using new dollars for the new technology is not the navy's ability. nor is it the ability to justify such expenditures. i hope you address this in your comments, including where you got the authorization to spend this money on energy. finally the committee will carefully consider the three multi-year proposals including with the budget submission to be approved, the proposals must meet the criteria in law, including the substantive savings considered 10% in stability and design. i thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, senator mccain. mr. secretary. >> thank you, mr. chairman. chairman levin and ranking member mccain and members of the committee, i want to start by thanking you all the for the support that you give to our sailors, marines and civilians and their families in the department of the navy and ensuring that they get what they need to do their mission. the pride that general amos and admiral green and i take in leading these dedicated sailors and marines and civilians of the department who selflessly serve the united states only to the accomp

there's a worry that we don't have enough missiles, the u.s. navy doesn't have enough missiles to protect its carriers and that the carrier lacks the long-range aviation to pack a punch. how do you respond to those critics? >> i'll be careful not to step into a policy lean that's even outside of my opinion to state. however, i've been doing this for 30 years. i've been on aircraft carriers ranging from uss midway to theodore roosevelt to carl vinson to this great historical warship. i certainly have a perspective of spending. this is my 11th deployment that i'm going on. i think this debate will continue to happen. listen, as an aviator, i get how the defense is. it is to build and operate an aircraft carrier, but i will tell you that as i look at enterprise from where it is right now, 50 years of service to this nation, look at what its capabilities were when we sent it out in 1962 to support the cuban missile crisis when it fought so bravely in vietnam, the cold war and what the capabilities and how we grew from an f-4 fighter mindset to an f-14 l

i don't believe it's a job of the united states navy to do that. i believe it's the energy department who should be doing that and obviously i will seek to act on amendments on the floor to try to prevent this kind of waste of the taxpayers' dollars where they paid for algae fuels. i don't think we can afford it. >> i think we should -- you want to take a moment to -- >> if i could. >> if you wish. >> yes. the place that -- the authority that's being used here is a defense production act which has been in place since the early 1950s which says that if there is an industry that defense needs, but does not exist in the united states, a defense not only can but should invest in that industry, energy is specifically mentioned in the defense production act as something that defense should look at. and in terms of moving toward biofuels, the numbers that we bought small test amounts was high. it's come down dramatically since then, even with the small test amounts we have been buying. and i think that we cannot afford not to do this. we can't afford to be

the army/navy cooperating together in a combined operation. it didn't really matter though because the forts under attack were overwhelm by that heavy union naval ordinance and soon even before butler could get his men to line up, fort hatteras surrendered, and the union gained access into the north carolina sound. this its a bracing victory for the north. and an even more consequential one occurred three months later in november of 1861, this one aimed at port royal in south carolina. little further down the coast. located almost exactly halfway between charleston and savannah, port royal was ideally located to constitute a base for the south-atlantic blockading squadron. this time the naval mission would be led by captain now flag officer and later rear admiral samuel francis dupont. who emerged as really the first union naval hero in this war. almost the first union hero of either service. dupont's plan was pretty straight forward. as in north carolina his warships would assault the rebel forts, guarding the sound. once suppressed the army c

and the small end of the ship structure within the navy is the latorial combat ship. they are addressing the requirements, but i don't think there's a whole lot of conversation between secretary mabious and the dhs secretary. >> let me go to also sort of the mission that the wash navy is is now doing because it had a much broader maritime strategy that was a consolidated strategy between the marine corps, the coast guard -- or among the marine corps, coast guard and navy and it appears as though the navy is relooking at some of these missions and saying, look, on the lower intensity stuff, i shouldn't be doing that if final's a shrinking fleet, -- if i'm a shrinking fleet, i should be focusing on the higher end, especially if the coast guard doesn't have that capability to pick up what the navy reduces. >> it will be interesting to see because the coast guard has looked at itself as a national security and national defense armas part of title 14. when it comes to putting together a forestructure that makes sense with the navy, it's going to be tough to do. >> and ther

