billl friiay bin 4x panetta plane surely nobooy expects leon panetta to hop on a greyhhund bus or lumber to an aattrk train to head home.but the secretary is not sparing the pentagon -- no, makeethat the taxpayer - any expense when it comes ttaveeing from washington to his ranch in northern california. panetta usually makes the ten hour round trip flight in a "c-37" &p-- not the fanciest, executive, military plane in the sky,,buu ii is certaiily nnt cheeppto operate.panetta's associated press costs 32,000 doolars. that s one round trip flight betweenncalifornii and washington.and accordingg to thh aa- -- panetta has &pflown hhme 27 times since laa july. if aal of the operatiin panetta's weekend tripp total about 860 thousand dollars. theory cutting its bbdget by -3 about one billion dollars a week. earlier this year, panetta talked about what he characteriied as a 'tuuning point.'sounn on panetta on turniig point[sot in 2:06-2:11 ]trt=10"congress has mandaaed y law that we pavings. so, clearly we are at a turnnng point."now to be fair --panetta must travel on military planes becauueethey

tanaka updated panetta on how his ministry is preparing. he's ordered self-defense forces to intercept any part of the missile that could fall on to japanese territory. panetta stressed the need to show the japan/u.s. alliance is strong. they also agreed the self-defense forces and the u.s. military will share information on the upcoming launch. >> translator: we will watch how the diplomatic efforts work. however, i told secretary panetta if north korea does go ahead with the launch, japan will take appropriate measures. the secretary said he understands our stance. >> some details on the appropriate measures tanaka is referring to. self-defense force personnel are on the ground in the country's southern most pretectu urure okinawa. and they brought some heavy equipment with them. pac-3 interceptor missiles. the first teams arrived tuesday. 700 personnel will be deployed in all. the defense ministry says interceptor missile units will take up positions in seven locations around okinawa and in the tokyo metropolitan area. it also says the s

as i mentioned, we have secretary panetta here who is no stranger to this committee. in addition to his extraordinary background as secretary of defense, cia, he served as chairman of this committee. we also want to warmly welcome the other two distinguished joining leon panetta, martin dempsey. in the 38 years since graduating from west point, he led troops in combat, served as a combatant commander and most recently as the chief of staff of the army. thank you for your service, general. welcome to the committee. we also welcome the department of defense's comptroller, robert hale who is no stranger as well to this committee from his years of service to the congressional budget office. again, welcome back, secretary hale. relative to last year's request, the president's budget calls for a $487 billion reduction in base defense spending over the next decade. this comes on top of already planned spending reduction for the global war on terrorism. the united states remains a nation at war, and our troops remain engaged in a fierce enemy overseas. it's difficult to squar

secretary of state hillary clinton and leon panetta traveled. i went and they joined me for an exclusive joint interview. we talked about some of the biggest global challenges as well as politics right here in the u.s. >> madam secretary, mr. secretary, thank you for joining us. >> glad to be here. >> let's talk about afghan san. $2 billion a week in u.s. tax dollars being spent to maintain the assistance of the afghan people. is this money well spent right now, a hundred billion dollars a year for another two and a half years. >> first of all, wolf, we are in a transition. as we do, the afghan security forces are stepping up to protect their own people. as we saw over the weekend with the horrible attacks, luckily they were not successful. that was because the afghan security forces which are our soldiers and others of the nato alliance have been training and mentoring. so, i think that if you look, as we do, at the progress that has been made on the security side but also in other indicators, health and education and the economy, there is defi

