we're trying to do more with uniform personnel. we are looking at the contracts we have the we think are more service related to be done by others. things -- if i cut contracts and installation, that i have to use military manpower. it is one of the other because it still has to get done. if i kept the contracts of having grass, then i have to have military cut the grass. they have to do these other things at the contracts do. these are all things of have to get done. we can cut contractors and we will. some of them we can't as they are too valuable. if we do, the military is going to have to take over those responsibilities. it is stuff that has to be done. , weuld just throw out there are not reducing any installations. reducing 150,000 men and maintain these installations. it is costing us a lot of money and we have to hire civilians and contractors. we'll have to use military manpower to do it. that is the bottom line. my impression is that you're having a larger percentage reduction of uniform than civilian. i am troubled by t

and whether it's uniformed personnel on the border of ukraine or whether it is the nonuniform people that are proxies that are stirring up things inside, he's now moved on odessa. can you share publicly what are the plans -- let me rephrase that. what can you share publicly are the plans of the united states armed forces as well as nato with regard to this aggressive action by russia? >> well, what i can say publicly, senator, is that the united states has three instruments of national power -- economic, diplomatic and military. they're all being applied to this they're all being applied to the challenge with respect to russia. the military instrument at this point with regard to the ukrainians is support in terms of nonlethal assistance, intelligence-sharing at some level, and the military instrument is principally involved in reassuring our nature row allies by the deployment of additional resources the deployment of planners, the conduct of exercises to assure our nato allies that we will live up to our article 5 responsibilities under nato. >> increase in ship presence, deployme

has pledged help sending ten uniform personnel. but there seems to be some confusion as to just what they will do. >> the flight o plight of the kd school girls has now made it to america's media. in washington dc, los angeles, and in front of the united nations' in new york. >> we nee are a friend of my jer gentleman 2347 the u.s. said they have offered help from the first day. they say the nigerian government refused until now. >> the government had its own set of strategies in the beginning. >> the offer now accepted it seems clear that the two britn . >> at the white house spokesman jay carney refuted that. >> we're not considering military resources. we would urge nigeria that any operation to free the girls would protect civilians and human rights. >> but they indicated that bo ko haram could become a potential target. >> the world will have to deal with organizations like this who cause such havoc in day-to-day lives. >> stressing the u.s. plans to help as much as possible but saying first and foremost they believe it is up

the reason he is in the job is because john kerry to cite shinseki the first uniform army personnel to stand up and criticize george w. bush after all these democrats had voted to go into iraq and authorize the use of force, shinseki stood up and said it's going to take hundreds of thousands and we don't have a chance. and the democrats loved that. so they put him in this job maybe as thanks,maybe as pay back. where were the qualifications? maybe, you know, at some point, you have to ask, where is the real concern? you, yourself said this had been going on for a long long time. and people knew it and didn't say anything about it. is it that they don't care? is it that they put their survival first? who knows what it is. but the bottom line is you can ask why all day. if you have the courage to come up with the truth, when you ask why, the answer is: they are not qualified. they are not qualified to run obamacare. they are not qualified to run energy. they are not qualified to run the economy. they don't have anybody that knows what they doing in anything, greta. everything here is smok

. >> reporter: the pentagon says it would be 10 uniformed military personnel in addition to freedom fbi and the justice department. but now we are hearing there are aircraft flying over nigeria, they could be drone or manned, we don't know yet, but that's larger assistance than weep originally thought. the total number of americans assisting nigeria is closer to 40. so the force is growing. in addition to the americans there is chinese, brit and israeli advisors as well. nigeria is getting what lot of help from around the world right now. martha: new questions on whether of any people are calling out islam and its treatment of women. bill maher says women are treated as property. he spoke out saying muslim groups still have not come to terms with this. >> we listen to many well-meaning muslims who say it has nothing to do with islam or sharia or the koran, it's an aberration. and what we are seeing time and time and time again is sadly it's not an aberration. martha: former u.n. ambassador john bowl on will join us on this at the bottom of the hour. bill: legendary radio host casey case

residents say boko haram arrived in armored personnel carriers wearing military uniforms to this village 300. >> our interagency team is hitting the ground in nigeria now. >> reporter: more u.s. assistance is on the way to help find the hundreds of kidnapped girls. a small u.s. military team is scheduled to arrive friday to join other military, law enforcement, and intelligence personnel already on the ground. the u.s. is talking to nigeria about providing surveillance assets. u.s. drones off perfect rating out of nearby nashir could be the center piece. >> they can help pin point the boko haram terrorists as well as the kidnapped girls. they could relay data down to the ground to special mission units that could take care of the mission and actually potentially free the whose stages. >> reporter: but no decisions have been made about what to do. in the latest intelligence shows the girls likely have already been broken up into small groups and some may even have been moved across nigeria's borders. if they have been moved around, it's going to make it more difficult to track them down,

