stan, we are in your debt.icer's career i talk about how many coarse and divisions they've served in. but stan bestan's has been feick. he began as a paratrooper following his graduation from west point in 1996 his first battalion was the red delves. but jumping out of planes didn't seem exciting enough for stan, so he volunteered for special forces, qualified. and commanded an attachment in the seventh special forces to group at fort brag before he headed off for the advanced course. after a tour, he returned to fort stuart georgia for company command. it was following this company demand 1985 that stan chose the path that he would follow for the rest of his career. he was accepted into the rangers, and he has been a lead they are in our special operations community ever since. along the way he mixed challenging assignments and the rangers and joined special operations command and broadening experiences at the naval war college, the j.f.k. center of -- the council of on foreign relations and left lasting contr

stan, we are in your debt.i would talk about how many divisions they have served in stands career has been unique. -- they have served in. general mcchrystal's career has been unit. his first battalion was the red devils. jumping out of planes did not seem to be exciting enough for him. he volunteered for special forces, qualified, and commanded an attachment at fort bragg before he headed off for the advanced course. after a tour of the united nations command, he returned to georgia for company command. it was following this company command in 1985 that he chose the path that he would follow for the rest of his career. he was accepted into the 70 bit rangers and he has been a leader in our special operations community ever since. along the way, he mixed challenging assignments, joint special operations command and the 82nd airborne division with broadening experiences at the naval war college, the jfk center of government, the council on foreign relations and the joint staff. he left lasting contributions at e

stan, we are in your debt. usually, i would talk about how many divisions they have served in stands career has been unique. -- they have served in. general mcchrystal's career has been unit. his first battalion was the red devils. jumping out of planes did not seem to be exciting enough for him. he volunteered for special forces, qualified, and commanded an attachment at fort bragg before he headed off for the advanced course. after a tour of the united nations command, he returned to georgia for company command. it was following this company command in 1985 that he chose the path that he would follow for the rest of his career. he was accepted into the 70 bit rangers and he has been a leader in our special operations community ever since. along the way, he mixed challenging assignments, joint special operations command and the 82nd airborne division with broadening experiences at the naval war college, the jfk center of government, the council on foreign relations and the joint staff. he left lasting contribu

stan, cbn news. >> moving out of england the church is breaking new ground. this week the church is ruling body voted to allow women bishops it is a controversial issue that caused catholics and conservative evangelicals to threaten to leave the church. peter reports from england. >> the rou over women bishops cause a split in the church governing body they gaurth indeed yoshg to come up with a plan that would please both the liberals and traditionalists. the bishop crt the fer hill says the issue debated w what compromise could be agreed upon those against the ordaination of women bishops. the issues are what spe should be given or not as the case may be for those. amongst them evangelals and catholics. >> in the end the general senate gave minimal concession them to opposed the move. david hding is concerneded that this move guess against biblical principles. >> that is the starting point and the way the church lived its life over the centuries and we know within the wider churc the greater part of the church throughout the world the churches don't accept t

de france champion alberto contador has decided to leave his cycling team the star not the casting stan based outfit did offer to extend his deal but contador turned them down adding now examines options as to whether to continue his safe a luxury his career in three seasons with the stan are the twenty seven year old as one two three little titles as well as your right to tell you in spanish well two titles of the spine it is the young and the fifth rider in history to win all three grand tours of right side. but we know new foreign sides in the kontinental hockey league this season author bosses fail to honor their differences with the slovak federation and barred. from entering the k h l however the official statement says this a vacuum side will be able to join next year provided they follow the regulations the k h l has been striving to embrace european clubs since the inception two years ago but a safe are filed today that the take it from not the better race as well as. over from the former soviet union and remain the only known russian teams in the twenty four strongly new seaso

it's owned by stan hiller -- excuse me, steve hiller, the son of stan hiller, the son of stan hiller. and hopefully we can come back out and see this. it's a beautiful airplane take off shortly. much different than a 727s, the 747s, 767s of today. didn't hold as many passengers obviously. twin prop airplane. not something like the jet airliners we see today. just to give you some perspective to get from here to oshkosh, wisconsin, if you were to take, let's say, southwest airlines i imagine that would be a three, four, five-hour flight. they've got to fly to albuquerque, from albuquerque to wichita, from wichita to oshkosh. the range is only about seven hours. brent and laura? >> very interesting. kind of cool to see the old relics taking to the skies. thanks, bob. >>> this morning crews are checking out the area around the deepwater horizon rig as tropical storm bonnie moves closer to the spill. got a live look at the storm as it churns over theivulf of mexico. forecasters say the storm will most likely not reach hurricane strength. workers inserted a temporary plug on the rig to try

