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fault lines contacted the us department of defense and the special operations joint task force in afghanistan. they both referred us to natos mission in afghanistan. >> nagieb - resolute support has not received any formal allegation from the governement >> i didn't know exactly what they meant by "no formal allegations." we followed up and asked them if they'd received any reports of civilian casualties from the august 3rd operation. that was over a month ago. we're still waiting for their answer. i couldn't get any information from the us about their involvement in the operation, but i was able to track down an afghan lieutenant, abdul shafiq, who was a commander on the ground on august third. over the phone, i asked him about the us's role in the operation. >> but when i asked him about the other fourteen civilians who had died that day, he told me he didn't know anything about them. >> with some afghan officials denying civilian casualties and others breaking their promise to uncover what happened in charkh, and with the us military stonewalling us, it felt like neither the afghans or the
fault lines contacted the us department of defense and the special operations joint task force in afghanistan. they both referred us to natos mission in afghanistan. >> nagieb - resolute support has not received any formal allegation from the governement >> i didn't know exactly what they meant by "no formal allegations." we followed up and asked them if they'd received any reports of civilian casualties from the august 3rd operation. that was over a month ago. we're still...
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watch them swooping over the deck, simulating a maneuver that would be used department of defense officials taking note. >> i hear the rushz russians aro their old tricks again. >> for the russian military, including russian military aircraft has come close enough to other air and sea traffic to raise serious safety concerns. >> reporter: the u.s. european command warned the russian jets as could raise tensions and cause serious injure or death. just last october, two jets intercepted a pair of russian jets and a jet rushing a uss destroyer in the black sea. it's happened before but not like this. >>> now to politics and new york city where bernie sanders held a massive rally for 10s of thousands last night. >> jane and i left new york city when we were ki thank you. [ applause ] and when i look at an unbelievable crowd like this, i believe we're going to win here in new york next thursday. >> the campaign estimates 27,000 showed up. and the busy vermont senator also appeared on the nightly show where the native new yorker stood by his new york values. >> it's me, bernie brooklyn-born sande
watch them swooping over the deck, simulating a maneuver that would be used department of defense officials taking note. >> i hear the rushz russians aro their old tricks again. >> for the russian military, including russian military aircraft has come close enough to other air and sea traffic to raise serious safety concerns. >> reporter: the u.s. european command warned the russian jets as could raise tensions and cause serious injure or death. just last october, two jets...
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so if the department of defense can nudge us forward in that direction and in similar ways that the department of defense has led on the development of many types of technologies. the internet, for instance, something that wasn't particularly cost effective when they started spending money on it but paid huge dividends down the road. this will make a difference towards getting us off fossil fuels and saving the planet. i realize people don't believe that, but the overwhelming bulk of scientists disagree and think this is a significant problem and one we ought to be working on. this amendment takes a step back from doing that and i oppose it. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to support the amendment to exempt the department of defense from these two executive orders. my friend u.s. senator tom coburn saw this in 2012 when his investigation showed that the d.o.d. starleted more renewable energy programs than every other federal agency. it's only gotten worse. the first order forces dod to support state and local to achieve the green energy goals. further more, it compels the department to make
so if the department of defense can nudge us forward in that direction and in similar ways that the department of defense has led on the development of many types of technologies. the internet, for instance, something that wasn't particularly cost effective when they started spending money on it but paid huge dividends down the road. this will make a difference towards getting us off fossil fuels and saving the planet. i realize people don't believe that, but the overwhelming bulk of scientists...
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away, because we're still going to have needs of support both for department of defense and department of state. now they're starting to use third country nationals for bases in djibouti and other parts of africa as well. >> al jazeera america, proud to give voice to the voiceless. >> we are creating a class of adults exposed to mediocre education. >> there's bad people out there in these sports. >> we call chicago "chiraq" because we have more killers than iraq. >> in order to save my children, i had to try to save everyone else's. >> i had to encourage them... to tell them, there's a better way. >> i have to do my one hundred percent best so i don't end up in a place like this again. >> you have kids here who've killed someone? >> yes we do. >> my homie got shot five times. >> have you ever seen anybody get shot? >> highlighting threats to children around the world. >> it's very difficult for us. we don't have clothes, we don't have food. >> in terms of child labor, myanmar is ranked one of the worst in the world. >> do you make anything that ends up in walmart? >> yes. >> this is where a lot of america's clothes come fr
away, because we're still going to have needs of support both for department of defense and department of state. now they're starting to use third country nationals for bases in djibouti and other parts of africa as well. >> al jazeera america, proud to give voice to the voiceless. >> we are creating a class of adults exposed to mediocre education. >> there's bad people out there in these sports. >> we call chicago "chiraq" because we have more killers than...
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18 does it require the purchase with the department of defense in the best interest of the taxpayer. >> it is up at 18 but it doesn't have to me. >> so it could usehe discretion to get the best deal. >> adult ticket is the department of defense choice this authorizes them to have the option am i incorrect? >> working with the partners with a new launch system they are given a window to do this through those images that are specified. >> if you will yield maya understanding is this of the rise is up through 18 to be purchased so that depends on the appropriations of how much money there is because this is not private funds the government that by the engines. >> i know they have bought those number of engines for commercial launches and they need to be authorized for a government launched so then i thought who was purchasing them? >> is there a factual answer you can provide? >> the original language is section 60 '08 that states the secretary of defense may not award a contract for space launch activities in such contract carries out activities using rocket engines in the rush confederation. >> so day have to contract? >> so if that amendment is n
18 does it require the purchase with the department of defense in the best interest of the taxpayer. >> it is up at 18 but it doesn't have to me. >> so it could usehe discretion to get the best deal. >> adult ticket is the department of defense choice this authorizes them to have the option am i incorrect? >> working with the partners with a new launch system they are given a window to do this through those images that are specified. >> if you will yield maya...
