and talks are opening again, i believe, next week where undersecretary sherman has already -- on her way. >> if i may just comment. you can respond on the sanctions issue. i know it's been an issue with a great deal of difference of opinion on the part of the organization. the $6 billion in sanctions a d be put in place in nanosecond. you and i know that any additional sanctions can take 180 days to put in place. ied that 230r the record. >> to under-- for the record. to underscore, again, that the overwhelming majority of sanctions remain in place and that the iranian economy is still in the vice of sanctions put in place, not only here by the congress and by the executive, but also this criming round, four rounds of multilateral sanction that is have come from the u.n. security council. and that international sanctions regime, your second question, has been a critical complement and force multiplier of what we have done ourselves here as the united states. so you asked where will the u.n. security council be. one of the reasons it's very important we keep the p-5 plus one together,

these were steps taken against the undersecretary to distance the undersecretary of the national intelligence agency. they were unacceptable to me. were talkslks expressing some good intentions. national intelligence agency of any country can take steps if, in the end, they result in peace. they have taken some steps but there have been lies, slander and because of those lies and slander, we had to intervene. we are where we are, a. >> did you just wake up one day and find out they had infiltrated your government so much so that you called it a parallel government? >> we were aware that they were trying to infiltrate various organizations but we were not aware of their role to men bad intentions. we realized this after a while and we started taking some measures. >> when did you know that this was a struggle for power? >> when they moved against the undersecretary of the national intelligence agency. that was the first concrete step. there was going to be another protester follow. december 17, december 25, these are the final steps where it became almost a coup. >> almost a coup? >> it was a

undersecretary. i want to thank you for your sense of snap and all the good work going on in school to have healthy and competitive rules, the rule to reduce junk food marketing in schools. it is nice to write positive comments to usda about those issues. >> great. >> i'm sara from food and water watch. i want to ask a question that hasn't been addressed this morning there. is lots of attention and a series on snap, to snap retailers paying their employees such low wages that they're essentially double-dipping. that their own employees have to lie on snap to feed their families healthy meals. as we're starting to see more discussion of raising the minimum wage, i wonder if you could comment on that how we might improve the health of nation's low income consumers through getting them better income as well as a strong safety net. >> thank you very much for that question. i often save to people, we can not solve the problem of hunger in this country through flew tricks programs alone. what puts people a

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undersecretary of defense intelligent, general michael flynn, ms.ly tissue cha long and mr.richard leg get, the deputy director of the national security agency. we will start with unclassified opening statements from each of our witnesses and the then reconvene in a classified setting next door where each witness will then with automobile to make brief classified remarks followed by members' questions. dr. vickers, the floor is yours. >> chairman thornberry, ranking member langevin, distinguished members of the subcommittee, i appreciate the opportunity to come before you today to discuss the fiscal year 2015 budget request for defense intelligence. i'm especially pleased to be here with mike, tish and rick. betty sapp testified yesterday before the strategic forces committee. while the unclassified nature of our opening remarks keeps us from discussing in detail many aspects of defense as well as, we look -- intelligence, we look forward to meeting in closed session to discuss more fully. intelligence is a major source of u.s. advantage. it informs policy and enables precis

will play a major leadership role, and there would be people that wouldder 4 be ministers and undersecretaries, and governor said, so the - i am sure - i'm very. what do you call optimistic that if any of the three major candidates comes into power, there'll be major changes in afghanistan, positive changes. we shouldn't look at it from a pessimistic outlook. i think afghanistan right now - the united states and n.a.t.o. should be proud that the troops in afghanistan, the military and the police are at a stage where the terrorists were going to launch 706 plants and attacks during the last - the past two months. but the security forces have foiled 639 of those plots and 67 of those were carried out, of which 37... >> i'll have to stop you there. unfortunately we are out of time. thank you to all or guests, until next time waj and i will see you online. >> struggling to cope. the u.n. says there are now a million registered syrian refugees in lebanon. >> this is al jazeera live from doha, also on the program, a gunman goes on a shooting rampage at a u.s. military base, leaving four dead. armed

