he went off to texas a&m university, but he dropped out of school and enlisted in the united states army because of 9/11. amazing individual these people who left their careers after 9/11 and joined the united states military to protect the rest of us. over here on the far left is lance corporal robert "robby" martinez. united states marine corps. he was killed at the age of 20 on december 21, 2005, from a small rural community called cleveland. cleveland, texas. he dreamed of getting a degree in education and becoming a baseball coach after his career in the marines. today, there is a post office in cleveland, texas, named in his honor. when we dedicated the post office for robby martinez in cleveland, texas, the whole town turned out for it. in fact, the united states air force had a flyover during that ceremony and that dedication. the people of cleveland loved robby martinez and his family and appreciate his sacrifice for america. the seventh individual is staff sergeant jerry michael durbin, united states army from spring, texas. he was killed on january 25, 2006, at the age of 27.

army air force during the war. shortly after became the united states air force. what it was like for african-americans as the united states was on the eve of war. if you take yourself back to 1939-1940 the rest of the world was already at war. japan have long invaded china. germany invaded poland by 1939. united states had not entered the war but it was a world war. franklin roosevelt knew the united states was headed for involvement in this conflict and led the nation along kicking and screaming. the army air corps was all white. the only african-americans who had positions in the army air corps worker looks, janitors, security personnel who guarded the fence around the base. the generals in charge of the army air corps like that way. they had come up in world war i when the army air corps was all white. that was the world they knew. they liked it that way and expected to stay that way. they had no plans whatsoever to include african-americans in any way in their branch of the service. they had some research backing them up. following world war i they commission

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government or otherwise. >> the united states army's primary mission is to project force in the defense of the united states and its values. >> we are talking about a rescue mission you're picking up that has nothing to do is projecting force. it's lifesaving. >> that is the distinction, projecting force is inherently governmental, lifesaving. >> are you comfortable with that definition has to use it? let me tell you in response to the second part i am comfortable with this definition, yes, inherently i'm comfortable. but second, there are 1800 some odd state department diplomatic security professionals in the entire world. i need on believe its something like when all is said and done i am going to need something may be closer to 7500 static, just static guards for both afghanistan -- >> i know where you are going and i am going to agree with you. the bottom line is necessity requires you to use contractors because you have such a huge need. that to me, let me say you are a very candid witness, so i appreciate the dialogue. but a more helpful response to the commission and the other to

. >> good afternoon, i'm george morals, a united states army veteran. i'm here to ask of you to support our funds towards hospitality house. it's very important if you honor us with that. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> hello, supervisors, i'm larry bradshaw, a fire paramedic. i'm here to speak against the contract at san francisco general hospital. i'm going to let the supervisors know the union has put forward a counterproposal that provides for a higher level of security and saves as much money as d.p.h. says it will save by contracting out to unarmed private security guards that have no power of arrest. now, d.p.h. management makes the excuse that they are not interested in our proposal because they're not interested in being in the security business and they with an to concentrate on their core admission which is health. that's an antiquated vision of health. the national institute of occupational safety and health and the federal osha both recognize violence in the workplace as being about those health and safety. workplace violence is t

hoping though that he will do something about the a tremendous energy expenditure is that the united states army's expand the iraq and afghanistan we have a tremendously inefficient energy base over there and we need to do something about it i'm hoping that it will bring about some change of the money should be using united states to work domestic programs i mean we're essentially bankrupt a lot of elements of our nation in order to win this war in iraq and afghanistan from what my point is that we can be expending energy there are much much smarter than we are if you understand the relationship between energy efficiency and military effectiveness then you can see we can win the war and we can actually actually save a lot of money and i'm hoping that secretary panetta will do something about that which is officials have ordered a probe into fresh clashes between police and protesters in cairo hundreds of people were injured as more riots swept the country and activists are angry with the interim government saying have there of been no improvements since also mubarak was toppled in february journal

but the two investigationswed t, both point the finger primarily at the united states army corps of engineersor a disastrous series of mistakes, misjudgments, mismiscalculations, errors of of going back to when congress said build a system to protect new orleans from the maximum probable hurricane, the corps defined that down by excluding from its model all of the then most recent extreme storms as outliers. >> why would we plan for that? right, yeah. >> and the, the mistakes are pretty mindboggling in both quantity and quality. and the corps, the corps leader in one moment in time actually did a mea culpa, took responsibility and within two months he was out of the corps, retired and, and they don't talk about that anymore. >> right. so no one is looking back. >> no one's looking back. >> no one's looking back. >> there has not been a single member of the corps of engineers even docked a month's salary. no negative career consequences for them for almost obliterating a majo metropolitan area, although the leaders of the two investigations and a whistleblower from within the corps, who we pro