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department of defense? should the department of defense be engaged in doing economic development? i think the examples that are been provided make usclear that we should not be in this business within dod. it's not part of their expertise. now, i do do want to point out, i think that brian mcewan tries his darndest to defend the program but in the end, he does say and i will quote, i am skeptical that the department of defense is the natural home for this mission of promoting economic development. so regardless of why he goes about trying to defend it, he comes to the conclusion that we should not be doing that. and as our inspector general on afghanistan reconstruction has done an extraordinary job over these number of years pointing out where we fail to everyone's point that has been made here, just pointing out is not good enough. we have got to clean it up my concern is that we see a problem, we have have enough evidence and we do not shut it down it continues to operate on autopilot. to mr. scott's comments and also to others, i think in fairness to ms. weiss carver, it wasn't just a zip tie that they looked at, in her report
department of defense? should the department of defense be engaged in doing economic development? i think the examples that are been provided make usclear that we should not be in this business within dod. it's not part of their expertise. now, i do do want to point out, i think that brian mcewan tries his darndest to defend the program but in the end, he does say and i will quote, i am skeptical that the department of defense is the natural home for this mission of promoting economic...
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it would be extremely helpful if the department of defense would engage with us and let us know what they're doing. mr. thompson: i agree. phone call would not be enough but if they demonstrated the cost of -- whatever's involved. is that a concern of yours. governor haley: they could tell me they would house these terrorists and i would not take them. the state of south carolina does not want them. there is no amount of money that they can pay, whether it be cost or supplement that would justify those detainees coming to south carolina. . mr. thompson: i appreciate your opinion. you referenced what happened to charleston relative to the unfortunate circumstances at mother emanuel. some of us also participated in the services and it was not a good day. that's the other ugly head of terrorism.local can you tell me who has custody of the young man charged with killing the people at mother emanuel? governor haley: is he in south carolina. representative thompson: is he in a federal facility or state or county facility? governor haley: i believe he's in a state facility. do yountative tho
it would be extremely helpful if the department of defense would engage with us and let us know what they're doing. mr. thompson: i agree. phone call would not be enough but if they demonstrated the cost of -- whatever's involved. is that a concern of yours. governor haley: they could tell me they would house these terrorists and i would not take them. the state of south carolina does not want them. there is no amount of money that they can pay, whether it be cost or supplement that would...
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would also note that there are actions and va and our entire department of defense can take otherwise to address the serious concerns that many of us share and have about space and about missile defense, issues perhaps we cannot get into here and we cannot get into in the subcommittee but it is not as if this is the answer and the only answer to addressing the issues that we face with regards to missile defense. finally, mr. chairman and mr. langevin i would note that my amendment, despite perhaps the unintended implications of some statements made, does not mean the united states, this committee or this amendment are giving up any fight, and he fights with regards to any presumed, current or future enemy, and i want to make that note because i'm frankly kind of tired of hearing the argument by folks on this committee. we are all in this together. we all believe we are doing the right thing and this amendment does not give up any fight being made against current, present or future enemies and without mr. langevin i yield back to you. >> the gentleman yields back. let me just say with regard to the gentleman's question about spendin
would also note that there are actions and va and our entire department of defense can take otherwise to address the serious concerns that many of us share and have about space and about missile defense, issues perhaps we cannot get into here and we cannot get into in the subcommittee but it is not as if this is the answer and the only answer to addressing the issues that we face with regards to missile defense. finally, mr. chairman and mr. langevin i would note that my amendment, despite...
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of extraordinary access, would end up to grading our national security. jill: the defense department, i would imagine, faces similar hurdles with encryption at times. , iemy: in military history think people have been usingryption for a good 2000 years. caesar, something cited by cryptographers as one of the first examples. i think what you are seeing for at least 2000 years that one country's military will use encryption to try to protect its messages and another country will try to break those messages. enigma system that was being used by german -- cracking the enigma system used by the germans was key to winning the war. jill: in some of the dialogue, there seems to be a reluctance of thank you for being here. on this week's money minute, sponsored by navy federal credit union, jeanette mac explains how to decide if a 15 or 30 year mortgage is best for you. jeanette: the differences between a 15 and 30 year loan may seem like simple math. year, you have higher monthly payments but you pay less interest. taking a closer look, it is more than just your numbers. the larger monthly payments that come with your mortgage require you to budget differently. it is also good to have a substantial savings accou
of extraordinary access, would end up to grading our national security. jill: the defense department, i would imagine, faces similar hurdles with encryption at times. , iemy: in military history think people have been usingryption for a good 2000 years. caesar, something cited by cryptographers as one of the first examples. i think what you are seeing for at least 2000 years that one country's military will use encryption to try to protect its messages and another country will try to break...
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of african american history opens on the mall this november. smithsonian scientists use our collections to provide important and practical insights on a variety of topics during consider the zika virus. the department of defense is working with us to map the outbreak. there looking at how it might spread through non-human factors. the smithsonian institute in panama is studying the zika-carrying mosquitoes genetic makeup. the national museums offer insight into our nation's leaders. our diverse music collections would comprise the largest in the world if they were all in one place. now, they are, at a new website called "smithsonian music." a gallery reopened in november, following a two-year renovation. its debut division, wonder, has attracted more than 368,000 visitors in just the first four months. and we welcomed a new panda to the zoo. bebe represents our extensive work in a species biodiversity. in addition to the nearly 30 million visits to our museums in washington and new york are the, we are extending access and education across the country. we now have 208 affiliate museums. our traveling exhibition service reaches millions annually. we offer online educational materials in the k-12 to students of
of african american history opens on the mall this november. smithsonian scientists use our collections to provide important and practical insights on a variety of topics during consider the zika virus. the department of defense is working with us to map the outbreak. there looking at how it might spread through non-human factors. the smithsonian institute in panama is studying the zika-carrying mosquitoes genetic makeup. the national museums offer insight into our nation's leaders. our diverse...
