thornberry was back in 19 8, i think. you mentioned the revelations several times, going through them line-by-line. what i didn't hear much was legislation. arguably, a huge amount of the problem was created by the congress. congress has the personnel system that's hardened by regulationings. up until now are part of the original legislation. the military personnel act. a lot of the oversights managed by congress is a big part of the job, taking large sections of title x, or peeling them in today's language. >> yeah, absolutely. congress contributed to this problem over the years. to a substantial extent. so as we go through the regulations that come from the department, we absolutely go through the statutes and reporting requirements and briefing requirements that congress imposes as well. and we need to thin it all out. absolutely. >> wait a minute for the microphone. >> sorry. >> my name is edward. i'm acquisition executive in the '80s. we almost finished the 600 ship navy -- the system can be made to run. it can also

i was in abu dhabi when i said that mack thornberry was -- when i heard that mack thornberry was going to give a big announcement. i got back. it was three hours ago. the most important thing for me to do is get away from the stage quickly because i will make mistakes if i try to stay here. i can't resist. i wanted to say that i was in abu dhabi this last weekend, two weeks before that, i was in tokyo at a conference. and two weeks before that, in seoul. and every place, i'm hearing the same thing. it is what the hell are you doing to yourselves. they want america to be a global leader. they see what we're doing, and they're genuinely anxious, worried about what we're doing. they say why -- why is this happening? i give them an explanation about very deep turmoil we have within our government about how do we establish priorities when our budget is so out of whack. and this is going to be with us for a while. i tell them that, i say this is going to be a longer term problem. we're going to have this problem for a while. and you can feel everybody sag that we had this -- but i said, don'

>> today on c-span, newsmakers with house armed services committee chair max thornberry. later about a discussion about the global economy and emerging- market. joining us on newsmakers is the republican from texas, he is the vice chair of the house armed services to many, also a member of the house intelligence many. thank you for joining us. here with the questioning today, jim michaels who covers military issues, and sarah. i want to begin with you. the comments was asked week by secretary chuck hagel meeting with members of congress to and sequestration and work out an agreement on the budget. when lawmakers return after the thanks giving recess, will that happen. i am not sure, but i am fairly optimistic. i think the the discussions between paul ryan and senator murray are going pretty well. i think there is a real chance that we could have a budget agreement that nobody is in love with, but is at least a step forward in saving money in ways other than these across the board sorts of cuts that come with sequestration. i'm hopeful that it will actually happen. >> if i

that's really what vice chairman thornberry is doing. he is going to be looking at i think one of the most important questions. we can't afford to keep doing things the way we've been doing them and stay on the path we're on. we don't have those resources. and yet the world needs us to be just as capable in 10 and 15 years as we are today. how are we going to do that? that's really the challenge in front of us and that's -- i'm not at all surprised that, that chairman mckeen turned to mac and asked him to head this up because he is clearly highly-regarded in this town having been here i guess now 19 years but having been here for 19 years, going on 20, having such distinguished service, having touched the department in so many ways, there is no one better suited for this challenging time than mac thornberry. which would you please welcome him with your applause. we look forward to hearing him. [applause] >> well, thank you, john and i very much appreciate the chance to be back at csis as well as all of the serious, important work that go

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.# "theheadline from washington post" -- coming up on c-span's , macmakers" program thornberry. he is the vice chair of the house armed services committee. the question is just how long the u.s. will stay in afghanistan. what is the endgame? here is a portion. crexendo think anybody can give you a date. if anybody gives you a specific date, what you're doing is telling the enemy how long they have to wait before we are gone. and, you are also telling the people you are trying to help that you can't rely on us for long. a specific date is always a mistake. what we should be there is long enough to help them stand on their own two feet. he looked back. they have made incredible progress in just the past couple of years. ofy are in the lead essentially all the combat operations right now. so what they can't do for themselves is some of the intelligence, some of the logistics and so forth. but they are getting there. again, i think you ought to pat them on the back for the tremendous progress that has been made thanks to our help and some wonderful servicemen and andn who have been

texas republican mac thornberry on "newsmakers." on wednesday, president obama awarded the presidential medal of freedom to 16 people in a white house ceremony. recipients included former president bill clinton, opera from free, and sally ride -- winfrey, and sally ride. >> when president climate he -- kennedy was shot in 1963, within one minute, several dallas police officers ran up the grassy knoll because many people were pointing to it as the source of the gunfire. the first officer up there had his gun drawn because he suspected to find an armed gunman. and said he'd encountered a man who was asked to he was and he presented secret service credentials. he was familiar with the secret service credentials. they were all in dallas for one reason or the other. two other officers have the same thing. it was more than one with secret service credentials up on the grassy knoll. there was one problem -- the secret service and the warren commission have identified the location of every single secret service officer at that time. laza.e

. > c-span, newsmakers with representative thornberry,. , rand paul at the citadel military academy in south carolina. joining us at "newsmakers" >> joining us on newsmakers is the republican from texas, he is the vice chair of the house armed services committee, also a member of the house intelligence committee. thank you for joining us. here with the questioning today, jim michaels who covers military issues, and sarah. i want to begin with you. the comments last week by secretary chuck hagel meeting with members of congress to end sequestration and work out an agreement on the budget. when lawmakers return after the thanks giving recess, will that happen? >> i am not sure, but i am fairly optimistic.

