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there are some things that can be done within the pentagon. i want to give credit to the current undersecretary for acquisition to try to get at changing some of these incentive structures. but he is constrained by all the laws and regulations, the thousands and thousands of pages on the books, governing how we do acquisitions. what is really needed is a zero basing of the system. to go back through with congress to really rewrite the system based on what we know works and doesn't work. >> why hasn't it been done up to now? >> i think it is a question of political will. the inefficiency isn't as costly. now that there are real budget constraints, every dollar wasted is a dollar that doesn't go to readiness or modernization. >> the inspector general for afghanistan was on here a couple months ago. i want to run a clip from him and get you to try to explain what he couldn't explain. >> we still don't have a central database of where we spent all the money. >> why not? >> that is a good question. the department of defense still can't give us all t
there are some things that can be done within the pentagon. i want to give credit to the current undersecretary for acquisition to try to get at changing some of these incentive structures. but he is constrained by all the laws and regulations, the thousands and thousands of pages on the books, governing how we do acquisitions. what is really needed is a zero basing of the system. to go back through with congress to really rewrite the system based on what we know works and doesn't work....
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there are some things that can be done within the pentagon. i want to give credit to the current undersecretary for acquisition to try to get at changing some of these incentive structures. but he is constrained by all the laws and regulations, the thousands and thousands of pages on the books, governing how we do acquisitions. what is really needed is a zero basing of the system. to go back through with congress to really rewrite the system based on what we know works and doesn't work. >> why hasn't it been done up to now? >> i think it is a question of critical will. the inefficiency isn't as costly. now that there are real budget constraints, every dollar wasted is a dollar that doesn't go to readiness or modernization. >> the inspector general for afghanistan was on here a couple months ago. i want to run a clip from him and get you to try to explain what he couldn't explain. >> we still don't have a central database of where we spent all the money. >> why not? >> that is a good question. the department of defense still can't give us all th
there are some things that can be done within the pentagon. i want to give credit to the current undersecretary for acquisition to try to get at changing some of these incentive structures. but he is constrained by all the laws and regulations, the thousands and thousands of pages on the books, governing how we do acquisitions. what is really needed is a zero basing of the system. to go back through with congress to really rewrite the system based on what we know works and doesn't work....
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the new york stock exchange. he looks a bit embarrassed there. pentagon officials say ryan pitts, american hero, saved the lives of fellow soldiers in afghan in 2008. beneful has wholesome grains,real beef,even accents of spinach,carrots and peas. it has carbohydrates for energy and protein for those serious muscles. [guy] aarrrrr! [announcer]even accents of vitamin-rich veggies. [guy] so happy! you love it so much. yes you do! but it's good for you,too. [announcer] healthful. flavorful. beneful. from purina. it means trying something new. [ woman ] that uncertainty of what's to come. ♪ ♪ ♪ you pay your auto insurance premium every month on the dot. you're like the poster child for paying on time. and then one day you tap the bumper of a station wagon. no big deal... until your insurance company jacks up your rates. you freak out. what good is having insurance if you get punished for using it? hey insurance companies, news nobody's perfect. for drivers with accident forgiveness, liberty mutual won't raise your rates due to your first accident. see car ins
the new york stock exchange. he looks a bit embarrassed there. pentagon officials say ryan pitts, american hero, saved the lives of fellow soldiers in afghan in 2008. beneful has wholesome grains,real beef,even accents of spinach,carrots and peas. it has carbohydrates for energy and protein for those serious muscles. [guy] aarrrrr! [announcer]even accents of vitamin-rich veggies. [guy] so happy! you love it so much. yes you do! but it's good for you,too. [announcer] healthful. flavorful....
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that had raised concerns at the pentagon. as had reports that sophisticated russian surface-to-air missile systems had been flowing across from russia into this area of donetsk. reporters on the ground had seen a surface-to-air missile system known as a buchanon. buk. this is a sophisticated medium-range missile that can file up to 72,000 feet into the air. the malaysian plane that crashed and went down within the recent hours it, was flying at 33,000 feet, well within the range of this buk missile system. the russian rebel separatists in donetsk had been bragging in recent days, showing off they had this new missile system known as the buk. in fact on their social media page just moments ago we understand they claim to have shot again at a ukrainian transport plane at the about the same time this malaysian commercial jet disappeared. so all indications right now look as though it may have been a russian missile provided to the separatist its that may have brought down the malaysian flight within recent hours. >> jennifer, we'
that had raised concerns at the pentagon. as had reports that sophisticated russian surface-to-air missile systems had been flowing across from russia into this area of donetsk. reporters on the ground had seen a surface-to-air missile system known as a buchanon. buk. this is a sophisticated medium-range missile that can file up to 72,000 feet into the air. the malaysian plane that crashed and went down within the recent hours it, was flying at 33,000 feet, well within the range of this buk...
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and this is gate's estimate, of overheads in the pentagon. if this were a private company, we would be looking at the overheads which are -- 30% according to gates. i think they are even higher. which have not been scrutinized and particularly have not been scrutinized in the huge era of growth over the past decade. and just to kind of give you a little anecdote to think about this, i worked somewhat with ben cohen who is when from whben fr jerry's ice cream. he said we scrutinize every penny around logistics and rents and distribution and refrigeration and manufacturing and sales and marketing and finance but we never cut a flavor. we would never cut a flavor. in the military we are talking about cutting the flavor, cutting n strength and weapons systems. those are big and usy. it's easy to cut cherry garcia. but it's harder to go through the real pain and suffering of getting into the overheads. now what would be involved in actually getting into overhead? what's involved is -- i mean, two or three things, first of all, effectively restructu
and this is gate's estimate, of overheads in the pentagon. if this were a private company, we would be looking at the overheads which are -- 30% according to gates. i think they are even higher. which have not been scrutinized and particularly have not been scrutinized in the huge era of growth over the past decade. and just to kind of give you a little anecdote to think about this, i worked somewhat with ben cohen who is when from whben fr jerry's ice cream. he said we scrutinize every penny...