offices of the navy and marine corps? >> thank you, senator, and i will return the good wishes and very good to see you. the naval academy has had an t outreach program going now for several years to make sure we get as diverse an applicant pool as is possible. we shouldn't allow -- everybody should be afforded the honor of defending this country through military service. as you pointed out, the number of minorities not only affluent has gone up dramatically. we have, outside the academy, taken action to make sure for both the navy and marine corps that we are gathering in highly qualified, diverse background americans, not just diversity and ethnicity or national origin but also in terms of geography, in terms of backgrounds, in terms of educational experience, because we believe we will be a better fighting force having that diversity of points of view that we bring to bear on any issue. the final thing -- well, next to final thing that i would note is that we have also expanded naval rotc, returning it to some school su

shaped the budget submission. today, our navy is the force. our global fleet operates from u.s. basis and places around the world to deter aggression and respond to crises and when needed and called upon, to win our nation's wars. if you refer to a chart that i provided in front of you, you can see that on any given day, we have about 50,000 sailors and 145 ships under way with about 100 of the ships deployed overseas. these ships and sailors allow us to influence events abroad because they ensure access to what i refer to the maritime crossroads. these are areas where shipping lanes and our security interests intersect. they indicated on the chart. we can remain forward in the areas because of the facilities and support from nearby allies and partners. they are combating piracy and supporting afghanistan operations and maintaining a presence. these forces rely on facilities in bahrain. we have facilities or places in singapore, the republican of korea and japan. they will be joined next spring by the first combat ship "the freed

i have to give the navy credit for that. with regard to the literal combat ship, i'm concerned about the overall reductions in that budget in the future years of the defense plan. i understand it still remains a top navy priority to have 55 ships produced through that program. where are we in terms of cost and schedule for the lcs, mr. secretary or admiral? how does the current contract, the excuse of the program compare with the initial purchase of the first ship in that program? and how do you see that program developing? >> senator, i'm very proud of ships of both variance came in as lead ships do very expensive. very high priced. >> first in class is always more expensive no matter how you build it. >> it is. >> what does it look like now? >> the price has come down from the bids on the -- on ships 5, 6 and 7. the bids, the initial bids have come down from that by 40% and the price is coming down for every ship in this contract. we have a block buy of ten ships from each vendor. so a total of 20 ships. the tenth ship of e

of course, at that time we had 465 ships in the navy. but also, admiral, i think your comment about learning how to operate in the persian gulf, that really brought back a strong memory to me from when i was secretary of the navy and we had just started, actually, operating full-time in there, and i remember visiting the u.s.s. stanley in the persian gulf like in 1987. the first thing i would do when i would go aboard ship, it came from my youngster crews at the naval academy when i worked with engineering spaces with the s p snipes was always to go down into the engineering spaces and to ask them the last time their commanding officer had visited the engineering spaces. the railings on the ladder going down into the engineering spaces were so hot, you couldn't hold onto them. we've come a long way since then. i remain at the end of this hearing, almost at the end of this hearing, because i was quite surprised, secretary mavis, to hear the response with respect to the questions from chairman 11 and senator mccain regarding this independen

the navy links back in after losing for vessels to confederate artillery. and the water is so low that it's just barely puddles. porter reports there's a stretch of water in them that is 25 feet wide and one foot deep. you can't get warships out. the navy will be saved by a wisconsin girl, joseph bailey. who knows how to do logging. he builds dams. raises the level of water and the navy boats will shoot out. banks is responded. -- despond it. he also finds out he has been fired. he will be a pencil pusher for the rest of the were. as the navy is able to leave alexandria through a torrent of water, porter gets out and just will not come he's so happy to get out he can't see straight. alexandria was burned to the ground and had to be rebuilt. when banks' man's leave, it is burned to the graphic the only major city in louisiana that gets the same kind of destruction that georgia gets. shreveport, second largest city in louisiana, will be a banking center, a trading center, an agricultural center. it will get that position and hold it until 1970. it will call it

to me about when we were secretary of the navy and we just started operating in there full time. and i remember visiting the uss stanley in the persian gulf. first thing that i did when i came to a ship, was always to go down to engineering spaces and ask them the last time the commanding officer visited the engineering spaces. the railings were so hot that you could not hold on to them. so we have come a long way since then. i remained at the end of this hearing because i was quite surprised, to hear the response with respect to the questions from chairman levin and senator mccain regarding the independent study for the layout from okinawa and guam that we had mandated, and perhaps this is just a miscoordination, because it's not under the jurisdiction of the department of the navy, but i hope what you said is not right. we have mandated by law that there be an independent study and that they would report to the secretary of defense 90 days after the signing of the national defense authorization bill which was december 31st, which means it the study was supposed to be contracted

