the u.s. navy's famed precision flying squadron is hard at work in the california desert these days, practicing for the spring and summer air show season. but before they packed up and left, we were invited to see how their amazing act all comes together, from the ground up. the paint job is right, but this is not the blue angels plane most people expect to see. the advance team has arrived. it's mid october, and with just six shows left in their eight-month-long season, the entire team soon makes its grand entrance at virginia's oceana naval air station. >> we have a standard approach -- >> reporter: the next three days will be a blur of media interviews and outreach. the excitement they create is a powerful recruiting tool. >> as a kid did you watch the blue angels? >> i did. that's actually why i joined the navy. at seymour johnson air force base when i was 9 years old i saw the blue angels fly. >> reporter: today jeff harper a crew chief on one of their fa-18 hornets. like those who fly them the

the u.s. navy launched an island hopping campaign to the sensual pacific to the heart of the japanese empire. in preparation for this offensive admiral ernest king had determined that all surface commanders needed to have aviators, chief of staff, or vice versa. this order helped to defuse the growing rift between the surface and naval aviators. the command structured also resulted in admiral burke been sent as chief of staff to the prestigious mark, a pioneer in naval aviation. initially, burke refused. i will not go, i will stay with the little beavers he stubbornly said. [laughter] he did not want to leave. he didn't warn burke. in the first disagreeable meeting, he says their category, welcome aboard, take a shower and get some sleep and then come back up here after you sleep it off. it infuriated burke finally went back and got clean clothes, came back up, reporting for duty, sir, they grouted each other. that's the way it was for two weeks. and then it began to break in this relationship of g

then the third one, occurred one day as i was walking out of the navy department library at the end ofthe day's research. a gentleman coming out of an adjoining building notice i was walking towards the bus stop, and he said, where are you going? i told him that and he offered me a ride. he turned out to be a native historian who had published a work on naval operations during the cuban missile crisis that had a few pertinent pages on guantanamo. files were in the unsecure area where he worked. that is now my book that he would not be there if this chance encounter had never happened. the main argument of my book, briefly stated, is that from 1898 to the present, guantanamo has endured, in large part, because it serves both cuban and american nationalistic purposes that had made it both a point of friction and appoint a diplomatic compromise. the longest period of friction began shortly after fidel castro came to power, and began railing against the u.s. military presence in southeastern cuba. which at various times he has described as an entry listed anachronism, and as an illegal occ

the ground. my son retired as commander as a navy seals. he served in 37 different countries, mostly they call a black operator. specially trained by the agency, my youngest son is a full serving colonel. >> one of my boys served and did not. my second son was in the peace corps and an educator, but he's good. third son served in the navy, made lieutenant, maybe not goest farsighted, in a profession. they are improving on the previous separation. >> my grandson just graduated from parris island. >> marines. my son, he went to the m. i am -- vmi. >> good school. >> it is. >> ladies and gentlemen, my guest in the studio is admiral jeremiah denton. we're discussing his book, "when hell was in session." and i want to tell you, folks, 30 percent of this book is brand-new. it deals with something that's very important to admiral denton. why don't you tell us about this new part of your book, "when hell was in session"? >> as you introduce the program, i encountered cultural and security shock when i came back and i appreciate your playing the navy

the u.s. navyed a campaign through the central pacific that led to the heart of the japanese empire. the preparation, the admiral determined all commanders needed to have aviators and chiefs of staff. this helped to defuse the growing risk between the surface and naval aviators. the command structure resulted in admiral burke said as chief of staff, a pioneer in a naval aviation. initially he refused. i will not go, i will stay with the little beavers. [unintelligible] he did not want to leave. he did not want burke. in their first disagreeable meeting he said, welcome aboard, get some sleep. then come back up here after you sleep it off. burke finally went back down and got clean clothes and reporting for duty. that is the way it was for two weeks. then it began to break. this relationship of great affection when he was approaching his death. the two were different as you will see. by june 1944 the u.s. invaded islands. there are critical to the japanese strategy because american bombers could beg

what steps is the navy taking? ould some scenario develop in the pacific where a potential enemy's first step is to take out the eight or 12 oilers. does the fleet then fail to sail because one of the things that the congressman impressed upon is our need for energy dependence in the long-term. one of the ways we can achieve that is we know with a nuclear power surface combatant, each one can save about 10 million gallons of fuel per ship per year. you don't need that oiler. you lose that weak link. we passed legislation that said the next generation is going to be a nuclear power. what i don't see is the navy taking any steps to implement that. that's one thing. the 2nd thing is the short-term. you only have eight or 12 of this thing that is vital. what steps does the navy have as a back up. should a clever foe decide to take out the oilers. what's the back up plan and what are we doing in the short-term to increase the numbers so the worst case scenario doesn't happen? >> thank you. you bring up some provocative i

