ability for the u.s. navy and the western pacific to be able to maintain contact on that ship is a function of being there. you do not whistle it up and send it forward. the fact that we have some good information is no coincidence. you made the comment about no enforcement. i think the resolution that is in place has significantly close down on a lot of options for that type of proliferation to occur. because the ship is prevented from bunkering for either fuel or water. and there are some provisions in the resolution that called for states to do more than they have in the past and i believe that it has been helpful in that regard. we will see how that plays out in the coming weeks. i do believe that the resolution with the added aspect of not giving a ship a place to go get pretty lonely out there and you have so much water and you only have so much gas and we have to make some decisions. >> you mentioned energy in your comments in the beginning and i was wondering how you think about what the navy's energy

are r. 24 legislation to redesignate the department of the navy as the department of the navy and marine corps. as of today this legislation has 278 bipartisan co-sponsors. for the past seven year the language of this bill has been part of the house version of the national defense authorization act. each year, the full house of representatives has supported this change. this year, i am grateful to have the support of senator pat roberts a former marine who introduced the same bill in the senate s. 504. with his help i'm hoping this will be the year the senate supports the house position and joins in bringing proper respect to the fighting team of the navy and marine corps. the navy and marine corps have operated as one entity for more than two centuries and h.r. 24 would allow the name of their department to illustrate this fact. this legislation is not about changing the responsibilities of the secretary of the department, reallocating resources between the navy and marine corps or altering their missions. redesignating the department as the department of the navy and marine corps is a

hornet which is the only production we have for fighters for the navy. unfortunately, the secretary of defense refused to allow the report to be submitted to congress. in the absence of any analysis of this issue from the department, the committee used its own judgment and included authority for the super hornet. we provide sufficient long lead funding to enable the navy to execute this multiyear contract. i believe this is imperative, especially as navy continues to find more and more areas of concern on the legacy fleet that may make it challenging to extend the service life of these aircraft. i want to thank chairman taylor for working with me on this issue as well as the number of others. for the marine corps, it funds the ex pe dish area program. and m wraps and all of the items. despite the fact that the department of defense refused to provide the 30-year ship building program required by law which made this committee's work difficult, the bill largely supports the president's budget request in this area. at the full committee, representative conaw

, the ability for the united states navy in the western pacific to be able to maintain contact on that ship is a function of being there. you know, you don't whistle it up from the continental united states and send it forward. so the fact that we have some very good information is no coincidence. you made the comment about no enforcement. and i think that the resolution that is in place has significantly closed down on a lot of options for that type of proliferation to occur. because the ship is prevented from bunkering for either fuel or water. and there are some provisions in the resolution that call for states to do more than they have in the past, and i'm -- i believe that it has been helpful, in that regard and we'll see how events play out here, in the coming weeks. but, i do believe that the resolution with the added aspect of not giving a ship a place to go, gets pretty lonely out there, and you only have so much water and only have so much gas, and you have to make some decisions. yes, sir? sn>> sir, david bachman,

as the department of navy and marine corps. i'm grateful for the widespread support for this change among my house colleagues and i also thank chairman ike skelton who will include the language of h.r. 24 in the national defense authorization act markup tomorrow. for the past seven years, the language of this bill has been part of the house version of the national defense authorization act. each year the full house of representatives has supported this change. this year i'm also grateful to have the support of senator pat roberts, a former marine, who introduced the same bill in the senate, s. 504. with his help, i'm hopeful that this will be the year the senate supports the house position and joins in bringing proper respect to the fighting team of the navy and marine corps. over the course of the marine corps history, including their present day service in afghanistan and iraq, those three words, and marine corps, have been earned through blood and sacrifice. the navy and marine corps have operated as one entity for more than

i will tell you that the navy that i serve in today is the best navy in which i have ever served. because of the men and women who are out and about doing the types of things that i have mentioned. operating in compensating that force is very different than it was when i came in the navy. we cannot compel service as we did back in the days of the draft. we can attract. we can encourage. we can convince. it is important because only 28% of young people in the u.s. qualify for military service. the importance of being able to attract and recruit and retain those fine americans is increasingly important. retaining and recruiting that force is much more expensive. if you consider in the time between 1990 and 1995, a mid- grade petty officer, an e-5, the pay scale for that petty officer between 1990 and 1995 increased $85 in five years. between 2000 and 2005, that perret's was $11,000. the nature of the force that we're dealing with today and the compensation that is required and that does not get into covering things such as medical and housing and retirement costs. it is a very differ

