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next on "this week in defense news," what osama bin laden death means for defense spending an an exclusive welcome to "this week in defense news," i'm vago muradian. what's ahead for the u.s. coast guard? we have an exclusive interview with admirable robert papp, the service's commandant. but, first, now that osama bin laden is dead, will pressure increase to cut national security spending and accelerate the withdrawal of troops ng and withdrawal of troops from afghanistan, i'm joined by michael hanlin from the brookings institution. thanks for joining us. >> pleasure. >> osama bin l...

and each meetingbobo wboas abou whether we were going to nudge interest rates up or down a little bit, then i think our communication strategy would probably be fine for that. but since we're in such an unusual situation, it looks like we're going to be here for a while, we probably need to think about ways to more effectively way to communicate all these, we're at the zero bound, we've got special programs that we're still operating, and we have to somehow get these ideas and get the understanding of these ideas out to the general public and let the debate flow. i'm happy to let eve...

and lesbians to serve would not harm ongoing operations and encouraged congress to repeal the law from 1993 that put the policy into place. senator levin chairs the three hour, 15 minute hearings. >> good morning, everybody. the committee meets this morning to continue receiving testimony on the department of defense's report on implementation of a repeal of don't ask, don't tell. yesterday we heard from secretary gates, chairman of the joint chiefs admiral mullen, and the co-chairs of the departments working group on this issue. today we hear from the vice chairman, james cartwright...

i believe that 41 of my colleagues will either because our economy is in the tank. our economies in the tank, and the american people want that issue addressed. and the military is functioning in the most efficient and most professional, most courageous fashion that in any time of our history. so to somehow believe that this is some kind of compelling issue come at a time we are in two wars, as general rios's support of so eloquently pointed out, is obviously not something that we shouldn't be exercising a rush to judgment. thank you, mr. chairman. i said earlier i don't want to hear...

understandably frustrated with the immigrants themselves, there is another part of the equation and that is those folks who employ them. in some cases they are a small business, but in many cases they are large employers. it works on the bottom line. it is one of the reasons it is such a complicated problem to solve. it is one of the reasons both political parties are split on this issue. while the republicans tend to be very aggressive, wanting more enforcement, there is a piece of the republican party that understands the chamber of commerce point of view, which is the status quo h...