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in august last year, my office was contacted out of the blue by the department of defense to inform us that they were traveling to charleston, south carolina, to assess the naval consolidated brig for the possibility of housing guantanamo bay detainees. imagine my surprise. not only was it against federal theto transfer guantanamo trainees into the united states, but why would anyone want to put terrorists in charleston? charleston, the city we call the holy city, the city named the number one vacation spot in the country for four years in a row. in south carolina, the state that was named the friendly estate in the country, the most patriotic state in the union. it makes zero sense. on february 23, 2016, president obama announced his plan to close guantanamo bay detention facility, currently used to house some of the deadliest terrorists in history, including the principal architect of the september 11 attacks leaked sheikh mohammed. little newontained information. it did not even name a stateside facility. instead, it referenced a department of defense's 2015 survey of 13 potential b
in august last year, my office was contacted out of the blue by the department of defense to inform us that they were traveling to charleston, south carolina, to assess the naval consolidated brig for the possibility of housing guantanamo bay detainees. imagine my surprise. not only was it against federal theto transfer guantanamo trainees into the united states, but why would anyone want to put terrorists in charleston? charleston, the city we call the holy city, the city named the number one...
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department of defense? should the department of defense be engaged in doing economic development? and i think the examples that mr. sopko has provided us make it clear we should not be in this business within dod and the not part of their expertise. now, i do want to point out, i think that brian mcewen tries his darndest to try and defend the program. but in the end he does say, and i'll quote, i am skeptical that the department of defense is the natural home for this mission of promoting economic development. so regardless of why he goes about trying to defend it, he comes to the conclusion that we shouldn't be doing that. and mr. sopko, as our inspector general on afghanistan reconstruction, has done an extraordinary job, i think, over these number of years, pointing out why we fail. . and to everyone's point that has been made here, just pointing out is not good enough. we've got to clean it up. and my concern is that we see a problem, we have enough evidence, and we don't shut it down. it continues to operate on auto pilot. now, to mr. scott's comments and also to others', i think in fairness to ms. weisscarver, it wasn't just the
department of defense? should the department of defense be engaged in doing economic development? and i think the examples that mr. sopko has provided us make it clear we should not be in this business within dod and the not part of their expertise. now, i do want to point out, i think that brian mcewen tries his darndest to try and defend the program. but in the end he does say, and i'll quote, i am skeptical that the department of defense is the natural home for this mission of promoting...
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department of defense? should the department of defense be engaged in doing economic development? and i think the examples that mr. sopko has provided usake it clear we should not be in this business within dod and it's not part of their expertise. now, i do want to point out, i think that brian mckeon tries his darnedest to try and defend the program. but in the end he does say, and i'll quote, i am skeptical that the department of defense is the natural home for this mission of promoting economic development. so regardless of why he goes about trying to defend it, he comes to the conclusion that we shouldn't be doing that. and mr. sopko, as our inspector general on afghanistan reconstruction, has done an extraordinary job, i think, over these number of years, pointing out where we fail. and to everyone's point that has been made here, just pointing out is not good enough. we've got to clean it up. and my concern is that we see a problem, we have enough evidence, and we don't shut it down. it continues to operate on auto pilot. now, to mr. scott's comments and also to others', i think in fairness to ms. weisscarver, it wasn't just the
department of defense? should the department of defense be engaged in doing economic development? and i think the examples that mr. sopko has provided usake it clear we should not be in this business within dod and it's not part of their expertise. now, i do want to point out, i think that brian mckeon tries his darnedest to try and defend the program. but in the end he does say, and i'll quote, i am skeptical that the department of defense is the natural home for this mission of promoting...
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earnest: i think at that point you'd have to talk to the department of defense about how to most effectively make use of that facility. we would not transfer prisoners or detainees there. but this is military land that's controlled by the united states. reporter: there would be no interest in ceding it back to the cuban government? mr. earnest: no. we've ruled that out. reporter: i want to ask you about home ownership rates. they're down near 48-year lows. does the president view that in a positive light, in so much as there's more stabilization, there's less risk perhaps in the marketplace, or is it a negative that fewer americans are participating in the so-called american dream of home ownership? mr. earnest: i haven't seen those latest statistics. i can tell that you obviously we have seen home prices rise significantly over the last few years. that has obviously enhanced the wealth of a lot of americans who have their household wealth tied up in the value of their home. reporter: or in some cases replenished the wealth they lost. mr. earnest: that's true. in some cases there were homeowners who
earnest: i think at that point you'd have to talk to the department of defense about how to most effectively make use of that facility. we would not transfer prisoners or detainees there. but this is military land that's controlled by the united states. reporter: there would be no interest in ceding it back to the cuban government? mr. earnest: no. we've ruled that out. reporter: i want to ask you about home ownership rates. they're down near 48-year lows. does the president view that in a...
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and i don't know why any of us don't pay attention to gao, but why the department of defense doesn't makes no sense at all. >> sir, at a strategy level, i'm going to defer to mr. kendall -- >> secretary, i'm sorry. >> senator, i think we're talking about a distinction here that may not have a difference. the label, mdap brings with it a lot of statutory oversight. >> sure. >> what we plan to do with block 4 is insure that it is accounted for separately, that we have an independent cost estimate, that we manage it very intensively, there's full transparency and visibility into what we're doing. >> i'm saying -- >> it's, all the things that i think we're being asked for will be supplied. but if we add to that the label of a major defense acquisition program, that's going to bring a lot of additional bureaucracy and cost, and i was hoping to avoid that. >> i agree, we don't want to put anymore bureaucracy on top of you that you already have, and i would ask mr. sullivan why did you make that report if you thought it was going to throw more -- >> one of the -- >> -- bureaucracy on top of
and i don't know why any of us don't pay attention to gao, but why the department of defense doesn't makes no sense at all. >> sir, at a strategy level, i'm going to defer to mr. kendall -- >> secretary, i'm sorry. >> senator, i think we're talking about a distinction here that may not have a difference. the label, mdap brings with it a lot of statutory oversight. >> sure. >> what we plan to do with block 4 is insure that it is accounted for separately, that we...
