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Take. So lets a for get about the number on sequestration but the up front cuts on sequestration and doesnt allow you to property monitor sequestration to sustain readiness and sustain us. And we have to cut things, because it becomes too expensive to cut it and you dont get any savings if you cut it very fast. Until the out years. From the out years. What is the net readiness impact . And some say it is plus or minus there is no middle grund on it. And how serious of an issue is it . So let me ...

I was told even before this if we had an incident, we could go in and rescue or resolve a situation. Do you believe we have that capability . If capabilities were in hand, then they could be employed. Thank you. Welcome to our panel. Let me pick up on that. You were not in the operational chain of command at the time of the tragedy . Not in the chain of command. I was serving in a staff role at that point in time. You are not making decisions. That is correct. I do not know if youre familiar wit...

Welcome to this week in defense news, im vago muradian. For the first time in two years, the pentagon should get real budgets of 500 billion a year instead of funded through continuing resolutions. It is also going to get 30 billion in sequester relief. And cut the cost of living adjustments by 1 for working age military retirees, in part to do so. D. O. D. However still faces 70 billion in automatic spending cuts over the next two years. And more cuts are likely as lawmakers work toward a broad...

Spectrum and local broadcast stations has risen perhaps ahead of the incentive auction next year. So for a variety of reasons, weve seen a number of companies consolidate their positions in the broadcast tv market. Theyve fought stations across the country bought stations across the country. Weve seen Certain Companies really being aggressive in terms of snapping up smaller broadcasts. Host so with a company like sinclair, how Many Television stations does it own across the country . Guest i bel...

Vote the presiding officer any senators wishing to vote . The ayes are 95, the nay is one, the nomination is confirmed. Mr. Reid mr. President . The presiding officer the majority leader is recognized. Mr. Reid we have a couple more votes. The presiding officer come to order. Listen to the majority leader. Mr. Reid we have a couple more votes scheduled, theyre going by voice, im told but were going to have a cloture vote an hour after we come in tomorrow morning. There is no reason we cant be fi...

Make is that also critical to dealing with these set of enduring challenges is the continued economic and technological leadership of the United States, which as former secretary gates and others have said, is National Security imperative for us. Now i would like to talk a little bit about the relationship between intelligence and National Security. We always say its the first line of defense. This time going forward, we really do mean it. The benefits that it gives us is it informs our National...

We never heard another briefing on that matter. And so when we passed that law, we felt that we did it for a good reason. The law didnt just state that we would be given a notice. It required that the department would provide numerous pieces of critical information, including how the risk posed by the detainee had been substantially mitigated, how the transfer is in the National Security interest of the United States, an assessment of the capacity, willingness, and past practices of the receivin...

Constitutional perfection . Despite a clear provision in the law he cant do that . This president faced a Service Member in peril in activity and exercised a constitutional duty and authority to recover that Service Member. In circumstances in which it was the judgment of the policy, the leading policy makers of this country, that the circumstances were not going to permit the 30day notification. Thats a very concrete response to what was a very compelling situation. I understand that youre sayi...

We thought the conflict was over in iraq and we see that it is not. It continues to go on. Now, the second thing, i may have left a wrong impression when i was talking to the secretary saying that if you had given the same report that that probably would have just solved everything. We still have big concerns about the five. And i didnt mention that when we were briefed in november of 11 and january of 12 that there was real concern of members of congress that those five be released, in fact the...

Left a wrong impression when i was talking with the secretary saying if you were given the same report that that probably would have solved everything. We still have big concerns about the five, and i didnt mention that when we were briefed in november of 2011 and january of 2012 that there was real concerns of members of congress that those five would be released. In fact, there was real opposition to it, and thats why were very concerned that we werent told if we reenter those negotiations, yo...