tanaka updated panetta on how his ministry is preparing. he's ordered self-defense forces to intercept any part of the missile that could fall on japanese territory. panetta stressed the need to show that the japan/u.s. alliance is strong. they also agreed the self-defense forces and the u.s. military will share information on upcoming launches. >> translator: we will watch how the diplomatic efforts work. however, i told secretary panetta, if north korea does go ahead with the launch, japan will take appropriate measures. the secretary said he understands our stance. >> a u.s. media report says the american military is taking its own measures to deal with north korea's launch. cnn says the u.s. navy has sent its most advanced radar system to the region. >> we, along with our partners in the region, are monitoring developments very closely. >> the cnn report says the navy moved the advanced radar system from a base in hawaii, but defense officials have not given any details on how u.s. forces will be deployed to prepare for the launch. for

tanaka updated panetta on how his ministry is developing. he's ordered self-defense forces to intercept any part of the missile that could fall on to japanese territory. panetta stressed the need to show the japan/u.s. alliance is strong. they also agreed to the self-defense forces and the u.s. military will share information on the upcoming launch. >> translator: we will watch how the diplomatic efforts work. however, i told secretary pa h panetta if north korea does go ahead with the launch, japan will take appropriate measures. the secretary said he understands our stance. >>> south korea has shown japanese destroyers as one of its ports to foreign media. the unusual move is seen as a way to show north korea that the south and japan are united against its planned rocket launch. two destroyers from japan's maritime self-defense force docked at pyongtech naval base in central south korea on sunday. the visit is part of japan's annual training for cadets. there will be exchange events and joint training with south korean naval personnel duri

leon panetta says officials in pyongyang may be getting more than that. china may have provided north korea with mobile missile technology. >> i'm sure there's been help coming from china. i don't know the exact extent of that. we have to deal with it in another context in terms of the sensitivity of that information. >> panetta said the potential threat from north korea would be increased if it had mobile capability for long-range ballistic missiles. north korean military leaders put what appeared to be a long-range ballistic missile on display. they say it's the same as a special purpose vehicle developed by a chinese company. an online version of the magazine says if the vehicle was chinese made, china may have violated u.n. sanctions. foreign ministry spokesperson said china strictly follows security council resolutions and says chinese leaders enforce laws to enforce laws against weapons of mass destructions. >>> analysts reflected for a week before putting a satellite into spate. north koreans say they finished analyzing the launch and are determine

. >> in testimony earlier today here in washington by the defense secretary, leon panetta on capitol hill before house committee, the topic, of course, dominating the headlines, no easy answer no, silver bullet. welcome. i'll steve scully. cnn puts it this way, the international sense of urgency over the syrian crisis growing today with secretary of state clinton calling for an arms embargo as well as other tough u.n. security council steps against the assad regime. she suggests moving quickly to a chapter 6 resolution including travel and financial sanctions as well as the arms embargo. more on this story coming up in just a moment. meanwhile on capitol hill republicans in the house of representatives ignoring a white house veto threat on mostly party line votes. the house approving a $46 billion tax cut for most employers, the measure though success viewed as dead on arrival in the u.s. senate. republicans say it would give companies more money to hire workers, democrats say that many of the benefits would go the wealthy and they point out that companies would not actually have to

you have met leon panetta. you have met a veteran of this program. even a congressman who's a veteran of this program. put all this together. i know you have things to what to say about the week. can you tell us other things you've learned about the week, about people you've met, about watching famous people? >> i'm from kansas city. the best part of my week, last night at dinner we are sitting across the table. we tend to not stay too political at our dinner conversations. we were arguing. we are different as far as our views go. we are talking about the deficit must leave. we were talking about how we had different ideas on how to go about that. it got pretty heated. i was standing up on occasion. >> where your hands? >> i grab my napkin occasionally. i cannot look at him anymore. at the end of it, he stood up. he gave me an "i love you." we have different views but it will not be the end of the world. i think that is something that needs to be more present in our political system. >> what side are you on? >> on one of the big issues is that we see

