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Talk about that some. >> the north korean military, the korean people army was trained by the soviets and trained by the chinese communists. so they rely on volumes and volumes of artillery fire. so they have a massive amount of artillery and surface-to-surface missiles. we would see those at the start of a conflict. >> a lot of this has been dug in since the end of the korean conflict. theyve been preparing for 50 years for the next one. >> they sure have. where the armistice was signed, back i...

Missiles. talk about that some. >> the north korean military, the korean people army was trained by the soviets and trained by the chinese communists. so they rely on volumes and volumes of artillery fire. so they have a massive amount of artillery and surface-to-surface missiles. we would see those at the start of a conflict. >> a lot of this has been dug in since the end of the korean conflict. theyve been preparing for 50 years for the next one. >> they sure have. where the armistice was sign...

>> but the president ocht united states is in power to give executive orders. like he did today. thats not unconstitutional. my question was what gives you the right. i mean, youre not a supreme court justice, are you? >> well, my oath actually says, and this is my 20 years in the reserve component, the military, i swore an oet to obey the lawful owners ahead of me. a law, a legislative bodty has to pass, and then the president signs. we all learned that. this is a process. and to think that, es...

Number is deployed to war in, say, afghanistan. how do you fix this and whats the problem with the discrepancy? >> okay so the president of the united states every four years orders review of military compensation. it basically looks at the active duty pay system. reserve pay system. v.a., veterans benefits. look he at the total spectrum. one of the things they found was this large pay discrepancy between reserve component troops and counterparts serving in iraq and afghanistan. what they found ...

We made some decisions to change how we do training and organize. and we have done so much better now at forming an army and our professional army is able to perform and respond in my mind in such better ways. we have people who decided to do this as a procession for the most part. and i think that makes us better in the end. what we try to do is we also have an active component, we have a national guard, reserve component and with all three of those components thats what makes up the services. ...

Business, wed have to restructure the whole national security strategy and it would leave all the armed forces hollow as the secretary said. >> you cant handle this. youre a fighter by nature and by trade. how does the army fight in political circles to make sure you dont get screwed? >> its a matter of us continuing to -- we testified last week, we testified again yesterday on a different subject but well continue to talk to congress about the importance of making sure this doesnt happen. and i...

development of alternative fuels. his warning to arab oil producer comes amid a chilling prediction. goldman sachs says gas will reach $5 a gallon this summer. and remembering the sacrifice s at arlington nationl cemetery. this morning, president obama takes part in ceremonies there, including a wreath-laying ceremony at the tomb of the unknowns. lets talk politics now. presidential candidates, those who have declared, and those likely to, are reaching out to voters on this memoria...

Back a former afghan war commander, general stanley mcchrystal, to help oversee the effort. peter charrelli made this a personal mission. his wife beth is also a passionate advocate for military families and i thank you, both, for coming and welcome you and also apologize for mispronouncing your name a few moments ago. my bad. lets talk about the real challenge here. what is the burden on the military and the pain and suffering really that our veterans and their families are experiencing on the ...

Significant element of getting the troviews of the troops. it has been designed in partnership with a professional survey company, and according to the best practices that they have for that industry. we want to sample 100,000 active duty and 100,000 in the reserve component. and i suggested, i strongly suggested that they double the size of the sample. i wanted a significant percentage of the force to have an opportunity to offer their views on this. im aware theres at least one group that has ...

Veterans who are coming home are actually afraid to put their service on their resume or job application because theyre afraid the employer will put them at the bottom of the pack. thats crazy. >> well, one of our concerns, especially for the reserve and national guard, is that since the paradigm has changed with the reserve component being used more frequently, and those individuals being deployed more frequently, there is some fear on many employers, especially those small businesses, that the...