a separate amendment in the base bill directs the maritime administration to con summit with the navy before disposing of these vessels, should the maritime administration receive title to them through default on the throfpblee navy stated they may have are an interest in the vessels would but would likely have to make significant imprumpletes in them to render them useful. should the navy determine that these vehicles have military utility, i would not object to the navy leasing and converting these commercial ferries. but i do ask the chairman and the gentleman from mississippi to work with me in conference with the other body to find an alternate offset for this. though the g.a.o. indicated there may be more than $50 million in excess funds for the lightweight torpedo program, the navy is in gaucheuations to precure at least 30 more torpedo upgrade kits with part of this money. in addition, they're moving to a full and open competition for the upgrade kits starting in 2010. the reduction is more than a third of the request and would substantially limit the navy's ability to complet

. >> an event with navy operations chief, admiral gary roughead, his remarks on the future of the navy last about an hour, this is hosted by ogilvy public relations in washington. >> good morning, i am the managing director in washington. it is a pleasure to see you here this morning. thank you for coming to our series of lectures. we are honored that admiral gary roughead is here with us today. admiral roughead, chief of operations and a member of the joint chiefs, principal naval advisor to the president and secretary of the navy. and oral -- general roughead leaves the service during a time of printable activity. our country is conducting wars in iraq. at the same time the defense secretary and the obama administration is increasing emphasis on other areas of national security strategy. for example, admiral roughead leaves as the illustration put high priority on areas such as preparing for hybrid and regular warfare and, as we saw last week, cyberof warfare. in a recent speech to the naval war college, the admiral outlined his views that the u.s. will, quote, face military threats

look around the world, and you can see your navy doing that. the decisions that we're going to make in the future are going to be key to the type of navy the nation has to protect its interests globally, and i look forward to being involved in that discussion, in that debate, and i welcome the opportunity today to have that discussion with you and hear your thoughts and questions that you may have, and i thank you for your time. [applause] >> during our q&a this morning if you'd be kind enough to identify yourself when asking a question and tell us what organization you're with, and also, please wait for the boom microphone to come to you so we can make sure we can capture it. and i would like to take advantage of the podium here to ask the first question which is given the increasing proliferation of the problem and the sheer vastness of the real estate involved, could you expand a little bit on what you see the navy's ongoing role in combating piracy is? >> right. thanks, ron, i appreciate that. piracy as i have said is not a new problem. it's

same story in the navy. average age of the ships is getting older, the fleet is shrinking, the plan for the navy is everything goes perfectly, that plan has already totally fallen apart. if everything went perfectly, it would have gotten worse. same thing in the air force. the air force can't even put together a short-term plan where they pretend that things get better. that fantasy on the right hand side, it is absolutely guaranteed that that airplane will not come in at the cost and numbers that they are pretending, it will not rescue them from their aging problem, nor from their shrinking problem. we can talk about this later, but there are solutions. thomas christie and i talk about how to address these problems at great length in the chapters in our book. i will give you an example for the sake of illustration. the first one, getting rid of the pork. in addition to the $800 billion that congress add to the defense budget since 2001, despite the wars in iraq and afghanistan, congress also added $770 billi

for upgrade many people, the idea that britain could not have won the war was attractive, for the navy, the british army, even for opposition politicians who had opposed the wall or all along, by saying it was an unwinnable war that presented them in a better light. but i don't think that is true. i think the british could have won the war in 1776, and should have won the war in 1776. i think the british -- had the british had a more resolute, more active commander, they would have defeated washington's army on long island or manhattan island, and could probably have ended the war. even in 1777, the british might have won the war. the basic british idea is for an army in 1777, for and army to invade new york from canada while general howell took his army with the royal navy up the hudson river and join withburg:in albany. but then he let him come by himself, and went after washington at philadelphia. it turned out to be an egregious blunder on howell's point. most people think the british could not have won the war after 1777. what i tried to argue in "almost a miracle: the american vi

