there is police activity there. there are delays on southbound 95 coming down from the white marsh area. 31 miles per hour around delaney valley. traffic is being backed up on southbound 795 coming out of owings mills. eight minutes on the inner loop over towards the j.f.x. here is your delay. it begins at 795 on the west side. we switch over to white marsh work volume is picking up quickly. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> we're counting down to summer. the summer solstice and it will feel like summer today. we have some good news. the humidity has come down a touch. we're still forecasting temperatures near 90. 71 degrees in rising sun in cecil county. most people feel uncomfortable when the dew points get close to 70. it is 61 at the airport. it will be a warm day today. it will feel better than it did over the weekend. we have a few high, thin clouds. mostly sunny today. we could see some big thunderstorms off to our west. they will travel was down into the mid atlantic region. the rain should stay awa

afghan border police. recent salary and benefit initiatives have addressed pay disparities between them, and they appeared to be improving retention and attrition. literacy programs have proven to be a positive offensive. we further believe that newly instituted rotation schedules will further reduce attrition. consequently, we believe the strength goals for 2011 are achievable. needless to say, the purpose of these efforts is to ensure a gradual transition of security responsibility to the afghan government. i want to emphasize here that transition does not -- does not mean abandonment or withdrawal. we're committed to supporting the people of afghanistan over the long term, and we will not walk away from this commitment. nonetheless, we cannot and should not remain in the combat role indefinitely. has the international military presence begins to shift from combat role to advisory and excess, it will be vital to ensure a more robust and longterm international civilian assistance effort focused on governa

the police and customs the mansion is working well. that's not always an easy relationship. -- the police and customs dimension is working very well tip that's not always an easy relationship. where are we now? the operation we are currently running is not a three-month operation. this is a 12-month operation. we are extending the entire operation from the southern part of south america right through the whole continent into panama and also into the caribbean. again, integrated training and deployment. into the new countries and building capacity. the last two months of the year, there will be a south america whiide operation jupiter. lot of the countries that were brought into the equation do not necessarily have the experiences resources allocated to this issue. that is somewhere where we can help. increasingly seen around the world. same chemicals in different parts of the world. i've talked a lot about training. we really think training is very important. put a lot of emphasis on this in the last two years. through our various trai

and national police is projected. afghanistan not only now but with our resources, it will be difficult to sustain that sort of military and security force. civic revival and responsibility, the sense of duty and the government should initiate those things. people cannot do those things. afghans are the poorest people on earth. yet, we are running the risk of turning that country, the culture that is coming to have its grips on that country is a culture of entitlement, a culture of handouts, a culture of drugs and war. we have to change that. >> i agree with you that one of the main points is parliamentary or reelection. one of the key points. you will need more nato forces or military forces in ablorder o secure the elections? >> definitely. the short answer is yes, definitely. also, if nato does not participate in carrying its own burden in this alliance, nato is running the risk of putting all the burden on the united states and the united states will suffer from fatigue, if nothing else. public opinion in this cou

in 2009, police seized about 50,000 pirated dvds and cds dropped into russian. investigators believed -- they were -- dubbed into russian. investigators believe they were part of a counterbid group reporte -- out of a group. bottom was thebottol- operation in los angeles. clothing was traffic around los angeles. the general sentiment was that the shop owner appeared to be linked to hezbollah. this person was arrested earlier try to smuggle money out of the u.s. into lebanon. some of these cases illustrate that we will be able to find out these offenders were involved in and the tactics of their operation, how the cases came to light for law enforcement, so we can identify the ways of information in the future. in another case, 19 individuals in detroit were charged with operating a racketeering enterprise that included counterfeit viagra, cigarettes, and others, and the court reporter that the -- and they reported that the profits went back to hezbollah. and finally, a man was sentenced to 110 months in prison for money laundering and terrorist financing, and we

whether the police like it or not. that's just the way it is. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california rise? >> ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mrs. capps: i rise today in strong support of wall street reform. after months of diligent work the house and senate will finally vote this week to enact wall street reform of the this is an historic achievement of the the bill is not perfect but it's a major step forward. wall street's unchecked greed and recklessness nearly destroyed our economy. wall street reform will repair our financial system and prevent another collapse. when the house last voted on this bill, democrats voted yes. while republicans all voted no. democrats voted to protect main street consumers from deceptive mortgages and predatory credit cards. republicans voted no. democrats voted to shine a bright light of transparency and accountability on the shady dealings of wall s

