the pentagon was left in charge of managing postwar iraq and defense secretary donald rumsfeld famously underestimated the resources needed to stabilize the country. when lieutenant general jay gardner told secretary rumsfeld that the united states might need to spend billions of dollars to rebuild iraq, rumsfeld responded, quote, if you think we're going to spend $1 billion of our money over there, you are sadly mistaken. well, of course, it was mr. rumsfeld who was sadly mistaken. and the american public who was sadly misled and the iraqi people who sadly suffered from the chaos and destruction unleashed by ideologues who used iraq as a laboratory for a light footprint war. mr. speaker, unfortunately those lost opportunities and tragic mistakes are not behind us. i'd like to take a moment now and yield to my friend and colleague, a woman who has consistently been against the war and has stood for peace all of her life, congresswoman sheila jackson lee. i'd like to yield her as much ime as she may consume. jole jackson lee let me thank -- ms. jackson lee: let me thank the gentlelady fr

today i am honored to welcome the minister to the pentagon. we have just completed a very productive meeting covering the full range of issues facing the u.s.-japan alliance including north korea's destabilizing behavior, threats to maritime security, and our insured efforts to enhance postured capabilities to respond to the 21st century challenges. >> in the course of our discussions the minister and i reaffirmed that the u.s.-japan alliance is the cornerstone of security and prosperity. japanese]ng in >> our focus here today is on our defense. i should note that the united states renounces to asia. taken stepsons are to economic and look ties -- including progress towards japan joining the trans-pacific partnership trading negotiations. >> strengthening our security alliance is also critical to achieving the goal of the u.s. rebalance enhancing prosperity and promoting peace and stability in the region. >> the most obvious threat to stability in the region is the provocative behavior of north korea. [japanese translation] we agreed that cont

our leadership in the pentagon, in the administration and people in congress. so, yes, part of our job is to continue to explain the role we play in this world. if you look historically, you will find, that, in fact, part of the reason for our success has been extended periods, many, many decades during which there has been strong support for darpa. in republican administrations and democratic administrations in times when budgets were tightened and in times when budgets were not so tight, and i think it is because -- i'm thrilled there is a strong and clear understanding broadly about how important it is that we take a slice of our investment and make these bets on ideas that could be trans formed. so i actually think in the complex world we are living in today we need what darpa does more than ever. and if you look at the support we get in the department and on capitol hill, it certainly reflects that. >> i was hoping you would talk more about challenges and competition in darpa, whether that has been affected by sequestration. >> the challenges. that has bee

we've already plugged the hole on the pentagon. we've already plugged the hole on food inspectors the usda. today we plug another one. sooner or later we have to recognize the dike itself is being undermined. and it's being undermined by something called sequestration. the time has come for congress to put aside partisan rangeling. it's time for the majority to show leadership and appoint conferees to a budget so we can actually work this out in a sensible way, not a meat ax wreckless way and get things done for the american people. sequestration is not rocket science, but it will remain beyond us if we continue the partisan fighting we've had in this house. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house the following personal requests. the clerk: leaves of absence requested for mr. jones of north carolina for today and mrs. with a lorsky of indiana for -- mrs. walorski of indiana for today. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the requests are granted. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas s

air force security officer, former joint staff's anti- terrorism and homeland defense director at the pentagon. . formerhoenix solutions decker th former deputy assistant secretary for critical infrastructure protection. some of theecognize other members of the task force that have arrived at this report. i am pleased to release the comprehensive report of the national school shield initiative. this report includes everything tom best practices technology to review of surveillance and includes the recommendations that i will present later in this presentation. theseer three months, experts have engaged in the assessments of multiple schools of sizes, of composition. assessments and evaluations of best practices and vulnerability ies. have conducted interviews with people knowledgeable in the field. the president of the national association of school security and a commander of school security in the philadelphia school district. thank you for joining us. .ne of the experts in the field some ofo go through the findings from the school assessments. we will present our recommendations from the ta

thanks to the pentagon, we call every day. i know exactly how many lives have been lost and exactly how many people, how many of our brave soldiers, marines, guardsman, etc., how many have been wounded. inof today, 6564 have died those conflicts. me, 60,551 have been wounded. but i countyou, one. i know how we would have felt, god forbid, what would have happened when our son was there when there are around 6000 have died, about 65,000 wounded. have aingle one of these future. this obligation is real. it's going to be lasting. it is consequential. those comingit is on to a civilian life are among the most qualified men and women who have ever served in our military because of these men appear and how they have been trained. they are among the technically, intellectually and. they are among the most qualified americans ever available for the job market. they have the capacity to do virtually any job in the private sector. you know, you will hear from a young man soon who i will not steal his thunder, but he works in an industry

at the pentagon than we had in 2007. and so i'm curious as to what is the justification for that, why are they there, what's their activity. because as we reduce troops by 100,000, it seems we aren't reducing the civilians and there must be an explanation for that and would love to know. tricare in terms of the prime, what is the average premium right now, do you know off hand? , ias you know, those over 65 believe it's zero. what is a -- 50 years old, veteran family -- >> around 500. >> a year. >> a year. and what would the civilian equivalent be of a family of four, same age? >> $6,000. >> at least $5,000, probably more. there u touch this and was testimony before our committee last year about the same situation, it appears that the v.f.o.'s immediately jump on it and i understand it's their job, but it would appear that that number of $500 a year versus $6,000, that people would understand that as health care goes up, no one likes it, but premiums do go up. do you know how often these premiums have increased since 199