but it's my understanding -- i mean, this is obviously a very important issue for us, that the navy was only able to support 61% of the combat and commanders requirements for attack submarine in 2011, is that right? >> that's right. >> so, we're only currently in 2011 when the combat commanders ask for the support of the submarines meeting only 6 out of 10 requests. >> that's right, ma'am. they provide their requested. they're adjudicated within the joint staff and then we get, you know, our distribution of providing worldwide presence. >> and the navy has a requirement for 48 attack submarines? >> that's correct, senator. >> and based on where we are, is it correct to say when we look at the build rates that are proposed that the navy will only have 39 attack submarines if we look forward to 2030? >> that will be the low point, yes, ma'am. >> so, we'll have a nine submarine shortfall in 2030 if we continue with the proposed build rate that we have in this budget. >> yes, ma'am. that's the depth. and there's a breadth to that too, of course, anytime you go below 48, there's a difference

we consider it a war grave, as does the navy. it is a national historic landmark. the first national marine sanctuary. so -- but congress said what is the plan? do you raise the entire thing? do you raise segments of it? do you leave it alone? and the answer was after a careful study, one that involved many partners, including the mariners' museum, was that selective pieces would be brought up. between 1998 and 2002, the navy working with noaa and, of course, the navy was the workhorse in this effort bringing their professionalism and expertise and technical abilities, began to recover those pieces of the wreck. and as noaa worked with the military, we acknowledged from the beginning that there was the likelihood that human remains would be found. and, lo and behold, in july of 2002, while the navy was removing overburden -- if you know the story, "the monitor" sank upside down with the turret upside down. filled with coal and material and artifacts. but the roof of the turret, you have to understand how it was constructed, was just railroad rails. so it was known f

just before pearl harbor, i was in the engineering school, navy engineering school, if you pardon the expression navy. in norfolk, virginia. and a few of us knew that we were going to get into this thing before long, the war had started in europe. and we were a littleants about what we were going to do. we knew that we couldn't stay where we were. we were going to have to go, sooner or later. we were looking for something unique. we all decided to join the royal air force, and we made a pact with ourselves that all four of us would get in. if not, we all come back. if one flunked anything, test, physical, what have you, we'd all come back to virginia. this was prior to pearl harbor. sometime in december or latter part of november, 1941. we got in the car, went up to canada. and one of the guys had a problem, so we decided to honor our pact. we came back together. and as we were coming back, it was december 7, pearl harbor. so we had no idea -- we knew then what we were going to do. we were going to have to join somewhere in our particular armed serves. so we waited around. i waited ar

they didn't want so the navy goes, he served in the navy and the navy's doing it and that's it. they were against a lot of stuff. >> you're having, again, a breakfast. tell us about the events that you're having. >> the first event this month is the annual cesar chavez golf tournament and the money goes to the scholarship. we're actually dedicating this year's golf tournament to victor chavez. >> he we lost him, too. >> that's on march 24th. two times, about 11:00, 11:30. we have a few spots left so come out and join us. and then we have our breakfast on the 30th. that's our 11th annual breakfast. we have ed bagley, jr. he's an activist and actor. he's been supportive of the ufw and the family for many years. and then on saturday, march 30th, we're doing our annual march for justice, st. patrick's -- roosevelt park. roosevelt park and walk you through and then ending up at the mexican heritage plaza. >> which is another historic plaza. >> right. >> you know, it's always intrigued me in the last decade or so is your affiliation with safe way and we all know the history with safewa

the navy, i believe it's 12% and the marine corps, 8%. i mean, it will make a dent if women say i'm not going into that unless you can tell me that there is a culture that says if anything happens, there's going to be hell to pay for it. hell to pay for criminal acts. criminal acts committed on women and men. it is time that we really put a dent in this culture. calling for this institution to change. to change from the top leadership that says zero tolerance, but it's a lie. they tolerate everything. 8% of the -- only 8% of the cases that are ever brought to the military ever go to trial in the military, in contrast to 40% in civilian life. of the 8% that go to trial, less than 2% of people are actually end up having sentences given against them. found guilty and the sentences are really slaps on the hand. it's kind of the culture of you can do it, even if they catch you which they pbl even if you go to court-martial, not much is going to happen to you. so it's an entire structure that needs to change. and we need to be holding accountab