he spent a good deal of time complimenting the undersecretary of treasury.gan to question coen and then a staffer passed him a note. >> under secretary coen -- >> i just got a note saying i'm at the wrong hearing. >> oh, okay. >> i have got the right room number, but the wrong hearing. >> that would explain why i didn't know anything about this letter. [ laughter ] >> coates later acknowledged he mix up, joking it must have all been part of a russian conspiracy. he was singled out last month by vladimir putin for enacting sanctions against russia. >>> and a series of painters of world leaders on the walls george bush's museum. painting has become his hobby of choice since he left office. >>> thank you for watching, i'm del walters in new york. "the stream" is next. >> hi, i'm lee and you are in the "stream." the drone industry could have been economic impact of $82 billion in the next decade. we'll explore what this means for you, your neighborhood, and your privacy. >>> my co-host and digital producer, wajahat ali is here

role, and there would be people that would be under 40 or 35 years owl would be ministers and undersecretaries, and governor said, so the - i am sure - i'm very. what do you call optimistic that if any of the three major candidates comes into power, there'll be major changes in afghanistan, positive changes. we shouldn't look at it from a pessimistic outlook. i think afghanistan right now - the united states and n.a.t.o. should be proud that the troops in afghanistan, the military and the police are at a stage where the terrorists were going to launch 706 plants and attacks during the last - the past two months. but the security forces have foiled 639 of those plots and 67 of those were carried out, of which 37... >> i'll have to stop you there. unfortunately we are out of time. thank you to all or guests, uh. ♪ . >> actions and every effort will be with those families. will be with those in the aftermath of another deadly shooting at fort hood. they help the u.s. in afghanistan, new some interpreters are having trouble coming to mcas promised. and a strong after shock sends survivors

here for a look at what the president hopes to accomplish is curt campbell, former undersecretary ofrs and founder of the asia group a washington-based consultancy. i am pleased to have him back on this program. tell me what you think the president can accomplish on this trip. >> i have to be honest, charlie, there are a lot of hard places in the world, so the president's going to four nations, independent meetings in four countries, each of which is currently being tested. the president's got to walk a very careful line here, to sort of reassert american leadership, strong support for each of these countries, all the while understanding that sort of the shadow in the background is this looming set of very important, very challenging relationships with beijing. so he's got to be reassuring, firm, and strong, but at the same time, underscore that the united states is still committed to a good relationship with the china. >> rose: someone said to me today or i read this somewhere today that the asians appreciate not only the quality of the time but the quantity of the time. >> i-- i ha

aussies in action she has more now from washington dc undersecretary for diplomacy and affairs whichare single sort of followed up by a secretary kerry's attack on rt last week where he told us that propaganda for four and was the single is accusing rt of making false claims and he gives examples. she writes consider the way our team in it related in the telephone call involving former ukrainian prime is the duly tymoshenko so selective editing the network made it appear that too much into advocated violence against russia. what the constant reference to a new claim the postal russian takeover of the of the country as a what the unquestioning repetition of the ludicrous assertion last week that the united states has invested five billion dollars in regime change in ukraine these are not facts and they are not opinions their false claims. well first of all i knew it my fingers meet a conversation is a single accuses art of making it the iroquois would appear that has to think that advocated violence against russia. you don't have to get it going to need to bake anything when the perso

this time the undersecretary of state and diplomacy and affairs as sled on etsy for falsifying facts and distorting reality the entity cannot joins me live from washington dc that's the accusation was out flying high. yes i can tell us more. yes i bought an under secretary for diplomacy and affairs which are single soda pop all about my secretary his attack on rt last week were to call the sec propaganda tool for and is the single is accusing art is making false claims and he gives examples. she writes. consider the way our team included in the telephone involving former ukrainian prime has to do it tymoshenko so selective editing the network made it clear that do not think that advocated violence against russia or the constant reference to a neoprene a post on russian takeover of the of the country as a curious what the unquestioning repetition of the ludicrous assertion last week that the united states has invested five billion dollars in regime change in ukraine. these are not facts and they are not opinions their false claims well first of all i knew it triggers me to a conversat

joining me now, former undersecretary of state for economic affairs, vice chairman of kissinger associatesncorporated, robert hormats. robert, it is awfully good to see you here. it is sad, however to see you and have to talk about a country as confused and confounded as the united states obviously is now when it comes to our policies toward russia. what are your thoughts about these events and where they're likely to lead us? >> it is a troubling environment. ukraine is a country that has been poorly governed for decades. its economy is in deep difficulty. it is divided country and awfully hard to sort this out at this point, particularly when you know that the russians have already made this move in crimea and have 40,000 troops on ukraine's border. that is troublesome. this deal, looks good on paper, but as you just pointed out, lou, there are very powerful groups on both side that don't support it. so unless you can get people on the ground to support what's written on paper, the risk of one group blowing it up or another group glowing it up increases substantially. lou: there is this

