i know this will require a commitment of personnel by you, mr. edwards, but it is so important to get to the bottom of this event so we can find out exactly what happened. the aim is to restore confidence to the secret service, which most of the members have good work. so i agree with that. the members of our committee, senator brown is next. >> director sullivan and mr. edwards, thank you for tending. hist mr. sullivan, you said that you were not aware that this had happened before and that is evidenced by some of the investigations you have done in your long history in the service, correct? >> yes, senator. >> you are still trying to figure it out is something you also said, correct? the most recent incidents? >> yes, sir. >> you are making changes coming ethics training, changing policy, is that correct? >> yes, sir. >> you said many times that a majority of the folks serving in the agency -- and i would agree -- do wonderful work and have gone on many missions and serve with great pride and resourcefulness. 147 years of service. is that fair

the additional personnel required to support staffs and trainers for afghan security forces. we meet these additional requirements by pulling equipment and personnel from units at home stations. and as madam chair mentioned in the opening remarks, our units at home station continue to experience significant personnel and equipment shortages. in fact, over the past several years, approximately two-thirds of our units at home station have been in a degraded state of readiness. home station readiness is a particular concern for the nation's expeditionary force and readiness. the forces at home station represent our capability to respond to unexpected crises and contingencies. over the past two years, units in home station have responded to several unplanned requirements. in these cases, marines had days and in some cases hours to respond. and we were reminded that crisis response is a come as you are event. as we draw down our forces in afghanistan, we'll begin to address these deficiencies at home station and improve our ability to respond to unexpected crises and contingencies

both the personnel and organizational independence of oig investigators free to carry out their work without interference by agency officials is essential to maintaining the public trust and not only the work of the oig, but the dhs workforce as a whole. the oig investigates all allegations of corruption involving dhs employees or compromise of systems related to the security of borders and transportation networks. for example, oig received information about that a cbp officer was using his position at a large urban airport to support an international drug trafficking organization. oig joined a multi-agency investigation led by i.c.e., opr which led to the dismantling of the entire drug trafficking organization and the arrest of multiple offenders, including the cbp officer. on at least 19 separate occasions, the cbp officer has bypassed airport security using his own badge to smuggle money and weapons for the drug traffickers. in december 2010, he was convicted and sentenced to eight years in prison. in another case, oig conducted an investigation into allegation of theft involving

as you recover, the force, will start filling personnel gaps we have had. and before you actually start to see increase readiness reporting from our moments of home station is going to be the equipment piece. that's two to three years from the time the equipment actually gets home, not from the time the units redeploy. our best estimate right now, based on 2014 draw down from afghanistan would be, sometime around 2017 is when we would start to see significantly increased reporting. i mention that 67% of our units at home station were degraded readiness. really what i was referring to was c 3, c 4, scale of one to four. units report the lowest level of readiness in manning, training and equipment. so 61% of the units that report degraded readiness as a result of short falls. not only do we have to get the equipment homen't . we have to reset the equipment, going through depots or replacing equipment destroyed. procurement process. depot maintenance process. our best estimate is two to three years, not from the time the marines come home, from the time the eq

one is a matter of priority and personnel. it is interesting to me -- i asked him before the hearing if he would interview any of the 13 agents involved because they were clearly a big source of the story. he said and, in fact, he was interviewing two of them today. today, it became a very public commitments. i know that director sullivan -- probably as much as anybody in the world -- what to clean this up and move forward, but ultimately, there is nothing better than to have an independent investigation by the inspector general as opposed to self investigation by the agency of the service involve. we are going to stay on it. we are going to go with the information we have. we'll see what the inspector general and his investigation turns up. thank you. >> you can learn more about the members of the senate homeland security committee with the congressional directive. to get a copy, send $12.95 plus shipping and handling to c- span.org/shop. in a few moments, president obama's commencement speech at the air force academy. in a h