and national police is projected.afghanistan not only now but with our resources, it will be difficult to sustain that sort of military and security force. civic revival and responsibility, the sense of duty and the government should initiate those things. people cannot do those things. afghans are the poorest people on earth. yet, we are running the risk of turning that country, the culture that is coming to have its grips on that country is a culture of entitlement, a culture of handouts, a culture of drugs and war. we have to change that. >> i agree with you that one of the main points is parliamentary or reelection. one of the key points. you will need more nato forces or military forces in ablorder o secure the elections? >> definitely. the short answer is yes, definitely. also, if nato does not participate in carrying its own burden in this alliance, nato is running the risk of putting all the burden on the united states and the united states will suffer from fatigue, if nothing else. public opinion in this coun

the police is on its goal, 109,000 police by the end of the year. we have increased the capacity to conduct a training by four hundred% over last 12 months. and follow on training has been provided to both afghan uniformed police in key districts as well as the afghan border police. recent salary and benefits in addition to have addressed pay disparities, and these initiatives appear to be improving retention and attrition. literacy programs of also proven to be the positive incentive. further, we believe that rising numbers a newly instituted location schedules will further recruits -- reduce attrition. consequently, we believe ansf calls for 2011 are achievable. needless to say, the purpose of these efforts is to ensure regrets or transition of security responsibility to the afghan government. i want to emphasize here that transition does not, does not, mean and in mint or withdrawal. we're committed to supporting the people of afghanistan over the long term, and we will not walk away from this amendment. nonethellss, we cannot and shall not remai

of 2010 that most of afghanistan is not governed in an effective manner where you have an honest police force and a noncorrupt functioning government, that most of the country doesn't fall under that model? >> i think that's a fair assessment. again, i would want to sit with you with a map and evening talk in a more new fanguance fashion. >> how many al qaeda are in afghanistan today? >> very small numbers. perhaps in the double digit numbers. that's small. if any. the nexus of al qaeda still, we believe is very much in the agencies of the federal administered tribal areas. >> how many are over there. >> of pakistan. >> how many are over there? >> in hundreds. this is a question of how do you talk about the relationships between these. there are trainees moving through. there are relationships. how do you account for support crew, family members. as you recall a number of these individuals literally married into tribes over there and it becomes a very difficult accounting role in a region where people are survived by being chameleons at times. >> is it safe to say they move %%xt door? >

trainers and is turning out very good police officers.but for too long, this issue was ignored. >> does the prime minister believe the mine clearance equipment available to our troops is the best in the world? >> certainly, i have a presentation in afghanistan about the equipment being used and the training undertaken. it is incredibly impressive colin our troops are able to do. i'm sure the former defense seeretary would agree with this -- you have to keep investing and keep on catching up with the latest technology being used by the enemy. they are incredibly cunning in trying to find new ways of making these things harder to find. >> i am grateful to all colleagues for their cooperation. statement of the exchequer. >> mr. speakkr, with permission, i would like to make a statement on the office for budget -- mississippi, alabama and florida today. he will be met my state and local officials. he will have eight very ride to the barrier islands in alabama where oil has come ashore. we will have live coverage of this statement here on c-sp

and are prosecuting a handful of senior officers in the border police and afghan police. >> all right. thank you. you know, again, i go back to the fundamental question as to whether or not the long-term goals of the united states that are being -- where there are military -- the one who are being asked to carry out and execuue on those long-term goals is better served by putting the security of these -pconvoys under the direct supervision of our commander and the direct protection of our soldiers who we know are accountable versus $2 billion that's getting spread out and lawyeeing up in criminal that's my statement. i know that's not the deeision that you've made. but, mr. mostek, let me brief you on something. according to the commanderrof the 484th joint movement battalion that was in charge of overseeiig the trucking company in afghanistan, the battalion didn't have the vehicles, the weaponry or the manpower to carry out oversight. it just didn't have what it needed. and they're stretched thin. i ups that. but they couldn't travel along the afghhn roads because it would haveebeen

