welcome to the united states navy memorial and heritage center and the president's room here at the naval heritage center. i am admiral buchanan, president of the navy memorial and we are very pleased to have all of you with us this evening for this wonderful book signing and presentation by bob and we certainly look forward to hearing from many stories he will be able to tell about the torpedo squadron eight folks and answer many of your questions. this is the national launch of little, brown, and company new book, "a dawn like thunder" and the true story of torpedo squadron eight and of course we are pleased to have the book's author robert nas-daq here with us to share the harvick story of this fable and fliers and television audience of c-span's book tv. we are pleased at the navy memorial and navy heritage center to host authors on a regular basis to tell the stories of the men and women who served in the greek navy, and this is a special privilege this evening to continue that tradition. congressman from new york's third district after graduating from cornell in 1967 he joined the n

losses are one aircraft and one individual. >> the pentagon has identified a united states navy pilot as apparently the first u.s. serviceman missing in action in the persian gulf war. >> reporter: some of the military thought speicher had ejected and might still be alive. in 1994 they proposed a secret mission to survey the crash site, but according to senior defense officials in the room, chairman of the joint chiefs scrubbed the plane and said, quote, i not want to write the parents saying their son or daughter died looking for old bones. in 2001 they changed his status to missing in action. there were accusations he was being held captive by saddam hussein. some thought they found his initials skach scratched in the of an iraqi prison. they even excavated a grave in baghdad but it was not him. the vigils can end, but one fact remains. >> we walked away from a downed pilot. they declared him dead and didn't go search for him. that is a mistake and that is very important we never repeat that mistake again. >> the family says they appreciate all the troops who never gave up and kept

. >> the pentagon has identified a united states navy pilot as apparently the first u.s. service man missing in action in the persian gulf war. he is lieutenant commander michael speicher. his f/a-18 attack jet went down before dawn yesterday. the 33-year-old pilot is married, has two young children. he's assigned to the "uss saratoga" which is based in mayport, florida. >> u.s. forces eventually reached the crash site but speicher's remains were never found. rumors persisted speicher had survived the crash and was a p.o.w. as cnn pentagon correspondent chris lawrence reports, the pentagon finally got the break it needed last month. >> the family expected classified briefings monday or tuesday. they know for sure captain speicher did not die in some iraqi prison. captain scott speicher's children were toddlers the day he disappeared. now his remains are coming home to college students. a nearly 20-year mystery. was he captured? tortured? all this time the answer was buried in the iraqi sand and solved by a single tip. >> it's a bittersweet ending. i mean, it's great that

would do if you were running this television studio and we should be purchasing things for the united states navy. >> you sponsored legislation to review the kind of ships it needs for the future. what kind of ships does the navy need. >> number one is fewer hull styles that do a larger variety of things. so you get economies of scales when you buy the power plant, the hull, shipyards can produce them in series and price down. so which is the idea we'll build a lot. quite possibly we could have 100. we'll build a lot of lcss. we'll stick with the virginia class for a while. it is a good affordable submarine and will probably take something like that lpd hull and use it for the next jen rashgs again getting economies of scale on buying power plants, similar hulls in greater numbers. >> how do you control the ship costs, new ship construction costs? >> wonderful question that is what i was working witness undersecretary on. we have to reconstitute the navy's force. it was decimated into the rumsfeld years. he totally ignored the private sector is there to make money. we want the most ship for the m

the museum collects and preserves items related to united states navy history. >> these leadership videos that talk about important american leaders. we also have a series of battle maps. so instead of just looking at a page from a book that shows you a bunch of colored lines that you can't decipher, we try and show the ships how they moved, when they were shooting, bring that out so you can see what was happening in a timed sequence. >> the museum is open monday through saturday from 9 until 5, and sunday from 11 to 5. and admission is free. >>> got much more ahead on abc 2 news at 6:00. coming up, meet a local doctor who is still making house visits. how does he do it and why. >>> and the ravens are still trying to find matt stover's replacement. >>> and yesterday i gave you a 2-degree guarantee for today of 85 -- excuse me, of 87 degrees. so we had to hit at least 85. what was the high at bwi? 85 degrees. >> made it. >> we hit that 2-degree guarantee. we have now hit it two days in a row. our winner today maria catlin from essex. congratulations. you scored an abc 2 umbrella. we'll be