navy, is going to bring in the vast bull -- bulk of its brown water or inland navy which is the squadron under admiral david dixon porter. porter is a friend of general sherman's, and general sherman thought that he was going to lead this, so when the navy commits it's going to be porter to sherman. then when sherman is forced to back out, porter's caught. he has to comment -- come. now, this river that shreveport is on, the red river, is long, thin, muddy, silty, and in 1864 it was relatively shallow. um, about 9 feet would be a good, constant idea of the depth. and so admiral porter is going to bring up vessels that have drafts from 5-9 feet. meaning that his heavy ironclads are going to scrape the bottom of the live as they come up. that is not a good way to operate a force. and he's going to bring 104 vessels up the red river. these 104 vessels are marvelous in their complexity, in their ability to, um, project firepower. but it is very much a case of a river too shallow, too far and how do you get them out when they get into trouble, and they will get into trouble. so beginning marc

if you pardon the expression navy. in virginia. and a few of us knew that we were going to get into this thing before long. the war had started in europe. and we were a little antsy about what we were going to do. we knew we couldn't stay where we were. we'd have to go sooner or later. we were looking for something unique. so we all decided to join the rcaf, royal canadian air force. go up to canada, hamilton, ontario. and we made a pact with ourselves that all four of us would get in. if not, we'd all come back. wouldn't flunk anything, physical, test, anything. we'd come back to virginia. this is prior to pearl harbor. some time in december or ladder part of november, 1941. we got in the car, went up to canada. and one of the guys had a heart murmur so we decided that we will honor our pact. we came back together. and as we were coming back it was december the 7th, pearl harbor. so we had no -- we knew then what we were going to do. we were going to have to join somewhere in our particular armed services. so we waited around. i wa

officials within the navy and the marines about what they are doing to implement energy, efficiency, and new sources of energy within the navy and among the marines who are on the front lines in afghanistan. and we heard a couple of things that i think are important to this discussion. one is that being able to look at energy sources that in the field are critical, reducing our dependence on foreign oil is vital to our national defense and that there is a direct correlation between our dependence on fossil fuels and casualties on the battlefield. now, one of the things that i would hope you might address this morning and i would point out that i know the department of energy is working closely with the navy, the department of agriculture on biofuels, which are a critical piece of trying to reduce the dependence of our military on foreign oil. but can you talk about how the programs that we're talking about, as part of the loan guarantee program relate to our national defense and how critical they are, if we're going to make some of these changes on the military side of our government

but it takes a little while to get and there one of the things the navy can bring is a market for theseuels. >> but the federal government that i heard, i thought it was a quote from you, you'll need 330 million gallons a year of alternative fuels to meet your goal of 50%. is that correct >> yes, sir. >> that would be 50%. you're talking 660 million gallons. you apply your $10 -- >> i'll apply $10 to that. when we get to that level it will have to be the alternative fuel left to be competitively priced with fossil fuel that success blended with. >> okay. not to get into that right now but for the record i want to you send me what you just now said and send me the documentation. that's not the way i read it. that's all right. will do you that? >> yes, i'll be happy to do that. >> all right. >> that's the information governor of mississippi now the navy secretary testifying before the armed services committee with questions by senator inhofe. we recent featured him on c-span's q and a program on sunday night. can you watch that interview any time at c-span.org. this is "washington today."

on the #th of march, sinking the cumberland and skong res, inflicting the worst defeat on the united states navy in its history until december 7, 1941. on march 8th. confederate authorities then agreed to build more, as many as they possibly could. they actually started a total of 52 of them. although the industrial bottle nick for them is availability of iron armor and maritime engine plants which they simply could not build themselves and had trouble getting in through the blockade. vicious circle. they did build some, however. and in january, 1863, two of them, chased off the union blockade squadron off charleston for a day or two. which prompt eed a confederate commander at the time in charleston to declare the blockade had been lifted. though the was back in place again the next day. charleston authorities also tried to use, again, playing the technology card, semisubmersible david boats as thee were known. these have a steam engine plant. they don't generally completely go under water. just a little crest showing above the water so that stack had access to air. the forerunners of modern to

and may be the reason that his brother joined the navy. his brother was in charge of union troop movements during the civil war and lincoln's funeral train. a volunteer from findagrave.com photographed sam augay lewis's mother, hannah mendenhall's grave. so we have located it. if the navy should choose to exhume, that could happen. of course that's a legal process, and that would be their determination. daniel moore was the son of henry and sarah moore. he was from prince william county, virginia. his siblings were taken to washington, d.c. and owned by mildred ewell. mildred ewell was able to sell them to the union government. the union did pay upon emancipation money for slaves determined at the value of their owners. this is the only time that the federal government bought out slaves from their owners. on charity smith and evelyna moore were the sisters of daniel moore. they were witnesses on the pension for their mother, sarah moore. this is a picture of edgehill farm where daniel moore and his family lived and served the ewell family.