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and this is gates striestimate overheads in the pentagon. if this were a private company, we would be looking at the overheads which are -- 30% according to gates. i think they are even higher. which have not been scrutinized and particularly have not been scrutinized in the huge era of growth over the past decade. and just to kind of give you a little anecdote to think about this, i worked somewhat with ben cohen who is ben from ben & jerry's ice cream. in talking to ben about the sort of ultrasuccess there. he said the way we keep our costs low, we scrutinize every penny around logistics and rents and distribution and refrigeration and manufacturing and sales and marketing and finance, but we never cut a flavor. we would never cut a flavor. it seems to me in the military we are talking about cutting the flavor, cutting end strength, cutting weapons systems. we're sort of going there because those are big and easy. it's easy to cut cherry garcia. but it's harder to go through the real pain and suffering of getting into the overheads. now wha
and this is gates striestimate overheads in the pentagon. if this were a private company, we would be looking at the overheads which are -- 30% according to gates. i think they are even higher. which have not been scrutinized and particularly have not been scrutinized in the huge era of growth over the past decade. and just to kind of give you a little anecdote to think about this, i worked somewhat with ben cohen who is ben from ben & jerry's ice cream. in talking to ben about the sort of...
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>> jennifer griffin at the pentagon. good information. john bussey from "the wall street journal," if this is the case and russian missiles are responsible for this i heard them speaking from gretchen's studio a minute ago. whatever leverage vladimir putin thought he had, it's over. >> a lot less of it. if in fact these are missiles that ukrainian government had and we don't know. we just don't know. if they were and jennifer's report is quite interesting. that separatists found when they took over this military base and then used, that gives putin a little bit of distance from this crisis but just a little bit. this is in fact a proxy war. the separatists are acting with russian support. whether or not they use the missile system on their own almost seems to at the end of the day be incidental though almost seems to be incidental. putin can always say i disavow any involvement but he is so integrally involved. they had to be trained on the system. i just don't see how, if the plane were shot down by a missile, if it was a buk, how putin d
>> jennifer griffin at the pentagon. good information. john bussey from "the wall street journal," if this is the case and russian missiles are responsible for this i heard them speaking from gretchen's studio a minute ago. whatever leverage vladimir putin thought he had, it's over. >> a lot less of it. if in fact these are missiles that ukrainian government had and we don't know. we just don't know. if they were and jennifer's report is quite interesting. that separatists...
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. >> pelley: tonight we have the first look at a pentagon investigation into why so many american troopsstill unaccounted for in wars dating back to world war ii. the findings of this investigation haven't been seen until this report from chip reid. >> what does it mean to you to have your brother finally buried here. >> it took mickey beard decades of fighting the pentagon bureaucracy to get her older brother staff sergeant george winckler buried at arlington national cemetery. he was killed in the philippines in 19 4r5 but not laid to rest here until 2011. >> i couldn't get anybody to pay attention to me. they just said they didn't know what happened to him. >> the pentagon agencies responsible for identifying and bringing home america's war dead have long been criticized by frustrated families, and a draft report by the pentagon inspector general obtained by cbs news shows that criticism is well deserved. the report says dozens of former an current employees, most with the joint pow/mia command have filed complaints that paint a picture of long-term leadership and management problems
. >> pelley: tonight we have the first look at a pentagon investigation into why so many american troopsstill unaccounted for in wars dating back to world war ii. the findings of this investigation haven't been seen until this report from chip reid. >> what does it mean to you to have your brother finally buried here. >> it took mickey beard decades of fighting the pentagon bureaucracy to get her older brother staff sergeant george winckler buried at arlington national...
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the pentagon has flunked its audit every year for 20 years. now the only department in government that continues to flaunt its financial audits -- flunk. itself to be an end-all to be all, they contribute to an enormous amount of frustration up and down and throughout the forces where people can't count stuff and i don't know what it's worth and some people were talking about before. i feel, and do all are the political expert, that a way to approach it that really has not been tried is to really seriously try and prove back on the overhead costs. >> that's an interesting point about reminding the dod is only agency that really doesn't, i don't even think they can be audited let alone pass. their books are so skewed. reuters wire service had a great series on that a few months ago that really was just jarring, even to the people who are tracking it. people in regional offices crossing things out and penciling things in. it was really eliminating. let me go ahead and open it up to a q. and a. what's the drill for them i guess? would anyone like
the pentagon has flunked its audit every year for 20 years. now the only department in government that continues to flaunt its financial audits -- flunk. itself to be an end-all to be all, they contribute to an enormous amount of frustration up and down and throughout the forces where people can't count stuff and i don't know what it's worth and some people were talking about before. i feel, and do all are the political expert, that a way to approach it that really has not been tried is to...
