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The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 3, 2013, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour ebate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip each, to five minutes but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. The chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois, mr. Quigley, for five minutes. Mr. Quigley thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, this body has att...

there are regional offices doing relatively good jobs, but some are falling woefully behind, like baltimore, los angeles, an oakland, where they had to shut down regional offices so that they could reach train the employees or their. we are now listening to the secretary double down saying that they will hit that 2015 marked. >> you are using a poker analogy, double down. dublin down on his career? is this make or break for him? >> i am not saying that i am bubbling down, i am saying that the secretary is doubling down, that he is basically not heeding the call of the veterans' servi...

waiting for their claims to be addressed. what should be done? how much confidence do you have in the va? >> i think we need to start with what the va is doing now. they need to get credit for the million claims that they injured rick -- adjudicates on an annual basis. secretaries and secchi -- secretary shinseki has vowed to wipe out the backlog, making sure that every claim has a 95% accuracy rate. i think that he is way overestimating the ability of the department. it is very unfortunate that the veterans find themselves in this situation. there are regional offices doing relative...

of the fiscal year that started october 1. what's the outlook for sequestration and what will it lean for the pentagon and industry? to discuss that and more is the round table with rick mays the congressional editor for the times newspapers, todd harrison with the center, mackenzie england an, and david. lady, gentlemen. welcome. rick let me start with you and we're going to get to sequestration, but what about the continuing resolution? there's not a sense it's a continuing resolution at all. what have they done? >> pretty much nothing. they'll wait and pass something temporary in ...

qatar? do you think that there's any possibility of restarting these talks with the taliban on confidence-building measures? >> well, look, first and foremost, our heart goes out to the bergdahl family. we certainly understand the concerns of the family, and we share the concerns about bergdahl and the importance of getting him returned. and we're doing everything possible to try to see if we can make that happen. and -- but on the issue related to guantanamo transfers, my position hasn't changed. i would only take those steps in accordance with the law and the requirements of the la...