hoping though that he will do something about their tremendous energy expenditure is that the united states army is expanding in iraq and afghanistan we have a tremendously inefficient base over there and we need to do something about it i'm hoping that it will bring about some change although i will obama now has announced the let's talk about that would draw all of over thirty thousand u.s. troops from afghanistan by the end of next year where will the money be diverted to instead of and you were talking about more efficiency needed because of the public money being spent so where would should this money be going all the money should be using the united states to work domestic programs i mean we're essentially bankrupt elements of our nation in order to win this war in iraq and afghanistan from my point is that we should be expending energy there but what smarter than we are if you understand the relationship between energy efficiency and military effectiveness then you can see we can win the war and we can actually actually save a lot of money and i'm hoping that secretary panetta will do som

hoping though that he will do something about the a tremendous energy expenditures of the united states armies to expand the iraq and afghanistan we have a tremendously inefficient energy base over there and we need to do something about and i'm hoping it will bring about some change in the money should be using united states to work domestic programs i mean we're essentially bankrupting many elements of of our nation in order to win this war in iraq and afghanistan but my point is that we can be expending energy there are much much smarter than we are if you understand the relationship between energy efficiency and military effectiveness and you can see we can win the war and we can actually actually save a lot of money and i'm hoping that secretary panetta will do something about that my point is that there is a very high to goal easy pragmatic approach and that is essentially insulating our structures in iraq and afghanistan and we can say really we're presently spending about twenty billion dollars a year simply dirty dish thing inefficient structures in our combat zone where i think that

as you can see from some of these visits in the museum the inner work army of the united states was very small. the u.s. had the seventeenth largest army in the world behind bulgaria and belgium. even behind switzerland and sweden. there were more guys running around with red pocket knives that america had in uniform. in a group that small the officer had plenty of time to get to know each other. general marshall or admiral king or president roosevelt, when mike was called to duty he began to look back to his early years when he got to know the officers as people. eisenhower told one of his classmates he had a theory, if you know the commander in -- you know how he will react in a given situation. he had a real fighter in george patton and when the combined chiefs of staff made three landings in north africa, i asked george to leave the landing on the atlantic coast. it was the most difficult invasion because africa was particularly dangerous but patton's luck held and it was a success. he took casablanca in three days and months later after the americans took one on the chin, reach the

the united states army doesn't use civilians. >> the united states primary mission is to project force in defense of the united states and its values. >> okay, we're talking about a rescue mission that you're picking up there's nothing to do with projected force. it's lifesaving. >> i'm saying that is good distinction. it is inherently governmental, lifesaving. >> are you comfortable with that definition? >> let me tell you in response to the second part. i am comfortable with this definition, gas, inherently uncomfortable. secondly, there are 1800 some odd state department diplomatic security professionals in the entire world. i need, i believe something like when all is said and done, i am going to need something close to 7500 static, just static for both afghanistan. >> ambassador, i know we are going and i'm going to agree with you. the bottom line is necessity requires you to use contractors because you have such a huge need. back to me -- let me say, you are a very candid greatness, so i appreciate the dialogue. but a more helpful response to this commission and to congress but h

wilson: yesterday marked the birthday of the united states army. 236 years ago the united states army was established to defend our families. the army began june 14, 1775, as the continental army. the continental congress established the army to coordinate military efforts among the 13 independent colonies. with victory in the cold war, more people and more countries today live in democracy, freedom, and peace than in the history of the world. due to the success of america's military. promoting the values of loyalty, duty, respect, self-less service, honor, integrity, and personal courage. today's soldiers represent the best of our nation. as the grateful son of an army air corps flying tiger, as the 31-year veteran of the army reserves and army national guard, i know firsthand the confidence and patriotism that service members, especially my wife and i are grateful to have three sons currently serving in the army national guard. my youngest son, second lieutenant hunter taylor wilson, was commissioned last month an engineer through the clemson university rotc. in conclusion, god bles

the united states army has been engaged in 16,000 economic projects over there.'s three problems with nation building. it's expensive and we're short of money. it takes time and we're short of patience. and, three, we don't know how to do it. it's like building. nations are not built like tinker toys. >> if you're switching to counter terrorist strategy, there's obviously a bit of counter terrorism strategy and counter insurgency, if you don't switch to that, you don't need 70,000 troops. there's this disconnect on how you go forward. frankly, hearing the general on the hill saying i wanted much more -- i never heard that before. i didn't hear that last time. almost to me the white house, the white house is the one saying david petraeus doesn't want this. they really want the president to look tough on this. they want the president to be the guy saying, i didn't follow the advice of the generals, now obviously the military is under civilian control, but i think there's a real effort to spin here that the president is pushing back against his generals. >> to follo