. >> we have put in place a strong foundation working with pock stan, afghanistan in a situation thats different from the one we confronted two to 3 year -- three years ago. >>> tony hayward will be stepping down. bp says he will resign in october and be offered a job in russia. he will be replaced by bubin dudley. hayward became the face of bp's miss handling of the oil spill. >>> rob blagojevich's attorney could be sited for contempt. blagojevich is accused of trying to sell president obama former senate seat. >>> a wild fire in concern county. more than three square miles burned since it started this afternoon. 500 firefighters are battling the fire. several structures burned and homes are threatened. >>> temperatures were on the cool side today. same thing for tomorrow. tomorrow 7:00, dense dog and drizzle close to the coach line. the fog will peal back by noon. even though we will see sunny conditions tomorrow, temperatures will not warm up that much. still quite cool. inland in the 70s. antioch up to 82. fog blanketing the bay area. 6:00 a.m., covering the delta, inland valleys.

the group decided to not have a moderator or a chair, instead they appointed our own stan murray to have the most difficult job at all, to moderate the meetings, to keep people behaving. we listened and we learned a lot more. we should think sam for doing such an admirable job the city staff that kept plugging away was also at the monthly meetings and myself. we enjoyed this until it went on. we had our meetings at the plant and we talked about technology and we had experts. we have checked the topics to be current, timely, and for us to be responsive. in the report, we had all the meetings, agendas, and information. they work with us on the site selection and we will get into that briefly. some are unable to be here because they work out on business. the process was fair and open and i think that was one of the beautiful things, we were working together with them in a collaborative effort. also, moving a project forward is the highest priority. >> during the course of our 18 months, we sat through many meetings but all of that energy was focused, many of the task force members modified

and of course, nerve stans again for the north american electric reliability corporation. it takes approximately 400 hours for our operators to go through the initial testing process. they go through a three month learning program that we do during work hours and then they pass a test and they become certified. once they attain the certification, there's continued training. and that is approximately of up to 168

we can do that because we have underwriting from wells fargo and from earn stan young to pay for it. >> we will give the information. it kicks off friday, july 30th at the common wealth club in san francisco. you can see rose lynn carter friday, august 13th at noon for part of the series. for more information and tickets please call (415)597- 6705 or log onto common wealth club.org. kenny loggins will be on july 29th. i'm susan sikora. thank you for watching. ♪

to replace stan mcchrystal. think this will get complicated, where you already see his numbers in afghanistan sliding, is when he starts talking about timetables. when they promise to pull troops out. it deflates the morale of the military. public is very smart. voters are very smart. when they hear them talk out of both sides of their mouth, it's difficult. >> let's talk about the timetable. clarence, on the roundtable. for the first time, we have the vice president saying when he told jon alter in that book, a lot of troops leaving in 2011, he said it could be as few as 2,000. >> we're hearing these little rollbacks in the rhetoric as far as how much of a pullout we're going to have next year. and as the administration has said again and again, it's only the beginning of the drawdown that they're shooting for. the president says it's contingent on conditions. but nevertheless, any effort you make to establish stability and to build internal security in afghanistan and unify that country is nation building. bec

stan taylor. supervisor campos: good morning. >> the short and to your question is the issue has been looked at already. polling in connection to recertification of the measures on the ballot is authorized, in terms of information gathering, to design the program for the expenditure plan. the authority of santa barbara countthere was a 2008 decision expressly talking about polling places. it is reasonably -- reasonably believable that the polling place is an expenditure. supervisor campos: thank you. supervisor chu: pulling in advance of the measure going on the ballot, is there any rule as to the types of questions are asked, what is a poll? >> no, pulling traditionally test the expenditure plan to see what is most favored by the vote -- by the voters. supervisor chusupervisor campos. commissioner dufty? supervisor dufty: i appreciate the questions and your opening comments. i have served on this board for many years. i have felt overwhelmingly the plans and planninprograms commie have removed an