take police and firefighters. it would be surprising to some people to hear that policemen and firefighters are trained to be police and firefighters on the job. there is no prior knowledge of being a police officer or a firefighter that you bring to the job. in fact, whatever the selection methods are, they are not designed to select whether or not you are a good police officer or a good fire fighter. you will be trained on the job, in the academy. you'll be trained that way. selection mechanism is different and on related to that. -- the selection mechanism is different and unrelated to that. there is a view that disparate impact is fading as a mechanism. that is backwards. we care more about things that seem to be neutral. they used a cutoff score that was inappropriate, given the design of the test in that chicago case. we have a selection mechanism where we use it to select people to be police officers and men are firefig departments. -- man our fire department. if the chicago case comes out a different way,

and natnal police is projected. afghanistan not only now but with our resources, it will be difficult to sustain that sort of military and security force. civic revival and responsibility, the sense of duty and the government should initiate those things. people cannot do those things. afghans are the poorest people on earth. yet, we are running the risk of turningth country, the culture that is coming to have its grips onhat country is a culture of entitlement, a culture of handouts, a culture of drugs and war. we have to change that. >> i agree with you that one of the main points is parliamentary or reelection. one of the key points. you wil need more nato forces or military forces in ablorder o secure the elections? >> definitely. the short answer is yes, definitely. also, if nato does not participate in carrying its own burden in this alliance, nato is running the risk of putting all the burden on the united states and the uted states will suffer from fatigue, if nothing else. public opinion in this country, th

i can confirm that the body of a gunman has been found by the police. the chief constable of cumbria is working closely with other forces and other emergency services to ensure a coordinated response to these rapidly moving events. the government will do everything it possibly can to help the local community and those affected, and to keep the house informed. a full statement will be made to parliament tomorrow. when lives and communities are suddenly shattered in this way, our thoughts should be with all those caught up in these tragic events, especially the families and friends of those killed or injured. >> all parties in this house will welcome the coalition's proposals to eliminate quangos and shift power away from unelected functionaries to elected representatives. the biggest quango of the lot is, of course -- >> the house of lords. >> it is the other place, a legislative chamber largely appointed by the executive. will my right honorable friend confirm that he will bring forward proposals in the next 12 months to make all our lawmakers accountab

they made the point that the police -- the police equipment is incredibly poor, but the police themselves are very good. would my right honorable friend address that as a key issue? >> i'm grateful to my honorable friend for the question. it hassbeen a problem in terms of recruiting and training and retaining, as well as equipment. we had an appalling incident last year. this is a cause that has come out on all sides of the house -- this area has not been given enough focus. training the police is absolutely key. the effort is now going in. i met american police trainers, british police trainers, and there is a a good turnout. for too long, his issue was ignored. >> does the prime minister equipment unveiled doubt that -- that the clearance equipment now available is the best available? >> i believe that equipment and training is incredibly impressive. the truth is -- the former defenne secretary would agree -- you have to keep on investing and keep on catching up with the latest technology they are incredibly cutting in trying to find new ways to make these things arder. buttmuch of the

but also because they are a drain on the armed forces and the police.here's competition for those particular personnel and it creates a real issue as well. senator kaufman. >> thank you, mr. chairman. secretary, general petraeus, it's always weak when we say we thank you for your service. i just don't know what else to say, but it is incredible what you do and the country is blessed for doing it. and i've been one of the people that supported the counterinsurgency. i've spent a lot of time looking to everything about it and what we're doing here. t i just want to ask some questions because sometimes they kind of -- time passes and things change, but people's perception of things change. but i think it was pretty clear after our last set of hearings, pretty clear what everybody agreed to was the deal back when. i n't think that's important because what does cause problems overseas if it looks like we're changing where we are. so i'd just like to make a few questions to get clear. in december, we're going to evaluate where we are,sn't that right? so decem

but also because they are a drain on the armed forces and the police. there's competition for those particular personnel and it creates a real issue as well. senator kaufman. >> thank you, mr. chairman. secretary, general petraeus, it's always weak when we say we thank you for your service. i just don't know what else to say, but it is incredible what you do and the country is blessed for doing it. and i've been one of the people that supported the counterinsurgency. i've spent a lot of time looking to everything about it and what we're doing here. but i just want to ask some questions because sometimes they kind of -- time passes and things change, but people's perception of things change. but i think it was pretty clear after our last set of hearings, pretty clear what everybody agreed to was the deal back when. i don't think that's important because what does cause problems overseas if it looks like we're changing where we are. so i'd just like to make a few questions to get clear. in december, we're going to evaluate where we are, isn't that right?