we need to work through internally with our personnel office as well as the office of personnel manage. to look at what it will take to do polygraphs from the standpoint of at the time of the periodic reinvestigations and in between those periods of time whether it's looking for reasonable suspicion or looking at more like a drug screening type of process where randomly we do polygraphs. i think we have a lot to learn from other agencies that employ polygraph on a more routine basis and we're going to undertake that endeavor. >> let me just say, i'd like to work with you and cbp. i hope the ranking member would like to join me in this in terms of changing that policy and certainly if any legislation is required to look at making that change, i think this is vitally important. i'll try to keep my time limited. but mr. duncan, turning to tsa, allegations and indictments of tsa employees stealing personal belongings of passengers, improper luggage screening which after we saw the latest attempt out of yemen to potentially smuggle an explosive device on to an airplane, again, a national se

i know this will require a commitment of personnel by you, mr. edwards, but i think it is so important to get to the bottom of this event, to get to the truth of it, to find out what happened and to restore confidence to the secret service, which most of its members deserve by their work, so i agree with that. the members of the committee, as is our custom, will be called in order of appearance, and in that regard, senator brown is next. >> thank you, mr. chair. director sullivan, and inspector edwards, thank you for coming. in your testimony, you said you are not aware of this having happened before, and this is part of the investigation to have done it as part of your long history. is that correct? >> yes, sir. >> and you also said this is something you are still trying to figure out. is that what you said? >> the most recent type of behavior, yes, sir. >> and you are making changes, changing policy. is that also correct? >> yes, sir. >> and you have said many times that the majority of folks serving in the agency, and i would agree that they d

travel claims, and tsa personnel stealing personal belonging of passengerers. since 2004, over 130 agents of the united states custom and border protection have been arrested, charged, or otherwise prosecuted on corruption charges. allegations and convictions include alien and drug smuggling, money laundering, and conspiracy. the dhs acting inspector general states mexican drug cartels attempt to corrupt dhs employees, and this impacts our national security. the inspector general also reports that since 2004, there's been a 38% increase in the number of complaints against cbp employees, as recently as february 2012, an i.c.e. agent pled guilty to 21 counts to obstruction charges. there have also been allegations of convictions of i.c.e. agents accepting thousands of dollars in bribes from immigrants seeking u.s. documentation. a former intelligence chief for u.s. immigrations and customs enforcement is accused of embezzling more than $180,000 stemming from a travel voucher fraud and kick-back scheme that defrauded the government of more than $500,000. four othe

i know this will require a commitment of personnel by you, mr. edwards, but it is so important to get to the bottom of this event so we can find out exactly what happened. the aim is to restore confidence to the secret service, which most of the members have good work. so i agree with that. the members of our committee, senator brown is next. >> director sullivan and mr. edwards, thank you for tending. hist mr. sullivan, you said that you were not aware that this had happened before and that is evidenced by some of the investigations you have done in your long history in the service, correct? >> yes, senator. >> you are still trying to figure it out is something you also said, correct? the most recent incidents? >> yes, sir. >> you are making changes coming ethics training, changing policy, is that correct? >> yes, sir. >> you said many times that a majority of the folks serving in the agency -- and i would agree -- do wonderful work and have gone on many missions and serve with great pride and resourcefulness. 147 years of service. is that fair

the air force reserve is frachted to reduce by 900 personnel. however, that figure is just a proposed fy 13 president's budget and is the tip of the iceberg. our reserve is losing trained personnel and taking on new missions. the personnel losses are in specialties that are still essential for the total force and at the same time, don't easily transfer to up inially assigned mission areas. for instance, an aircraft maintainer with 17 years experience can't not become a cyber warrior with 17 years of experience overnight. with that perspective, the air force is actually losing a capability of 5,000 to 6,000 experienced and trained personnel and that loss could seriously affect the posture. the alternative to these losses once again is to focus on the correct balance to adjust all three components mixed to better suit reversibility and maintain crucial capacity. i believe the active component should be an advance variety reactionary in nature, globally fielded high numbers and highly responsive. a reserve component as a projection force based on p

we'll lose something in the neighborhood of 1,500 personnel if this goes there. it will be several hundreds of agents, almost 1,000 analysts, and almost 900 professional staff. it will be a very hard hit. but my answer was in response the a question about what would happen if sequestration hints. >> how far would it be in respect to your ability to do the job that the fbi is required to do? >> well, there will be gaps in what we are going to do. we will probably have to ratchet back in the white-collar criminal program. we have thousands of agents now by looking at health care fraud, mortgage fraud, securities fraud, corporate fraud. we will, in terms of addressing gang violence around the country, we probably will have to cut back in terms of our task forces. our belief since september 11th has been me maximize our capabilities when we work in the complex of task forces. so we have hundreds of -- established hundreds of safe street task forces with one or two or three agents but leverage our capabilities with local law enforcement. we have to cut back in these a