. >> the response was task force 151, an international coalition of navies patrolling the arabian sea. amy kellog spoke with a former commander of the task force. >> all of our nation's leaders have concerns over how do we protect our people, how do we protect commerce? that flow is the economic engine of the world. >> the task force is comprised of up to 25 warships from 25 countries. >> when there's a warship there, you don't have a hijack. when we aren't there, that's when they make their move. the pirates now travel far more widely looking for prey. despite the efforts of task force 151, merchant marijuanaers are forced to do much on their own. >> the merchant vessels themselves can do a huge amount to avoid an attack. >> look at how you plan your passage, try to avoid high piracy areas. the advice is to steer and stay closer to coalition forces. >> on land the pirate industry is flourishing. in most of somalia, priorscy is the only profitable business. so profitable that pirate stock exchanges have been set up, allowing somalis to invest money and weapons to reap a share of the r

. >> now this morning, there are local stories of survival in haiti and now word the u.s. navy's military hospital ship based here in baltimore may be headed to the country to provide some relief. jennifer had more with that part of the story. >> good morning, the u.s.s. comfort is based here at the port of baltimore and the ship has been about vated. this is litter lay floating -- activated. it is literally a floating hospital ship. they are bringing in 600 medical personnel from bethesda as well as 60-70 civil servant mariners whose primary job it is to operate, navigate and maintain ship. the comfort is docked at the port of baltimore. the navy's sea lift command said it takes five days to get it in order to ship out. it will serve as a valuable resource as it can handle up to 1,000 patients with 12 operating rooms. there are light and limited care wards. they can make drinking water from seawater to the tune of 300,000 gallons per day. this should be valuable as drinking water is very hard to find in the areas of haiti hardest hit. 340 workers are in the country now. johns ho

speaker, eight years ago, i introduced a bill to rename the department of navy as the department of navy and marine corps. this bill passed the house for eight years in what's called the armed services bill. it's been supported by the former armed services chairman duncan hunter and is being supported by the current chairman of the armed services committee, ike skeleton.6 c13 committee, ike skelton. for eight years, the senate has said no to the marine corps that you do not deserve this reck nigs. i think this is very sad. this year i'm pleased to say to the house with the help of 362 house members who have joined me in legislation to rename this department to be known as the department of navy and marine corps and with the help of the chairman, ike skelton, we are hoping to send this bill to the senate and let the senate debate and think about the importance of honoring one fighting team. whenever we have held hearings on the armed services committee, the c.n.o. of the navy, an admiral and the commandant of marine corps are saying we are one fighting team ffment you are one fighting tea

he went to the army, the navy, the coast guard and the air force. and they brought in people to help the principal, my partners. they had soldiers show up at some of the schools and that had a great boom to the student body. to the teachers. that worked. first lady hillary clinton had six trips to our schools. she brought her husband on two of them. senator kennedy and his staff were readers in our schools. industry chipped in, general dynamics. permitted their people to come over and become readers in several of our schools. and janet reno, attorney general, conducted monthly conflict resolution classes. to help us out. those positives not withstanding, in the spring of 1998, 18 months after starting, with pressure from my wife, and several family members, i resigned with the admonition from louise that if you take another job like that, we may not be together for our next anniversary. that was in 1998. as i said, i'm a slow learner, but i'm not stupid. we celebrate our 61s 61st anniversary last january. two last comments of before closing. distric

it was going to be a white elephant for the navy. g forced, actually, against his will to it lease it for very large sums to the war department. complicated story that will have the free market people shaking their heads. because it really was a crazy result. but from the mermac sinks all of the human ships. of course we all know the monitor came down. battles twisted in still. the standard version is the end of the story. but at that point, there was only one ship that would handle. if they had a simple mechanical break down, it would have been helpful. >> yeah. so secretary of war stanton said can you help. so he rushed to washington. he met with lincoln himself. and. and lincoln said what can you do. probably what'll happen is they won't risk the mermac against it. they will put in a port. that's what happened. lincoln said, how much are you going to charge? he said free. in a few days he had a ram, did various things to protect it from shot and shell. he wrought it down with extraordinary authority from lincoln to personally decid