with only 100 guards to police 10,000 violent criminals, the peruvian prison service turns power overtes. >> larry: michael griffith, peru is a civilized country, and how do they put up with that? >> well, they are one of the poorest countries in south america, and they don't give too much money for the prison system, larry. >> larry: is that the only prison in lima? >> no, there is another prison called the miguel castro castro where the prisoners brought a lawsuit against the international, in the international american court where peru was found guilty where 600 prisoners were abused and 135 women were humiliated and stripped and some of them were killed. their bodies were never returned, and to tell you how bad this prison was, they got a new warden there not long ago and the first day on the job, the warden was murdered. >> larry: oh, geez. is that definitely where joran would go? >> well, joran is there right now, but i suspect after he is sentenced, he is going to go to lurigancho and i have been there and i will tell you that i have been in prisons in over two dozen countries,

with only 100 guards to police 10,000 criminals, the security is turned over to the inmates. >> larry civilized country, how do they put up with it? >> they are one of the poorest countries in south america and they don't give too much money for the prison system, larry are. >> larry: is that the only prison in lima? >> no, there's another prison called miguel castro castro, where the prisoners brought a lawsuit against the international -- in the american court where peru was found guilty, where 600 prisoners were abused, 135 women were humiliated and stripped and some of them were killed. their bodies were never returned. and to tell you how bad this prison was it got a new warden there not long ago and the first day on the job, the warden was murdered. >> is that definitely where joran would go? >> jurorson there now but i suspect after he is sentenced, he is going to go to lurigancho. i must be the prison maven, i have been in prisons in over two dozen countries. this is, by far, the worst it centering, larry, the gates of hell. if you want me to give you a thumbnail -- housing 60

i can assure you the body of the gunman has been found by the police. the statement would be made to parliament tomorrow. when communities are suddenly shattered in this way, our thoughts should be with those caught up in the dramatic events, especially those killed or injured. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& >> the biggest concern is that appointed by the legislative. will you confirm that you will make all our lawmakers accountable to? >> i am grateful for my hon. friend for asking that question. i do not always give him answers that make him happy. there will be a session for the house can vote on. i am delighted that an agreement has been reached on the program. i can already hear what a talented is going to be how to achieve the consensus that we need, and i hope after all the promises of reform we can move toward a second chamber. >> harriet harman to. >> can i join the prime minister in paying tribute to those in the royal marines and to the royal itinerary. they were brave men who died in the service of our country. we must never forget the sac

petersburg police department and later as police chief at port st. lucie. he also served as deputy director of the u.s. department of justice. we have been talking about the white house balanced approach, but you come to it with a law enforcement background. what most affected your views about drug use and drug policy over your career? listening to the officers and detectives that become incredibly frustrated. they are the first ones to be supportive of drug courts. they are the first ones to be supportive of treatment on demand. i have never heard my colleagues, former colleagues of police chiefs and sheriffs, call it a war. i have heard them say we cannot arrest our way out of the situation. so looking at those, not being soft on drugs but being smart on drugs probably makes a lot of sense. also, treatment is about half the cost of incarceration. guest: sharon, democrats line, you are on. caller: mr. kerlikowske, you started out by saying that we should change the name of the war on drugs, but you can put lipstick on a pig and it is still a pig. putting p

. >> will there be fewer police officers at the end of this parliament compared with the number thathave today? >> what we want to do -- [unintelligible] opposition members have got to start getting serious about the task that we face. we want to do everything that we can to keep police officers on the streets, to have money going into our schools and to keep up spending on our hospitals, and the only way that we are going to be able to do it is if we deal with the problems of excessive welfare spending. so if honorable members want to see police on the streets and if they want to see well-funded schools, they have got to back us on housing benefit and on welfare reform. that is the way that we can keep spending up. >> chris pincher. >> will the prime minister join me in congratulating the "daily mirror" for highlighting the terrible 172% increase in unemployment in tamworth during the recession? further, will he encourage that august journal to place the responsibility for that grizzly legacy squarely where it lies? >> i thank my honorable friend for his question. i think that i am