way from actually having created a seamless transition for many wounded, ill and injured military personnel. so i hope the committee will have a good discussion about what can be done to simp plap fip this disability system, speed up the process for those who are ready to move on with their civilian lives. and with that i yield back. >> thank you very much, if senator. >> chairman, i would ask consent to put my statement in the record. thank you. >> thank you very much. at this time i want to -- oh, senator chester. did not see you come in. champion is surprising. welcome. >> that's because i beat you in, madam chair. i would just like to say thank you, doctor, for being here and mr. gingrich, and mr. ber tony. i would just say since i've been on this committee, 5.5 years we've been talking about this issue. obviously it's not an easy issue or it would be done already. by the same token, maybe we ought to get the committee on military affairs in here, but you're here, doctor rooney, but to put pressure on the d.o.d. to make sure they're doing their as we put pressure other than the v.a. to

we are forecasted to reduce by 900 personnel. however, that figure is just the proposed fy-13 president's budget and is the tip of the iceberg. the loss are in specialties still essential to the total force an aircraft maintainer with 17 years of experience cannot become a cyber warrior with 17 years of experience overnight. the air force is losing the capability of 5,000 to 6,000 experienced and trained personnel. the alternative to these losses once again is to focus on the correct balance to adjust all three components mix to maintain crucial capacity. globally fielded in small numbers and highly responsive. there should be a more ro bust reserve component as a projection force. we can support the president's reversability plan, contribute to the nation's economic recovery and ensure the security of our nation and its interest. mr. chairman, members of the committee, senator cochran, i am honored to have served the last four years as chief of the air force reserve and commander of the air force reserve command. i appreciate th

the 9/11 commission raised concerns about the shortage of personnel who needed middle eastern language skills at both the fbi and cia which hindered our understanding of the threat. these agencies as well as the departments of state, homeland security, and defense continue to experience shortages of people skilled in hard-to-learn languages due to a limited pool of americans to recruit from. because of these shortages, agencies are forced to fill language designated positions with employees that do not have those skills. agencies then have to spend extra time and funds training employees in these languages. as u.s. businesses of all sizes look to expand, they need employees with the foreign language skills and cultural knowledge to access overseas markets. our national and economic security's closely linked to howell our schools prepare students to succeed in a global environment. experts indicate that learning languages starting at k-12 levels develop higher language proficiency than those starting in college. the federal government must partner with schools, colleges, and the private

so a lot of military personnel involved and personnel which will be manning the security points. they won't be armed. but 3,000 military personnel who will be involved in the olympics in the security operation. >> johnathan, you ever given me the list there. this is a mighty operation. there are those who say we're going overboard on this. what is the military view on that? >> well, you're right. the controversial issue is the missile defense batteries in london. some near residential areas, and there have been some residents who are living in the area complaining about the idea of setting up these military installations near them. now what the military is saying is that they wanted to have a safe space around the olympic games. which means having layered air defenses. so you can't just have typhoon five jets dealing with any threats. u also got to have missile batteries and helicopters with snipers onboard. so you need various equipment to deal with various scenarios that could be faced. that said, the military said there's no specific threats, and that this would only be used a

spent how many personnel do you have?>> close to 7000. >> and on this jump team there were 53 individuals, but how many u.s. secret service personnel were on the cartagena tripped? >> we had about 200 people on the trip. at the time of the situation we had about 175 people who were in cartagena spent and how many foreign trips has the secret service been involved with question talk about over 200 this year alone. >> yes, sir. and we have done, over the past seven years, we've done about 2700 since 2008. >> foreign trips of? >> yes, sir. >> and this kind of incident has not been reported before? >> no, sir. no, sir. but again, moving toward i do think that they professionalism reinforce the working group, we are going to look at various areas with that. we have broken it up into three different areas. there's going to be a subcommittee on workforce management and we're going to take a look at how we hire, our performance management, accountability, disciplined and a security cleared process. we're also going to take a look