the united states army does not use civilians -- government or otherwise. >> the united states army's primary mission is to project force and -- in defense of the united states and its values. >> that is projecting force. talking about a rescue mission that now you are picking up. it is life-saving. >> i am saying that is the distinction. projecting force is inherently governmental and life-saving -- >> are you comfortable with that definition? >> let me tell you and response of the second part. i am comfortable with this definition, yes -- secondly, there are 1800 and some odd department diplomatic security professionals in the entire world. i need, i believe is -- something like when all is said and done, i am going to need something like close to 7500 static, just that guards, for but afghanistan. >> ambassador, i know where you are going and i am going to agree with you. the bottom line is a necessity requires you to use contractors because you have such a huge need. that, to me -- let me say, you are a very candid witness so i appreciate the dialogue. but a more helpful response

talked -- when i have talked to the military that run this very effectively, the united states military principally, the army, they have stated that the reason they only get one round is because the bad guys know that there's going to be a magnitude of force on the head immediately, and they have visual after visual of how they do that. so i'm just making the statement. that i need to move on. i want to get into the arcane world of auditing. have you staffed in your mind adequately the support that you need from contract admin, and specifically contract audit? is that something good you are comfortable with, the level that it is presently scheduled or planned for? >> we are in discussions with the defense contract audit agency for deploying a unit of their personal forward. we use defense contract agency, audit agency personnel extensively. he added to that is, i believe it is true, but everything comes into the -- >> okay, okay. i want to lay the groundwork out because -- >> if i might, we have $10 million committed this year, this fiscal year to dcaa for their assistance [talking over each other] >> you ar

united states air force. i honor my step dad who served in the united states army. d i honor my stepbrother who retired full united states navy. we will never forget those sacrifices; it is part of our past we must remember to secure the promise of the future. it is those values that make our country unique and make us the most powerful force for good on this planet. i believe the united states of america is the indispensible nation. it is that spirit that separates us from those who would give their own life for others from those who sacrifice others, like terrorists who use little children as human shields. perhaps the valor of our american fighting heroes was never captured better than in the sacrifice made by the sullivan brothers from right here in waterloo. the sullivan family was much like other families in america during the depression. they were fortunate to get by. most of the family worked here in waterloo at the local meat packing plant. when a close friend of the family died at pearl harbor, the five sullivan brothers enlisted in the navy, but under the

that is all united states army. they did not have contractors. when you assume that portion of the mission and they all go home, you have a different requirement plan in contacting. the reason i bring that up, ambassador, you talk about operations and maintenance. i am not sure your spot on with the operations. i know you are spot on with the maintenance. >> let me address that, mr. commissioner. using the mrap as an example -- we have built into the contract a training unit, meaning a mrap that the case as a simulator. we have a model there. the model is being upgraded. every security person that is going to be involved in the operation and use of those mraps will be run through the simulator to be sure they know how to operate it. your point about suppression of pryor's -- you are right. the u.s. military is the biggest military in the world, but i do not have that option available to me after december 31. that is why we are using -- >> you are going to use contractors? >> no, sir. >> you cannot run if you are under fire. >> that is exactly wha

and the passwords appear to include users from the united states army, cyber security organizations and major communications companies. the fbi said steps are being taken to lessen the damage. >>> police and fire chiefs in the d.c. region often make more than the governors of maryland and virginia. washington examiner took a look at public safety salaries. kangy lanier makes $250,000 a year. that is the most of any public official. montgomery county police chief tomas hanker brings in 215,000 plus. and richard bowers $190,000. and fairfax county chief ron masten earns $175,000. now look at the governors. partin o'malley salary is $150,000. tas less than all but one major public safety official in the area. virginia governor bob mcdonnell makes $175,000 a year. >>> time now is 8:28 on this monday morning. coming up, the world's largest passenger jet about to land in washington for the first time. >>> and german officials think they know what caused the deadly e-coli outbreak in europe. while this isn't affecting produce here, consumers can still get very sick and in our next half an hour

