navy regs. he said, now, does the absence of the word male before the words u.s. citizen allow him to enlist women in the navy? and with a thumbs up from those advisers, daniels ordered the u.s. navy to enlist women. and women flooded to recruiting stations, and they signed up, and they were sworn in to the navy. after world war ii ended, the united states congress decided to change what they saw as an error in the navy regulations. and they changed it back to from u.s. citizen, they put the word "male" in front of that. now, this is an example of what a difference the presence or the absence of a single word means in the united states' official document. just as the words in the united states' constitution are extremely important when granting full rights to citizenship to men and women in our country. the words "u.s. citizen" automatically include women when rights and privileges are conveyed. however, both the use of the single word, "men" by placing the word "male" before those words excludes women. however, daniels had crossed a rubicon in end listing women to

. >> rosemary niedel-greenlee, a former member of the u.s. navy nurse corps, presents a history of american women in the armed forces. she talks about the efforts made by women to fully serve in the u.s. military going back to world war i and discusses the challenges still faced by women serving in the iraq and afghanistan today. this event was hosted by the cincinnati va medical center. it was about 45 minutes. >> thank you, kelly, and want to thank the veterans' affairs medical center here in cincinnati and the all-women's american legion post 644 for making it possible for me to be here today. and i want to make a special thank you to booktv for helping us spread the word about the long-buried treasure of america's military women. this program has given us an opportunity to tell you about a national treasure which has been all but completely absent with leave from america's historical memory. even when united states history was required as a summit in high school and -- subject in the high school and colleges and many universities, textbooks an

navy. he said there's the absence of the word mail before the were u.s. citizens allow him to enlist women in the navy and with a thumbs-up from those advisers, daniels ordered the u.s. navy to analyst women and flood it to recruiting stations and signed up and they were sworn into the navy. after world war ii ended, the united states congress decided to change what they saw as an error in the navy regulation. and they changed it back from a u.s. citizen input the word mail in front of that. now this is an example of what a difference in the presence or the absence of a single word means in the united states official documents. just as the words in the united states constitution are extremely important when a branch and full rights of citizenship to men and women in our country. so u.s. citizen automatically includes women went right to the privileges are conveyed. however, both the use of a single word man by placing the word mail before those words excludes women. however, daniel had crossed the rubicon and enlisted women to serve in the united states na

a woman who fought for the repeal for years as and openly lesbian member of the u.s. navy. the president was well aware how long some members of the military felt imprisoned by "don't ask, don't tell." >> i am -- i am just overwhelmed. this is a very good day. and -- and -- and i want to thank -- [ applause and cheers ] >> -- all of you. >> reporter: at his right hand as he signed the repeal of the 17-year-old policy, retired u.s. navy commander zoe dunning. >> you need to look no further than the servicemen and -women in this room. distinguished officers like former navy commander zoe dunning. >> he was a little taken aback and came up the podium and someone shouted out we love you and someone else chicago's in the house and, you know, it just sort of -- people -- i think it's like 17 years of pent-up energy and something that we could actually be happy and excited about. >> reporter: she served openly as a lesbian in the u.s. navy 17 years coming out shortly before the policy went into effect believing them president bill clinton would be successful in allowing openly gay

shortly after that attack, the u.s. navy participated in exercises with south korea. meanwhile, north korea accuses the south of collaborating with the u.s. and japan to pressure it. south korea's current drills are expected to continue through friday. >>> well, by the end of this day we could have a good idea whether the tax bi will get through congress. the senate will hold its first test vote on a deal president obama made with republicans. it would extend the expiring tax cuts on every american, not just ose who make less than $250,000 a year. many say they're prepared to accept a deal, but those in the house are not s willing to compromise. >> i'm not a member of the tail between the legs part of the democratic party. i think we still fight for the thin we care about. >>> it would renew unemployment benefits. >>> opponent's of prident a bam ma's health care have their eyes on virginia as it has a challenge on the overhaul. attorney general cucelli said americans should not be penalized if they don't buy health insurance. 20 other states have filed similar lawsuits

among them was retired u.s. navy commander zoey dunning. she spent two years battling don't ask, don't tell in court. >> i'm ek stastic to be here witnessing history surrounded by colleagues and friends i've been working alongside this sthoou. to share this experience with them is priceless. >> she says the lives of those 14,000 people discharged under the policy were derailed for no other reason than discrimination. one of the 14,000 joined us in our newsroom this evening. he says republicans claims are unfounded that the end of don't ask, don't tell will place another burden on troops. >> in my particular group of a couple hundred people there was not one person who had a problem with it. they they had a problem that i was leaving. they didn't want to lose anybody from the group. we worried about everybody staying alive. >> @ obama plans to sign the review next week. the department of defense must certify that lifting the ban won't hurt troops' fighting ability. after that there's a 60-day waiting period. we have a follow-up to an exclusi