michael vickers undersecretary of defense for intelligence. general michael flynn, intelligence agency, miss director long, and mr. richard leggett, the deputy director of the national scuft agency. we will start with unclassified opening statements from each of our witnesses. and reconvene in a classified setting next door, where each witness will be able to make brief classified remarks ollowed by members' questions. >> chairman, distinguished members of the subcommittee, i appreciate the opportunity to come before you today to discuss the fiscal year 2015 budget requests for defense intelligence. i'm especially pleased to be here with mike, tisch and rick. betty sapp, our director of the national reconnaissance office testified yesterday before the strategic forces subcommittee. while the unclassified nature of our opening remarks keeps us from discussing in detail many aspects of defense intelligence, we look forward to meeting in closed sessions to discuss these topics more fully. intelligence is major search of u.s. advantage. it informs

undersecretary. i want to thank for the sense in s.n.a.p. and all the good work in schools to have the healthier and competitive foods and reduce junk food marketing in schools. it is nice to write positive comments to the usda about those issues. >> great. >> i'm sara borne from food and water watch. there has been a series in s.n.a.p. and other media outlets to s.n.a.p. retailers paying their employees such low wages that they're essentially double-dipping. that their own employees have to rely on s.n.a.p. to feed their families healthy miles and as we're starting to see more discussion about raising the minimum wage i wonder how you can comment on that improve the health of nation's low end consumers getting them better income and stronger safety net? >> thank you very much for that question. i often to say to people we can not solve the problem of hunger in this country through nutrition programs alone. what puts people at risk of going hungry is income and as the questioner raised, unfortunately the the minimum wage has not kept up. i g

interestingly, bob siegel, who was president of the board of trustees during the time, former undersecretarythe treasury, working for hank paulson, duke told him not to talk to me, but he did it anyway. i have a lot to respect for help for doing that. he told me what he thought was going on and how this affected him. and the board of trustees from their perspective. >> what did he say? >> he basically said it was like a fog of war. i start with a quote from morris. mcanamara has come out with this donaldble film about rumsfeld. he has investigated very thoroughly and thinks there are a lot of unanswered questions. the quote i use is basically the truth is out there and in principle we can find it. that was my driving force. the truth is out there. and in principal, we can find it. i did the best i could. i do not know if what ever get to the bottom of this unless and until some people who really know what happened or not completely discredited, i do not think they are discredited, but everybody thinks crystal magnum is discredited. now a convicted murderer in jail for murdering her boyfriend

sam fisher, and undersecretary for the treasury there to be approved. if they are not, when jeremy stein leaves may 28th, three vacancies on the board, and that enmoos the most vacancies since 1936, it will shift substantially the power away from the chair towards the regional presidents and to the extent those regional presidents are more hawkish than the board or less inclined to align themselves with the chair, it could mean a more hawkish fed. >> okay. so talk to us about what that means in english in terms of interest rates? >> more hawkish fed might move for likely to taper and end up increasing interest rates sooner. however, i don't believe that's going to be the outcome, because i think the senate will approve those two nominees and then they'll be at least one more, maybe two more, actually. do my counting. to nominate. >> one, two. >> didn't get it all right. >> steve, coming back later in the show, to explain. >> right. >> this -- >> okay. mystery chart here. looks like egg gookg of an heal individual. had an affect on the chart today. i'll

. >> undersecretary, i just wanted to -- >> i just got a note saying i'm at the wrong hearing. >> oh,'ve got the right room number, but the wrong hearing. >> that would explain why i didn't know anything about this letter. >> maybe a senior moment. the senator says he hopes it's not a sign of things to come. you know that selfie big papi and the president? the president may have said cheese, but the white house isn't smiling after it was observed to be a samsung marketing ploy. must have been a tough answer from a spirited red sox fan himself. >>> we knew that former president george w. bush has devoted a lot of energy since his presidency to painting. well, tomorrow an exhibit of his work will open at the president's library in dallas. his daughter, jenna bush hager, gave us a sneak peek, titled "the art of leadership." it includes portraits of several fellow world leaders, from tony blair to vladimir putin. >>> and that wraps up this hour of "jansing and co." i'm chris jansing. "news nation" with tamron hall is next. the latest on wall street's reaction to the newly released jobs re