. >> the pentagon has identified a united states navy pilot as apparently the first u.s. serviceman missing in a. in the persian gulf war. he is lieutenant commander michael speicher. his plane went down before dawn yesterday. his's married with two young children, assigned to the uss saratoga. why his official status changed several tapes, here's cnn's fredricka whitfield. >> reporter: his f/a-18 hornet was shot down on the first night. >> as of 0900 this morning washington time there's been a single american aircraft lost. >> clearly today as if it would have just happened, i remembered on the recovery commander anderson get down from the jet and telling me he thought we lost spiicher. >> reporter: for 18 years, his fate was unknown. there were many false leads. in 1993, the wreckage of his plane was found, but no body. after the u.s. invaded iraq in 2003, speicher's initials were found carved in the wall of an iraqi prison, leading to speculation he might have survived. nothing panned out, but family maebs and friends worked to keep the investigation alive. >> we're he

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. >> the pentagon has identified a united states navy pilot as apparently the first u.s.ervice man missing in action in the persian gulf war. he is lieutenant commander michael speicher. his f-18 attack jet went down during the raid on iraq before dawn yesterday. the 33-year-old pilot is married, has two young children. he's assigned to the "uss saratoga" which is based in mayport, florida. >> the remains of speicher have been located in iraq. let's get straight to our pentagon correspondent chris lawrence joining us on the phone from los angeles. so, chris, give us some details about how this discovery was made. >> well, fredricka, after nearly 20 years of waiting and wondering his wife, his kids, fellow officers, finally have some answers. it has been an incredibly painful time for them. just not knowing what was happening with him. having so many different stories over the years. just to put this in some perspective, to go back that far, you're talking about a time when cheney was the defense secretary. when iraq actually had aircraft that could shoot down a u.s. jet.

impossible to imagine opportunity to be considered by the united states senate for a post helping to shape and manage the finest service the united states navy and marine corps team. it's a moment traced back to my first conscious memory as a small boy 36 years ago at ending the homecoming ceremony for the p.a. des beau -- p.o.w.. unforgettable moments for and oldest son growing up in housing with mom squeezing my hand as the official media said and slowly pulled into the cul-de-sac bringing under her breath it didn't stop at of snubbing it brought bad news. the route here, and through a tiger cruise aboard the carrier uss constellation a few years ago when i joined my naval aviator father and new than i wanted to be like him and his shipmates. why couldn't know them as i would return the favor 25 years later posting him aboard the same carrier. it traced me through the tutelage of my marine corps drill instructor who will never know the full impact he had on me. and this moment couldn't have happened without a dozen chief petty officers along the way you did their job and taught a junior officer what it means to take care of the troops. mr.

. >> the pentagon has identified a united states navy pilot as apparently the first u.s. serviceman missing in action in the persian gulf war. >> some military thought speicher ejected and might still be alive. in 1994 they had a secret mission. chairman of the join chiefs scrubbed the plan. it said, quote, i do not want to have to write the parents and tell them their son or daughter died looking for old bones. in 2001 the pentagon changed his status to missing in action. there were accusations he would being held captive by saddam hussein after the invasion of iraq. some found speicher's initials scratched into a wall of an iraqi prison. investigators excavated a site in baghdad but it was not him. now the vigils can end. but one fact remains. >> we walked away from a downed pilot. it was done by mistakenly declaring him dead and then they didn't go and search for him. and that was a mistake. that is very important that we never repeat that mistake again. >> captain speicher's family says they appreciate all the troops who never gave up and kept searching all these year