he went to the army, navy, the coast guard and air force and they brought in people to help the principal partners. they had soldiers shot in some schools and a great boon to the student body, to the teachers. first lady hillary clinton had six trips to our schools. she brought her husband on two of them. senator kennedy and his staff or readers in our schools. industry chipped in, dynamics permitted their people to come over and become leaders in several of our schools and janet reno attorney general conducted monthly conflict resolution classes to help out. those positives notwithstanding in the spring of 9818 months after starting with pressure from my wife and several family members i resigned without monition from laws if you take another job like that we may not be together for our next anniversary. [laughter] that was 1998. as i sit on a slow learner but i'm not stupid. we celebrated our 61st anniversary last january. to last comments before closing. the district of columbia public schools have had ten superintendents', ceos, chancellors, what everyone to call them, in 20 years. i'

what i don't see is the navy taking any steps to implement that. econd thing is in the short term if you only have eight or 12, what steps does the navy have shooed a clever fellow decide to take out the oilers? what is the backup plan to increase those numbers so the worst case scenario doesn't happen? >> thank you, representative taylor. you bring up some provocative issues and that is how we handle some of the tactical level risks to our complement when we complement major scale operations and the protection of our tanking assets at sea is a major factor in our planning and the way in which we attempt to mitigate potential vulnerabilities. to your point regarding nuclear power, we gain great flexibility with our aircraft carriers and submarines being nuclear-powered. our surface ships do rely on refueling. i would offer that we refuel at c. we also refuel in pork. when we operate in the western pacific the approach is to complete both of those. we also have the capability exercised rather rarely to refuel our surface ships from our carriers thems

in the navy, they call them a fitness reports. the change them a few years back to make them more accurate and to make short that there was a better profile of all of the people in the platoon or company, brigade, what ever the case may be. in other words, they have only so many of a certain block in so many in another block. that was a step in the right direction. but so often the reports do not accurately reflect a person's competency or lack thereof. that is a very subjective thing. guest: do you have a sense why that in accuracy happened? our officers trying to be too nice to each other? guest: officers have a natural tendency not to want to say unpleasant things and move along. i know there are cases. i have made inquiries. there are cases where fitness reports have accurately reflected less than minimum standards of performance. guest: secretary gates mentioned on friday that the military has a hard time self-reporting of problems like the shooting at fort hood or forseen problems like that. how do change that kind of attitud

they did change the oer's, in the navy they call them fitness reports, they did change them a few years back to make them more accurate and to make sure there was a better profile of all of the people in the platoon or company, brigade, whatever the case might be, across a spectrum, which they only had so many in a certain block. that was a step in the right direction. so often, the reports do not accurately reflect a person's competency or lack thereof. it is a very subjective thing. >> are officers trying to be too nice to each other? >> i think part of it is a natural tendency to not want to say unpleasant things and move along. on the other hand, i know there are cases -- i have made inquiries -- there are cases where oer's and fitness -- and fitness reports have accurately reflected the minimum standards of performance. >> roxana tiron of "the hill" newspaper. >> secretary gates mentioned on friday in his press conference that the military as a hard time self-reporting. things like the problem at fort hood. how did you change that kind of attitude? how do you informed whether or no

he tried to give it to the union navy. and the secretary of the navy said no. didn't think the war would last that long, you're never been on this expensive show. it's going to be a white element for the navy. he said no. and so vanderbilts ended up being forced actually against his will to lease it for very large sums to the war department, complicated story that will have the free market people shaking their heads. because it really was a crazy result. but then the merrimack as he put it came out from the harbor thinks all these union chips and we know the monitor came down to union ironclad aldus to a fling himself in the standard version is the end of the story. at that point there was only one ship that could handle the merrimack and if the monitor had had the simple mechanical breakdown they would've been helpless. so secretary of war, stanton, telegraphed vanderbilt and said can you help? and so he rushed to washington, met with lincoln himself in the gazette, what can he do? about the do my largest steamship and they'll bring it down -- he said probably

sister ping had the guatemala navy on the payroll.so they will actually bring people and and and people will come overland through mexico. and there's all kinds of interesting interactions between snakehead and coyotes who were there kind of analog on the mexican border. >> we have time for maybe one more question. >> nothing? >> thank you very much. >> thank you all for coming out. [applause] >> patrick radden keefe is a fellow at the century foundation. he's the author of "chatter: dispatches from the secret world of global eavesdropping." to find out more visit patrickraddenkeefe.com. >> ladies and gentlemen, i am delighted to see you all here at the british embassy, and of course a special welcome to harold evans and tina brown. we in the embassy are delighted to be participating in the launch of harry's book, my paperchase. the book covers and i've started reading it, the book covers a huge amount of ground from harry's childhood in the north of england and for a time, you won't know this, you are living and ankles a few hundred

