i know secretary pinetta mentioned protecting -- well, we won't use the word protecting. working with the industrial base to have a strong one. i'm not sure what that means. i'm not sure what they've done to ensure that that happens. when you terminate global hawk, how do you unterminate it? how is it reversible? and so that's -- the third set of concerns that i'm looking at. and with that, i will turn the floor over i guess to clark for final comments? >> thank you. it's always a little daunting to come at the end, particularly when three such competent and professional colleagues proceeded you. but, never the less, in much the same way that stephanie defines her role in the think tank as having concerns, my role is to talk when i'm asked to talk. so i will do that. but i'll try to keep it short so we get to questions. one of the things that we con standpoi substantia constantly look at in washington between strategy and resources. we usually talk about the strategy resources mismatch, where we're not spending enough resources to execute the strategy. it's very interesti

. >> reporter: secretary of state hillary clinton echoed a statement by defense secretary leon pinetta promising punishment for those involved. >> and anyone found to have participated or known about it, having engaged in such conduct must be held fully accountable. >> reporter: at the u.s. marine corps memorial, reaction ranged from disappointment to disgust. >> makes it embarrassing when you're married to a service member who won't do something like that. >> i'm disappointed. the image that the marines and all the military do show a level of respect. >> reporter: the fallout is more than bad taste; however, american groups say the marine's actions are a direct offense to muslim religious cut of peoples -- customs. >> that is troubling and regardless of race or religion, the decides person is due the respect it's due. >> reporter: he spent two decades as a military lawyer. since the taliban could use the incident now as a recruiting tool. >> and they make the enemy fight longer and harder and turn the populous against american troops and america. >> reporter: moving forward, the quest

defense secretary leon pinetta acknowledged there are risks with shrinking groundtrops. >> and should we ever face a conventional enemy again, and we will, the chances are very high that we'll march off to war with a force that is not heavy enough to fight. >> obviously, it will be a smaller force. there are risks associateed with that in terms of our capability to respond. >> military personally costs have grown by nearly 90% since 9/11. the pin plans to cap salary raises in 2015 and to have working age retirees pay higher healthcare premiums. >>> transportation secretary ray lahood. the sun is be -- son is being prevented from leaving egypt. working for an international organization teaching egyptians about democracy. the military rulers are restricts rights organizations blaming them for the unrest there. the u.s. said the action raises concerns about egypt's transition to the democracy after hosni now barak's ouster. -- hosni mubarak's ouster. >> reporter: coming up next on fox 5 morning news. >> i want to talk to you. >> we don't know. >> and we're going to tell you why they gath

he paid a compliment to the defense secretary leon pinetta. >> good job tonight. >> reporter: good jobrds were a reference to a daring rescue mission. it had just been carried out by an elite team of navy seals. they rescued two hostages, an american woman and danish man. the two were being held hostage by somali pirates. jessica buchanan is an aid worker in somalia and has ties to bedford, virginia. after the state of the union with the first lady by his side, the president called buchanan's father to let him know his daughter is okay and on her way home. the pentagon said that buchanan's health was deteriorating and that is one of the reasons the u.s. moved in when it did. this is seal team six, the same team that killed osama bin laden. the pentagon said in this case, they hoped to capture and detain the kidnappers. instead, all 9 were killed. the pentagon has not said why, but a spokesman said that they were heavily armed at the time and no members of the seal team were hurt. brian? >> good to hear. beth parker tonight. >>> the bureau of immigrations and customs enforcement giving

i know secretary pinetta mentioned protecting -- well, we won't use the word protecting. working with the industrial base to have a strong one. i'm not sure what that means. i'm not sure what they've done to ensure that that happens. when you terminate global hawk, how do you unterminate it? how is it reversible? and so that's -- the third set of concerns that i'm looking at. and with that, i will turn the floor over i guess to clark for final comments? >> thank you. it's always a little daunting to come at the end, particularly when three

