pentagon can be a very, very tough customer.nd military contractors like that they don't have to compete with the commercial contractors. how can you break this down to get innovative ideas even if it means put older legacy businesses out of business. >> there is valley of death in the commercial companies. we have the summit of death in the defense department. you spend so much time trying to get a contract, and once you're there it is hard to go back and refresh technology, in many cases. so that is an area we're working very, very hard on. it is going to take some time for us to get that right. but you're absolutely correct in that we need to reach out to the commercial sector to better understand what they're cape bill of doing and how we can incorporate into that gray area of systems i mentioned earlier where we can utilize commercial markets. >> including taking good commercial ideas and get them to partner with military contractor. >> absolutely. some of that can be mentoring protege, which i'm a big fan of and our small

ç the pentagon blames the escalation on changes to the f-35's design and production schedule.enate armed services committee, missouri democrat claire mccatkill vented her frustration. >> i need somebody to do an estimate on the problems associated with this program. i need to know who's fault it is. this is too big to fail, this program. and we're going to push money across the table. we're going to pushç back timelines, we're going to push money across the table. and i need to figure out -- i think we all need to figure out who's fault is it? >> reporter: bill suiteman, a journalist and author says the pentagon and defense contractors underestimated the challenge of building such a complicated aircraft. >> when the fighter program got started, the people who were running the program believed very possible to make three versions of this aircraft that would be simply different in the way they took off and landed. it looks like the aircraft is rather more difficult to manufacture than they hoped. >> reporter: the version of the f-35 for the marine corps is particularly complex

white house correspondent mike emanuel reports from the pentagon. there is new information that iran could have the ability to attack the u.s. within a few years. >> reporter: iran continues developing the ballistic missile technology and could hit the united states in five years, according to a pentagon annual report to congress. the unclassified version on the military power of iran says, "with sufficient foreign assistance, iran could probably develop and test an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of reaching the united states by 2015." but with the u.s. saying it will not have a missile defense system capable of protecting europe until 2018, one expert says the obama administration has wasted valuable time. >> the bush administration was going to put a third site in western europe. which the administration would have said would have been in place by 2013. but which essentially would have accomplished everything this administration says is going to happen almost half a decade later. >> reporter: still, as the iranians continuing showing o

mike emanuel is live at the pentagon. you know, you're shields go up because we got burned the last time we are heard this. talk about this missile concern and how much information they're giving us. >> well, essentially we don't know what's in the classified version. that part about able to strike the united states by 2015 is on page 11. they buried the lead, the thing that concerns the americans. they're working on nuclear development at the same time they work at rocket capability and a great concern. one expert said 2015 is an estimate. what if it's sooner and ear in the margin of error? another said there could be development problems and it could be later. if they're five years out there's great concern here. >> and it says if tehran develops missiles technology and perfects nuclear capability, there's a problem but there's a lot of if's. >> that's true. there are development problems on the nuclear refine. , if you will and also the technology in terms of the missiles. once they do have the technology, the game cha

>> bret: mike emanuel live at the pentagon tonight. thanks. the senate homeland security committee continued investigation in the fort hood shooting from the obama administration. lieberman and collins want to know what they call the warning signs of maj major hasa extremism were not recognized. we have look at what congress wants to do ahead of the mid-term elections and there is big news involving one senate race in a key southern state. >> bret: this is a fox news alert. in the election headquarters tonight, major develop in the the florida senate race. correspondent phil keating is live in miami with details. good evening. >> reporter: good evening, bret. florida governor charlie crist, republican governor, now tonight acknowledging for the first time that he is in fact considering running not for the u.s. senate seat in florida as a republican, but as an independent. late this afternoon in an interview with "associated press," governor charlie crist said he wants to listen to what the florida residents have to tell him and, "take a very,

the latest word from the pentagon, by the way, is that the base and u.s.affected by this crisis. >>> all right. there's a huge controversy erupting in virginia right now involving the confederacy and slaves. let's go to lisa sylvester, the governor, bob mcdonnell, is now apologizing to the people of virginia. >> yeah, that is indeed correct, wolf. and we'll give you a little bit of background on this story. governor bob mcdonnell declared the month of april confederate history month and he did so, he issued a proclamation to that effect and he did so because he said he wanted to encourage the study of history and encourage tourism ahead of the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the civil -- the civil war. but there have been quite a backlash, a lot of criticism about this, and just recently, in just a few moments ago, he released -- his office released this statement. and we've got -- we can pull from that statement. and he says, the failure to include any reference to slavery was a mistake, and for that, i apologize to any fellow virginian who has been