he also extended the tours of army personnel in germany and japan by six months. and confirmed the activation of 113 reserve units, a move that called up for duty more than 23,000 soldiers. a day later, the white house announced that vice president lyndon b. johnson, would fly immediately to europe to meet with west german chancellor and mayor. accompanying the vice president would be retired general lucius d. clay. since clay had been the commandant during the '38-39 brigade, his presence was to assure west berliners that they had not been abandoned. in addition to dispatching johnson and clay to berlin, kennedy decided to make the american commitment to west berlin absolutely clear to west berliners and communists by instructing chairman of the joint chiefs -- he directed the commander of the u.s. army in europe to implement contingency plans for a probe along the route into berlin. around midnight on 18 august, 1961, general clark alerted the force that would conduct the probe. the first battle group, 18th infantry, 8th infantry division. the force moved out of

. >>> new information on those personnel documents from the d.c. police and fire departments found burning in dumpsters. fox 5's wisdom martin in the newsroom now. >> the associated press obtained an e-mail sent thursday by marvin hayman from the police department's recruiting bureau. the e-mail told staffers to find anything they wanted destroyed in the hallway and the next day documents were found burning in dumpsters at the documents were recognized as personnel files for emergency workers and d.c. police officers and contained private information like social security numbers and medical records. in a staple police spokesperson says the department was investigating whether any internal affairs rules were broken. there was a request for investigation from the leaders of the police and firefighters union. >> it's issued for both police and fire. these are sensitive documents and there's rules about, you know, retention of documents and also disposal of documents and i can't even see where half burning them in a dumpster is the appropriate disposal

military personnel.n the middle of the night about two hours or so from now he'll address the american people from the bagram air base. there he gets a nice hug from a nice u.s. woman who is serving in the military right now all of this comes a year to the day they killed osama bin laden. he met and interviewed the terror leader in an afghanistan hideout way back in 1997. his latest book is entitled "man hunt, the ten-year search for bin laden from 9/11 to abbottabad." it's just come out and our national security analyst peter bergen is joining us right now. peter, you spent a lot of time in afghanistan. you know this situation about as well as anyone. is this going have a happy ending for the united states when all of the dust settles? >> well, i think it has to, wolf. it doesn't matter if it's president obama or president romney or president hillary clinton or any future potential president of the united states. they all know the history of afghanistan. we closed our embassy there in 1989, basically sw

while the current administration is slashing the numbers of uniformed military personnel, over the next five years it's shown little indication it plans to take commencery cuts to the federal workforce hired to support the universaled men and women. >> now that the department is making tough decisions about a defense platforms, by retiring ships and combat aircraft and putting off the purchases of some new weapon systems it is sometime we take action to cure this imbalance. in the summer of 2010, then defense secretary robert gates announced a series of cost-saving initiatives to create efficiencies in the face of mounting budget pressures. eliminated a number of civilian jobs at 778,000, and recommended further cuts. two years later civilian employment within the department of it defense had ridden by nearly 23,000 personnel. defeat recommendations by the defense business board, the maeth been unable or unwilling to reduce the number of civilian employees inside the department of defense. this is why it is fellows implement guidance to the department that will force them to change. the

what does it do to the schedule for retraining personnel? what does it do to the guard's mission readiness? >> sir, those are the -- those are great questions. they're what we're wrestling with right now. the transition at memphis out of c-5s into c-17s was actually an fy 12 action, that is supposed to begin, but it continues into fy 13 as we retire c-5 as out of memphis, the c-17s come in. that requires training, dollars to be spent to make the conversion and you're correct, the reason that -- and a plaud that move on baffle of the air force because it does bring the air national guard more into the relevant aircraft of the future. it's something we've been pushing for for quite a long time in the air national guard. >> we know, don't we, we're going to get rid of the c5 as, aren't we? >> yes we are. >> why would we delay it a year? >> i hope we don't. but that particular movement is one of the things in pb 13 that i think is in the best interests of the country and certainly the air force and the air national guard that we continue with th

