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i think that was why the decision was made to release the sst.e were replacing it with personnel that actually had more capabilities. >> well, my time is up. but sometimes when everyone is to blame, no one is to blame. and part of the frustration that i believe was so eloquently remarked on was the designation of the facility itself and then you have our heretofore failure to understand what policy would have been so important -- you testified that we have how many unpersoned posts right now? five? did i hear you correctly, five? you were going through a series of numbers. you said five of those you can discard because they are actually -- there's no one there? >> correct. >> so we do close facility sies? >> yes, sir. >> i'm assuming someone did the weighing and balancing on those five and decided through the miracles of technology or whatever, we don't have to have a physical presence there. you can understand why we would like to know what weighing and balancing went on with respect to libya. and i want to know who saw these requests for extra

i think that was why the decision was made to release the sst.e were replacing it with personnel that actually had more capabilities. >> well, my time is up. but sometimes when everyone is to blame, no one is to blame. and part of the frustration that i believe was so eloquently remarked on was the designation of the facility itself and then you have our heretofore failure to understand what policy would have been so important -- you testified that we have how many unpersoned posts right now? five? did i hear you correctly, five? you were going through a series of numbers. you said five of those you can discard because they are actually -- there's no one there? >> correct. >> so we do close facility sies? >> yes, sir. >> i'm assuming someone did the weighing and balancing on those five and decided through the miracles of technology or whatever, we don't have to have a physical presence there. you can understand why we would like to know what weighing and balancing went on with respect to libya. and i want to know who saw these requests for extra

i think that was why the decision was made to release the sst.e were replacing it with personnel that actually had more capabilities. >> well, my time is up. but sometimes when everyone is to blame, no one is to blame. and part of the frustration that i believe was so eloquently remarked on was the designation of the facility itself and then you have our heretofore failure to understand what policy would have been so important -- you testified that we have how many unpersoned posts right now? five? did i hear you correctly, five? you were going through a series of numbers. you said five of those you can discard because they are actually -- there's no one there? >> correct. >> so we do close facility sies? >> yes, sir. >> i'm assuming someone did the weighing and balancing on those five and decided through the miracles of technology or whatever, we don't have to have a physical presence there. you can understand why we would like to know what weighing and balancing went on with respect to libya. and i want to know who saw these requests for extra

he thought the opposition to the air pollution caused by the sst was absolutely just ridiculous. it was motivated more by ideology and anti-modernist feelings. he was never that, he was never as direct, but you can infer in his comments in the late 1980's that he did resent. he believed -- in moderation in the pursuit of justice is no vice. he was very moderate in some ways. so -- >> he died in -- >> he died in 1988. he retired in 1986. >> it sounds like he might've actually been interested in the whole environmental change that's happening -- given what he knew. >> yes. >> it happened in his own state. >> i think that is a great observation. thought about this a lot. i think climate change, for instance, he would be concerned. i do not have any doubt. when you think about somebody for long enough, you feel like you can get into that head. i do not doubt he would be concerned, especially as a national security aspect, he was very concerned about resource scarcity. back in the oil crisis days in 1973 he was really panicked. the resource side of climate change would make him very n

'sst of the potawatamee communities signed treaties in 18 33 that was a removal treaty. many of them left before the removal started. some did remove mostly to kansas and iowa in some later moved to oklahoma. some came back to the northern penance you love michigan. eeere are about p 11otawatam nations now. the only ones who stayed was the family under the name of leopold pokagen. that's how he got his name. during the war of 1812 or thereafter, he was seen using a human rib to be somebody to death or something like that. t they called himhe rib. that is the name of the tribe now. this is where we get this story. leopold was negotiating for his family. he was not the head by any stretch of the imagination. stretch of the imagination. he did say to all of his people, if any of you touches a drop of alcohol, i will kill you. and if you see anybody else touching a drop of alcohol, i will kill them, too. a type's alcohol, he did not kill them but he did go into a tent with an american military man with a knife. he said only one of us is coming you make me sign that treaty. s

and what would have happened if we didn't, then it would be a crisis on december 3 1-sst. 31st. so i want to say this about senator levin, how i've enjoyed, and i regret we won't be able to have the same positions because, of course, senator levin, like our friend from iowa, is retiring after this term. let me just mention that the ndaa bill is the most important bill that we do every year. i don't th

and what would have happened if we didn't, then it would be a crisis on december 3 1-sst. 31st. so i want to say this about senator levin, how i've enjoyed, and i regret we won't be able to have the same positions because, of course, senator levin, like our friend from iowa, is retiring after this term. let me just mention that the ndaa bill is the most important bill that we do every year. i don't think anyone's going to debate that. you know, we've had the -- for 52 consecutive years -- and this is going to be the 5rd consecutive -- 53rd consecutive year we've been able to pass it. but it seems each year it's always hard to do. because at the last minute, there are always other people that want to get things in the bill that were not there. but you have to keep in mind, and i want to say in defense to the big-four approach to this, we came down -- we passed this bill. we passed it out of the senate armed services committee on may the 23rd. and we've been wanting to get it on the floor since may the 23rd. senator levin and i have come down countless times and begged our colleag