we don't continue to, so we have an alternative to the capabilities on the airfield, and the united states navy has set up a logistics' field in guantanamo bay that supports the bigger ships in the region so that they act as lilly pats to support the efforts on shore. based on all those capabilities and the ones on char we now have 63 helicopters in the region and because we were uncertain when we were moving here what the capacity was to be able to move around the city and moved around the country those helicopters are providing airlift support 24 distributions of goods throughout port-au-prince and were required throughout the rest of the country. in addition to that we have moved on to the ground the second brigade of the 82nd airborne division. they are still in the process of closing, and they are providing humanitarian assistance to the people of haiti, and as well as supporting minister who is responsible for the overall security and stability within haiti as part of the united nations mission. they are the second of the 82nd in supporting those efforts in providing security for humanita

he graduated from johns hopkins university in 2009, and he recently worked in acquisitions for the u.s. navy>>> the district and virginia plan to ask for federal aid. fema should pick up 75% of the expenses for the first 48 hours of the storm, but as you know, the cleanup lasted much longer. maryland will not seek federal help. even though it has already spent its entire snow budget. >>> four u.s. service members have been killed in a roadside bombing in afghanistan. the explosion ahead happened yesterday in the country's southern region. the deaths are the first combat- related deaths for u.s. service members in the new year. >>> five virginia students detained in pakistan on allegations of terrorism are due in court today. pakistani prosecutors are expected to ask the judge to officially charge all five men with terrorism. the charge would carry a maximum sentence of life in prison. >>> new security measures regarding airline travel went into effect at midnight. the stricter rules stem from the attempted bombing of a flight on christmas day. janet choi has details. >> reporter: passengers

today, they had the helicopters coming in-- seahawks, the navy staleion helicopters coming in. oom, they were landing on the ground. they were unloading fast. another helicopter was coming in right behind it. the food was moving out, the water was moving out. they had 50 people a minute moving through these lines, 50 people a minute getting packages of food, two bottles of water each, and in terms of the city right now, this is the most impressive aid operation i have seen in terms of getting food into the hands of people who need it, and today it really hit its stride for the first time. >> warner: what is the security situation like in the city? you had a dramatic piece yesterday about witnessing the looting of the main commercial district? what's it like now? >> you're getting sporadic looting. it's happening in different parts at different times. this morning, it really ramped up down in the commercial districts. i saw a supermarket that was getting looted. there was a huge crowd, probably a couple of hundred people. they were climbing over-- the building that i would be ter

i see folks from across the services, army, navy, air force, marine corps, coast guard, public healthe. i see ncos, the backbone of our military. i see retirees, i see widows. i see family members who have survived the tragedy of suicide and who are truly our best experts from whom we must learn and for whom we must continue to support. please join me in thanking the suicide family survivors who are here to teach us this week. [applause] >> you know, a wise person once said, be kinder than necessary. for everyone we meet is fighting some sort of battle. i know i am. i know you are. those battles are not limited to the war zone. they take place on the home front. they involve struggles with injuries that are moral, physical, psychological, spiritual, seen and unseen. and they also lead to the potential for us to claim strength, no matter how adverse our experience has been. over the next few days, we have the opportunity to learn new and better ways of strengthening individuals and communities to build resilience, to maximize recovery and to foster integration at all levels. you know,

. >> i spen20 years in the navy. >> reporter: after retiring, olsen became a teacher with the help ofhe federal troops to teacher program. >> seeing the kids make progress, you know, to see the glow that they have is just incredible. sgoo good job. >> reporter: senators michael bennett, former superintendent of denver public schools and navy veteran john mccain are co sponsors of ability to expand the program. >> we have more returning veterans coming back. this is an opportunity to put them to work in our neighborhoods and our communities, educating our kids. it's a real renaldo wynn for everybody. >> reporter: the bill -- win/win for everybody. >> reporter: the big would increase funding from 30 to 50 million over a five-year period and reduce the years of required military service veterans need to be eligible from six to four. >> he's also one of my favorite teachers too. >> you got the 400... >> reporter: roosevelt dickerson worried 30 years in the military would make teaching tougher. >> when i worked in the mill trif, when i spoke, they moved. >> reporter: when it was suggested

pacific command with oversight of the needs of army, navy, air force, marine corps and coast guard families. as well as families of our civilian workers with pay com. i'm pleased to have her here as we. thank you, sir. i've now been in command of the united states pacific command for about three months. and although i may be new to pay com, i've commanded extensively in the asia-pacific region. consequently during my 36 years of service, i've developed a great respect for this part of the world. in that time i've come to believe that now more than ever it's vital to our national security interests and economic prosperity. in previous tours as now, the emergence of chine in and its military has ban reteen topic of decision in my interaction with regional leaders. of concern the most, reconciling china's declared desire tore a peaceful and stable environment for economic development with a