i began my career as the chairman said as an officer in the u.s. navy, spending four years in active duty including a year in vietnam. after attending business school, i joined merrill lynch and spent 28 years leaving as president in 1999. the merrill i held many positions in finance, human resources and investment banking and capital markets and general management. in 1998 i played a central role in unwinding long-term capital management, the hedge fund that a decade ago presented a systemic risk to our banking system. i learned from my experiences at merrill that the long-term success of financial institutions includes sound corporate governances including independent checks and balances, tight control over risk and executive compensation geared to long-term performance on behalf of clients as well as shareholders. at merrill lynch i contributed to strengthening the governance practices in the 1990s. since leaving merrill lynch a decade ago i've led two other major financial institutions through transitions necessary for their long-term success. in 20

roberts struck a mine in the persian gulf, the navy sent brian to provide analysis options. though he only asked to spend a week in the gulf, he remained with the stricken vessel for 45 days until it was again sea worth yism describing the experience he said i quote -- "i'm still amazed at authority i was given to execute this project. i was lucky to have an opportunity at such an early stage in my career." i want our nation's graduates to know that careers in public service are full of opportunities like the one given to brian. federal employees at all levels get to work on exciting and relevant projects every day. after his superb performance in due buy, brian was given

kennedy was right, the u.s. navy sales will bear your mark as -- seals will bear your mark as long as they and the freedom they fight for continues to exist, wrote admiral taylor in addition to his distinguished military service, lieutenant commander boehm was equally admired for his long standing support of military veterans within his punta gorda community. regrettably, lieutenant commander boehm passed away on december 30, 2008, at his home at the age of 84. it is my home that -- hope that we can somehow honor his outstanding legacy and service to our country through the passage of h.r. 2470 and by designating the port charlotte postal facility in his honor. i urge my colleagues to join me in supporting h.r. 2470 and i continue to reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from california. mr. bilbray: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i yield myself as much time as i may consume and i rise today in support of h.r. 2470, legislation to

when i say air power rod, i mean air power route across the marine corps, the navy and the air force, so this is not a diatribe against the air force. i just want you to know that. what i am saying here applies in full force to the other services, so think of this as purple what. the roots of the rock are very simple and plain. at the top of the list, they're very closely interrelated. these are not independent problems. but you really have to focus on the question, before world war ii and american air power, we have always focused on the wrong mission and we have done that for a number of bureaucratic reasons and incentive reasons. we have focused purely on the idea of strategic bombing, which is dominated by the theology of an italian general from world war run -- world war i who wrote the seminal book on bombing. he presented his theory which the u.s. air force jumped on with glee and has adhered to ever since, the idea that by simply bombing the enemy, you could win wars without any land forces at all. that is an appalling lease to the idea and you will see why as we go through th

and that made him a navy strategist and became the assistant secretary of the navy. he would juggle with navy and this boon and crockett club on top. and roosevelt just didn't know about gray wolves are cougars, he was the world's authority. in a science way. and the co-founder of the boon and crockett book, and it was formed to save the big game of america. buffalo and antelope and deer to prevent from being extinct. these are great books that roosevelt got involved and it was about gentlemen hunters. they were working to save animals to shoot animals. some people have problems with that today. it was the hunters of america that formed the early conservation movement. it was done by feed and forest magazine and field and stream. but those sporting journals, that put in you have to have bag limits. you have to put a fish back if it has eggs. you have to not shoot a doe. and we take this for granted. and the scholar at ohio university, and he proved chapter on garnel, because he's another important figure. garnel was the american authority on game. >> who pays for all

further, the navy and marine corps don't have a sufficient number of embark security teams to protect even the relatively small number of u.s. flag vessels. based on operation tempo and dwell time, set by the chief of naval operations, it's clear that expanding deployment of e.s.t.'s would compromise other commitments. for this reason and others, the navy does not support placing them on vessels. the navy pointed out that embarking on -- embarking u.s. service members on non-u.s. vessels presents problems for legal and liability issues. i would ask the chairman and gentleman from maryland to work with me in conference with the other body to develop a lasting solution that developing united states interest and does not place an undue burden on the united states. mr. couple: -- mr. cummings: how much time is remaining? the chair: one and a half minutes for the gentleman from maryland and 3 1/2 to the gentleman from california. mr. cummings: we are talking only about providing security to u.s. flag vessels carrying united states government cargos, operated by united states citizens. sure