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the military industrial complex has guaranteed the pentagon is heavily involved in many if not most of this country's major economic and political decisions but you might not know that the defense department's also heavily interested in cultural and sociological aspects of the world too in fact in two thousand and eight the d.o.d. launched the minerva research initiative multimillion dollar program to quote improve d.o.d.'s basic understanding of the social cultural behavioral and political forces that shape regions of the world of strategic importance to the u.s. but according to a recent article written by guardian journalist offering some men the pentagon is working in conjunction with major u.s. universities to militarize social science and prepare for global civil breakdown and there are enough is join me to discuss the minerva initiative and i started by asking him about one particular study that set out to discover why protesters don't become terrorists this is a really interesting study because this is where they really did blur the boundaries a lot so recently the study was su
the military industrial complex has guaranteed the pentagon is heavily involved in many if not most of this country's major economic and political decisions but you might not know that the defense department's also heavily interested in cultural and sociological aspects of the world too in fact in two thousand and eight the d.o.d. launched the minerva research initiative multimillion dollar program to quote improve d.o.d.'s basic understanding of the social cultural behavioral and political...
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to view what is happening. >> how quickly would that go from the pentagon to the white house? we know which unit it was, how quickly can that get to the white house? you know telling them what they know, and when they knew it. so that the president who -- seemed to be on the phone with putin when this happened so. >> he got on, so he would be able to discuss it. >> i want to ask you a question concerns future nights. the state can't will be doing shortly. should we be expected a state department warning. again, you are ahowed to do it, common sense would tell you this is not the way to go. you would be much better not to go over ukraine, on your way to kuala lumpur, wherever you are going from. amsterdam, yeah, again, you wonder what were they thinking. i know you can save a few dollars in fuel, but you are increasing your risk. and you doing a cot benefit, should have told you to stay away from this. marly because we know that they fired on a ukrainian fight jet. is larry, i apologize for being so cordial, but we have never even other for the better part of two decades. lisa
to view what is happening. >> how quickly would that go from the pentagon to the white house? we know which unit it was, how quickly can that get to the white house? you know telling them what they know, and when they knew it. so that the president who -- seemed to be on the phone with putin when this happened so. >> he got on, so he would be able to discuss it. >> i want to ask you a question concerns future nights. the state can't will be doing shortly. should we be expected...
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that had raised concerns at the pentagon. had reports that sophisticated russian surface-to-air missile systems had been flowing across from russia into this area of donetsk. reporters on the ground had seen a surface-to-air missile system known as a buchanon. buk. this is a sophisticated medium-range missile that can file up to 72,000 feet into the air. the malaysian plane that crashed and went down within the recent hours it, was flying at 33,000 feet, well within the range of this buk missile system. the russian rebel separatists in donetsk had been bragging in recent days, showing off they had this new missile system known as the buk. in fact on their social media page just moments ago we understand they claim to have shot again at a ukrainian transport plane at the about the same time this malaysian commercial jet disappeared. so all indications right now look as though it may have been a russian missile provided to the separatist its that may have brought down the malaysian flight within recent hours. >> jennifer, we're
that had raised concerns at the pentagon. had reports that sophisticated russian surface-to-air missile systems had been flowing across from russia into this area of donetsk. reporters on the ground had seen a surface-to-air missile system known as a buchanon. buk. this is a sophisticated medium-range missile that can file up to 72,000 feet into the air. the malaysian plane that crashed and went down within the recent hours it, was flying at 33,000 feet, well within the range of this buk...
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he's been covering the pentagon since 2001. and he has formally served as a foreign editor and correspondent for the "chicago tribune." but i think more important for our discussion tom is the , co-author of "counterstrike, the untold story of our war against al qaeda." an excellent book that i recommend to all of our course participants. to my left is linda mason. she is a former senior vice president of cbs news. linda actually served 47 years with cbs news, ending her career in 2003 as a senior vice president for standards and specials. she was a pioneer in the industry, the first female producer on the cbs evening news with walter cronkite, and broke ground on a number of fronts as a leader in the news business and the company executive during her career. it is a great panel of journalists. i think we will have a terrific discussion. i just want to remind everyone who is following this that you are welcome live tweet it. at #lincoln150. we hope we can open this discussion to a wider collection of classes across the country,
he's been covering the pentagon since 2001. and he has formally served as a foreign editor and correspondent for the "chicago tribune." but i think more important for our discussion tom is the , co-author of "counterstrike, the untold story of our war against al qaeda." an excellent book that i recommend to all of our course participants. to my left is linda mason. she is a former senior vice president of cbs news. linda actually served 47 years with cbs news, ending her...
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few in the pentagon argue that the diplomatic outreach to russia worked. the general dempsey said russia is not stopping with ukraine. >> you have got a russian government that has made the conscious decision to use its military force inside of another sovereignty nation to achieve their objectives first time since 1939 that that is the case. >> 1939, a reference to the eve of world war ii and russian's invasion of poland. and chairman dempsey said the pentagon is dusting off plans of how to counter russia, plans they haven't looked at since the cold war. >> thank you for the update. >> taking you to capitol hill. law makers are considering 200 million in aid to help israel with the iron dome defense system. republicans might refuse to pass the measure after the democrats attached it to the immigration bill. >> this is a case where republicans say politics is intercepting foreign policy. we have talked about the iron dome and israel rocket defense system that intercepted a vast majority of hamas' rockets and saved lives. it is a joint product. those interc
few in the pentagon argue that the diplomatic outreach to russia worked. the general dempsey said russia is not stopping with ukraine. >> you have got a russian government that has made the conscious decision to use its military force inside of another sovereignty nation to achieve their objectives first time since 1939 that that is the case. >> 1939, a reference to the eve of world war ii and russian's invasion of poland. and chairman dempsey said the pentagon is dusting off plans...