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stan some mechanisms of human sleep disorders. for example the absence of sleep we prove that whales and seals especially can go on without sleep for several days people also have the restless feet syndrome is when people move their legs and feet while asleep. the dolphins can actually sleep while swimming by and of course we hope that one day system will be able to understand what exactly happens to a person during his sleep which. lake which is the natural water reservoir that's connected to the seat it's less than a kilometer away. here in the natural pool there are several white whales that go through some very complicated training. animals are taught to use the hydro coup stick system to search for people in distress and water through. on the trainers command the animal checks the whereabouts and points in the direction of a man behind me in closure through then another white whale on signal takes up a special mouthpiece exits the enclosure and promptly locates the man in the water at a distance of about three hundred meters.

me while the new crowned tour de france champion alberto contador has decided to leave his team stan are the kazakstan based outfit had offered to extend his steel contador turned them down adding he'll now examine his options as to where to continue his so far lustrous career in three seasons because a star the twenty seven year old has won to these three to the top titles as well over a period to tell you a title under spanish well to title this. money designing the pride in history to win all three grand tours are very cycling. some are talking years that we need a new foreign sides and the kontinental hockey league this season off the bosses failed to honor their differences with the slovak federation and that brad from entering the k h l however the official statement says the soul back inside will be on to join next year provided they follow the regulations like a shell has been striving to embrace european club since its inception team is and gave in so far failed to think that it's even on the side not the veterans as well as present side bodies or from the former soviet unio

and then i got back from tack stan and bridge got built and no school yet. i was 38 years old, die hard bachelor and all i could think was getting that school built. i went to a fund raise er the fair month in san francisco where my hero was speaking. it was getting late and people were nodding off and he was going on and on about the queens coronation so i went to the back to get some fresh air and there was a beautiful woman in the back wearing a dress and black combat books and her name was, tara bishop and six months later got married and now we're living happily ever after in montana. [applause] i also a guy name keesh ran a company called laser image and he taught me how to use a computer and tara after watching me for several days one day, i was writing the fund raising letters and i learned on the computer but she said let me show you something. it's called cut and paste. so, with her now we could write hundreds of fund raising letters and in pakistan i learned to use a local laptop. slate board there. the whole village participated in the building s

the schleck still holding on to the yellow jersey after yesterday's stage thirteen which was won by stan as alexander vinokourov but it didn't start well for the seven time winner lance armstrong who even stumbled on a little warm up right before the start of the stage anyway by the end of the day it was because of the show the strength breaking away towards the end of the hundred ninety six kilometer which ended in the town of travel great returns have been called off and came back from a two year suspension taking drugs in all this last year but it's and each day still using he has a thirty one second lead in the core of teammate and defending champion alberto contador. and one bit of tennis news now the world number one through williams has withdrawn from next month's rogers cup with after cutting a foot on a broken glass at a restaurant the younger williams sister all smiles here at the blue collar. walking the red carpet or any other surface for some time the twenty eight year old needs surgery and he missed three events leading up to the u.s. open williams offers no other details a

military official says a second sailor missing in after stan is dead. that sailor disappeared last friday with another man. soldiers found the first sailor dead earlier this week. taliban claimed that it killed the first sailor and kidnapped the second. but again the second sailor is now confirmed to be dead. we'll tell you more as soon as we can. >>> time now 4:40. meet the bay area man who can hack into atms and give them to give up their cash. >>> your afterlife online. it's a new memorial in this information age. see how bay area families are taking tech into the great beyond. >>> the next generation of e-readers giving ipad a run for its money.ra wwe'll take theraps off t new kindle. ff >>> another enticing chapter to get you into the world of digital books. a new ereader is on the market. scott budman has our first look at the latest kindle. >> as if the early kindles and ipads weren't enough to lure you into the world of digital readers, amazon is announcing the new investigation of its ereader. the company says it's smaller, lighter, and faster