attache at this really embassy and he had responsibilities coordinating with the united states army, the united states navy, the united states marine corps and several government departments. we welcome him here today. >> thank you, very much. i prefer to stand. first of all, good morning in the key for having me here. i am very excited. i will try in the next two minutes to explain who we are, what we are doing and then for about another 25 minutes, to share with you the challenges as we see them in israel and not only in israel but all over the world and then let you ask any questions -- as many questions as you want and hopefully i will be able to address them. actually, i double have the counterterrorism bureau. actually, we gave our power from government resolution. it is subject which we are dealing with and there are many, we have a cabinet resolution that ordered us to take care of this issue and to make sure that we're combined with all the agency is and take responsibility that this kind of threat is taking care of by someone. we do have something like eight or nine national direct responsibility

. >> the pentagon has identified a united states navy pilot as apparently the first u.s. serviceman missing in action in the persian gulf war. >> reporter: some in the military thought speicher had ejected and might still be alive. in 1994, they posed a secret mission to survey the crash site, but according to defense officials in the room, chairman of the joint chiefs, scrubbed the plan and said "i do not want to have to write the parents and tell them their son or daughter died looking for old bones." in 2001, the pentagon changed his status to missing in action, and there were accusations he was being held captive by saddam hussein. after the invasion of iraq, some thought they found speicher's initials scratched into the wall of an iraqi prison. and investigators even excavated a grave site in baghdad, but it was not him. now the vigils can end, but one fact remains. >> we walked away from a downed pilot. it was done by mistakingly declaring him dead and then they didn't go and search for him and that was a mistake. and that is very important that we never repeat that

hopefully some of my experience in the united states navy transfers over directly. >> when you representfire fleet, on what type of matters, not communication issues -- >> not directly, although some of those things came up. we were involved in communication issues more than probably advising cities and counties on acquisition of systems and those sorts of things. some of the rules and procedures are represented, a number of municipalities, a number of counties. part of that is advising them on policy development, trying to keep them out of court and representing them when they were in court. some of it was police officers, sheriffs who got sued under 61983, defending them in court. that is, but close to the law enforcement community. that didn't crop up as much with the firefighters, although there were items that would come up on policy where i was advising them as well. >> personnel policy, emergency response, any number of things, what there are procedures for. >> thank you very much. >> appreciate you being here. i still see some donuts over there. >> we had to save those for david.

time for a look at some of today's top stories this morning president obama is honoring a united states navyhose remains were found and identified in iraq after nearly two decades. the pentagon says an iraqi citizen led marines to the gravesite of captain michael "scott" speicher shot down on the opening night of the gulf war. >> you've been seeing those pictures for so long, little kids, they're in college now. forget how much time has elapsed since the first gulf war. >> that's right. >> i know that has to be a relief, though, for the family to finally know. it was actually an act of human kindness in 1991. a random act of human kindness that kept the mystery alive for so long. coming along, finding him, and giving him a proper burial>>> well,neighboring iran, three hikers are being detained after straying across the border. >> this is a random act of human stupidity. >> sarah shourd, shane bauer and joshua fattal were taken into custody. now diplomats are working to find where the group is being held. >> honey, do you want to go hiking in yellow stone or up the appalachian trail or summer

and he had responsibilities coordinating with the united states army, the united states navy, the uniteds marine corps and certain government departments. we welcome him here today. >> thank you very much. i prefer to stand. >> fine. >> so i can see all the audience. first of all, good morning and thank you very much having me here. i'm very excited. i'll try in the next two minutes try to explain to you who we are, what we are doing and then for about another 25 minutes to share with you the main terrorism challenges as we see them in israel, and not only in israel, but all over the world. then let you ask as many questions as you want and hopefully i will be able to address them. the counterterrorism in bureau in israel is part of the embassy and actually i am a double head as the head of the counterterrorism bureau, i'm also the counterterrorism advisor for the prime minister and actually we gain our power from government or cabinet resolution. in any subject which we are dealing with, and there are many, we have kind of a cabinet resolution that actually ordered us to take care of th

