one of the president's first actions on the ig front was to remove ig gerald waltman from his post at the corporation for national and community service. we, on this side of the aisle, objected to it and continue to feel that this was inappropriate. however, that is not the issue for today. the issue for today is, in fact, how do we find something regardless of who's in the white house that satisfies, first, the american people's right to know and right to be protected from waste. second, strengthens the relationship between this committee and our counterparts in the senate in being able to count on the inspector generals as our conduit into the executive branch. we can all have discussions about this administration, and we have had plenty and will have more. but i think when we look at exposing taxpayer loss and waste, we cannot look at any one administration. we have often on a bipartisan basis lauded the success of tracking the stimulus fund spending. doesn't mean we agree to the stimulus bill itself, but it means that, in fact, we saw inspector general given a new job as chairman

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since waltman's termination, the obama administration has nominated two candidates for the position. the first nominated in february 2010, but his nomination has since been withdrawn, and the second was nominated in november 2011 and has been awaiting senate confirmation for 177 days. the continued vacancy, regardless of fault, comes at a terrible time for the cncsig because the budget was cut in half in the fy-2012 appropriations. the special inspector general for afghanistan reconstruction position has been vacant for 461 days. the position became vacant after the original cigar resigned his office amid scrutiny from a bipartisan group of senators as well as pogo who had arriveded at the conclusion that he was not qualified for such an important position. but the fact a replacement has not been appointed by the president, even though it has been more than a year since he resigned, also shows it can be easier to create outside pressure for removal rather than appointment even though the impact of not having an effective cigir can be just as bad as having an ineffective cigir. pogo s

judge reggie waltman, a judge i myself have been in front of, told lawyers that jurors were fed up becausehey see their time is being wasted. it's already been four weeks and the prosecution still hasn't put its key witness on the stand. that apparently won't happen until next weekend. >> get those jurors some coffee. >>> animal rescuers are trying to free a dolphin trapped at an underwater construction site in long beach, california. the young dolphin is surrounded by metal sheeting that's being used as a foundation for a wharf. it got stuck after swimming in during high tide. rescuers have cut holes in the sheeting hoping the dolphin will swim out there on its own. >>> well, here is your wednesday weather. a nasty day in the eastern part of the country with drenching rain and flooding from michigan to maine and all the way down to miami. also, stormy along the gulf coast, the southern half of texas, new mexico and arizona. gusty winds in the northwest. >> 75 in salt lake city. 84 in sacramento. kansas city up to 71. minneapolis, 67. chicago, even 60. 70s from new york to atlanta. 84 in n