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probably wouldn't have known there was an airliner there. >> pelley: david martin reporting at the pentagon. joining us are juan zarate, our cbs news security analyst and correspondent margaret brennan. all of this puts vladimir putin in a difficult position. he and his government have been supporting the rebels in termsc and military assistance for months now. >> i have a. the observe administration believes from beginning they have been directed from the top of the russian government by mr. presidentmr. putin to make the western leaning government look like they can't control the country and have accused putin of helping to fund not only paramilitary groups but sending in unmarketed agents certified as little green men basically skilled agents who can teach some of these paramilitaries how to use heavy equipment. also sending in troops over the border to influence things and financially squeeze ukraine to make them more dependent on russia. to the strategy to this point has been let's try to make it costly to putin. the united states and new york put sanctions on him and his government, b
probably wouldn't have known there was an airliner there. >> pelley: david martin reporting at the pentagon. joining us are juan zarate, our cbs news security analyst and correspondent margaret brennan. all of this puts vladimir putin in a difficult position. he and his government have been supporting the rebels in termsc and military assistance for months now. >> i have a. the observe administration believes from beginning they have been directed from the top of the russian...
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the pentagon says in the last few weeks russia has been building up its presence on the ukraine border. about 12,000 troops are now there. >> what we're expecting is that the russian leadership will see once again that its actions in ukraine have consequences. >> reporter: senior administration officials tell cbs news the president spoke to his down perparts in the uk, germany, and france last week, and wednesday night eu leaders voted on the sanctions against russia. craig boswell, cbs news, washington. >>> at the white house yesterday president obama talked about what he calls a complex world. bob schieffer, chief correspondent and hot of "face the nation" takes a look at how complex it is. >> john mccain said the other day he could never recall a time when there was so much turmoil in so many different places in the world, and when the president came on television yesterday and talked about putting new sanction on russia, he just underlined that. this is a very complex situation. the president called it that and that may well be the understatement of the year. he was talking about p
the pentagon says in the last few weeks russia has been building up its presence on the ukraine border. about 12,000 troops are now there. >> what we're expecting is that the russian leadership will see once again that its actions in ukraine have consequences. >> reporter: senior administration officials tell cbs news the president spoke to his down perparts in the uk, germany, and france last week, and wednesday night eu leaders voted on the sanctions against russia. craig boswell,...
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the pentagon acknowledged that the troop levels could rise. do you feel that the president and the pentagon really and the defense, i should say, department have been clear about the mission? >> i think they have, but i think they're seeing that the mission is much more difficult than they initially thought. >> where have we heard that before, right? >> we're going to see, okay, well, we have to secure this objective. that's going to take another 500. then there's another 500. pretty soon you're in there and involved in the operation. >> let's talk about isis. are you concerned at all that isis will get closer to baghdad and then risk the security and the airport? >> i don't think they're going to go into the city itself, but if you look where they've deployed, they're trying to consolidate their gains in the enclave that they've declared the islamic state. they've moved a little bit south of the city. they've come to the northwest of the city. whether they're going to actually try to go for the city now, i don't think they've got the strength
the pentagon acknowledged that the troop levels could rise. do you feel that the president and the pentagon really and the defense, i should say, department have been clear about the mission? >> i think they have, but i think they're seeing that the mission is much more difficult than they initially thought. >> where have we heard that before, right? >> we're going to see, okay, well, we have to secure this objective. that's going to take another 500. then there's another 500....
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the pentagon will no longer an increase. if we don't find some way to get rid of the sequestration burden that's where you will see problems come to the defense department. the 31% for military personnel is not that alarming to me having watched this over the years. but there is an important factor that's hidden in the 31%. that is it's 31% in a period of relative growth. now we're going to reach a period of stagnation and decline. at that point you wonder what happens to personnel cost, they will probably go up. >> the second thing that goes is the readiness accounts because there's not much you can do about personnel costs. they are relatively fixed. the chickens have come home to roost on this issue. that means you have two types of individuals that have retired and a growing number of individuals who have retired. we have a much higher quality force we have today then when they first started to address the issue of cat four individuals in the army. basically it means the people that scored lower on the army aptitude tests
the pentagon will no longer an increase. if we don't find some way to get rid of the sequestration burden that's where you will see problems come to the defense department. the 31% for military personnel is not that alarming to me having watched this over the years. but there is an important factor that's hidden in the 31%. that is it's 31% in a period of relative growth. now we're going to reach a period of stagnation and decline. at that point you wonder what happens to personnel cost, they...
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i would imagine based oen what the pentagon and the national security has been tying attention to. there are probably some folks that are taking a close look right now at what was with going on on the ground, where the data is, and what did the spy satellites detect. earlier this morning. the pine minister reacting to this p p i am shocked by reports that an image plane crashed he went on to say, we are launching an immediate investigation, with with that said, it is one of many investigations right now live at the white house p president air force one with. head to delaware. >> and the wilmington area, he is there for a previously scheduled event of transportation, and infrastructure later he is scheduled to nigh to new york city for a fund raiser, while en route, his press
i would imagine based oen what the pentagon and the national security has been tying attention to. there are probably some folks that are taking a close look right now at what was with going on on the ground, where the data is, and what did the spy satellites detect. earlier this morning. the pine minister reacting to this p p i am shocked by reports that an image plane crashed he went on to say, we are launching an immediate investigation, with with that said, it is one of many investigations...
