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The funding does not come from congress. It comes from transfers. This is 600 million without congressional oversight over the agencies fund. Congressional oversight is a constitutional function. This agency has proven it is not a good steward for expenses. A prime example, the cost overruns of the headquarters currently. Inspector general estimated a cost overrun of that renovation. Current estimates put it at 600 per foot. That is more per square foot than the cost to build the bellagio casino. I enter it in for consideration. Thank you. Mr. Chairman. Senator enzi sanders. Senator sanders i ...

I was able to declare victory for all the work that i put in. At that point we had a 5 trillion budget surplus. At the same time, i had become a military reformer. I was a part of one of the early Reform Efforts of spare parts. I was involved with procurement reform all of my career. I was even involved in the way in which the pentagon operated. You might remember that services werent very independent with each other. In the war in lebanon our marines could be on the beach and see a navy ship in the ocean, but they could communicate with each other. They could not communicate with each other. ...

Senator voice vote unless there is an objection. Those in favor say aye. Opposed. Accepted. Senator staben nows will be next and changed her amendment and ask that to be next. Senator sanders are you waiting . Senator stabenow we made a small change. If you would like to senator small change. See if we can comply with that. Longterm spending. Senator i hope we have that continued bipartisan spirit that information is a good thing if we are going to solve a problem we have to define it properly and we have it. My amendment is pretty simple. Weve got the chart up on the big screen again that the...

From the center for strategic and international studies. Its just under an hour. I really appreciate the working relationship i have with dr. Hamre and with csis. Dr. Hamre mentioned my desire to learn more about issues. Nobody has been more helpful on that than john. Theyve been very generous with their time working with me and my staff as we puzzle through difficult and challenging National Security issues. And what i want to talk about this morning is sort of how we continue to proceed with our fight against alqaeda and their ideology. Certainly during my time in congress, nothing has chang...

Detainees at Guantanamo Bay. This provision makes sense for the security of this country and it makes sense for good intelligence collection. The ban on transfers to yemen is a very critical aspect of this amendment. The amendment bans any detainee transfers to yemen until december 31, 2014. Its been four years since the president posed a moratorium on transfers to yemen from guantanamo following the failed airplane bombing attempt on Christmas Day 2009 by umar farouk. At that time yemen was viewed as a hot spot for terrorists especially with the rise of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. Now ...