. >> reporter: at the center of the celebration, a lesbian and retired u.s. navy commander. she has been leading the fight to overturn the rule and allow gays and lesbians to serve openly in the military. >> it has been a very long journey and a lot of dark years where we thought we weren't going to make any progress. but we have. step by step. one step forward, one step back. but we did it. >> reporter: she retired three years ago. the policy came first came out and won. on the streets here of the castor district news of the repealed law spread quickly by word of mouth and by technology. >> i woke up and i got in line and i was just blown away by all the facebook messages and tweets that this went down actually. people are moved to tears by it. >> reporter: eugene and steven came down to the castro to celebrate the vote. >> i think it is really encouraging anytime the political process can make justice happen and it is just very exciting right now to feel inclusion and justice has taken a step forward. >> reporter: opponents of the repealed law estimate there are 65,000 gay

. >> reporter: retired u.s. navy captain joan dara and her partner lynn kennedy were married last night. as they prepare to celebrate at a party this evening, they took time out to watch the senate vote. >> there will always be this little fear in the back of my mind that somehow i had been outed and i was being called in to be told that my career was over. >> reporter: dara, a former naval intelligence officer, says for nearly 20 years she could never share her relationship with military colleagues and ultimately "don't ask, don't tell" influenced her retirement. >> it's not right to make people hide part of their lives. >> reporter: most recent poll numbers show that 70% of america's troops feel the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" will have mixed, positive or no effect. but among combat troops, numbers changed dramatically. 48% of army and 58% of combat marines strongly oppose serving with gays. >> the law has changed, successfully implementing repeal and assimilating openly homosexual marines into the tightly wo

. >> continuing to build the u.s. navy's relationship with the japanese self-defense forces is an important step forward as we work together for the defense of japan. >> the maneuvers include training on shooting down incoming ballistic missiles. they are simulating defensive drills in kyushu and okinawa. south korean senior military officials are expected to participate as observers forhe first time. the military exercises between japan and the u.s. come as tensions simmer in the korean peninsula and other parts of east asia. for more insight, we are joined by ryo sahashi, an expert in east asian and international politics. mr. sahashi, thanks for joining us. what is your perspective on the latest drills that started after the end of an american exercise with south korea? >> of course, u.s.-japan joint exercise has been scheduled long before as an exercise from 1986 but it compromises key regional deterrence. for regional deterrence it has importance to show the unity of yeonpyeong and tokyo. it is not clear so far. the reg

a lesbian and retired u.s. navy commander. dunning has been leading the fight to overturn the rule and allow gays and lesbians to serve openly in the military. >> it's been a very long journey and a lot of dark years where we thought we weren't going to make any progress but we have. slowly but surely step by step, two step forward, one step back but we did it. >> reporter: dunning retired three years ago but she fought the policy when it first came out in 1993. and won. she was allowed to stay in the navy while openly gay. on the streets here in the castor district news of the repeal law spread quickly by word of mouth and by technology. >> i woke up and got online and i was blown away by all the tweets and facebook messages. >> people are talking about it up and down the street. >> reporter: they came down to the castro to celebrate the vote. >> it is really for family encouraging anytime the political process can make justice happen and it is just very exciting right now to feel like inclusion and justice has taken a step f

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a lesbian and retired u.s. navy commander. dunning has been leading the fight to overturn the rule and allow gays an lesbians to serve openly in the military. >> a lot of years where we thought we weren't going to make any progress but we have slowly but surely step by step, two steps forward, one step back. but we did it. >> reporter: dunning retired three years ago. but she fought the policy when it first came out in 1993 and won. she was allowed to stay in the navy while openly gay. on the streets here in the castor district news of the repealed law spread quickly by word of mouth and by technology. >> i was blown away by all the tweets and facebook messages that this actually went down and people are moved to tears about it. >> people are talking about it. >> reporter: eugene and steven tom linson came down to the cast co-to celebrate the vote. >> it is really encouraging anytime the political process can make justice happen and it is very exciting to feel like conclusion and justice has taken a step forward. >> reporter:

