal process, and that would be their determination. daniel moore was the son of henry and sarah moore. he was from prince william county, virginia. his siblings were taken to washington, d.c. and owned by mildred ewell. mildred ewell was able to sell them to the union government. the union did pay upon emancipation money for slaves determined at the value of their owners. this is the only time that the federal government bought out slaves from their owners. charity smith and evelyna moore were the sisters of daniel moore. they were witnesses on the pension for their mother, sarah moore. this is a picture of edgehill farm where daniel moore and his family lived and served the ewell family. i

senator mccain has been hammering away with this at questions to the navy secretary over the navy's continuednvestment into biofuel technology. another senator questioning this approach. he's a member of the committee, the senate armed services committee. this was earlier today on capitol hill. >> on the mandated changes in your 50-50 program on the field that you would be purchasing just a minute ago and mr. secretary in your statement you said every time the barrel of a cost goes up a dollar it increase fuel costs. in 2012 due to the political unrest and so forth -- well now if do you the math on this thing, it appears to me, senator mccain mentioned the purchase of 20,000 gallons of the algae fuel that was $424 a gallon. i assume that's all behind us. that was an experiment and that's gone. what we're doing now is talking about the cost of the 50-50 blend. the 50-50 blend, as i under it and i'm taking the figures from you guys, would be -- it would be $15 a gallon. now your jp-5 as i know from my own purchase is somewhere between $4 and $5 a gallon. you're talking about an increase of abou

navy pays a visit to the stadium.oal of the night, navy's pat tiernan will get his feet inside, watch him go over the shoulder. nimble with the no-look. we'll get another look at it. tiernan's was the first of five straight navy goals. final score 10-6. ncaa tournament gets in full stride tomorrow. >> thank you. >>> coming up, looking for love with a unique twist. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,an is offering the ,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> a florist offers up an unusual reward. willing to pay a thousand dollars to the person who introduces him to his future wife. he's looking for someone over 50 who's willing to retire in san diego. he has a few quirks, but he thinks he'd make a pretty good husband, and lots of flowers. >> we'll be right back. letterman is coming up with cee-lo green. cee-lo green. >> we'll see,,,, girl: i want to tell you about my friend. his name is ben. ben learned about a homeless boy who had an infected tooth, and the boy died. that made ben really sad. he wrote a law so every kid can see a dentist. we have special dental

so as i said, the navy just feels like they're taking one for the team.tionalization service uses it, you know, there's talk that we're using it, we've used it for covert stuff. there's a lot of evidence, right, over the last 50 years. mccaffrey says, he's a very straightforward man, he doesn't like a lot of the bush administration policy. he says the real tragedy is that it's gone, we can't use it as this great secret place anymore. >> but it's not a ship repair facility this. >> no. >> is it a port of call? >> it was up until about 994 during the second of the migrant operations when they moved back to mayport, florida. there was something walled the fleet -- called the fleet training group. >> that was my question. i don't know the importance of windward passage through the movement throw the now -- through the now being widened panama canal. >> that's interesting. the navy thinkses they can get out of it. >> then they've got a poseidon base in florida. but the ports along the east coast are, what, savannah, norfolk, new york, new jersey. >> right. mis

. >>> versus the navy on capital hill. they want to stop from moving from baltimore to virginia. alex demetrick is live with the exchange. >> reporter: when this broken navy hospitalship was moved from baltimore to norfolk, virginia, civilian contractors supporting the trip had been pinning their hopes on the senator. senator tried working magic on the sack secretary of the navy. >> we had the same feeling with the colt scuffed us. i'm not joking. we love the comfort. >> reporter: it's finance, but not affection, that moves the navy. >> in excess of $2 million a year for the comfort. >> reporter: in cost savings close to supplies and the doctors and nurses staffship in times of war and disaster. >> comes from the hospitals in virginia. >> reporter: pitched hurricanes and out of the way in norfolk. >> you're in a hurricane, they see riding it out and you have to get ready to deploy. >> i have to get back and see. >> i'd like to look at that in fact and see the judgment to keep the comfort. >> reporter: well, if that hurricane strategy doesn't work, they consider another shift to b

the union navy at that moment controlled the tennessee river with the commerce. the whole section of the -- on either sides of the banks of the tennessee, commerce was now cut off. same for cumberland. on the other side of cumberland was the city of nashville. nashville was the capital of tennessee, still is, with the control of the cumberland gone, nashville fell. like that. not a shot was fired. so, the absolute significance early of the fall of ft. donelson was this -- and when ft. donelson, henry, when they fell, tennessee was gone for the confederates. iron works, crops, any cotton grown in this area was eliminated from the confederacy for basically the rest of the war. with middle tennessee gone, also fell columbus, the big gree bralt gribraltor of the west. most of tennessee would be removed. now, here's where i'm going to get in trouble by some historians but i'm going to make this bold assertion here. i cannot name a more decisive campaign in the entire world. none. maybe vicksburg. maybe appomadox but that was at the end perform those two, what happened