a nato strategy session in brussels of the photos panetta said, "this is not who we are." explained why he asked the "los angeles times" not to publish the photos, a request the newspaper rebuffed. >> this is war. and i know that war is ugly. and it's violent. i know that young people sometimes caught up in the moment make some very foolish decisions. i am not excusing that. i'm not excusing that behavio behavior. but neither do i want it to bring further injury to our people. >> riots broke out when it was discovered that copies of the quran were burned at a country. and that unrest claimed six american lives after video surfaced in january showing u.s. marines urinating on afghan corpses. last month, army staff sergeant bales charged with killing 17 afghan civilians in a nighttime shooting rampage. nato's top official sought to tap down the ange they're the latest incident might create. >> these events took place apparently a couple of years ago. i consider them an isolated event. obviously, i hope there is no spillover. >> los angeles times obtained the 2-year-old photo

secretary panetta. >> thank you, mr. chairman, representative smith, members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to be able to discuss what is obviously a very tense and fluid situation in syria. widespread demands for political change in syria started more than a year ago. in emerging out of the arab spring that was impacting on other countries and it obviously then hit syria as well. but rather than trying to meet legitimate demands of the people the regime of bashar al assad turned instead to violence against its own people. that violence has been brutal and it has been devastating. it has put the syrian people in a desperate and difficult situation. it has outraged the conscience of all good people. and it has threatened stability in a very important part of the world. the united states has made clear that the assad regime has lost its legitimacy, and that this crisis has no effective solution without assad's departure. as the president has stated, assad must go. recent days are testing whether the assad

the airways defense secretary leon panetta's expense of the news sparked anger in his hometown. >>> i think it's ridiculous especially right now when we're filling dollars in debts that the troubles from the pentagon's his monterey homes across the government's $32,000 each round- trip discount on 27 times in eight months under the government's travel rules panetta reimburses the pentagon more than $600 a trip to the cost of a coach fare. records show he paid $17,000 in all taxpayers pay the rest of the $860,000. >>> a thing that's ridiculous that i am paying out of pocket and he can fly back home. usually flies and to moderate in friday night and returned to the pentagon's on the night. the federal government has required the defense secretary to fly military plane for all travel personal or professional. that's because of the secure communications system on board. where is why ford said the institute a public policy. some say the understand and some don't. >>> some say being away from your job and family the same time as a loss after anybody so for me the expense would be worth it.

and on june 2nd, 2009, he ordered leon panetta -- gave the following written order, and i quote. "in order to ensure that we have expended every effort, i direct you to provide me within 30 days a detailed operational plan for locating and bringing to justice osama bin laden." it was the president's highest priority for the cia. then he made one of the most courageous decisions i've seen the president make in my lifetime and i would argue in a long time. he authorized a very high-risk mission to capture or kill osama bin laden even though -- and i was one of six people who for four months or so were the only one who is knew about the possibility of his location -- even though at the end of the day there was no better, as you know, general, than a 50/50 chance bin laden was present in the compound. but despite that reservation, and i might add the rezer vagss of almost every one of his -- the only full-throated support for moving when we did was from leon panetta, the director of cia, myself included. president obama said afterwards when he made the decision, this was a very diffi

panetta and general dempsey. secretary panetta, i really respect you. and i think you are the right person for the job at the right time with all of the experience you have. i want to talk to you about the role of the national guard and some of the decisions that you made. you said in your opening statement that we rely on a strong reserve, a national guard, and i agree with you, completely. as we draw down, potentially in the middle east, we're going to rely a little bit more on the guard and reserve united. that will increase. and i think that -- i was made aware of a letter that the national governors association sent to you about 49 different governors. i don't know if you are aware of the letter or not, but they definitely are concerned about this same approach with the cuts to the guard. could you talk a little bit about that? in their letter they mentioned that the air guard provides 35% of the u.s. air force's capability for the budget. they also mention in the letter that we must oppose the proposal that the air national guard absorbed 59% of t