walsh, united states army, to be a member of the president's -- member and president of the mississippi river commission, presidential nomination number 342, rear admiral jonathan w. bailey to be a member of the mississippi river commission, the nomination be placed on the executive calendar, that the nominations be confirmed en bloc, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid on the table with no intervening action or debate, d, that no further motions be in order to any of the nominations, that any statements related to the nominations be printed in the record, the president be immediately notified of the senate's action and the senate then resume legislative session. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: morning business be extended for another hour -- [inaudible] -- and that -- the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: car calendar number 79, the nomination be confirmed, that any statements related be printed in the record, the president be immediately notified of the senate's arcs the senate then resume legislative session. the presiding officer: w

we did not build the united states army of which i am a part of an ivory building quality into the ansfduring commitment. professionalism of the force help close the credibility gap between them and the people of afghanistan. many areas of afghanistan including the hundreds of isolated communities in the ballets, the army and the police are the only visible and real connection between the people and their central government. we recognize them as the foundation for building trust between the government and the people. it needs to be accountable and it needs to have inculcated within it an ethos of service. our efforts to train policeman and trainers are now setting the foundation for transition. but there is a third aspect but also must be developed, and that is building permanent infrastructure systems and enduring institutions. the soldiers and police that make up the force are important, but it is truly the systems and institutions that will last the generations. they are the key to making it last. clearly systems like recruiting and personnel, training and education, logistics and me

army field manual? >> i have taken the same position as president of united states. i think water board crossed the line with regards to interrogations'. the president outlawed the use of that plus other enhanced interrogation techniques. in an executive order he issued when he first came to the presidency. >> recently, i don't want to switch gears to much because time requires that we do that -- as senator web and i recently went to zero canal, guam, and center web was in korea before that, senator mccain and senator web and i -- centre mccarren obviously has a great personal experience in this area -- we proposed changes to basing plants on okinawa and guam. we issued a review of the plants in korea because we believe that the current plans are unrealistic, unworkable, and affordable. independently, the gao concluded the cost of these military realignments were higher than expected. in many cases, there were largely unknown. in a highly critical gao report of this direction that we are currently moving. i am wondering whether you are familiar with this issue and it

a world renowned nanotechnology research center where 250 industry leaders partner with the united states army to push us past the current bounds of science. we host g.e.'s renewable energy headquarters. our reservoir provides a significant portion of new york city's water supply. we have a one-of-a-kind army arsenal and just a few miles away we host an atomic power laboratory doing world class r&d for the united states naval nuclear propulsion program. nearby is a facility that will soon be the most advanced chip fabrication plant in the world. the hometown heroes who protect all of these facilities and more will lose their funding through uasi entirely if this bill passes in its current form. and so in support of new york's capital region and similar areas across this country, i stand in support of this amendment, this amendment that will remove an arbitrary 10-city restriction on the uasi program from this bill. this will not add one dollar to the debt or debt siff -- deficit. this will not cost us one single dollar but will rather provide us a commonsense approach. with that, mr. chair, i

it began a long time ago when i served as an intelligence officer in the united states army. i was proud to wear the uniform of our country. my respect and admiration for our nation's armed forces has only grown the decade cents. my youngest son, jim, served in afghanistan and received the bronze star. i have personally -- i personally witnessed the tradition of service and sacrifice that drives each generation to fulfil a fundamental duty to our country. in addition to respecting that great tradition of duty, i have done a number of things to try and prepare for this very difficult and challenging job. first, in the weeks since my nomination, i spent a number of hours with bob gates. he is a dear friend. when he and i first got to know each other as we were building our careers in public service, we also served together, as you know, on the iraq study group. we continued to serve together as members of the president's national security team. we share a common belief that the national security of this country is the responsibility of all americans regardless of party. i, too,

little bit by talking about his army record he's been honored many times and served in the united states army including a bronze star, three service levels, three army commendation medals, one with valor. he received his valor award as a captain in desert shield and desert storm, u.s. army rotc in 1993 and the distinguished honor graduate from third quarter. he wears the parachute badge from the air assault badge, the navy and marine corps parachute insignia. he represents the 26 district and i'm told that the only issue where he may not reflect the views of his constituents is that congressman west is an enthusiastic of the volunteers, so i know enough about florida to know that probably gets him in a little bit of trouble but nevertheless he was elected to his first term in congress. we hope for the nation's sake and believe he's going to have many more. ladies and gentlemen hour honored guest today, colonel allen west congressman from florida. [applause] >> thanks so much for that introduction and yes, being a volunteer i've got to kind of be concerned about from the decisions the athletic

