will the pentagon pay for benefits of partners?ight soldiers be required to bunk with gay soldiers or can they request separate quarters? ba barbara starr is outside the pentagon. >> reporter: when robert gates sits right here at the witness table at high noon to talk to senators about lifting don't ask, don't tell, he is going to tell them it may take a year, because he's appointing a panel of experts to study the whole issue. gates knows that he still has to convince congress and his own troops and commanders that it's time for change. the president made his intentions clear. >> this year, i will work with congress and our military to finally repeal the law that denies gay americans the right to serve the country they love, because of who they are. >> reporter: but the stone-faced joint chiefs of staff didn't react to the sensitive matter. we now know more about what they are thinking. a senior pentagon official tells cnn the chiefs are expected to support the president, but they will tell him to what extent they believe allowing

there's been really for many years two acquisition systems at the pentagon. there's the long-term one we all know with large programs that start with requirements. and that's the bulk -- been the bulk of the spending. the second is one that wasn't all that big until after 9/11. and we started fighting these wars. and now it's become much larger. and that's a short-term acquisition system driven by the needs and the field of a combatant commander. and it's sprung up in the pentagon, committees, approaches, and lots of rbrbl@ b approach to industrial policy across the board. a few comments on the framework for this. fundamentally demand drives supply. that is to say, you know, you're not going to buy things largely because of industrial needs. you're going to buy things because we have national security needs for those things. but that said, supply has to inform demand. and the capabilities the industry can offer get taken into account in shaping the defense demand. i think within that framework, there are a number of steps and tools that have to be taken. and

i came from the pentagon, plan to go back to the pentagon, but i've realized as i was going there this morning that i don't have a good understanding of weather week in sourced or outsourced the snow removal. so i'm trying to figure that out before he had back. that's really meant for you, alan, the in sourcing, outsourcing minor. we're trying to get some verification. i want to thank david for setting this up in csi yes. it's a great topic and an incredible panel and i went to the last of those were scheduled to show up and i have to say i'm very humbled by this. i feel like i'm coming home. my first job in washington d.c. was actually in this building when i was a freshman at kansas state i applied for a position or his stint at georgetown university. but we didn't have money and so i also applied for a statement and i'm happy to report that both georgetown and csis were more than generous. and so, even though my mom didn't know i did it, i arrived here. and so, i spent my first internship in washington under the famous l. taylor, colonel taylor and afternoons with senator robert dol

. >> warner: alabama republican jeff sessions disagreed, and questioned whether the pentagon review will impartial, given that the president, gates and mullen have already spoken. >> if it was a trial, we would perhaps raise the undue command influence defense. and i think we need an open, objective, and a fair evaluation. a lot of things that have been said, i wouldn't note, that are not accurate, at least in my view, at least misrepresent certain things. >> warner: while the review is underway, gates said, the pentagon is looking at what it can do under existing law to ease enforcement. >> we can raise the bar on what constitutes a reliable person, and on whose word an inquiry can be initiated. overall, we can reduce the instances in which a service member who is trying to serve the country honorably is outed by a third person with a motive to harm the service member. >> warner: though secretary gates said it wasn't a question of whether, but how the policy would be repealed, the tone of today's hearing showed how emotional an issue this remains. and the same range of reactions were ex

are they bad business models on the part of the pentagon or the part of the contractors? is it just for contracting? does that have anything to do this industrial-based issue? >> i'd say no, nope and nope. next. [laughter] no, i'm not qualified to talk to that point. that is dr. carter who has been following this issue closely. but i can't say is that the department has been working closely with the contractor.

our mike emanuel is live from the pentagon with the latest.ll right, mike, first off, what do we know about this review of don't ask, don't tell? >> reporter: well, we expect defense secretary gates to announce two names, the senior defense official, also the senior military official who are going to look into all the issues involved with the idea of changing the controversial don't ask, don't tell policy. he's going to give them until the end of the calendar year to look into these issues and to make sure it doesn't impact the force. there are great concerns about with our military serving in wars in afghanistan and iraq and being asked to do so much around the world, great strain on the force, they want to make sure that if they change this policy about gays openly serving in the military, that it's done as smoothly as possible. so we've heard over the months that secretary gates feels like it has to be done very, very carefully. so he's going to lay out for the members of the senate armed services committee, the steps he's going to take gra