he has to play with the navy and vice versa. the navy is part of the game out here in the inland waters. that's brand new also. so you have flag officer foot, later admiral, was in charge of the union gumbo fleet. and grant and foot, fortunately, had a great partnership with this. so, again, the study of fort donelson, man, we're losing something here if we're not doing it. looking at the first real joint operation here, certainly civil war. now there are things i -- i should caveat there. there are other operations going on in eastern seaboard that are army-navy. but this is a dhsh -- this is at one to study here. i just have a couple notes here. novice armies coming together. fort donelson is fun to study because people are making big mistakes. they're making basic mistakes of how to handle and distribute ammunition. veteran armies later in the war will not have to deal with. you have that kind of thing going on here. supplies, command and control, tactics are all under a big flux at this period of the war. so why is fort done

so i knew what navy life was like. they always told you read what is on the board because it will tell you what your unit is doing and what the marine corp is doing. a message is coming on the last two weeks those of us who shot expert or sharp shooter in the range did not have to go in the mess hall. but we had odd job to do, mine was to keep water in the officer's wing and because i was from new england, i had to keep a fire in the boiler going and the surgeoutherners didn't know to keep one overnight. i had a bunch of change going through it and it would go off and it raised the great so that the fire would start at 3:00 in the morning and i didn't have to get up. so by the time everybody was ready to take a shower, the bulletin board said that they were looking for an english instructor and i wrote a letter and forgot about it. and one day, something happened. the di came rushing out and said what in the heck have you been doing? i said i don't know. he said i have orders to ship you to washington. what the heck ki

when i was nominated for this job and began to be briefed on the department of the navy. energy dependence jumped out as one of the biggest opportunities we've got together is it's a matter of security. it's a matter of national security. it makes us a better military force. and with canada providing leadership -- there's a lot more we can do to improve our defense, stabilize our energy forces and create a more secure world. conta cain and others started us on this course, and it remains the right course for us today together. i think president obama said it best two months during a bilater bilateral. perhaps more two nations. i believe that as long as our course together is guided by our shared values and principles, we will prevail as two partners, t two. in the words of your national anthem, strong and free. god bless canada. god bless the united states. thank you all very much. [ applause ] >> questions? >> to ask questions in the usual manner, go to the microphone, identify yourselves, please. >> good morning, mr. secretary. i'm david radford from the department of d

yesterday i held a hearing at the uss norfolk yard and we heard from secretary of the navy, ray mavis. we heard from former secretary of the navy and senator john warner and also from some of the top-ranking officials within the navy and the marines about what they are doing to implement energy, efficiency, and new sources of energy within the navy and among the marines who are on the front lines in afghanistan. and we heard a couple of things that i think are important to this discussion. one is that being able to look at energy sources that in the field are critical, reducing our dependence on foreign oil is vital to our national defense and that there is a direct correlation between our dependence on fossil fuels and casualties on the battlefield. now, one of the things that i would hope you might address this morning and i would point out that i know the department of energy is working closely with the navy, the department of agriculture on biofuels, which are a critical piece of trying to reduce the dependence of our military on foreign oil. but can you talk about how the program

navy, particularly as the navy begins to build or refurbish submarines, we are always part of that discussion. so whether it's the virginia class or other classes, the navy has been exceptionally helpful in making sure that new special operations capabilities are incorporated into the submarines because, as you know, navy s.e.a.l.s and some of the marines special operations forces work off submarines quite often. >> thank you. we will then submit that question for the record and get a more detailed explanation. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, senator shaheen. senator manchin. >> as an american in west virginia, i appreciate your service. i'm very proud of what you do for our country. i've got problems, as you know, with the presidents that we have and the direction we've gone in afghanistan. i've been very open about that. with that, what you all do is unbelievable. what i would like to ask i think starting with general mattis is that, you know, i know that now we have reported we have 150,000 contractors compared to 94,000 men and women in uniform in afghanistan. to me, that is troubl

silver stars are the secretary of the navy. okay? navy cross, secretary of navy. medal of honor, the president. at each level the award package is looked at and scrutinized to make sure that the statements support the action and then they determine what level is that. and at any level it can stop. it can be downgraded. a board can make that determination. in the case of the medal of honor, it comes to the joint chiefs of staff, then the secretary of defense, and the secretary of defense takes it to the white house. now, it's presented by the president in the name of the congress. and that's generally how the system goes. and it has worked very well and as i said, it's -- people have got to see it, people have got to write it up. i have to admit that i feel bad as a commander. there are young whipper-snappers out there that have done phenomenal things and didn't get awards. a number of reasons is -- the battle went on for ten days. by the time it was over, then people forgot about what sergeant smith did. and didn't sit down and write it up. so i think in the fog o