afghanistan which which has been the case for the past year or so whether you look at fatah or you look at stan i think the only thing left to do for the u.s. now is this has this probably will end and up like you know we had there they should really packing up the bags and you know looking for an exit. son needs to do right now it's to work with china work with the regional powers that's as iran with saudi arabia and in trying to come up with. you know preparing itself for afghanistan which is you know after us basically and you know how they're going to pick up the pieces and make it work then well you're close to my heart because that's been my theme for a very long time now if i go back to washington. again there are people are saying that you know the root of all this problem the safe havens the money gets into pakistan the training is there you know you can go hit in the or back in hide i mean that really annoys the united states i mean because you know if you want victory in afghanistan as americans understand it or the mcchrystal like a betray us like you know then give us the tools and

collaborating of dennis stan he's got his eye abroad in kandahar who according to the u.s. main media has been one of the most cherished cia asset eighty eight of the top drug kingpin oh across the country for taliban funny and would be doing hit much for this mujahideen troika they know for sure for almost nine years that brothers work for the u.s. government so if the top u.s. intelligence assets well known for the whole world for almost nine years and nobody tried to harm them why the united states should be so concerned about the third rate informants somewhere in the countryside so the u.s. decision makers will be well advised to stuff playing the circuit city expressing their crocodile tears about the threat to the lives of u.s. informants in afghanistan and instead they should start thinking real hard how to arrest the narco terrorist threat that comes under their watch from afghanistan to russia and to european union. and now some other stories from around the world and the earthquake has rattled a city in northeastern around injuring more than a hundred people seve

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the 72-year-old admitted he robbed five san francisco banks in a three-week stan span.horities released photos and show holding a knife to the throat of customers and tellers. he faces 130 years in prison. >> in vallejo, a little league coach was booked into jail on an assault charge. the kocht says he was defending himself when the umpire charged at him. and two men were arguing a close call at first base during a state tournament. and if convicted, the coach could be forced to spend a year in jail. >> thieves who stole the left arm from a mannequin of lefty odool ve. done the right thing. the arm ripped off by two thieves was returned to the landmark restaurant yesterday, in a big box addressed from iowa with snap shots of its taken in various locations. one photo showed the arm wearing a yellow live strong bracelet it was their gnome. they traveled witness and placed it in different places and took it to washington, d.c., sledding with them, these thing autos the box contained a letter written from the arm's perspective listing some adventures during its three year o

. >>> a discovery at stan nord san francisco could be helping aleave yait the symptoms of parkinson'se. scientists mapped pathways and the key is laser lights. >> this is a 200 micro diameter. >> it may not look as draw matic as life savers but believes this laser will become a powerful weapon in the war against parkinson's disease. in his lab, the team is using lasers to manipulate neuropathways in the cells of mice. >> what we can could do is use this to stimulate different neurons and to spend their function. >> here, a research assistant applied laser light to stimulate the neurons in a sample which is magnified on the screen. data allowed the team to not only map neuropathways but to identify their role in controlling movement. there is an interruption fwleefd play a key role. >> we no this controls aspects of movement. we can look for drugs. >> researchers believe laser koz have a they area putic use as a treatment for parkinson's disease. >> this is a language of the brain. >> this builds on the work of researcher carl desara showed how he applied the light to a lab animal's br

services will be held sunday at stan sphorld memory chunchts. >>> on sunday they will gather for a tributetear hawkins who died on center. he was the pastor of the love center church. next tuesday stars will all be performing at a gathering paying their final respects. now, this will be happening at the paramount theater on broadway in oakland at 7:00 p.m. the tickets absolutely free. a funeral is scheduled at the paramount the next day. >>> the young museum is opening its doors for free tonight from 5:00 until 8:45. it is a part of target's art and wonder free family event. >> 6:56. let's head right back to sal who is checking traffic on the sunol grade. good morning, sal. >> yeah, the traffic has been good. the last few days we have had kind of a rough one dut right now looking good on the south bay. 880 north and south is a little crowded but no stalled vehicles. not much to worry about heading west towards san francisco. here is steve. [ inaudible ] [overlapping speakers] >> -- that means even low clouds and fog have made it over san pablo bay. cooler for some. hot for others. cooler t