take you live now to pentagon correspondent, barbara starr.d the question is what is the secretary expected to say today? are we going to hear specifics? >> we do expect to hear specifics, betty. let me explain to everybody what is going on right now inside the senate hearing room. the secretary has actually been in the witness chair for about three hours talking about the annual defense budget. $700 billion in spending. but at the stroke of -- and we're just about there, of course -- the topic is expected to shift to don't ask, don't tell, what the pentagon will do to try and implement president obama's proposal to repeal the law. of course, it's up to congress to repeal the law. gates has to convince congress to do that, and the support right now is not overwhelming on capitol hill to repeal the law. he has also to convince his own troops that it's a good idea, so what he is going to do is say he's appointing some experts, to study it, for the next year, to look in to all this one more time, what's the impact of having openly gay people serv

the pentagon review could take more than a year. in the meantime, gates intends to revise the rules on discharging gay service members, he'll place a heavier burden of proof on a commander that wants to force someone out of the arms services. don't ask, don't tell, making its come back, of course, also in conversations since president obama mentioned it in the state of the union address. so our joe carter asked and you told him how you feel about gays in the military. >> reporter: i'm joe carter. this is hln's "views from the street." we're talking to people about issues, issues affecting their lives. are you familiar with the policy in the military don't ask, don't tell? >> uh-huh. >> i have two cousins that are in the arms forces. >> reporter: do you think it matters? >> i don't think it matters at all. >> it shouldn't matter. >> it should be open. >> it often presents a really challenging situation for an institution that's been so conservative for so long. >> well, i think it matters because of the situations that you put them i

pentagon officials confirm there is an accelerated deployment of defensive weapons, patriot missiles, and they would be operated by american troops. it is believed the patriot missiles can shoot down short-range missiles that the iranians could launch and other countries including israel and saudi arabia possess similar technology. at a pentagon briefing i asked defense secretary gates about iran as a threat he talked about the value of building the security capacity of america's allies. obviously, obviously to us, as least, helping them build their own capabilities instead of having to have u.s. forces present on the ground in substantial numbers or doing this ourselves is clearly much cheaper and better for us. >> chairman of the joint chiefs mullen said some of the efforts have been underway for some time but the fact the u.s. is more open about them suggests the approach could be to turn up the heat on the regime in tehran. >> thank you from the pentagon. >> another world headline, a female suicide bomber with the sight pilgrims in baghdad detonated explosives killing 54 after hun

it's the right thing to do. >> reporter: critics chastised pentagon leaders for putting policy beforeear-long analysis ordered by secretary gates. >> if it had been a trial we would perhaps raise the undue command influence defense. and i think we need an open and objective and a fair evaluation of this. >> reporter: gates noted that review focused on how best to enact the repeal. >> the question before us is not whether the military prepares to make this change, but how we must best prepare for it. >> reporter: senator susan collins asked whether any nato ally had experienced problems with gay trooping undermining morale or endangering colleagues. >> there has been as they told me no impact on military effectiveness. >> reporter: senator john mccain warned congress could still derail the effort to kill the ban. >> i'm happy to say we still have a congress of the united states that would have to pass the law to repeal don't ask, don't tell, despite your efforts to repeal it in many respects by fiat. >> as that year-long report is under way, secretary gates has asked for more relaxed e

the pentagon will unveil their defense review which lays out the strategyç for the pentagon for thes. the focus of the budget will call for, $6.3 billion for special operations, ma'am. they would buy new gear and isr assets to improve existing ones. dod plans to call for special operations forces to continue over the next several years. it will also propose adding 2000 new special ops personnel. that is from "defense news." the spending freeze -- will help or hurt the economy? we will be taking your calls. north carolina. this is a bill. caller: good morning. i cannot believe it. china must be -- we are spending three under billion dollars a year on twoç wars on people tht do not have nothing in common. trying to rebuild these nations and roadways. when it comes to $100 billion a year in health care, we cannot do that. the first thing we should do is get out of these wars. it is not doing any good. i think that is why the people are disappointed with obama. we couldn't get out of -- we understand the military complex is very powerful. something needs to be done about it. the americ

