Again in support of the military Child Education coalition. You have been special friends to them. I know you well and i just want, from the bottom of my heart, much for what you do not only what you do for , military children in military families, but for the armed forces. Gen. Dempsey thanks. [applause] till we meet again. Ashton carter spoke to that group on friday. Highlighted an effort to partner with nonmilitary schools to track student progress even if they move around with their families. This is about 15 minutes. [applause] good morning. We just met with a few kids from the student to student program, your program. Where are they . Are you guys out there . Give those guys a round of what amazing, incredible kids. ,hat a simple and powerful idea that local military children and they are not all local two newildren military children who have moved nearby. Great take on the tradition of sponsorship in our military. It is a tradition of sponsorship of new transitions to new basis es andw communities bas new communities. Organization, it has now gone down a generation to our children. We are grateful for that. That thise Way Coalition supports our military kids beyond the classroom. I want to thank you for orchestrating this tremendous training seminar, for being part of the department of defenses go to partner on the wellbeing of our military children. The teachers,k counselors, administrators, parents here today for your service to our next generation. I want to thank you for committing your mission to making their Success Stories your Success Stories. To the people in this room, the scope of our mission is clear. Think about it this way. For our recent high school graduates, the entire time they have been in school during l Spelling School bees, senior proms, america has been at war. Last week, i spoke to our men and women on the front lines in iraq. Many of them are parents, many of those who arent hope to be someday. Lives, americair has been at war. Regardless of the to mulch was reality they have lived in, m military children muster the same grit and courage apparent to devote to defending our country. That is what makes our military the finest fighting force the world has ever known, our people, our secret sauce. Their families, their kids, who proudly embrace their service. Flynn,ke marguerite whose story is told in the magazine on the move. She is in high school and her dad is a coast guardsmen. They have moved six times. She said it is both the best and challenging thing about being a military kid. She was asked about the most important thing that people should know about military children. Ids serve too. So many kids like her proudly on their service, creative, wise beyond their years, and they seized their story, the unique experiences, as an opportunity, a challenge, a challenge this coalition has validly taken on valiantly taken on. Professor carter, so i am an educator too. We know it is critical to a richer quality of life, critical to a vibrant democracy, but as secretary of defense, i continue the education of our military children is critical to our mission, to our security, and to building what i call the force of the future, the military that will defend our country in the years to come. Let me say why. ,t is true that a capable Dynamic Force of the future will depend on maintaining an unmatched operational edge and unmatched capabilities, but it is more than advanced weapons platforms to keep people safe. People keep people safe, so our men and women in uniform, their families, their conviction, courage, sacrifice let me say it again it is that which makes our fighting force the finest the world has ever known. [applause] sec. Carter if we are going to stay the best, the u. S. Armed forces has to be an attractive, inviting, supportive place to serve for families of all kinds. The world is changing. Labor market is changing. Younger generations and young families want flexibility and choice in their career have. We know that. Their career paths. We know that. Advanced by moving around and having new experiences, not like an escalator, where you get on and wait your turn. Dod has to keep up. Means being more responsive to the needs of our military families and their children. That is our obligation. Given todays abundance of career paths to choose from, we cant take for granted that military children are twice as likely as other kids to join the military grade no. Nor can we take for granted the inclination to recommend military service for their children. Inre are tremendous value families upholding a tradition of service that is passed from generation to generation. It makes our military stronger. For the no substitute unique, potent of passion and mentorship that comes from and mom, dad,y. Randdad i recently got a letter from a dearh grader who wrote, mr. Secretary, i want to be in the military to defend our country and our countrys freedoms. My mom and dad are in the air force and that is what inspired me. There it is. It is a great reason. Like thathildren future air man, who already see the virtue of their parents service, also see their peers chase those jungle gym style careers. See businesses trending towards more flexibility, more opportunities to pursue higher education, and fewer longterm commitments, so we have to adapt to keep up and to compete for talent. When we make the department of defense a more attractive place to join across the board, the virtue of Service Becomes a more worthwhile endeavor for military and civilian families alike. Our force of the future should be family focused, parents in uniform who never feel like they have to choose between pursuing a promotion and supporting the family. To give families more flexibility, we are expanding maternity and paternity leave, and we are creating on ramps and off ramps between activeduty , so ourreserves personnel dont have to get an advanced degree or have a family. So our personnel dont have to derail their careers to get an advanced degree or have a family. Fewer moves, fewer first days of the new kid in the school. To give families more opportunity we make sure that serving in uniform does not mean you have to trade in your aspirations to wear a cap and down, if that is what you want to do. Has helped g. I. Bill over 1. 