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with former factory logs like this one camden used to pride itself in being a manufacturer for the u.s. navy. boats have become a symbol of something long forgotten homelessness has also taken over the town with no more than two hundred beds available for the hundreds of homeless in shelters were filming was also not wanted this is the time of year where the homeless population they start to come in. there can be upwards of five to seven hundred people with any given time while the u.s. is trying to get back on its feet camden among other towns spread just like this across the u.s. is on its way to becoming one of the goals of a once industrial nation. r.t.e. camden new jersey. now looks like the situation in camden is about to get much worse come mid january last week the camden city council voted to lay off almost four hundred city workers which would include nearly half of the police force and a third of firefighters and don't forget camden is considered to be the second most dangerous city in the us already and the blame is being spread all around for new jersey's governor chris christie

>> coming up next why the u.s. navy wants to expand training at sea and how koit affect thousands of protected marine mammal autos lightning fast. lightning strong. rizon 4g lte. rule the air on the most advanced 4g network in the world. >>> obama administration approved a plan to drilling on the east coast. the navy says he needs to tryout security. but critics believes it threatens whales and as you'll see, they want the navy to steer clear of this habitats. this stretches up to the canadian border and more than 280 miles west into the pacific ocean. this shows training going on there for decades. now, the navy wants more exercises involving aircraft and new advanced weapons underwater mine fields and missle autos it's critical and to be ready to do that at any time. >> while they're doing that training many believe the navy should be doing more to protect the ocean. from chemicals and sonar its a big range the navy is operating. roughly the size of the state of california they're not proposing to set aside even a squ

. >> these are navy special forces trained by the u.s. navy seals . affect the drug trafficers before they unload cocaine. in the past five years. air routes are more difficult they have a new mode of traption transportation. minisubmarines and almost impossible to detect from the air. two years ago in march, the u.s. coast guard captured this vessel west of the galapagos islands coming from columbia. the hull can hold four passengers and travel 4,000 without refueling. this gaud gaud officer said the crew described the harrowing journey in the diesel hull. >> on board of a uh2 helicopter donated by the state department. gaud gaud pilots detour to show us the ranch of the local drug king pin. a supplier from mexico's cartel. >> we are tired of organized crime using guatemala. >> 350 metric tons of cocaine pass through each year. not all smugglers carry drugs but they pass on foot using zip lines and rafts. >> it only takes too minutes in the raft to go from guatemala to mexico. some argue that america's border problems don't end in el paso or brownsvi

shortly after that the u.s. navy took pt in exercises. bill richardson will leave the u.s. for north korea tomorrow. he has served as diplomatic troublhooter in years past and has made regular visits to the region >> investigators are trying to figure out what caused a fire at a kennel that killed four dogs this weekend. early yesterday morning flames destroyed a farm on neptune lane near pennsylvania avenue in calvert county,maryland. rescuers were able to save 100 other dogs housed in a kennel on the property. the facility is nationally known for its champion american staffordshire terriers. no people were hurt. >>> 6:35. 32 degrees. dskins's not so special performance. the performance was so bad it almost brought one player to tears. ♪ >> flashmob will be spreading holiday cheer later today, but it could also slow down your commute. >> it is cold. we have snow around the region this morning. weather and traffic together on the ones next. >>> he the redskins are watching. beacon house falcons pop warner team won the 75 pound and under championship, winning 19-0. the beaco

u.s. was doing about it. these elite guatemala navy forces were trained by the u.s. tercept drug trafficers before they unload sons of cocaine. the air routes are more difficult. cocaine cartels performed a new form of transportation . minisubmarines or semisubmercible . impossible to detect from the air. two years ago in march, the u.s. coast guard captured this vessel west of the galap gosislands. the hull of the submersible can hold four and travel 4000 without refueling. >> this was found in october 2009, the trip from the jungles of columia to guatemala takes up to three weeks. >> this guatemala officer said the crew members described the harrowing journey in the deceasele filled hull. they were scared when they emerged. the military is travening their seal to send a message to the cartel to look for other shores. >> but the problem extends beyond the shore line up over the land and into mexico and into the united states. tomorrow we'll bring you a report on what the u.s. green berets are doing to train the guatemala special forces to fight the mexican cartels. >