he said it's greeted quietly by everyone the pentagon. this is a guy jumped over 240 other generals to get that starr and kramer wanted to be sure he praised hague before he left the meeting. it's fascinating and you can listen to the tapes and hear it for yourself. >> i'd like to open a two questions for anybody out there. yes, sir? >> [inaudible] -- and get halfway almost exactly halfway the communist and walls and even that virtually no one with nonviolence that virtually no one predicted and the u.s. military left in search of an opponent and it's been said all you have as hell everything looks like it now. do you deal with a sudden vacuum of opposition to the american power needs of sometimes pasty and ill-conceived to find a use for the american military now that communism is off the table? >> what he is asking is when communism fell so quickly we were a left without an enemy. >> think it is an important point that you make, sir and there was a meeting on the street in 199145 different conservative organizations and "time" magazine

let's talk about the pentagon.the first job i mentioned, the number-three job at the pentagon, the president's nominated general clifford stanley. for 33 years dr. stanley, general stanley served our country in the marine corps in the communities where he and his family have lived. after serving bravely as a marine infantry officer, he went on to become quite an academic, served as a white house fellow. he was head of the nation's largest nonprofit private-sector scholarship organization. he was asked to come back. he is not a controversial nominee. the senate armed services committee approved him unanimously right here on the senate floor. no, not general stanley. he would not only be a pivotal part of the pentagon's senior leadership, he would also be in charge of making sure service members are prepared for war. at a time we're waging two of them and as we plan to send 30,000 more troops to afghanistan, a surge i know my republican colleagues support. our military leaders have told me that his absence is having

and the pentagon is figures out how to make that happy.s has our report. >> reporter: defense secretary robert gates tells congress he's preparing to end don't ask don't tell. >> we've received our orders from the commander in chief and we are moving out accordingly. >> reporter: he's ordered a year-long look at how to keep courses strong if congress repeals the law and allows gays to serve openly. more than 13,000 gay members have left the military. >> this is my life. this is my job that they're talking about. they're going to fire me just because i stayed true to the west point honor code. >> reporter: gay rights advocates claim attitudes have changed. >> the young service members between 18 and 32 have no problem with serving with gays whatsoever. so it's very much a generational thing. >> reporter: the joint chiefs chairman says he served with gays since the '60s. >> we have in place a policy whichorces young men and women to lie about who they are in order to defend their fellow citizens. >> reporter: but republicans worry allowing g

but admiral mullen's statements were surprising to everybody in the pentagon. when they appeared on the hill, they expected ron earth gates to say what we did, that we would commission the review and look at ways to implement this, that we would honor what the president called four in the state of the union address. admiral mullen made a personal and impassioned plea for lifting the ban. it really resonated indeed the building. even if the law hasn't changed, the tenor in the building has changed. he has spoken. gwen: you were at the enter gone the day after the announcement, did you get a reaction? were people surprised or accepting? >> people were surprised. it caught everyone off guard. here he came out and said it with such conviction. at one point on the hill, a congresswoman on the hill said to the chairman, i appreciated you sharing your feelings. he corrected her and said these are my beliefs. at one point sessions questioned him and said this is our job to change, not ours. the chairman said this is about leadership in terms of why he said what he said

>> couric: david martin reporting from the pentagon tonight.nwhile, it was just about a year ago when 50 people were4-ae crashed near buffalo, new york. today, investigators from the n.t.s.b. pinned most of the blame on the two pilots and insufficient training. soon after that crash, federal regulators promised to put tough new rules in place, but as nancy cordes tells us, little has been done. >> reporter: investigators said today that continental connection flight 3407 was brought down by a series of easily avoidable mistakes, starting with a captain and co-pilot who were chatting so continuously that they failed to notice their turboprop plane was slowing down. >> it was as if the flight was just a means for captain to conduct a conversation with this young first officer. >> reporter: three times the cockpit's control stick automatically pushed forward to head off an imminent stall but each time, the startled captain, marvin renslow, pulled back, the opposite of what he should have done, raising questions about his training. the co-pilot, re

