committee, that opinion concluded the fourth amendment did not apply to military operations on united states soil. the opinion was finally made public in march and was released together with a memo written in 2008 which instructed attorneys that caution should be exercised before relying on the 2001 opinion. they called the conclusions incorrect or highly questionable and rendered much of the opinion boy. -- rendered much of the opinion poll lead. has this ever been drawn in its entirety? >> let me check and get back to you. i'm not sure -- i don't have in my memory what the impact of the withdrawal of a variety of opinions early on, whether -- >> this is a big opinion on the fourth amendment with regard to american citizens and military. i think is important we clarify it. could you bring us up-to-date on what you're doing to review to -- to review the oc opinions and what you're doing. -- some of the olc opinions. >> the review that led to that release continues and as we finish the review and make the determination that opinions can be released in a way consistent with national security and fo

and that opinion concluded that the fourth amendment did not apply to military operations on united states soil. the opinion was finally made public this march. it was released together with a memo written in 2008 which instructed attorneys that, quote, caution should be exercised before relying, end quote, on the 2001 opinion. called the opinion's conclusions incorrect or highly questionable. and rendering much of the opinion void. what i'd like to know is, has this opinion ever been withdrawn in its entirety? >> senator, i would have to check on that. i believe so. but let me just check to make sure on that and get back to you. i'm not sure about -- i don't have in my memory right now what the impact of the president's withdrawal of the opinions early on, whether that was concluded. >> well, this is a big opinion on the fourth amendment with respect to american citizens and american military. so i think it's important that we clarify it and could you bring us up to date on what you are doing to review the o.l.c. opinions and what actions you've taken? >> well, we released some of the o.l.c. o

they do not deserve to be libeled by the president of the united states on foreign soil. in the same speech, we saw the president's approach to foreign policy. this has become familiar in the opening months of his administration. faced with a difficult issue, rather than take a stand, president obama has attempted to set himself above the debate, to see merit in both sides of the argument, and to act as a moderator or mediator trying to find common ground. on the issue of iran, for example, the president apologized for america's role in supporting the coup over 50 years ago. then he said iran has also done bad things, such as hostage- taking and violence against u.s. stroktroops. he described the horrors of the holocaust, the murder of 6 million jews, and then said, on the other hand, it is undeniable that the palestinians have suffered in pursuit of a homeland. all i fully understand there are two different narrative's involved in the peace process, there is no justification for suggesting an equivalence between genocide and dislocation. the president went on to say that

and i hope families will recognize that the fallen are respected the moment they hit the soil of the united states. i also wish to make note of the increased coverage of tricare, but i would like to work with the committee as we go forward to expand the number of facilities which our active duty soldiers and others can access, in particular, i would like to see an emphasis on inner city facilities that would allow or have tricare accreditation. i would like to make light of the study that asks for a strategic response in afghanistan and iraq. as someone who has continuously expressed her opposition to the war in iraq, i want to keep the pressure on that we begin to downsize and we have a strategy to do it safely. and as it relates to afghanistan, to make sure we have a strategy to ensure that our troopsr in fact, fighting a battle we can win. we want peace and want freedom, but we want to make sure he we can bring our troops home. i thank the chairman and ranking member. and i appreciate their leadership on this legislation. i yield back. the chair: the gentleman from california. mr. mckeon: mr. c

forces risk their lives every day, both overseas an here on our own -- and here on our own soil in the united states. let it be known that their resolve will not and cannot be shattered. the ideals represented by the uniform worn by andy long, his parents, and the generations of brave american men and women before them still serves to represent liberty and justice for all. and no -- no act of terrorism can diminish that. it can only strengthen our resolve and reaffirm our commitment to america's most basic ideals and values. mr. president, our country owes a great debt to private long for his service as well as to the brave men and women in the armed forces who protect and defend the freedoms we cherish as americans each and every day. our thoughts and prayers go out to private long's family and to all of those who knew and loved him. we are all a grateful nation for incredible individuals like private andy long. thank you, mr. president. and i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from virginia. mr. warner: mr. president, i rise today to discuss the state of

united states should stop. our congress should join together in our voice and with this amendment ask them to do so to stop that activity and defend our soil and put an end to and actually would be a very big help to dramatically reduce the amount of illegal drugs smuggling in the united states. thank you, madam chair. i yield back and urge its adoption. the chair: the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from iowa. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the noes have it. the amendment is not -- mr. king: madam chair, i'd ask for a recorded vote. the chair: pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from iowa will be postponed. the clerk will read. the clerk: page 7, line 3, automation modernization, $462,445,000. boarder security, fencing, infrastructure and technology, $732 million. air and marine intradiction, operations, maybe the assistance and procurement, $513,826,000. facilities management, $682,133,000. u.s. immigration and customs enforcement, salaries and expenses, $5,311,493,000. federal protective services, revenues and collec