11 million americans go to college. Those benefits are transferable to family members. We are looking for ways to make it work even better. Those are just a few of the ways that we are working hard to be more responsive to the needs of our modern military families, which of course support our military kids. When it comes to education, we have a specific set of tools that we use to deliver direct support in the classroom. Dod than 74,000 kids attend run schools overseen our our department of defense education activitys office. Our schools have good teachers, high graduation rates, and above average sat scores. We are doing well, but we can always do better. That is why starting with this coming school year, we will be a doctor in college and career ready standards across all dod schools. Our military kids can hit the ground running in college and be first in line for 21st century jobs. Dod schools are only a small part of military Child Education. More than 90 of military children attend local public schools. Working handinhand with groups like this is essential to pushing progress outside the departments own schools. We are working together to make moving easier on kids. One way is by creating a military dependent student identifier which lets parents, educators, and schools track performance, funnel resources, and make smart policy decisions on behalf of our military children over there entire educational careers. How particular groups of kids are performing, we can better target resources to maximize their success. Dod firmly supports creating the identifier. We greatly appreciate the ironclad support. Thank you. We are also working to extend our reach in creative ways. Case in point, our competitive Educational Partnership grant program, where funds go towards more schools with 15 or military kids enrolled. Those funds recently paid for Stem Partnership that helped more than 10,000 High School Students earn ap exam scores that qualify them for college credit. That is an incredible return on investment. I am proud to say that this years round of funding totals 52 million. I want to thank you once again for your continued support for this program. Let me make clear that we are also open to new ideas. I have shared with you some of the ideas that we have, but we are looking for more. I hope all of you will think of this as a partner and a resource as you tackle these challenges in your districts and your neighborhoods. I want to close with the story about a visit i made to an air base in japan this past april during the month of the military child. I had a chance to spend some quality time with military families and kids, and of course the best part of this job is just that handsdown. I met some fiveyearold students who were making birdfeeders and a craft class. In my day, i remember we made ashtrays. [laughter] to show how priorities and times of change. To boost our military children pasta potential, we have to change too. Our security demands it. The force of the future demands it. Flexible, thorough support of our military families and kids demands it. Together, we can meet that demand. I can tell you they are resilient, courageous, compassionate, and i continued that they are proud of their parents and proud to serve alongside them, but instead, i will let a military child to you in their own words. There was a poem published like katie, a sixth grader who goes to school in new mexico. Military is entitled girl . I am not in the rank of command orders i do not get but my dad is the one who does this is one i cannot forget my job is just as tough i am the one who left friends behind my dad makes the sacrifice my dad works to keep his country free but so do my mom, brother and me i stand with the rank known as military child. That code, katie, is one of nearly 2 million military children whose parents serve a among our activeduty guard and reserve. That is the scope of our education challenge and our opportunity. Marguerite, katie, thousands of kids like them, give us a glimpse of the grit and wisdom of military children. Our mission is to have their back, to cheer them on, to make sure their stories are Success Stories, happy stories, and stories of fulfilled lives. The brave men and women who defend our freedoms and risk their lives all over the world mindrve the peace of that comes from knowing that their families are being taken care of back home. Thank you for all you do to promote that. House hearing on Aviation Security. And a discussion on Education Assistance and a supportive families military when men and women. Is the only pilot in history that ever fought the navy to a standstill. This is unheard of. Shots. Ired night, the search for the pirate ship the golden captainand its joseph bannister. He started off his life as a gentleman. He was to sell his beautiful ship between london and port royal jamaica which was then known as the wickedest city on earth. I would carry indigo dyes between london and there. In 1684 for reasons no one can determine, he stole the golden fleece, recorded a topflight pirate crew, and turned pirate. Sunday that it 00 on cspans q a. Ans, for the democrats, or for the country. Washington journal continues. Host we are joined now by francesca chambers, the White House Reporter from the daily mail. She is here to discuss the fromt round of emails Hillary Clinton that have been released. What exactly was in these emails . Guest they werent nearly exciting as the first batch. The first batch had emails about her asking for iced teas and not knowing how to use a fax machine. That was amusing. Benign. Ond dump was th there were some funny emails. One was an aide writing her about a coat. Post had taken a of people, and 77 approved it. That made me laugh. There were some other ones