military personnel, both uniformed and civilian who spoke to the subcommittee during these site visits, did so in a nonat trib bugs environment to encourage them to candidly express their views to the members. to give an idea the witnesses heard from included military and civilian investigators, military and civilian prosecutors and defense attorneys, current and former commanders, military and civilian medical professionals, including the centers for disease control and prevention, statisticians, including the former director and current acting director of the bureau of justice statistics, social scientists, academics, military and civilian forensic examiners, military and civilian victim counsel, military and civilian victim advocates and other victim support personnel. sexual assault survivors, victim advocate organizations and many, many others. all of the subcommittee meetings were transcribed verbatim and posted on the response systems panel website along with other materials the subcommittees received and considered. the subcommittees have also engage in numerous deliberation se

opening day, plain clothes and uniformed officers and state certified private guards total was 437 safety personnel. largest ever for opening day. ow attorneys say witnesses in the stands will be called next. frank mccourt, possibly next week. reporting from los angeles abc7 news. >> in san francisco tonight a fund-raiser for an effort to stop gun violence is underway planned before the isla vista massacre. laura? >> yes. hi we're here where this event fund-raiser is tonight. let's show you what's happening now. that is mc hammer just left the press conference here. later tonight there will be a fund-raiser to promote snoop dogg's no more guns campaign. among those in attendance besides mc hammer, joe montana, ronnie lott around the message gun violence needs to stop. snoop's video grew out of the sandy hook tragedy in 2012 but resonates today just days after a violent rampage in isla vista. >> we found those kids being affected by these school shootings and shooting we had the other day in southern california, this is outrageous we need to do something about it. and i don't mind standing up for a

opening day, plain clothes and uniformed officers and state certified private guards total was 437 safety personnel. largest ever for opening day. stow attorneys say witnesses in the stands will be called next. frank mccourt, possibly next week. reporting from los angeles abc7 news. >> in san francisco tonight a fund-raiser for an effort to stop gun violence is underway planned before the isla vista massacre. laura? >> yes. hi we're here where this event fund-raiser is tonight. let's show you what's happening now. that is mc hammer just left the press conference here. later tonight there will be a fund-raiser to promote snoop dogg's no more guns campaign. among those in attendance besides mc hammer, joe montana, ronnie lott around the message gun violence needs to stop. snoop's video grew out of the sandy hook tragedy in 2012 but resonates today just days after a violent rampage in isla vista. >> we found those kids being affected by these school shootings and shooting we had the other day in southern california, this is outrageous we need to do something about it. and i don't mind standing up for

the rebel movement, separatist movement in the east in terms of perhaps personnel, even just in terms of logistics, weapons, uniforms, just how much presence is there from russia in eastern ukraine? >> well, i think that there may be some help from russia, but in general, i think the amount of this assistance is exaggerated by the western media and the western politicians. what happened in ukraine is a tragedy, which was a consequence of a huge miscalculation, you know, when the western powers supported the coup in kiev, they didn't expect that the consequences would be so dramatic. now, they blame all the violence in the east of ukraine on russia, and i'm not is that your this is exactly fair, because the border between the two states is closed. the ukrainian government said that russian males between 16-60 are not recommended to cross the border unless they have a dying relative or special business in ukraine. i'm not sure that russia would be physically able to put up such a formidable resistance movement on its own. there is some grievance, local grievance in the over the of ukraine and some people there ready t

residents say boko haram arrived in armored personnel carriers wearing military uniforms to this village than 300. >> our interagency team is hitting the ground in nigeria now. >> reporter: more rust assistance is on the way to help find the hundreds of kidnapped girls. a small u.s. military team is scheduled to arrive friday to join other military, law enforcement, and intelligence personnel already on the ground. the u.s. is talking to nigeria about providing surveillance assets. u.s. drones operating out of nearby niger could be the centerpiece. >> we can help pinpoint the location of the boko haram kidnappers as well as potentially the hostages. >> reporter: if drones spot boko haram operatives -- >> they would also be able to very quickly relay data down to the ground to special mission units that could then take care of the mission and to actually potentially free the hostages. >> reporter: but no decisions have been made about what to do, and the latest intelligence shows the girls likely have already been broken up into small groups and some may even have been moved across nigeri

employ over 1000 sworn officers to provide uniformed lease response at fps protected facilities and participate in tactical andcises with personnel conduct facility security assessment nationwide. utilizing the modified infrastructure surveys, inspectors document existing postures of the facility, compare how the facility is or is not meeting the a sign of protection for its silly the security level, providing recommendations for security appropriateith countermeasures to mitigate risks. this process was designed to meet the requirements of the inter-agency risk management process for federal facilities and we are in the process of the tool to the isc for validation. utilizing this tool, fps is on track to have completed the assessment on all level three through level five facilities in the portfolio by the end of the calendar year 2014. i am also pleased to report that the second generation tool is in acceptance testing. this system will feature among other improvements and enhanced user interface and improved visibility across the portfolio. at this time we expect the appointment of this system to begin in the fall of 2014. ,ns