secretary of the navy. ray mav vis is the 75 us u.s. second of the navy. he leads therine corps is and responsible for an annual budget of $150 bill and almost 900,000 persons. you have copied of his curriculum vitae, his biography, in your packaging allow me simply to make a fur regards about this background. prior to joining the administration of president barack obama, mr. maviss served in a variety of top posts in government and the private sector mplt if in 1987 he was elected as the younger governor of mississippi although the age of 39. in more than 14u7b hundred years at the time of his election and previously at state auditor, 1984 to 198 of the 8 and was instrumental in prooting out corruption funds in county government 25 counties. he was also pointed ambassador for the kingdom of saudi arabia for the clinton administration in 1984. let me end the introduction of s morning by suggesting he served two years as a service war father officer on cruiser little rock and was offered a full bright scholarship and held a woodrow wilson fellowship. ladies

or people in the navy you talked to didn't want to hold on to guantanamo. ion. i want to quote a couple people from the conclusion. um, so, and this is from general barry mccaffrey who's a four-star marine corps general, general jack keane, another four-star general from summerville, by the way, and then another person who is the head, the commander of public works while i was there. here they say, i say -- this is on 356 for those who are following. r50 years after accuracy toe's rise to -- 50 years after castro's rise to power, guantanamo affords no strategic advantage. we're not going to attack cuba, the place exists now solely as a product of bureaucratic inertia. as a strategic naval facility, it never was important. it's always been -- [inaudible] there are people who disagree with him. he's a marine guy, right? today adds jeffrey johnson, guantanamo adds absolutely nothing to the navy be. if guantanamo disappeared, every ship would sail, every sailor would be trained. so as i said, the navy just feels like they're taking one for the team. the coast gu

for my department, the department of the navy, this new strategy requires a navy and marine corps team that is built and ready for any eventuality, in land, under the air, on the world's ocean or in the vast cyber seas. we see our maritime team playing a role in the growing demand, things like deterring and defeating aggression from state and nonstate actors. conventional or irregular threats. projecting power, maintaining presence to assure open sea lanes and providing disaster relief and humanitarian assistance whenever and wherever they are needed. my favorite navy recruiting poster says sometimes we follow the storm to the shore. sometimes we are the storm. we do it with the same people. we do it with the same platforms. and we do it without taking up an inch of anybody else's sovereign soil. while the security environment that we all face is complex and changing, our shared interests are simple and enduring. interests of security, prosperity, respect for universal values and international order. those common goals form the basis of the grand strategy reaching back to roosevelt and

. >>> versus the navy on capital hill. they want to stop from moving from baltimore to virginia. alex demetrick is live with the exchange. >> reporter: when this broken navy hospitalship was moved from baltimore to norfolk, virginia, civilian contractors supporting the trip had been pinning their hopes on the senator. senator tried working magic on the sack secretary of the navy. >> we had the same feeling with the colt scuffed us. i'm not joking. we love the comfort. >> reporter: it's finance, but not affection, that moves the navy. >> in excess of $2 million a year for the comfort. >> reporter: in cost savings close to supplies and the doctors and nurses staffship in times of war and disaster. >> comes from the hospitals in virginia. >> reporter: pitched hurricanes and out of the way in norfolk. >> you're in a hurricane, they see riding it out and you have to get ready to deploy. >> i have to get back and see. >> i'd like to look at that in fact and see the judgment to keep the comfort. >> reporter: well, if that hurricane strategy doesn't work, they consider another shift to ba

