westmoreland, that's it.hat he has a problem with strategic articulation and never really resolves that problem successfully. what i think adds to that problem, though, is this mosaic concept, right? that the commanders that are operating in pliku province or the marines operating along the dmz are fighting a completely different war than those commanders that are fighting in the in me kong delta. so for those u.s. army units that are fighting in the central highlands, away from the population center, where their enemy is a conventional threat, it's a completely different war than those army units fighting south of saigon in the populated region of the me kong delta where there are very few conventional north vietnamese forces but there's a whole host of south vietnamese insurgents. that's the problem for westmoreland, i think, he can't just lay down, as you said, a guided strategy for, that one size fits all because the war doesn't work that way. and if he tries to direct holistically what matters in one are

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they didn't curse westmoreland out. but they cursed lbj. and the restraints he was under was the incremental build-up. >> right. that johnson put him through and the administration. and i'm just wondering -- i don't think you spoke much about it. and just an observation of my own having fought in vietnam in '69 was that the only thing i ever saw later on was that war really worked, that scared the bejeebers out of north was lineback linebacker, linebacker one and two. that got them to negotiate with us. >> yeah, that's an important point, i think, that that clearly westmoreland is dealing with the theory of graduated pressure, which kind of takes hold in the national security establishment. this idea that we can -- we can determine how much pressure to ratchet up or ratchet back. and eventually, hanoi will realize that it can't win this long war because we have the ability to either ratchet up or ratchet back. unfortunately, we don't have that ability. and we don't have the ability to so neatly determine the pace of the war, the pace of mil

constructi this mornin >> still talking about road work in the way for the next 20 minutes. 66 at westmoreland street blocked until 5:00 a.m. should be out of the way in a little bit. as we take a wider look at things no major problems looking at the inner loop the outer loop. most roads completely clear. 95 in maryland. bw parkway. 29. everything looking good. earlier constructn is now out of the way. waldorf, mattawoman beantown shut down at poplar hill. probably an issue the next hour and a half because of down wires. 66 east of compton rolling right along. 95 in maryland coming up. >>> maybe you are hoping to strike it rich in the new year. coming up why you won't be able to try your luck with the scratch off lottery tickets in the district. >>> the morning cup of coffee may be sav >>> the fbi is investigating a u.s. postal service processing center in prince george's county. hu of dollars in mailed gifts disappearedore than a year ago. none of it angela odom put all $1200 worth of gifts in one box. the last place it was tracked to was the processing center inhts. no one knows what happene

westmoreland: thank you, mr. speaker. i want to thank my colleague from georgia fo giving me the time. i -- forgiving me the time. i rise today in support ever bill. support of this this would meet the cotton industry's growing need for a world contract for cotton on the united states market. h.r. 5810 offers a simple technical fix that is needed due to the outdated 1916 cotton futures act in terms of recognizing the global cotton trade. recent discussions with usda revealed that the 1916 cotton futures act requires all cotton tendered on a cotton futures contract that is listed for trading on a u.s. exchange be classified by the usda. this is unrealistic, both logistically and financially, for non-u.s. cotton stored in warehouses outside the u.s. the industry's desire to trade and hedge a more modern contract requires the legislative tweak to the 1916 cotton futures act, to allow for any non-u.s. cotton tendered towards this u.s. contract to be inspected and classed by non-usda persone -- personnel. our proposal would no

down through westmoreland county and back to fredericksburg. that activity ends by 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. everybody else is dry. high temperature today of 42. we'll hit it at 3:00 p.m. this afternoon. by noon, partly to mostly cloudy skies for most of us. then mostly sunny skies headed into the afternoon. 5:00 p.m. a temperature of 39 degrees. definitely chilly out there. tomorrow cooler. a high of 39. but plenty of sunshine throughout the day. it will be a little breezy at times tomorrow. so we'll add a little additional chill to the air for our new year's eve day. new year's day, thursday a high of 42 degrees. plenty of sunshine. on friday clouds increase with a high of 44. for the weekend, a chance of rain saturday as well as sunday. high temperatures in the mid to upper 40s. rain is looking likely at some point this weekend. the best chance that you're dealing with rain is actually going to be saturday afternoon, evening, into the overnight hours of sunday. the timing is still uncertain. we'll keep an eye on that. melissa, unfortunately you're

so they used westmoreland davis' place.atum almost led the secret out when he was spotted out at dinner in leesburg. still a lot of chatter about a deadly police involved shooting last week near ferguson missouri. today an internal police investigation con the suspect antonio martin pointed a gun at the officer who then shot the 18-year-old outside a convenience store. the incident in berkeley missouri was captured in this surveillance video. there were renewed protests after the shooting. today the city's mayor said people have the right to demonstrate, but he warned -- >> when there is noor the protester to continue in the city of berkeley unless they will not accept the fact that mr. martin drew his gun first. >> the officer was responding to a report of shoplifting at that store. >>> as we enter ski season a reminder tonight how important those safety bars and chair lifts can be. a tonight after a pretty big scare on the slopes and a 20-foot tumble. wanda moore has the story now from central oregon. >> reporter: it star

