at the nsa.e have homeland security persons at the nsa, and persons from our privacy of this with them, because there are legitimate concerns and we have to do this in the right way. cyber is an ever-evolving area. the problem with cyber is that by the time you are talking about something they are moving on to the next thing. it is a fast-moving field. probably none of us on this stage are as good at understanding it as someone who is 20 years old, someone who was brought up with a computer as a part of live. -- of life. if there are students in the audience who have said a security interests, i would ask them to see me after this program. [laughter] >> you will have a long line. peter dang. -- peter king. >> you of all done an outstanding job. i'd like to comment more, andrea, on what you said about the media. i thought the media did a leading up to tsa was absolutely irresponsible. could there be improvements? yes, but leading up to thanksgiving, the most heavily trafficked day of the year, the

nsa, cy, michael hayden.the council of foreign relations, richard haas and nbc news chief pentagon correspondent, jim miklaszewski, this is a breaking story. i want to talk however, about how much is on the president's plate right now. you talk about crisis management and a confluence of crisis. we've pulled together some cover stories from "time" magazine. target gadhafi. the next one, hitting home, tripoli under attack. and the next one, meltdown. folks, that was the spring of 1986. 25 years ago. andrea mitchell, we're back. we're covering the same issues. >> i was there 25 years ago, which is what's even more scary and i was at three mile island. when you look at the crisis management here. questions are being raised about how quickly as you heard, senator sessions raise that question. and i don't think that's just politics here. because there are all legitimate questions that international allies as well are asking about why not sooner when the rebels were ascendant. because now you really have a situatio

but so dhs could task directly into nsa in the event of a threat to the dot-com or dot-gov worlds for which they are principal responsible. it's a start. but i would say it's only a start. >> does that document public or? >> i think so. >> or is it classified? >> i don't think so. i think it is not classified. >> so we could get a copy. >> i think so, sure. >> either way. >> thank you. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, mr. dicks. mr. secretary, admiral mullen thank you very much for providing this subcommittee a very, very excellent and interesting hearing this morning. and for providing us as the top leaders, the best military in the world, you've kept the nation secure, and all we can say is thank you very much for -- i can't imagine what's on your mind when you settle down just to think with all of the tremendous responsibilities that you have. having to worry about congress picking at you from time to time. you guys do a really good job. and i -- as one that's been here in the congress a long time and been working in national defense issues for more than -- more than half of

we have a homeland security person working at the nsa. there are legitimate concerns, so we have to do this in the right way. i think cyber will be an ever evolving area. the problem with cyber is, almost by the time we are talking about something, they are on to the next thing. it is really a fast-moving field. quite frankly, none of us on this stage are as good at understanding that as someone who is 20 years old and who has grown up with the computer just as part of life. this is an area where we are really trying to hire people. if there are students in the audience with any cybersecurity interest, i would ask them to see me after this program. [laughter] >> you are going to have a long line. >> i think you have done an outstanding job. the threat is constantly evolving and the department tries to stay ahead of it and manage it. i thought what the media did after thanksgiving was absolutely irresponsible. it made it out that the tsa was more dangerous than bin laden. i don't mind people going through metal detectors and being checked

but so dhs could task directly into nsa in the event of a threat to the dot-com or dot-gov worlds for which they are principal responsible. it's a start. but i would say it's only a start. >> does that document public or? >> i think so. >> or is it classified? >> i don't think so. i think it is not classified. >> so we could get a copy. >> i think so, sure. >> either way. >> thank you. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, mr. dicks. mr. secretary, admiral mullen thank you very much for providing this subcommittee a very, very excellent and interesting hearing this morning. and for providing us as the top leaders, the best military in the world, you've kept the nation secure, and all we can say is thank you very much for -- i can't imagine what's on your mind when you settle down just to think with all of the tremendous responsibilities that you have. having to worry about congress picking at you from time to time. you guys do a really good job. and i -- as one that's been here in the congress a long time and been working in national defense issues for more than -- more than half of

we have a homeland security person working at the nsa. there are legitimate concerns, so we have to do this in the right way. i think cyber will be an ever evolving area. the problem with cyber is, almost by the te we are talking about something, they are on to the next thing. it is really a fast-moving field. quite frankly, none of us on this stage are as good at understanding that as someone who is 20 years old and who has grown up with the computer just as part of life. this is an area where we are really trying to hire people. if there are students in the audience with any cybersecurity terest, i would ask them to see me after this program. [laughter] >> you are going to have a long line. >> i think you have done an outstanding job. the threat is constantly evolving and the department tries to stay ahead of it and manage it. i thought what the media did after thanksgiving was absolutely irresponsible. it made it out that the tsa was more dangerous than bin laden. i don't mind people going through metal detectors and being checked out.

on a first class mail, as you make income is declining but we think by using nsa's contracts with many of our customers, we can actually slow down the pace of change with the drop off in first class. congressman lynch mentioned opportunities in digital, and we're exploring that. we've had good ideas come back from and innovation summit, along with a number of other ideas we have been exploring with partners. digital to hard copy hardcopy, hardcopy to digital, and even digital to digital. we know the postal service provides tremendous opportunities and security in the entire market and we think there's plenty of opportunity for growth. >> my time is up. now recognize the distinguished gentleman -- are we going for vote? have they called? if no objection, the ranking member, mr. lynch. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to thank the witnesses for your help. mr. donahoe, let me push back on the a little bit. i know i have spoken with pitney bowes and another other firms that operate as well. they've got some systems where you can actually pull up on your laptop or on your ipad and actuall