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a warning now from the pentagon that russia is readying the transfer of powerful weapons into ukrainebarbara starr joins me live from the pentagon. this is new information we're just learning. what have you heard? >> good afternoon, anderson. reporters have just come from an upbeat briefing and we're told there is now new intelligence showing that russia is getting ready to transfer additional heavy weapons, if you will, into ukraine. we've known for last several days they keep sending weapons across the border, but what we are told is these are multiple launch rocket systems. so these are vehicles that tow rockets on top of them, crossing the border into ukraine. weapons with more powerful warheads, more kinetic kill capabilities, if you will, than what has been seen so far to date. we're told by the pentagon the intelligence indicates that this transfer of up to a dozen perhaps vehicles carrying these weapons could be imminent, could be as soon as today. a lot of questions, because people i think want to see the intelligence. they want to see the imagery, the satellite pictures, tha
a warning now from the pentagon that russia is readying the transfer of powerful weapons into ukrainebarbara starr joins me live from the pentagon. this is new information we're just learning. what have you heard? >> good afternoon, anderson. reporters have just come from an upbeat briefing and we're told there is now new intelligence showing that russia is getting ready to transfer additional heavy weapons, if you will, into ukraine. we've known for last several days they keep sending...
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most people in the pentagon don't even have any idea what that is. but it's how every other modern business combines their audit information with their management, so that they achieve savings. the general and her team have saved year to date in the last year about $680 million. and they did it because they actually know what they're doing, because they got good numbers. the question i asked after she made her presentation, could you pass an audit? >> of course, we couldn't do continuous process improvement unless we could pass an audit. so i want to take us away from audit readiness, which is the buzzword we're hearing at this hearing, to having an organization that has the financial controls with which to make the proper decisions, because that's the whole basis. that's -- the audit is simply a check to see if you've got the information systems, you've got the financial data. i also have one other aneck dote, a commanding general cut $100 million out of his budget in one year. it's a small air force base, and he did it through good management. good
most people in the pentagon don't even have any idea what that is. but it's how every other modern business combines their audit information with their management, so that they achieve savings. the general and her team have saved year to date in the last year about $680 million. and they did it because they actually know what they're doing, because they got good numbers. the question i asked after she made her presentation, could you pass an audit? >> of course, we couldn't do continuous...
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and the pentagon and administration has long said this isis movement does threaten the u.s.u.s. citizens and u.s. interests there. so that would be one tick mark on the checklist. could the u.s. do it, though? would they have the intelligence to do it? we see these pictures of al baghdadi at a mosque in mosul last friday. the u.s. is not going to strike a holy site. the u.s. is not going to attack inside a mosque, not going to attack where there are large numbers of civilians. the problem would be, you might get the intelligence about where he is, but if he stays in places like mosques, if he is surrounded by civilians, that intelligence, you can't really act on it, because you can't go against that type of target, and baghdadi knows it. so this becomes very problematic. and perhaps the final challenge the pentagon is facing in looking at this, what do they accomplish by killing yet again another militant leader? do you really destroy a movement? all the years of going after al qaeda, around the world has shown that that movement has not been destroyed. so that will be anoth
and the pentagon and administration has long said this isis movement does threaten the u.s.u.s. citizens and u.s. interests there. so that would be one tick mark on the checklist. could the u.s. do it, though? would they have the intelligence to do it? we see these pictures of al baghdadi at a mosque in mosul last friday. the u.s. is not going to strike a holy site. the u.s. is not going to attack inside a mosque, not going to attack where there are large numbers of civilians. the problem would...
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barbara starr, cnn, the pentagon. >> and our thanks to barbara starr at the pentagon. in gaza, more than 225,000 palestinians are packed into shelters according to the united nations. most don't seem to be able to find clean water. gaza's only power plant has been destroyed in recent days and israel has indicated there are more phases to come in the conflict. karl penhaul has been talking to people. what are you hearing from them? >> well, jake, certainly people already saying that thing are going from bad to worse. there's a growing sense of foreboding here and, of course, they'd be crazy if they didn't want the war to end. one elderly man we talked to this afternoon as he was walking out with his grandkids said it's not emotions but simple logic that dictates enough is enough. another lady we spoke to said that there is no hope. she doesn't feel that there is any future right now. but that doesn't mean to say that people want to have peace at any price. they don't want to go back to the way things were three weeks ago before this war started. they wanted it to count
barbara starr, cnn, the pentagon. >> and our thanks to barbara starr at the pentagon. in gaza, more than 225,000 palestinians are packed into shelters according to the united nations. most don't seem to be able to find clean water. gaza's only power plant has been destroyed in recent days and israel has indicated there are more phases to come in the conflict. karl penhaul has been talking to people. what are you hearing from them? >> well, jake, certainly people already saying that...
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that is going to probably come from intelligence sources and also from the pentagon. so determining who brought down flight 17 is very much going to be an ongoing mystery but it is probably going to be coming from the cia and the pentagon and other international intelligence agencies. >> nbc's tom costello. thank you so much. we're going to go live to a pentagon briefing with navy rear admiral john kirby speaking at the pentagon about flight 17. let's listen in. >> and it is strange to think that it could be used by separatists without at least some measure of russian support and technical assistance. it's strange to think they could do this without some measure of russian support and assistance. >> do you have evidence of that? >> look, there's a lot that's going to be investigated, and i think we want to let investigators do their work. i don't have an indication now that a system was brought over, and we don't exactly know who is responsible for firing that missile or with what assistance. what i'm saying is that that system is fairly sophisticated. >> what is the l
that is going to probably come from intelligence sources and also from the pentagon. so determining who brought down flight 17 is very much going to be an ongoing mystery but it is probably going to be coming from the cia and the pentagon and other international intelligence agencies. >> nbc's tom costello. thank you so much. we're going to go live to a pentagon briefing with navy rear admiral john kirby speaking at the pentagon about flight 17. let's listen in. >> and it is strange...