i think we need certain stan darneds. the president is the president. he should behave accordingly. don't -- >> i think you're right. i don't think it looked very presidential. what i will say is there is such a glut of information now a days. so the hard to connect with people. he is a populous president. a grassroots president. he connected with people in grassroots ways. this is a way of cutting through the ad nauseam press conferences and the releases and the daily briefings and try to speak to americans in an informal way. >> you know what i blame for this primarily? larry king's impending retirement. he's got to go somewhere. >> larry: i'm not retiring. i'm leaving this show but i'm not -- >> i'm just saying. >> i'm curious to know why does this question even come up? it's a legitimate show. it's staff and -- >> larry: well, republicans are complaining, saying -- >> i don't understand why. the people on the show are quite intelligent people. i don't think there's anything slightly wrong with him being on the show. i don't understand white question comes up. it's a perfectly re

. >> reporter: stan keen says they have ruled out a parcel or utility tax for a number of reasons. >>ales tax is viewed as more fair and even. >> reporter: it would bring in between $6 and $8 million each year for five years, enough to avoid police cuts and continue city maintenance. >> and it will hold off on us having to make more drastic cuts to programs and services across the city, particularly in the recreation areas. >> we're leaning to support it. >> reporter: virginia thomas is president of the todos santos business association which will likely back the measure. she says cities that have already increased the sales tax haven't seen a drop in business and that's about 100 cities in california. >> it probably won't be as adverse as an effect as maybe losing more city services. >> reporter: but some business own, like cathy, who owns bloom fusion, don't like it. >> i think a lot of people are tired of government saying the answer to everything is to raise taxes. >> reporter: and she thinks it would hurt business. >> people only have so much money to spend right now so it's eith

the dictator in charge of turk men stan whose name i won't even try to pronounce right now, he took over from a guy named turkman bashi who wrote his own version of the bible, basically and tried to change the names of the month to members of his family. i mean, this is really a kind of crazy place. host: big trading partner, holder of lots of u.s. debt, china. the leader, you are calling him the worst of the worst among the bad dude dictators. what do we know about him? guest: i think technically people might gripe that technically he is not not a dictator, he is the head of a large bureaucratic communist party but they are largely a repressive state. they have enormous numbers of internet minders who monitor the chinese internet for certain key words that they don't want people to say. you're not allowed to talk about tibet, you're not allowed to talk about taiwan, you're not allowed to talk about the uighers, a minority group in western china. china is certainly a lot freer than it was, say, in 1979 but it still has one of the most repressive state apparatuses in the world. host: quee

considerable credit for that must go to stan mcchrystal. as we take stock of the situation in afghanistan, it is important to remember why we are there, which is never forgetting that the 9/11 were planned in southern afghanistan and that the initial training of the attackers was carried about in camps in afghanistan before they moved on to germany and then on to u.s. flight school. it was in response to those attacks that a u.s.-led coalition entered afghanistan in late 2001 and defeated al qaeda and the taliban element that its headquarters and training camps in afghanistan. in the subsequent years, the extremists were able to regroup without caid establishing new statuary's in the tribal areas of pakistan, and the taliban re- entering afghanistan to reestablish the control it had in much of the country. in light of those developments, our path is clear. president obama has explained america's vital national interest there. we will not, he has stated, tolerate a safe haven for terrorists who want to destroy afghan security from within and

the dictator in charge of turk men stan whose name i won't even try to pronounce right now, he took over from a guy named turkman bashi who wrote his own version of the bible, basically and tried to change the names of the month to members of his family. i mean, this is really a kind of crazy place. host: big trading partner, holder of lots of u.s. debt, china. the leader, you are calling him the worst of the worst among the bad dude dictators. what do we know about him? guest: i think technically people might gripe that technically he is not not a dictator, he is the head of a large bureaucratic communist party but they are largely a repressive state. they have enormous numbers of internet minders who monitor the chinese internet for certain key words that they don't want people to say. you're not allowed to talk about tibet, you're not allowed to talk about taiwan, you're not allowed to talk about the uighers, a minority group in western china. china is certainly a lot freer than it was, say, in 1979 but it still has one of the most repressive state apparatuses in the world. host: quee