i think it was because -- they sat on the nsa story for a year. ... >> i was talking when my first remarks about the concept of common good. i wrote this essay in the american prospect. i don't know why they decided to do this. i guess you may have come you have a hypothesis. you may be right but devoted peace that talked about what influenced my essay was having about washington. that was kind of a objectively too. i don't want to set modest but in circles in washington what i wrote was being talked about a lot so they wrote a piece about it. they did run a picture. it's true. but my record with the books is a very good. -- with books isn't very good. what do i want to say? i think to talk a little more about the problem of diversity, yeah, i see the distinction between newsroom diversity as a policy and diversity as an ideological, whatever you said, an ideological drama. i do see that distinction. and i guess sometimes, sometimes the times lapses into a bad direction on that point. but we are in, you know, we're in a period in this country's history where we are having deeply, deeply co

seasonal pricing incentives, experimental product markets, nd the expanded use of nsa's showed that the service is taking advantage of the pricing flexibility. along with some others, i have been concerned that there are some irreconcilable legislative requirements in the law, such as all products must cover the to below cost but no price freeze can be above the cpi cap. in the recent exigency case, the commission carefully reviewed the postal service's financial predicament and found it to be structural, related to the pre funding of health benefits premiums for future retirees. the postal service has paid nearly $21 billion into the retiree benefit fund while incurring net losses of $20 billion. with out the rhbs, the postal service would have broken even despite the recession. when the paea was enacted, the postal service was strong. congressman davis the postal service to make 10 years of payments. the rhbs payments have brought the postal service deep into debt. even with continued cost cutting, the postal service cannot surmount its financial crisis without congressional action. i

the nsa, japan and china traffic is still sluggish. may now 53 degrees in san jose.ompanies have made dullest of the 50 most admired businesses apple's top the list for the fourth straight year followed by google rounding out is southwest, proctor and gamble. other companies making the top 50 cisco, intel net slicks and oracle. (music) >> darya: today is the 80th anniversary of this curse bank banner being signed at the inauguration in january by nine. end new $15 million venture mayor education center opens today to honor francis scott king includes a film toll from keels projects. it offers details about his life, each year 650,000 visitors tour the site of the bottle of baltimore. that inspired this great song. he will host the golden globe awards if charlie sheen is by his side. you know they're not gonna have charlie sheen to it. the office trader put this on some blocks and talked about interviews charlie sheen had done. he's a comedian i'm sure he's in during the as he said he would not on the house the clubs but he of the emmys and the oscars if charlie it wi

secondly, before that, i was upset that somebody, either the department of defense, cia, nsa, actuallytold the public that we were tracking osama bin laden because of his cell telephone. was anyone ever convicted, or scolded, or did they find out who actually leaked that to the press? guest: i feel your pain and understand what you are saying. we believe in information over which we have some responsibility, appearing in the press and we believe it is to be secret, we follow a crime report. that information you read in the newspaper or heard on a news broadcast is classified, and it suggests that someone in an unauthorized way leaks that information. one of the great frustrations in my public time in the light is very few of those ever did get to a courtroom or to a conviction. we have seen the pace of that pick up. it may be surprising to some that it has picked up in the current administration, which goes to the great deal about threats and tear -- transparency. someone pointed out that reality. in government, we suffer, we have capabilities taken away. we actually see loss of life,

secretary, quickly, the impact if he will terminate and they program, the fha refinance program, the nsa program and the emergency relief program that you have any opinions? >> it would be, i say, it would cause a huge amount of damage to a very fragile housing market and made hundreds of hundreds of thousands if not millions of americans without the chance to take advantage of a mortgage modification that allows them to stay at home they can afford. it would cause lot of damage and i would recommend against it. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. >> that concludes our hearing. i may say, secretary geithner, congressman posey posed a question to you, which i think it's immensely important. he was referring to a draft proposal by the irs. the irs nonresident alien deposit will, which doesn't seem to go away. but i think as he stated, it could cause hundreds of billions of dollars to exit our banks, particularly banks in distressed areas in florida and texas and california and arizona. it is a real problem. it's rank 141697 -- 09. they may submit questions or branding. without objection

secondly, before that, i was upset that somebody, either the department of defense, cia, nsa, actuallytold the public that we were tracking osama bin laden because of his cell telephone. was anyone ever convicted, or scolded, or did they find out who actually leaked that to the press? guest: ieel your pain and understand what you are saying. we belve in information over which we have some responsibility, appearing in the press and we believe it is to be secret, we follow a crime report. that information you read in the newspaper or heard on a news broadcast is classified, and it suggests that someone in an unauthorized way leaks that information. one of the great frustrations in my public time in the light is very few of those ever did get to a courtroom or to a conviction. we have seen the pace of that pick up. it may be surprising to some that it has picked up in the current administration, which goes to the great deal about threats and tear -- transparency. someone pointed out that reality. in government, we suffer, we have capabilities taken away. we actually see loss of life, beca

and it's been a very close partnership between the united states special operations command in nsa'sarine corps in building the marsoc, to the extent that it has so far. the commandant has recently approved a military occupation specialty for those who have been through selection and advanced training to be members of the marsoc, which will help us attract and retain selective members of that community. idb that sof for life as a concept with which, that ought to be limited, that there is great value to circulation, that it is good for special operations command to circulate people through its community, and to bring people from the big services into our communities so that we don't, we're not guilty of spending a cocoon too tightly around ourselves. i'm quite comfortable with the way it's going now, even those who are in for sort of want to work in the marsoc, that's not at least a four year tour, and in some cases five years which goes beyond some of the other services in many cases. >> thank you. on february 17, secretary gates indicated during his testimony before this committee