. >> at a conference on food policy, the agriculture undersecretary of food, nutrition and consumer services discussed the obama administration's push to increase the minimum wage which he argues is a center to reducing hunger in america. we'll also hear pulling information about millennials food choices. this is two hours. >> thank you very much, and it is a special honor to be here with you today i believe on your 37th such national eating. i am particularly pleased to be with you all. for many of you i'm sure you may have seen an article in yesterday's "new york times" drawing attention to one of the foundation pieces in the war on poverty 50 years ago of a rural county, very poor town in west virginia that actually prompted then-president, to be president kennedy was campaigning in that area to make a vow that he would do something about food and providing for access to hungry americans. it became his executive order number one when he assumed his place in the white house. president johnson, whom we are looking back on this year in a variety of perspectives, 50 years ago, he really led i

the new undersecretary for public diplomacy and public affairs talk yesterday at a swearing-in ceremony about the power of the story that we tell. is standing in the world challenged in some respects, but make no mistake, as rick said, we put everything together, who we are, what we stand for, what , theoduce, how we innovate opportunities we generate for our citizens another -- and others, the ideas that have come to define this, we are in line for who we are, but the world is not like and in many cases does understand what we're trying to do. too often there is a gap. closing that gap is vitally important. this poses a bit of a paradox. i do not believe the united states has trouble communicating. i never believed we were all communicated by a guy in a cave. as it turns out, he wasn't in a cave. as it turns out, he was struggling to lead a far-flung movement that also failed to recognize what his actions were communicating to keep communities from which it derived support. go back to 2011 when i was across the street. after mentioning at the podium we are waiting to hear from the liby

shah is the 16th administrator of usaid, and previously served as undersecretary of research, education and economics at usaid. s. chief scientist at the is department of agriculture. we welcome him back to the committee. without objection, the witnesses for prepared statement will be made part of the record. members will have five calendar days to submit any statements or questions or extreme ease pitcher for the record. and we will ask administrator shah, if you would, please summarize your remarks. administrator shah. >> thank you, chairman royce, and thank you ranking member engel, and to all of the members of the committee. i am pleased and honored to be here to present a justification for president obama's fy '15 request for usaid and for development assistance around the world. as the president has said on numerous occasions, our investments and development of health and humanitarian affairs and in supporting civil society and democratic governance are a critical part of our own national security strategy. i first want to start by saying thank you, to all of the members of the co

. >> undersecretary cohen, i just wanted to -- >> i just got a note saying i'm at the wrong hearing. i've got the right room number, but the wrong hearing. >> well, that would explain why i didn't know anything about this letter. [ laughter ] >> well, this is the first time this has ever happened to me. but i hope it's not a precursor. >> you're always welcome in our committee. >> that's what happened when you pop around from one hearing to the next. >>> up next, we've seen the birthers and the 9/11 truthers. remember this? now meet the health care truthers, those creatures of the far right who say the obama administration is cooking the enrollment numbers on the affordable care act. that's ahead. you're watching "hardball," the place for politics. legalzoom has helped start over 1 million businesses. if you have a business idea, we have a personalized legal solution that's right for you. with easy step-by-step guidance, we're here to help you turn your dream into a reality. start your business today with legalzoom. then a little time to kick back. earn double hilton honors points wi

. >> undersecretary cohen, i just wanted to -- >> i just got a note saying i'm at the wrong hearing.okay. >> i've got the right room number, but the wrong hearing. >> well, that would explain why i didn't know anything about this letter. [ laughter ] >> well, this is the first time this has ever happened to me. but i hope it's not a precursor. >> you're always welcome in our committee. >> that's what happened when you pop around from one hearing to the next. >>> up next, we've seen the birthers and the 9/11 truthers. remember this? now meet the health care truthers, those creatures of the far right who say the obama administration is cooking the enrollment numbers on the affordable care act. that's ahead. you're watching "hardball," the place for politics. these days, everything your business does is done on the internet. and tomorrow you'll do even more. that's what comcast business was built for. slow dsl from the phone company was built for stuff like this. switch to comcast business internet. then add voice and tv for just $34.90 more per month. and you'll be ready for tomorrow t

