are an estimated 20,000 still out there, i will have the committee give us a report as part of the ndaa authorization. i just wanted to say i look forward to hearing from you about that subject because it is clearly going to continue to be a concern. >> it is a concern. you are quite right about the estimate that we had before the gadhafi demonstration

in january of this year, you publicized policy, some mandated by the miss school year 2010 ndaa, giving victims who report a sexual assault an option to quickly transfer from their in order to remove them from the products commitment of an alleged perpetrator. you required that the dod would require the retention of records of sexual assault for a period of 50 years to make it easier for service member to claim veterans benefits. you also announced that $9.3 million would be spent on training to give rape investigations and prosecutions more teeth, to provide service members with the protections they deserve. i want to thank you for all your efforts and your commitment to sexual assault prevention and response. and i am particularly encouraged by the near doubling of the department's budget request for and response office for fiscal year 2012. you have many tools now in your tool chest that didn't exist in prior years. but these policies will only prove effective if we make sure that military commanders and leaders at every level are aware of these policies and are able to appropriately

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it was mandated by the ndaa. there's a 90-day period for which the bill was signed, which i think was december 31st. for the study to come to the secretary of defense and then the secretary of defense would have up to 90 days, not necessarily mandated to report to us on this independent evaluation of the basing structure. it's going to happen at the same time that there are environmental statements and other issues taking place on okinawa about the basing system and i want to see if we can move forward in a timely way to resolve this. the other one is the marine corps laydown. i've spoken with the assistant commandant about the numbers that they're using. i support this transitioning concept. i had many conversations with the marine corps and others about thisser early, but we do need to see it -- we need to see the laydown. it's part of the defense authorization bill. the question that i actually have in this short period of time relates to the evolving situation in syria. and, general, i would like to ask if yo

like ron and me, they are opposed to the ndaa. our government should not be allowed to lock you up without charge or trial. they should have to go through the constitutional process. one of the things i admire most about ron paul is his consistency. for those of you watching the debates, did you see how many times the other candidates have to apologize for past votes. it seems like every debate, someone has to apologize for something new. why did they support government-run health care? why did they support no child left behind? why did they support cap and trade? why were they opposed to right to work. every time -- >> liars! [cheers and applause] >> every time we have one of these debates they have to apologize. ron paul has never had to apologize for his voting record. you may have recently seen that a nonpartisan group did a study of the budget proposals from the various republican candidates. three of the four candidates offer budget proposals that would increase the debt. only one of the four had a proposal that would decrea

it was mandated by the ndaa. there's a 90-day period for which the bill was signed, which i think was december 31st. for the study to come to the secretary of defense and then the secretary of defense would have up to 90 days, not necessarily mandated to report to us on this independent evaluation of the basing structure. it's going to happen at the same time that there are environmental statements and other issues taking place on okinawa about the basing system and i want to see if we can move forward in a timely way to resolve this. the other one is the marine corps laydown. i've spoken with the assistant commandant about the numbers that they're using. i support this transitioning concept. i had many conversations with the marine corps and others about thisser early, but we do need to see it -- we need to see the laydown. it's part of the defense authorization bill. the question that i actually have in this short period of time relates to the evolving situation in syria. and, general, i would like to ask if yo

the important work you do what me start by following on the ndaa one to think all of you for weighing armed services committee and the senate at large. your concerns about the detainee provisions as they were proposed we had a spirited teammate in the floor of the senate for a number of days senator mccain was very involved us remember other senators. it's valuable and worthwhile debate and i think it was the senate at its best. i'm hopeful that the compromises that were put into the final product would work. i'm going to continue to monitor what's happening. i think the debate as to whether we ought to be prosecuting delivering justice through the military system versus the article 3 system is an important one. senator feinstein and i and others have joined to introduce the due process guarantee act, and i think the heart of our concerns and the center of our mission is to insure americans will not be indefinitely detained. i want to thank everybody for the engagement and the passion they brought to that important debate. >> general clapper, if i could focus on a particular topic of

and how are the intelligence and law enforcement community is implementing section 1022 of the ndaa? >> let me start by saying at the outset, i have reservations in two areas. one, in terms of our continued authority to invest terrorism cases in the united states. that was resolved by the legislation. the other part was what happens at the time for the rest of the united states? the statute provides for the administration to provide a set of procedures that will be applicable to that particular situation. without getting into details, i can say that the justice apartment and the warehouse are in the process of drafting those procedures, but they would be premature to talk about any of the specifics because it is still in the drafting stages. my hope is that as we go through and develop these procedures, that the remaining concerns we have as to what happens at the time of arrest will be resolved. >> i thank you for that comment and would just say that, as you know, we had extensive conversations between doj, the white house, and congress on this issue as it went through that drafting

i have also delegated certain functions and authorities conferred by section 1245 of the ndaa to the secretary of the treasury and the secretary of state in consultation with other appropriate agencies as specified in the order. i am enclosing a copy of executive order i have issued. signed, barack obama, the white house. february 5, 2012. the speaker pro tempore: referred to the committee on foreign affairs and ordered printed. pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house that's the stock act passed in the senate with bipartisan support last week. remarks now from house majority leader eric cantor and majority whip kevin mccarthy. dew part of a discussion on job growth and the economy. this is about one hour 10 minutes. >> i am david thompson, moderator, and i would like to introduce our distinguished panel this morning. house leader eric cantor, co- author of the best-selling book "young guns." tim scott represents south carolina, one of two freshmen of the committee. the southern company services president and ceo, jobs creator alliance member. consumer find the

in january of this year you publicized policy some mandated by the miss school year 2010 ndaa, givingtims who report a sexual assault an option to quickly transfer from their in order to remove them from the products commitment of an allege perpetrator. you required that the dod would require the retention of records of sexual assault for a period of 50 years to make it easier for service member to claim veterans benefits. you also announced that $9.3 million would be spent on training to give rape investigations and prosecutions more teeth, to provide service members with the protections they deserve. i want to thank you for all your efforts and your commitment to sexual assault prevention and respse. and i am particularly encouraged by the nearoubling of the department's budget request for the sexual assault prevention and response office for fiscal year 2012. you have many tools now in your tool chest that didn't exist in prior years. but these policies will only prove effective if we make sure that military commanders and leaders at every level are aware of these policies and are