and thank the pentagon in its dogged pursuit of finding the evidence of captain scott spiker, united states navythe pie lost f-18 hornet -- the pilot of the f-18 hornet who was shot down on the first night of the gulf war back in 1991. this saga has evolved over the last 18 years. the pentagon became lax in the 1990's and did not pursue the finding of evidence, and there were all kinds of reports that captain spiker may have been alive, held in a prison. you can imagine the trauma, the emotional ups and downs which have occurred to the family, which included the children that were quite young at the time, and are now at the age that they are in college. fortunately, mr. president, the pentagon about eight or nine years ago got serious about the search. and so when we invaded iraq in 2003, they even created a search team. and again, all of these false leads -- there had been the sighting of a pilot. an iraqi refugee said he saw a pilot, an american pilot in a prison. and it went on and on. and, of course, the hopes of the family was that captain scott spiker was going to be found alive. our penta

. >> the pentagon has identified a united states navy pilot as apparently the first u.s. serviceman missing in action in the persian gulf war. >> reporter: some of the military thought speicher had ejected and might still be alive. in 1994, they proposed a secret mission to survey the crash site, but according to senior defense officials in the room, chairman of the joint chiefs, general john cash vili, scrubbed the plan and said, quote, i do not want to have to write the parents and tell them their son or daughter died looking for old bones. in 2001, the pentagon changed his status to missing in action, and there were accusations he was being held captive by saddam hussein. after the invasion of iraq, somebody found speicher's initials scratched into the wall of an iraqi prison, and investigators even excavated a grave site in baghdad, but it was not him. now the vigils can end. but one fact remains -- >> we walked away from a downed pilot. it was done by mistakingly declaring him dead, and they they didn't go and search for him. and that was a mistake, and that is very

but once you can get over that -- and by the way, this is where i praise the training of the united states navy. they train and train and train, and you do it over and over and over. when the time came, we just did what we were trained to do. we didn't have to think. you just did whaufs trained to do. i was angry. so see, my feelings went from fear to shame to anger. if i could have, i would have shot every one of them down. that's the way i felt. there was still mixed in, there that fear was in the background now but it was still there. planes were just everywhere now like bees around a hive, you know. i don't know how they kept from running into each other. i'm sure it was all planned out. they had rehearsed it and rehearsed it. by this time you could close your eyes and shoot in the air and you're bound to hit something because they were everywhere. this particular plane, i'm thinking about, had dropped a bomb or a torpedo, one, on probably the california because he was sort of pulling out of his dive and he was coming right across the runway headed over our hangar, and all of our gunners in

there will be on their waters along the coast of the united states. the russian navyhas had troubles blately, wants to show its bosses in the kremlin that it still has the right stuff. they probably also want to take a look at our u.s. navy. we have our ballistic missile submarine base down there. this is the sort of a submarine that would chase our fleet ballistic submarine. bill: you wrote a piece in "the new york post" recently. talk about the submarine. what is it capable of? >> it is not safe to go back in the water. yes, that is the nato named for this submarine class, akula. when i was in the navy, i flew on the sea trials of the akula. it has been around for such a long time. i was joking that maybe they were sunday did over here for the cash for clunkers. it is an attack submarine. it is meant to sink ships or other summer rains or transport ships. -- or other submarines, or transport ships. bill: even though it might be vintage 1980's, it has capability. >> absolutely. it is still one of their top line subs. that raises the question about funding for militar

navy continues to track the subs, which they believe are on a surveillance mission. >>> the united states military command in afghanistan's investigating a new claim that an air strike killed four civilians this morning. it happened in a village near the city of kandahar in southern afghanistan. later the bodies of three boys and a man were brought to kandahar, where local residents called for the death of those responsible. the crowd was dispersed by police. >>> in neighboring pakistan, military officials claim a missile strike killed the wife of one of the taliban's top leaders today. the missile strike reportedly hit a house in a town in northwestern pakistan's lawless tribal region of south waziristan. intelligence officials say one the victims was the wife of metula bassude. and that brings us to our signature story tonight. the humanitarian crisis in pakistan. we reported extensively about how the pakistani military under pressure from washington has moved aggressively after the taliban in the swat valley, but once it did, an estimated 2 million people fled that region to an area kn