one of the dead was an al qaeda operative, believed to have been behind the october 2000 attack on the navyarship cole in yemen that killed 17 sailors. even now, the u.s. is continuing to provide training, weapons and intelligence to the yemeni forces. but if president obama decides to strike back in retaliation for the botched attack on the northwest airlines flight, there will be a target list for him to approve. barbara starr, cnn, the pentagon. >>> let's talk now about the possible military strike. gregory johnston is here with me. i'm also joined on the phone by a former u.s. ambassador to yemen. we'll get to you in a second. what should our viewers know about yemen. you say there are misconceptions that you need to clear up? >> well, the first thing is that the al qaeda threat is not simply to u.s. interests, but very much to yemeni interests as well. the people of yemen have suffered a great deal in terms of economic well being because of al qaeda's active if is there. so that's number one, i think the second thing is that -- based on that, actions by yemeni security forces are likel

the army-navy club in washington d.c. hosts this 50 minute event. [applause] >> thank you for having me here tonight. it is really an honor to be at the army-navy club, one of my favorite places to go. the library here is amazing. is one of the oldest libraries and washington d.c.. but the club and what i do is sort of intertwined. it

performance appraisal, when i was a chief of the navy one thing i was digging after was the performancent issue. this is an issue in performance appraisal systems everywhere. we did not define a specific "you should do this." we said to the secretary, in order to be able to identify internal threats, as much accurate information as is possible is required to be known by the leaders. and what we find in the process is that some information is passed and some is not. the report says on page seven,i believe, thatçç some informat wasç potentially missed. potentially co information, i think it said missed or misinterpreted. but the point is that we are suggesting to the secretary the policies and the programs behind the performance appraisal system merit review and the -- an emphasis on accurate information and he passed that emphasis this morning. >> one question then i think wa are done. >> the language is that several officers failed to comply, et cetera, and you are recommended them for possible reprimand. but you didn't recommend names? >> no. >> you are saying several officers, yo

i see folks from across the services, army, navy, air force, marine corps, a coastguard, public health service. i see the backbone of our military. i see retirees, widows, family members who have survived the tragedy of suicide and two are truly our best experts from whom we must learn and for whom we must continue to support. please join me in thanking the suicide family survivors who are here to teach us this week. [applause] you know, a wise person once said, the kinder than it necessary -- be kinder than necessary for everyone we meet is fighting some sort of battle. i know i am. i know you are. those battles are not limited to the war zone. they take place on the home front. they involved struggles with injuries that our moral, physical, psychological, spiritual, seen and unseen. they also lead to the potential for us to claim strengths, no matter how adverse our experience has been. over the next few days, we have the opportunity to learn new and better ways of strengthening individuals and communities, to build resilience, and to maximize recovery, and to foster reintegration at

and whether we have the army with us, the marines, the air force, the navy, coast guard -- all of us working in that joint environment to ensure that we have the freedoms of this great nation and that we give freedom to nations all over this world. one thing is clear -- our service members know how to stick together and know how to work together as a team. in that joint environment, you may find obstacles on the battlefield that will impede may be our progress for just a little bit, or those pictures of war and what it looks like. and the reason i show these to the american people is not to glorify this but to say that these are the physical ones that our members come back with. these are the images that they come back with. and whether it is anxiety disorder, depression, hyper vigilance, all of this is clear that when you see these things on the battlefield, at times you bring them back home. and that is one thing that happens to all of us, where the shock and awe of the mission to the tranquillity of what it looks like in baghdad to what we were able to provide for me specifically a

there are makeshift clinics on the streets. navy ships are on their way. >> local crews are pitching in to help. the american redross loaded up supplies to send to haiti this morning. there was a candlelight vigil last night. several groups have mobilized to raise money for relief efforts. >> a house panel is demanding documents about decisions made under timothy geithner. the have subpoenaed the federal reserve bank of new york. the government stepped in to rescue aig. >>> it is tim kaine's last speech as the virginia governor. he noted for jinnah landed five corporate headquarters during the worst economic slide in 70 years. he said no state can recommend. economic edge with a jammed highways. >> i believe the biggest challenge is the decades old gridlock. >> he called for more investments in higher education. his successor will be sworn in this saturday. >>> 5:16. your traffic and weather together every 10 minutes. we continue to fall this breakingtory in bethesda. >> we have a huge truck fire that is raging. >> you are looking l