but that was dispelled right away because both pinetta and general dempsy referred to it as a new strategy, even though it was a strategic guidance. it's true, more attention paid to the precise priorities within it. but if we had had any doubt whether or not it was a new strategy, it is a new strategy. well, the sequesters are another 600 billion, or 575 billion, demanding on how you estimate it. will that mean that we have another new strategy? well, he says sequesters are like taking a chain saw to the budget. and out of the rubble of the budget, you create a new strategy. i'm actually a strategyist. and i hadn't realized that our strategies were so vulnerable to relatively modest changes in the resource level. because we've been told right now, well, the first strategy couldn't withstand a 1% decrement. and now we have another decrement that we might be another 5-6%. we'll have a new strategy out of the rubble of the old budget. so i really think that our strategies need to be a little bit more robust than that. and maybe we should be looking further ahead to say, well, maybe we might

secretary pinetta called it the beginning. that implies, at a minimum, some subsequent steps. i think at a recognition that this is not the end of the game. the fight over sequestration is not a fielgt over reductions. it's a fiegt over the process for doing that. and what you've indicated is the game changers, not just strategy, but other things. >> stephanie and then clark. >> if i could just comment on the political environment in which we're operating. going back to something todd said which is there aren't a lot of surprises in what we've heard yesterday. i don't think we're going to have a lot of surprises. it may be a great opportunity if you look at the broader strategic construct of can you actually cut programs that have been sacred cows in the past? there is that opportunity, but the political will, in my view, doesn't necessarily exist. and i go back to who will want to sacrifice something in their district in an election year where it is so very partisan right now. because it's a zero sum game, in perception, at least, if i lose, you win. if i lose, my opponent wi

defense secretary leon pinetta said that congress requires congress to cut $487 billion the next decadee pentagon will resize the army and marine corps and the shift focused to cybersecurity and special forces. some analysts wabout the consequences. >> the next time we go to war, we can't rely on this, if you will. and we won't have enough boots on the ground to face the substantial enemy i'm with. >> secretary pineta said there will be no pay cuts for active military but limited increases starting in 2015. fox's jennifer griffin is joining us live with more on how this will be implemented and what kind of numbers are we talking? do we know yet? >> reporter: what we know in terms of shrinkage of the army and marines, they talking about losing over 100 ground forces. 80,000 of them from the army and 20,000 from the marine corps and this is from a high of about 570,000 u.s. armytrops during -- average troops during the iraq and afghan wars. the average will go down to 497,000 troops. in choice of the overall budget, the budget this year is $525 billion. and that is down 9% for-from- what

the defense secretary leon pinetta said the army and navy will be resize and the focus will shift tomaller operations like the navy seals and unmanned drones. the samary raises will be capped in 2015 and working age retirees will pay higher healthcare premiums. >>> officials at arlington cemetery have accounted for $12 million that was reportedly missing. the reports came out of the senate subcommittee hearing on wednesday. "the washington post" reports that army officials were questioned about the money and didn't make any mention that the money was accounted for; however, in a statement released yesterday, officials with arlington say that the figure was based on a report released in september and the money has since been found. >>> and the man who shot at the pentagon, the u.s. marine corps museum and other military installations pleads guilty. now, prosecutors have released video showing one of the actual shootings. look at this. the 23-year-old malaku used a home video camera to record one assault. they found the recording when they searched his home. as part of his plea deal, h

and leon pinetta asked whether or not ire wran was trying to develop a nuclear weapon. said you'd -- as president you'd pick out... >> i mean this, is the amount of just completely ignoring facts and you know... this administration is taking every reverence to radical islam out of every defense. they just denied that that is the source of the terrorist activity. and what where they shoot something. >> never mentioned on any -- nothing. sanitized z this, this is the live and suspended reality. they're building this next to where the body is supposed to return and come back who is going to bring about this glorious victory for radical islam. it's so obvious. why would a country with one of the richest supplies of oil build a nuclear power plant? >> sean: they're fighting proxy wars against the u.s.. >> absolutely. >> and a stated goal. that is threatening to assassinate foreign dignitaries on our soil. and i mean, improvised explosive devices killing our troops. and they're manufactured in iraq. people have been trained in iraq. this iranian government has been declared w