relatives serving in the armed forces, spencer byrd powers continued the legacy by serving in the united states army up until his devment he was the first member of his family not to return home from serving in war abroad. spencer byrd powers was killed in an offensive attack in the vietnam war. i ask that we come together as americans to honor mr. powers' sacrifice so that those who continue to serve after mr. powers can understand his commitment an courage to serve on bhoof this beautiful country we call america. i urge my colleagues to join me in honoring this fallen soldier and in support of renaming the office of the united states postal service in cary, mississippi, as the spencer byrd powers jr. post office. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas. mr. farenthold: i'm prepared to close. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas, mr. cuellar. mr. cuellar: i have no further speakers at the moment, so if the majority is prepared to close -- mr. farenthold: i am indeed. mr. cuellar: i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas. mr. faren

today as someone who has been set forth on these shores in the 22 years that i served in the united states army, i stand here as the son of a man who left these shores to go defend this great country in world war ii. i stand here as a younger brother of a man who left these shores to go defend this country and fight in vietnam. and i stand here today as the nephew of a young man, a captain who has already done two tours of duty in afghanistan. many of my friends have called me. some call me as colonel. some call me as allen and say, we need you to do one simple thing. understand that the oath they take is to support and defend the constitution, to support and defend the laws of this country. they need us to stand up and be the guardians of the laws of this country. just before i came here today, i promoted jerry lee stern to be a major and i read him that oath of office that he would greatly take what we must do now as this body, as legislators of this great nation is uphold the laws and not send our men and women into undefined and unspecified mission. they want to fight. they want to stand up

army field manual? >> i have taken the same position as president of united states. i think water board crossed the line with regards to interrogations'. the president outlawed the use of that plus other enhanced interrogation techniques. in an executive order he issued when he first came to the presidency. >> recently, i don't want to switch gears to much because time requires that we do that -- as senator web and i recently went to zero canal, guam, and center web was in korea before that, senator mccain and senator web and -- centre mccarren obviously has a great personal experience in this area -- we proposed changes to basing plants on okinawa and guam. we issued a review of the plants in korea because we believe that the current plans are unrealistic, unworkable, and affordable. independently, the gao concluded the cost of these military realignments were higher than expected. in many cases, there were largely unknown. in a highly critical gao report of this direcon that we are currently moving. i am wondering whether you are familiar with this issue and it con

caller: the united states army was not put in place to go around and intervene in every war around americait was put in place to guard this country only. unless we had to go to war with another country. host: what does it mean about libya? caller: we should get out of libya. let them take care of their own business. they are not going to listen to us once we leave there. they are going to do what they want to do regardless of what america says. we should get out of afghanistan right near and iraq. host: somerville, alabama, that was built on a republican line. the top democrat on the house committee will talk about many things related to the jobless things related to the jobless numbers. sander levin spoke about addressing the national debt and also on whether tax breaks for upper individuals should be extended. >> the upper income people have done so well these last 10-12 years, while 90% of the population has had stagnant income. for the upper income groups, it has gone up. we have more income disparity today in what we have had in a long time. i am confident that what the president says

army air force during the war. shortly after became the united states air force. what it was like for african-americans as the united states was on the eve of war. if you take yourself back to 1939-1940 the rest of the world was already at war. japan have long invaded china. germany invaded poland by 1939. united states had not entered the war but it was a world war. franklin roosevelt knew the

of mine i've known for like 13 years and he's the head of the rapid equipping force for the united states army and. she looks at small businesses to get off scholz technology that doesn't have to get into the long drawn-out procurement process. those are the tip of efficiencies we need to be looking at to get back to work and produce to the. that's what we must start to think out here in the united states of america and get back to, but i think if we can reinvest those savings we can make the department of defense more effective and more efficient, but it has to be focused on the order of the tools that the warfighter needs to be successful, and yes, we have to look at how we project the power being hit over the horizon because you look a lot of these countries, the one thing they have in common are the polls but then also how do we go back to the forcible entry forces, the airborne forces that we still need to retain the strong land warfare armored warfare type of force but that's where it comes back to having the national security roadmap and looked at the respective responsibilities to real

private faulkner answered the call and chose the life of service in the united states army to make a difference in the world and to keep our nation safe. he gave up his red dodge ram for a new kind of vehicle with the u.s. army, 101st airborne, and learned a whole new meaning to the word mudding at basic training. private faulkner had already earned a combat ribbon, was an expert marksman and had discussed with his mother, judy, the possibility of making a career out of military service. private faulkner was in his 11th month of deployment and days away from promotion to private first class when his unit was ambushed. just a few short weeks before his anticipated return home. he'd expressed a desire to join the wings and the wind christian ministry upon his return as a way to share his testament from the seat of a motorcycle. and perhaps a prophetic private call to his stepfather, private faulkner mentioned to his stepfather, tony berry, requesting that if anything should happen to him that the wings and the wind, the patriot guard riders would be present at his procession. no one exp