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the department of defense spent more than half a billion of your dark collars an the c27j spartan. why aren't the planes being used? is this an example of government waste? adam may visit add storage facility in tucson, arizona for answers. >> collecting dust in the arizona desert, the u.s. military's new fleet of c27j. spartans. at about $30 million apiece, the cargo planes sit idle, without a mission, a casualty of sequester cuts. >> they are here because the air force had to find a way to reduce their budget and they chose to divest them. >> he is in charge of the air force base, commonly called the boneyard, the u.s. military's largest aircraft storage facility located in tucson, arizona. a dozen of the aircraft of already here. >> it is the only place in the entirely world where you can go and see 4,000 airplanes in one particular location. >> the colonel took al jazeera tonight on a tour of the sprawling air base. control the cold warp to the iraq war, thousands of planes have a unique history, the dry weather a perfect place for long term storage. >> this c27 has started the preservation process. in the pre
the department of defense spent more than half a billion of your dark collars an the c27j spartan. why aren't the planes being used? is this an example of government waste? adam may visit add storage facility in tucson, arizona for answers. >> collecting dust in the arizona desert, the u.s. military's new fleet of c27j. spartans. at about $30 million apiece, the cargo planes sit idle, without a mission, a casualty of sequester cuts. >> they are here because the air force had to find...
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us. inspector general sopko for afghanistan reconstruction. weiss carver, inspector general for auditing from the department of defense, and mr. charlie lily, the deputy director of aviation, and head of aviation contracting activity from the defense logistics agency. thank you for about with us today. we'll begin with your opening statements, mr. sopko. >> thank you very much. chairwom chairwoman, ranking member speer and members of the subcommittee, i'm pleased to be here again to discuss cigar's activities in afghanistan and particularly, our review of dod's task for for business stability operations. commonly know as tfbso. and three specific aspects that the chairman asked me to look at or to comment on. the first one dealt with the construction of a compressed natural gas program in afghanistan. tfbso spent approximately $43 million to construct such a gas filling station and share afghanistan. the project was intended to take advantage of natural gas reserves and reduce the country's reliance on important gas. sigar has been unable to find any evidence that they considered the myriad of potential obstacles to the project
us. inspector general sopko for afghanistan reconstruction. weiss carver, inspector general for auditing from the department of defense, and mr. charlie lily, the deputy director of aviation, and head of aviation contracting activity from the defense logistics agency. thank you for about with us today. we'll begin with your opening statements, mr. sopko. >> thank you very much. chairwom chairwoman, ranking member speer and members of the subcommittee, i'm pleased to be here again to...
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someone is asking for evidence for to tell judges to use that in the case that defense attorneys the chicago police department to check in and out of that is troubling leasing information these arguments that happened but then we're not controlling to have records sold is very hard to get a answer to a question with those contradictory statements so in chicago was paid for with the money like drug dealers or something like that. in europa there's anything nefarious linked to that the we have identified i don't know what is worse if it is chicago or nationwide and using that to militia arise the local police department. but nationally you'll see there is only an security creance tobira this equipment to talk about the pen register orders in chicago that a whole unit so they target the poor in this is essentially what they do. that is a huge concern for me but they have claimed their not prosecuted the case is with stingrays to see if we can get those cases but this is interesting because of whether or not it is appropriate to spy on their cell phones if we don't know who they are doing it to it is a catch-22 in makes a hard but beca
someone is asking for evidence for to tell judges to use that in the case that defense attorneys the chicago police department to check in and out of that is troubling leasing information these arguments that happened but then we're not controlling to have records sold is very hard to get a answer to a question with those contradictory statements so in chicago was paid for with the money like drug dealers or something like that. in europa there's anything nefarious linked to that the we have...
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of 32-30. while the draft hasn't been used since 1973, men have also had to register within a month of turning 18. months ago the defense department decided to allow women as part of front line combat units. they'll vote on the draft proposal next month. >>> new information about the missing mother of two from brooklyn. destiny dawson has been found safe and sound in another state. dawson turned up down south where police say she had gone to meet a male friend. her boyfriend and father of one child reported her missing last thursday. it's unclear why she wasn't answering her phone but consider herself missing. >>> tonight the dirty little secret for some restaurants in new york city who tried to hide their less than passing health department grade. if you're one of the people who looks for the a grade in the restaurant video, this story is for you. if the sign is not there, it might not be an accident. here's investigative reporter jim hoffer. >> do you know what your latest grade is? >> i think it's an a. >> reporter: you would think with an a grade the chef at this popular west village restaurant would have that a posted in the
of 32-30. while the draft hasn't been used since 1973, men have also had to register within a month of turning 18. months ago the defense department decided to allow women as part of front line combat units. they'll vote on the draft proposal next month. >>> new information about the missing mother of two from brooklyn. destiny dawson has been found safe and sound in another state. dawson turned up down south where police say she had gone to meet a male friend. her boyfriend and father...
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us. inspector general sopko for afghanistan reconstruction. weiss carver, inspector general for auditing from the department of defense, and mr. charlie lily, the deputy director of aviation, and head of aviation contracting activity from the defense logistics agency. thank you for about with us today. we'll begin with your opening statements, mr. sopko. >> thank you very much. chairwom chairwoman, ranking member speer and members of the subcommittee, i'm pleased to be here again to discuss cigar's activities in afghanistan and particularly, our review of dod's task for for business stability operations. commonly know as tfbso. and three specific aspects that the chairman asked me to look at or to comment on. the first one dealt with the construction of a compressed natural gas program in afghanistan. tfbso spent approximately $43 million to construct such a gas filling station and share afghanistan. the project was intended to take advantage of natural gas reserves and reduce the country's reliance on important gas. sigar has been unable to find any evidence that they considered the myriad of potential obstacles to the project
us. inspector general sopko for afghanistan reconstruction. weiss carver, inspector general for auditing from the department of defense, and mr. charlie lily, the deputy director of aviation, and head of aviation contracting activity from the defense logistics agency. thank you for about with us today. we'll begin with your opening statements, mr. sopko. >> thank you very much. chairwom chairwoman, ranking member speer and members of the subcommittee, i'm pleased to be here again to...
