is it sincere? interesting things we learned was the "washington post" story that said in fact the president's ambition over the next ten years is not to pass anything or govern, it is to highlight republicans as a problem, and, paint them as the issue, beat them in the 2014 election so he has the house and the senate and the white house as he did in his first term and can pass whatever he wants again and the charm offensive, one of the problems is they got caught, in the sequester, they went out and he looked obviously, to be campaigning and got -- asked a lot of question why he was on the road rather than trying to solve the problem and he can't be obvious about this strategy, if it is indeed the strategy they are pursuing. >> chris: you know, julie, the white house says that the president came to the conclusion that he couldn't deal with republican leaders and if -- first of all couldn't make a deal with them, and secondly,f he did, couldn't sell it to the members and decided to go directly to th

i hope this is sincere. we had a very good frank exchange but the proof will be in the coming weeks as to whether or not it is a sincere outreach to find common ground? i think there are things that we can do that don't offend either party's philosophy that doesn't require someone to is surrender their principles to make a good down payment on getting the debt and deficit under control. that is what i would like to achieve. >> chris: let me pick up with you on thattio that, congressm. there are basic disagreements that remain. the president would like to raise $600 billion at least in added revenue by clearing out so many of the deductions and loopholes for upper income people. you want not nips and cuts but structural reform tone titlements. did yo sense, first of all, are you willing to give up one to get the other and did you get a sense he was? >> we already had a tax increase. we think it is unfair to ask hard working taxpayers to pay more so washington can spend more. we think we he should balance the

whether that is a gym mi gimmir sincere, i hope it is sincere. if he does pivot towards trying to reconcile and find common ground and share in the credit and not have everything be about political victories it it is possible we could begin to solve some of those problems. my hope and prayer is that i have been wrong and he is changing direction. i hope that is the case. >> chris: early on in the 2008-2012 cycle you took yourself out of the possibility of running for president but this time your answer is i'm not saying yes, it is just that i'm not saying no. so my question is are you leaving the door open because it will get you more attention for your views which i have got to say is working wonderfully well, or is it that you are really in a different place about running for president, is, sir? >> you know, it is -- we just had an election. the election occurred three months ago. it seems like you would be making decisions like that closer to the election than three months after the last one. and so it is a sig sincere thot maybe it is better

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so is outreach sincere and how should republicans respond. we're back with dan henninger and peggy noonan. dan, two weeks ago the president was attacking republicans for these supposedly horrible spending cuts and now he's reaching out to them. >> well, what i make of the change in strategy, the republicans called his bluff and let the sequester happen and the sky didn't fall. a couple of things did happen his approval rating dropped 12 points among women and the handling of the economy is a dead heat with the republicans. he doesn't have to run for reelection again, but a lot of democrats do and if you're a democrat who needs to get reelected you're getting very nervous and i think the democratic elites in washington have conveyed to the president this isn't working. you've got to do business with these people. >> paul: do you think it's cosmetic, rhetorical or do you think it's actually sincere? >> well, if it were deeply sincere, it would suggest a sea change with the president and i don't think that anyone is running around washington say

attempt could it have helped at that point no i don't think it was sincere or told i think it was some sort of a division of labor by gaddafi among his own sons you know when you were working with qaddafi did he have any understanding of what was really going on and what could have really happened well first of all it didn't work for good work and for the libyans to yes i don't think he had any glimpses of understanding of what was coming you know he was from girlfriend in his own perception of the world he was ill from fleeted. since of narcissism in his personality i think he so that this uprising could be crushed the new moment you know he had the assumption just the moment he fired some shots in the streets of a body would run away no he didn't know what was coming you know this is a national uprising it's not just a demonstration by a group of students in a certain university you know i think even the security systems in the arab world were built around that assumption that only demonstration here and there the school maximum it's going to be a city you know more than that but all

attempt could it have helped at that point no i don't think it was sincere at all i think it was some sort of a division of labor by gaddafi among his own sons you know when you were working with qaddafi did he have any understanding of what was really going on and what could have really happened well first of all it didn't hurt for good work and for the libyans th i don't think he had any glimpses of understanding of what was coming you know he was girlfriend in his own perception of the world he was ill from fleeted. sense of narcissism in his personality and i think he so that this uprising could be crushed the new moment you know he had the assumption just the moment he fired some shots in the city civic body would run away and no he didn't know what was coming you know this is a national uprising it's not just a demonstration by a group of students in a certain university you know i think even the security systems in the arab world were built around that assumption that only a demonstration here and there the scope maximum it's going to be a city you know more than that but all s

