Government Reform Committee hearing to examine transparency issues at the transportation security administration. The office of special counsel has alleged the tsa has become uncooperative in providing documents in its investigation of retaliation against whistleblowers at the agency. This is about an hour and 40 minutes. We will come to order. The chairs are authorized to declare a recess at any time. We appreciate you being here on this important topic. Transparency of the tsa. Today, the company the committee will explore the of the tsa. We will hear about the Inspector General with problems with the gna with the tsa. In order for us to complete its mission, agencies are required office tounredacted special counsel. Tsa is not fulfilling their big obligation to produce documents frustrating the investigation efforts. , it is notyou acceptable to withhold information. We are bothing committed to on both sides of the aisle to help protect and ensure that whistleblowers are protected.
Negotiations is that each country will have to decide based on its own circumstances, its own capabilities, hopefully with as much salutary pressure as possible to do your best but that each country was going to have to make the decision about exactly what to do and how to do it. By the way, that goes for developed countries as well as developing. But even more important for developing countries who were trying to reassure that they can take on the fight for Climate Change without imperilling their own priorities for development, growth and eradication of poverty. So that flexibility is absolutely essential and is really in some sense the core of our approach. Thank you very much, senator kaine. Senator coons. Thank you mr. Stern, for your testimony, leadership, for your hard work and creativity in pursuing such an important global goal. Let me start in some ways where i think senator kaine was pursuing a conversation about some limitations of previous agreements and how this hopedfor
Fraction of a second. As the seat comes out and hits the wind blast, it begins to decelerate. If you wait just a fraction of a second before you put that main chute out, the seat has decelerated enough so when the force of the parachute comes out isnt as severe. To get to that solution, we are putting a switch on the side of the ejection seat, so when the pilot climbs up into the cockpit, can set that at heavyweight or lightweight. There are a number of ways we could have solved that problem. We could have put an automatic sensing system into the seat, much like when you sit in your car on the passengers side and the seat knows youre there and the air bag gets energized. We also could have put a switch on the seat that would have had the maintainers put it in the heavier or lightweight position. We went back to the war fighters and said, what solution do you want . We can solve this problem in a number of ways. They said we want the pilot to be responsible for moving that switch. We wa
Are [ no audio ] [ crowd chatter ] keep moving, keep moving. Keep moving. Secretary madam secretary, how do you feel . How do you feel the hearing went . Still awake . If you want to pass through, you have to have a pass. If not go back to the area we had you before. Right, i know that. Charlie. All the republicans went in to a meeting. I can either get you cummings or congressman and 11 hours, minus breaks that the House Select Committee on benghazi has been meeting. And Hilary Clinton walking out the door we will bring you any lawmaker reactions after this. If lawmakers decide to come to what are known as our stakeout positions. Until then, we will take your phone calls, we want to hear what you think about what you heard about the day. Hilary clinton at the house Benghazi Committee. We are going get to it with frank being our caller, buffalo, new york, democrat. Caller hi, my maname is fra, i voted for george w. Bush, the first one, the senior. He got us out of iraq, before we took
No, it did not. I mean, were always were always assessing our posture and where we can put our assets. Not something we normally get into much detail on but we always want to make sure weve got our assets positioned properly. As we see where, you know, the focus of our strikes are based on the fluidity of our battlefield maybe we need to reposition our assets to make sure where were spending more time in the air weve got an asset closer to respond if needed. Hi, colonel. As a followup to this question, given the different tactical capabilities of the f16s and a10s is this deployment indicating tactical change in the mission as well or will they do exactly the same thing that f16 did . And the secondly, you mentioned about syrian iraq coalition. What is your understanding about the Syrian Forces . Patrick asked this question last weekend and he said he would look at it. What is your understanding about this new form and is this indicating the same thing or Different Group or can i get y