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it would be extremely helpful if the department of defense would engage with us and let us know what they're doing. mr. thompson: i agree. phone call would not be enough but if they demonstrated the cost of -- whatever's involved. is that a concern of yours. governor haley: they could tell me they would house these terrorists and i would not take them. the state of south carolina does not want them. there is no amount of money that they can pay, whether it be cost or supplement that would justify those detainees coming to south carolina. . mr. thompson: i appreciate your opinion. you referenced what happened to charleston relative to the unfortunate circumstances at mother emanuel. some of us also participated in the services and it was not a good day. that's the other ugly head of terrorism.local can you tell me who has custody of the young man charged with killing the people at mother emanuel? governor haley: is he in south carolina. representative thompson: is he in a feral facility or state or county facility? governor haley: i believe he's in a state facility. do yountative thomp
it would be extremely helpful if the department of defense would engage with us and let us know what they're doing. mr. thompson: i agree. phone call would not be enough but if they demonstrated the cost of -- whatever's involved. is that a concern of yours. governor haley: they could tell me they would house these terrorists and i would not take them. the state of south carolina does not want them. there is no amount of money that they can pay, whether it be cost or supplement that would...
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us the number. he broke the number down by direct costs, indirect costs, subject matter expert costs, overhead costs. those were his numbers that he got from tfbso. so first of all, those are the department of defense's numbers, not ours. secondly, when we interviewed him, he said and gave us records about a back and forth between his office and tfbso over the preparing of the economic impact assessment. many times, that assessment was reviewed and approved by tfbso way before we came in to do the audit. as a matter of fact, the director of tfbso approved those numbers. the director actually changed other numbers related to the gas price but never changed that $43 million number. this is the best number we have. we acknowledge that the records kept by tfbso are abysmal. we actually interviewed a comptroller employee who mr. mcewen sent over to try to review the records. and he said he thought the number was wrong but he couldn't come up with a better number either because the records are in such poor shape. so we're stuck with this number. but ultimately the taxpayer paid -- u.s. taxpayer paid $43 million. whether it included the gas station, whether the overhead numbers are correct or not, it's the
us the number. he broke the number down by direct costs, indirect costs, subject matter expert costs, overhead costs. those were his numbers that he got from tfbso. so first of all, those are the department of defense's numbers, not ours. secondly, when we interviewed him, he said and gave us records about a back and forth between his office and tfbso over the preparing of the economic impact assessment. many times, that assessment was reviewed and approved by tfbso way before we came in to do...
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of information act request, the other release document was the department of defense's law of war manual with she short sections on the use of remotely piloted aircraft in war. the only qualifications it contained was that the weapons cannot be inherently indiscrime -- discrimnant. the administration continues to oppose any release of public information on the lethal drone program. the lack of action reinforces the culture of secrecy surrounding the use of farm drone according to reports. the skimson report note that had the administration as a rule been reluctant to public acknowledge the use of leetal force by unmanned vehicles in foreign country. after the discovery that two westerners had been -- who were held by al-qaeda had been killed by u.s. drone strike, the administration admitted the death, but provided few specific details. note, that they were westerners that were killed. i want to say that when we hear about isis beheading someone we are outraged. of course, we don't hear about saudi arabia, one of our closest allies beheading people on a daily basis, but we don't hear about or see the images of the babies w
of information act request, the other release document was the department of defense's law of war manual with she short sections on the use of remotely piloted aircraft in war. the only qualifications it contained was that the weapons cannot be inherently indiscrime -- discrimnant. the administration continues to oppose any release of public information on the lethal drone program. the lack of action reinforces the culture of secrecy surrounding the use of farm drone according to reports. the...
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i would use just about all of my clustering munitions for use i have stock piled up today. >> what is the department of defense's current policy or plan to address this problem? >> today, there are studies ongoing. and some assets available that in the future with programs of purchase that could begin to replace those. some of the munitions don't have the same lithality. presently for those that are not in visioned, that are assets we know -- munitions we know we could build, we don't have a plan to replace them in the numbers we need. i would say that's true in korea because i'm very aware of what our requirements are. >> is one of those possible solutions airbusting traditional dumb bombs and using -- >> that's an option. >> would that be an option that lacks the lethality -- >> if you were to use unitary munitions to replace a cluster munition, you have to fire three to five munitions in place of one. and so just logistically it creates a problem as well. we need to develop effective munitions that meet the law. my recommendation would be in the interim we retain the cluster munitions we have today. >> are yo
i would use just about all of my clustering munitions for use i have stock piled up today. >> what is the department of defense's current policy or plan to address this problem? >> today, there are studies ongoing. and some assets available that in the future with programs of purchase that could begin to replace those. some of the munitions don't have the same lithality. presently for those that are not in visioned, that are assets we know -- munitions we know we could build, we...
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of the event. in dod, we use the phrase significant cyber consequence. the department of defense is not resourced nor is it currently tasked with defending every single computer structure within the united states. we try to identify where can our finite resources be best applied. critical to the nation's infrastructure. and then those circumstances the actions against one of the 16 segments reaches significant cyber consequence. >> in terms of national defense, we're being -- it's death by a thousand cuts. i mean, we're being hacked every day. insurance companies, businesses. some of it is cyber espionage, as you point out. but some of it's criminal. it seems to me we need to be thinking about who is responsible. i mean, i understand you don't call out the army if there's a criminal if one town. you have local police. there's a gap here. do you see what i'm saying? >> yes, sir. >> there's a gap in our defenses because we really don't have the infrastructure of the state police or local police that would protect local interests when they're being attacked. you have the expertise.
of the event. in dod, we use the phrase significant cyber consequence. the department of defense is not resourced nor is it currently tasked with defending every single computer structure within the united states. we try to identify where can our finite resources be best applied. critical to the nation's infrastructure. and then those circumstances the actions against one of the 16 segments reaches significant cyber consequence. >> in terms of national defense, we're being -- it's death...