attempt could it have helped at that point no i don't think it was sincere or told i think it was some sort of a division of labor by gaddafi among his own sons you know when you were working with qaddafi did he have any understanding of what was really going on and what could he really happen well first of all it didn't work for good work and for the libyans th i don't think he had any glimpses of understanding of what was coming you know he was in girlfriend in his own perception of the world he was ill from fleeted. sense of narcissism in his personality and i think he so that this uprising could be crushed the new moment you know he had the assumption just the moment he fired some shots in the seas of a body would run away you know he didn't know what was coming you know this is a national uprising it's not just a demonstration by. students in a certain university you know i think even the security systems in the arab world were built around that assumption that only a demonstration here and there the scope maximum it's going to be a city you know more than that but all security sy

i think the president's tremendously sincere. i don't think this is just a political change in tactic. i think he actually would like to solve the problems of the country. >> oklahoma senator tom coburn was one of 12 republican senators to dine with president obama last week. he said working with the gop could result in a budget agreement. >> it's time to start leading, and the way you do that is quit poking your finger in people's eyes and start building relationships, and i think he's got a great chance to accomplish a big deal. >> but it appears any big deal will have to address spending on social security, medicare, and medicaid. >> at the end of the day, we're going to have to find a balanced solution and it will involve all elements. it will involve talking about revenues talking about expenses talking about entitlements. we have to do that. >> republican congressman paul ryan also had some face time with president obama last week. he cautioned it remains to be seen whether the president's outreach to the gop is sincere. wi

signed, sincerely, ted poe, member of congress. the honorable the speaker, house of representatives. sir, this is to notify you formally pursuant to rule 8 of the rules of the house of representatives that i have received a subpoena issued by the u.s. -- united states district court for the eastern district of california purr for thing to -- purporting to require certain responses to a questionnaire in connection with a civil case. after consultation with the office of general counsel, i i have determined under rule 8 that the subpoena seeks information that is not material and relevant and that it is not consistent with the privileges and rights of the house. accordingly i intend to move to quash the subpoena. signed, sincerely, bob goodlatte, member of congress. the honorable the speaker, house of representatives. sir, this is to notify you formally pursuant to rule 8 of the rules of the house of representatives that i have received a subpoena issued by the united states district court for the eastern district of california purpo

>> yes, ma'am. >> go ahead. >> i am sincere to my recovery.usage, it was somebody that no longer is in my life that didn't really love me the way i thought they did. by bringing that to me when i'm in recovery. i was doing good. i was working and on phase ii. >> anything further to add? >> no, your honor. we've covered it. >> all right. is there anything you would like to add? >> again, your honor, we have not seen her complete the program. give her the opportunity to complete the in jail drug treatment program. and then proceed into a residential. >> had she not absconded, i would have considered that. but absconding with a five-year prison sentence hanging over your hes says a lot to this court. having found her in willful violation, i will send her to 36 months in court. she has 30 days to appeal. the reason i didn't give you the five is because you turned yourself in. you have 30 days to appeal. good luck to you. i'm going to recommend a drug treatment modality in florida state prison. thank you. next case, please. >> the ruling means she

does he think the president is sincere about making a deal?he key issues? 9:33 this morning. now this, another hit to apple's coolness? samsung will unveil its new galaxy 4 this week and there's a lot of buzz surrounding a possible new feature. it's called samsung eye scroll. and would sense your eye movement to scroll through the screen. remember when apple's announcement got this kind of buzz? well, now it's samsung's galaxy. more on the eye scroll, by the way in the next hour. dr. marc siegel, would you believe some on the production team believes it's bad for your eyes? we'll go off on a tan gent with the eye scroll. are we set for more gains at the opening bell? yes, looks like we are. back in a moment. the >> all right. monday morning, one minute till the opening bell. i, like you, want to know if this rally is going to continue. we've got a lot of smiles around the studio this morning. let's bring in the managing director at brandywine global. he manages personally 4 billion dollars. and does this rally today, not long-term, are we stii