, has promoted public safety through local investments where police are involved in the community and show that policemen are the friends and get a hold on the community to bring about public safety. the cops program promotes this community policing by funding efforts to state and local authorities intended to put law enforcement profingses where they're most needed, on the streets. that way they can build relationships with the people they serve, have a repour that's necessary. in closing, i'd like to thank my colleague, mr. james sensenbrenner, for introducing this resolution. i urge my colleagues to support this important resolution and i couldn't let this go by without remembering former u.s. attorney robert f. kennedy, one of my heroes who headed the department of justice. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from wisconsin. mr. sensenbrenner: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that i insert into the record at this time a statement by the gentleman from texas, mr. smith, the running backing memb

there are about 100,000 afghan police. that is a real success. ashey get better at defending their cntry, we will be able to take on a supporting role. iseon today's discussion, am sure that we will see more trainers soon. this morning, we met the defense minister in the nato/tokyo commission. he heard a strong meessage of territorialgeorgia's integrity from all allies. if they think georgia for the strong conibution to the icef missions andhey reiterated a totnato's door remains open georgia when its meet the standards. that day is not yetere. there is a long road of reform still to follow. tehe elections were an encouraging sign. nato will continue to pport the reforms. that is from me. i am ready to take questions. >> bbc news. you said that you hope to the transition process which began at the end of this year. do you think that'll happen given that things on the ground seem to be moving more slowly than you anticipated? >> i still think it is a realtic goal that the process can start by the end of this year. i he stressed that is a a conditi

and prior to this, he was the chief of police in seattle for eight years. next, we have assistant secretary john morton. he leads the principal investigative component for dhs and also the second largest investigative component in the u.s. government. he's a career attorney, doj experience in government service for many years. then we have deputy commissioner aguilar, a career border security officer for 30 years, and now is the deputy commissioner of the customs and border protection. and then lastly, we're very -- it's actually one of the honors we have here is chief davis, who is the chief of police of san jose, caliiornia, and president of the major cities chiefs association, flew in on the red- eye today to be with us, and he's been with the police force there since 1980. so we're actually really privileged to have him here as well. i'm going to go ahead and take the prerogative of opening up the first question. and i want to tap into some of the local law enforcement experience we have at the table here, and ask a question about information sharing. w

afghanistan under lieutenant general bill caldwell reports that recruitment for the afghan army and police now actually exceedd monthly recruitment goals. these forces lord above -- these forces are above where they need to be to meet the end strength goals for october 2010. what is disturbing and hard to comprehend is that the training mission still does not have enough trainers to process all the afghan recruits signing up. figures show that of the more than 5200 trainers that we need, onny 2600 are on the ground. secretary gates as deployed 850 u.s. soldiers and marines to afghanistan to serve as a%- according to a may 29 report -- excuse me -- from lieutenant general caldwell, the training miision has yet to receive 750 trainers pledged by nato members. further, last week the nato's security general announced that an additional 450 trainers needed to meet training requirements it is totally unacceptable that this shortfall persists. for whatever reason that they do not send additional tramp -- combat troops, it should be willing to provide trainers who fighting. the question remains, w

the border police, i am pretty impressed with.e have added a battalion to the border police in zone one. the 101st will add a second one next year, and the zoning leaders in general officers are both very competent and very good. of course, across the force, we need to focus on improving the leadership through nco academy and officer course. -- officer corps. >> we have reached the end of our time and i want to be respectful of your time. we thank you again for sharing your perspective with us back here. but before i bring it to a final close, i will turn it back to you for any thoughts you may have. >> ok, thank you very much. >> first, thank you for the opportunity to join you here, and once again, while military options play an important role in afghanistan, it is also critical would continue to discuss the enormous strides that we have made, both in increasing the civilian side and also the focused support witt afghan partners. it just in terms of capacity building, there is a plan to train about 12,000 afghan civil servants t