and whether we have the army with us, the marines, the air force, the navy, the coast guard, all of us working in that joint environmental to ensure that we have the freedoms of this great nation and that we give freedom to others all across this a great world. and the thing that's so inspiring to me is as we go to war one thing is clear -- air service members know how to stick together and know how to work together as a team and i joined in grants which you find is you may find obstacles on the battlefield, that will impede may be our progress for just a little bit, or those pictures of foreign and what it looks like and the reason i show these to the american people is not the glorifying of this but to say that use of the physical wounds better service members come back with, these are the images that they come back with and whether it's anxiety disorder, to the depression, to the hyper vigilance -- all of these things are clear that when you see these things on the battlefield at times to bring them back home. and that was one of the things that happen to all of us. whether it is th

remember back in the of the 19th beginning of the 20th century which of the exploring was done by the army and navy and just across the road here we have edolphus really, an arctic explorer, one of the earliest arctic explorers in the army signal corps expedition at the end of the 19th century. he went farther north than anybody had been at that time. it just on the road is the grave of john wesley powell, who explored the colorado river. he had one arm at the time. he lost his arm at shiloh in the civil war but he went on to be a great explorer and other great things. u.s. geological survey. in another part of arlington just over the hill or the arctic explorers. robert parry and his associate who claimed to reach the north pole in 1909 are here. so the point is arlington is more than just a military cemetery, it is a place for explorers, figures from history and many other things. >> we are on the hill overlooking this city to hear. what is this tomb on the mound overlooking the city? >> this is the city of la fond a french man who served in the american revolution. he stayed. he was commissioned

the length of time that our navy ships will be deployed down there to provide assistance, the lengthhat we will have thousands of troops in haiti or offshore, i think, frankly, is impossible to predict right now. >> back to fort hood, you said earlier that the department has not done enough to counter external threats and the influence on the force. news of the commanders do not have the tools to try to keep an eye -- you said the commanders do not have the tools to try to ward off prohibited activities on the force. what sort of tools would you give the commanders to address this, to try to counter these threats or keep an eye on the force? >> let me mention two, and then i would like the admiral to comment. one tool is for us to take advantage of research and efforts that have been undertaken by a number of different entities. in terms of behavior's and indicators of potential problems with respect to violence in the workplace and the potential for self radicalization. identifying those indicators and having those in the hands of the commanders is one thing. the other goes back to

performance appraisal, when i was the chief of the navy, one of the big things i was on was the whole this is not just a department issue, this is an issue in performance appraisal systems ever wear. we did not define a specific "you should do this." we said to the secretary, in order to be able to identify internal threats with as much accurate information as is possible, it is required to be known by the leaders. what we find the process is some information is passed, some is not. report says on page seven, i believe, potentially some information was missed. potentially, some information -- i think it said missed or misinterpreted. the point is is that we're suggesting to the secretary that the policies and programs behind the performance appraisal system merit review, and an emphasis on accurate information, and the secretary pass that infamous this morning. >> one question, and that i think we will get dragged off. >> the language of the report is federal officers failed to comply and you are recommending them. you do not recommend names? >> no. >> you say, "several officers," not

caller: i have some experience in the islands down there with the navy. ruction project coming along, i wonder if it is possible if we could influence the haitians to participate in this building process and gain equity in their land? largely, they are peasants on land they do not own and they have no ability to control their lives. guest: that is an important statement. the land tnure -- tenure problem is an enormous one. if you are sitting in front of charts and the books and you are trying to work out in favor of finalization of a country's economy, you want to bring social justice, and jobs, education, medicine, and so forth. your first line of attack against these problems or the international donors. the only problem with that is they tend to suffer from a disease called donor fatigue. what that means it is there are always new, attractive tragedy's coming down the road, whether it be darfur, rwanda. and these people are able to catch international attention. so what you have is an erosion of easy money going to let us say, haiti, and going to a new

british taking of american sailors or sailors often from american ships in a person not into the british navy. that became the crucial issue that led to war. and it becomes a crucial issue because they can't tell a british sailor from an american sailor. and that aggravated the whole problem. americans now had an opportunity to realize an ideal world, put the broad-minded and tolerant principles of the enlightened into practice. to become a homogeneous compassionate and cosmopolitan people and to create the kind of free society in the illustrious culture that people, since the ancient greeks and romans had only yearned for. but i think in the end, little worked out as the founders, as we call them, expected. the society became much more democratic, much more populous than anyone had expected. so when the generations time, these americans experienced this greater transformation as we've ever had i think. and now, we have a certain age remember over the last 50 years, safer 1960, early 1960's to today have undergone a tremendous cultural transformation and anyone who's old enough to remember wh

