in 1988 when the u.s.s. samuel b. roberts struck a mine in the persian gulf, the navy sent brian to provide analysis options. though he only asked to spend a week in the gulf, he remained with the stricken vessel for 45 days until it was again sea worth yism describing the experience he said i quote -- "i'm still amazed at authority i was given to execute this project. i was lucky to have an opportunity at such an early stage in my career." i want our nation's graduates to know that careers in public service are full of opportunities like the one given to brian. federal employees at all levels get to work on exciting and relevant projects every day. after his superb performance in due buy, brian was given

the u.s.s. nassau was deployed. we have ships and you unload vessels that can respond and the navy was on board and they worked with the locals to open this up at the request of fema. >> do you have any of these ships on the gulf coast? >> on the east coast they would respond. >> and they are unable to get there in time? >> if we see the request we will move them and as we move them, we are looking at the path of the storm, to get them outside the path. >> one last question, about community disasters and other things, trailers and alternative housing. but because the season is well and to the storms will come, this is a nightmare and this is causing unmitigated suffering, on the part of the local officials with the first thing they have to do is remove debris. we had several headaches about the rules and regulations, if this was 5 inches, you were given 100%, if this was four inches, you got 80%. two inches was 20%. what has changed about this and what can you tell the local officials, that this is one of the headac

walid ben atash is believed to be the master mind behind the bombing of the u.s.s. cole in yemen in 2009. i'm also --ed about the danger these individuals would pose were they placed in u.s. prisons are jails. these individuals are responsible for planning the deaths of thousands of americans. in the case of nociere, court tapes show that conspirators provided assurances that in the event some were captured, others would work to free them. in addition, in the 2000 trial of salim, one of the terrorists accused of the 1990 bombing of the u.s. embassy in kenya, he stabbed a u.s. prison guard in the eye in a prison escape attempt. al qaeda saw the rights given to its members to meet with counsel as an opportunity to carry out violent escape attempts. mr. salim was one of the original followers of osama bin laden and the highest ranking al qaeda member held in the u.s. at the time. in addition to trying to escape from prison, al qaeda members communicated with confederates while in prison. it's my understanding that one was involved in plotting the 1993 world trade cente

warship, the u.s.s. cole. and also terrorists captured from the battlefield in afghanistan. as i stated earlier, one of the most deadly terrorists who was formerly at gitmo and directly responsible for the death of 224 individuals is now in the united states. on our trip we were able to see the security measures that have been put in place to keep these evil individuals from escaping or doing harm. these individuals don't view this war that we are in as over. a document that was found in an apartment of an al qaeda operative in manchester, england, appropriately entitled "the manchester document" lays out how terrorists should act if they're captured and sent down to guantanamo bay. according to the "manchester document" if an individual is detained, he should insist on proving that torture was inflicted upon him, whether it was or not, this is what they -- what they want to use the press. they want to try to show that torture was used on them. according to this document, they want to take advantage of visits to communicate with brothers outside the prison and exchange infor

in october 2000 it attacked the u.s.s. cole off the coast of yemen. by the time the 19 hijackers boarded the four planes that crashed on september 11, 2001, al qaeda already identify numerous grievances with america, including its contempt for western culture, equal rights for women, and men and our support for free speech and exchange of ideas. i've sent a letter to the national security council asking for evidence that keeping guantanamo bay open has created more terrorists than the facility has housed. that was a statement that president obama made. that the existence of guantanamo prison has created more terrorists than the facility has housed. it's an incredible assertion but it's at the foundation of his claim that we need to close guantanamo because somehow it represents a valid symbol of american torture or oppression that hurts our efforts abroad. anything we do is going to cause recruitment of terrorists who hate us, whether we close guantanamo or not, the terrorists will still have plenty of reasons to recruit fellow jihaddists. i'd like to