those of you who don't know bunny, she is -- she was a procurement official at the pentagon who came to nbc news and worked primarily with lisa myers at nbc and told us that her colleagues, other federal contracting officials had bent the rules regarding handing out contracts to halliburton. and, wow, i don't know if you remember. bunny was so nervous during that interview. our first take, we rolled a 20-minute data tape. we never used one sentence from it. she just was so nervous and she was -- had never been in this position before. of, you know, essentially talking out of school regarding what had happened with her former employers. but she warmed up and she did a great interview but she suffered as a result. it was very, very hard for her. another former government employee we interviewed is a woman named jane turner. jane was an f.b.i. agents. she came to us and told us that during the clean-up at 9/11, at ground zero, f.b.i. agents had repeatedly removed rubble and artifacts that they then handed out as souvenirs to their friends and family. on its face, it doesn't sound like t

is why the pentagon is upset over it. -- and that is why the pentagon is upset over it. >>> gm has repaid $8 billion worth of government bonds and hopes to repay the rest to a public stock offering. it plans to invest $257 million in two plants in kansas and michigan. this is after a new poll released shows americans believe that american cars are better made than asian cars. >>> the new high-tech additions are a way to prevent counterfeit. there is a blue three the -- 3d ^ ribbon. it won't be in circulation until february 2011. >> hello. >> and doug hill. >>> the rain will move back then, that is the headline we are looking at. it is kind of a persistent change. that is the rain that has been with us through the day. it beneficial rain, i might add. there was steady progress throughout the region up to the baltimore area. it is moving out of the way, and skies are clearing. first, 54 degrees nearly a half- inch of rain. 0.38 inches in woodbridge. 58 degrees in less than half an inch. they are much warmer out there because the sun has finally made an appearance, and the sunshine will spre

the pentagon is an official place. >> laura: clerics are in the u.s. military aren't official? they are. >> they are not going to be broadcast on c-span. he would have had that service son c-span. now we are going to find maybe that the pentagon, at a minimum, i don't know why it's doing a national day of prayer to begin with to be honest with you. >> laura: disagrees with you. they are actually going to appeal that wisconsin federal district court's ruling. >> you know why they do that. >> laura: it's reridiculous, national day of prayer been celebrating for tech cadz go back a couple hundred years. >> this doesn't go back. lauer. >> laura: are you saying the leaders of our country having prayed for us in battle, having haven't invoked christianity and morality. you want to name one framer i will name another. john adams our second president. >> i just named three at the beginning of this show. >> laura: you don't care about the framers, really except in something like this. do the framers believe you should take over health care and do a stimulus bill that would take over pri

daniel ellsberg with the pentagon papers, and so many more. in my own career, i haven't had any of those big-ticket items but i have worked on some stories i still think are important. steve mentioned bunnatine greenhouse. those of you who don't know bunny, she was a predetermined official in the pentagon who came to nbc news and i worked primarily with lisa liars at nbc, and told us that her colleagues, other federal contracting officials had bent the rules regarding handing out contracts to halliburton. and, while mac, i don't know if you remember, donnie was so nervous during that interview. we rolled a 20 minute beta tape. we never used one sentence from it. she just was so nervous and she had never been in this position before of essentially talking out of school regarding what had happened with her former employers. but she warmed up and she did a great interview, but she suffered as a result. it was very hard for her. another former government employee we interviewed is a woman named jane turner. jane was an fbi agent. she came to us an

this is part of a conference looking at pentagon efforts to operate more efficiently using new technologythis is such an important topics. i used to quite regularly go out at the training center at fort ere ere ere -- irwin. it was almost invariably because of terrible traditions. it's such an important part of the world. we don't pay the public policy attention that we should. i've had a conversation with ash about this. we were -- i guess i was probably teasing him about the endless tanker acquisition process, he said i'll come over. but nothing about tanker. i said what about logistics? he said i'd like. i'd like to have a chance to talk about that. ash, thank you for agreeing. we go back a while. my first experience with ash is when he was at p and ae i don't know what it is now, c.a.t. or c.a.p.e. or whatever it is. ash was there. he was interviewing me. he decided i wasn't qualified to be working for him. and he was right. because he need far more technical confidence that i had. he has brought that technical expertise to every one of his positions. i think he's doing a fabulous job