let me ask secretary panetta what -- violence has not abated, the initiatives by u.n. special envoy annan have been undertaken, but when do we determine that they are not successful and move on to plan b? >> i think that's what secretary clinton is dealing with in paris as we speak, which is to look at that situation to determine what the next steps are with regards to the annan initiative. i think there's an effort to obviously try to deploy monitors that can go in and determine whether or not those violations are taking place, and there is also consideration of perhaps a peacekeeper initiative to try to back up the annan initiative with peace keepers. what the final decisions are going to rest with the international community. >> in terms of arms flowing to syria from iran, do we have credible estimates on what is flowing from iran into syria? >> i think to discuss that in depth we really ought to do it in the context of an intelligence briefing. >> all right. general dempsey, i'm concerned about the report that nato's assessment of the libya air campaign found that

but leon panetta said officials in pyongyang may be getting more than that. the u.s. defense secretary says china may have provided north korea with mobile missile technology. >> i'm sure there's been some help coming from china. i don't know the exact extent of that. i think we'd have to deal with it in another context in terms of the sensitivity of that information. panetta said the potential threat from north korea would be increased if it had mobile capability for long-range ballistic mispims north korean military leaders put what appeared to be a long-range ballistic missile on public display for the first time last sunday at a parade in pyongyang. authorities say the vehicle that carried it is the same as a special purpose vehicle developed by a chinese company. the truck is also used as a launch pad. >>> an online version of the magazine jane'sefense weekly says if the vehicle was chinese made, china may have violated u.n. sanctions. foreign ministry spokesman said china strictly follows security council resolutions, and he said chinese leaders enforce tlus con

. >>> just this week, secretary of defense leon panetta announced new policy to combat sexual assaults in the military. zero tolerance is the mention. >> but ground zero for battling the growing problem may start at the nation's most prestigious military academies. >> reports of sexual assaults at the academies rose by nearly 60% in the past year. and, out of the 65 cases record reported, only one resulted in court-martial. >> that's why two young women say they're coming forward. in a lawsuit filed this week, they say they were raped in their first year at the academies. tonight they speak to keira phillips for the first time. >> reporter: west point. the naval academy. the air force academy. prestigious military institutions tasked with training future officers ethically, spiritually, and morally. but for these high school honor students, their experience would be far different. >> i remember him turning off the lights and me asking, what are you doing? >> in the middle of the night, i did come to and he was on top of me. >> reporter: carly marquette and annie kenz yore say they were

that is nothing. >> panetta issued new orders to ensure the cases are taken more seriously, insisting the pentagon understands sexual assault. >> it is a violation of everything that the u.s. military stands for. >> secretary panetta said tonight he is fundamentally changing the way sexual assaults are handled, 4 hour reporting hotline, a special court-martial level system to deal with them. no more putting the cases aside and then he repeated i will change the way they are handled. congress is watching, and may still take steps to take it out of military hands. anita? >> thanks you, gary. >>> well, new at 11:00, was it justice denied? officials at the justice department have known for years that some evidence used to convict people has been flawed. and despite that knowledge, the washington post reports prosecutors did not notify defendants or their lawyers even when they knew the cases were flawed. now, the problems arose in the 1990's when some criminal cases came under review and work done by the fbi crime lab was called into question. information about affected cases was made kno

panetta pushed for the prospect of regional spillover. we are starting to see that with refugees and skirmishes along the turkish border. how concerned are you about what is happening in syria causing regional unrest? >> is a real and legitimate concern. the terminologies that come to mind are iraq and lebanon. you have divisions in the country. you have outsiders with a stake in what happens. you have bordering countries that are worried about refugees. as bad as things are inside, there is a possibility for think the thing worse outside. again, you do not want to take the options off the table. fair enough. you want to look at army and humanitarian help. but it is very hard to dislodge a tyrant who has a real base of support, if he is willing to kill his own people, unless you are willing to essentially go to war with him and do what the world is not doing in libya, and sit there for a while and build up a new state. that is a large undertaking for people to contemplate. i have just come back from the region. while a lot of people are e