my late father-in-law, julian, a dedicated marine, was awarded the navy cross for leading the capture of the japanese headquarters of shiri castle on okinawa. he was shot by a sniper as a result of his being in a wheelchair for the rest of his life. he was grateful to have served america. with that, mr. speaker, i yield to dr. broun of georgia. the speaker pro tempore: how much time do you yield to dr. broun? how much time? mr. wilson: as so much time as he may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia is recognized. mr. broun: madam speaker, i move that the house now do adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the motion to adjourn. all those in favor say aye. all those opposed, no. the noes have it. the gentleman from georgia. mr. broun: madam speaker, i ask for the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. those favoring a vote by the yeas and nays will rise. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are so the missile is not going by it, but you are holding it on the same place as the missile is moving very r

we're going to take the navy air wing out of that and move them down. the japanese are building an entirely new runway down there. you may have seen it before you left. we're shuffling around some army flags and some -- again, i don't mean to sound trivial. it's very important to us and to the japanese. we're combining with the japanese air self-defense force in our air force in japan to have a combined operation center which would be very important for us and so on and so sóon. all through those 18 other parts of the dpri. on track, generally well-funded and very beneficial to us across-the-board. and we believe to japan's self-defense forces. now, the area where everyone kind of -- they go yeah, well, what about guam? the previous administration, president bush, the current administration, president obama, secretaries of state and secretaries of defense from both administrations have reaffirmed our national commitment to get aip done. got it. loud and clear. it's going to take some money. it's going to take some time. there is an understanding that jus

i think you began as a lieutenant or an ensign in the united states navy. thank you very much. >> thank you very much. >> senator, do you have any further questions? >> i'd like to ask one more question, if appropriate. one of the concerns that i have is related to the program and the possibility of manipulation between buyers and sellers. i believe that t.a.r.p. recipient banks are not going to be participating in the legacy loans program but that no such restrictions have been put into place for the legacies security program which will be managed by the treasury and the fed under talf. any insights on you have basically parties with an interest on both sides of the transaction? >> well, there are going to be very clear conflict of interest rules in the public/private partnership. those rules are also being discussed with the special inspector general as well as the people within treasury. and i think it's very important for the credibility of the program and to protect the taxpayers that the program be administered in a way that prevents such conflicts of

and no other naval force no matter how combined if these are all of the world's navy against the u.s. navy it does not begin to measure up which means if you are in the arabian sea, if you are in a the south china sea, mature in a cabin cruiser in the caribbean, you are under the surveillance of american space in based systems and liable to interception by the u.s. navy part of this has two obvious outcomes that are very important. we get to invade other people, they don't get to invade us. that is not a trivial advantage if you have ever been invaded. does not make us why is coming it does not necessarily even make us effective but it gives us a unique advantage and the second thing that matters in the course of a century and this really is important it has the potential to reshape patterns of international trade if it chooses. unit is states, throughout the 21st century has operated under the principle of a free trade regime in which its navy was primarily used to facilitate international trade. it did not seek to develop any special vantage from that. save those sanctions and block

what some people don't like about roosevelt's foreign policy, the survival of the fittest, the biggest navy, we are going to be the biggest power in the world, that's one side of it. he also erroneously ventured into social darwinism quite a bit. on the other flip side of it, domestically, he was spot-on right on his understanding of natural resource management and thousand make sure you save species, entire environments intact. he was a great lover of the prairie. people don't realize theodore roosevelt felt most at home on a horse in kansas and nebraska than at sea. he would get terribly seasick. he was our first president to go abroad as president. he went to panama and puerto rico. you know what he's writing about when he goes down there? birds. he's taking notes, field notes of the wildlife of panama. and he saved forests in puerto rico, in the philippines. here's his imperialism. i'm for the spanish american war, i'm president now. we control these properties. he had a huge concern of protecting ecosystems and species in those places we acquired. it's fascinating. >> by the way, why t

today more than ever the u.s. navy remines committed to supporting our troops by deterring aggression and maintaining the freedom of our seas. >> rob: one of the big thrills i had -- >> johnny: commander joe phillips was the director of the navy band. i did a concert with them about 10 or 15 years ago. did some songs, narration of a big navy concert. and the