a quick look at defense news, a publication that covers pentagon spending and pentagon news, few cutsal bid to open "the washington times" this morning, their lead editorial, i should say, obama's fake freeze folly. the views of the editorial writers of ""washington times." let's hear from leesburg, virginia, nina on the independent mind. you are on the air. spring lake -- north carolina, barry on the democrats' line. caller: i think it's done properly, that is tomçç say, e of the special interests can -- host: you are on the air. if the special interestsç don't come through and get their hands on the money first. i'm not saying let's give it away to all the people out there, too, i don't want to do that, either. ççwhat we have to do is figurt who really needs it so we can't be giving it to all the corporate people and we can't just give it to all of the people on programs and stuff. host: new york, this is amy. go ahead. good morning, you're on the air. make sure you mute your television or radio. caller: ok. yeah, i would like to know and a spending freeze what cuts and defense

we sought in 2008 that the price of gasoline went up and that could happen to pentagon international politics because we do not have a lot of slack in the system -- >> we saw a clean and happy fe on clean coal. >> is that not an oxymoron? >> that was important. technologically, the problem is that if you look around the world, it is much of a u.s. problem, look at how much energy comes out of coal and if you have no alternative to that, they don't know what to do. there is no plan b. >> there is no way of taking it out. 50% of our electricity -- claim coal me to either take the carbon and put it underground or you gasify it up front. are you weighty party man? -- are you tea party man? some reporters say the tea party is not truly republican. these are people who are angry independence. ts. >> there are actually two house republicans that want to get out. >> would you like to tell us what the tea party mon

jim miklazewski, nbc news, the pentagon. >>> we turn our focus now to haiti. first off, an update tonight on the relief effort now three weeks after the earthquake. there are signs that the food distribution effort is slowly improving, but also new signs of desperation in the face of so much great need. as "the new york times" puts it tonight, paper coupons that can be redeemed for 55 pounds of rice have become more valuable these days than money in haiti and counterfeiters are printing up fake coupons. a government official tells nbc news tonight tens of thousands of people are now getting paid every day to clean up the huge piles of debris, and that organized tent cities with large waterproof tents are starting to take place of sheets held up with sticks across the countryside. >>> now we move to the latest on those americans arrested for, as they tell it, trying to get children out to a better life. there are some new twists in thp strange story tonight. nbc's michelle kosinksi with us from port-au-prince. >> reporter: good evening, brian. a judge met with

the pentagon considers a major policy change.en allowed on submarines, is it about time, or is it a problem in the making? >>> we have some pictures to bring you from just over sea world where there's breaking news to tell you about. a female trainer was killed this afternoon. a witness who saw this attack from a viewing area -- so the trainer was explaining different things about a whale named telly. clearly this is a whale. we're not certain this is telly. apparently according to this witness, when the trainer walked away from the window, the whale took off, came back, shot up in the air and grabbed the trainer by the waist. inkwluding today's tragedy for some background, there have been 22 incidents since the early '70s involving whales at sea world parks. part of the park is closed right now. >> something hit my windshield on the driver's side, in front of my can face, caved the windshield in. glass everywhere. >> i noticed that it was a rifle. >> how could this happen and why did it happen? >> you just don't know what to thi

on part of the pentagon or the contractors, is it poor contracting?o, no, and no. next? no, i'm not qualified to talk to that point. that is dr. carter has been following this issue closely. what i can say is that the department has been working closely with the contractor. it's obviously very important program for us. we think it's going to be successful. we understand what the base required to support the program is. and i think we've taken, again, this is way out of my lane. and others here -- actually byron probably might know more than i do about this. but i'm encouraged by the interaction between the department and the contractors. it's a good thing to see. it's been honest and open dialogue. and i think all parties are on board with where we need to go. >> i'm sorry, i didn't mean to focus, but just bigger picture. is there an overall quality problem that's making the industrial base situation worse? if companies aren't earning award fees for poor quality or poor performance, that's hitting their bottom line, which is hitting their right-hand a