and as the assistant secretary of the navy then went back to practice privately in your city. but then becoming the vice-presidential candidate running with governor james cox of ohio. there we're entrapped by warren harding and calvin coolidge. at the same time then appointed secretary. one year later the fortune one goes up and one goes down. he convened a disarmament conference 1921. negotiated the 10 bid of warships from three major naval powers from united states, great britain and japan. of great day should great triumph. roosevelt 1921 was paralyzed from the waist down with polio. that would seem to be a promising career. in 1824 that he was this paralyzed. hughes goes up and roosevelt goes down. but then with that spirit, to have that political career again, the then madison and square garden he did with braces up his legs. then madison and square garden he did with braces up his legs. and the 16 year-old son james then made it to whatever less. but then he gave up a great speech and the crowd erupted and deliriously happy. not just of smith but franklin roosevelt as we

face the navy. .- the ladies face the navy they got the lead 17-15. she was on a roll. opportunistic on defense. thomas. look at her go. she finishes the break with a fade in jumpers. another turnover. she takes its strong to the basket. 17 points and 10 rebounds and assists. she led the team in all categories and they face louisville on monday. after a shaky start on thursday, they look more like a number one seed. they took on kansas state. huge on the board all offensively. vice president joe biden in the house. the outsideed on and the inside. houston is onto the next round easily. last night in columbus, ohio, u see him on the screen. georgetown played belmont. clark took it to heart. he scored 21 points. state tomorrow. coach says the team has last couple of months. >> we did not come here just to win a game. we know we are facing a opponent, a more difficult opponent, on sunday. far ahead.et too >> as you mentioned, the weather is perfect for them. >> inslee ready for baseball season. - i >> next week will mark the 100th of dr. dorothy pinhead dorothy haight. the

my father and i decided i would join the navy. if you served on a capital ship you would learn plumbing, carpenter work anything that you could think of would be award the ship. so that sounded reasonable and i went to the recruiting office and they did the usual things. i took a physical and they sent a senior chief out to the house to see how i was living. they want to be sure that they had a nice boy come in. they told me it was relatively slow and stay in touch with them and they would take me. so, this was right after i graduated from high school. in 1938 and so, every month, i called in. and they said well, they reduced the rate a little bit. and boston was the recruiting area for the whole all of new england. i didn't realize, why i was being so slow, but it was basically because so many joins day and send money home that nobody was coming out, everyone has staying in. a year had gone by and i along with another fellow had bought a dump truck and it was nuts. not something i wanted to do more the rest of my life. i went down

we are suing the marine commandants in the navy and it's focused on navy and marines specifically. the legal theory that -- is the same. it's a constitutional theory that women and men should not have to tolerate harassment, sexual assault and rape in order to serve and we expect to prevail in the district of columbia. >> i was just wondering if you can talk about why you decided to bring this lawsuit against the department of the navy specifically? is it believe that their harassment is more egregious than the air force and the army and do you plan to bring lawsuits against them as well? >> taking the latter question first, yes, we have more lawsuits in the works. sadly, the attitude, the sexual harassment and the toleration for rape and assault spans all the services. >> is there a reason oyou decidd to start with the marine and the navy? >> the way we proceed is as people come to us. so ariana and elle and the other survivors came to us. we have brought their claims forward and we as ellie mentioned, we are all committed to staying with this, to bringing forward as many lawsuits

in fact, when we had the secretary of the navy and the c.n.o. and the marine cammendante in last weekend's hearings, i said what are you doing, the plan for sequesfration. they said o.m.b. has ordered us to not even think about it. i think this is totally irresponsible. >> mr. panetta did say come summer he would consider planning. >> well, somebody better. in the meantime, i am. like i say, i think it is irresponsible to know that this is out there but not pay attention to it. like i say, the leaders of industry who represent hundreds of thousands of jobs, both people are going to be laid off. maybe not hundreds of thousands, but many. i mean we're looking at the budget this year, the $487 billion and then the $500 billion or $600 billion in sequestration. we're look at uniformed military. great cuts to the national guard. a couple bracs they want us to engage in, and then the civilian defense people that will be laid off, and then all the sinch civilians that work for the defense creditors -- contractors. we're looking at 1.5 million jobs. >>

