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Has already been a reformer and as deputy defense secretary attempted to untangled the procurement process. mccain will soon be the chairman of the armed services committee and mac thornberry, who will lead the house equivalent, also appears to have a reformist bent. the problem is so immense, however, that it is probably too much to hope for more than small victories. secretaries of defense will come and go, but the military industrial congressional complex lives on. for more, go to cnn.com/far...

Including china and russia. the good news is that ash carter has already been a reformer and as deputy defense secretary attempted to untangled the procurement process. mccain will soon be the chairman of the armed services committee and mac thornberry, who will lead the house equivalent, also appears to have a reformist bent. the problem is so immense, however, that it is probably too much to hope for more than small victories. secretaries of defense will come and go, but the military industria...

Approved. and that stuff continues to flow. >> havent gotten there yet and why -- its been a long time since they requested that. >> they are working through -- its working through the procurement process. i dont have a tick tock on exactly where it is or when it entered the process, but its working through there and theyll get there soon. >> is the concern here that this would have all been a proxy war between the u.s. and russians if, in fact, the u.s. were to provide lethal aid? >> look, im n...

More complete list? >> yeah. theres been more. recent deliverez include radios, body armor, individual first aid kid kitts, sleeping mats, uniform items. over the next few months, additional items will start moving through the procurement process to include night vision going toils, thermal imageers, kevlar helmets, explosive ordnance disposal robots and some additional radios. and theres been some other equipment given to ukraines border guards. barbed wire, alarm systems. excavators, trucks, g...

This is part of a package of 33 million that the president has approved. >> they havent gotten there yet and it was a long time since they requested that. >> it is working through the procurement process. i dont have the tick tok and it will get there soon. >> is there a concern it would be a proxy war between the u.s. and russians if the u.s. were to provide lethal aid. >> i will not get in the hypotheticals, but the territory of ukraine is violated by the neighbor russia and that needs to stop...

Enrollments an this is just a failed exchange. the state refuses to investigate on its own. this is a one-party run state where the lieutenant governor is running for the governorship. he was in charge of the rollout and everything was being brushed under the rug. that is why i asked the inspector general of hhs to take a look into maryland because no one in maryland was taking a look. bill: what do you expect to find? >> well they will look at the contracting process. they will see, this was a ...

The more people flee, the more the premiums go up and the more people flee. >> and in answer to your question, bret, ive heard white house officials answer this question in private and they fear if they reach out to the high-tech executives who were obama supports, it would be seen as going outside of the procurement process and they could be charge with somehow relying on friends or bringing in high-powered people who are not within the government structure. i think it has come back to bite the...

President. theyve from day one when he got in there, they tried to undermine him as a human being. and i think thats, you know, its not a tactic thats good for the country. so my view is -- >> its true you had some -- its true that you had reservations. you didnt like this when it first rolled out, right? >> no, this is -- look, this is not from my point of view an ideal plan, but this is what passed for congress and romney did something very similar in massachusetts and its worked very well. so...

Have an exchange which is strong, that is which negotiates with plans and has standardized the benefit package to a certain extent. thats opposed the federal exchange. so the california exchange has really used its bargaining power. it also has a much better procurement process in california. the federal procurement process is a nightmare. californias not as bad, and then finally, california is well funded. i think its important to hone in on this. take away the federal exchanges for a second an...

Were you surprised to read about the success in california and connecticut and minnesota and washington in the l.a. times today? >> no, i wasnt, lets take california for example, in california, you have a very supportive legislature and supportive governor, you also have an exchange which is strong, that is which negotiates with plans and has standardized the benefit package to a certain extent. thats opposed the federal exchange. so the california exchange has really used its bargaining power. ...