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it is part of a new policy the pentagon unveiled yesterday. it allows service members to use social media like facebook, twitter, or youtube. up until now separate military branks had different social media policies. a deputy assistant defense secretary among themselves and stay in touch with loved ones, of course. the policy bans the websites that promote gambling, pornography, or hate crimes. >>> take a look at this picture. a massive search under way for this missing california teenager. 17-year-old chelsea king failed to return home after a run thursday. vo volunteers and deputies are looking for her. >>> an experiment got range russly out of hand for two university of south carolina students. mat wolfer and paul bowers planning to spend a week being home unless columbia, south carolina. before going for a week, they decided to take a test run, so to speak. that's when they ran into trouble. while trying to sleep in a park, three men with guns tried to rob them. >> until we saw the guns and realized kind of, what was their intent. >> he ha

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of today's "new york times" in a five-sentence, one-paragraph-long story is notification that the pentagon has decided to lift the 100-year-old ban on women serving on u.s. navy submarines. women make up about 15% of our navy's officers and sailors. since 1993 women have been assigned to surface ships in the navy but not submarines because, you know, submarines are sexy. or something. unlike aircraft carriers, which are totally not sexy. in any case, defense secretary bob gates has now told congress that the ban will be repealed. women's service will be phased in starting with women officers on larger submarines within a year or so. without fanfare, without congressional hearings, without a year-long review, without any noticeable peep from senator john mccain, the pentagon is ending a personnel ban on the basis that it was discriminatory and antiquated. no muss, no fuss. no humiliating, dishonest pseudointellectual public declarations of bigotry from members of congress. so far. what about the strength of the steel? the integrity of its design... or how it responds... in extreme situation

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. >>> the pentagon will ease up on the don't ask, don't tell policy. robert gates does not want to discharge anyone who has been outed by others. he's launching a yearlong study to get rid of don't ask, don't tell. >>> your toyota dealer may get the magic part today for the recall. >> some of them. right? i mean, this is what toyota wants you to hear all the good news. these are some of the metal shims, coming as early as today or tomorrow. when are you going to get it? it will take weeks or months. they are designed to keep your car under control. toyota estimates it will take half an hour. have you been to a dealership lately? do you get out in a half hour? maybe it's the time when the mechanic puts the wrench on it. we'll talk more about questions about the electronic throttle. we have a lot of information on our website, cnn.com/robin. >> thank you. angry jen. i'm kidding. you are looking out for us. we appreciate that. >>> we are keeping on eye on illinois. it's the first state to hold a mid-term primary. president obama's senate seat is up for gr

pentagon leaders say that it is time to allow gay people to serve openly in the military.n mccain says that the don't ask, don't tell policy has been affected. they are launching a study to be ending this policy. >> an american international group is about to pay out millions in bonuses to the financial products division employees. this is what they are telling the "washington post." they were behind the fall of aig, which received a bailout. >> the bodies of slavka naydenova and paul wion were found friday night. natalia wilson was placed under arrest and charged with murder. the police say that she knew the victims. there was a common vision about 9: last night. two people were taken to the hospital. there is no word whether or not anyone was arrested. >> this is the last day that you'll be able to see the national panda. he will be going to china tomorrow. there will be a breeding program there. for the past several days, many people have been visiting him. they are going to see him for the very last time. >> the washington capitals are the highest-scoring, the bruins w

was not pleased with the first coming to the pentagon. will be here in a couple of minutes and she could tell you straight out. >> who is the new p.m.? >> i don't think we have announced it yet. so, but -- it should be out within a day or two. >> and can you say, with the departure -- is this marking the beginning of the end of the involvement in haiti? and to what extent is iraq and afghanistan help define what you're able to do still in haiti if the long-term? >> again, this is one we'll both take a crack at. i think the answer to your first question is no. it does not mean the beginning of the end of our engagement. and one of the principal assets that the vincent brought was -- was helicopters. nearly all of those helicopters are remaining in haiti. and i think as -- as the chairman indicated in his opening statement, we anticipate being in -- in hate foy so long as we're needed. and as long as the president wants us to be there and the haitians want us to be there. and what we're getting into now is what balance of assets makes the m

meanwhile, the pentagon is pushing this social discussion on line.ng people to weigh in on don't ask, don't tell. and on twitter, the joint chiefs of staff said allowing the military to serve openly is the right thing to do. wolf? >> we'll have more on this in the next weeks and months. appreciate it, chris lawrence. >>> the obama administration making a stunning charge today against toyota saying the car maker dragged its heels in dealing with the gas pedal safety hazard and that u.s. officials had to put enormous pressure on toyota to do the right thing. president obama takes his jobs and messages on the road and saves his jobs for republicans. we'll take you to new hampshire coming up right here on the situation. goal was to take an a and make it happen. i'm janet long and i formed my toffee company through legalzoom. i never really thought i would make money doing what i love. [ robert ] we created legalzoom to help people start their business and launch their dreams. go to legalzoom.com today and make your business dream a reality. at legalzoom.