let me remind you that the united states army military destroyed the most modern arab country in thedle east, one million people have been killed at least of u.s. military action, four million are refugees internally and externally. madeleine albright says 500,000 children who died from u.s. sanctions is worth it. the city of fallujah has been depleted of uranium, and babies are born with the most hideous birth defects. even to this day, there's only eight hours of electricity in baghdad, and you talk about american sacrifices of maybe 4,000 soldiers and money that has been spent? that's a drop in the bucket, representative rohrabacher, to what iraq -- host: all right, let's hear your response. guest: you're absolutely 100% wrong. you don't know what you're talking about. you're blaming all the deaths that have occurred in iraq on us? on us? the destruction, all these bombs going off are blamed on us? you know, we are there trying to basically be the policemen of that country so they won't be killing each other. the millions of people you're talking about were victims of other radica

long history of government and private-sector service an experience, including service in the united states army. director panetta served ably for eight terms for the u.s. house of representatives, rising to be chairman of the house budget committee. he left that committee to be president clinton's director of the office of management an director and later served 2 1/2 years as president clinton's chief of staff which is where i got to know him well. he then spent 10 years co-directing a foundation with his wife that seeks to instill in young men and women the virtues and values of public service. knowing director panetta this comes as no surprise. in february of 2009, he became the 19th director of the central intelligence agency and it is in this capacity where i've had the opportunity to work very closely with him over the last several years an consider new hampshire close friend. -- consider him a close friend. he has been an outstanding leader of the central intelligence agency and it is bittersweet to see him leave. he is a true leader in every sense of the word. he understands how capitol

receivers, a member of the financial services committee, and a lieutenant colonel in the united states army with the distinguished 26-year military career. stivers, sorry. mr. stivers: that's all right, mr. chairman. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from ohio is recognized for two minutes. mr. stivers: thank you. i'd like to thank the chairwoman for yielding me time. i rise in support of the speaker's resolution. with 26 years of military service, my experience has taught me many lessons and those lessons give me pause and concern with regard to the kucinich resolution. i think we need to be prudent, thoughtful and measured in the way we end our involvement in libya and i don't believe that the kucinich resolution does that. even though the president did not follow proper procedures answered should have allowed congress to debate and decide the issue, a 15-day withdrawal would cause other issues. certainly the u.s. is providing current -- currently the u.s. is providing certain refueling logistics and other support functions for our nato allies and unfortunately you create a 15-daytim

let my just say and congratulation late you on a great service to the united states army. i look guard to work with you. you are all very correct about that term. i have a certain hope for all of you, gentleman. thank you. >> thank you very much, senator reed. senator brown. >> thank you, mr. chairman. good to see you all. congratulations to you and your families. general allen, something that's always bothered me is the lack of other countries fulfilling their commitment with regard to helping train and get up to speed obviously the afghan army and police. how do you think that the -- with the current shortfall of about almost 500 trainers, the withdrawal of 10,000 troops will effect the training mission? >> we'll continue, senator, to ask our partners for trainers. we're going to continue to work if i'm confirmed through nato and through isaf to the nonnato nations to continue to provide the kinds of trainers necessary and to build the capacity of the afghan national security forces that we all need in the end to accomplish our objective. it is no secret that that's been

, she led a storied and accomplished career, including as electronic warfare officer in the united states army and later as part of a select committee on intelligence dot the defense intelligence agency and the director of national intelligence. undersecretary wagner also wanted bachelor of arts degree from the college of william and mary and another degree from the university of southern california. secretary, you are now recognized to summarize your testimony. >> thank you mr. chairman. co-chairman, ranking member, and distinguished members of the committee, i am honored to appear before you today to discuss the dhs intelligent enterprise in the company of some of my colleagues. i view this hearing as a valuable opportunity for us all to update you on how we increasingly work with a partnership to provide support to the department, the intelligence community, and are many and very external customers. i want to start with a few definitions, because this can get confusing, and the dhs intelligent enterprise consists of all elements of the department better engaged in directing, collecting, pro

