i want to thank my co-chair, chairman joe wilson, and our ranking members, jim cooper and susan davis, for their steadfast commitment and focus on this extraordinarily important issue. an honor to work with you over the months and we look forward as we continue along this journey of making sure collectively we all do what is necessary to make sure arlington maintains its rightful place in honoring this nation's heroes. i'd also like to extend a very warm welcome to general vangiel, thank so much for your leadership. and for your oversight of arlington. we know it's a new challenge for you, but know one that you're ready and up to the task. ms. condon, i thank you you and your team who have met with us on a monthly basis to keep us apprised of progress. we appreciate your dedication. we know it's been a long ar are duous journey with more steps to come. i'd like to also highlight my appreciation for what you do in total for the army, what you've done through your career and what you've done to this point. army leadership has done a lot to change the culture and climate at arlington and

. >> thank you all, and we now proceed to the ranking members susan davis of san diego, california. >> thank you. to you, general vangiel, if were you to give arlington a grade right now, what would that be? >> i got a chance to go down and essentially talk to some people, and i've looked at some past reports. i haven't had a chance to look at it in-depth like i'm going to do with the inspection team as we go down. what i can say is that being deployed for the past two years, as i heard what was going on at arlington, i'd have to give them a zero. when we -- with what i heard. i have to be honest with you, because it's just not somethi something -- it was inconceivable that that was happening, because what i saw was, they were a very respectful ceremony, everything seemed to be going well. i will say, though, that looking at the progress that's been made, and i -- as i say, i go back and look at the reports that the department of the army i.g. has done. there have been two now. there has been significant progress. so if you're asking me to put it on a number scale, ma'am, that would b

. >> ann is a politics features writing for the washington post and susan davis is chief congressional reporter for usa today, you wrote about this today. what strikes you as remarkable about this campaign and this issue buying brought back right now? >> i think a lot of women and a lot of men frankly had felt that this was settled social behavior to use birth control, it has been accepted for years. 1965, through a battle of activists, the court struck down any law in connecticut that made it illegal to use contraception in a married couple relationship and women are saying what is going on? the fight was on abortion and politically in many ways that was settled and the new affordable care act has no provision for payment of abortions, and there's no provision to pay for abortions with employees of the federal government, we thought it was over and done with, what is it with birth control? that is confusing to people, the catholic, u.s. conference of catholic bishops said it's an infringement on their liberty to order them to pay for coverage and they have been joined by other religio

i want to thank my cochair and chairman joe wilson recommend this show cooper and susan davis with a steadfast commitment and focus on this extraordinarily important issue. it's an honor to work over the month when the lord as we continue this journey and making sure collectively we'll do what is necessary to make sure arlington maintains its rightful place in honoring the nation's heroes. i'd also like to extend a warm welcome to general dan gale. thank you for your leadership in her oversight of arlington. when i was a new challenge for you, but one that you are ready up to the task. i want to thank you and your team who has met with us on a monthly basis to keep us apprised. we appreciate your dedication. we noticed in a long arduous journey with more steps to come. i'd like to also highlight of my appreciation for what you do in total for the army, which is done for your career and what you have done to this point. army leadership has done a lot to change at arlington and they also want to thank secretary micu, a person a steadfast devotion on getting this issue saw been certainl

we now proceed to the ranking member, susan davis of san diego, california. >> thank you. to you, general, but -- if you were to give arlington a grade right now, what would that be? >> i got the chance to go down and he essentially talk to some people, and i've looked at some past reports to really haven't had a chance to forget it in death like i'm going to do with the inspection team as we go down. what i can say is being deployed the last two years, and i heard what was going on at arlington, i would have to give them of zero. with what i heard i have to be honest with you because it is just not something -- it was inconceivable that that was happening because what i saw was they were very respectful ceremonies. it seemed to be going well. i will say though that looking at the progress that's been made it coming and as i say, i go back and look at the reports, but the department of the army ig has done, they're have been too, there's been significant progress. if you're asking me to put it on a number scale that would be difficult for me to do that this point because i

there were celebrities there, harry belafonte was there, susan sarandon, desmond tutu, aussie davis. these were significant antiwar rallies but the media just fail to cover it. i attended a discussion group with my alma mater american university and a number of my colleagues are members of the mainstream media. i said you know, you guys were awol at the peace movement. and i asked them why. they said well, basically we understood that the bush administration was hell-bent on going to war so it seems futile. >> is that any way to approach our politics? i mean can we get in the streets occasionally, please? >> the thing about it, that kind of struck me because they see their role is fundamentally different from a way that we at pacifica see our role. they see their role as to showing up and reporting what happens. i think at pacifica at wpfw our role was seen as trying to somehow shape what is going to happen next. so for example, we produced a show called peace watch. i don't no, some of you may have seen it or heard it rather. it was a daily news program, national, and we can't simpl

susan wong, who is now retired, also put countless hours into this work. mike davis of csba and i want to recognize ms. casco who was a great adviser throughout the process. president yee: commissioner maufas? commissioner maufas: i'm so glad we're to the end of this process. i feel like i've vivid -- visited the rules committee meetings just to participate and was able to skip the committee as a whole because i knew so much. i want to thank commissioner murase because, really, as a new board member, being asked to do this task, which we had been avoiding for so many years, thank you very much and it was your naivete that helped us to get through this because you kept plugging along and telling us that we could get through this and it will be a much better day for folks within sfusd and also the public. thank you for leading the way. president yee: that was her initiation present. roll call, please. >> thank you. [roll call vote was taken] [the measure passed unanimously] president yee: motion passes. ok, item i, board members, proposals, speaker cards or actions, no