the pentagon maybe by buying contracts, but it is nothing like this. >> the same thing about military involved in congres is the same in pakistan. >> the military is one power structure and there are more hard core elements. >> you need independent institutions even if it is not democratic. with the soviet union when i asked about a detained individual they said he is still a member of the academy, as though they can take that away from them. the weakness in most emerging countries in the post colonial time has been a lack of democratic institutions. there is no backstop to support that or organizations to say you cannot do that. there is nothing there except political institution. >> in shanghai there is going to be a huge world fair which is the book and to the olympics. -- book end to the olympics. the second-largest pavilion is de americans. >> we are nearly out of town. conclude in 10 seconds. -- we are nearly out of time. >> that is our program of that. we look forward to bringing mikheil next week. -- look forward to being with you. go to our web site where we had many archive

i offered was one that did not necessarily elicit widespread applause on the third floor of the pentagoni said that i know that this is a good war. this is a war that we are winning and the violence levels are low. this is going to be below his campaign and a long war. i wish i had not been prophetic. but i think that is clearly the case. it is hard and it is hard all the time. is going to get tougher before it becomes easier. -- it is going to be tougher before it becomes easier. we can see the beginnings of the output. that will likely be accompanied by high levels of violence, just as it was in iraq when we launched the surge and the violent levels went up considerably and it got much tougher before it got easier. over time, it did indeed get easier, if you will, and it did get better. so i think that is where we are. again, if i could come back to your mention the west point, you left one thing out. that is also where i met my wife. [laughter] it was a blind date, of all things. i had been set up with the superintendent's daughter, to my court. to her horror, she found that -- to my

we will take you near the pentagon. you want to pay attention to the top and bottom of your screen. see if your business has any delays or late openings or if they're on liberal leave. we will continue to scroll of that information for you. traffic is in your favor in maryland and virginia. back to the news desk. >> i want to show you the storm scan. we have clouds starting to stream in. precipitation is down to our south and west. we will see it develop through central virginia through the morning hours and start to push into the metro area. you can see how much moisture, there is with this system. there is quite a bit. it is down in the south and transferring its energy to the coast. we will tap into the moisture and pull in that cold air. i think tonight from 7:00 p.m. the heaviest bands of snow will fall. it will come down with some gusty winds. travel will be impacted. let's go to the maps to ensure the winter storm warning. it starts this morning down to the south through central virginia around 10:00. it affects all of laws. temperatures in some places above freezing. -- it a

beautiful winter pictures here, and this is near the pentagon. we are going down to west haven, and this is not bad right now. >> thank you very much. it is 4:55 and we will watch some of the other stories that are making headlines. americans accused of taking children out of haiti will go before a judge, and the women were spoken to yesterday. they were crossing into the dominican republic with a busload of children. >> toyota may have to add another problem to a long list of growing problems. there have been breaking problems with the prius hybrid. ray lahood is criticizing toyota for moving too slowly with their safety measures. the parts to fix this are moving out right now. >> the death of morgan harrington has been confirmed to be a homicide. she disappeared in october after attending a metallica concert. >> the doctor at the center of the investigation into the death of michael jackson may be facing charges. he may be charged with involuntary manslaughter today. dr. murray is planning to turn himself in. michael jackson died in june after

they either change the laws after considering all the requisite information that the pentagon hopefullyof this country. >> larry: lieutenant choi, have you thought of quitting? >> what kind of question is that, larry? why would you ever ask a soldier to quit? >> larry: because they don't want you if you admit who you are. >> well, i think that the morals that you're taught and the values that you're taught at the very first day of your basic training, that's what you fall back on whenever you have a gray area or whenever you have a difficult decision. and i think anybody here in this can understand that. we've learned -- my dad is a southern baptist minister, and he thought me from the beginning, i don't care what you did, just tell me the truth. those are the values we fall back on. my instinct right now? i was given the chance to quit and i would most likely hold onto all of my benefits. as a combat veteran, i think i've earned some of those, but i said no, i'm putting it all on the line, because i learned on that very first day that you tell the truth and there can be consequences, t