. >>> topping the news, an 18 year mystery finally solved for the united states military and the family of navyaptain scot speicher. the defense department believes that he was the casualty of the first gulf war. the cash for clunkers program may not be a big hit for lawmakers but business is booming for car dealerships like this one in milwaukee. many said they weren't in the market for a car until the program was announced. some lawmakers are planning to try to block a program that adds an additional 2l $2 billin for the catch for clunkers program. >>> as the closing of guantanamo bay looms the administration is considering moving the alleged terrorists detained there to maximum security prisons in the u.s. they say the 229 may be moved to a state maximum security prison in michigan or fort levin worth in kansas. >>> a wisconsin man convicted of second-degree murder after he prayed for his daughter instead of getting her medical care. dale newman was charged in the march 2003 death of his 11-year-old daughter madeleine who suffered from undiagnosed diabetes. his wife was convicted on the same

navy snipers shot and killed three of the captors and the fourth later brought to the united states fortection. here's the life boat on the left there. it's about 20 feet long with an enclosed top. the man was brought back here for prosecution. florida's national navy museum, which is dedicated to navy seal history will soon get the life boat to honor philip's safe return. the debate over what to do with the suspected terrorists housed at guantanamo bay's prison coming to a michigan community now. today, federal officials visited a maximum security facility near the town of standish michigan. it's in a rural part of the state. not far from lake huron. we are told the prison is the biggest employer in the area but it could close soon or that's the plan. so some in standish are hoping the government brings the terrorist suspects to the prison and keeps the employees working. >> benefits from that point of view. from our point of view initially we don't want to lose what we have. they are good citizens. they have been in our community for a long time. their children are in our schools. she

united states enters the war. he puts his studies on hold and enlists in the navy, becoming a bomber pilot. two years into his service, joe jr. is killed when his b-24 liberator explodes over the english channel. >> when joe died in the war, it fixed on jack, joe wanted his sons to give something back in public service and prominent public service. >> it's clear that in this family, public life and doing something in government became the brass ring that they all wanted to reach for. >> and after the war, the kennedy children began reaching for that brass ring. jack kennedy wins election to the u.s. house of representatives. bobby, who also served in the navy during the war, is at the university of virginia law school, poised to begin his own career in government. ted, 15 years jack's junior, first enters milton academy and then goes onto harvard. like his brothers, he is a popular student. however, he does not follow in their academic footsteps. >> he wasn't a particularly good student. at the end of his freshman year, he was afraid he was going to flunk a spanish exam, which would make hi

united states in international waters. it's been years since russia conducted patrols near our coast. our military is fully aware of the russian navy's activities. russia has also increased long-range bomber patrols near alaska. >>> and in virginia, a federal jury convicted william jefferson on 11 out of 16 counts of corruption. the verdict comes four years after federal agents seized $90,000 in cash from jefferson's freezer. the 62-year-old democrat was also found guilty of accepting more than $400,000 in bribes and seeking millions of dollars for brokering business deals in africa. and those are some of the headlines for us tonight. lou, back over to you. >> brooke, thank you so much. >>> still ahead, are big families a threat to our environment? that's exactly what a new report says. we'll have a special report on that. >>> and as a candidate, president obama pledged not to raise taxes for most americans. >> i can make a firm pledge, under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 a year will see any form of tax increase. >> is that so? we're about to find out. for clunkers program, d nh a great deal gets even better. let us re

united states. coming up in just a few minutes we'll speak with one of speicher's old navy buddies who can talk to us about the kind of man he was, in just a few minuteses on cnn. >>> let's go to iran and another story developing, the swiss ambassador is trying to get more information on three americans arrested friday by iranian troops. the swiss embassy represents u.s. interests in iran because the u.s. and iran have no diplomatic relations. the three americans apparently strayed into iranian territory while hiking in the kyrgyzstan region of iraq. one as joshia fatale from elkins park. >> my husband and i are eager for the best welfare and conditions for our son, josh, and for the other two companions he's with, and that is our only concern, his welfare, and the best conditions for him. >> and a fourth american hiker from the group, sean mcfessel is at the u.s. embassy in baghdad. he didn't go hiking with the others because he felt sick >> it has been a deadly weekend for fighting in afghanistan. three american troops were killed in the eastern part of the country. at least six other nato troops w