the cold war found personnel on board domestic airline flights serving as u.s. air marshals.g the civil rights movement, the border patrol to join u.s. marshals to enforce federal law by protecting james as he registered at university of mississippi's first african american student. in the wake of hurricane katrina, agents responded to help victims and restore order. during the reconstruction of iraq and afghanistan, agents brought security and support. whether dealing with illegal immigration or facing the threat of international terrorism, agencies have done their job with vigilance, integrity, and pride. the threats have changed over the years but the basic mission remains unaltered. defending and protecting our nation's borders is our brand, as important today as it was in the past. this month, as we take devotion from our past to carry out our task of securing the borders, it is fitting and proper i am here to discuss the future for the 2012-2016 plan. the border is a difference in varmint today than when i began my career. i have witnessed the evolution of the border ov

personnel records of firefighters and d.c. police officers. the president of the fire fighters association is upset. >> documents blowing around the parking lot. dumpsters partially burned. some of my members noticed that their own names and social security numbers and addresses were on some of the documents. concerns about privacy issues and identity theft. just on the surface. >> reporter: the d.c. firefighters association and the fraternal order of police joined together to ask the inspector general to investigate who ordered the burning of personnel records and why. >> we just entered -- for recruiting documents because we are having significant problems recruiting police officers and down 400 police officers. we filed that lawsuit three days before the documents were burned. given the department and the district's history on destroying and altering evidence we have concerns that run along that path. >> reporter: it will be up to the inspector general to determine if the attempt to burn personnel files here was an accident, a mistake, or p

what does it do for the schedule of retraining personnel? what does it do to the guard is' mission rates? >> sir, those are great questions that we're wreg ling with right now. the transition at memphis out of the c-5s and c-17s was an fy 12 action that is supposed to have began, but it continues into fy-13. it requires training, dollars to be spend to make the conversion. the reason -- and i applaud that move because it brings the air national guard more into the relevant aircraft of the future. it's something we've been pushing for for a long time. >> we're going to get rid of them, right? >> yes, sir, we are. >> why delay it a year? >> i hope we don't. that particular movement is one of the things that i think is in the best interest of the country, and certainly the air force and air national guard that we continue with that part of it. if the prohibition is to spend fy-13 funds on fy-12 actions that need to be completed in fy-13, then the dilemma is as expressed. it would mean what is the cost of maintaining them? is there appropriation

my question is, is there funding for programs to retrain school cafeteria personnel and retrofit those kitchens and second, is there funding for programs to retrain school cafeteria personnel and retrofit those kitchens, and secondly, in an earlier session, scott faber was talking about entitlements in the upcoming farm bill, and one of the statistics you quieted, $142 billion is being earmarked as subsidies and entitlements for successful farming operations and insurance companies, which don't need the money, but are getting it, and i'm wondering if any of the money being proposed for those entities could be allocated back toward school lunch and programs that would help improve nutrition in schools by retrofitting kitchen, training personnel and getting more fruits and vegetables from local farmers. sorry for the long question. anyway. there you go. >> the second question is a little easier for me to answer, respond to. not sure where he got those numbers. he's raising the ish issue of how we spend agricultural dollars broadly. let me say, the annual budget of the u.s. department of

personnel fired any weapons. we were involved purely supporting and advising the units that we support are comprised primarily of host country in this case hon duran law enforcement officers. they were trained. they were vetted as part of this program we work on together. >> does that mean that they advised them to open fire on a canoe carrying civilians including a pregnant woman? >> i highly -- >> in an advice and support role. what did they advise and support? did they say, hey, this looks like a good target, shoot it? >> well, first of all, as i understand it, the honduran authorities are doing a broad investigation of this incident to evaluate what exactly happened and how it happened. so i think we need to let that go forward. with regard to the precise actions in an advisory role that the u.s. folks played, i can't speak to that. i will send you to dea for more on that. the point i wanted to make here is that our guys don't fire in these operations, they didn't in this one with regard to the preplanning of

general mckinley, the air force's restructure plan suggests that reductions in air guard, in personnel, and in aircraft ought to be undertaken. you describe in your testimony the enhanced use of guard forces that would provide capability in overseas missions. looking at our recent experience in libya, there were air force personnel and aircraft involved in the no-fly zone strategy. tell us what your impressions were of those who were engaged in that operation, what changes, if any need to be made in terms of support for funding of different activities or equipment, acquisition in light of those experiences. >> you rightfully point out, senator cochran, that the air force is uniquely positioned to utilize its reserve component effectively and efficiently. for the entire period of time that i've been in the national guard, there has always been a close personal relationship between our active force and its guard and its reserve. that led to the capability that general wyatt may want to discuss a little bit more intimately involved in the tanker mission and the mission that supported the