. >> to stan, reporting preparations underway in walnut creek for rally next week to on a up on your johannes mehserle the former bart officer who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of oscar grant. kron 4 reggie explains what these are planning to make sure the rally remained peaceful. >> we have an individual who's been convicted in the courts found guilty by jurors in a reporter how raleigh form or country of laws and the law spoke and i would hope that some individuals coming in that's crating disorderly contact like happened in oakland. as long as it's people who are here and respect the law that it should be orderly. >> i think of a relatively peaceful people coming and outside the area i think it's probably a good thing. it's a this isolated place we don't have a lot of crime here i think people's awareness should be tightened. >> for a surprise it's being held here and not sure what the crew cast to do with any of this. at that it had to do with oakland in the training of the bart cops i know that part is here to but it seems like we don't have the

possiblies all over afghanistan but they are all over that part of the world throughout all of the stans you could grow poppies in very large quantity tiss and you could move them -- quantities and you could move them easily. i find the modest form of argument that this is bad counterinsurgency law a little weaker and that's the part that i wonder about. at one point that arked that drugs constitute only a very small part of the taliban's total revenues. but there is a cost to replacing them with dependence on other countries and dependence on wealthy, more moderate countries who might make demans in exchange. so that is not a total effect that that $70 billion could be replaced out of so you hadi coffers. it -- out of saudi coffers. it doesn't establish that it is a good form of counterinsurgency to make them rely on saudi. and the second part of argument is -- this is the part that troubles me. they make me nervous because they are better economists than i am. is that if you increase their -- the costs of production by law enforcement in the seven provinces, let's say by -- i don't kno

they are all over that part of the world, throughout all the - stans, you coulddgrow poppies in very large quantities and move them easily. i find a modest ffrm of argument that this is pat counterinsurgency law a little weaker. that is the part that i wonder about. at one point, they argued that drugs account for a small part of the taliban's overall revenues. dependence on other countries, more moderate countries, who make -- who might make demands in exchange -- that is not a3 billion could be replaced doesn't establish that it is not a good form of counterinsurgency to make them rely on saudi bankers. the second part of the argument -- this is the part that troubles me, they make me nervous because they are better economists than i am. the second part of their argument is that if you increase the costs of production by law enforcement in the seven provinces, by $100 a kilo, let's say. that will result in an increase in price at retail of least $100 per kilo -- i will buy that. and reducing quantity that is less than proportional to that increase in price. the decrease in quantity

justice scalia attacked the stan dand of congruence and proportionality saying that this court is acting as congress' task master. the court is checking on congressional homework to make sure that it is identified sufficient constitutional violations to make its remedy constitutional and proportional. i've picked out three instances. citizens united where justice stevens says great disrespect and the attack by rehnquist on our method of reasoning and scalia talking about proportionality and congruence, and that brings me to the question for you where you have been very explicit in the now famous university of chicago "law review" article about dealing with substantive issues. we had the standard for determining constitutionality under the commerce clause from maryland versus wertz, 1968. justice harlan who acquired the standard where they have a chosen regulatory scheme necessary to the protection of commerce, our investigation is at an end. in the city of bernie case, 1997, the court pulled out of thin air a new test, and the test is whether the legislation is proportionate and congruen

their hands build a temple to liberty, but many of them would never know that lesson for stan. they joined with nothing more than a wholthat the rise of ther descendants to be free, to be counted as equal citizens, to elect the leaders who would represent them and serve as their representatives. in this place, where so much of american history is written, it is our duty to ensure that none of it, no matter how foul is erased from our national memory. that is what we are doing here today. we share their story and place this plaque, not only for those who worked for generations ago, but those two will work in this building for generations to come. -- those who will work and visit here for generations to come. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, the speaker of the united states house of representatives, the honorable nancy pelosi. [applause] >> hello again. welcome to all of you to the capital for this very special occasion. imagine, in this ceremony in of enslaved african americans for the construction of the united states capitol. because of john lewis and the others here who ha