. >> what's on the chopping block and what changes the pentagon is make being after a recent shooting. >> next if we don't hit 80 we'll be awfully close. a check of your weather and traffic up next. you'll like it. >>> good morning. once again, the time is 5:11. i hope you get a chance to enjoy the weather. temperatures in the upper 40s and low 50s in downtown. 54egrees at national airport. 50 degrees in falls church this morning, 45 in manassas, 47 degrees in leesburg, 43 in frederick, maryland. what a day we have for you today. plenty of sunshine, sun coming up at 6:51 this morning. going down at 7:33 this evening. temperatures will be in the upper 70s across most of the area. a lot of spots might touch 80 degrees if you're away from the water. if you're up alongside the bay a touch cooler, the great weather extends all the way through easter weekend. going back the last ten years our warmest easter in the last ten years and maybe one of the warmest first weeks of april we ever had here in washington. all this following a march without a freeze and 32 inches of snow in february. jer

he send it to the pentagon. his plea means he loses all the military benefits he has earned during his service. >>> construction crews are pulling cars out of a huge sinkhole. another car is still in there. the hole opened up in richmond, california thursday. it is huge, around 60 by 40 feet wide. 20-feet deem. this woman believes her car is still in it. >> i know it is buried under some dirt. i continue to watch them digging and digging and not reaching it, it is hard to figure out where it could be. i've even had the police check to make sure it didn't get towed. so there is no report on it. so it is definitely down there somewhere. >> workers have started building a rode around this sinkhole because it cut off about 100 homes. it is not clear what caused the sinkhole. >>> former president, bill clinton, is telling people to be careful with the words they use to criticize government officials. he says, don't demonize them. he says, all angry anti-government rhetoric has him worried about increasing threats aga

from aerospace, electronics, information system and ship buildings and the biggest client is the pentagon. what's the move mean for virginia? the bottom line is jobs. they plan to hope their corporate office in summer of 101 with roughly 300 new employees. this is a huge victory for the state of virginia and governor mcdonnell. and he is expected to make this announcement formal at a press conference today in arlington. in crystal city, kristin fisher, 9 news now. >> and we have this late word from an arlington economic development source. we are told northrop grumman is no longer considering either crystal city or the dulles area. the finalists are said to be boston and fair view park and fairfax county. >>> so long, farewell to civil rights legend dorothy height is underway. she passed away at the age of 98. she is lying in repose at the national council of negro women which is named after her. there will be a memorial service for dr. height tomorrow at shiloh baptist church in the district with a public funeral on thursday morning at the national cathedral. president obama will deliver

this pencil drawing appeared at least four times in pentagon and state department brochures. but this laser shooting into the sky did not exist. and, in fact, the soviets at one time wanted to build a laser but after years of trying they had failed. so this is the state of our knowledge of gorbachev. what really was going on? what really was happening was quite different. within three months of taking office all the top designers and constructors in the military space program brought to gorbachev of a colossal program. the new man and they put it on his desk. the entire plan is listed in careful handwriting and notebooks. this plan would build a soviet star wars. it was huge with two major programs, 137 projects and design in testing and 34 projects in design and research and 115 in fundamental science. and, of course, you could imagine the billions and billions of dollars that they were hoping to get from this. and what did gorbachev do? well, if he was the old school, as our experts thought, and as our cia told president reagan, he probably would have built it. certainly br

bonnie greenhouse was a procurement official in the pentagon who came to nbc news and told us that other federal contracting officials had been the rules regarding handing out contracts to halliburton. bunny was so nervous during that interview. she just was so nervous. she had never been in this position before. essentially talking out of school regarding what had happened with her former employers. she warmed up as to the great interview she suffered, as a result, it was very hard for her. another former government employee we interviewed is a woman named jane turner. she was an fbi agent. she came to us and told us that during the cleanup at 911, fbi agents have repeatedly removed rebel and artifacts and they handed out as souvenirs to their friends and family. on its face, it does not sound like that terrible of a crime. we went to talk to 9/11 families and they were just so stodge. -- stunned. they considered ground zero to be a grave site and they were horrified by this behavior. jane pointed out in she was vilified within the fbi. became against her very hard -- they came against

