>> the u.s. navy -- guest: the u.s. navy is operating with 26 other nations in an unprecedented show of international cooperation and coordination. together they are attempting to police an area that is roughly four times the size of texas. with thousands and thousands of ships. you cannot tell just by looking what a pirate ship is. host: thousands of commercial ships? guest: merchant ships, commercial ships, it goes back to the maritime problem. until we deliver a better way to trim the understand what is going on on the surface of the ocean, and the coalition navy is going to have a very hard time zeroing in on preventing and pre-empting pirate attacks unless they are caught in the act. keep in mind we are talking about a coalition of dozens of ships as opposed to fleets of thousands. simple pirate interdiction is a very difficult process. and the way that the pirates act, they pick ships but not necessarily guided by any intelligence, that they think that they can run up to and take control love before the ship reacts

let the u.s. navy go i there and fix it. i think thathe environment down in that area, people are starting to get sick. in a security needs to be dealt with. -- internet security needs to be dealt with. we have a big problem with identity theft in this country. i guess that is it. >> thank you. different points. the difficulty with the oil is on two fronts right now. one, you have to cap it. second, we have known for about 40 days that this oil is coming to the coast. we have to be able torotect that. hurricanes are coming. this is where the government has faltered. i have a couple of friends who represent new orleans. they have been working for quite some time to get waivers to put barriers in the ocean. that would ge them protection. my friend was telling me a story where he has continued to tal to local and federal government. he called the president. it has not -- it has been a week and the president has not called him back. we cannot wait for action. a couple of different questions that you go through. i think when we l

let the u.s. navy go in there and fix it. i think that the environment down in that area, people are starting to get sick. in a security needs to be dealt with. -- internet security needs to be dealt with. we have a big problem with identity theft in this country. i guess that is it. >> thank you. different points. the difficulty with the oil is on two fronts right now. one, you have to cap it. second, we have known for about 40 days that this oil is coming to the coast. we have to be able to protect that. hurricanes are coming. this is where the government has faltered. i have a couple of friends who represent new orleans. they have been working for quite some time to get waivers to put barriers in the ocean. that would give them protection. my friend was telling me a story where he has continued to talk to local and federal government. he called the president. it has not -- it has been a week and the president has not called him back. we cannot wait for action. a couple of different questions that you go through. i think wh

this is led by a rear admiral of the u.s. navy. she is in the country now. she is leading a task force of about 25 planners, intelligence officers, law enforcement personnel and strategic communications specialists. they will integrate with other efforts in the theater, including the anti-corruption task force. we have established working groups in the pentagon to provide support for her taskforce in the areas of financial intelligence. i speak now as a customer of contracting, as a former commander in afghanistan. they provide much needed services to our soldiers. contracting reduces the risk for our service men and women. given that 60% of our casualties are caused by itt's, it is logical that the fewer service members on the road, the fewer service members exposed to i e these -- ieds this has a potential make a positive corn effect. this is necessary to sustain an economy that has been wracked by 30 years of war. the key, from our perspective, is optimizing the positive affects of our contract in investment while sustaining the positive effects for our s

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my son spent eight years in the u.s. navy during the initial invasion of iraq. and my other son is air force. i would say it is time to get out of afghanistan. i don't even know why we are there. we initially went in for, i don't know, to save them from something or another. but now it has descended into chaos. the other thing is, afghanistan has been a country long before america was even conceived of their they have been invaded by mongols, the chinese, by india. it is the same scenario as viet nam. vietnam had been and -- at war with china, cambodia. and we have no place there and we have no way of knowing how to fight them. it is not a stand up war. it is not an area where you could send an army in, as i heard mentioned before. host: let me read this tweet to you and get your response -- caller: well, that is another fear tactic because if we stay we can't prevent it. terrorism of those things that you cannot protect against. the only way to protect against terrorism is by eliminating the attraction for terrorists. as long as we are bombing and killing peopl

the u.s. navy and coast guard were depending on the free market to plug this, but they cannot. we are going to need the technology from within the government to make sure the private sector is doing it right. and then you have a lot of things coming from the hearings. the oil rig was built in korea. imagine that guy in the bayou, mississippi, he did not build it. he cannot take his kids fishing because there is oil out there. he gets all the bad side of this thing. by the way, deepwater horizon -- the parent company transocean -- is a swiss company. one thing that i am hopeful that will come on of this is we will reserve the privilege of taking minerals out of the ground using american-owned, american-made vessels. host: in the "financial times" -- we are talking to gene taylor of mississippi about the oil spill --i am having trouble finding the right word. next phone call from massachusetts. brian, independent line. caller: good morning. i hear you talking about responsibility, market-based economies, but you seem to be cutting short the fact that government has the responsibi

virginias brought about the highly successful rescue of 17 military personnel who were onboard a u.s. navy helicopter, participating in the operation south-bound trooper x annual military exercise which went down in deep snow-covered and very rugged terrain in pocahontas county, west virginia. the remarkable rescue was an outstanding and highly coordinated effort on the part of many highly trained professionals as well as private citizens who worked under very difficult conditions to reach the crew and personnel on board the aircraft. many of whom had been injured in the crash. west virginians are the best neighbors for whom you could ever wish. it is a truth, it has been proven time and again. this historic rescue effort was thankfully a rare event. but it was not at all, not at all out of character for our state of west virginia. in fact, it was merely illustrative of the best of our state. the swift response, the astounding skills and abilities, the enormous courge, the enormous courage and profound determination of all those involved in the rescue operation from those who serve in and