the u.s. navy will continue to be the professional, global, and effective relevant force for the nation. repeal of the law will not fundamentally change who we are and what we do. the u.s. navy can implement the necessary changes to policies and procedures even in a time of war and increasing global commitments. with the exception of the moderate risk associated with projected retention, i assess the risk to readiness, effectiveness, and cohesion of the navy to be low. based on my professional judgment and informed by the inputs from our navy, i recommend repeal of ten u.s. code 654. i have the ultimate confidence in the men and women of the united states navy and in their character, discipline, and in their decency. navy leaders will continue to set a positive tone, create a conducive work environment, and enforce our high standards of conduct throughout the navy as we serve the nation. our sailors will continue to live by the core values of honor, courage, and commitment which are fundamental to

yesterday we were with the u.s. navy seals. these elite navy special forces were trained by u.s. seals to intercept drug traffickers before they offload tons of cocaine onto the shores of guatemala. the cocaine cartels have employed a new form of transportation. mini submarines fabricated in the jungles of columbia and almost impossible to detect from the air. dwo two years ago the u.s. coast guard captured this vessel west of the galapagos island coming from colombia filled with cocaine. it can travel 4,000 miles without refueling. it was found in october 2009. the trip from the jungles of colombia to guatemala takes up to 3 weeks. the crew members described their harrowing journey when they emerged, they were scared. the u.s. helped the guatemal tha malmilitary. megyn: jennifer griffin, thank you. there is plenty more on america's so-called third war on foxnews.com. there you will find the latest updates along with a slide show. photos of american forces on the front lines of the drug forces. a judge ruled it's unconstitutional to force americans to buy health insurance or pay a

. >>> the u.s. navyat has become the world's biggest internal computer network, or intranet. it's used by more than 700,000 sailors, marines and civilians for everything from e-mail to online training. the navy also says it's one of the most secure computer networks. it costs billions of dollars. so, of course, now the navy wants to get rid of it. cnbc's jane wells joins us from los angeles. why? >> well, a lot of sailors an marines would like it gotten rid of. it's the second biggest computer network in the world next to the internet itself. ten years ago the navy outsourced it, tried to consolidate it to eds now owned by hp. $10 billion later, it's criticized by many people inside and outside the military as being slow, outdated, for example, you can only get 50 megabytes of e-mail storage whereas you can get 7500 on gmail. now the navy, which doesn't even own the system, as one person says they're being hostage by hp, wants to overhaul it, bring in a new system, bid it outcome p competitively, but sti

. >> the u.s. navy can implement the necessary changes to policies and procedures, even in a time of war and increasing global commitments. >> lehrer: roughead was asked, as were all the chiefs, if he consulted counterparts in foreign militaries that now permit the open service of gays and lesbians. >> the way that i would characterize the response from those chiefs of navies that have a policy that allows gays and lesbians to serve, the term that i would bring to mind is a "nonevent." >> is a what? >> a nonevent. it just happened, and they got on with things. >> lehrer: all of the military leaders said they think the policy will eventually be reversed. and much like gates and mullen, they said they prefer congress repeal the ban, and give them time to make it work, instead of having the federal courts order an immediate change. there was some disagreement over trying to phase in repeal at different intervals in different services. >> that would probably be acceptable for us. >> i would suggest that hav

with me now, u.s. navy reservist eric peel. thank you for coming in. raeus spoke recently about the progress nato forces are making the south, and then we're getting reports about how difficult it's been for the u.s. since they moved and took over for british forces. what's going on over there? >> well, especially in the south, it's more active presence. you look at the casualties numbers you just cited the u.s. is taking the fight to the taliban, so with that more active presence, more engagement time, more casualties. >> that's surprise you pay for getting into the trenches more? >> absolutely, it's risk/reward. >> why hasn't it become the center point? why has the south been so difficult? >> look at the geographical region, you have kandahar, they border pakistan. the taliban is able to go back and forth, get funding, get weapons, have their sanctuary and come back. and historically, too, it's a stronghold of the taliban. >> and the taliban, for them, that's they got a cash crop known as opium in the region. >> that, they do. >> what are the major pr

and very much impressed by hitler's early victorieses and manages to get himself thrown out of the u.s. navy for being overtly pro-nazi. manages, to through merchant vessels, to get to europe and volunteers with another figure to carry on probably the last attempt the nazis made to land saboteurs ashore on the united states. he mets one of his former schoolmates who persuades him that this is madness. copaw turns himself i, serves a modest sentence after the war. we knew we had victy in han now and there wasn't quite this spirit of vengeance that f.d.r. had expressed earlier. >> but you put -- one of the things that's interesting is he was dropped in the frenchman's bay up there, i assume, in maine. >> yep. yep. >> that's how he got back into the country. >> he did make it back tothe uned states with a bundle of money. he had a good time with the furor's dollar supply, but was useless as an agent. i think the lack of appropriateness of this man and the previous team i talked about is an indication of how weak german intelligence was as targeted against the united states. >> who's this fellow