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last month, john patrick bedell opened fire on two police officers near the pentagon metro.those officers returned fire killing bedell. >>> coming up next, the bad economy leading to some good news for the future of the work force in one city. >>> as we go to a break now, starbucks pulled an april fool's 's prank the 1 # 8-ounce plenta and the -- 128-ounce plenta and the two ounce micra. >>> the wait is almost over. you will soon have your chance to get your hands on the most anticipated piece of technology so far this year. line up early though. ipad goes on sale tomorrow morning. it is expected to sell out by early afternoon. we though have one of them in our grubbyling hands and we'll have it displayed for you coming up later this morning. one revawer thinks it will relace the laptop saying it is lighter, thanker and faster. >> i'm looking forward to that. >> -- one viewer thinks it will replace the laptop. >> it doesn't have the web cam. >> this is a big drawback. >>> president obama heading to charlotte, north carolina. it is one of the pleas hit hard by the economic do

this is northbound coming past the pentagon. look at the volume because of the early early accident that was inbound over the 14th street bridge. you will hit this before approaching the pentagon and you will continue with this delay up and over the 14th street bridge this morning. so certainly allow extra time now that the accident has been cleared. hopefully, this will aleft yait the problem some but once that ball is set in motion, it is not quick to be cleared. this is the southbound traffic. a little bit of the wet roadways contributing to the traffic. some of it just volume. you will continue with this down to montgomery village avenue where it opens up a little bit. on the outer loop of the beltway in college park near route 4, we did haven't aan accident with injury. also an accident where southbound 95 meets the beltway in college park. very busy. getting a report of boxes in the roadway on the roadway in greenbelt. just be very cautious around that strep of the beltway this morning. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time

. >> pentagon officials tell nbc news defense department is negotiating with senator lieberman in then over documents of the attack at ft. hood. the chair and raining member issued subpoenas to two of president obama's cabinet secretaries. pentagon officials could not say whether the justice department, which was also subpoenaed, was involved in those negotiations. senators lieberman and collins want to find out why the joint terrorism task force knew some 10 to 11 months before the shooting that the suspect, army psychologist hasan was exchanging e-mails with a known al qaeda recruiter but failed to warn the pentagon or army. >>> more ammunition for washington and its battle against wall street. ahead of the hearing on capitol hill, goldman sachs releasing more internal e-mails showing the company was aware the housing market was collapsing but kept selling investments tied to real estate. a trader said he just sold some of those exotic products to widow's and orphans. in another he compares the product he helped create to frankenstein turning against its own inventor. another e-mail

military has the pentagon on the defensive. first, a leak to the video on the internet of a u.s. in baghdad opening fire on a group of men, including a reuters photographer and his driver. then again on a van that stopped the rescue one of the wounded men. the attack killed 12. some of the men were armed. and then in afghanistan, pentagon officials acknowledge special operations forces inadd ver tantly killed three women in february, but then denied allegations that it was covered up. there were reports that the team even removed bullets from the bodies and walls to hide the fact of the bungled mission. joining me now is retired general barry mcaffrey. when we're talking about the way the army is perceived, in iraq and afghanistan, how much damage does it do if they are killing civilians and it becomes public? >> well, two different incidents, two different times. 2007, helicopters in iraq, a 17-minute video. the website says yes, they were armed, but appeared relaxed, which is almost a comical statement. what they were doing is supporting ground forces during the middle of the c

barbara starr live at the pentagon this morning.ation. >> reporter: they do, indeed, kiran. whenever there's a mess somewhere in the world that the military has to deal with, they like to code name it. known as operation e-15, e for first letter of the volcano and 15 other letters that i won't attempt to pronounce. this is now a military operation. let's look at a couple of maps. this will show you where key bases are shut down in europe impacting the flow of cargo passengers and wounded. first in britain, in the united kingdom, two bases shut down. raf, the u.s. air force base has both bases shut down. in germany, the air base at ramstein and shan golen shutdown. let's look at the map. as you say, ramstein has been critical now for so many years to medevacing and lifting the wounded out of the war zone. they fly from germany from the war zone and back to the united states. look at the green line. what they are having to do now is fly from spain, south of the ash cloud, over to the war zone and then air lift them all the way back to