host: your suggestion is that the u.s. navy should intervene and attack the folks who are conducting this piracy? caller: get together and stop it yourselves. guest: we share youroncern with pirate activities. there is a powerful international coalition in the area trying tontervene and stop pirate attacks. the issue of going into somalia to try to take out the pirates is much more complicated than you might think. for all kinds of reasons. a couple of things. paying rans fuels the fire of piracy. the u.s. has a longstanding policy of not paying ransom and we encourage others to do this as well. commercial shippers have a legitimate interest in taking care of their crew. this isnot a simple issue. this is also not tripoli in 1846 where the united states navy can unilaterally declare war on a subset of the population. the world has changed a lot since then. i would like to point out that the contact group's for piracy in somalia are working very hard to try to limit the impunity of pirates, capture and prosecute pirates, putting

u.s. government knew about the flotilla before the israeli navy stated. does the obama administration it was on a humanitarian mission, are trying to provoke israel into a reaction? >> i can try to -- there is a blockade to ensure that weapons are not brought in for hamas. yet heard the president and the secretary of state discuss what we believe is an unsustainable humanitarian presence in gaza. >> i assume the president knows that one of the deaths was an american. what was his reaction? >> i am told that he expressed his deep condolences, and we certainly expressed our deep condolences to his family. obviously, this is extremely horrible news for them. our ambassador has been in touch with his father, and i would reiterate that we have, with the un security council, condemned to the acts that have led to these deaths. >> we talked about this before and i understand it was written -- by condemning the act that condemn the people on the flotilla. does the fact that one of the victims was an american born in new york change at all the u.s. view of what ha

u.s. government knew about the flotilla before the israeli navy confronted it. what do you think is the purpose of the flotilla? was it a humanitarian mission? was it to provoke israel into attacking? >> i can try to find out on that. again, there is a blockade, as you know, to ensure that weapons are not brought in for hamas. at the same time, you heard the president recently, and certainly the secretary of state discussed that they believe it was a reasonable humanitarian aid. >> [inaudible] what was his reaction? >> i am told that -- upon being told this, obviously, he expressed deep condolences, and we certainly express our deep condolences to his family. obviously, this is extremely horrible news for them. our ambassador has been in touch with his father. and i would reiterate that we have with the u.n. security council condemned the acts that have led to these deaths. >> we have talked about this before and i understand it was written the way it was, but by condemning the exportacts, thatd condemn the people on the flotilla to a degree. does the fact that

u.s. cyber command also has boots on the ground. this includes the 24th air force and the navy's 10th fleet. while technology is part of the solution, of course, but the key is people, and we have superb people, both at n.s.a. and at u.s. cyber command. we will be recruiting and training our cyber cadre to make sure that we can operate effectively for the long term. this was in the squadron real -- quadrennial defense review. one, we must develop a comprehensive approach. two, we must centralized command of cyber operations, and, three, finally, we must enhance partnerships with other agencies and the government. this last point meritt particular elaboration. our mission at cyber command includes not only the defense of our military networks but also our role in guarding our nation's defense industrial base. a large percentage of our military energy is generated and distributed by the military sector, and more than 80% of our logistics are transported by private companies. mission-critical systems are often built and maintained by defense contractors. the military networks -- we

u.s. soccer command also gained service elements on the ground in support of its mission. these include the army forces cyber command, the marine forces cyber command, the 24th air force, and the navy's0th lead cyber command under vice admiral barry mcculloch, who spoke to a few months ago. while technology as part of the solution, of course, the key is people. and we have superb people, both at nsa and u.s. cyber command. one of our greatest challenges will be successfully recruiting, training, and retaining our cyber cautery to ensure we sustain our ability to operate effectively in cyberspace for the long term. this is one of the key focus areas identified in the recent quadrennial defense review. the need to develop greater cyber expertise identified three other key imperatives for operating effectively in cyberspace. one, we must develop a comprehensive approach to dod operations in cyberspace. two, we must centralized command of cyber operations, and three, finally, we must and has partnerships with other agencies in the government. this last point merits particular collaboration. our mission at cyber command includes not only the defense but of our military networks -- the def

u.s. cyber command also gained service elements to be boots on the ground in support of its mission. these include the army forces cyber command, the marine forces cyber command, the 24th air force, and the navy's tenth fleet, fleet cyber command under vice admiral barry mccullia, who i understand spoke to you just a few months ago. while technology is part of the solution, of course, but the key is people. and we superb people both at n.s.a. and u.s.a. cyber command. one of our greatest challenges will be successfully recruiting, training and training our cyber cadre to ensure we can sustain our ability to operate effectively in cyberspace for the long term. this is one of the key focus areas identified in the recent quad drenial defense review. the need to develop greater cyber expertise, the q.d.r. identified three other key imperatives for operating effectively in cyberspace. one, we must develop a comprehensive approach to d.o.d. operations in sibe space. two, we must centralize command of cyber operations and, three, finally, we must enhance partnerships with other agencies in the government. this last point merits particular elaboration. our mission at cyber command includes not only the

in the u.s. navy they would have a culture that would respond to this adequately. my constituents are not impressed with the response yet from british petroleum in this regard. second, we want to ask about whether or not the industry has made appropriate investment in improving safety in off-shore drilling. we are going extraordinary deep in the water as our oil supplies dwindle, and the risks increase. i think everybody acknowledges that. so the question is, what is the industry investing to try to determine that? british petroleum, we asked these questions to the five companies here. british petroleum said they spent $10 billion in one year for research in off-shore safety investments. how much did british petroleum pay its c.e.o. last year in relation to that $10 million you spent on trying to come up with safe off-shore drilling. >> i don't know his exact pay. >> the published reports show he was paid about $36.5 million. you paid your c.e.o. three times more than you spent in your entire research budget to determine how to reduce the catastrophic -- the risk o