during the course of the year, across-country the same that panetta is doing.what is the pattern here? three times a month is excessive by any standard. and what happens is, that you know, secretary panetta has been in congress before and, they really enjoy these perks and these benefits of office and at times they forget that these are taxpayers that are paying for. >> reporter: senior u.s. official tells fox the defense secretaries need to see their families. otherwise, we quote, should only select people for the gig who live inside the beltway. jenna? jenna: good point there. molly, where have you been by the way? welcome back. we haven't seen each other. >> reporter: good to see you both. i'm back from maternity leave. wonderful to see everybody again. jenna: we're glad to have you back. we have photos to share with our viewers. you're not kidding. you have a cute little baby there. what is ear name. >> baby jacqueline amanda. i miss her. sweetest little baby. thanks for putting up pictures. any first-time mom knows it is a joy. jenna: of lo the picture of

published by the "los angeles times" despite pleas from defense secretary panetta. >> we had urged want "l.a. times" not to-- not to run those photos. and the reason for that is those kinds of photos are used by the enemy to incite violence. >> reporter: army investigators have had the photos for about a month and do not doubt their authenticity. taken two years ago, they show paratroopers from the 82nd, 82nd

leon panetta says that keeping the mission a secret was critical to its success. >> if you can imagine a couple of tense moments going to the operation. just the fact of having those helicopters 1 150 miles into pakistan and the concern over whether or not there would be tested. >> he was the head of the central intelligence agency at the time of the raid. we're learning new details about some of the rule changes that are affecting the secret service. the agency will no sign chaperones on some trips to and forcing a code of conduct to curb excessive drinking and prevent agents from visiting questionable establishments. today was national take back day. more than 5000 locations participated for people to safely dispose of a prescription medication. >> a little spring cleaning for your medicine cabinet. at the university of maryland, nearly 30 pounds of on used, and wanted and expired prescription drugs were collected. -- nearly 30,000 pounds of unused unwanted, and expired prescription drugs were collected. students in the area could drop off the drugs no questions asked. they will be s

several congressional committees may hold hearings into the matter. >>> defense secretary leon panetta says new regulations will hopefully dramatically reduce the number of sexual assaults in the military. panetta says that sexual assaults have no place among those who serve. >> we are creating a special victims unit or capability within each of the services to be able to do this. this will ensure that we have highly trained experts who are trained in evidence collection. the best ways to interview survivors of the sexual assault. >> panetta also said that those accused of rape will now face a court-martial. these new regulations come after two women say they were raped at the marine barracks in southwest washington last month. >>> a sleepy pilot caused an air canada plane to take a nose-dive while over the atlantic ocean. the pilot of the boeing 767 was on his way from toronto to zurich when he mistook the planet venus for another aircraft. he thought he office a collision course and took a nose-dive without warning. that injured 16 passengers and crew members. originally, air canada

panetta has reimbursed the government. panetta has written checks to the treasury totaling about $17,000 for 27 roundtrip flights. panetta is required to fly on military aircraft because they're outfitted with more secure communications equipment. >>> the time now is 6:20. coming up, a shark attack in los angeles. how the sharks barely skated through to the playoffs. >>> plus, tahoe, 2022, the golden state going for gold medal with new olympic bids. >>> and a live look outside at the golden gate bridge. traffic's slowly starting to pick up as the sun slowly comes up on the horizon. weekend.holiday this we'll see how crazy it'll be on the roads. mike will tell us. never in my lifetime did i think i could walk 60 miles in 3 days. if my mom can fight and beat breast cancer, i can walk 60 miles. (woman) the fund-raising was the easiest part. people were very giving. complete strangers wanting to help. i knew someday i was gonna do this walk. if i can do this, you definitely can do this. we can do this. we can all do this toget