looking for -- looking in on a conference -- looking at pentagon efforts on logistics and efforts to operate more efficiently using new technology. the featured speaker in this portion of the conference is the defense department undersecretary for logistic ashston carter. it should be getting way here. one of the first two live events and the second one coming up at noon and that is daniel benjamin who is the coordinator of counterterrorism at the state department. that will be live noon here on c-span2. the president today heading to charlotte, north carolina, to talk about jobs this as the jobs number just comes out from march. the associated press reporting the unemployment rates staying at same at 9.7%. the president is headed to charlotte, north carolina. visiting a lithium ion battery plant that the associated press said received money to hire new workers under the stimulus. that will be live under the stimulus on c-span. >> ladies and gentlemen, if you would kindly gather up your next round of meal, your extra cup of coffee. we're not -- we're not exactly ready to begin, but i

the pentagon station's bus shelter. those officers survived. >>> tonight, montgomery county police are trying to identify a man who was found dead in some woods. the body was discovered near ashton, close to the howard county line. alex is working the story. >> it's surprising. don't exfect to see that in this nice wooded area. it was a little concerned. >> reporter: mailman was on a delivery route yesterday on ednor road, when a stranger with a sense of urgency flagged him down. >> there was someone coming up out of the woods talking on a cell phone, looking agitated. >> the man was walking along this trail when he made the gruesome discovery in this wooded area, but the man couldn't pinpoint this location. >> he asked me where we were, what was the hundred block, he was just contacted police because he saw a body in the woods and said he poked it with a stick and there was no response. he was upset about it. >> a spokesperson for the montgomery county police department tells 9news now the man died from multiple gun sh

you are talking as though this is all new and i am thinking "pentagon papers." if you read the actual decision in that case, a lot of it was -- you are coming in and sing get an injunction. they got an injunction against "the new york times." they said "read the statute." nobody ever seriously thought -- nobody thought of suing them. they sued daniel belzberg -- danielle elsberg and made a stupid mistake of breaking into his psychiatrist's office. >> six justices did not decide the question. they did not address it. >> fair enough, but the government did not ever do that. that is exactly my point about rules of engagement. i do not mean law. i mean rules of engagement. with somebody sitting in uniform there, i am sure rules of engagement is the wrong word. i think of it more as a lawyer. what can lawyers in an adversary rule do with respect to each other? some things you do not or would not do. two of them -- if one could make absolute statements about it, what would be the point of a panel discussion? you cannot do that. you can say generally the government sho

just yesterday, the army disinvited evangelist franklin graham from the pentagon's event. graham has made some pretty controversial comments about islam, some of this show actually where he called it a very violent religion. so is america really one nation under god? >>> and on a very different note tonight, the supermodel who is taking potshots at celebrity plastic surgeries. paulina porizkova is here with very surprising and candid thoughts on true beauty. lots to get to. but we begin with "the mash-up." our number one international story, the deadliest day of the year in iraq. at least 61 people died. more than 100 were wounded in a wave of bombings in baghdad and nearby anbar province. >> just days after the killings of the two top al qaeda leaders in iraq, a wave of bombings have left dozens dead in baghdad and neighboring anbar province. >> mangled cars, buses clogging the streets outside two mosques, party headquarters and a market. at least 58 people were killed and nearly 200 were injured. >> no one has claimed responsibility, but expert says the attacks are chara

when we pulled the procurement way back then you would have thought we blew the lid off the pentagon but today the pentagon is talking about eliminating it. >> since president obama signed the debt limit extension, which included the pay as you go requirements on many programs february 12, congress has twice passed legislation to extend jobless benefits, flood insurance programs, and so forth at a total cost of $28 billion without paying for those programs. now, this goes back to susan's question about what's the priority here? the debt or the people in california who aren't working? should the government pay for those 28 billion worth of programs? and you're going to face this question again probably on june 2 when the current programs run out. should the $28 billion be paid for? should you pay for the programs after june 2? if so, how? >> david, we have increased discretionary spending over the last two fiscal years by 85%, not including defense. indeed, the national debt ceiling has been raised by this congress the last couple of sessions six different times moving our national de

on the other hands, we have seen in the last couple of months a man attack the pentagon and wound two guards, a man fly a plane into an i.r.s. headquarters in austin, texas, and, of course, there was a letter that was released, i guess, and discovered on monday by a group which asked all 50 governors to resign or face forcible removal. an analyst inside the government and outside kind of agree on why this is happening. it's a combination of factors -- rapid change, globalized economy, unemployment over 10%, a country that is much more multi-cultural, multi-racial than it was a generation ago, even than it was 10 years ago. and, of course, you can't ignore the fact that we have the first non-white president in the history of the country. but it's also true, that's kind of at the 10,000-foot level i'm also true that we've been through a year -- a long debate about health care, and this is where it is kinds of related, in which many of the criticisms would result in a great leap forward into socialism. in fact, a great leap into your private life. whether those are true or not, there is