. >> this week on "newsmakers" representative mac thornberry. he is leading an effort.he got the but u.s. forces in afghanistan, military benefits, and u.s. intelligence gathering practices. here is part of the interview. >> i do not think anyone can give you a date. if anyone gives you a specific day, what you are doing is telling the enemy how long we have to wait before we are gone and you are also telling the people you are trying to help that you cannot rely on us for long. if pacific -- a specific date is always a mistake. we should be there long enough to help them stand on their own two feet. if you look back, they have made incredible progress in just the past couple of years. they are in the league of essentially all of the combat operations right now. what they can't do is -- they are getting there. again, pat them on the back for the tremendous progress that they have made. it is thanks to our help and so wonderful servicemen and women who have been there. they have done a lot of good work. we're on a good track. you do not want to cut it off before you have

newsmakers, the with armedry budget an services committee chair wrap -- chair are presented of mac thornberry. >> now with what wiki leaks has will any of those allies ever again cooperate with -- united states the echo >> the united states? >> i don't know, if i were them you would have to wonder about it. we have very limited resources. key factor in our success has been working with others and cooperating and coordinating our efforts. anythingthink that they send to us is going to be leaked out in some ways. they're going to cooperate less. >> another consequence that might come from the revelation of the surveillance programs is the white house fairly considering the nsa director keith alexander. corks it comes from one of those questions where i think you should not have a knee-jerk reaction. you should think about the nsa, cyberp between command, and the leadership of both of those entities. in last year's defense bill we required a study of these issues and what that relationship would be. at the pros and cons of separating them out, we have not gotten the results of that study yet. ar

thornberry was back in 98 a thing. you mentioned the regulations several times going line by line. what i didn't hear as much was legislation and arguably a huge amount of this problem was created by congress as he said. it's congress personnel system that has now been part of the regulations which are now part of the original legislation, the military personnel act. a lot of this oversight is mandated by congress. is it taking large sections of title x whipping them out and appealing them in such language? >> yes, absolutely. congress has contributed to this problem over the years to a substantial extent so as we go through the regulations that come from the department we absolutely go through the statutes and reporting requirements and breathing requirements that congress imposes as well. and we need to thin it all out, absolutely. >> mr. pryor. hang on, wait for the microphone. >> i was acquisition and executive of the navy during the 80s. we almost finished 6600 -- [inaudible] the system can be made to run and it has two modes effective and disaster. right now you can see it's

thornberry was back in 98 i think the you mentioned regulations several time going through the line by line. what i didn't hear as much was legislation. i mean, arguably a huge amount of this problem was created by the congress, as you said. congress has the personnel system that's now been hardened by regulations which are part of the original legislation. the military personnel act. a lot of this over sides managed by congress. is a big part of the job taking large sections of title 10, raking them out of the book and setting fire to them or repealing them i guess in today's language of? >> yes, absolutely. congress has contributed to this problem over the years to a substantial extent. so as we go through the regulations that come from the department we absolutely go through the statute and reporting requirements and briefing requirements that congress imposes as well. and we need to thin it all out, absolutely. >> mr. piatt. >> hang on, wait for the mic phone. >> my name is edward piatt. i was acquisition executive of the navy during the '80s but we almost finished a 600 ship navy

. >> this week on newsmakers, texas representative mac thornberry is leading an effort -- he talked about u.s. forces in afghanistan, military militaryand information gathering practices. here's part of the interview. >> a key part of what the u.s. intelligence community does is cooperate with intelligence agencies of its allies. -- with what wikileaks is brought out, will any of those allies ever again the unitedith states? >> i don't know. if i were they, i would have to wonder about it. it is deeply disturbing. as i was just saying, we have very limited resources. a key fact or in our success has been working with others and cooperating and coordinating our efforts. if folks think that anything they said to us is going to be leaked out in some way, they're going to cooperate less. who would blame them? i would say that is one of the consequences to these recently. -- the white house is replacing considering the nsa director keith alexander when he retires in this ring. to think it is a good idea for civilian to be in charge of the agency? >> this is one of those questions where i think

morrow, starting at 10:00 heard our guest the representative mac thornberry. he is a vice-chairman chairman of the armed services committee. he talked with reporters about a wide range of things. including possible cuts in pay and benefits for u.s. troops as a cost-saving measure. notion ofort the slowing the rate of a raises and benefits for military personnel? >> i share their concern with the problem. inthe same time, last year the defense authorization bill, we set up a commission to look at this exact issue of pay and benefits. recently, after having asked for input from the pentagon, they received essentially nothing. no specific proposal from the pentagon's top political leadership, at least. that was really disappointing. for that commission to have a chance to work out there some specific proposals that could then be vetted and discussed and so forth, they needed a starting point from the pentagon. the pentagon has abdicated responsibility for this commission that a lot of us have put hopes and. in. the commission is going to continue to work and we w