i'll talk about some of the phases or steps that are involved in personnel selection but before i do that i just want to say that what we do is an arbitrary just as d.b.i. i'm sure works under a body of coode was in regulations we must in personal selection particularly in public employment be guided by a number of laws regulations principles standards that kind of thing i don't know how to get this back up so for example we must be guided by local guidelines and regulations. as shown by the city charter in the civil service commission we have state regulations that we must follow we have federal regulations that me also must follow so for example civil service commission rules specify types of eligible with types of announcements types of certification rules and all the procedures that are related to those particular. there was areas. to california regulations. civically to local government personal standards. cover the same processes as the civil service rules but they may put some limitations on what we can do for example we must issue announcements for at least five days and we c

it is very hard to pick when you are reducing personnel to address the cyber threat, reducing personnel in addressing the threat of a child pornography. every priority is a substantial priority to the american public and the security of the united states. we would have to prioritize. we would have to cut it again. >> if the sequestration mandated by the budget control act were allowed to go into affect january 1, how many agents would have to be let go? >> several hundreds, if not over 1000. >> how many do have now? >> 14,000. >> you're talking eight%. >> maybe a little less. it would be a substantial cut. >> let me switch subjects a moment. under the february presidential policy directive which implements section 1022 of last year's authorization act, the fbi is going to lead authorities where they were taken into custody by law enforcement. can you tell us how this policy was developed? >> i am sorry. i did not hear the last part. >> how it was delicate and directed, will it help or hurt to the fbi? >> i had some initial concerns about it into areas. the first area was with regard to

norton. >> we have a personnel committee coming up on the seventh. maybe add this to the agenda as a sort of look back, what is our hist -- what has our history been with the program. maybe the memo the commissioner asked for could be sort of gone over at that meeting. maybe that's the thing to do. >> teach for america was not that recent. it came in when our former superintendent brought them in and i only remember that because i was not on the school board voting for it but i was on the foundation side. and there were many people on the board that wanted it funded so it was funded. it's not new to the last few years. ok, roll call please. >> if you're going to remove that first paragraph, i think you need a motion to amend. >> i move to amend the resolution to take off the first paragraph and the two words beginning the sec paragraph, more specifically, so the summary will start with this resolution is for -- >> roll call please. [voting] >> is there a motion to move this? >> as amended. that's 125- 2 k 10 as amnded. >> is there a motion? >> there

personnel records of firefighters and d.c. police officers.he president of the firefighters associate yooigs is upset. >> documents blowing around the parking lot and dumpsters partially burned. some of my members noticed that their own names, social security numbers ask addresses were on some of the documents. concerns about privacy issues and identity theft on the surface. >> reporter: the d.c. firefighters association and the fraternal order of police asked the inspector general to investigate the burning of personnel files to determine if it was an accident, mistake or criminal conduct. >> we are having significant problems recruiting police officers, down 400 police officers. we filed the lawsuit three day before the documents were burned. given the department and department's history on destroying evidence, we have concerns that run along that path. >> reporter: the police and fire unions want to know who ordered the burning of personnel records. why? and they want assurances it will never happen again. in southwest washington, chris gor

it is very hard to pick when you are reducing personnel to address the cyber threat, reducing personnel in addressing the threat of a child pornography. every priority is a substantial priority to the american public and the security of the united states. we would have to prioritize. we would have to cut it again. >> if the sequestration mandated by the budget control act were allowed to go into affect january 1, how many agents would have to be let go? >> several hundreds, if not over 1000. >> how many do have now? >> 14,000. >> you're talking eight%. >> maybe a little less. it would be a substantial cut. >> let me switch subjects a moment. under the february presidential policy directive which implements section 1022 of last year's authorization act, the fbi is going to lead authorities where they were taken into custody by law enforcement. can you tell us how this policy was developed? >> i am sorry. i did not hear the last part. >> how it was delicate and directed, will it help or hurt to the fbi? >> i had some initial concerns about it into areas. the first area was with regard to

