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Lapse. i think he reacted to it. it was the fault of the secret service agents on the ground. i think they have correctd that problem. in the case of the colombia situation, i think director sullivan has acted with a sense of urgency and determination so that is what i would say today. and i hope when we look back at what happened before we will still be able to have the same confidence in mark sullivan. >> chris: let me switch subjects on you. your committee also oversees the general services administration. how do you explain this wild overspending? we can look at some of the videos here tha...

He reacted to the lapse and it was the fault of the secret service agent on the ground and they have corrected that problem and in the case of the cartagena situation, director sullivan has acted with a sense of urgency and determination. so, that is what i would say today. and i hope when we look back at what happened before cartagena we will still be able to have the same confidence in mark sullivan. >>chris: your committee oversees the general services administration as part of your governmental affairs function. how do you explain this wild overspending? $823,000 for a conference, a confer...

Despite the $16 trillion federal debt. as we have been reporting, government waste has reached end proportions. this man 57-year-old jeffrey neeley the acting commissioner of the general services administration specific rim region may have taken 131 trips worth more than $100,000 on the taxpayer dime. neeley was also behind the outrageous $823,000 las vegas junket. >> did you attend the 2010 western regional conference in las vegas? >> mr. chairman, on the advice of my counsel, i respectfully decline to answer based on my fifth amendment constitutional privilege. >> what a weasel. here he is, ...

Fun time at the m resort spa and casino outside las vegas. literally soaking up taxpayer funds. judging by these pictures from his wife's google-plus page. it was part of one of the eight scouting and preconference meetings taken by her husband and other officials of the general services administration to plan a conference one year later that the inspector general called excessive and wasteful. neely did not look like he was having as much fun called before a congressional committee. and he certainly did not bear as much. >> i respectfully decline to answer any questions here today based upon ...

farewell fly b-by as discovery hitches a ride on the jet and heads for a museum. i'm wolf blitzer, and you're in i'm wolf blitzer, and you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com this just coming in to "the situation room." we are live here in brussels, belgium. i'll have the exclusive joint interview tomorrow with the secretary of state hillary clinton and the defense secretary leon panetta tomorrow from nato headquarters right outside brussels. lots to discuss including the situation in afghanistan. certainly a crisis right now and what's going on with i...