where they did some polling about her, and things like that. At the same time, there were enough, a large amount, that were retroactively classified. There were at least 41 that were either sent to her or that she sent that were retroactively classified. They were not classified in such were confidential, but still they were classified. That could present a problem for secretary clinton who said she did not send classified material. Host these classified, or retroactively classified, ourils a reminder for viewers, these were on a private email server from her home. Guest yes. It was a private server and private email address. Why that matters is because those emails could have possibly been hacked, and the state department would not have known about it. Important information about certain officials whereabouts and things on the schedule, information like that, was retroactively classified because even to this day, it is information that they mean not have wanted to get out to the world. For instance, in one email, one of her advisers is described the relationship between primary potent vladmir minister ofe deputy russia. The reason it was classified is because the u. S. Did not want their impression of him to get out into the world. Still, that information has been retroactively classified, seemingly violating what secretary clinton said. Host what is the next step. . Now there is some investigation, and some evidence that there was classified information and her email, what is the next effort federal investigators or whoever is looking into this issue . Reminder for the viewers, to Inspector Generals recently themselves bound classified information in five of her emails, one of which was released to the public and inadvertently. It was discovered in the first batch of emails, but for others , the have not been released, covered five different departments of classified information. Fivefbi, the cia different departments. Now they are asking for a thorough review of all of her emails to determine what other classified information may have been in there. There are people in congress that would like to see obviously a congressional investigation into these emails as well. Host what are the consequences if it is found that she did indeed store these emails on her private server . Debate goings the on in washington. Did she violate the law . Is this a criminal case . Could she possibly be charged with criminal wrongdoing, or did she just violate security precautions . That is something the obviously the Justice Department would have to determine. They ands have said there should be a thorough department of justice investigation into this to make a determination. The white house said this week that secretary kerry was seen meeting with those Inspector General to further review this and make sure all the rules were followed. Host after the ig office completes their review, they would hand over their findings to the doj and say, you should take over and contact a more thorough investigation . Guest it is not always that simple. Theres a whole other side to be what on right now about the Department Just as an Inspector General should have access to. Theres a lot that still has to be worked out in this scenario, which is why secretary kerry be meeting with the Inspector General to make that determination. Host you can call in with your thoughts on Hillary Clintons emails. Were going back to our political phone lines. Democrats can call 202 7488000. Republicans can call 202 7488001. S, 202 7458002. We are on twitter at cspanwj. Beewe are on facebook at facebook. Com cspan. Were also on email at journal cspan. Org. On friday, mark toner took questions from reporters on the handling of Hillary Clintons emails. Here is what he had to say. [video clip] contents,rver, the are now being held with her lawyers in a secure setting. She shared with us the contents that she deems relevant. We are going through those. Usc, 1924, how you are supposed to handle classified information. Neither Hillary Clinton or her lawyer should have access to classified information. If i have not been clear on this, today, we have not seen any classified any information that should have been classified at the time. Host that was deputy state secretary mark toner talking about the handling of Hillary Clinton emails. We are talking with francesca chambers, White House Reporter for the daily mail. Give us some context on how these needles are being released. We saw a previous batch of emails. How is this being handled . Guest originally, it was former secretary of state Hillary Clinton who asked the state department to release these emails. She asked them to release the mouse thinking that if all the emails came out, everybody would be able to see that she was not emailing anything that was classified or inappropriate. The state department began a review, and intended to release all of them in january 2016, but then a court order mandated that they could not do that, they had to start releasing them in june. They did roughly 3000 that first month, which by the way, there is a requirement that they have to do a certain amount everything a lot to get out to the full 100 of the 55,000 pages. They did the first batch of 3000. Then, yesterday, they did a second batch. They did not quite hit the mark. It was supposed to get up to 50 of her evil, but they got to 13 . With the next one, they will have to compensate for that. We will probably see at the end of august, and even larger dump than the last one. Host we are turning now to the call. First up is randy. Go ahead. It is missouri. Theres too much drama with , me being a democrat, too much drama. Knowing that the republicans itll not ever let this go is like handing your enemy a handkerchief to argue. , i thinkng want to say you are one of the most enthusiastic and liveliest people sitting in that White House Pressroom. I hope you continue with that enthusiasm. It up. As well, you kind of remind me of kind of the older White House Press person in the kennedy administ