when you could be spending it on retraining guard personnel. you could be pending it on other aspects of mission readiness, is that not correct? >> yes, sir, the situation at memphis that is exactly as you had described it. that's one of the inputs in the air force corporate process that the air national guard made that was accepted by the united states air force. i applauded that because it made a whole lot of sense. still does make a whole lot of sense. the dilemma is how do you make that transition that we start this year in fy 12 with the prohibitions on spending moneys 13 to complete those actions. >> i hope as we move through the process and we're trying to respect your stewardship of scars dollars that we see what that delay would do is really waste money or take money for planes that we know we're going to get rid of to maintain them and money that could be used in other places in the same light, in nashville the guard is preparing for a new unmanned vehicle, aerial vehicle mission which i understand the air force needs for that facilit

the air force started to utilize air force national guard personnel to support the evaluation process and establish a preidez screening process to increase efficiency. they have removed policy impetments. examples include, reducing minimum and formal physical evaluation board staffing requirements from three members to two members. authorizing psychologists to sign medical evaluation boards. prior, they were not able to. allowing military departments to process initial trainees through the legacy system. addition nally, d.o.d. is working with the v.a. partners to improve the execution by training case management software, implementing a common paperless standard or transfer of files by this summer. developing other integrated electronic file methods that enhance the idez. the departments anticipate these improvements this summer, 2012. it will reduce their time, on average by 20 to 30 days. the department is committed to ensuring disability evaluation and compensation of injured, ill and wounded service members is thorough, fair and accurate. we are continuely reviewing the process an

with the draw downs in personnel of operations in afghanistan continuing into -- through 2014 and beyond, potentially that means the deployment rate of marines and soldiers could actually be greater than it was in recent years and actually exceed the time in the surge in iraq in 2007. that's unconscionable to me. the key to successful doctrine and to successful defense policy ultimately begins with investing in people. the second thing we do is address the threat. then after we address the threat eric we look at doctrines to deal with that and other systems.

. >> all personnel were accounted for. those injured were either treated at the scene or taken to the hospital. john and diana? >> all right, so, tahman, what kind of sub is the "miami" and how dangerous is it to the local people, the fire here. >> reporter: fortunately because there were no weapons on board it was minimized but it is a $900 million sub with sensitive equipment on board. it's a fast attack sub capable of carrying torpedoes and special missiles. it's a los angeles class sub which is the backbone of the sub fleet. >> interesting stuff. all right, tahman bradley in washington, thank you very much for that. >>> overseas now where egypt's historic election is going into its second day. long lines at polling places around the country. it is the arab world's first ever competitive presidential race. the eventual many winner will replace hosni mubarak, a man forced from office a year ago. >>> in pakistan, a doctor who helped the cia track down osama bin laden has been convicted of conspiracy. shakil afridi sentenc

sdf personnel can then analyze the situation and plan ways to deal with it. the truck's designer modified an older model that was used during the nuclear accident in fukushima. sdf leaders have deployed three of the new vehicles. they plan to eventually use dozens throughout japan. >>> for now, we are seeing sunshine here in tokyo, but will it continue? let's turn now to rachel ferguson for the world weather forecast. >> yes, lovely weather right now, but it isn't going to continue. we're likely to see pretty nasty thunderstorms across central and northern parts of japan. temperatures have been soaring the last couple of days. and that's part of the problem. as we have a low that comes over with some very cold air aloft. those two are going to interact and we'll be seeing potentially hail in those thunderstorms. as well as some very strong gusts. now it's not just the rain which will be heavy, but those thunderstorms. and then down towards the south, talking of the rain, heavy rain has been targeting southern parts of okawa over the last week or so. also unde

we would have to find some area amongst those priorities were we would have to reduce personnel.

she reminded the personnel director that she had assured her all entry level accountants start at theame salary, and that there were no exceptions. then she waited for the director's reply. >> the first thing she says is, it's none of my business what someone else makes. th she changes her mind and tells me larry ripley a speci case. he needs more money because he has a wife and a kid to support. but , i ve a husband who makes about the same as i do so i don't have the same responsibilities as larry. [voices in background] [narrator] >> when candy heard all this, she felt confused, hurt, and angry, all at the sa time. thinking thing over a little later, she began to wonder whether she had any legal protection, or was the company's policy perfectly correct. >> the equal pay act, which was passed bcongress in 1963, is a guarantee that you will be paid the same wages for doing the same job, regardless of the sex of the employee, and it's unlawful to discriminate, and there are penalties provided for in the act. so that if you are doing the same job, that the issue of sex will not control