we have a very serious threat of losing enough soil moisture in a hotter world that agriculture here in the united statesd be greatly affected. z in ten years. well, the planet has been warming and you might want to take a look at agriculture in the united states with respect to warming. this is the intergovernmental panel on climate change temperature history for the world. we have two periods of warming here. one in the early 20th century which couldn't have anything to do with carbon dioxide 'cause we hadn't put enough in the air than this period where it sort of cools a little bit and then from here on out where we see warming beginning in v3ñ1977 a y interesting period beginning in 1998 where it doesn't warm which i'll talk about in a second. but let's compare this to wheat yields and corn yields. corn yields have quintupletled in the united states. as the planet warmed a degree celsius. they have continued at the exact same rate of increase that wa@"% established by the time people were talking about the end of the world. the climate of extremes began a go, didn't it? extremes began a and take a lo

soil. now, since that time it's been called to our attention that the administration is talking about maybe 17 locations in the united states to put these terrorists. all but one of those locations was fort sill in my state of oklahoma. i went down there and i found out that would not be at all workable. in fact, the sergeant-major carter, who was in charge of the prison at fort sill, said why in the world would they close a place like gitmo? it's an ideal place to keep these people. and currently, and even though they're talking about putting them in supermax prisons, the only supermax facilities -- facility located in colorado, florence, colorado. according to the bureau of prisons, as of may 21, only one bed has not been filled at supermax. obviously this isn't going to work. there are some -- the b.o.p. facilities at the end of this month was 13,414 inmates while the total prison population of those facilities was far more than that, 20 -- exceeding 20,000. now, despite claims by senator durbin for the supermax prisons in the united states are ready to receive detainees, the supermax prisons in the united states are at

soil poses risk to national security. including providing financing, radicalizing others and undertaking a tax in the united states. additionally the department of defense has reported that at least 14% of former guantanamo detainees have returned to terrorist activity in the region, to say the least we ought to be concerned about the release of people of that kind who threaten our interest anywhere in the world. this administration is ignoring or disregarding those risks and stonewalling the congress. we need to stop this administration from rushing to transfer or resettlelement of any more detainees at the expense of increased risk to americans and help the president simply fulfill his campaign promise. the president has been very busy since his inaugural. there's little question he's been down many a pathway and he's even found some of those pathways might very well have been a mistake. well, this is a case where i believe a decision was made without being carefully thought through, let alone knowing the serious implications of the actions to be taken and we're attempting by this amendment to help the administra

united states of america, are the indispensable partner. we don't necessarily want you with us every minute of every day in our country, on our soil, in our water or in the air overhead, but we'd like you nearby. we want you to be able to come when we need you. we want to exercise operate -- we want our young men and women to go to school with you. preferably in the united states, and we like our young men and women to go to school there. admiral walt doran attended the indian military academy years ago and he still cites that as one of the great reasons for the success he enjoyed in our particular air responsibility. so partnership, absolutely essential. readiness, we've got to be out there, presence, you can't do it virtually. you've got to be able to deploy, fly, steam, sail, get to however you can and operate with these folks so that they develop the understanding of what we the united states of america offer them. and through all of this, the new strategy we hope builds an easy -- i'm sorry, a simple but not easy way to ensure peace and stability in the region. we remain the indispensable partner, the reliable partner the country upon whic

soil will become even more sensitive. between 2001 and 2010 one-third of permanent overseas military personnel are planned to return to the continental united states, and when those bases and those folks go away, american presence cannot go away with it. and it will go from a land-based presence to a maritime-based presence. all of this and our strategy and operations, the growing trends and the importance of the maritime option will affect the shape and structure of our force. what i want to do is just pop up a slide here. while the dots appear to be fairly large, it's just a representation of where our ships are today. each one of those dots represents a ship, the cluster the submarines because we never show where those submarines are. but if you look at that, there are about 142 of them there, and that's a pretty good spread, but you can also see the global reach that that fleet provides the nation. but if you look at the yellow dots, those are areas where combatant commanders have asked for more capacity, for more numbers, and we simply do not have the force structure to provide that. so it will be increasingly important that as we move forwar