question secretary perez and it was even confirmed later that day in a written statement from an undersecretary, the data that they are relying on to highlight a problem in alabama, a quote, problem, in alabama is data from 2010. so, two things. number one, if there was such a problem in alabama in 2010, why are we doing a regional emphasis program four years later in 2014? >> what i thought was peculiar and i know it said osha in the same time period has received the 54 worker complaints from workers in alabama. but, to me, unless i know, you know, other states, did other states get 200? did they get 10? did they get a? 54 seems -- i can't even -- you know, i don't know what to do with that number. >> well, exactly. those are the exact questions that we're saying to osha. if you're going to treat similar businesses differently, in different parts of the country, and there is a very high bar of justification for doing so. we have asked osha to provide us with this data and all they can can give us is this 2010 data. >> representative, thank you very much for joining us. and our political panel

former undersecretary of international trade at the commerce department. good to have you here.o willing to play ball here? >> the leadoff to the story speaks volumes. they really do have to balance interests. europe is still recovering from -- from a pretty severe recession. time, they do have geopolitical concerns. russia's action in the ukraine are very aggressive. >> shouldn't that be a breakup call -- wake-up call? a lot of people thought he would stop at crimea. the danger is he may try to take more territory in ukraine and even more territory in the region. , aren'tntry in europe you looking at this and saying i need to be worried and let me try to invoke better sanctions to fight back against this? >> i think europe is struggling with that. they are looking at it that way. i believe a lot of the leaders want to do it and are balancing economic concerns. >> what else can we do? sanctions arer not the toughest here either. is that because we are waiting on europe and they are not cooperating so we will go baby steps? >> when i was with you last, we talked about the fact wi

. >> i hope you're able to respond as quickly as the undersecretary of the army responded.'ll go try to find out where i'm supposed to be. thank you. >> after realizing his mistake senator coats left the hearing and found out he was supposed to be in a hearing down the hall scheduled for an hour later. what do you think of that? >> i'm trying to think of the people who worked for you. rachel. there is not one person i can think of who would make you show up at the wrong hearing. you, yourself would show up at the wrong hearing but your staff would never let you ever. >> if i even showed up. but no. that is a good point, though. you got to wonder about his staff. >> who works for him? i feel so badly for him. he looks like a really nice guy and his staff has him show up at the wrong hearing? really? do you know how busy these people are? they are here to here and your team is supposed to get you in the right place at the right time and an hour early and in the wrong room? >> we are laughing here but at the beginning of the day you're giving a long card and it has your life i

undersecretary for public diplomacy and public affairs which are stengel sort of followed up on secretary kerry's attack on our last week where he called us a propaganda bullhorn this is the angle is accusing r.t. of making false claims and he gives examples he writes consider the way our team manipulated the league to telephone call involving former ukrainian prime minister yulia tymoshenko through selective editing the network made it appear that tymoshenko advocated violence against russia or the constant reference to any ukrainian opposed to a russian takeover of the country as a terrorist or the unquestioning repetition of the ludicrous assertion last week that the united states has invested five billion dollars in regime change in ukraine these are not facts and they are not opinions they are false claims well first of all on yulia tymoshenko leads to a conversation mr stengel accuses or two of making it appear quote unquote appear that mr educated violence against russia you don't have. when the person actually says that. she cute. young are you sure if you choose to thank you and

in february, i directed the acting undersecretary for defensive policy so that the dod could more effectively count for missing personnel and ensure their families receive timely and accurate information. based on his recommendations, i have directed the department to undertake the following steps to reorganize this effort into a single, accountable organization that has complete oversight of personal accounting resources, research, and operations. first, we will establish a new defense agency that combines these defense prisoners of war missing personnel office, the jpac office, and select forces of the life science equipment laboratory. by consolidating functions, we will resolve issues of duplication and inefficiency and build a stronger, more transparent, and more responsive organization. all communications with family members of the missing from past conflicts will be managed and organized by this new agency. second, to streamline the identification process, a medical corner working for the new agency will be the single dod identification authority. they will oversee the scientific opera