caller: i enlisted in the navy because i didn't want to go to the army because i didn't want to go to europe because i had relatives over in germany. i know i didn't have no relatives in japan but i would have went wherever they sent me but they sent me to the pacific and i put three years in there. it's a very emotional day for me. host: joseph, thank you very much for your call. we are going to dip into the speech now by canadian prime minister harper. >> that even if the engines had stopped or broken down, sheer will power would have driven the craft to shore. [speaking french] the iron will of those troops, the careful planning of their commarneds, and the unwaivering support of their fellow citizens back home resulted in victory that day and in the eventual triumph of good over evil in the months that followed. this was the most spectacular achievement of what has famously and rightly been described as the greatest generation. the fathers and mothers of today's leaders, the fathers and mothers of my childhood. it was their most spectacular achievement but it was certainly not the

he served in the navy, was a lawyer, a member of the ohio state board of education, the ohio house of representatives and the ohio state senate before joining congress and beginning his many years of distinguished and dedicated service on behalf of his constituents in the 16th congressional district of ohio. we are doing something really good today. we are honoring a man who deserved this. and let me conclude by saying this. i imagine when we leave here when the day comes that i leave here, you want to be remembered for your work, but i think more than that, you want to be remembered by your colleagues on how you treated them and how you interacted with them. ralph regula was a gentleman. ralph regula was a colleague. he never had anything nasty to say about anyone. as i said, coming from a community where i come from and where he came from, driving his pickup truck and go og to his farms, i learned to admire him, love him and respect him. i wanted to join this celebration and say thank to you to him. it is not permitted within the rules to speak to the gallery, but i suspect congress

the government was sloppy, the navy was sloppy in trying to press too fast in building the ships. they are smaller ships used independently of a big fleet. they are used to go after pirates or clearing minefields from harbors and things like that, or submarines. these contracts were done rather poorly. there were two prototype shops that were built -- there were two prototype ships that were built. i think the temptation to buy both of them, probably we should not do that. we should probably just stick to one ship. so there are places that we need to be very careful of our spending. host: from newsstand, pennsylvania, democrats like. larry joins us. caller: i appreciate the chance to get through. as you know, it is not easy to get through. i am kind of astounded by this man. he talks with the cadence of a banker, like he is so sure that all of these things are going to work. that they are definitely, surely needed. it reminds me of eisenhower's farewell speech, and he knows it, and he says beware of the military-industrial complex. i was taking economics when i came out of the ser

so the average cox waswain may a navy sailor or a coast guardsman. particularly omaha beach you had a coast guard presence. that is lesser aspect of the normandy invasion. also some of the troop ships. host: we are about 15 minutes away from the president's scheduled peach at the normandy american ceremony -- cemetery, rather, and memorial. back to the phones, shreveport, louisiana. jay. caller: good morning. host: good morning, jay. caller: how are you doing? host: what is your connection to d-day? caller: well, my daddy was in the 116th infantry regiment of the 29th division. i will give you little different perspective. he was a replacement troop. he went in on may 9th. his first action was at verville and he was captured and spent the rest of the war as a p.o.w. but he came back and had some kids and he never talked about it much. but it was pretty hard on him. and he was a good provider and good daddy and i just honor him and i apologize for being a mush but god bless all of those guys and their families and thanks for c-span. you are great. host

. >>> kind of quiet day over in  the navy yard and here at the ballpark as well. more information on this game live on masn july 15 waldorf regency, ripken senior all stars and valley league all stars, a lot of future major league starz started there and will be playing. hope you can join us on masn. brandon league, the right- hander from sacramento, lives in honolulu. perfect fast billion, right in on the hands of alberto gonzalez, who's one for three. took a little bit off. same location, same look, different pitch. strike 2. he had him reaching. foul tip caught, two outs. he's got a lot of good stuff, turning it over right here, and it dives right out of the zone of gonzalez. 97 or 95, have an 82-mile an hour change-up, will make you look like that. harris first pitch swinging, skies it to left, and adam lind is there. they lead by 4, 6-2. po >>> i just want to wish all fathers out there and my dad happy father's day. >> we move to the ninth inning. mike macdougall told me that his dad and he are very close. >> he's been great. my dad is my best fr

after returning from the navy in 2002, admiral blair l.t. national security studies at the national bureau of asian research and the general of the army omar n. bradley strategic leadership at dickinson college and of the army war college. he was also the president of the institute for defense analysis, a federally funded development corporation focused on national security and serve as deputy executive director of the project and national security reform. i can't say anything more admiral blair, you have done it all. we became the third director of national intelligence on january 29, 2009. directors blair has been gracious enough to share his priorities for the intelligence community and if we are lucky we will give insights from his recent trip which included stops in afghanistan pakistan and singapore. i hope you'll join me tonight in welcoming the director national intelligence, director dennis blair. [applause] >> thank you ellen. eight is good to be here this evening. their way to many friends in the audience for me to tell my usual st