the u.s. navy will continue to be the professional, global, and effective relevant force for the nation. repeal of the law will not fundamentally change who we are and what we do. the u.s. navy can implement the necessary changes to policies and procedures even in a time of war and increasing global commitments. with the exception of the moderate risk associated with projected retention, i assess the risk to readiness, effectiveness, and cohesion of the navy to be low. based on my professional judgment and informed by the inputs from our navy, i recommend repeal of ten u.s. code 654. i have the ultimate confidence in the men and women of the united states navy and in their character, discipline, and in their decency. navy leaders will continue to set a positive tone, create a conducive work environment, and enforce our high standards of conduct throughout the navy as we serve the nation. our sailors will continue to live by the core values of honor, courage, and commitment which are fundamental to

air force and u.s. navy said the israelis aside for a moment, but i'm confident the american military can destroy every single facility in iran that we know about. i said that specifically because there are things we don't know about. we don't know what we don't know in many cases, to quote donald rumsfeld. that is one of the issues out there. and as someone who live to our expenses in iraq in 1991, when i can remember my friends who worked at the technical side, who worked the nuclear program, you know, assuring us, the u.s. will take on everyone else, we knew exactly what the program look like, three major the sulleys, 10 or 11 smaller facilities, flatten them during desert storm, they went and asked was thinking that they were just going to catalog the rubble and lo and behold there were three other massive facilities that we didn't even know that they had anything to do with the nuclear program. at least two of those three facilities probably could have produced a nuclear weapon. it gets to this larger q

. ♪ you know it's big when the u.s. navy shows up to light a tree. ection. thanks, sam. >>> sometimes we use the word miracle a little too freely. especially at this time of year. but the story you're about to see is filled with moments of grace that will make you believe anything is possible. it's about a woman with an angel's voice, a surgeon with a genius touch, and how they turned faith into fortune. not a creature was stirring. not even a mouse. you could hear a feather fall at this year's christmas concert of the san francisco boys chorus. ♪ o, holy night the stars are brightly shining ♪ >> reporter: before the boys and everyone in the crowd, was a voice like no one had heard before. the singing of "a christmas night," this woman at the front of the theater has a life story that could have come out of the bible itself. or even an opera. it's one you will never forget. ♪ >> when you hear her story and you meet her, it is healing. it is something where you take hope. >> reporter: her name, zheng cao. born during china's cultural revolution, she ca

the u.s. navy will continue to be the professional, global, and effective relevant force for the nation. repeal of the law will not fundamentally change who we are and what we do. the u.s. navy can implement the necessary changes to policies and procedures even in a time of war and increasing global commitments. with the exception of the moderate risk associated with projected retention, i assess the risk to readiness, effectiveness, and cohesion of the navy to be low. based on my professional judgment and informed by the inputs from our navy, i recommend repeal of ten u.s. code 654. i have the ultimate confidence in the men and women of the united states navy and in their character, discipline, and in their decency. navy leaders will continue to set a positive tone, create a conducive work environment, and enforce our high standards of conduct throughout the navy as we serve the nation. our sailors will continue to live by the core values of honor, courage, and commitment which are fundamental to

so, to get some answers, our matt gutman went onboard the u.s. navy'socean submarine, "alvin." >> reporter: a mile down, and a world away, we were taken in this tiny submarine, to a world normally teeming with life. but not here. >> it looks like everything is dead. >> reporter: she says, these aren't twigs but dead worms. this 80-squire-mile kill zone. joy leads an team investigating how much of the oily material is left on the sea floor. >> that looks like three or four inches of material. >> reporter: this sub, called "alvin," plummeted like a stone, taking us as close as you can legally get to the spill site, 50 miles off the louisiana coast. the oil is everywhere. look at this. ultraviolet light shows the green nuggets, all oil. the government estimates that less than 25% of the oil remains. these scientists say, it's not gone. it's here on the sea floor. joy and her team have made over 20 dives on her journey, inside this tiny sphere that discovered the "titanic." inside, it's cold and cramped. this is where the pilot would sit and he'd be kind of