let's see how he behaves. >> correct. >> where coburn is saying, i think he's sincere. it's a wonderful thing setting the tone and spirit of, let's see if we can come together even if it doesn't work. this kind of condesention of ryan bothers me. maybe i'm overreacting. >> it's like the boiling cup known as the house versus the cooling soft center of the senate. tom coburn has been at this for a long time. even though his conservative credentials are unquestioned, he does want to come to some kind of compromise, some kind of deal that's going to help the american people. i think ryan in his heart wants to, also, but he's new at the game and still sounds like he's running for vice president. and that is the kind of attitude you find around the house right now in the house of representatives. but at the same time they know that their approval ratings are sinking lower than the media right now, for heaven's sake. they need to know that they need to do something, too, but with ryan you don't see that shift in rhetoric towards something positive. >> or maybe ryan is also loo

sincerity. how are we going to address the harm here? thank you and goods night. >> good evening. [inaudible] we have known for over a decade. she not only helped the filipino community, but so many communities. excuse me, can you be respectful commissioner mendoza. the community is talking. they're listening. okay. are you ready to listen? we'll wait. go ahead, go ahead. >> remember you have -- i just wanna do a time check. >> i think you should eliminate that because they were talking. >> okay. she serves the poor families too. thank you. >> good evening commissioners and superintendent, my name is susie and i am also one of the 33 teachers who are up for non reelection. i teach [inaudible] elementary special education third, fourth and fifth for children with emotional and learning disabilities. i would like to read a letter that one of my parents wrote to both superintendent [inaudible] as well as miss norton. he wanted to be here in attendance tonight but his wife is having a baby so he couldn't be here and i made copies so -- to whom it may concern. i am the parent of a chil

so we just heard some republicans, michael beschloss, questioning whether the president is sincere in this and we know separately that a senior official at the white house was telling a reporter that they thought that he put that the outreach was just joke because they didn't expect it to produce results. so the first question i want to get out of the way with both of you is has it made a difference historically whether presidents, political leaders, were sincere in an effort? >> oh, certainly. and they're usually sincere, particularly eager to be conciliatory when there's one or both houses of congress in the hands of the other party as is the case now but the last 25 years or so have been different in american history in the intensity of the combat between the two parties and the aversion to compromise and i think you're seeing is the suspicion of the opposite party. look what happened to charlie crist in florida. they embraced, that killed his political career and he's now a democrat. >> woodruff: to so the intensity has gotten worse. what about that, mark heatherring to be? is tha

sincerity. how are we going to address the harm here? thank you and goods night. >> good evening. [inaudible] we have known for over a decade. she not only helped the filipino community, but so many communities. excuse me, can you be respectful commissioner mendoza. the community is talking. they're listening. okay. are you ready to listen? we'll wait. go ahead, go ahead. >> remember you have -- i just wanna do a time check. >> i think you should eliminate that because they were talking. >> okay. she serves the poor families too. thank you. >> good evening commissioners and superintendent, my

sincerity. how are we going to address the harm here? thank you and goods night. >> good evening. [inaudible] we have

committee that he should be released from pendleton. >> the number one thing i'm looking for is sinceritytaff debate if he's ready for life on the outside, his counselor weighs in before the final decision is made. >> i've talked to him quite extensively for the last couple days, he seemed fine to me. we talked about changing behavior because there will be a lot of temptation when he's released. >> i'm kind of mad because i don't think i'm going to make it because they said i'm not ready to go home. >> he's not remorseful. he doesn't understand that concept whatsoever. i don't believe for a second that he is done with the gang. i don't believe that for any -- with any fiber of my being. i guarantee, he will walk out of this facility and the first thing he's going to do is go back and meet up with his gang buddies, guaranteed. >> i was just being honest. every time i answered, i was just being honest. >> my biggest concern is the lack of remorse for victims. he refused to advance him anywhere until he makes headway in that regard. >> yeah. >> okay. at this point, we are going to send you b

here's the chance to see how sincere you are in debriefing and wanting to change your life. >> for somes freedom. the iyp is a small taste of what's to come. after over a decade in the shu, inmate angel chaves looks forward to a more interactive prison program. >> i feel like i got let down by the familia. the situation was, i was doing time for the familia. i've asked for assistance. i'm not going to specify what assistance. i had asked for assistance while i was in there to handle some business for me because i was in the business for them. >> sure. >> and they never came through although they said they would. at that point, i felt like, what's the point of this? >> since you've entered the debriefing process, up until now you're getting ready to get endorsed to an sny, how has it been for your phase one, phase two? what have you been feeling? >> i feel like the world's been lifted off my shoulders. i had so much responsibility. i was always concerned about everybody else and what i had to do following these rules and regulations and all that of the circle. >> you've had the opportuni