. >> i'm pleased to see that the navy is considering enhancements to the virginia class subs. in new hampshire we pay a lot of attention to what's going on with the virginia class subs because they're worked on at the portsmouth naval shipyard. but can you talk about the work that's being done there and whether you're confident that the investment in that submarine technology is going to be what's needed and what additional capacity that will allow us to be able to do that is important? >> yes, ma'am. so i don't lead you astray, i'd refer to take that question to the record and get back to you. what i can tell you, when it comes to special operations engagement with the u.s. navy, particularly as the navy begins to build or refurbish submarines, we are always part of that discussion. so whether it's the virginia class or other classes, the navy has been exceptionally helpful in making sure that new special operations capabilities are incorporated into the submarines because, as you know, navy s.e.a.l.s and some of the marines special operations forces work off submarines quite

in 1855, we have a fireman who enlisted with no experience in the navy. he was born about 1829, had hazel eyes, dark brown hair and dark skin. 5'8" 1/4. on new year's eve of 1858, which the robert williams of the "uss monitor" would now have four years to live, there was a second class fireman with three years of experience who was 27 years old, dark hair, dark skin who was 5'8 1/2". when you subtract 1855 from 1862, you get seven years. that would be literally three years -- i'm sorry, six years of naval experience, but if you simply subtracted, that's what you get. the deck log shows that the original enlistment papers were incorrect, that robert williams was indeed a fireman aboard the san jacinto. that's also a william bryan who is aboard the ship, but we don't know that that's our william bryan. if that was william bryan,he was a very healthy man. he was take ton the assistant surgeon for a throat infection and for boils. other than that, he was well and hardy. we see on march 6th of 1856, in the medical journal, robert williams was treated for exhaus

can you discuss what the navy is doing to receive this significant age as well as the

when i was nominated for this job and began to be briefed on the department of the navy. energy dependence jumped out as one of the biggest opportunities we've got together is it's a matter of security. it's a matter of national security. it makes us a better military force. and with canada providing leadership -- there's a lot more we can do to improve our defense, stabilize our energy forces and create a more secure world. conta cain and others started us on this course, and it remains the right course for us today together. i think president obama said it best two months during a bilater bilateral. perhaps more two nations. i believe that as long as our course together is guided by our shared values and principles, we will prevail as two partners, t two. in the words of your national anthem, strong and free. god bless canada. god bless the united states. thank you all very much. [ applause ] >> questions? >> to ask questions in the usual manner, go to the microphone, identify yourselves, please. >> good morning, mr. secretary. i'm david radford from the department of de

it could communicate with the navy. it was condemned as unworkable, unnecessary, too expensive and due to failure. there were other satellites, one of them you may be familiar with, the g.p.s. system, global positioning system. it is 24 satellites parked about 12,600 miles above the earth. an accuracy of a millionth of a second. you get an exact position to 12 feet. they were tweaking to get it down to six feet. if you can imagine. again, i'm saying incredible and remarkable a lot, but it is. we could have spent this money and had it work. how many of us bought nice cars or new things and found out it is not worth the money. we spent the money and it is worth it. another one that is unusual, this wasn't a service-inspired object. it was forced on the services. the global hawk. unmanned aerial vehicle, 116-foot wingspan, 450 miles an hour. 16-mile plus range. loiters at altitudes of 62,000 feet. it's got all kinds of sensing systems, cameras, infrared. sends back information. they used one in iraq. they have more than one

they can't contact the navy. and the naval commander gets a little worried. here we're standing out here, the germans could be attacking us any second, and the navy leaves. the german as tack these guys up the hill. they just retreat further north. and the germans realize it's more in their interest to escape east than to attack this group. they basically leave them alone. but patton eventually does break through. the sort of popular image was that this was an ill-fated attack. it was ill-advised. but in reality, if they had brought two radios, it may have been sort of another great patton victory. patton said he loved the attitude of his 7th army troops. he said they would be sitting by dead german bodies eating their lunch. here's a photograph. this guy is taking a picture of patton taking a picture of him. and you have a group of italian prisoners here on the side of the road. and he takes a great deal of photographs in sicily. at this point, he feels more at ease with command, you know, in orth africa, it was all thrust upon him. he's becoming more and mo

from the navy. from the air force. from the office of science technology policy, from the white house, from the joint staff of the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. from several of the national laboratories. and others. there were reviews or at least interactions with technical experts in britain, france and other countries in the nato alliance. and other allies. these concepts and plans were briefed to the most senior russians who had many technical experts present. so the notion that the missile defense review report was completely unrelated to any technical input is factually not correct. >> you didn't address the question. the fact that you're appealing to different organizations playing the role, i have been in the pentagon. i have watched the charades go on. you select what you want to say and you say it. now, if you have some facts with -- are you willing to say, for example, that the current missile defense system is defending the united states right now? do you believe that? >> that's a different point. >