he was a u.s. navy officer in the u.s. foreign service. he was a member of president reagan's transition team. he served as a senior staff member on the u.s. committee on intelligence. in his article -- he has written several articles. it is great to have professor codevilla with us to address this question, is there a coming culture clash over the constitution? he will speak for 25 minutes and then i will present dr. rosen. >> i wrote a paper, which i had assumed would be distributed to all of you before the session, but that is good to come to you afterward. please do read it. >> we did not want to read it while you were presenting. >> it does not matter. sooner or later. look, why am i here? white meat? i am -- why me? i am it sort of in a position of the white man who has lived among the natives, speaks the native language, and have to explain why the natives are restless. i will do that. beginning with a fundamental point, which brings us to the constitution -- the assumption within the white man's for is that the natives are restless

i have confidence of the men and women of the u.s. navysive and respectful working marmot. -- an inclusive and respectful working environment. >> thank you them much. >> thank you for the opportunity to address the report. the study conducted by the departments comprehensive working group will give you a valuable examination of the issue is on the policy and some sexuality in the armed forces. i am grateful for the efforts of j johnson, general carter. the seven provides useful information about service member attitudes and issues regarding potential implementation across the marine corps. i would like to share with you what it says about our marines opinions. look at all specialties, approximately 45% of marines so they'd viewed it negatively in terms of effectiveness, readiness, and condition. of 13% but at it positively in the same categories. of particular concern to me is 56% of combat arms marine's voice - concerns. - benchmarks for combat arms marines raise between 66% for unit effectiveness and -- tahitian. these are held almost eq

he was a u.s. navy officer in the u.s. foreign service. he was a member of president reagan's transition team. he served as a senior staff member on the u.s. committee on intelligence. in his article -- he has written several articles. it is great to have professor codevilla with us to address this question, is there a coming culture clash over the constitution? will speak for 25 minutes and then i will present dr. rosen. >> i wrote a paper, which i had assumed wou be distributed to all of you before the session, but that is good to come to you afterward. please do read it. >> we did not want to read it while you were presenting. >> it does not matter. sooner or later. look, why am i here? white meat? i am -- why me? i am it sort oin a position of the whitman who has lived among the natives, speaks the native language, and have to explain why the natives are restless. i will do that. beginning with a fundamental point, which brings us to the constitution -- the assumption within the white man's for is that the natives are restless because

this is a regime that, you know, captured a u.s. navy ship back nf 1968 and held the -- back in 1968 and held the crew. it's a military that captured japanese citizens and did not account for their whereabouts. for all we know they're still alive and still being held. the regime this year has chosen to attack its neighbor twice. and yet with all of that you have seen extraordinary restraint on the part not only of the united states but on the part of its allies and partners. so i don't think anyone wants to go to war. i think as a historian, which is what, you know, my formal training is, i think history shows very clearly that the best way to avoid war is to negotiate from a position of strength. and the best way to avoid war is to show that you're credible and that you are willing to act even though you hope you don't want to act. i think that, for example, if we want to take the case that one reason the north has been quiet over the past couple of weeks is because the united states and south korea had a large naval exercise and show o

i will give you one example. 40 years ago one agency of the government wanted to get the u.s. navy the amount of water pollution coming out of naval bases. the navy denied the then agency dealing with water pollution. they did night the disclosure of the volume of sewage going into the ocean on the grounds that the chinese and the soviets could use that information in order to determine how many sailors were on the base. that is a level of foolishness that could have been net in the bud if we supported our civil servants and basically recognize that this is overall a struggle between individual conscience of people up against the organizational machine if we call bureaucracy. and we all we should bring back the civil service oath of office. very short, very compelling. they'll have to take it. we should protect them in a future that can be implemented in their daily work. >> thank you very much. your additional time was granted at the leaves of steve king of iowa. we now turn to the distinguished gentleman from arizona, trent franks. >> thank you mr. chairman. i appreciate it. i ap

u.s. air force and navy will set the israelis aside for a moment.'m confident that the american military can destroy every single facility in iran that we know about. now i said that's specifically because, of course, there are the things that we don't know about. and we don't know what we don't know in many cases to quote donald rumsfeld. that is one the issues out there. as someone who lived through our experiences in iraq and in particular in 1991 when i can remember my friends who worked the technical side, who worked the nuclear program, you know, assuring us, the u.s. military, everyone else, we knew exactly what the iraqi program looked like, the three major facilities, ten or 11 other smaller facilities. we flattened them in desert storm. the iea went in afterwards, and low and behold, there were three other massive facilities that we opportunity know had anything to do with the nuclear program. at least two of those three could have been produced a nuclear weapon. that's one thing that i worry about. it gets to the larger question, which i'