. >> with respect to the police, they are in the lead. the civil order police will be in the lead. with partners, but not by any means full members alongside them. they will be conducting the operations and they will be leading in nos. >> give us an idea. are the operations going to be led by afghan troops? >> i believe that the presence patrols, if you will, will be ones that are led by the afghan forces, and that the high-end operations that require the integration of intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance systems are an important component of this overall efforts, still led by u.s. forces. >> the numbers that we have are that more than half of those battalions are capable of operating either independently or dependent with coalition support. even if you reduce that number down to 30%, which is what i think the staff is going to be doing, there is a lot more battalions of afghan army that are able to operate independently than we are down in the south. why are the afghans not moving more of their troops down to the south for this upcoming campaign? >> they have moved more

take police and firefighters. it would be surprising to some people to hear that policemen and firefighters are trained to be police and firefighters on the job. there is no prior knowledge of being a police officer or a firefighter that you bring to the job. in fact, whatever the selection methods are, they are not designed to select whether or not you are a good police officer or a good fire fighter. you will be trained on the job, in the academy. you'll be trained that way. selection mechanism is different and on related to that. -- the selection mechanism is different and unrelated to that. there is a view that disparate impact is fading as a mechanism. that is backwards. we care more about things that seem to be neutral. they used a cutoff score that was inappropriate, given the design of the test in that chicago case. we have a selection mechanism where we use it to select people to be police officers and men are firefig departments. -- man our fire department. if the chicago case comes out a different way,

afghan border police found the site. the recovery actions were planned and executed jointly by the afghan ministry of defense and interior at the afghan national military coordination center. a recovery operation was executed by afghan caught -- afghan helicopters, and even the media were handled by afghan personnel. that is not the norm throughout afghanistan. nonetheless, the ansf are very much in the fight and sacrificing for their country and nothing more flights this more than the fact that their losses are typically several times hours. the taliban had been steadily expanding in the areas they control and influence. this year, isaf has achieved progress in several locations. the initial main effort has been in the central helmand river valley, and we have expanded security there, though predictably the enemy has fought back as we have taken away as sanctuaries in the distance of -- in the districts of marja and elsewhere. nothing has been easy but six months ago we could not have walked through the market in marja,

they focused primarily on policing, but crime, and others. -- policing and violent crime. jeremy received his ph.d. in public administration from ohio state university. let me introduce to you dr. jeremy wilson. [applause] >> good morning. i appreciate the opportunity to share an academic perspective on counterfeiting. it is unfortunate for you that right before lunch you have to listen to a professor drawn on and on. i think you'll find this very interesting and a unique perspective. i am going to thwart bryans effort to keep powerpoint presentations out of discussion. the research i want to talk about today as part of our entire eight counterfeiting protection program. we will throw another acronym into the public policy discussion on product counterfeiting. for those of you that do not know, this program was launched at michigan state university to be a university -- international hub. we bring together the disciplines to about the michigan state university campus to address counterfeiting problems by partnering with industry, government associations, and other stakehol

afghan border police found the site. the recovery actions were planned and executed jointly by the afghan ministry of dense and interior at the afghan national military coordination center. a recovery operation was executed by afghan caught -- afghan helicopters, and even the media were handled by afghan personnel. that is not the norm throughout afghanistan. nonetheless, the ansf are very much in the fight and sacrificing fortheir country and nothing more flights this more than the fact that their losses are typically several times hours. the taliban had been steadily expanding in the areas they control and influee. this year, if has achieved progress in several locations. the initial main effort has been in the central helmand river valley, and we have expanded security there, though predictably the enemy has fought back as we have tak away as sanctuaries in the distance of -- in the districts of marja and elsewhere. nothing has been easy but six months ago we could not have walked through the market in marja, as i was

it's the police. >>ght. >> nio police.f, the lebanese armed forces, which are the traditional army, ar elements. and the laf over the yrs had ken police work gen weaknesses within the isf. so by build up the isf, as ambassador bjamias scribing, the lafas ae to concentrate mo encoreisons such as countertrorism, securing the country, this like that. have, youeferd to some of the figures yourself. since 2006, we've provided to the laf, the lebanese armed forces about$630 milonn traing, eqpment a so forth. this includes basic equipment such as vehicles, communitions gear, weapons, ammunition. it also includesome heavy weaponry like tanks and artillery to the laf. i woulnote in thisegd the laf ha maintained an exempry end use record. they have 100% compliance with end use monitoring wit the requements on which we put the laf equipme. we have a comprehensive training program to ree and ofessionalize the laf, ao rk with the laf to develop long-tm stratees based on quantifiable milestones. the thing that's -- the thi that's iortan

part of that is the police and army enforcing the rules and laws of the state. as you are probably aware, the moi has been seeking to certify these private security companies. afghan police or military board question -- would question if this is an authorized force with these weapons. do they have that kind of authorization? that the president -- congress has funded forces to increase to 300,002 adults and 11, it is a time to legitimize those private security companies. there has been an expression of will on the part of the afghan government to reduce the number of private security contractors on the battlefield commensurate with the growth that we are unable with their own security forces. -- enabling with their own security forces. >> mr. chairman, i will ask the best questions that i can. i do not know if the majority report came out before last night. it would have been easier to have all the questions available. there appears to be an absence of any written transcription of many of the interviews. are there written transcriptions that can be made available