weakness and incoherent policy of the administration under secretary of state hillary clinton and undersecretary john kerry has undermined our allies and has strengthened our enemies . your thoughts? ted cruz is emerging as the hot. -- hawk. groundlearly staked that . ted cruz and rand paul are going to be competing for many of the same tea party voters. rand paul is likely to win the support. has positioned himself with the evangelical side of the tea party. they are willing to support an active u.s. role internationally. >> our next caller is gilbert in oklahoma. we are over there worrying about vladimir putin. he has every right to what he is doing. -- they are on occupied land. we have stolen land all over this planet. and we are worried about food and -- vladimir putin. >> that is one of the five percent of the people who support him. if he decides to invade eastern that would be a real point. i do not think sanctions would work. >> we have not talked about chris christie. i am curious if you think that hurts him. his notion of being the bully, being tough and honest and straightforward is

from theear undersecretary for defense. will hold a second session with senior intelligence officers of each of the military services as well as special operations command. ourocus on making sure that war fighters have the best possible intelligence support. we are support combat agencies. their them to describe efforts to support military operations and help the dod anticipate future conflicts. each of these agencies is part of the intelligence community and has responsibilities to the government and the department of defense. bothis a delicate balance. missions are could go to our nation. we have been presented with numerous challenges. this is the current crisis in ukraine or terrorist groups or mitigating serious compromise of classified information, intelligence and the protection of it continues to be one of the most important parts of our national defense. i will yield to the distinguished ranking member for any opening comments he would like to make. >> i want to thank our witnesses for being here today. i want to o

. >> kurt schwartz, the undersecretary for security, will be in this command headquarters. >> last year we had 75 people. this year we have over 250 people. we'll have dozens and dozens more surveillance cameras. >> that's the one from last year? >> reporter: bill evans, who took over as commissioner in january, has completed 18 marathons himself. >> you have to strike the right balance. you don't want it to feel like a police state? >> exactly. that's the instructions i've given to our officers in new york city. we're going to have a good undercover asset and uniformed officers in the city. i don't want to scare people. i want it to be the race it's always been. >> as he said he's done 18 marathons. he did wake up at 4:45 this morning and go for that run, though. >> he is very, very impressive. it's not just the marathon they're worried about, too? >> absolutely. the red sox also play an early game. they start at 11:00 eastern. at about 2:00 in the afternoon, you have 40,000 fans pouring out into kenmore square, some making their way over here so another security situation for police t

. >> undersecretary for my want to a that with the release of qualified health care plans of the etiquette edge, it's unclear what the federal policy is regarding this and whether we prevent false claims and so this is something that probably i hope i can continue to have a discussion with you on. >> i think that we have clear sailing on a tour and what we need to do is give every senator here and senator thune is next thank you, mr. chairman and madam secretary, not too long ago aged just finalized a rule and i think the senator touched on this a little bit. but i wanted to just get you on the record on this. something certain self-administered plans from paying the reinsurance tax in 2015 and 2016. which means that there are going to be a number of union groups who will have to pay the tax and will appear on the service to sort of be a political favor. as you know, that tax designed to raise a billion dollars in 2015 and 5 billion in 2016. there is a question posed of an hhs official in which that person when asked for clarification or affect other plans, rates, and fees, she said it is

nicholas burns is former state department undersecretary and foreign affairs columnist for the globale to have you with us, ambassador. a question that came up in the op-ed piece, if all that happens in russia, do our actions matter? is there enough damage happening to the russian economy perhaps this doesn't pay to go further into ukraine? >> well, i don't think so. there may be some economic costs to the russians for illegally annexing crimea, for trying to destablize eastern ukraine, frankly i think the problem right now is the united states and europe have not been able to drive up the cost enough. president putin's very decisive around his strategic aim is to build this band of buffer states around russia to protect him what he sees as a zero-sum game, of push and pull with the united states and western europe, and i don't think president putin will stop in ukraine because the russian stock market is down or because his gdp growth rate isn't what he wants it to be. so the real imperative here is for the europeans especially, the germans, to agree to sanctions on russia that will