ethree-star operational planner for general eisenhower, made a call to the captain of the battleship u.s.s. texas and he said to him, i understand you're lavending your 60-man marine decatchment -- detachment on the beach tomorrow, is that true? he said, yes, sir, it is. he said, i'm ordering you not to do that. the captain said, i'll do that, may i ask the question rye why? the general said, i understand how these damn people work, we're going to put 73,000 soldiers ashore on the cant innocent starting tomorrow, but if just one marine goes ashore the next day, the headlines will read, marines storm ashore at normandy. and i'm not going to stand for it. folks, again, i want to talk, as was specified, about where we are in iraq and afghanistan. i want to talk to you about pakistan and about the nature of our force, how we see the future and maybe a little about the q.d.r. but i look forward to your questions. let's start with iraq my number one priority as commandant are the troops at the point of the sphere. we've been in iraq for quite some time. this last february we had a transfer of au

1995 planning a -- planting a car bomb in bosnia in 1997, and the involvement with the attack on the u.s.s. cole. do you a-- did you approve the release of zuhair to saudi arabia? >> i did as did the former administration. he was approved for release by the bush administration. the determination that we made was there was not sufficient proof to bring a case against him. and he was transferred, not released. transferred to saudi arabia where he will be subject to judicial review. and in addition to that, to the re-education program that they have. so -- >> was that based on a question of evidence that could not be utilized? i understand the military intelligence showed that zuhair was responsible for the death of william jefferson. was there evidence that you felt was ined a missable to make -- inadmirable to make the case? >> well, i think consistent with the bush administration was there was insufficient proof to tie him to those very serious and regrettable crimes. it wasn't a question of thed a -- of the admissable -- admissability of it. >> and one received directions from khalid shai

the case in point, the 1993 bombing of the world trade center or the u.s.s. cole. these were not seen as act of war. therefore the perpetrator of those crimes got lawyers. they had miranda rights. they had all the courtesies of the u.s. government, the u.s. justice system. that is not what we need to be doing right now. after 9/11 we realized that these acts of terrorism weren't just technical but strategic acts of war and therefore we have moved over to let's treat soldiers as they are. war criminals. mr. lungren mentioned the assassins of abraham lincoln were tried by a military tribunal. it's the same situation when president roosevelt was president. we found six nazi spies onlyly -- on long island. and i believe five of them were executed, a sixth one cooperated. it was all through a military tribunal. what is it that president obama sees that president lincoln and president roosevelt and really all our entire u.s. judicial history, all the judges, have signed off on it. why is that -- it that suddenly we want to go over to afghanistan and iraq and give miranda

the perpetrators of some of the most horrific terrorist acts against americans, including 9/11, the u.s.s. cole bombing and the embassy bombings in africa. director muller of the f.b.i. testified to congress three weeks ago that bringing detainees to u.s. soil poses risk to national security. including providing financing, radicalizing others and undertaking a tax in the united states. additionally the department of defense has reported that at least 14% of former guantanamo detainees have returned to terrorist activity in the region, to say the least we ought to be concerned about the release of people of that kind who threaten our interest anywhere in the world. this administration is ignoring or disregarding those risks and stonewalling the congress. we need to stop this administration from rushing to transfer or resettlelement of any more detainees at the expense of increased risk to americans and help the president simply fulfill his campaign promise. the president has been very busy since his inaugural. there's little question he's been down many a pathway and he's even found some o

prior to 9/11, look at the events, the 1993 twin tower bombings, the u.s.s. cole, the east africa bombings, after the 1993 bombings, we decided to continue our effort to treat the war on terror as a law enforcement exercise. and it led all the way through to 9/11. and this body collectively said we have a very important decision to make now after the 9/11 attacks. we said that's going to either be a crime or it's going to be an act of war. and this body, in overwhelming numbers, decided it was an act of of war. and we aggressively pursued our counterterrorism efforts around the world and we pursued those who attacked us with absolute vigilance. and it has been successful. no one can argue it has not been successful. and think of what happened right after that. we policed up khalid muhammad. because he had been schooled in the united states, the very first thing he told those who grabbed him was, i want a lawyer. thank goodness. thank the good lord above, they said sorry, pal, you are not a united states citizen. have a seat. you bet. those interrogations betw