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secretary panetta said the pentagon asked the "l.a.imes" not to run the times. >> i'm not excusing the behavior but i don't want these injuries to bring further injuries to the people. >> reporter: the obama administration is already dealing with a series of recent incidents that have strained relations with afghanistan including the burning of korans. secretary panetta apologized for the latest incident and said it will be fully investigated. now, the white house calls the pictures reprehensible and says the pictures wants those responsible to be held accountable. >>> three secret service agents are off the job because of the sex scandal in colombia. the agents allegedly got in an argument with women over money. eight other agents are still under investigation. >>> a sailor is about to dmash for blowing the whistle about pollution on board his ship. he caught workers illegally dumping oil and waste into the ocean. he tipped off the coast guard when the ship arrived in theport last year -- in the port last year. >>> the battle over bot

it is not who we represent. >> secretary panetta also said in the investigation is under way. he urged the los angeles times not to publish the photos because insurgents could use them to incite violence. another step in the crackdown against inappropriate comment on -- conduct on metro buses. he is pitching legislation to give police added arrest powers for a sexual misconduct. computers like the idea. >> essentially this legislation would give metro the poet -- metro police the authority to arrest people with indecent exposure. >> metro is stepping up efforts to stop something a lot of passengers say is a far too common problem during their commutes -- indecent exposure. >> when they do that you look the other way and try to hurry the other direction. >> metro received 84 reports of sexual offenses in 2011. almost half were for indecent exposure. the confined space of a rail car give somebody a captive audience. >> sometimes at night when you are traveling alone it is kind of desolate. >> local laws prevented them from corralling flashers. metro police only can make an arres

was from leon panetta, the director of the cia. myself included. president obama said afterward when he made the decision that this is a very difficult decision. it included an enormous risk. add so much confidence of them to carry out the mission that of the risks were outweighed by the us by our man. -- of finally getting our man. does anybody doubts had the mission failed it would have written the beginning of the end of the president's term in office? this guy has a backbone like a ramrod. for real. on this debt issue, we know what president obama did. we cannot say for certain what governor romney would have done. we can say that unlike governor romney comment they felt like it earth to get been lavin. -- osama bin laden. i said before osama bin laden is dead. thanks to president obama and general motors is alive. you have to ask yourself why governor romney them present, could he have used the same slogan? -- in reverse? people of going to make that judgment. it is a legitimate thing. look. on a few core issues, there's no real difference bet

i spoke with leon panetta and secretary of state hillary clinton. they sat down with me for an exclusive interview in brussels. listen. >> madam secretary, mr. secretary, thank you for being with us. >> we are glad to be with you. >> let's talk about afghanistan. $2 billion a week in u.s. taxpayer dollars being spent to maintain the troop level and the existence to the afghan people. is this money well spent right now? $100 billion a year for another two and a half years? >> well, first of all, wolf, we are in a transition and as we transition, the afghan security forces are stepping up to protect their own people and as we saw over the weekend with those deplorable attacks luckily, they were not successful and that was because the afghan security forces which our soldiers and others of the nato alliance have been training and mentoring. so i think that if you look as we do at the progress that has been made on the security side and other indicators and health, education and the economy there is definite progress. that doesn't mean it is going to be

. >>> defense secretary leon panetta says there's no question the u.s.s safer with osama bin laden dead. but he insists there's no silver bullet to completely eliminate al qaeda's threat. panetta was cia director when bin laden was killed almost one year ago today by u.s. navy s.e.a.l.s. he wasn't whip the president and other top officials who nervously watched the raid play out from the white house. panetta was at the cia operations center and says there were several nerve-racking moments before he found out the mation was a success. >> they said they had kia withdrawn and confirmed in fact it had happened. and so that was the moment when we knew that all of the work that had been done was -- was paying off. i think the one thing all of us feel pretty good about that were involved in this operation is that as a result of what we did, america is safer. >>> republican senator john mccain is blasting president obama for a new election ad that questions whether mitt romney would have ordered the raid on bin laden's compound. in a written statement issued by