he pentagonçw]/ççç]çzvççmçyo gÑ!to get laid off, firemen expected to get laid off. it is the people hurting. these cuts that they are talking about, understand that, some more people hurt, people in the community. 147 firemen jobs were on the line up until friday, understand, and they have to take a pay cut and all of those things. if that should happen here in qtulsa, a lot of people who woud like to call the emergency line, they will get hurt when the house is burning down. host: what percentage of income to you think goes for taxes and how much more would you be willing to pay in order to get the firemen and policemen back on the streets? caller: i am willing to pay the tax because that is what -- the life style, lifestyle of a lot of people, just like the other caller, they don't want to talk about paying higher taxes -- everybody don't want to pay -- ok, how and i going to get a social security attack -- check if i don't pay taxes? how will the police officers keep the community say if i don't want to pay higher

i think that the folks in the pentagon could give you a better exact estimate of what we have spent.oking at what we need and we are making recommendations. again, it will depend upon the conditions on the ground and what we are encountering in a few weeks in terms of the force that is needed and making those adjustments needed as we go forward. >> there's a story in "the washington post" that says that the marines are making good use of their counterinsurgency training in terms of how they deal with the local community engaging with local leaders. can you talk about how important that is in terms of this very different situation? >> i think it has been critical. not only the marines, but our soldiers at the 82nd airborne division that are here, as well as the airmen and sailors, for that matter, the experiences they have gained in other places in the world, as mentioned in that article, in terms of how you interact with the local population, how you work with severe -- civic leaders and religious leaders in terms of understanding the cultural dynamics on the ground, critical in any

a source of controversy within the pentagon. it was put in place in the clinton administration back in 1993, according to "the wall street journal." the story goes on today that and nbc-wall street journal poll in 1993 found no more than 43% of americans supported lifting restrictions on gays in the military. usa today-gallup poll in june 2009, by contrast, 69% of americans favored eliminating, don't ask, don't tell restrictions. let us look at what senator john mccain said yesterday. >> numerous military leaders to tell me "don't ask, don't tell" is working and we should not change it now. i agree. i would welcome a report done by the joint chiefs of staff based solely on military readiness, effectiveness, and needs, and not on politics. that would study the "don't ask, don't tell" policy, considering the impact of the -- repeal on armed services and would offer the best military advice on the right course of action. we have an all-volunteer force. it is better trained, more effective, and more professional than any military in

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does the pentagon have any new proposals or ideas on this idea from the japanese government? what is your position on this new idea? >> i am not going to get into the business of responding to every slight development that comes out of different parties associated with this issue. when i will do is repeat what i have told you time and time again -- what i will do is repeat what i have told you time and time again. we are cooperating with the japanese government with the relocation issue. we respect the prime minister wanting to review this issue internally. our position ponzi facility and -- our position on the facility have not changed. we believe that it is fundamentally the best route to ultimately reduce some of the stress that is associated with all of our forces in okinawa while providing the security that the japanese truly wish to have by having u.s. forces in and around them. so let's let this course follow- through over the next few months. it is only a couple of months away until may. we will know more then. as i said you, i am not want to get into what we have or

mike emanuel is live at the pentagon tonight. did this work?hat more do we know about iran's ambitions here? >> well, shep, u.s. officials say that the launch did work but did not achieve orbit. so u.s. officials say it does not appear to move the ball forward in terms of technology. as you mentioned, the white house is calling it provocative. the state department says: >> iran has an aggressive missile program. obvious it's of a regional concern to us. it threatens countries in the region, potentially threatens europe as well. >> now the concern for u.s. officials is this technology in terms of getting to space is quite similar to long range missile technology and so this is something clearly the u.s. officials are watching very carefully, shep. >> shepard: all right. you know this announcement comes a day after tehran said it's willing to cooperate with the united nations over its nuclear program. and, at the same time, the iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad said he is willing to swap the three american hikers detained in iran for iranians