caller: good morning to stan. i am a full stop -- first-time caller. i agree with the twitter message about the age of 80. that is good. after the age of 80 health becomes unpredictable. not the mental state, but the physical state. 30 years maximum in the senate or the house. that is what i think. host: is an arbitrary just to pick and age? caller: i do not know about that, there is a lot of wisdom in a person as they get older. it is hard to say. it is more or less about their physical health. one slip and fall, they are out and incapacitated. i hate to say that. in grandparents and great grandparents. -- i have great britain -- i have grandparents and great grandparents. host: over the years, many senators have been elected at ages 75 or older. "senator byrd was 88 when he won his last reelection in 2006. the average age of congress members has been creeping up steadily, hitting a record high in the 111th congress. overall, congress has a history of turning a blind eye to long absences for physical ailments or health issues related to age." point pl

madam speaker, eight americans were killed during a 24-hour period in after dwan stan early this week. we've had 75 fatalities in july, putting it on track to be the deadliest month of the entire war. we are losing our people, we are losing our money, we are losing our credibility without advancing our goals, that has to end. it's time to bring our troops home. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: mr. burton of indiana. without objection. mr. -- >> i had the opportunity to visit a place in north carolina where care packages are being put together for the k for the canine units overseas. they're sent to active duty dog teams in afghanistan and iraq. mr. jones: it was touching for me to see the boxes being prepared by people who care so much. i was absolutely amazed by everything i saw that day at the american kennel club in raleigh, north carolina. last year, i had the great opportunity to watch some of these valuable dogs being trained at lackland air force base. lackland is the center for all the training of these dogs that help our men and women in uniform. through the years i hav

challenges in afghanistan because of the logistical routes through pakistan and also through the other stans. do you see russia as now assisting us in cooperation in ameliorang that situation or do you see an obstacle there? >> i see russia helping us right now, sir, with the northern distribution network. >> thank you. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you very much. senator enhoff? >> thank you, mr. chairman. first of all, i want to say, general mattis, that you did such a great job in the joint forces command. you'll be missed there. but this is probably even more challenges than your duties there. i think particularly the nine months or so ago, we spent some time, had a chae to look over the programs. look at our joint successes. we'll continue to do that. i know you said in your opening statement, your main focus is going to be on the war in afghanistan. when i look at all the countries, i think that it's pretty overwhelming, what you're facing. a couple of interests that we have, one is in the -- i just got back a month ago from iraq. and i met with maliki and many generals. and then t

colonel stan watson was buried thursday with full military honors. he was 93. perfect. >> perfect. after all the heat and humidity we've had. >> what about the weekend? >> mr. roker? >>> looking pretty good. people looking for carrie underwood to get her autograph. let's check your weather and see what's happening. there's carrie up there, being awfully nice. hey, if you're going to be going up to rhinebeck to check out that clinton wedding, mixed clouds and sun today for the rehearsal, upper 70s. tomorrow, sunny and mild, temperatures in the upper 70s. midwest, strong storms possible, topeka, kansas, up to sioux falls, intense gusts of wind and hail. heavy thunderstorms moving through iowa approaching waterloo. you'll see right now rainfall amounts anywhere for the next 24 hours about 2 to 3 inches of rain before it's all over. >>> and that's your latest >>> and here's a look at our temperatures around the bay area. mostly 50s. notice the area in green. livermore off to the west. you can see, the reason why we have low clouds along portions of the santa clara

possibilities all over afghanistan but they are all for that part of the world, throughout all of the stans. you could grow poppies and large quantities and you could move them easily. i find a modest form of argument that this is bad counterinsurgency law a little weaker, and that is the part that i wonder about. at one point, they argue that drugs constitute a small part of the taliban's total revenues. but there is a cost of replacing them with -- dependent on other countries, a dependence on wealthy, more moderate countries who might make demands in exchange. so that is not a total -- the fact that that is $70 billion of that could be replaced out of saudi coffers does not establish that it is not a good form of counterinsurgency to make them rely on saudi bankers. and the second part of the argument is -- this is the park that troubles may -- they make me nervous because they are better economists -- this is the part that troubles me. the second part is, if you increase the cost of production by law-enforcement in of the seven provinces -- in the seven provinces, let's say by100 a kilo