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mary's county down through westmoreland county and then continuing down to the richmond area.tivity moving off to the east impacting the eastern shore. what do you need to wear today? a nice warm jacket maybe a scarf, but the sunglasses are needed as well with sunshine returning later in the day. for the most part the weather cooperates on this tuesday. travel weather is looking good. outdoor exercise just chilly conditions. th warm jacket is needed out and about running errands. temperatures right now are in the 30s. washington is the exception coming in at 40 degrees. 32 degrees up in gaithersburg. tomorrow a little bit cooler with a high of 39 degrees. mostly sunny skies. at midnight a temperature in washington around 30. 20 for those of you in the suburbs. bundle up out late tomorrow night. thursday january 1st, a high of 42. clouds increase throughout the day on friday. a high of 44. saturday sunday temperatures above average in the mid to upper 40s. rain is looking likely at some point for the upcoming weekend. the computer models are a little over the place, saturday ni

mary's county and continuing down through areas like westmoreland county in virginia. you can see most of the area is dry, some limited sunshine developing in parts of frederick county and carroll county. we could have limited sunshine north of washington through the mid-afternoon hours until 2:00 p.m. after that though the clouds fill back in. temperatures today will be in the 40s. that's where we're at right now. 44 in washington. we'll only warm up three more degrees with a high of 47. cooler tomorrow, angie. i'll let you know how much cooler coming up in my forecast at 11:30. >>> kristen wright is live with more details. >> reporter: the faa and ntsb is monitoring the situation closely. both say they will send experts if they are asked to get involved. the search for air asia flight and its 162 passengers and crew is becoming a global effort. also developing now, aerial surveys spotted two oily patches and, quote, suspicious objects within the search area. work is being done right now to see if these discoveries have any connection to the lost plane. it disappeared

. >> yeah, that's an important point, i think, that that clearly westmoreland is dealing with the theory of graduated pressure, which kind of takes hold in the national security establishment. this idea that we can -- we can determine how much pressure to ratchet up or ratchet back. and eventually, hanoi will realize that it can't win this long war because we have the ability to either ratchet up or ratchet back. unfortunately, we don't have that ability. and we don't have the ability to so neatly determine the pace of the war, the pace of military operations or determine the pace of how quickly the local population is seen the south vietnamese government as a legitimate entity. and so what you see here, i think, are some disconnects, not only in modernization theorys the that we talked about earlier but also this theory of graduated pressure. as we talked about a little bit earlier in the evening, there's a difference clearly between articulating strategy and implementing it. and i think this is a clear case of that. so thank you. [ applause ] >>> here are some of the programs you'll fi

westmoreland discussed with you the june 2013 audit that took place before the creation of a high threat program directors audit found some security deficiencies. is that correct? >> yes, sir. >> mr. starr and i will ask the inspector general's office to release its 2014 report on high threat programs directly. one of the inspector general's key findings in that report is that this newly-created body was quote helping to create a culture of shared responsibility of security within the department and has enforced strong partnerships with regional security officers and counterparts in regional and functional bureaus as well as within the interagency community. i think that's an extremely positive finding given the fact that the accountability review board considered the lack of responsibility around security issues to be systemic failure just two years ago. mr. starr could you discuss how you think the creation of the high threat program has created a culture of shared responsibility at the state department and my final question tell us how does this culture shared responsibility to improv

westmoreland: they initiated a partnership for the gentlemen to travel to costa rica's volunteer forhe national rural electric cooperative association international foundation. they helped construct an electric distribution system and worked alongside employees at the electric co-op in the town there. their efforts included extending access to electricity for families in this community. electricity is a critical element in improving the quality of life and enables better health care, education, clean water and other vital services. these men also shared safety and best construction practices with the costa rican cooperative employees. nreca international has been active in rural electric development in costa rica since 1963. the four electric cooperatives in costa rica serve approximately 750,000 folks. thanks to these volunteers, more families in the world now have a chance for a better life. thank you, phil hogan, josh allen, james weston abbott and shae lasster for your hard work and descation. mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. f