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preparedness and respond, we actually have mechanisms in place which were used and coordinateing bodies and department of defense. the first is disaster leadership group. responds to complicated emergencies. that addresses policy issues that will arise. in recent months, two different groups, one to address the flint crisis and the other the emerging zika crisis. we have a very effective coordinating body, public health measures enterprise. i cited some of the successes that we have demonstrated. that entity has really -- >> i'm going to ask you to hold it right there otherwise these guys will never have a chance to say a word. >> dr. redd. >> there are a number of recommendationations, i could submit now. just quickly recommendation 15 is a collaboration with the department of homeland security with anthrax vaccination. we are working with state partners through the countermeasure enterprise to implement improvements on the distribution and dispensing of the stockpile. there's a recommendation to allow for deployment of assets. we are working closely with new york city on really kind of a project-management for
preparedness and respond, we actually have mechanisms in place which were used and coordinateing bodies and department of defense. the first is disaster leadership group. responds to complicated emergencies. that addresses policy issues that will arise. in recent months, two different groups, one to address the flint crisis and the other the emerging zika crisis. we have a very effective coordinating body, public health measures enterprise. i cited some of the successes that we have...
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i don't know why any of us don't pay attention to it but by the department of defense does makes no senset all. >> i'm going to defer to mr. kendal. >> i think we are talking about a distinction that may not have a difference. the label brings with it a want of statutory oversight and what we plan to do with block for is ensure that it is accounted for and we have an independent estimate and that we match it intensively if there is a transparency to what we are doing. >> all the things that are being asked for will be supplied. but if the attitude of the label of the program that is going to bring a lot to the cost and i was hoping to avoid that. i agree we don't want to put any more cost on top but i would ask mr. sullivan why would they make that report if you thought that it was going somewhere on top of that? >> we wouldn't want to see any bureaucracy on top of it either in fact we did a report last year looking w the kind of cold that our efficiency report for the under secretaries familiar with it and agrees with a lot of that i think. so one of the things we are also attacking when
i don't know why any of us don't pay attention to it but by the department of defense does makes no senset all. >> i'm going to defer to mr. kendal. >> i think we are talking about a distinction that may not have a difference. the label brings with it a want of statutory oversight and what we plan to do with block for is ensure that it is accounted for and we have an independent estimate and that we match it intensively if there is a transparency to what we are doing. >> all...
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used in an attack. earlier a russian helicopter made seven passes above the ship, photographing the ship. department of defense officials taking note. >> i hear the russians are up to their old tricks again. >> the white house, too. >> the russian military, including russian military aircraft have come close enough to each other or have come close enough to other air and sea traffic to raise serious safety concerns. >> the u.s. european command warned the russian jets' actions could unnecessarily escalate tepgss and could cause serious injury or death. just last october, two u.s. navy jets intercepted a pair of russian planes flying near a u.s. ship in the pacific ocean. four months earlier, a russian jet buzzing a uss destroyer in the black sea. it's happened before, but never like this. peter alexander, nbc news, washington. >>> now to politics, new york city where bernie sanders held a massive rally for tens of thousands last night. >> jane and i left new york city when we were kids, it is great to be back! thank you! [ cheers and applause ] >> and when i look at an unbelievable crowd like this, i believe w
used in an attack. earlier a russian helicopter made seven passes above the ship, photographing the ship. department of defense officials taking note. >> i hear the russians are up to their old tricks again. >> the white house, too. >> the russian military, including russian military aircraft have come close enough to each other or have come close enough to other air and sea traffic to raise serious safety concerns. >> the u.s. european command warned the russian jets'...
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korea that i would lose just about all of them, of my clustering munitions for use that i have stockpiled today. mr. cotton: what is the department of defense's current policy or plan to address this problem? mr. scaparrotti: today there are studies ongoing and some assets available that in the future, with programs of purchase that could begin to replace those. some of those munitions don't have the same lethality as those we have today, particularly against armor. and presently for those that are not just -- that are not envisioned but assets we know -- munitions we know we could build, we don't have a plan that replaces them in the numbers we need. i would say that's true in korea because i'm very aware of what our requirements are. mr. cotton: is one of those solutions air busting so-called traditional gum bombs and using them near targets? mr. scaparrotti: that's an option. mr. cotton: would it be the option that lacks lethality? mr. scaparrotti: if you were to use unitary munitions to replace a cluster munition you have to fire three to five munitions in place of one. so just logistically it creates a problem as well. we need to develop
korea that i would lose just about all of them, of my clustering munitions for use that i have stockpiled today. mr. cotton: what is the department of defense's current policy or plan to address this problem? mr. scaparrotti: today there are studies ongoing and some assets available that in the future, with programs of purchase that could begin to replace those. some of those munitions don't have the same lethality as those we have today, particularly against armor. and presently for those that...
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use a military aircraft for that purpose. and they believe it's the first time a military plane has landed there. the u.s. department of defense is urging china to reaffirm that there's no plan to deploy military aircraft in the spratlys. china is building two other runways of similar runways in the area. china responded to the criticism. a spokesperson in beijing says it's the duty of personnel to immediately travel to wherever they're needed within the nation's territory. the spokesperson noted sarcastically that she wonders why the u.s. needs to dispatch military aircraft rather than private ones to assert freedom of navigation in the region. >>> the vice foreign ministers of japan, the united states and south korea have agreed to cooperate closely in responding to north korea's acts of provocations. japanese vice foreign minister akitaka saiki, antony blinken, and lim sung-nam met on tuesday in seoul. they shared a recognition that the development of the north's nuclear and missile capabilities is a grave threat to the region as well as to the international community. >> translator: we have agreed to step up cooperation am
use a military aircraft for that purpose. and they believe it's the first time a military plane has landed there. the u.s. department of defense is urging china to reaffirm that there's no plan to deploy military aircraft in the spratlys. china is building two other runways of similar runways in the area. china responded to the criticism. a spokesperson in beijing says it's the duty of personnel to immediately travel to wherever they're needed within the nation's territory. the spokesperson...