the first against navy. making a short trip. first f meeting between navy and maryland.f, terps up. alyssa thomas, check it out. drives, goes up and under. she only had five points in the first half, but she turned it on in the second. maryland up by 15 now. running away with it. off the navy miss. terps in transition. thomas out front. she finished with game-high 17 points, 10 rebounds. thomas also scored her 1,000th career point. lauren, spin move, bucket and a foul. maryland defeats navy, 59-44 and now maryland moves on the play louisville on monday night. also tomorrow georgetown women play fresno state in the first round. tip-off scheduled for 12:20. >> that's great. we have more action with the lady terps. >> it's going to be interesting because you're going have georgetown men and women play at the same time. >> that's our news >>> a message from rick santorum. [ light cheers and applause ] >> hello. i'm rick santorum, republican candidate for president of the united states. w

there's other operations going on the eastern seaboard that are army, navy. but this is great one to study here. i just have a couple of notes here. novice armies coming together. fort donelson's kind of fun also to study because people are make big mistakes. they're making some basic mistakes. how to handle and distribute ammunition. veteran armies later in the war will not have to deal with because it's known. you have that kind of thing going on. supplies. command and control. tactics are all under -- big flux here at this period of the war. so why is fort donelson kind of forgotten? i mentioned before it bigger battles had come up after this campaign. shilo in particular happened six weeks after this. in fact, i imagine six weeks from now you're all going to be down at the shilo national battlefield park having a good time, too. so shilo certainly was a big one. and it's understandable with the number of casualties and such. but why even in their day, when you look at the official records or if you look at the books that are written shortly after the war,

maryland defeats navy 59-44. as for thomas, the coach said the summer sophomore was too arched so she challenged her at halftime. >> what is great is you can motivate her and challenge her is in so many ways. we needed her to play slower, which what a great thing for a coach to have to say, you need to slow down and composureself. >> up next, maryland matches up against louisville on monday night. >>> the georgetown men's basketball team is still dancing, but first, an injury update. georgetown mascot jack the bulldog, who suffered a torn acl last weekend while jumping on the couch, is now walking fine. but jack isn't out of the dog house just yet. he still has another meeting with a canine orthopedic surgeon this tuesday. >>> meanwhile, the hoyas are preparing for the wolfe pack. dan hellie has more from columbus. >> reporter: as impressive as the hoyas freshmen have been this year it is the elder statesmen who set the tone. the hoyas will have trouble beating nc state unless thompson, simms and clark lead the w

secretary of the navy. ray mabus is the 75th u.s. secretary of the navy. a secretary who these america's navy and marine corps and is responsible for an annual budget in excess of $150 billion almost 900,000 persons. you have copies of his curriculum today. his biography in your packages allow me simply to make a few remarks about his background. prior to joining the administration of president barack obama, mr. made a surge sergent's top posts in government and the private sector. in 1997 he was selected as the youngest governor of the at the age of 39. in more than 100 years at the time of his election and previously as state auditor in 1994 to 1988 and was instrumental in rooting out huge corruption and the superb duration of public funds and county government in 25 counties. he was also appointed ambassador kingdom of saudi arabia for the clinton ministration in 1984. that man the introduction of our splendid speaker this morning by suggesting that he has served two years, 70 to 72 a surface warfare cruiser on little rock and was offered a fulbright sc

navy ships and the ship that guarded us was the hmcs halifax. she was our guard ship and we launched for and more troops to southern afghanistan with her guarding us. we have to work together in the world and i've been the recipient of not just transformation but of friendships between nations. the last point i want to stress and this goes to the young men and women wearing scarlet coats over here. we will have on find a way, even under the -- in the strategic age of fast communication of strategic communications, and all, we will have to find a way to trust our young officers, our young ncos to be given commander's intent and carry it out and not a brittle control system that goes up to national capitols and big desks to make the most tactile situations, our young officers deserve the freedom to execute based on our commander's intent. i want to leave plenty of time for questions because i have great ones from the young people wears scarlet coats last time. i am looking forward to it again this time and see which one of you want to armme. thank

in fact, when we had the secretary of the navy and the c.n.o. and the marine cammendante in last weekend's hearings, i said what are you doing, the plan for sequesfration. they said o.m.b. has ordered us to not even think about it. i think this is totally irresponsible. >> mr. panetta did say come summer he would consider planning. >> well, somebody better. in the meantime, i am. like i say, i think it is irresponsible to know that this is out there but not pay attention to it. like i say, the leaders of industry who represent hundreds of thousands of jobs, both people are going to be laid off. maybe not hundreds of thousands, but many. i mean we're looking at the budget this year, the $487 billion and then the $500 billion or $600 billion in sequestration. we're look at uniformed military. great cuts to the national guard. a couple bracs they want us to engage in, and then the civilian defense people that will be laid off, and then all the sinch civilians that work for the defense creditors -- contractors. we're looking at 1.5 million jobs. >>