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Subcommittee on oversight will come to order. In front of you are pacts containing the written testimony, biography, and truth and testimony disclosures of todays witness panel. Ill reck nieces myself for five minutes for an Opening Statement. Good morning and welcome. This hearing titled operating Unmanned Aircraft systems in the National Air Space system assessing research and Development Efforts to ensure safety is a first hearing for the 113th congress subcommittee on oversight. During our b...

And new guidelines on Cyber Security. Well get to jack lews confirmation in a moment. First the cbo director Douglas Elmendorf testimony. He warned of the sequester could cost 750,000 jobs. Could you tell me in terms of the negative Economic Impact of the sequester, the. 6 , what does that translate in point of lost jobs . Our estimate is that the sequester alone would reduce gdp growth this year by zero point six percentage points. It would lower that gdp at the end of the year. We think that w...

Gilmore and officials with the Government Accountability office. The report highlights Government Programs and agencies that may be vulnerable to fraud, waste and abuse, and mismanagement. This is just over 90 minutes. The committee on Homeland Security, somebody on oversight and management and efficiency, will come to order. The purpose of this hearing is to examine the efficiency of this department of home and security and how widely the are spending taxpayer dollars. Let me begin by extending...

Okay so well look at who will make up the new government may 21st. Corruption, inflation, the slowing Indian Economy really dogged the current ruling party, the outgoing party. So how can the bjp start to reverse that . These are momentum challenges they face. Absolutely. Momentous challenges for sure. Its a big responsibility, but big challenge as well. Your right. What gives people hope and confidence that this government can get things right, can battle corruption, its really two things. One ...

Us. Hes at the area of the coco fire in san marcos fire. Its doubled in size in the past 24 hours. Whats the very latest . Reporter well, wolf, the winds have kicked up within the last few hours here which is grave concern for firefighters. They have been attacking this fire all day long. There are 11 fires, there were 11 fires total in Southern California, all in San Diego County. Now its down to five and three are of concern. This one here, were in escondido, the san marcos fire and two fires ...

Segments of americas prison population. Since 1995, the total number of male prisoners in america has grown 29 . The number of female prisoners, nearly 50 . So what does it mean to society and to our Justice System . We first visited valley state womens prison in california back in 2000, one of the largest allfemale prisons in the world. We returned five years later to see if reforms made any difference to a system troubled by overcrowding and the inmates caught in a seemingly hopeless circle of...

The Senate Debate today was thoughtful and well reasoned on both sides. And left very few of us undecided. This program has been and remains one of the most vitalle tools in the war against terrorists. Today, the trofrian and damning torture report was finally released. This is the result. 40 million, 5 1 2 year, and this is only the summary. Let me now turn to the contents of the study. Gruesome details on what was done in the name of intelligence gather popping. This was done in our name, the ...

Release that report. The Senate Debate today was thoughtful and well reasoned on both sides. And left very few of us undecided. This program has been and remains one of the most vitalle tool agains in the war against terrorists. Today, the trofrian and damning torture report was finally released. This is the result. 40 million, 5 1 2 year, and this is only the summary. Let me now turn to the contents of the study. Gruesome details on what was done in the name of intelligence gather popping. This...

Others underwent forced rectal feedings, sleep deprivation, one for more than seven days. In one case, interrogators threatened a prisoner with a gun and a buzzing power drill. There were instances of slamming detainees into walls, keeping one in a coffinsized box. Making a sexual threat with a broomstick, and in one case, a partially nude detainee was chained to a concrete floor, died from suspected hypothermia. The report also reveals 119 prisoners were held in the program. More than the cia o...

Middle class and the poor. Republicans are calling his plan a non starter and accusing the president of waging class warfare. Kevin joins us live from the white house with a preview now. Kevin . Youre right. A non starter because much of what the president is expected to propose tonight, once again simply doesnt pass the g. O. P. Eye test or for that matter the g. O. P. Math test when youre talking about controlling the Purse Strings in congress this is a very very big deal for the g. O. P. And ...