personnel re flexibility. it is an honor to serve men and women in uniform who have given us so much. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> mr. speaker, after a lot of hard work and -- ms. hahn: mr. speaker, after a lot of hard work and collaborative effort, i'm pleased that the committee i serve on was able to come to a fair, bipartisan agreement on the new water bill that will create jobs and keep our ports globally competitive. as a representative of the nation's busiest port complex in los angeles and long beach and co-founder of our ports caucus here in congress, i fought so hard from my first day in congress to increase funding for our nation's ports by fully utilizing our harbor maintenance trust fund to ensure that money that's collected at our ports goes back to our ports. they don't call me ms. harbor maintenance for nothing around here. it's been a long journey but i'm thrilled th

personnel cost. of do you account for all the people in uniform were being paid out of a different pocket?ow do you make sure you're really associating and figuring this out? the military has a very large medical establishment. that is probably because they have unique deeds, at the end of on day you need a surgeon the battlefield, you need a medic who will pull the young man or woman out of the firefight and get them to that trauma surgeon. that is not the only kind of medical service that the department of services provides. you off-center shenzhen peter dear christians -- you have obstetricians and pediatricians, because you have family members who need to be cared for. is it the right thing to have that done be military members -- by military members. we would love to have as many skills as we want, but there is a level of redundancy, and the question is what needs to be unique to the military, and what can they rely on the rest of the united states for? host: here is art of our your our yours -- part of miniseries, and we have a republican caller. caller: a couple of observations. i a

personnel to steal automatic weapons from ft. carson, so that gained our interest. >> so these guys were no joke. these weren't just some guys running around in these silly kind of hood and uniformse serious. >> they had the potential to cause a lot of heartache and pain for us. i also identified two members of the klan who were -- they had top security clearance and were signed to norad and they were manning the console that monitored north american air defense systems. i had a meeting with the deputy commander of norad, who made a phone call to the pentagon after i showed him my investigation book with the names, and he talked to somebody at the pentagon. i was told he was talking to a high ranking general, and as a result of that phone call, these two personnel were removed from their top security posts. >> that's scary. well, i'm going to have to leave it there. i could talk on and on and on. this is an amazing story. ron stallworth, thank you for sharing this story. and again, the book is "black klansman," and you can order it yourself at blackklansman.com. we'll be right back. [ girl ] my mom, she makes underwater fans that are powered by the moon. ♪ she can print amazing t

uniform. yes, the military has implemented a host of new programs and educational courses to help stamp out sexual misconduct but with rising reports of military personnel being investigated for rape domestic abuse allegedly forcing soldiers into prostitution the reversal of jury convictions into sexual assault cases i'm convinced the military cannot now and it was epidemic own. i commanded an army unit. i am a former military commander. i have often been the only woman in an all-male unit. i've served in combat conditions. i have served all over the world i served in peacetime. i've served in wartime. i place the highest priority on the commanders authority to lead, manage and discipline the men and women under his or her command within the ucmj. however in the case of sexual crimes the military has shown it is not able to uniformly, and i say uniformly because there are many great commanders, so many more good commanders than bad ones but it has shown it has not been able to uniformly implemented as occasions and punishments within the chain of command. so i find myself going through a process where i have gradually, painfully come to the conclusion t

personnel costs to operate this facility. that money could so much better be spent on military readiness, medical research, improving the quality of life for our men and women in uniform. the fact is, mr. chairman, nearly 500 defendants charged with crimes related to international terrorism have been successfully convicted in the united states since 9/11. including a former gitmo detainee, the times square bomber, the shoe bomber and a 9/11 co-conspirator. all of them are incarcerated in 98 federal prisons here in the united states with no security incidents. now, by comparison, military commissions, which is the alternative, have managed to prosecute eight cases in that time and many of them have in fact been overturned on appeal. there are six d.o.d. facilities where gitmo detainees could be held in the united states that are currently only at 48% capacity. the political and legal expediency of the detention center at guantanamo bay is not worth the cost to america's reputation around the world, nor to the erosion of our legal and ethical standards here at home and i would reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the

personnel who support them. aye proud to support our men and women in uniform and i urge my colleagues to support this bill nd, like today, to work in a bipartisan fashion that ends sequestration tomorrow and from here on out. work in that same bipartisan fashion. may god's blessings be upon all the men and women in uniform who are impacted by this bill and with their families. mr. chairman, thank you. it was a pleasure working with you and ranking member smith as well. thank you so much and i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman from texas yields. the gentleman from california. mr. mckeon: i yield one minute to my friend and colleague, a member of the armed service committees, the gentlelady from indiana, mrs. walorski. the chair: the gentlelady is recognized. mrs. walorski: we have the strongest and best military in the world. this bill works to ensure our military continue to have the best people, best training and best hardware. it guards against irresponsible cuts to pay and benefits, improves readiness and provides our men and women in uniform with a vital -- with the vital aircraft, sh