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used in an attack. earlier a russian helicopter made seven passes above the cook, photographing the ship. the department of defense officials are taking note. >> i hear the russians are up to their old tricks again. >> reporter: the white house too. >> the russian military including russian military aircraft have come close enough to each other or have come close enough to other air and sea trachx -- traffic to raise serious safety concerns. >> reporter: the u.s. european command warned the russian jets' actions can unnecessarily escalate tensions and can cause serious injury or death. just last october two u.s. navy jets intercepted a pair of planes in the pacific ocean. four months earlier a russian jet in the black sea. it's happened before. but never like this. peter alexander, nbc news, washington. >>> now to politics and new york city where bernie sanders held a massive rally for tens of thousands last night. >> jane and i left new york city when we were kids. it is great to be back! thank you. and when i look at an unbelievable crowd like this, i believe we're going to win here in new york next tuesday. >>
used in an attack. earlier a russian helicopter made seven passes above the cook, photographing the ship. the department of defense officials are taking note. >> i hear the russians are up to their old tricks again. >> reporter: the white house too. >> the russian military including russian military aircraft have come close enough to each other or have come close enough to other air and sea trachx -- traffic to raise serious safety concerns. >> reporter: the u.s....
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i don't know why any of us don't pay attention to gao? why the department of defense does it makes no sense. >> strategy level i'm going to defer to mr. kindall. >> i think we're talking about a distinction here that may not have a difference. the label m dap brings with it a lot of statutory oversight. we plan to do with block four is insure it's accounted for spr separately. there's a full transparency and visibility into what we're doing. it's a -- all the things that i think are being asked for will be supplied. but if we add to that the label of a major defense acquisition problem that will bring additional costs i was hoping to avoid that. >> i agree. i would ask mr. sullivan why would they make that report if you thought it was going to throw more bureaucracy on top of you. >> we wouldn't want to see any bureaucracy on top even. we did a report last year, looking we call it our efisha efishiancy report. let's reduce the bureaucracy they have to deal with. the reason we think it's important here is number one, the dollars involved are such that even according to
i don't know why any of us don't pay attention to gao? why the department of defense does it makes no sense. >> strategy level i'm going to defer to mr. kindall. >> i think we're talking about a distinction here that may not have a difference. the label m dap brings with it a lot of statutory oversight. we plan to do with block four is insure it's accounted for spr separately. there's a full transparency and visibility into what we're doing. it's a -- all the things that i think are...
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used in an attack. earlier a russian helicopter made seven passes above the "cook" photographing the ship. the department of defense officials taking note. >> i hear the russians are up to their old tricks again. >> reporter: white house, too. >> reporter: >> the russian military, including russian military aircraft, have come close enough to each other or have come close enough to other air and sea traffic to raise serious safety concerns. >> reporter: the u.s. european command warn the russian jet actions could unnecessarily increase tensions or cause serious injury or death. last october two u.s. navy jets intercepted a pair of russian planes flying near a u.s. ship in the pacific ocean. four months earlier a russian jet buzzing a uss destroyer in the back sea. it's happened before, but never like this. peter alexander, nbc news, washington. >>> there's late word tonight of another big shake-up in the trump campaign bringing on a heavy hitter, a veteran gop strategist as the front-runner steps up his attacks on his own party, calling the primary rules a disgrace. nbc's katy tur has new details on trump's war. >>
used in an attack. earlier a russian helicopter made seven passes above the "cook" photographing the ship. the department of defense officials taking note. >> i hear the russians are up to their old tricks again. >> reporter: white house, too. >> reporter: >> the russian military, including russian military aircraft, have come close enough to each other or have come close enough to other air and sea traffic to raise serious safety concerns. >> reporter:...
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component of the mission is not just the magnitude of the event and indio d we use the phrase significant cyber consequence. the concern is the department of defense is not resource is not resource nor is it currently passed with defending every single computer structure within the united states. so we try to identify where can our finite resources be best applied so they are focused on the 16 segments designated as critical to the nation's infrastructure and in those circumstances to which the actions against one of the 16 segments reaches significant cyber consequence. >> in terms of national defense we are being hacked every day and our insurance companies, businesses. some of it is cyber espionage as you point out that some of it is just criminal. seems to me we need to be thinking about who is responsible. i understand you don't call that the army if there's a criminal in one town could you have local police but there's a gap year. do you see what i'm saying? there's a gap in our defenses because we really don't have the infrastructure of the state police or local police that would protect local interest when they are being attacked and you h
component of the mission is not just the magnitude of the event and indio d we use the phrase significant cyber consequence. the concern is the department of defense is not resource is not resource nor is it currently passed with defending every single computer structure within the united states. so we try to identify where can our finite resources be best applied so they are focused on the 16 segments designated as critical to the nation's infrastructure and in those circumstances to which the...
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in in 2013, the gao recommended the department of defense implement joint abasing meeting multiple military services usinggle basic to achieve efficiency. the dod has yet to complete this action, even though it could save as much as $2.3 billion over 20 or. why do we need to come back year after year to discuss the same actions? that's in part what we will be discussing today. i'm usually the federal government has an obligation not to waste a taxpayer dollars. were pulling money out of somebody's pocket on the tried to give it to someone else and use that, we need to be very cognizant of this wasteful tax taxpayers spending. we should all consider part of the job description of preventing waste, this it agreement over policy can lead to disagreements over appropriate spending but imperative to prevent ways is something we can all agree on a both sides of the aisle. when we know know it is about waste and inefficiency we have to act. the gao annual report provides roadmap to tackling known ways waste and inefficiency that is out there. so so we have a lot of questions. and we do look forward to it. i want
in in 2013, the gao recommended the department of defense implement joint abasing meeting multiple military services usinggle basic to achieve efficiency. the dod has yet to complete this action, even though it could save as much as $2.3 billion over 20 or. why do we need to come back year after year to discuss the same actions? that's in part what we will be discussing today. i'm usually the federal government has an obligation not to waste a taxpayer dollars. were pulling money out of...
