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The funding does not come from congress. It comes from transfers. This is 600 million without congressional oversight over the agencies fund. Congressional oversight is a constitutional function. This agency has proven it is not a good steward for expenses. A prime example, the cost overruns of the headquarters currently. Inspector general estimated a cost overrun of that renovation. Current estimates put it at 600 per foot. That is more per square foot than the cost to build the bellagio casino...

I was able to declare victory for all the work that i put in. At that point we had a 5 trillion budget surplus. At the same time, i had become a military reformer. I was a part of one of the early Reform Efforts of spare parts. I was involved with procurement reform all of my career. I was even involved in the way in which the pentagon operated. You might remember that services werent very independent with each other. In the war in lebanon our marines could be on the beach and see a navy ship in...

Senator voice vote unless there is an objection. Those in favor say aye. Opposed. Accepted. Senator staben nows will be next and changed her amendment and ask that to be next. Senator sanders are you waiting . Senator stabenow we made a small change. If you would like to senator small change. See if we can comply with that. Longterm spending. Senator i hope we have that continued bipartisan spirit that information is a good thing if we are going to solve a problem we have to define it properly a...

From the center for strategic and international studies. Its just under an hour. I really appreciate the working relationship i have with dr. Hamre and with csis. Dr. Hamre mentioned my desire to learn more about issues. Nobody has been more helpful on that than john. Theyve been very generous with their time working with me and my staff as we puzzle through difficult and challenging National Security issues. And what i want to talk about this morning is sort of how we continue to proceed with o...

Detainees at Guantanamo Bay. This provision makes sense for the security of this country and it makes sense for good intelligence collection. The ban on transfers to yemen is a very critical aspect of this amendment. The amendment bans any detainee transfers to yemen until december 31, 2014. Its been four years since the president posed a moratorium on transfers to yemen from guantanamo following the failed airplane bombing attempt on Christmas Day 2009 by umar farouk. At that time yemen was vie...

Lets get more on Deutsche Bank. By hans nichols. Why did this happen now . Think of it like this. You got a bad report card in september and did not go public until july. Did you rectify the underlying behavior . That is basically it. They were the problems without the knowledge of wrongdoing and thelook at the letter from Federal Reserve of new york reported by the wall street journal, it is remarkable, harsh, scathing, and it talks about the need for remedial action. In accurate and on reliabl...

Want to know. Since then members of congress have wanted to know. Congressional oversight of intelligence is a recurring flash point in executive congressional relations. Our guests professor Laura Donahue of Georgetown Law School and mark from the Security Academy and John Hopkins University will explore the context to the current dustup between the senate and the c. I. A. By not only reminding us about past struggles between congress and the Intelligence Community, such as the Church Hearings ...

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Well, im really excited to jump into this. This is a is an excellent book with a perspective that is is very unique. I love how youve built in a lot of personal side to this. Im a you know, sitting member of congress. I dont get to be the one interviewing a lot. Im really excited about this because because im gonna flip the script a little bit instead of being subject to lots of interviews. Well as long as you agree not to treat this like a congressional hearing then and im fine. Im using in you...

As long as congressional hearings. I just wanted to hear your perspective. I want to jump into in the thing that impressed me the most we talk about misinformation. In 2017 a lot of what was going on all this is before russia invaded ukraine. What were dealing with on the Armed Services committee where i sit is misinformation going out from every angle what is going on communicating, what russia, ukraine. You hit on that is one of the key challenges that were going to face in the next phase of o...