we did not build the united states army of which i'm a part of overnight. building quality into the ansf requires strategic patience and an enduring commitment. professionalism of their force also helps to close the credibility gap between them and the people of afghanistan. a factor geography is that in many areas of afghanistan, including the hundreds of isolated communities in the valleys, the army and the police are probably the only visible and real connection between the people in their central government. we recognize the afghan security force as a foundation for building trust between the government and the people. it needs to be accountable, and it needs to have co-located within and ethos of selfless service. our efforts to train afghan soldiers and policemen and to train afghan trainers to train afghans are now setting the foundations for transition. but there is a third aspect that must be also developed, and that's building permanent infrastructure systems and enduring institutions. the soldiers and police that make up the force for finite peri

gentlemen, please remain standing and john perry is a disabled veteran, helicopter pilot in the united states armyate for the louisiana house of representatives and he will lead us in the pledge of allegiance. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. [cheers and applause] ♪ >> the republican nomination for president of the united states, buddy roamer. ♪ >> thank you, welcome to louisiana. those of you who are visiting. when our nation began, it was separated by thousands of miles of the atlantic ocean from the shores of the king. in many ways, because of the distance and the benevolence of the monarch and the colonies were the freest place on earth. but the fear grew that the monarch would turn increasingly heavy handed and that taxation without representation would become the rule. the tyranny of the king would rule the land, so we decided to claim our self-governing freedom. it wasn't one act by either side that did it, but it happened over time. we are maybe

today as someone who has been set forth on these shores in the 22 years that i served in the united states army, i stand here as the son of a man who left these shores to go defend this great country in world war ii. i stand here as a younger brother of a man who left these shores to go defend this country and fight in vietnam. and i stand here today as the nephew of a young man, a captain who has already done two tours of duty in afghanistan. many of my friends have called me. some call me as colonel. some call me as allen and say, we need you to do one simple thing. understand that the oath they take is to support and defend the constitution, to support and defend the laws of this country. they need us to stand up and be the guardians of the laws of this country. just before i came here today, i promoted jerry lee stern to be aajor and i read him that oath of office that he would greatly take what weust do now as this body, as legislators of this great nation is uphold the laws and not send our men and women into undefined and unspecified mission. they want to fight. they want to stand up for

now as a father of three sons all currently serving the united states army this bill is of special importance to me. it's important to the blue star moms and dads whose kids have answered the call of duty and are serving their country in uniform. but this legislation isn't just important to the moms and dads and husbands and wives of the loved ones serving overseas, this legislation is important to all americans. this appropriation bill ensures that the men and women in our armed forces are equipped with the tools and the resources they need to get the job done. the bill that ensures we can continue to go to bed at night and be safe and sound in our homes, knowing our troops are protecting our nation and our way of life. mr. speaker, i had the honor and privilege of visiting iraq and afghanistan and pakistan during the last constituent week. while there i got to meet many military leaders, our allies, but most importantly our troops on the ground. i saw with my own eyes the equipment they're working with and the environment that they're working in. i saw what they had and what they heard abou

today as someone who has been set forth on these shores in the 22 years that i served in the united states armys the son of a man who left these shores to go defend this great country in world war ii. i stand here aa younger brother of a man who left these shores to go defend this country and fight in vietnam. and i stand here today as the nephew of a young man, a captain who has already done two tours of duty in afghanistan. many of my friends have called me. some call me as colonel. some call me as allen and say, we need you to do one simple thing. understand that the oath they take is to support and defend the constitution, to support and defend the laws of this country. they need us to stand up and be the guardians of the laws of this country. just before i came here today, i promoted jerry lee stern to be a major and i read him that oa of office that he would greatly take what we must do now as this body, as legislators of this great nation is hold the laws and not send our men and women into undefined and unspecified mission. they want to fight. they want to stand up for us. let's do the

speaker, as a father of three sons who are currently serving in the united states army, we have been blessed as a family and as a nation and as my older son came back over 18 months in afghanistan in combat, but for the grace of god he came back whole not like so many others that have served this country and given so much. so h.r. 2055 is a good bill and this rule is a good rule. i encourage my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to support them both. with that i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from florida reserves. the gentleman from florida is recognized. mr. hastings: i thank you very much, mr. speaker. before turning over to mr. dicks, i'd like to point out that during the rules committee hearing, mr. sanford bishop, the ranking member of the subcommittee, raised a concern about the consequence of requiring separate votes on various parts of the bill. we feel that this is a serious issue and we intend to continue to monitor the process closely as we consider the remaining appropriations bills. mr. speaker, i'm very pleased at this time