she wonders whether i appreciate your sincerity or not. -- her sincere it you're not. this is an important issue for her for 20 years. -- her sincerity or not. this is an important issue for her for 20 years. we have to feel for the victims of newtown. but there are other parents whose children were killed to mourn the loss of their loved ones no less, and yet feel differently about the way congress should respond. on tuesday i spoke to the father of james, who was one of the victims. he describes how no one should have to endure what he has endured, and no one should. he wrote, quote, i can understand where knee-jerk reactions come from to ensure never again. i caution that we employ common sense and do not hand over any liberty which is protected by the constitution. and of code. -- end of quote. i agree. we continue to wait for the justice department's constitutional analysis of the bill, despite statements at two hearings on this matter. i have yet to see an opinion from the department arguing that this bill is constitutional. i appreciate the input of other schola

treatment in cuba words of sympathy poured in from across the world president vladimir putin sense and sincerecondolences along with other latin american states and even america a high profile delegation will travel from moscow to caracas to attend the funeral but amongst the sadness is also anger in his way his vice president nicolas maduro who broke the news and issued in the interim leadership accuse the country's historical enemies of having a hand in the death because chavez held a hard line american staunch during fourteen years in charge more on that from artie's marina portnoy. president chavez died around sixteen twenty five that's four forty five pm caracas time at a military hospital and now that as well in vice president nicolas maduro accompanied by senior ministers announced that president chavez had passed describing the news as a moment of deep pain that the country's national armed forces also pledged their unconditional allegiance to vice president maduro chavez before he passed many weeks ago said that when the time would come he would like for majority to be his successor a

>> i'm not quite as cynical as charles because i don't expect sincerity from politicians.m to do what is in their interest. to the extent thinks it's in his interest to do this it might be a good sign. week or so ago at the press conference he said there is no special sauce to convince john boehner and mitch mcconnell. so he tried asparagus marmalade at the jefferson hotel on the rank and file. they selected 12 guys with the help of lindsey graham because they are up for re-election in 2014, or retired. or previously announcedded they are open to this kind of deal. i guess the idea is if you could fete six of them, or eight or whatever you need to kind of get to 60 votes to block a filibuster, then you could cut a deal and present that to the house. so you would go around mcconnell and around boehne boehner. you would work from that group out. >> chris: 30 seconds left in the segment. give the tie-breaker. >> i am more cynical than charles. in order to believe that the president is sincere here, you'd have to accept that the president is now believing in a means bipartisan

i mean that sincerely. what a heck of a way to have to have to act. >> it is interesting.olls show that if nationally the overwhelming majority of the american public wants stricter rules, but they can't get it through politically. >> that's what's interesting about this. the legislative and presidential politics of this are different. legislatively, they face a problem of geography. small state status mag any fies the status of small states where it is not politically sellable in most cases. as you point out, in national politics there's majority of support, especially among what's become the democrats' coalition of the ascending. young people, minorities, college educated voters, especially women. majority issues. while it is difficult to pass them congressionally, blocking them and unifying opposition is not without cost in terms of peeling from constituency to win back the white house. >> think of it as a presidential race, you look at the national numbers, that's one thing. when you look at the battleground states, that's another. one thing about joe biden. joe biden

minority voters to support republicans, we have to engage them and show our sincerity. just one day after releasing that report, republicans showed their sincerity this way in arkansas, by passing a new measure requiring all voters to show photo i.d. in order to vote. a measure that opponents of that law say would suppress the vote, particularly among minority, elderly and young voters. joining me now, msnbc's joy reed. joy, michael steele said, look, you can't say this on monday and pass these kinds of things. this is part of what's alienating those voters. >> absolutely. apparently, the governor's and legislatures out there in the world didn't get the memo from nice reince priebus. the problem with these laws, lawrence, they are far more likely to disenfranchise black and hispanic youth, something like 72% of african-americans who go to vote are asked for i.d. something like 760% of hispanics, but half of white younger people who go to vote. so you're disenfranchising people directly and black and hispanic youth are far more likely to report not voting because either