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he's a civilian analyst at the pentagon with one of the nation's highest security clearances. his companion is tai shen kuo, a spy for the people's republic of china. bergersen knew a secret that the chinese desperately wanted to know, and neither man knows that what they're about to do is being recorded by two cameras the fbi has concealed in their car. >> let you have the money. >> oh, oh. are you sure that that's okay? >> yeah, it's fine. >> welcome to 60 minutes on cnbc. i'm bob simon. in this edition, we turn our attention to some foreign intrigue. first, a story about a mysterious computer virus that struck an iranian nuclear plant. later, the report of how american agents hunted a notorious arms dealer. and finally, an account of a chinese-american spy trying to steal u.s. military secrets for china. we begin with the story of stuxnet, a computer virus considered to be the world's first destructive cyberweapon. it was launched several years ago against an iranian nuclear facility, almost certainly with some u.s. involvement. but as steve kroft reported in march of 2012,
he's a civilian analyst at the pentagon with one of the nation's highest security clearances. his companion is tai shen kuo, a spy for the people's republic of china. bergersen knew a secret that the chinese desperately wanted to know, and neither man knows that what they're about to do is being recorded by two cameras the fbi has concealed in their car. >> let you have the money. >> oh, oh. are you sure that that's okay? >> yeah, it's fine. >> welcome to 60 minutes on...
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(explosions) >> narrator: the pentagon's plan to send more than 100,000 troops home by the end of thesummer was now out of the question. >> narrator: in september 2003, the secretary of defense boarded a c-17 globemaster to go see iraq for himself. impatient, he kept asking all of the brass that traveled with him the same question. >> "when are you going to get this thing wrapped up?" is the phrase i heard rumsfeld use. "when are you going to get this thing wrapped up?" >> narrator: rumsfeld spent a couple of days looking around and realized his commanding general, ricardo sanchez, didn't know what was happening. >> they had absolutely no intelligence. sanchez said, "no intelligence." he said, "that's not a term of art." we had no intelligence on the enemy. we didn't know who we were fighting. we didn't know what resources they had. we had no strategy for fighting this enemy. and the demand from washington was for intelligence. >> narrator: sanchez, desperate, pushed his commanders hard. thousands of iraqis were swept up in raids that fall. >> it was their reality that, you know, we h
(explosions) >> narrator: the pentagon's plan to send more than 100,000 troops home by the end of thesummer was now out of the question. >> narrator: in september 2003, the secretary of defense boarded a c-17 globemaster to go see iraq for himself. impatient, he kept asking all of the brass that traveled with him the same question. >> "when are you going to get this thing wrapped up?" is the phrase i heard rumsfeld use. "when are you going to get this thing...
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the pentagon has grounded the entire fleet.n we continue in just a moment. ♪ >> well you had your eyes to the sky enjoying the fourth of july fireworks over the weekend, the u.s. military took lockheed martin fighter jets out of the sky, grounding the entire fleet. we are in washington with more on this story. this is not the 1st avenue-35 grounding. what happened this time? >> a fire. not a feature that is supposed to come with the next generation stealth fighter. it broke out in the rear of the on june 23 when they were forced to abort the takeoff. the pentagon grounded the entire fleet as a safety precaution late thursday and announced the root cause of the incident remains under investigation. additional inspections of engines have been ordered and return to flight will be determined based on inspection results and analysis of engineering data. so was it an isolated incident or does it signal a broader at-35 fleet.the lockheed martin says it is working closely with the joint program office and industry partners in supportin
the pentagon has grounded the entire fleet.n we continue in just a moment. ♪ >> well you had your eyes to the sky enjoying the fourth of july fireworks over the weekend, the u.s. military took lockheed martin fighter jets out of the sky, grounding the entire fleet. we are in washington with more on this story. this is not the 1st avenue-35 grounding. what happened this time? >> a fire. not a feature that is supposed to come with the next generation stealth fighter. it broke out in...
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. >> and a different job inside the pentagon. the tests you face to be a tour guide in the iconic building. >> and the heat is on in the bay area. no kidding. even warmer tomorrow. we'll have the forecast as we look live over the city. forecast is after a break. ,,,,,,,,,,,, crashed in poland today --killing eleven people. >>> a plane carrying parachutists crashed in poland today killing 11 people. the twin engine piper navajo had been airborne for only a few minutes when it crashed into an orchard and bus into flames. -- burst into flames. one person survived with critical injuries and investigators are looking into the possibility the plane was overloaded. experts said it was the worst passenger plane crash in poland in many years. >>> tonight we're seeing our first video of the purr popped leader of the militant ewe -- purported leader of the military group isis. a man is seen giving a sermon at a mosque in the iraqi city of moe sum l shul. that man -- moe shul. he's almost never seen in public and there are only a handful of p
. >> and a different job inside the pentagon. the tests you face to be a tour guide in the iconic building. >> and the heat is on in the bay area. no kidding. even warmer tomorrow. we'll have the forecast as we look live over the city. forecast is after a break. ,,,,,,,,,,,, crashed in poland today --killing eleven people. >>> a plane carrying parachutists crashed in poland today killing 11 people. the twin engine piper navajo had been airborne for only a few minutes when...
