patrick halinan has worked on operational side. guest: since our arrival, and based on what had happened in the past, it was an extremely important that we put in place a strict chain of custody, some when the remains arrive at arlington national cemetery, we contract goes remains throughout the entire process to the completion of the burial and placement of headstones. host: what was happening a year ago as far as finding out the location of where some people were buried? guest: prior to our arrival, it is a well-known fact with the inspector general report from army, that the assignment of gravesides and some remains being placed in improper great sights or inadequately assigned. improperly assigned or inadequately assigned. we have been working very diligently to restore the trust and confidence of the american people that the problems have been fixed, and arlington is in good hands and and a good stewardship going forward. host: walk as briefly through the chain of custody and what happens when a body arrives. -- walk us briefl

host: our guest has been patrick halinan, superintendent of arlington national cemetery. also joining us is kathryn condon, the executive director. both of us think you for telling us about the work of arlington. -- thank you for telling us about the work of arlington. this segment part of a series of segment looking at military week. you can find more information on our web site, c-span.org. arlington national cemetery just one of many segments planned. tomorrow we will look at the coast guard. later on we will take a look at information regards to the armed forces. you are looking right now at a senate homeland security committee markup, a hearing on the u.s. postal service, the overall. it is set to start at 10:00. the senate governmental affairs committee will look at a proposal to help the u.s. postal service avoid bankruptcy. it lost 8 billion last year and likely to post larger losses when the 2011 budget report comes out in mid-november. that hearing will take place at 10:00, and it will start shortly. >> good morning. welcome to this markup. we don't have six req