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ever since then, it is police actions and no one ever wins, and no one really knows why we are there. one of the main things we need to do is address the rules of engagement. we have untie our soldiers' hands, and a lot more of them will come back home. [applause] another thing, high school amican history. the first two years of school, what did they deal with world history? this is america. not to mention, when they do hit junior and senior year, the books that are put out there have been gone through, so much history of our founding fathers has been taken out, that they are not even getting the full measure of what this country is all about. they need to know who we are. that is another thing we need to address. [applause] the other thing is tax breaks for small businesses. that is what will bring jobs back to the country. there are more and more taxes being raised. every time you turn around, they need more money, so they raise more taxes, which puts more businesses out of existence, which lays more people off. and we have more people going on help. how many times are going to exte

caller: i am a retired york city police officer. we should have a line -- host: that is a good idea. caller: throughout the country, every police officer will tell you and can express and inform mr. lott that the amount of calls that we respond to where

i get lots of calls from police. my research finds police are the single most important factor for reducing crime. there is no doubt in my mind about that. what you'll also find is that police understand that they arrive on the ccrime scene after the crime has been committed. host: let me get in a quick last phone call. make a quick, please. caller: ultimately, if you give up the right to own a gun, do lose a liberty than can result in a government that becomes oppressive. guest: unfortunately the misrepresentations by john have mounted in the last few minutes. it is hard for me to get through all of them. the notion that the police are opposed to sensible gun laws is a missed representation. the police are closest allies. they may believe in the second amendment. they face these guns on the street every day. it is untrue that a significant number of those one. million people who have been blocked by brady are false positives -- a number of those 1.8 million people are false positives. the success of gun laws does no

in the six months of 2010, the afghan army grew, but at present, the afghan police are essentially barely able to operate. good news or bad, we want to take the country with us in the top foreign-policy priority. let me address the question. why are we in afghanistan? our forces are in afghanistan to prevent afghan territory from being used by al qaeda as a base for attack. they are not yet strong enough to look after their own security, and that is why we are there. al qaeda is now under pressure on both sides. 18 months ago, the then prime minister told this house that three-quarters of the most serious plots had links to the border areas. i am advised that the threat from al qaeda and from pakistan has reduced, but i am also advise if it were not for their current president of u.k. and coalition forces, al qaeda would return to afghanistan, and the threat would rise. the next question is, how much what -- must we say? they do not want foreign troops on their soil longer than necessary, and the british people are impatient for progress. our people will not remain a day longer than neces

police know if you do not need to suffer in silence and you are not alone.aces you. you are my heroes. but but you should proudly tell your stories, and in your honor, i hope to inspire my generation of veterans to erase the stigma of an amending they cannot do it alone and to find the courage to get the help that they need for their hidden wounds. i hope today makes a difference for all of you. thank you and god bless you. [applause] >> we really appreciate those inspiring words, and she will soon be deployed to a military hospital in asia -- actually in japan. she will be supervising 85 people who are helping keep our service members in good health. they are in good hands with people like that running a medical services. i just want to briefly share some appreciation to some of the great people who are here. we would like everyone from the gold star mothers and goldstar wives to stand up. we have the president of the gold star mothers here and the president of the gold star wives. [applause] thank you. i wanted to thank the people with sons and daughters i

army and national police projected.ghanistan with all the natural resources in our hand, it will be difficult to sustain that military and security force. the basic civil responsibility and sense of duty and the government should institute those things. people cannot do that. we are running the risk of turning back country, the culture that has its grip on that country is a culture of entitlement, a culture of handouts, a culture of drugs and war. we have to change that. . . >> if nato does not participate in carrying its own burden the members in eastern europe have some sort of participation in the afghan operation. but it is a disproportionate participation. the united states is carrying 99% of the burden, almost. i'm not saying they should have 30,000 troops, either, but the distribution of responsibility in nato is not there, and it does not send a good signal, even to those who want to exploit the situation in the region. they see it as some sort of disarray, at least to be politically correct. parliamentary elect