and we frankly need more retired military people talking out and telling the truth about the decay of our navy, the decarry of our -- decay of our air force and decay of our long-term capabilities in the current budget constraints. . >> i do not want to turn over the first generation to have failed to done its job of fixing the country so our children and grandchildren are better off, not worse off. [applause] without a strong economy and without scientific leadership, we cannot sustain our military capabilities. the economy and education our national security issues. competing with -- i commend all of you, which shows you vividly two indian haskell students, two attorneys high-school students, and at the end of the movie, you realize we are a country preparing for the 1956 olympics. we will win no gold medals at that level. to meet that challenge, we have to reform litigation, regulation, taxation, education, health, energy, infrastructure. that is the minimum for us to compete successfully with china and india. yes, it is big, but historically true. the scale of change requires all 513,000 e

>> guest: my father was in the pacific, in the navy, and it was my grandmother's hometown. my mother had three boys, and she was working in the local defense plant and grandma could take care of us during the day while she worked. it seems in my memory that every night we had tuna fish and noodles, with stale potato chips crumbled on top, and we would groan at the sight of another tuna fish. and my mother would say, "think of the poor, starving children in europe." i'm not bragging on her. there were millions of american women doing that. one of the features of d-day is, we were all involved. i was making the contribution that a 10-year-old could make; my mother was making the contribution she could make. women all over this country were working night shifts in the factories, turning out munitions or boots or binoculars or any of the other myriad items that troops need to go into battle. and then they were working days, volunteers at the red cross rolling bandages. when the news came to this country on the morning of june 6 that the invasion had started, there was an overwhe

>> welcome. >> captain in the u.s. navy. >> surface ships or submarines? let me turn to senator tester. >> thank you, mr. chairman. those introductions cleared up a lot, because when i came in, i met mr. allison in the back room, and i walked out here and i saw his brother george. i thought wow, how did he get out here so quick? >> he's going to be good at this. >> exactly. very, very good. >> thank you, chairman dodd. i want to thank you for calling this hearing, and of course welcome mr. allison. i want to echo the chairman's comments and thank you for your willingness to serve and your willingness to appear before the committee today. it was milton freedman who said nothing so permanent as a temporary government program. we need to make sure that tarp does what it needs to do and wind it down to get the taxpayers back as soon as possible. i know you feel that way. i want to commend you, mr. allison, for your willingness to serve your efforts at fannie mae. i also want to urge you to be mindful of what i think we're going to need to do to get out of this

, and we frankly need more retired military people talking out and telling the truth about the decay of our navy, the decay of our air force, and the decay of our long-term capabilities in the current budget constraints. budget constraints. . how do we make america the best place in the world to build the next factory and create the next high-paying job? unless we solve this, we will inevitably cease to be the leading power in the world. nothing keeps me going every day more than the thought that i do not want to turn over to maggie and robert the first generation in american history to have failed to have done its job of fixing the country so our children and grandchildren are better off, not worse off. [applause] >> without a strong economy and without scientific and technological leadership, we cannot sustain our military capabilities. the economy and education are national security issues. competing with china and india will be a bigger challenge than competing with the soviet union during the cold war. i commend to all of you bob compton's film "two million minutes ." that's four years of h

the army, the navy, the air force -- i have no idea what that means. the military is having maneuvers. if we're going to go towards a dictatorship of the thugs, that is very frightening for us and for israel. i do not know what israel is going to do. i think discipline is waiting. we do not know which direction we are going. >> we are both at a crossroads and out of time. let me underline the fact that one of the themes of the presentations is how much we do not nel. being -- we do not know. being in that situation, we are best device to collect as much information as we can and not take any action right away. please join me in thanking our speakers and thank you all for attending. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] >> now, more about the iranian issues with a discussion on the threat posed by a nuclear iran. experts discussed the situation of the country while making recommendations on how to stop the nuclear program held by the heritage foundation. this is one ho