virginia tech and boise state will play in october and the 112th army, navy game will be played in december. now continues to be a busy time of year for dc united on the soccer field. fresh off with lagalexy. the game starts at 8:00. afterwards, they will go to the playoffs. >>> talk about fans taking the love of their game to the grave. here something new out in la, there's a place where you can have jr. casket or earn with your favorite baseball logos. names on the handles, the whole bit. it only costs $4400. major league baseball has approved it. not sure if you can have the nats colors available, but we are checking. our research staff is checking. >> you can get just about anything these days. >> just about anything. >> wow. thank you. >> that's all i'm going to say. >> seven-day real quick. it's nice tomorrow, an isolated thunderstorm. then we get into danny problems on friday and saturday. 80 on friday, 83 on saturday. the track is going to depend on whether or not we get hammered or just a little bit. >> thank yory

. >> maybe the submarine community in the united states is not too happy this is out there and maybe the pentagon shifts and gives more money to the navyular, submarine community. >> you just heard chris say we're not at war with russia. is we're not at war with russia. is a new cold war begin yg. >> i don't believe so. putin is moving russia in a more nationalist direction. the russians can't match up. the submarines do break down far more often than ours do. but they want to flex their muscles. certain third-world countries and certain parts of the world, they want to gain influences. they want to gain resources. we want to see how weak. we have the mightiest military. but do we have what it takes to utilize it and important policies that are tough. and that's what they're testing. and they're testing it all over the world all the time. and i think obama is going to prove we are weak, okay. >> chris, we just herd them say we have the mighty military. by the policy, do you agree or disagree with that? >> what is the policy? we're continuing the bush policy of building an anti-missile system in eastern europe which has got the russians

michael scott speicher, navy pilot, shot down over iraq on the first night of operation desert storm. here, we welcome him back to the united states of america, a solemn moment, an important moment that for this family, god bless them, has been long and coming. we will continue to follow it for you as we move on to other stories. when we come back, we promised we would show you the reaction of congresswoman sheila jackson lee so you can decide for yourself before we talk to her. we'll have that. stay with us. my doctor told me something i never knew. as we get older, our bodies become... less able to absorb calcium. he recommended citracal. it's a different kind of calcium. calcium citrate. with vitamin d... for unsurpassed absorption, to nourish your bones. >>> let's check and see what some of you are saying about what we have been talking about so far. then we will see the sheila jackson lee tape. bobby bell says, thank you for clearing up the story about the woman being thrown out of the town hall meeting. keep showing the truth. that's what we do. let's see one more. on return of gulf war soldier, rick, you have more class tha

united states of a single government bureaucracy that has ever worked efficiently? give me one name. >> the post office. >> what about the army? >> i don't know, the army, navymilitary, pentagon. >> the right wing loves the army. i'd like to close the army down. >> i love the army but dod. >> shut the department of transportation down mu. shut it down. >> i wills to a question to nick. >> can say, he mentioned these are all myths being brought up like death panels. all's you have to do is look to uk or canada. we have evidence it doesn't work. it's not all based on myth. >> look at the statistics. >> what do you mean it's not true. >> it's not true. >> look at the money -- >> hey, people don't leave this country to go to other countries to get health care, it's the other way around. >> yeah, nick. >> the canadian system. >> if i could please be the conductor here, tah-dah. tanya, go ahead. >> thank you, dennis. the notion that a canadian health care system is on the table is a red herring. canada's health care system is not an option. a single-payer system is not an option. >> that's not what the president thinks. before he ran for national office, he suppor