>> mike emanuel reporting from the pentagon. thank you for that. russian president dmitry medvedev made a surprise visit to the southern province of dagastan today. 12 people were killed there in bombings wednesday. yet, medvedev told police and security forces to use tougher measures to fight those responsible. monday, 39 people died in attacks on moscow subway system. back at home, there is still no one in charge of keeping this country's subways, trains and airplanes safe from terrorists. correspondent james rosen looks at president obama's continuing troubles, finding someone to run the t.s.a. >> reporter: three months after the attempted bombing of a u.s. airliner on christmas day, the transportation security administration guardian of the u.s. aviation system remains leaderless. president obama first nominee for the top job, former f.b.i. agent su erroll southers will drew after admitting to use federal name check to check out his wife's new boyfriend. the second nominee, robert harding withdrew after questions about his lucrative work as def

the issue is not just a managial one of how the pentagon -- managerial one of how the pentagon goes about its actions. the thing is about the overall defense policies and budgetary priorities. for example, we continue to spend billions of dollars every year on sacred cow weapons systems that were designed for a bygone era. finally, last year we cut off funding for the f-22 raptor designed to neutralize the next generation soviet plane. i guess it took almost 20 years to figure out there's been no generation of soviet plane because there has been no generation of the soviet union. but we're still throwing money at the b- 2 osprey, a plane so unnecessary and wasteful that even former vice president cheney was trying to kill it as late as the 1980's, when he was secretary of defense. according to our analysis at the congressional progressive caucus, we can save $60 billion, at least, a year, by eliminating such cold war relics. and, mr. speaker, then there's the biggest ticket item of all. purportedly keeping us safe, but actually spending us into bankruptcy and undermining our national secu

in good shape but the pentagon across the 14th street bridge. headlights in the cama heading south out of the district. one more camera takes you to the beltway travel in montgomery county. that's fine. headlights or outer loop. moving nicely on 270. >> the time is 5:41 this morning. it is about 50 degrees outside. >> kate does not make the cut. scary moments for a hollywood actor. we will tell you all about that. >> a d.c. council member wants to propose the 10 cent gas tax to help metro. not many people on board with the idea. not many people on board with the idea. announcer: whether it's earning a promotion... they're the culmination of lots of hard work. the graduate school has more ways to get you the knowledge you need to reach your next goal, your next great moment, with continuing education programs to fit your schedule and lifestyle. learn more. visit... >> you are watching abc7's good morning washington. with doug mcelway, alison starling, meteorologist brian van de graaff, and lisa baden with traffic. this is good morning washington,

the planes have gone into the tower was and pentagon and crashed in pennsylvania. who do you turn to? there is a pre-existing philosophy of the new conservatives about the middle east and they are right down the hall so you go talk to them and it became the real philosophy of the u.s. government until the failed. and i think the turning point was george bush's decision to put the defense department in the hands of bob gates and i look at bob gates as in the rout at the time and sitting with some americans and i turned and said everything is different from here on out. work fall was the state department. understand the use of diplomacy, and the first thing he did is he went to iraq, and i think his taking over the defense department and coupled with the opening to the insurgency really made a huge difference in our foreign policy in the region. he doesn't want to stay at the defense department. i hope he stays forever. i am a big fan of his and i think that he's a good student of history and i think now he's kind of view, his political feel and sense of history tryi

and while i'm glad the pentagon undertook this assessment, i and most americans didn't need a report to confirm the iranian threat is real and credible. the regime poses a significant danger to the u.s. and our allies, particularly israel. also, because of our failure to implement tough sanctions against iran, many nations will feel the need to develop nukes while we are reducing our stockpile, and failing to modernize our nuclear inventory. in addition, we have halted the production of f-22's, allowed a window of vulnerability in missile defense and have delayed development of the next jen bomber. -- nextgen bomber. i hope the president will not shortchange the d.o.d. this year in ballistic defense, the nextgen bomber and other vital initiatives to protect our homeland and our allies well into the future. thank you and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois rise? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. quigley: mr. speaker, renee fought for equality in