the reds. so, salute to our united states navy today. >> rob: my brother was on a submarine in the navy. it is navy day. >> johnny: make sure we let the folks know about that. >> rob: absolutely. we love our military people. >> johnny: and we will take a look at the southwest starting line-ups now for the nationals. they will go with -- we will go to the reds. hairston leading off, taveras, phillips at second for the reds, on on johnny gomes and hernandez, bruise in right, gonzalez at sort, rosales and micah owings. jay bruce, 14 homeruns against right-handed pitchers and there's john lannan coming off probably the best effort he has had against the mets this past saturday. >> rob: yes, johnny. he is going out there facing a pretty decent reds line-up. but he face add pretty good mets line-up and went a complete game in his 49th career start. let's give you the pnc scouting report. 50th career start. 5 e.r.a. on the road. higher on the road than at home. he does very well at home. 2-0 with a 1 plus earned run average. 6 or 7 in strong, give this team an opportunity to win and you have don

clean energy, energy that will not bring our glob to a heating process that will drown out what the navy calls the seashore's where most of our people live. this bill is a true turning point. this is one of the historic actions we will take not just in this congress but as members of congress for however long tenure we may have. it is a complex bill. we face a complex problem. we can sum up its outcome assembly. less independent and foreign energy, a reduction in the carbon pollution that causes global warming, more american jobs. how does this bill accomplish those goals? a requirement that utilities made 20% of renewable sources of energy efficiency by 2020. i am old enough to remember the lines of the 1970's where you waited in line 1 hour to put gasoline in your car so you could get your child to school and get to work. america should have acted, but they did not. today we are going to act. significant new investments in renewals. electric vehicles in cutting edge energy research, all of that is in this bill to take action. change that america can believe in. energy-saving standards

and we frankly need more retired military people talking out and telling the truth about the decay of our navy the decarry of our -- decay of our air force and decay of our long-term capabilities in the current budget constraints. . what do we have to do so our grandchildren live in the most productive and therefore prosperous country in the world? how do we make america the best place in the world to build the next factory and create the next high-paying job? unless we solve this, we will inevitably cease to be the leading power in the world. nothing keeps me going every day more than the thought that i do not want to turn over to maggie and robert the first generation inri

and we frankly need more retired military people talking out and telling the truth about the decay of our navy, the decarry of our -- decay of our air force and decay of our long-term capabilities in the current budget constraints. . >> i do not want to t recapitalization. >> the first generation in american history to have failed to have done its job of fixing the country so our children and grandchildren are better off, not worse off. >> without a strong economy and without scientific and contingency cal leadership we cannot sustain our military capabilities. the economy and education are national security issues. competing with china and india will be a bigger challenge than competing with the soviet union during cold war. i commend to all of you bob compton's film "2 million minutes" that's four years of high school, that shows you vividly two indian high school students, two chinese high school students and two american high school students. and at the end of the movie you realize that we are a country aggressively preparing for the 1956 olympics. we will win no gold medals at that level.

he became head of the radiation shield engineering group. then a navy captain hired him to work on the naval nuclear propulsion program, and he has a long list of accomplishments there. he is a fellow of the american nuclear society, recipient of the first lifetime contribution award, now known as the rockwell award, distinguished medals from the navy and u.s. atomic energy commission and a member of the national academy of engineers. he has written numerous books on technical papers, including the widely-used design manual -- how one man made a difference and created the new world. stories and images from the dawn of the atomic age. we are very glad to have you, sir. now, from the chamber of commerce -- vice president of the 21st and she -- 21st century development institute. he has served as deputy assented -- deputy assistant secretary at the apartment energy where he developed the nuclear energy policy and coordinated directions with congress, stakeholders, and the media. early in his career, he served on the house side of staffers. our last panelis

you spent 34 years in the united states navy. his last job in the military was a commander in chief, the highest ranking officer in the asia-pacific region. he was previously director of the joint staff and served in a variety of budget and policy issues. he was the first associate director of the central intelligence for military support. after retiring from the navy in 2002, he worked at the national bureau of asian research and a general of the army at dickinson college. he was also president of the institute for defense analysis focused on a national security. he served as the deputy director of a project on national security reform. i cannot say any more, admiral blair, you have done at all. he has been gracious enough to share his priorities for the intelligence community. if we are lucky, we will get some insights from his recent trip to asia which he had stopped in afghanistan, pakistan, and singapore. please welcome our guests. [applause] >> thank you ellen. eight is good to be here >> thank you. it is good to be here thi