mike emanuel is at the pentagon tonight.s about the united states saying about those plans to build nuclear sites in the mountains? >> well, that it makes the point that the u.s. is making that the iranians are not serious when they are talking with the west about their nuclear intentions. here is white house press secretary robert gibbs. >> it is clear that the continuing announcements and pronouncements that are made in iran demonstrate that they have no interest in building international confidence. that their nuclear program is for peaceful means. >> and gibbs did go on to say that time and patience are running out, shep. >> shepard: yeah. i have heard that for a while. what was mahmoud ahmadinejad ranting about today? >> well, he threatened israel once again saying that he has spoken to the heads of states of israel's neighbors saying if the israelis make a mistake and attack iran that the nations in the region will attack israel and, as he said, destroy them and uproot them, shep. >> shepard: you know, china's key for

than the normal institutional rivalries i've seen between the state department and the independe pentagon've seen in past administrations, democrat and republican. >> that's true, best supporter because he doesn't miss an opportunity to say how underresourced the state department is, pentagon has a $700 billion budget and the state department has a $52 billion budget. he often says you could populate one aircraft carrier with the entire foreign service. they feel like he's actually behind them in trying to help boost more funding for the state department, to get the state department out in both iraq and afghanistan. and i think that relationship could actually affect how both iraq and afghanistan turn out. >> and one of the other things is, just sort of the demeanor and the style of the man. you write that gates made himself easy to trust. by nature not a guy who seeks the limelight and obama has no patience for media hounds. staffers say it trns out gates has got more in common with obama than he did with bush, both cerebral, analytical and reflective. seeing terrorism as a long-term cha

we're going to leave this now to take you live to the pentagon with spokesman geoff morrell. he just began briefing reporters. this is live coverage on c-span2. >> at the democratic policy committee luncheon. this is the second such luncheon he has been invited to attend and as part of his, really ongoing outreach and continuing engagement with the hill. there is no set agenda for this luncheon. it is an open, opportunity for an open and frank discussion between the secretary and the democratic caucus. when he returns to the pentagon later this afternoon the secretary will sit down with ahut barak, the israeli minister of defense. latest in series of ongoing consultations with our close ally, reconfirming our unshakeable commitment to israeli security. over the course of the past year they have met four times and exchanged multiple phone calls. today the two will pick up their discussion on a range of important issues. such as bilateral security cooperation most notably ballistic missile defense, the middle east peace process, focusing on our continuing support to the process

haldeman in response to the pentagon papers and you describe the pentagon papers case in your book where he says the problem out of all of this gobbledygook, it is the end of the idea of the infallibility of the president. [laughter] it is a fascinating idea. but to me, it says that was in many respects the problem of presidential power. and i look at something like the clinton experience, and you wrote about this quite actively even defending clinton in the 1990's, very famous essays at the low point of his power he's about to be impeached. he's able to drop the missiles on the hook all the way of the other side of the world. it is extraordinary expansion but not necessarily the nuclear bomb. >> guest: i keep saying bomb power doesn't mean you actually get the bomb -- it's not even a metaphor -- it's all the consequences of the bomb that live with us. even when you're not dropping the bomb all these things that we are set to protect the bomb, deploy the bomb and spy on the bomb, those are what live on. >> host: in another interview to mention one of your childhood friends went off to lo

he was one of the several pentagon officials testifying in front of the senate committee today.bama a-- president obama appeals to plan during the state of the union address. >> no matter how i look at this issue, i cannot escape the trouble that we have, a policy which forces young men and women to lie about who they are in order to defend the country. >> numerous leaders tell me that the don't ask don't tell is working and that we should not change it now. >> we're not kicking out people that are, you know, horrible at their job. we're kicking out people just because of their sexual orientation which is just plain wrong. >>> critics say openly gay service members could disrupt the ranks. but they say that they have spoken to some of the nato allies that allow the gay members to serve, they see no impact on the military effectiveness. >>> the first vietnam veteran to serve in congress is in intensive care tonight. a spokesperson says that the congressman is suffering from complications following the gallbladder surgery last week. the 77-year-old republican is from pennsylvania.