receivers, a member of the financial services committee, and a lieutenant colonel in the united states army with the distinguished 26-year military career. stivers, sorry. mr. stivers: that's all right, mr. chairman the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from ohio is recognized for two minutes. mr. stivers: thank you. i'd like to thank the chairwoman for yielding me time. i rise in support of the speaker's resolution. with 26 years of military service, mexperience has taught me many lessons and those lessons give me pause and concern with regard to the kucinich resolution. i think we need to be prudent, thoughtful and measured in the way we end our involvement in libya and i don't believthat the kucinich resolution does that. even though the president did not follow proper procedures answered should have allowed congress to debate and decide the issue, a 15-day withdrawal would cause other issues. certainly the u.s. is providing current -- currently the u.s. is providing certain refueling logistics and other support functions for our nato allies and unfortunately you create a 15-daytimene,

united states. they were confiscated by the mexican army in a north eastern states near the u.s. border.s military spokesman says the trucks are covered with 1 inch thick steel plate making them resistance to locale or projectiles. only grenades can destroy this vehicle. the tanks can hold up to 20 armed men inside and have air conditioning. a couple of people were killed. other armored vehicles and weapons were confiscated. many in mexico feel the drug conflict is reaching a new level. bbc news, mexico city. >> a former head of the imf pleaded not guilty to sexually assaulting and trying to rape a made in a hotel room in new york. he was released on bail of $6 million last month. >> chants from the hotel and greeted this official as he left with his wife. >> [unintelligible] >> in his first appearance in his release from prison, dominique strauss-kahn listened to the charges before he entered a plea of not guilty. after the hearing, the lawyers of the maid said she will take the stand. >> she is going to come into this courthouse, get on that witness stand, and tell the world what a dom

let my just say and congratulation late you on a great service to the united states army. i look guard to work with you. you are all very correct about that term. i have a certain hope for all of you, gentleman. thank you. >> thank you very much, senator reed. senator brown. >> thank you, mr. chairman. good to see you all. congratulations to you and your families. general allen, something that's always bothered me is the lack of other countries fulfilling their commitment with regard to helping train and get up to speed obviously the afghan army and police. how do you think that the -- with the current shortfall of about almost 500 trainers, the withdrawal of 10,000 troops will effect the training mission? >> we'll continue, senator, to ask our partners for trainers. we're going to continue to work if i'm confirmed through nato and through isaf to the nonnato nations to continue to provide the kinds of trainers necessary and to build the capacity of the afghan national security forces that we all need in the end to accomplish our objective. it is no secret that that's been

as a representative for fort drum, the most deployed unit in the united states army, i am especially committed to seeing that members of the armed forces are afforded everything they need when they return home to their families and our communities. this amendment provides an additional $20 million for veteran medical services to give the veterans administration the resources it needs to provide these essential services. my amendment is fully offset and fulfills america's commitment to the heroes that have sacrificed so much to defend america. i urge a yes vote on this final amendment. i yield back, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york yields back his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? mr. culberson: mr. chairman, i rise in opposition to the motion and to -- the speaker pro tempore: does the gentleman from texas continue to reserve his point of order? mr. culberson: yes, i do, indeed reserve a point of order. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized for five minutes in opposition to the motion. mr. culberson:

united states had not entered the war but it was a world war. franklin roosevelt knew the united states was headed for involvement and led the nation along kicking and a screaming. the army air corps was all white any positions at other buyers were cooks our security personnel.the should generals in charge like it that way. they had come up from world war i when obviously thear army air corps was all white. that was the world they knew. they expected it to stay that waykn. they had no plans to include african-americans in theirway branch of service. they have some researchey h backing them up.st the were college commissioned a study with the use of negro manpower that was meant to study how african-americans have performed in world war i and to use the research and the planning for the next war. it was created 1925 by a form the basis of armyf ar policy as late as 1939li at/1940.cyas the began under the terms of the constitution the negro has rights of citizenship that he must bear his fairid share of the waren. and the negro is physically con qualified for combat dutyu but then negro is profoundly superstitious. by nature subservient believes himself to be inferior to t

, she led a storied and accomplished career, including as electronic warfare officer in the united states army and later as part of a select committee on intelligence dot the defense intelligence agency and the director of national intelligence. undersecretary wagner also wanted bachelor of arts degree from the college of william and mary and another degree from the university of southern california. secretary, you are now recognized to summarize your testimony. >> thank you mr. chairman. co-chairman, ranking member, and distinguished members of the committee, i am honored to appear before you today to discuss the dhs intelligent enterprise in the company of some of my colleagues. i view this hearing as a valuable opportunity for us all to update you on how we increasingly work with a partnership to provide support to the department, the intelligence community, and are many and very external customers. i want to start with a few definitions, because this can get confusing, and the dhs intelligent enterprise consists of all elements of the department better engaged in directing, collecting, pro