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Good morning, everybody. The Committee Meets this morning to review the reduction in cost of living adjustments, the colas, for working age military retirees that was enacted as part of the bipartisan budget act of 2013. We welcome today the acting deputy secretary of defense, ms. Christine fox, and vice chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, admiral sandy winnefeld. And i will introduce the second panel of outside witnesses after we hear from secretary fox and admiral winnefeld. The bipartisan budget act adopted in december included a provision that reduced the cola for working age military r...

Weather appears to be the new norm. Events like superstorm saturday which came to my shores and our shears in the mid atlantic a year or so ago, recent wildfires in ore parts of the country other parts of the country, dangerous tornadoes, historic droughts. They may well be just the tip of the iceberg of whats to come. And even today the east coast is preparing for yet another snowstorm while the west coast is experiencing a historic drought. And increased fire danger with no end in sight. I have a friend of mine who is from australia, and he tells me theyve had the hottest weather in their hi...

Host fine, thank you to go ahead. Caller i was calling with reference to the situation in ferguson, missouri. I heard people calling and criticizing al sharpton and Jesse Jackson for showing up. But the parents of Michael Brown requested that they come to ferguson. And i think the fact the requested should suffice in a. The other comment i have is that i think its a big deal or good idea that the attorney general chose to visit ferguson because these have been longstanding issues in ferguson, it is my understanding. But its all over the country. There are too many black young males getting sho...

The Bipartisan Policy Center and the Concord Coalition all offering their views. Live coverage on cspan2. The Supreme Court recently heard oral argument in the case balancing federal whistleblower protections against National Security. The case involves robert maclean, a u. S. Air marshal fired for telling a reporter that the tsa canceled missions on commercial flights that required marshals to stay overnight. His supervisor told him that the cancellations were to save money, believing the tsa action risk passenger safety can maclean leaked the information to a reporter prompting congressional...

Let me just add one clarifying d before we take the first volunteer on these questions. And, again, framing the discussion today, as youre aware, weve got an active secretary, assistant secretary. Weve got a former comptroller, and we have other people who are brainstorming. And so youre hearing different ideas in different veins, and i just want to underscore that point. I think that was something that alice was driving at earlier, and ill make start with her if you wish to begin with either of those questions. Well, let me certainly, one of the problems is theres political opposition to anyt...