my father served in the united states navy for three men -- three years, one month, 15 days. i was the only public service he was ever involved in. he lived to be 93. god blessed him with a long life. but he always felt that that time in the united states navy was a special time. i think about my father here today, because when i got sworn in on this very place, i talked about my father. i read something from his accommodation by his commanding officer in the united states navy. he said my father was earnest and cooperative and honest and cheerful, and he believed in teamwork. and i kind of thing that that is what we have got to do in illinois. we've got terrible challenges, the toughest we probably ever had in our lifetimes. we complete politics. we can call each other names. we can kind of avoid the problems. but that is not what our service members do when they get responsibilities. it certainly wasn't what my father did in law. he taught me always to work hard, to treat other people with dignity, don't call people names, be honest, be trustworthy. that to me is what illino

facebook page, he graduated from johns hopkins in 2009 and recently worked in acquisitions for the u.s. navy. >>> our region spent over $41 million dealing with last month's record snowstorm. now a request for uncle sam to pick up some of the tab. the district and virginia plan on asking for federal aid. fema should pick up 75% of expenses the first 48 hoursful storm. but as you know, cleanup lasted much longer. maryland will not seek federal help, even though already spent the entire snow budget. >>> five after the hour. time for living smart. jessica doyle is here, ready for first trading day of 2010. good morning. >> good morning. well, the new year brings a fresh start for folks and the same for wall street. a lot could ride on how stocks perform this month. historically speaking, first few trading days in january the strongest for stock performance. this is time when new money is added into retirement accounts. wall street journal reports whether people follow this pattern can be a sign of market's prospects the coming week, even for the year. if stocks rise in january, they often finis

. >> lehrer: did you feel any frustration on the piece of tape where the u.s. navy officer at the airport was asked by the reporter from i.t.n., hey, you've got all these supplies. there's a hospital down across the road and you can't get those supplies to them. why not? he said, i'm sorry. somebody else is is deciding all of that. >> there is a system for deciding that. it's called the incident response system. u.s.a.i.d. has used it for 30 years. the u.s. military uses it. that system has been set up. it will function but it takes a few days for all that system to be put in place. >> lehrer: has that been explained well to people? i mean i'm talking about american people as well as the haitian people. >> i don't think the american people have, you know, this has been explained to them. i understood it because i ran a.i.d., and general garner understands it because we worked on this stuff together. the incident response is from the u.s. forest service. they use it to fight forest fires. we found 30 years ago it was very useful in other disasters in the natural worl

i am particularly taken with the two american pilots and copilots listening to the army navy on the radio and were not paying attention to the games being played in philadelphia and they went beyond berlin and found themselves in soviet control territory and had been turned around. there are lots of things like this. one closing remarks, what do you think the united states, what was the lesson drawn? >> i think the lesson was already there. it has to do with what we would call in the classroom american exceptional some and what not. this was and the reason truman is in my mind a great man is that he knew some how instinctively certainly no one could tell him this is how americans see themselves. this is how we want to be. this is the way people my age were brought up believing we were. i decided to do this book because of abu ghraib. i lived a lot of places in the world including the middle east and asia and the idea of america being hated in my old age as it were compared to what it was when i was a youth i take almost personally. the berlin airlift is who we are, not the tortures. and i

be a surrogate husband had to wait to substitute and george was so thrilled he tried to join the british navy at the age of 14. >> host: to get away from her. >> guest: but then intervening was a wonderful man, lawrence washington, his half-brother who was at that time a master of mount vernon and the was miles away from washington and lawrence realized it was time to start in fighting this big tall teenager up to mount vernon and he was about 60 when he started coming and that is where he met sally fairfax, this very flirtatious wife of the man in the house on the road and for a dozen years sally flirted with him and tormented him and so forth and so after he married -- after he became engaged to martha she wrote him a letter saying are you a patient to see the campaign over to increase mrs. custis? and it triggered this blazing letter because he was about to march into the willingness to fight the french and indians and he thought maybe a bullet out there with my name on it and probably might be and so he couldn't resist. he world displeasing four page letter in which he simply said do you