. >> there have been a couple of reasons for that, there were changes in personnel at the legal division over time, and there are always times where it is a little more education that needs to be relayed to the units. and what the time is. some of those have occurred in the last few months where it be there was a to their responsibility to provide its or it just didn't provide it in a timely manner. that is what allowed the process to get better and have the number of non-compliance is diminished. >> this helps. >> as long as you are happy, we are happy. we think you -- and we figure that if you are not happy, you will say so. >> we now go to the directors' report. >> good evening, members of the police commission. i am presenting the 2011 annual report. we deliver this in february, and it took us longer to gather the statistics. the staff that assisted, most particularly to my immediate left that is the office of citizen complaints. he is the person that gathers and develops the and the annual report. members of the management team are out here in the audience. we have our chief china -

then subcommittee on military personnel and finally the full committee matters. we have a new board on my left that will list the possible upcoming amendments so make it easier for all of us to follow the order of what is happening. that's the first time we had the opportunity to use this new board. second, let me remind members any amendment must be in writing and 90 companies available at the desk for distribution. those who submitted by monday the necessary copies have been had. if a members that an amendment that involves the durst jinx of other committees we suggest to have a letter from the chairman indicating their waiver or the waiver of the right of referral. i remind members that this has been the practice of the committee for many years, it's done so we can proceed directly without our bill being sequentially referred to other committees. it's the practice of the commit that amendments involving additional spending should identify suitable off sets. members must not offer amendments that would violate the congressional budget act, the house rules, the

we are creating better opportunities for promotion of personnel with critical language skills, creating multiple regionally focused training initiatives, and offering language enhancement opportunities to federal, national security employees. we also recognize the need for partners. the department actively engages through the national security education board. and inner agency governing body that puts emphasis on language and cultural issues. we also use an internal governance body, the steering committee consisting of representatives from 25 key components across the department to coordinate policies and programs. by experience, we've learned the importance of building a surge capacity. to yield language expertise quickly and at a reasonable cost. the department's national language service core provides a pool of qualified volunteers with high levels of proficiency in english and foreign languages who can serve and be activated as temporary government employees when needed. we have made real progress in improving our foreign language skills, regional expertise, and cultural capabilitie

beginning monday blue star museums are offering free admission to active duty military personnel and their families t. will be offered through labor day. sign up for the melting pot's fondu with the purchase of an entree. >>> news around the world. while you were sleeping a 4.7 magnitude earthquake struck christchurch, new zealand. so far no reports of damage or injuries. according to sky news in australia, christchurch has had 41 quakes above magnitude 5 since september, 2010. that's when the 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck that region. [ screaming ] >>> violent scuffles erupting in ukraine's parliament over a bill that would allow the russian language in courts, hospitals and other places where russian is spoke in the country. the fight broke out between lawmakers who want to take ukraine out of russia's shadow and who want to support the ukraine and russian-speaking region. >>> a man is arrested police say is responsible for eight teenagers. police say parents of the teen helped arrest the man. they realized all the victims had disappeared from the same place. police say the sp li

personnel documents for firefighters and police were found burning. are some photos. information included training and monthly records, social security numbers and home addresses. more records were found in a nearby abandoned car. it is still not clear how these papers got there or who burned them. leads are from d.c. police and fire department unions are demanding an investigation. >>> a flight from paris to north carolina diverted after an unusual claim by a passenger. >> this was scary. up next, we'll have the details on why the plane was escorted to another airport by fighter jets. we're checking more headlines as we continue.  >>> a couple of boat thieves thought they had outstarted a surveillants camera. the morning of the heist, the president of boe marine watched the whole video you saw. this he saw the guys bring in a truck, hook it upy to aboat and take off. that boat is worth about $20,000. police found it stripped but otherwise undamaged. >>> a u.s. airways flight from paris to north carolina was diverted to maine after an unusual claim by