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Forthcoming with these documents and materials to these other entities as opposed to oig . Our presumption is because were independent and theyre not. So there appears to have been a conclusion that there indeed does need to be a finding that our reviews are of the assistance to the leadership. Its selfevident for the other entities, opr, nsd, because they are working for the leadership. We are statutorily independent. Congress set it up that way. And therefore it would appear the decisions been...

Good morning, everybody. The Committee Meets today to consider the nomination of former senator chuck hagel to be secretary of defense. Before i begin, i want to first will come senator inhofe as the new ranking republican on our committee, succeeding senator mccain. Senator mccain has been a great partner over the past six years, and i thank him for all the work he has done to get bills enacted, his leadership on a host of issues, his support for the work of this committee, and for always keepi...

And sometimes she comes in the hearing room in her wheelchair and struggling. struggling just to get to her seat. and somebody to have the audacity to say something like that upsets me to the nth degree. >> its like what they did to max cleeland who lost limbs in the wars. >> she left both legs behind fighting for the country and has the american flag on one of her prosthetic legs. >> i saw that today. >> to question her loyalty is the most reprehensible thing i can think of. but it does undersc...

That upsets me to the nth degree. >> its like what they did to max cleeland who lost limbs in the wars. >> she left both legs behind fighting for the country and has the american flag on one of her prosthetic legs. >> i saw that today. >> to question her loyalty is the most reprehensible thing i can think of. but it does underscore that the far right cannot conceive that somebody could have a different point of view. >> im a worst case scenario guy. i like to figure out the worst case. i think t...

I mean remember what joe biden said. i support barack obama because he doesnt try to perfect the politics of swift voting. he seeks to end them. and i think that everybodys pretty obvious that what arlen specter has done is reverted to old republican-style politics but now hes in a democratic party. let me give you a quote. so remember when barack obama as a candidate said i love this country too much to let them steal another election by lies like this one, outrageous, phony assertions, swift v...

So remember when barack obama as a candidate said i love this country too much to let them steal another election by lies like this one, outrageous, phony assertions, swift voting. you know, they did this to max cleeland who lost his limbs in vietnam. they did it to john kerry. they arent going to stand for this false assertion hes made. you dont get to be a three-star admiral, lead the navys anti-terrorism unit, command an aircraft carrier battle group without having an distinguished career. ar...

Department giving the labor unions the ability they had for know other department. namely to unionize throughout the department. >> chris: they were for homeland security and the president opposed it. >> we sat down and said you are right and came back with a proposal for it. their object was to give to the unions something when it came to the homeland security department that under a policy established by john kennedy and signed into law for jimmy carter didnt exist. >> chris: this brings us to...

Face into my face. >> but they do have their pictures and then a picture of max cleeland. >> he ran a setup ad that was untrue and this ad was true. he was voting against president bush and in favor of the labor unions and turned it into being a victim. he lost that election because he was far too labeual on questions like this and the people of georgia. >> chris: you write about the war in iraq. on the one hand, you say if the president and you make it clear he did not know. if the president an...

Homeland security and whether or not there should be unionized member theres. there is a disagreement about the facts. my question is you have no problem about the idea, you say you didnt have anything to do with it, the idea of mixing up pictures of osama bin laden, saddam hussein and a vietnam vet who lost three limbs. >> we are talking about pictures. lets take one step further back. this was in response to one where max cleeland showed himself with president bush in which he claimed they wer...

>> we sat down and said you are right and came back with a proposal for it. their object was to give to the unions something when it came to the homeland security department that under a policy established by john kennedy and signed into law for jimmy carter didnt exist. >> chris: this brings us to the infamous ad against georgia senator max cleeland. >> max cleeland runs television ads claiming he can lead. >> you said it was effective? bringing up the issue on homeland security and whether or ...