. >> michael scott spiker, navy pilot, shot down over the -- over iraq on the first night of operation desert storm. and here we welcome him back to the united states of america. a solemn moment, an important moment, a moment that for this family, god bless them, has been long and coming. >> as you may recall, iraqi forces hit specher's hornet and they listed him as the war's first casualty. >> it wasn't until this month that his remains were positively identified. >> speicher's body arrived at the jacksonville naval air station. he'll be buried in a private ceremony tomorrow. >> his ex-wife and children there today to meet his casket. meanwhile, an infamous veteran of the second gifl war tonight defending the abuse of prisoners in abu ghraib. former soldier lindy england speaking out in an interview with the bbc. >> reporter: what is your view, your personal view about stripping people naked and degrading them? do you think that that's an acceptable thing to do to, as you put it, soften up detainees? do you think that's okay? >> compared to what they would do to us, that's like nothing. because if you think about it, i mean they at the same time,

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us know that they were in business and so the navy can say that they can perform important missions for the state. we are important, and we show the united states they cannot do what they please. let me talk about china and japan. i do not even know that the russians will be able to have enough energy in the future for the domestic market. this is where the demand has been rising. unless the russians change their way of doing business and invest more in the development of their own infrastructure, they will have to go to china and japan to get loans unless they find american properties or british petroleum, willing to give this to them. the japanese will not give the money, for the islands and because the japanese have very little confidence in russian business practices. lithified natural gas, maybe. they are going to japan and this may actually work. but that is not enough for japan. they are investing all over the world. they do not want to be tied excessively to russia, and the experience of negotiating with russia has not been that great. i think the influence on -- of john paul jones is only in memory. >> let me say a couple of thi

missile defense system, the sea-based element of the united states ballistic missile defense system under development by the missile defense agency, navy sea systems command facility. this will be the third time that admiral hicks has been with the marshall institute in two-year increments were we were discussing at the table, in 2005 in the fall he was here, in 2007 in the fall he was here and now in the summer of 2009. we're very glad that he is able to join us to provide an update on where the program is and where it is going. rear-admiral hicks commanded the u.s.s. cape st. george from august 1999 to september 2001. he has also served as the director for network systems and aggression for the office of the chief of naval operations. he was selected to flag rank by the fiscal year 2002 flag selection board. he has served as the deputy commander of warfare systems engineering at the naval sea systems command and was commander of the naval surface warfare center. he's also held responsibilities in the pentagon as deputy director for combat systems and weapons in the surface warfare directorate at the office of the chief of naval opera

united states of america a practitioner of torture about which we are still wondering whether anybody will be held to account. joining us now is the former master instructor and chief of training at the navy's survival evasion resistance and escape school. mr. nance is now a consultant on counterterrorism and terrorism intelligence for the u.s. government. malcolm, thank you so much for coming back on the show. >> good to be here, rachel. >> one part of these men's resumes that is related in some way to interrogation is they were formerly psychologists at the s.e.a.r.s. school. did you know them during your time as an instructor? >> well, i met them at the s.e.a.r. conferences we had every year in spokane, washington and they were pretty well known within the community because they were the chief psychologists at joint personnel recovery agency so all the s.e.a.r. staff at the school knew who they were. >> what is the job description? what were these guys responsible for? >> well, there are two different worlds with relation to that. jpra being the parent agency and the executive agency of the sear program, they developed and designed training and curriculum and standards based on knowledge

united states coast guard. it is being brought to you by dine corp. we serve today for a safe tomorrow. pan sonic, tough book computers. tough book for a tough world. navyerve where you serve. the big gray ships and a military man at the ballpark tonight. he is routing for his nationals. the bottom of the second coming up. harris, gonzales and nieves against josh johnson. he goes up first pitch swinging, pops it up. hanley ramirez. you can't fool us torny -- tony kornheiser! we see you under that cap. taking in some action at the ballpark tonight. >> rob: tony kornheiser. >> bob: he is fun to listen to on the radio. he is very clever. knowledgeable. have you ever interviewed him or vice versa? >> rob: we worked together at espn radio. >> bob: on the same show? >> rob: no, he was the show before before the show i worked on. so i used to go and talk to him about sports occasionally. yes, he is a very, very smart man. he was a writer for the "washington post" for many, many years. he did monday night football. he still does his raid yes show. -- radio show and "pardon the interruption" with michael wilbon, and he loves popcorn at the ballpark. bishop a fas