and our pentagon correspondent barbara starr says officials hope diplomacy works but want to be prepared if it doesn't. >> what is now clear, don, for the last several weeks, u.s. military has been updating options for striking iran's nuclear program. there's a couple of things going on here. first defense secretary robert gates has written a classified memo to the white house outlining what he believes are a number of decisions that he says need to be made in the weeks and months ahead now that the white house is on this so-called tough track with iran, trying to step up the pressure for sanctions, to give up the nukes, but still gates saying in a statement issued just tonight by the pentagon, saying that the u.s. is prepared to act across a broad range of contingencies if it has to. and that takes us to the second part, updating those military options. the joint chiefs of staff, the u.s. central command, sources tell us across the board, the u.s. military looking again at iran's suspected nuclear sites and updating their options, how they would attack them, what information they would

that's why. [ laughter ] >> bill: let crowley get in. >> the pentagon says it's too vulnerable.n't give you that information right now. >> colmes is talking in a circle. >> no, i'm not talking in a circle. don't do that. >> first of all, personnel who have ache h. access to hasan's personnel filed have talked to the fbi deputy director and also talked to individuals on a gates appointed panel about. this it's not like the information isn't there to be gotten number one. number two, the public deserves a public airing about this. >> bill: sure. >> this is the united states military. paid major hasan's salary for goodness sake and he killed 13 americans. this gets back again to the political correctness problem we have in this country. in january the u.s. army put out a report on major hasan. 86 pages, bill. not once did they ever mention islamic terror. this is all about trying to stonewall the real reason why major hasan. >> bill: we have to leave it there. >> the military is politically correct. the u.s. military? >> yes, they are. >> bill: when you come back on, we know it's i

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it is a bit analogous to the symbolic import of taking out the world trade center, the pentagon and the aspiration of the capital. how it is going to play out, it is hard to predict. on the domestic political front, over the past decade, there is no question that terrorist attacks have played to the favor of mr. putin and as a justification for further centralization of political power. we have seen in response to this attack a considerable difference between the russians. putin has resorted to his playbook of pull them all out of the sioux were -- sewer and that sort of tough talk. what we have seen from the prime minister is that this is a reminder that the core problem of the terrible social economic conditions in the north caucasus which is the driver for these groups to attack which is not something we hear from putin. >> how could the u.s. administration assist russia at all in the anti-terrorism fight? obama said we stand ready to help. how could he do that? would russia even be open to that? >> can i jump in? it is a very good question because the way i see the conflict in russi

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it is a more immediate want to cite, compared to the pentagon papers. the government ended up dropping the case of the spending years in developing it. this is lobbyists that got accused of violating espionage act by receiving classified information and giving it to both a news organization and an official at the israeli embassy. what the defense lawyers cleverly did was subpoena all the government officials with whom they dealt, including the then secretary of state rice, richard armitage, and a bunch of others from whom they had received classified information intentionally for the purpose of getting it out, the point being that government officials find various ways to get out classified information -- that they find it useful to their political or bureaucratic interest to get out into the public domain, making a mockery of our secrecy laws and making it virtually impossible, in this case, for the government to simply use the classification standard as a ground for prosecuting somebody. . . >> if i may, i agree that there are laws and rules of engage

graham son of billy graham was supposed to appear at the pentagon on may 6th, the national day of prayer but complaints about his description of islam as evil as the -- has the military questioning whether they should pull the invitation. the military freedom foundation says it would offend muslim employees at the pentagon and endanger troops by stirring up muslim extremists. >>> president obama says it is very important his next supreme court nominee takes women's ' rights in to account in interpreting the constitution but he said the nominee will not have to past a litmus test on abortion. yesterday president obama and vice president biden met with top senate leaders to discuss the next nominee. the president plans to nominate someone by the end of may at the latest. the coast guard continues to look for 11 workers after their oil platform exploded. survivors are being reunited with their families this morning. more than 120 workers were saved. it's not certain what caused yesterday's explosion off of the coast of louisiana. seven survivors were injured. >>> it is time for another "liv

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