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at the same time, the pentagon confirmed they are resupplying the israeli military. we are live in washington, d.c. do we know what sort of weapons are being resupplied by washington at this very sensitive time in gaza? >> well, the pentagon did confirm to aljazeera late on wednesday that it has at israel's request supplied the military with 120-millimeter mortar shells as well as 40-millimeter grenades. the requests were made july 20th. the pentagon will not say how many of these weapons, mortar shells and grenades were released to the israeli military or exactly when that transfer took place, but it does confirm that per a long-standing relationship between the two governments, that the pentagon did fulfill this request. there are reports suggesting that the israelis may have requested other weapons, but the pentagon is only confirm that go mortar shells and grenades have been transferred to the israeli army. >> you may have herd, amnesty international, other human rights groups raising serious concerns about the way israel is using some of its weapons in gaza. are
at the same time, the pentagon confirmed they are resupplying the israeli military. we are live in washington, d.c. do we know what sort of weapons are being resupplied by washington at this very sensitive time in gaza? >> well, the pentagon did confirm to aljazeera late on wednesday that it has at israel's request supplied the military with 120-millimeter mortar shells as well as 40-millimeter grenades. the requests were made july 20th. the pentagon will not say how many of these...
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for afghanistan reconstruction or seeger shows it's done exactly that according to the report the pentagon has lost track of more than forty percent of the firearms it's delivered to afghan security forces that's right of the more than seven hundred thousand arms provided the afghan army a full four hundred seventy four thousand of them have gone missing or have duplicate serial numbers amazing the inability of the pentagon to track these weapons means that some of the arms are probably on the black market already ripe for purchase by militant groups and afghan warlords not only is this development and pick it up what happens when unaccountable weapons exports become par for the course but also illustrates the incredible amount of taxpayer waste spent on rebuilding week in military institutions in afghanistan consider that over the course of the thirteen year occupation of the country congress has shelled out over a hundred and three billion dollars just on reconstruction efforts and. wasted seven billion of the approved ten point six billion allocated in two thousand and twelve see these
for afghanistan reconstruction or seeger shows it's done exactly that according to the report the pentagon has lost track of more than forty percent of the firearms it's delivered to afghan security forces that's right of the more than seven hundred thousand arms provided the afghan army a full four hundred seventy four thousand of them have gone missing or have duplicate serial numbers amazing the inability of the pentagon to track these weapons means that some of the arms are probably on the...
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he wanted to stop wasting the pentagon. >> we increased the number of combat ready army divisions by. >> the expectation is that he would figure out vietnam. >> the position my government is clear. we're prepared to bring whatever economic aid, whatever military training and whatever quantities are required and for as long as that is required. >> the public secretary of defense mcnamara is all about kind of bullish bra vad yoe. that we are going to prevail. but privately, mcnamara is increasingly gloomy about the prospect. >> until a strong government begins to function here if sigh began, the war against the communists will continue to flounder. >> the more i stayed away last night thing about this thing, it worried the hell out of me. i don't think we can get out. of course you start running to communists and you can go right auto your own kitchen. that's the trouble. >> gentleman, this is a modern war but it's a different war. we're here to advise and support our courageous vietnamese allies. >> it was his misfortune to inherit the most complex war that we had fought to this time.
he wanted to stop wasting the pentagon. >> we increased the number of combat ready army divisions by. >> the expectation is that he would figure out vietnam. >> the position my government is clear. we're prepared to bring whatever economic aid, whatever military training and whatever quantities are required and for as long as that is required. >> the public secretary of defense mcnamara is all about kind of bullish bra vad yoe. that we are going to prevail. but...
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phil. >> has the pentagon or u.s. government increased its surveillance of the area along the border in the wake of this disast disaster? >> i would just say that we're monitoring events as closely as we can. and i really don't have any more to add than that. >> you don't want to say whether it's increased or not? >> we're monitoring events as closely as we can. >> i'll go back to the general's comments. were there any warnings given to the commercial airline companies or any civilian airline authorities about the existence or this level of training for those taking place -- >> there was a notice to airmen put out. i think you know that. that warns civilian aircraft to fly, to take care over the skies of ukraine and to fly at higher altitudes. not an expert on that entire process but there was an international notice to civilian air carriers about that. >> was that prompted by what the general said, the training of vehicle born -- >> you'd have to talk to the faa and other agencies that handle that. i don't know what p
phil. >> has the pentagon or u.s. government increased its surveillance of the area along the border in the wake of this disast disaster? >> i would just say that we're monitoring events as closely as we can. and i really don't have any more to add than that. >> you don't want to say whether it's increased or not? >> we're monitoring events as closely as we can. >> i'll go back to the general's comments. were there any warnings given to the commercial airline...