the birthday of the united states coast guard is being brought to you by -- we serve today for a safe tomorrow. pan sonic tough book execute everies, tough book for a tough world. navyederal credit union. we serve where you serve. and the monument all lit up tonight looking beautiful here in early august. we're going to the top of the inning. the top of the eighth inning. i wish it was the fourth. and the nats would have more time against josh johnson if that was the case, but he is poised to close out this game. he has thrown only 82 pitches in seven innings tonight. >> rob: he looked tired, though. he had to run all the way around the bases on the home run. maybe he can't finish this game. >> bob: i like your optimism, as misguided as it is. and a high ball to nyjer morgan off the bat of john baker and that's how the eighth gets underway. here comes josh johnson. >> rob: and the fact that they have nine guys in their bullpen, you know, pretty much bring out another guy and still have three guys left for the final out in this game. >> bob: one per out, huh? >> rob: yes. >> bob: it is a great luxury to have when you have a guy taking the mound every fifth day and yo

united states. the security in america for better health care. glad to talk to you this morning. >> you're welcome any time. you hurt your shoulder as a navy seaman and the surgeon at the time screwed your shoulder back together. >> a stainless steel screw. >> you can still see in the x-ray. >> still in there. >> you travelled around, germany, france, india, the uk, what did you notice. what kind of recommendations did you get about how they would go about treating it? >> everybody approached it differently. several countries would have done the same high-tech procedures, operation that an american doctor recommended. much less, 1/6 of the cost, 1/8 of the cost. in britain, the doctor told me to live with it. you're living your life. not going to fix this. good care in canada, not if you're only hurt. n only if you're acutely sick. he said i'll send you to the orthopedist, it will take six to nine months. >> india -- japan, i believe, they wanted to try other things first. india, alternative medicine. herbal remedies and massage. >> that's right. we did herbal medicine for five weeks. six guys massaged my shoulder with warm oil every day.

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contribute to the navy but the capability exists today with the block a missile and a three-point to do what you see here. whether we are doing gmd for the defense of the united states or whether we are defending hawaii with the ships off the hawaiian islands, or that we have a ship in the sea of japan, or off israel, we are there. to meet the nation's requirements. that is a fact. that israel. that is in place today. ages bmd, lots of talk and comment proven operationally effective and cost-effective. operationally and cost effective. i would contend that aegis bmd is a good buy for the nation. for capability. why do i say that? the nation has invested in an aegis cruiser a 35 year life cycle for about what we used to bill them for back a billion dollars apiece. we add even with the 401(k) figuration, where about $3,540,000,000 plus cost of the missile, less than 10 million when you have a bmd capability on a multimission platform that can sail the nation's oceans, or the world oceans for the nation, for available in multimission capability. with the ability to defend themselves while they are operating. i think that's a pretty flexible viable option for the united

navy captain. he's also very, very well known in the field, the author of a dozen books and more than 80 articles on civil and military relations in the united states, germany and russia. thank you. >> thank you. let me begin by saying that mary was my student at georgetown when she was doing her dissertation, and it was mary, frankly, who got me to recognize the revolutionary and military affairs, so i want to give her credit because she was the one that sort of dpoosed me -- goosed me into doing it. i sent this paper, it was read by a senior russian official in moscow who's asked to be nameless for security reasons, and basically his argument was he's right, unfortunately. that was what i got back. what i want to try to do is to give the view from behalf of the russian military. i spent 40 years being around russian military and what's happening to them and where they see things coming. and i thought of the -- i changed the title of the paper to military reform in russia is for real, but -- and i'll go through the buts after what i talk about ha they've done. there are two reasons, my thesis is russian reform is real, serious problems with implem