prior to joining that he is senior fellow at the german marshall fund and also was served as undersecretary of state for democracy, human rights, and labor. they will be will we will call the containers for the evening. those who feel what is -- feel that we need to relieve policy toward russia. thomas gramm is a managing editor -- editor in kissinger associates. he was also assistant on the national security council and serving as the nsc. >> vice-president of the carnegie endowment where he oversees research in washington and moscow. pirated joining he was director of the rand corporation center. on the national security council staff so clearly a lot of knowledge here on this stage tonight. each side will have a five minute presentation on their argument. each side will have the three men never bottle. that i'm going to ask some questions, and then are going to open it up to you. hopefully we will be able to get an engaging in lively discussion . so i think you'll kick this off. >> thank you very much. thanks you. thank you for inviting me to be a part of this panel with people of known

this agency will be overseen by the undersecretary of defense for policy. by consolidating functions we will resolve issues of duplication and inefficiency and build a stronger more transparent and more responsive organization. all committee patients with family members missing from past conflicts will be managed and organized by this new agency. second, to streamline the identification process and armed forces medical examiner working for the new agency will be the single dod identification authority. they will oversee the scientific operations of the central identification laboratory in hawaii and other laboratories in omaha and dayton. third, the centralized budgetary resources for this important mission we will work with congress to realign its appropriations into a single budget. fourth, to improve the search, recovery and identification process the department will implement a centralized database and case management system containing all missing servicemembers information. fifth, i've directed the department to develop proposals for its standing publi

bringing in cnn's phil black on the ground in ukraine and ambassador nicholas burns, the former undersecretarye for political affairs. welcome. >> thank you. >> ambassador, start with you. seriously? the russians buzzed a u.s. ship 12 times? what kind of message was russia trying to send? >> well, carol, it's a clear message that the russian government wants to intimidate the united states. the u.s. warship, of course, was in international waters. the united states actually has allies in the black sea. bulgaria and romania. we have a perfect right to be there but the russians are trying to put pressure on the u.s. to back off of any overt military support to ukraine. a decision president obama has not made. do we give it support to give it a chance to maintain its own territory? in the eastern part of ukraine, these gangs are armed men, ethnic russians and the administration says supported by the russian government has taken over municipal buildings. this is a challenging time both for the ukrainian government but also for the u.s. >> go to phil black and ask what's happening in ukraine now be

columnist at foreign policy magazine. 2011, she served as senior advisor and counselor to the undersecretary of defense for policy years she has served as senior advisor at the department of state and as consultant for human rights watch and the open society foundation. she is currently working on a book entitled "by other means: how everything became more and the military became everything," which will be published in 2015. professor brooks, it is all yours. >> thank you. it is written to be here. this is a fantastic panel and it is an honor to be here with the others on this panel. i will introduce our goal is to make a conversation and to that and we will not do the usual penalty and make a 20 minute presentation, which will drive onto half-an-hour each. instead i will treat it more as an informal conversation. i will be directing some questions myself, some to particular people on the panel, some to all the panelists, and when i run out of questions, i'm going to open it up for questions from each of you and we will all make sure we try not to go on for more than three or four minutes at

the new undersecretary for the public diplomacy and public affairs work talking yesterday at the swearing-in ceremony about the power of the story that we tell. our standing in the world is challenged in some respects, but make no mistake, as rick said, when you put everything together -- who we are, what we stand for, what we produce, how we innovate, the opportunities we generate for our citizens and others, the ideas that have come to define us -- we are admired for who we are, but the world does not like, and in many cases does not understand, what we are trying to do. .. after mentioning at the podium that we are waiting to hear from the libyan government regarding the official status of its ambassador, then foreign minister moussa cusa called my colleague, jeff feldman, and said mr. crowley says you are waiting to hear from me. and then he never mentioned the ambassador. more recently, secretary kerry made an off-the-cuff comment regarding syria that russia heard loud and clear. it was converted into the removal of chemical weapons from the syrian battlefield. now come this year i rema

joining me now, former undersecretary of state, nicholas burns, and michael hirsch, chief correspondentod morning, gentlemen. >> good morning. >> good morning. thank you so much for joining me. i want to start with the russian troops. michael, the fear here is these troops are ready to invade a different part of ukraine, at any time. some say there's plenty of evidence of that. it's just a question of when. >> well, that has been the fear for the past several weeks. but it appears that what vladimir putin, the russian president, has been up to, as secretary of state john kerry alleged just the other day, is more covert-type activities suited to putin's -- you know, personal history as a kgb officer. it looks like they have been stirring up separatists, perhaps protesters for hire to occupy, inciting them to occupy these buildings. and right now that's mainly what is going on. are negotiations between the ukrainian government and these protesters occupying the buildings in the cities of donetsk. luhansk. >> nicholas, when ukrainian officials say hey, russian protesters, we won't prosecut