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within a week reports of the event appeared in the press including unidentified sources within the pentagon to describe tales as a call boy and as someone who was looking for a fight and several months later hails defended himself noting that the army abandoned me they sold me to the press to make themselves look good. this is what we do we kill people and break things we can see something as simple as people playing soccer games you can see individual players and you can even see the ball. and you can only see his facial expression you can see he is now open and crying out. maybe he cursed us. or maybe he asked. for forgiveness for. there must be near certainty that no civilians will be killed or injured. but if the new will show harmony why should be made to polish face i described below. it was. a pleasure to have you with us here on t.v. today i'm sure. your friend posts a photo from a vacation you can't afford. to different. the boss repeats the same old joke of course you like. the ex-girlfriend still tends to rejection poetry keep tabs ignore it. we post only what really matters. to
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>> these women came by the thousands to the pentagon this week. nse robert mcnamara, to ask him to stop sending their sons to vietnam. and they showed their anger and frustration. >> stop the war now! stop the war now! >> shut the door. >> given the nature of the enemy, it seems to me that the strategy we are following at this time is the proper one and that it is producing results. we will prevail in vietnam over the communist aggressor. >> fundamentally, we didn't have a strategy in the vietnam war, except that of attrition. >> they talk about, well, we can kill 300 north vietnamese for every one of us. do the american people care about the 300? no. they care about the one. in the nation, it's not always pretty. add brand new belongings from nationwide insurance... ...and we'll replace destroyed or stolen items with brand-new versions. we put members first. join the nation. ♪ nationwide is on your side ♪ >>> 500,000 american troops, 14,000 american dead. the war in vietnam is no longer simply their war to win or lose, it's ours as well. and it ha
>> these women came by the thousands to the pentagon this week. nse robert mcnamara, to ask him to stop sending their sons to vietnam. and they showed their anger and frustration. >> stop the war now! stop the war now! >> shut the door. >> given the nature of the enemy, it seems to me that the strategy we are following at this time is the proper one and that it is producing results. we will prevail in vietnam over the communist aggressor. >> fundamentally, we...
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within a week reports of the event appeared in the press including unidentified sources within the pentagon described pales as a call boy and as someone who was looking for a fight and several months later hales defended himself noting that the army abandoned me they sold me to the press to make themselves look good. jim was about seven years old it's one of the largest ten cities on the east coast of america and you got about one hundred people here just because of economics the cost of housing in this area especially is very high and i believe as an american we have a right. to stamp out or to bizet's public land until something is created that's my house you see that they're living it send them to well at least then and. the. rest of us if we hadn't done that we wouldn't have been home i want to go we don't just hold the you know people a density we don't anybody that needs help so tell your friend to just give us more take care of them or a mistake i'm never going to get a sense of the internet even one thousand a place to live once on monday i'll be out here with my dog and. i marinate
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we have our people at the pentagon. we have our people overseas. fox news is on this story. bring you the very latest as we get it. once again, malaysia airlines flight 17 flying from amsterdam to kuala lumpur, an 11-hour flight, non-stop, seems to have disappeared and that ominous smoke cloud growing in that field may tell the story. stay tuned to fox news channel and this fox station for continuing coverage of this story. i'm jon scott in new york. >> we begin with a fox news alert. i'm harris faulkner. a malaysian passenger jetliner with 295 people on board has crashed in ukraine near the russian border. we continue our coverage of this now on fox news channel. that is according to the news agency interfax, citing an aviation industry source. it says the bowing plane was flying from amsterdam to equally lump pure. this brings -- kuala lumpur. this brings up memories of a missing plane back in march. we focus on flight 17 which has crashed. there are a lot of things being said what could have brought the plane down.
we have our people at the pentagon. we have our people overseas. fox news is on this story. bring you the very latest as we get it. once again, malaysia airlines flight 17 flying from amsterdam to kuala lumpur, an 11-hour flight, non-stop, seems to have disappeared and that ominous smoke cloud growing in that field may tell the story. stay tuned to fox news channel and this fox station for continuing coverage of this story. i'm jon scott in new york. >> we begin with a fox news alert. i'm...
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it's a very volatile picture for the pentagon. the peek years in iraq, you have to pay people, instead of one weekend a month, you're paying them full time plus a full range of expert pay and a whole range of benefit which is kind of was one of the things that led to this sort of culture of endless money. so from an outside perspective, you see a group of many things. and the frustration of those sitting outside is when you see a lot of agreement on the important issues and the key things to address, and, yet, somehow, congress doesn't seem sort of able to churn out legislation which captures a lot of these areas of greechlt. >> i hate to be the one to cut the panel short, but i wanted to take a brief moment and thank all of you for coming. particularly this panel led by andrew. such a great group to get together with some of your counter parts in the audience here. i want to thank the staff of aei and bipartisan policy center who did all the hard work and all of you really for these incredible insight. i wish we had another hour,
it's a very volatile picture for the pentagon. the peek years in iraq, you have to pay people, instead of one weekend a month, you're paying them full time plus a full range of expert pay and a whole range of benefit which is kind of was one of the things that led to this sort of culture of endless money. so from an outside perspective, you see a group of many things. and the frustration of those sitting outside is when you see a lot of agreement on the important issues and the key things to...
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within a week reports of the event appeared in the press including unidentified sources within the pentagon to describe hales as a cowboy and as someone who was looking for a fight and several months later hills defended himself noting that the army abandoned me they sold me to the press to make themselves look good. as a new physician i swear to abide by the hippocratic oath. to the best of my ability and judgment. i will prescribe for the good of my patients. i will not give deadly doses to anybody. or advise others to do so. i will never do hot water. doctors of the dogs on on to. this is what we do we kill people and break things. we can see something as simple as people playing soccer games you can see individual players and you can see the ball. you can almost see is facial expression you can see he is now open and crying out. maybe cursed us or maybe he asked. for forgiveness for. there must be near certainty that no civilians will be killed or injured. do we speak your language or not advance. your music programs and documentaries in spanish more matters to you breaking news a littl
within a week reports of the event appeared in the press including unidentified sources within the pentagon to describe hales as a cowboy and as someone who was looking for a fight and several months later hills defended himself noting that the army abandoned me they sold me to the press to make themselves look good. as a new physician i swear to abide by the hippocratic oath. to the best of my ability and judgment. i will prescribe for the good of my patients. i will not give deadly doses to...