i think it would be very difficult because the u.s. navy is also there in large numbers and iran knows it would pay a price for that. plus its economy is based on the export of ile oil too. host: militarily the largest army in the middle east. guest: the largest. it doesn't have the strongest capability because of israel but it has the largest in terms of numbers and one of the largest arsenals. and some of it is with the help of north korea domestically made. they've gotten technology they've purchased from the pakistanis but most importantly north korea and they are developing a missile capability particularly that could hit europe. host: and point number three. how do you blend islam and democracy? guest: well, iran was always the great or the first experiment in how do you blend islam and democracy. and that's the challenge we face throughout the islamic world. this is the last block of countries to hold out against the democratic tide that has swept the rest of the world. and iran has a ven near of democracy and then it has elections a

the slide over the president shoulder, i think he was an admiral in the navy, very high up in the u.s. navy. i think he became an advocate for getting rid of don't ask, don't tell. the same thing with a tea party. they started out as less taxes and they could extrapolate from there. but they have a message, and together we can change the world. that's sort of, that the ideological message that you want to use with the donors who might be able to give you money. and then there's the power circle. this is, in campaigns this is generally the skeptics. these are people do you have to prove that you can win. so you have to have a poll that says you are well positioned, you have to have raised a lot of money. these people come on board late. so after you got your moms money and your dads money to start organization, your sisters, your college roommates, then you sort of, then you start to feel okay, this has taken off, then you can go to the circle of people who are kind of skeptical. you can find perhaps some investors there who might care about the cause that you're going to advocate. so i want

i will give you one example. 40 years ago one agency of the government wanted to get the u.s. navy the amount of water pollution coming out of naval bases. the navy denied the then agency dealing with water pollution. they did night the disclosure of the volume of sewage going into the ocean on the grounds that the chinese and the soviets could use that information in order to determine how many sailors were on the base. that is a level of foolishness that could have been net in the bud if we supported our civil servants and basically recognize that this is overall a struggle between individual conscience of people up against the organizational machine if we call bureaucracy. and we all we should bring back the civil service oath of office. very short, very compelling. they'll have to take it. we should protect them in a future that can be implemented in their daily work. >> thank you very much. your additional time was granted at the leaves of steve king of iowa. we now turn to the distinguished gentleman from arizona, trent franks. >> thank you mr. chairman. i appreciate it. i ap

meanwhile just ahead, "today's" amy robach lands and takes off on the newest aircraft carrier in the u.s. navy look of a window. >> you know what, take the clock down 30,000, 40,000 feet and it's still great for your skin. >> look at her, she's going to fly out. they might have forgotten that. >> anyway, a treatment of a different sort. a delicious pepperment flavored dessert with the help of sara lee. >> all right and now we're also going to have a beautiful live performance from olympicic gold medalist sarah hughes. >>> but first, let's say hello to matt. hi, guys. >> danny o'donahue, mark sheehan and glen powers. your first album was so well received. does that make you feel better about the second one? >> it makes me a little bit nervous. >> why? >> you just worry that you got so much attention on the first album, that you hope you did a good job. >> when you guys sit down and listen to this new record, how do you think it compares to the sound? >> we're so proud of the work that we have zone. that's all we can do. . >> you have been compared so much to u-2. was that why you had -- >> she'

supported by the federal government directly or -- that was through the department of energy or by the u.s. navy. the federal government plays an important role in the guiding the economy of our nation. and much of that role is carried forth by the national science foundation and some of the other funding agencies. let me just give one specific example, one i'm very familiar with because it's related to my area of research. my good friend, charlie towns, who won a nobel prize for developing the laser, discovered some years ago that he could make a laser, microid by stimulated radiation, and he decided he could do it with microwaves and he could do it with lights. he developed a laser and he won the nobel prize. how much money did he get from the federal government for his federal research? i don't know but i guess it's not more than $50,000. how much is that contributed to the economy of this nation? billions and billions of dollars. just like at the laser industry and the use of lasers today in so many ways. huge payoff on government investment in research. also, we tend to fund the national in

i think it would be very difficult because the u.s. navy is also there in large numbers and iran knows it would pay a price for that. plus its economy is based on the export of ile oil too. host: militarily the largest army in the middle east. guest: the largest. it doesn't have the strongest capability because of israel but it has the largest in terms of numbers and one of the largest arsenals. and some of it is with the help of north korea domestically made. they've gotten technology they've purchased from the pakistanis but most importantly north korea and they are developing a missile capability particularly that could hit europe. host: and point number three. how do you blend islam and democracy? guest: well, iran was always the great or the first experiment in how do you blend islam and democracy. and that's the challenge we face throughout the islamic world. this is the last block of countries to hold out against the democratic tide that has swept the rest of the world. and iran has a ven near of democracy and then it has elections a