and the problem with the wing, ron paul for all of his sincerity, shall we say, somewhat eccentric on his issues. rand paul is polished, sophisticated he doesn't obsess about the gold standard of the fed and they talks about things that appeal to the young. it's interesting, he's a libertarian so on social issues he deviates wildly from where the republicans have been the last 30 years, since reagan, so i think it does play to the young, but i don't know how it plays to the rest of the party, but even more radically, he is a semi isolationist. he talks about the filibuster was ostensibly about shooting a missile through a kitchen of a guy in topeka, but it was really about the whole war on terror abroad and how we ought to be conducting and if we are to be conducting it. and he speaks for a very significant wing. party, of the country that is war weary and wants to withdraw. and that again is very much against the reagan tradition and against the mainstream of the party. so, i think it does have appeal to the young and i think that's what you see in cpac was disproportionately young,

if he wants to have his voice heard, he's doing exactly the right thing and i think he's sincere in earlye's like hillary clinton, he's the one who can decide last. he has the biggest organization. just as hillary can wait until the last possible minute and probably should because she has the biggest possible organization on the democratic side. >> it's interesting to see how quickly the old cast of republicans has moved off the stage and this week we've seen an entirely new one start dominating the news. you know, the marco rubios, the rand pauls, jeb bush is making news in washington again. so for a republican party that's hit bottom, it's nice to see that there's fresh faces and new idea. >> you forgot my home state governor bobby jindal who did a terrific job last night. acquitted himself at the -- he was very -- >> he was funny. because that's what it's about. >> he was funny. made a point of saying he was saying that he wasn't running for president in all the right places, iowa, new hampshire and south carolina. it is a healthy thing for both parties to have this next generation of

that was sincere. what you witnessed was the compassion of that young man. that was his character. >> compassion for what? what pain did he cause? why don't you just say it? he raped her. he put two fingers inside a vagi 02:00 vagina of a child when she did not have the opportunity to resist. >> they're both children. >> all right but one of them is guilty of a crime and one of them is the victim of a crime. there's a big difference between the two. there's no equality between them. >> one would disagree with that, because people that feel the way you do felt that they should be prosecuted as adults and that just isn't the case. the fact that his name was mentioned four or five times in the trial is the case. the fact that they, his parents, feel that we might have the wrong person here, there's no equity in the verdict, is the case and i think that's the opinion of a vast majority of people. i received 96 e-mails today of people from oregon to maine, people who are on the other side of this, have shown sympathy and compassion and have identified -- >> to be

i offered her a sincere apology in public come nation. >> i no know i rile it is more credible. she did apoll guidogize to me. instance tan yuszly after the exchange happened there was a lot being said over public media. i think that it was more of a -- i don't really know what her motives were i am not inside her head. >> did you think it was sincere? >> no. >> and put gun politics above the right of women to defend themselves yes or no? >> i think so. i think she put her own fear of firearms and her lack of education and experience. i also think she put it above the right for women to defend themselves. >> i want to thank you are they the jody tams whack later you won't believe to win pop honors ii. set your hours ahead until ybef turn in and get all snoozey. good night. >> were you crying when you were shooting him? >> i don't remember. >> were you crying when you were stabbing him? >> i doesn't remember. >> how about when you cut his throat? were you crying then? >> i don't know. >> take a look. you are the one that did this, right? >> yes. >> you are the same that lied abou

do you believe that is a sincere invitation?blicans keep talking about how we're having problems with the message. well, they didn't get the message from last november's election. i think that's the problem they're having right now. but you know, i don't really think they're all that sincere. there is a lot of posturing going on right now. the whole issue of a balanced budget is something that i think we really need to step back and look at. over the last 60 years, we've had five years in which the budget was balanced. every other year has been a deficit. we doubled the debt after world war ii over the next 30 years and we've been able to survive and prosper. so this notion that there is something, somehow sacrosanct about a balanced budget doesn't take into, i think, consider the most important questions. what do we want our government to do and how will we pay for it? and i think paul ryan's budget makes it very clear that he does not want our government to help the most vulnerable citizens in this country. he wants to it help

let's repeal health care is the authority on sincerity. how about that.ust listen to what congressman mccarthy has to say about the president. >> i'll bet you this. i bet you he spends more time filling out his march madness brackets than he does writing a budget. >> wow. with news views like that no wonder the meeting was tense. the truth is the gop's real policemen with the president isn't his outreach, it's that he won't cave on his principles. >> paul ryan today put forward his budget and he says he's challenging you to come forward with a budget that also reaches balance. are you going to do that? >> no. my goal is not to chase a balanced budget just for the sake of balance. it's not balance on the backs of the poor, the elderly, students who need student loans, families who have got disabled kids. >> that's the gop's real problem. don't let them fool you. ginning me now is e.j. dionne. e.j., let me ask you, is the real problem here what i'm saying? what is the real problem, in your opinion? does the gop expect the president to cave in on his princip