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senator chuck grassley of iowa, agencies were found to be opaque about why they were using administrative leave. when the senator inquired about 58 employees at the department of defense that they had on administrative leave for more than a year, at the d.o.d., they had 58 employees who were on administrative leave for more than a year and the department of defense decided not to respond. just literally did not respond. mr. speaker, i understand the need and utility of administrative leave. when used properly, it provides agencies with the flexibility to better manage human resources and to get to the bottom of certain situations. it has become a tool that agencies hide behind with far too little oversight and accountability. the shortcomings need to end and this bill will curb these abuses. specifically this legislation will limit the use of administrative leave for misconduct or performance issues to 14 days per year in order to push agencies to complete their investigations quickly or find acceptable alternative work for the individual to perform during such an investigation. this is fair to the employee as well as the management as well as the american taxpayers.
senator chuck grassley of iowa, agencies were found to be opaque about why they were using administrative leave. when the senator inquired about 58 employees at the department of defense that they had on administrative leave for more than a year, at the d.o.d., they had 58 employees who were on administrative leave for more than a year and the department of defense decided not to respond. just literally did not respond. mr. speaker, i understand the need and utility of administrative leave....
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there is no obvious reason to use a military aircraft for that purpose and they believe it's the first time a military plane has landed there. the u.s. department of defense is urging china to reaffirm that there is no plan to deploy military aircraft in the spratlys. china is building two other runways of similar length in the area. >>> about a thousand chinese parents who lost their only child have staged a demonstration in beijing. they say they'll have no one to look after them because they were forced to follow the country's one-child policy. the protesters gathered on monday in front of the national health and family planning commission. about one million households across china are estimated to have lost their sole offspring due to illness or accident. many such parents feel it's unfair they had to obey a policy the government decided to scrap earlier this year after more than three decades. >> translator: my wife and i are too old to have another child. i want the government to look after us. >> chinese authorities announced on sunday the state would provide a monthly allowance of $50 to each bereaved families but the parents are not satisfied. >>
there is no obvious reason to use a military aircraft for that purpose and they believe it's the first time a military plane has landed there. the u.s. department of defense is urging china to reaffirm that there is no plan to deploy military aircraft in the spratlys. china is building two other runways of similar length in the area. >>> about a thousand chinese parents who lost their only child have staged a demonstration in beijing. they say they'll have no one to look after them...
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of the event. dod, we use the phrase significant cyber consequence. the concern being that the department of defense is not resources nor is it tasked with defending every single computer structure within the united states. so we try to identify where can our finite resources be best applied? so they are focused on the 16 segments designated to the nation's infrastructure. then tripped in those circumstances in which the actions against one of those 16 segments reaches significant cyber consequence. >> in i mean we're being hacked every day in insurance companies, businesses, some of it is cyber espionage but some a criminal. we need to think who is responsible. i understand you don't call out the army, if there is a criminal in one town. you have local police, but there is a gap here. do you see what i'm saying? >> yes, sir. >> there is a gap in our defense because we really don't have the infrastructure of the state police or local police that would protect local interests when they are being attacked and you have the expertise. we have to work out something as between cyber command and local law
of the event. dod, we use the phrase significant cyber consequence. the concern being that the department of defense is not resources nor is it tasked with defending every single computer structure within the united states. so we try to identify where can our finite resources be best applied? so they are focused on the 16 segments designated to the nation's infrastructure. then tripped in those circumstances in which the actions against one of those 16 segments reaches significant cyber...
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savings if they were able to pay more of the department of defense's excess property through the disposal process. eligibility of medical suppliers. they could usent ineligible suppliers from enrolling in the program savings billions of dollars. and the workers' compensation fund. the social security administration should take steps to take steps to reduce the disability because many workers also receive federal compensation. martha: we are moments away from the opening bell. here is a quick look at the market. the ims will release its outlook for the global economy. eric: the pentagon working on a plan b for syria. senator learned i graham will be here on whether or not it could work. plus this. martha: a viral video of a bear chasing a snowboarder. but was the whole thing staged? we'll take a closer look when we come back. [♪] ♪ in new york state, we believe tomorrow starts today. all across the state, the economy is growing, with creative new business incentives, and the lowest taxes in decades, attracting the talent and companies of tomorrow. like in buffalo, where the largest solar gigafactory in the western hemisphere will soon energize th
savings if they were able to pay more of the department of defense's excess property through the disposal process. eligibility of medical suppliers. they could usent ineligible suppliers from enrolling in the program savings billions of dollars. and the workers' compensation fund. the social security administration should take steps to take steps to reduce the disability because many workers also receive federal compensation. martha: we are moments away from the opening bell. here is a quick...
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of the strategies your administrations is using in that effort. in the past several weeks, your administration has killed well over 200 people in airstrikes in somalia, libya, and yemen, according to the department of defense. how can visa that all people killed close an imminent threat to the united states, and why is the united states now scores of people at a time rather than eliminating individuals in very targeted strikes? thank you. president obama: we have rigid andd a fairly vigorous set of criteria for us evaluating the intelligence that isil, where itt might be operating. these involve a whole range of agencies consulting extensively, and are then checked, double checked, triple checked before genetic actions are taken. tic actions -- kine are taken. for the most part, actions are taken against high-value targets in the countries you described, outside the theater of iraq in syria. in some cases, what we are seeing our camps that after long times of monitoring it becomes involved inre directing plots that could do the united states harm, for our supporting isil activities for al qaeda activities elsewhere in the world. ofif after a long period observation we are seeing that in fact explosive mate
of the strategies your administrations is using in that effort. in the past several weeks, your administration has killed well over 200 people in airstrikes in somalia, libya, and yemen, according to the department of defense. how can visa that all people killed close an imminent threat to the united states, and why is the united states now scores of people at a time rather than eliminating individuals in very targeted strikes? thank you. president obama: we have rigid andd a fairly vigorous...