and in 1916 roosevelt was assistant secretary of the navy. hughes had been appointed to the court as an associate justice by president william howard taft. and, but he resigned in 1916 to become the republican candidate for president. and he ran against woodrow wilson. ran a dreadful campaign. he was the odds-on favorite, but he ultimately lost california by 4,000 votes and, therefore, the election. he went to bed the night of the election thinking that he had won. franklin roosevelt, who was a big wilson supporter, went to bed thinking that hughes had won. and then the next morning the returns from the midwest and particularly california came in, and it turned out that wilson won the, won the election just barely. roosevelt continued in, as assistant secretary of the navy, and then in 19 -- and hughes went back to private ration in new york city. roosevelt in 1920 became the vice presidential candidate of the democratic party running with governor james cox of ohio. they got trounced. by calvin coolidge and warren harding of the republican pa

and the navy while it had been defeated at the battle of the capes during the yorktown campaign, the navy was still supreme. the navy was still mistress of the ocean. the british had hardly been beaten. no one understood this better than the commander in chief himself, general washington. he was fearful that the news and victory of yorktown would, in fact, diminish the american effort. shortly after the battle he wrote to governor william nelson, the governor of virginia. he told governor nelson, quote, instead of exciting our exertions, the victory at yorktown will produce such a relaxation, during the prosecution of the war as we prolong the calamities of it. he then wrote a few days later to general nathaniel green, the american commander in the south. he told general green, my greatest fear is that congress may think our work closed and will fall into a state of languor and relaxation. following that washington made a brief visit home to mt. vernon, only, by the way, the second time in eight years that he had been home. after a brief visit he and martha left mt. vernon and journey

it is in this context that lincoln signs the navy bill authorizing recognition for gallantry in action that becomes the medal of honor. documents attesting to the heroism of civil war soldiers and an actual medal of honor, a medal never delivered because its recipient died in andersonville prison camp are now on display in the rotunda gallery on the exhibit level. i encourage you to visit the exhibit at the end of this program. today's panel reminds us that the sacrifice of those bitter years were, unfortunately, not unique in our history. every generation has required us to have individuals willing to sacrifice for the good of the nation. we are honored to have members of our current generation of living heroes among us today. before we start the program, i just want to tell you about a few of the other upcoming events at the national archives. several of our daytime events this january touch on the civil war and its aftermath. next wednesday at noon in the jefferson room, adam goodhart recounts the start of the conflict talking about his book "1861 -- a civil war awakening." on frida

. >>> the navy is making big moves to cut down on alcohol and drug abuse by sailors and marines.y will be required to take a breathalyzer test when reporting for duty. the navy's secretary says move is meant to help identify sailors who might be struggling with a drinking problem. the navy will also end discounts on tobacco products on bases and ships. >>> i think we could call it a pretty picturesque day outside. looking good. >> let's check that forecast right now with meteorologist christina loren. >> hold your horses, ladies. we still have 15 minutes of this broadcast left. then we can all get together and go shoe shopping. i say we find some open toe shoes. temperatures are going to be in the 70s. lots of sunshine for the rest of the week. a good looking weekend as well. and then things start to change. we've got more rain on the way. take a look at this beautiful shot. downtown san jose. not a cloud to be found in the sky. i challenge you to find a cloud and put it on my facebook page because i just looked outside, and it's just crystal clear out there. the winds have relax

comfort might stick around for a couple of years. >> she tried working magic on the secretary of the navy. >> when you were in baltimore when we heard the comfort was going to leave us, we've had the same feeling as when the colts left us. we love the comfort. >> but it's finance, not affection that moves the navy. >> so we will save in excess of $2 million a year to move the comfort. >> in rent it won't have to pay here in baltimore and cost savings of being close to naval supplys and the doctors and nurses who staff the ship in times of war and disaster. >> the hospital which is in virginia. >> so mikulski pitched hurricanes and baltimore's protected port versus getting out of the way at norfolk. >> the comfort is out of sea and you have to get ready to deploy. >> i have to get back to you on that and see what that would be. >> i'd like you to look at that and see if it affects your judgment so we get to keep the comfort. >> if the hurricane strategy doesn't work she asked the navy to please consider sending baltimore another ship. >> right now the comfort is set to leave baltimore in o