importance of maintaining our industrial base and continuing to recapitalize our surface fleet in the navyis critically important and that as the pacific commander, it's critically important to me that my naval component contribute the level of combat power that require for the joint operations that we conduct. >> so the question is, do we have enough ships to do that, or do you feel like we're on course to maintain the level, the number of ships that we need to do that? >> i am satisfied that the current budget and ship building level -- ship building level of effort that we're pursuing in the united states navy to produce the ships that i require to accomplish my mission in the pacific. >> beyond the number of ships, do you feel like -- or if in fact, there becomes a problem with the number of ships, do you feel like we still have the capability otherwise to effectively counter the chinese buildup? >> the short answer is yes. currently, the u.s. pacific command is contributing nearly 30,000 troops to the middle east, and certainly forestructure to the two wars that are currently on going

that's when two suicide bombers attacked the u.s. navyestroyer cole in the gulf of aden. 17 americans were killed. now yemen is in the cross hairs once again after an al qaeda off-shoot there claimed responsibility for the attempt to bomb a u.s. passenger jet on christmas day. >> the situation in yemen is a top concern. >> ifill: secretary of state clinton summed up the situation today after meeting with the prime minister of katar. >> the instability in yemen is a threat to regional stability and even global stability. we're working on ... with katar and others to think of the best way forward to try to deal with the security concern. >> ifill: part. challenge is that yemen is the arab world's poorest country. more than a third of its 23 million people are without work. the country has also suffered a decades-long civil war involving periodic rebellion and insurgency along the border with saudi arabia and the frontier between the once dif divided north and south. the situation grew worse when two dozen terror suspects escaped from a high

and it wasn't until in the navy there are is something called a sprint team that is available in the and it's a 24/7 available -- 24/7 team that's available with bags packed to respond to a crisis. and it's a group of psychiatrists, psychologists, mental health professionals and they're on their way immediately. it wasn't until i got them on the ship and i had a crew of about 400 troops, that they understood the pebble in the quiet water piece and they reached to places and to families that i wouldn't even have thought that were affected by this suicide. and these were friends, liberty buddies, families of families. family friends of family friends kinds of things. and i would hope that again, until we see relief here, that we are focused on this as the crisis that it is and have the kind of response that was very supportive of me, many years ago, and allowed me quite frankly as a commander to work my way through these issues much more rapidly because of that assistance and then get on with the mission. the last thing i'll say, even though i've said that a couple of times, the last t

that if you're on the bridge of a u.s. navy warship, you're a person in whom reposes ultimate responsibility and accountability. if you have a cross-eyed steersman who puts your ship into another vessel, if you run up on a sand bar, it's all your responsibility, you're held accountable for it. this high level of accountability and responsibility is the kind of virtue that someone like admiral mullen brings to this incredibly important office. the responsibilities are closal. i'm sure there are -- are colossal. i'm sure there are time when he thought to himself, i'm not sure i signed up for this cruise. he has been unique among recent chairmen of the joint chief of staff as being remarkably accessible to the public. we're thrilled to have him here and i'd like you to welcome admiral mike mullen, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. [applause] >> if you don't mind, i'll try to work it from here. just doing a little preplation and -- preparation and listening to the president talk about who you are and what you're rooking at ove

it was back in 1899 that the u.s. navyo this harbor and figured that it was perfect for refueling ships. the islands have been american ever since. but the people aren't exactly american citizens. they can't vote for president but, on the other hand, they don't pay income taxes either. the capital, pago pago, has an american feel. flag day is the most important holiday, and there's a tradition of sending kids into the u.s. military. but for all its beauty, american samoa is not blessed with wealth. for the most part, they make a living canning tuna. two-thirds of the people are below the poverty level. tavita neemia, the quarterback for the sharks, has a typical family. his mom works at the cannery. and he'll need a scholarship to go to college. neemia and coach lauvoa make the most of what they have. coach, this is the practice field... >> lauvao: yeah, this is our field. we call it the field of champions. >> pelley: so, the field of champions is short, rocky and unlined. >> lauvao: yep. >> pelley: and yet, how many n.f.l

we did that in the navy and marine corps for ever. that is the illusion of change in our army. -- that is the evolution of change in our army. we are much different force that we were eight years ago. for our major units, our brigade combat teams, which is roughly 4000 soldiers, those teams are now the ones that went out first in 2003. they are about to start their fifth deployment. those deployments of worked six months, eight months, 12 months, 50 months on that -- 15 months on the order. if i were a 10-year-old and my dad was a soldier in 2001, he has gone to war several times, been gone an extraordinary amount of time over the time between when i was 10 and 18 and i just went to college for the question becomes how well the way my dad or how well does my dad or mom, because there has been women who have deployed at a very high pace, as well. that's the to the challenges that face us in terms of the overall health of the four separate multiple supplements, stress on individuals and families, dramatically increased suicide rates acro