military police and afghan police, along with other forces and civilians who will work with the impressive canadian reconstruction team that has been operating in the city. the concept is to provide a rising tide of security that will expand over time and establish the foundation of improved security on which local afghan governments can be built and will offer the improvement of basic services in other areas. there will be nothing easy about any of this. i have noticed that the going is likely to get harder before it gets easier. that has already been the case as we have seen recently. it is essential that we make progress in the critical southern part of the country where the 9/11 attacks were planned by al qaeda during the period where the taliban controlled it and much of the country. we are setting the conditions necessary to transition the security from the international coalition to the afghan government. we are increasing the size and capability of the a.n.s.f. afghan security forces are on track to meet their targets. in 2009, the number was 150,000. today, there are over 131,000.

those who refused to inform on their clergy to the police -- the secret police -- they are heroes. the guys who did are so toxic that it cannot be appointed as bishops. a year ago, benedict xvi try to appoint a new bishop -- archbishop of warsaw in poland. it lasted about five minutes. it turned out he had been a collaborator with the circuit -- with the secret police as a young bishop, informing on his own quirky to the cops. given the variety -- his own clergy to the cops. given the variety, there are solutions that seem obvious, but it are not necessarily obvious. it is difficult to craft with detailed policies that necessarily apply to every imaginable situation all the world. the essence of the american norms, immediate suspension for credible accusations of abuse, and permanent removal from the ministry of those accusations are sustained -- i do think there is a critical mass in the holy city that wants to see that become the global policy. i expect that new amendment to canon law will probably be ruled out in the next 12 to 18 months. >> as a keen observer of the vatican, ho

this dedicated officer has been named the 2009 key west police officer of the year. sergeant rodriguez has served our community proudly since he joined the department 10 years ppago. his commitment to keeping key west a safe place within which to live and visit has been truly extraordinary. as a police officer of the year, sergeant rodriguez was specifically recognized for his tireless work to combat the negative influences of illicit drugs. this is an important and noble goal, madam speaker. and i know that the entire keys' community is proud of his selfless service. i thank sergeant rodriguez and all of his colleagues in the key west police department for all they have done and will continue to do for our wonderful monroe county-key west community. congratulations, sergeant rodriguez. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. the house is not in order. will all members remove their conversations from the house floor. for what purpose does the gentleman from florida rise? >> address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr.

acting on police intelligence, the rating...aiding of a suspected drug dealer's house right next to a world cup training ground. stealth is everything. lookouts, everywhere. they nail a man on the stairs and they cuff him. in the family sitting room, they were certainly surprised by their unwelcome guest. children looked on as the metro police turned their home inside out. no tick and no gunmen. but in a back room they pick up a wanted gang member. >> he's a lone gangster. >> do you know what the warrants were? >> i think crystal meth. tick. >> reporter: i briefly spoke to the man they had arrested. he told me he'd been in and out of prison all his life. ask people around here privately what they make of the metro police and they scoff. nowhere is safe from tick and tick crimes. and the contagion just gets worse. more than half the population down here are of mixed race. under apartheid they were labeled cape coloreds. the country used to be ruled by whites. now it's blacks. the mixed-race community remains an underclass in this

in a sense they're policing themselves. i think what we found here is that that is not entirely the best kind of policing. >> ifill: based on your reporting in which you found out in tracking this, if there anyway to know whether some of this was foreseeable or was it just something that we have heard the company say which is who knew this was going to happen? >> well, like everybody is saying i think it's too early to know exactly what happened in the gulf. but the more we do hear, the more little bits of information trickle out the more it echos what we thought in the past. you hear about the lack of fire and gas protection centers on on the deep water horizon, a mechanism that might have prevented the fire that eventually led to the sinking of the platform. that's echoed in those 2001 reports and in a lot of the other documents that we've seen. so when you ask if the problem was preventable or if it was foreseeable and you look at such a lengthy and deep pattern of having raised concerns about these very systems and in s