if that is how the navy chooses to go, we would be happy with that. their decision to make. we just want our fair share when the decision is done. a little more than our fair share. thanks. >> before you take this question, the admiral has been generous with his time, and i think we should take just this question and maybe one more. one of the things one learns at the pentagon is meetings are supposed to start and stop on time. >> i hope this question does not disappoint you. we traditionally think of warm places when we think of your aior. you outline the beginning of your strategy. as you are looking up 20 years, to the north of your aor, the bering strait, bering sea, and thinking presence and not talking submarines. how much did the arctic feature in your thinking in your formulation strategy? >> it is a terrific question. the shortest answer is it did not figure much, but we did not ignore it. there are all manner of the interesting aspects to the global warming, if that is what is really happening. as there is an unmistakable evidence of increased access to be number pa

first lifetime contribution award now known as the rockwell award, distinguished service medals from the navy and u.s. atomic energy commission and a member of the national academy of engineering. he has written numerous books on technical papers including the madely used text, reactor design manual the rickover affect, how one man change the world, stories and images from the dawn of the related atomic age. from the chamber of commerce, e ce president of policy at the institute of the twenty-first century energy, responsible for developing the institute policies and initiatives as they apply to the legislative executive and regulatory branch of federal and state governments. he served as deputy assistant secretary for nuclear energy at gye u.s. department of energy where he developed the administration's nuclear energy policies and coordinated the department's interactions with congress, stakeholders and the media. early in his career he served on the house side as a staffer and he is trained in the law. kevin book is a d.c. native his ashington career began as legislative aide in an oil and

of army private william andrew andy long and the wounding of private quinten esqula shot outside the navy center in little rock, arkansas, on 2009. the presiding officer: without objection, the senate will proceed to the measure. mr. reid: i ask that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table there be no intervening action or debate and any statements related to this resolution be place in the appropriate place in the record. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask consent as if in executive session that the injunction be removed from the senate on june 16, 2009, protocol amending the tax convention of new gleed land, treaty document number 111-3. further ask that the treaty be considered as reads the first time and be to the committee on foreign relations and the president's message be printed in the or. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: madam president, i now ask consent that when the senate completes its business today it adjourn until tomorrow morning at 9:30 wednesday, june 17, following the prayer an pledge, the journal of proceedings, morning

today the navy s.e.a.l.s are known around the world, but when the commander started, nobody hardly even knew what a u.d.t. member was and largely because of commander boehm we can thank the entire service that we know now today as the s.e.a.l.'s. my fellow members of congress, i ask you to join me in honning commander boehm by recognizing as -- his many life achievements, his valor, and particularly through his participation in the creation of that group the world knows at the united states navy s.e.a.l.s. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: was that a reserve or yield? mr. bilbray: i'll reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time at it this time. the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr. lynch: mr. speaker, we have no further speakers on this. i continue to reserve our time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from california. mr. bilbray: mr. speaker, at this time i will yield back the remainder time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance

i was in the navy and fought in the pacific and atlantic i am also a graduate of unable for college and never heard alfred articulate it as well as you have. >> thank you. you noticed? [laughter] >> our navy guided israel start with the barbary pirates not only that it was the first time and ever since then we have been involved with the middle east. so through every single president has been a president of the united states, my question is a sea change that is possible in the next century, you did mention partly because of some of the things that john hirsch mentioned. i think the self-determination, will sony and self-determination is coming to a total end. i think the reverse is starting to happen and that nation's will be larger by becoming bigger than their neighbors and joining forces with their neighbors. one of the areas that i see a possibility, i hope, a possibility is in the middle east and to me, an article recently by khaddafi was a very interesting article with the idea that more and more there will be one and not two separate states in the middle east this could be a sea

the u.s. navy and the department of defense have to make decisions as to how the portion those assets. we have what i think is a 60/40 split with the pacific command and everybody else. we regard to maritime -- freedom of access to the mayor tandem in as absolutely is central to everything we want to get done. . there are 250-some submarines in our responsibility. not very many of the more hours, but a good number. we continue to pursue asw technology. we want to make sure other countries understand what we can offer them in terms of defense and right of access of maritime command, and countries who develop technologies that we will uncounted to that policy, we will work to overcome those developments. thanks. yes, ma'am. >> thank you so much for your succinct remarks. my question is regard to a remark he made previously. you