military, climate change and environmental stewardship i think is an area where, for example, the u.s. navyest and some concerns that we might be able to discuss with the chinese navy and that strikes me as an area along with things like counter piracy and humanitarian distance and disaster relief we might have common interests hopefully not hard to work together to advance >> right in front of you, claire. >> hi, i'm laura mcgahy and i thought since you mentioned funabashi-san i should ask a question. could you flesh out a little bit more your comments on china's stance on north korea, on kind of piggybacking on the trilateral meetings we had last week here, and then the trips to china this week by the delegation from the state department. are we going in therit direction? >> china has two goals on the korean peninsula. one is a non-nuclear peninsula and the other is to prevent the collapse of the north korean regime because they fear both a flood of refugees and also fear a flood of south korean troops into north korea. so of these two goals they care much more about the second, and south

i will give you one example. 40 years ago one agency of the government wanted to get the u.s. navy the amount of water pollution coming out of naval bases. the navy denied the then agency dealing with water pollution. they did night the disclosure of the volume of sewage going into the ocean on the grounds that the chinese and the soviets could use that information in order to determine how many sailors were on the base. that is a level of foolishness that could have been net in the bud if we supported our civil servants and basically recognize that this is overall a struggle between individual conscience of people up against the organizational machine if we call bureaucracy. and we all we should bring back the civil service oath of office. very short, very compelling. they'll have to take it. we should protect them in a future that can be implemented in their daily work. >> thank you very much. your additional time was granted at the leaves of steve king of iowa. we now turn to the distinguished gentleman from arizona, trent franks. >> thank you mr. chairman. i appreciate it. i ap

the slide over the president shoulder, i think he was an admiral in the navy, very high up in the u.s. navy. i think he became an advocate for getting rid of don't ask, don't tell. the same thing with a tea party. they started out as less taxes and they could extrapolate from there. but they have a message, and together we can change the world. that's sort of, that the ideological message that you want to use with the donors who might be able to give you money. and then there's the power circle. this is, in campaigns this is generally the skeptics. these are people do you have to prove that you can win. so you have to have a poll that says you are well positioned, you have to have raised a lot of money. these people come on board late. so after you got your moms money and your dads money to start organization, your sisters, your college roommates, then you sort of, then you start to feel okay, this has taken off, then you can go to the circle of people who are kind of skeptical. you can find perhaps some investors there who might care about the cause that you're going to advocate. so i want

u.s. troops. this is video of navy admiral mike mull nen japan. they are headed into what's supposed to be the final planned year of the mission. the military is supposed to leave by the end of 2011. robert gates said he is open to the idea of keeping troops there past the deadline if iraq asked for it. the prime minister said his troops are ready to take over the country's security. >> time now is 5:44. it is a monday morning. thanks for joining us, everybody. i'm brent cannon. >> i'm laura garcia cannon. let's get a check with mike. >> a pleasant start overall for much of the monday morning. an 18-minute drive to the bay bridge toll plaza and approaching with a live look with the volume of traffic. we will look at the bridge and folks coming off of the maze. a flow of headlights and a light volume. a nice smooth travel throughout most of the areas. no delays for 24. we will show you what it's like. we are at the limit through the caldecott. 680 is slow because of patchy fog at time, but overall close to the speed limit off the 24 interchange. 58

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. >>> a former navy captain faced off against an army general today in the u.s. senate. as senator john mccain disagreed with the pentagon's top brass over repealing the don't ask, don't tell policy. >>> a new pentagon study says it can be done with minimal disruption. the report's co-author, a commander himself, says it's time. >> after nine months of study, i am convinced that if the law changes, the united states military can do this, even in a time of war. >> it's not can our armed forces implement a repeal of this law, but whether the law should be repealed. unfortunately, that key issue was not the focus of this study. >> there is new urgency to end don't ask, don't tell with just a few weeks left for the current lame duck congress. >>> new signs emerge today that the tight job market may be easing at last. november marked a two-year low in the number of people applying for initial unemployment benefits. the slowing of layoffs and a solid month for retailers are the latest evidence of a strengthening economy in the final months of the year. meanwhile, the white hou