like ambassador charlie rifkin who's our ambassador in france until a few months ago, our new undersecretaryfor economic affairs, kathy no villi, who i stole from apple. former fund manager scott nathan from boston. they've all come to the table because they believe in helping to tame these worst forces of the marketplace and try to open up the best opportunities. it's why i've challenged every foreign service officer, every one, to be an economic officer and make our prosperity agenda what i call an all-hands-on-deck job at the state departmentment that's -- department. that's why we've partnered now with department of commerce to bring foreign investment and private sector experience to our shores through select usa to encourage people to come and invest in the united states. and that's why we're using the direct line program to connect american companies with opportunities to expand overseas by connecting them to economic insights of more than 15,000 ambassadors and diplomats around the world with. that's what we're doing. we need you to tap into that. that's why together we're not only c

previously served as undersecretary of research, education, and economics.nd as chief scientist at the u.s. department of agriculture. we welcome him back to the committee. without objection the witnesses will prepared statement will be made part of the record. members will have five calendar days to submit any statements or questions or extraneous material for the record. we will ask administrator shaw if you would please summarize the marks. >> thank you, chairman. thank you, ranking member. two of the members of the committee and i am pleased and honored to be here to present justification for president obama's fy15 request for u.s. aid and for development assistance around the world. as the president has said on numerous occasions, our investments in development and health and humanitarian affairs and in supporting civil society and democratic governments our critical part where our national security strategy. thank you to all the members of the committee and in particular the chairman and ranking member. your support over the last years have helped us r

and talks are opening again, i believe next week, where undersecretary sherman i think is already onher way, or will be soon. >> can i comment, and you can respond on the sanctions issue. because i know it's been an issue with is a great deal of difference of opinion on the part of the administration. the six to $7 billion in sanctions could be brief, put in place in a nanosecond, but you and i know and it administration knows any additional sanctions can take 180 days to put in place. i just want to add that for the record. >> okay. well, to underscore again that the overwhelming majority of sanctions remain in place. and that the iranian economy is still in the vise of sanctions put in place. not only here by the congress and by the executives, but also this crippling round, four rounds of multilateral sanctions through the u.n. security council. and that international sanctions regime which was your second question has been a critical complement and force multiplier shall we say of what we have done ourselves here at the united states. so you asked where will the u.n. security cou

. >> also establish the undersecretary for civilian security democracy and human rights. one that we work quite a bit with. >> you know, so far i haven't really heard anything that hillary clinton can proudly boast when she runs for president. when i was in charge, i did this. jen, one final time. >> i know there is a lot of -- go ahead. >> i was going to -- i wish we had gotten a two-minute warning. we didn't. >> i apologize for that. the only thing i did at the top was better answer the question you asked yesterday. >> without him in the room. that was the reporter who asked the question about the qddr. they said it was a way for hillary clinton, it was her policy of getting the state department to act quickly to put out world catastrophes and world issues. so matt, the a.p. reporter, wanted to see if this yielded results. did it? i think she was still thrashing 24 hours later. >> right. he consumes in at the end there -- comes in at the end there. >> he missed the whole thing. >> the problem is the original tape of jen saying i got nothing, i can't name an accomplishme

obama's deputy national security advisor and the undersecretary of state who is leading the americanam in the formal negotiations with iran. benghazi mentioned in the story as well. it says it was mr. burns who accompanied the bodies of ambassador christopher steven and three other americans on a c-17 flight to washington from germany in the -- after the attack of the american compound in benghazi, libya. host: that's in the "new york times." if you were to go to the front page of "the washington post," another story about iran, and its diplomat that was set to come here in the united states, saying that the obama administration said friday it would block the nominee as impose door from entering the united states. the decision to bar entry to the diplomat, who was allegedly involved in the 1979 seizure of the u.s. embassy in tehran followed intense political pressure on the administration from republicans and democrats on capitol hill, but it also marked a rare instance in which washington has effectively vetoed another country's preferred choice as an envoy to the united nations. ge