loy on my i'd -- nita lowey, on my side, the four of us have met. and we talked about this, and i think there's an openness to this idea. we'll see. but there's so many other unrelated, semirelated adjuncts to what's going on now. we've got sequestration, we've got a continuing resolution to keep the government going, which -- both of which are occurring simultaneously. and that ceiling looming in the near future as well, so there's lots of pressures and crosscurrents that are taking place around the continuing resolution effort. i would like, if we could keep continuing resolution somewhat segregated from those other really tough questions, because i think we would have a better product if we could keep it

(applause). >> thank you, nita, following along we're going to have colonel barry newland. >> thanks, lewis. i'd like to thank nina for doing a great job of setting the stage so i don't have to go through and do the same thing. so great job. i do not in these slides, any pictures, i will only speak briefly. lewis asked me to come and speak on this last day of the fleet week discussions because he thought that my experiences with the afghan police might shed some light on the current news, the troubling news out there of all the attacks on our uniformed personnel by uniformed afghans and it's only been pretty recent in the news that the increases happened so he thought i might be able to add some background information on that. for about 6 months i was the senior advisor to the chief of police for kabul city police department in the capitol. back at the end of 2009-2010, we real laiz that we probably spent a great deal of money and effort on trying to transform the afghan army and we probably neglected the police force. and the reason that realization was so important was because the p

and coming up in just a few minutes, we'll be talking with new york congresswoman, nita lowey. back here in rome the surprise, shocking abdication by pope benedict is sparking a lot of conversations about the direction of the catholic church. the next pope will have to deal with the fallout of the priest sex abuse scandal, among other things, and always the question of, what happens when you have a situation that we haven't been in since the middle ages. joining me is vatican spokesman, greg fur. good to see you. >> thank you. >> first of all, what's going on back at the vatican? who's meeting? how are these decisions being made, for example, about when the conclave will be? >> that's all going to be decided in the coming days, not so fast. for right now, live goes on as normal, but not really normal. that's an exaggeration, to say normal. yesterday was a holiday. i thought i would have the day off, didn't turn out to be much of a day off. but in the coming days, i think we'll get some more of the details about when the conclave will start. it's very similar to when a pope dies

nita demato, serving as a major, she actually has a dual career. as a reservist she's also a professional educator and she's currently serving as a congressional fellow in the office of bob casy of pennsylvania focusing on the appropriations in budget for veterans and rebalancing services for future engagements but really what we're going to hear from her is an amazing story about the marine corps's activities in afghanistan and creating and promoting safe school environments for young girls and women. colonel barry newman is someone i met back in 2003. i at the time was chief officer for the city and county of san francisco serving in the administration of then-mayor willy brown. and general myat and i were talking about putting together a table top exercise and in came from some exercises from the marine corps and barry newman was a very energetic officer in the marine corps. he has gone over to afghanistan, i went over and saw him there, he was attached to the kabul police chief. i think he's going to have some interesting perspectives about wor

and, by the way, nita loy, she is the first appropriations director of the house side. >> de you think -- >> i think paul ryan, the chairman of the house committee, has been in contact with senator murray. i think they're both very practical-minded people and understand that this is a practical place where we are talking about here. i hope and trust that the budget committees will agree on a single number so that we can do our job, which cannot do otherwise. >> are closely do you work with paul ryan? >> very well. he is a bright guy. he understands what our predicament is on appropriations, that we are limited on what we can do, on the big number that he gives us and the budget resolution is. he understands that and he sympathizes with their predicament. i told him and i have told others. you guys are up in the pilot house steering the ship of state with your lofty ideas. the appropriations committee, on the other hand, is in the engine room banging on pipes and shoveling coal. we are the practical people. we have to make it work. when i have to hands shoveling coal down there, the sen

. >> vitt nita -- vinita nair reports on the party which is expected to include one million people. >> reporter: these friends flew from new orleans from three different cities to celebrate mardi gras. they organized their trip on facebook and now it's time to party. this group is on a girls vacation. >> today was just about shopping and fun. >> reporter: this woman came all the way from israel. >> i like it very much. >> reporter: and this guy dressed for the occasion. >> i'm a little bit of everything. i'm a lot to take in. >> reporter: from hotel balconies to packed streets, partygoers are taking over new orleans. hundreds of thousands of tourists are visiting during mardi gras. for police that means constant crowd control. >> this parade will go about five miles through new orleans. there's 27 floats, everything from beads to coins to hurricane glasses. >> reporter: some kids in the crowd got spots hours before the parade. >> i want to be in the thick. >> reporter: but mardi gras veterans know how to go with the flow. >> don't worry about shoving or pushing or anything like that b

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>> thank you, nita.you have been watching, you're beginning to see something that is no longer out of the ordinary. yesterday, for the first time in our nation's history, the republicans decided to filibuster a president's nominee to the department of defense as secretary of defense. a patriot, a wounded vietnam veteran, a republican was denied a chance by the republicans to have a full vote to become the secretary of defense, chuck hagel. the same week, the senate passed, by a majority of 78 to 22, the violence against women act, and in the house, republicans refused to let the american people have a vote on protecting women from domestic violence. today, republicans in the house decided to cut the pay of the very same people that you heard ms. lowey name to you, law- enforcement personnel, health and safety inspectors, and as the personnel. today, republicans voted to cut their pay, to pay for tax cuts to the very wealthy, to keep subsidies for big oil companies going, things that republicans refuse to

he and rosa delauro and congresswoman nita lowey and i worked to fund the violence against women act. he's been there for -- on this issue for a long time. i'm pleased to yield him two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from maryland is recognized for two minutes. mr. hoyer: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. mr. hoyer: thank you, mr. speaker. i want to congratulate the leader for her efforts in getting us to this point. today after two months i think we're going to do something very positive and do it in a very bipartisan way. i think that's excellent. i think america will be advantaged. every american, women, yes, but every woman will be advantaged. house democrats support the fully inclusive re-authorization of the violence against women act which passed the senate by a bipartisan vote of 78-22, as has been referenced. the majority of republican senators and all republican women senators voted in favor. that bill represents a compromise. i urge my colleagues to defeat the partisan amend

>> thank you, nita. if you have been watching, you're beginning to see something that is no longer out of the ordinary. yesterday, for the first time in our nation's history, the republicans decided to filibuster a president's nominee the department of defense as secretary of defense. a patriot, a wounded vietnam veteran, a republican was denied a chance by the republicans to have a full vote to become the secretary of defense, chuck heald. the same week, the senate passed by a majority of 78 to 22, the violence against women act, and in the house republicans refused to let the american people have a vote on protecting women from domestic violence. today republicans in the house decided to cut the pay of the very same people that you heard ms. lowey name to you, law- enforcement personnel, health and safety inspectors, and as the personnel. today republicans voted to cut their pay, to pay for tax cuts to the very wealthy, to get subsidies for big oil companies going, things that republicans refuse to eli