jack, i will stt the sincere onset. one of the things that he said is that he was disappointed by the lack of a major deal. he said that he came away empty handed after pursuing some elephants. >> it was really a big change. you remember, he wrote an op-ed in "the new york times" and said that stocks are a great deal, i'm buying american and you wish it to. what we have had a tremendous boost in the stock market, and now they are running out of things to buy and that says something about how ordinary investors are having trouble finding good deals right now. melissa: spencer, do you interpret it the same way? >> this is like christmas for investors. we get to open up this envelope and have all these golden nugget it's really exciting to get in his mind. he is very interesting to find large acquisitions. one of the things he has done is being built out of a tough situation and the preferred shares in stks and we are really just waiting for them to strike the next thing. his advantageshat he buys in cash come he really st

i offered her a sincere apology in public come nation. >> i no know i rile it is more credible. after the exchange happened there was a lot being said over public media. i think that it was more of a -- i don't really know what her motives were i am not inside her head. >> did you think it was sincere? >> no. >> and put gun politics above the right of women to defend themselves yes or no? >> i think so. i think she put her own fear of firearms and her lack of education and experience. i also think she put it above the right for women to defend themselves. >> i want to thank you are they the jody tams whack later you won't believe to win pop honors i'm marianne rafferty. winter is not releasing its icy grip on the nation just yet. some area of colorado getting nearly a foot of snow forcing the cancellation of hundreds of flights. blizzard warnings for kansas, nebraska and wyoming, too. and massachusetts plum island, two feet of know? the past two days bringing major destruction. many homes are falling into the sea. >>> and a fire in southeastern, kentucky killing 7 people, five o

bill: sincere, constructive. martha: punctuation right there.t is harder to clock out and stop working today with the popularity of so much technology. the amount of time that you spend on a smartphone is skyrocketing, quadrupling from 22 minutes a day in 2009 to 88 minutes. that is an hour and a half today on average. pew research center report fines that lines separating work and free time is blurring. seven out of ten americans now say technology allows their work to move into their personal life. only? martha: i bet you and i are well above that average in terms of time we spend on our smartphone every day. it is so true, isn't it? all of life is just sort of blurred. bill: good and bad. martha: good and bad, exactly. bill: makes you work faster but you're always accessible. martha: it allows you to work from another place later in the evening, like we often do, trading ideas on the smartphones but boy. bill: so then the strategy has to be, you have to figure out when it's right to turn off your smart phone. shoot us a tweet @marthamaccallum

taking this opportunity i would like you to convey my sincere greetings and best regards to our compatriots in taiwan. [speaking chinese] >> translator: currently, there is much talk about urbanization, and some people have expressed different views. some believe that urbanization is the logical product called urban of modernization and, therefore, the government needn't push this deliberately. and the many people are concerned that this process will deprive many rural residents of their land and create a new urban poor. mr. premier, what is your view on this? [speaking chinese] [speaking chinese] >> translator: another the question but i will try to answer it succinctly. i'm aware of most of the talk about urbanization, and i take them seriously. this deal of urbanization in china is unprecedented in human history. urbanization is important to china's development, and in fact the world. there is some talk about urbanization and some concerns expressed about it. i think people generally want us to make steady progress in urbanization. [speaking chinese] [speaking chinese] [speaking chinese]

on behalf of our members, please pass along to the men and women serving our sincere gratitude for their dedication and their sacrifices. we also thank their families. their support is essential to the well-being of their loved ones and our nation. this is your third and last hearing before this committee. this committee has favorably reported your successor to the full senate. we want to thank you for your more than 40 years of military service and your distinguished leadership of our armed forces. this year is posture hearing with the commanders are being held under the specter of budget sequestration. this threatens to impose cuts on military forces unrelated to our national security requirements. sequestration is having an operational impact, with the defense department postponement of the appointment of uss harry truman aircraft carrier to the persian gulf. i hope these people will address risks with sequestration and expiration of a continued resolution. our transition strategy in afghanistan is entering a clinical phase in the coming months. excuse me. afghan forces will move into