a pentagon statement that it would be an accurate to suggest that north korea has a developed and tested nuclear weapon. and in any case, he added the statement read by the member is not an intelligence community assessment. yeah, the piece is worth reading. we can form our own conclusions. but i think it is a very serious issue. regardless of who has helped them develop this capability, they have nuclear weapons at this point. they just do not have the deliverable capability. host: the senator is talking about something in the review and outlook section of the "wall street journal." u.s. officials could underestimating the nuclear threat. there are reports that former basketball player dennis rodman says he would like to go back to north korea. what is the pop-culture element of this? is there a danger? is this good for america to have a citizen going back and forth? is it bad for america? does it matter? dennisi would hope that rodman wants to go back because -- since he was over there a few weeks ago, he has learned so much about the repression, the murder, the slavery, the absolute i

we appreciate it. >> it is great to see you all outside the pentagon. there is life outside the pentagon. >> nice having you here. >> thank you very much. >> appreciate it. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute] >> like general dempsey, president obama also addressed the issue of syria in his news conference today, the 100th day of his second term in office. he said he is impressed with the bipartisan immigration proposal in the senate, and he outlined his plan for immigration reform. by the e been impressed work that has been done by the gang of eight in the senate. the bill that they produced is not the bill that i would have written. there are elements of it that i would change. but i do think that it meets the basic criteria that i laid is rom the start, which we've got to have more effective border security, although it should build on the great improvements that have been made on border security over the last four to five years. we should make sure that we are cracking d

the pentagon recently announced plans to furlough as many as 800,000 federal civilian workers under the budget control act. these workers will be required to take 14 unpaid days off between now and october. as a result, jpac employees will have to take at least one furlough day a week with no exceptions this will significantly impact their accounting recovery teams which are deployed on operations that last between 35 and 45 days. the p.o.w.-m.i.a. accounting and recovery support act will allow jpac civilian employees to continue these critical missions without unnecessary disruption or delay. i urge my colleagues to join me and representative lynch in supporting this act. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from kansas rise? >> to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> over 100 kansans traveled across the country to take part in the marathon yesterday in bft. we have seen the destruction caused by the cowardly

pentagon to boost presence in jordan. the u.s. will send an army command team to jordan to work with jordanian forces, increasing the number of american forces on the syrian border, defense officials said. defense secretary chuck hagel told senators wednesday he is ordering the deployment of an army headquarters operation to improve readiness there and prepare for a number of scenarios. u.s. defense officials said they weren't intending the operation, which would increase the u.s. military presence in jordan, to 250 people from a current 150, to serve as a possible command post for a military intervention. but it could be used to coordinate u.s. humanitarian aid or oversee efforts to secure chemical weapons sites, officials said. that's from the "wall street journal." and this is also from the "wall street journal." obama now takes the lead after attacks on americans. when a nigerian man nearly set troop-bound ed a plane carrying passengers in 2009, president obama waited three days before break interesting his hawaiian vacation t

i mean the development saw the the dark of us the research wing of the pentagon the courser for instance us a research platform for this and a seven and a half six we can reduce quite extraordinary piece of technology they also have a project which is called developed on the thomas submarine that can go over submarines but cynthia's to testing and then the planes in there as well it's not robots the kind of would fold over in a bottle and this is being launched in london how big a road c.-k. have to play in comparison to say the u.s. instead leading the way with this well we've got to be a systems is on their second one we've got the something cold with us this could be tested. this year industry a spent a year and a half behind development but that's a fully a thomas intercontinental combat aircraft but when it comes to fully autonomous weapons we're not there yet but these are all getting for the ban say that the most time this allows the pos in the moment either plowed into developing this type of technology to the place of the mob and find fiction for its reality. say london. and up

don't use those it's really not clear what can change the status quo at this point an advisor for the pentagon who visited guantanamo last week came back and said that he predicted the ongoing strike would lead to death so a long time muslim advisor at guantanamo who goes by the name zack who goes only by his first name for security reasons he said quote there will be more than one death and then he added that the detainee called wanted to die out of hunger and thirst behind covered camors end of quote and the question many now ask is what if someone really dies in this hunger strike will it change something in washington i'm going to. still to come rising violence in iraq the country's suffering of its bloodiest chapters since u.s. troops pulled out with ethnic clashes in bombings leaving more than one hundred dead more on that after this short break stay with us. the international in the very heart of moscow. nineteen minutes past the hour now the mother of the two boston marathon bombing suspects claims she's seen video proving her son tamar line was still alive after being detained police

keep in mind if it weren't for those for your request we wouldn't even know about the extent of the pentagon story ramped up online surveillance or perhaps the most honest in this recent revelation though you know it's a vocal about the dangers implication of such but how soon when the worst of the bill is going to be practiced entirely in secret but i guess that's the obama administration's m.o. violate our rights first hot either violations of the law second. amidst a last week's barrage of violence and trapping all eyes were on them one such story from the associated press is official twitter account one o seven pm on april twenty third twenty following the story news breaking explosions in the white house and brought obama is injured cult thousands of real and some of them in. minutes later the report was false when he. had been hacked and it quickly redaction the story but not quickly enough for the sake of checking this out. top suddenly plummeted in just two minutes of the tweet crowd just as quickly as news to bunt this reveals just how integrated social media has become with the ico

i mean the developments or the the dark of us the research wing of the pentagon has got the pressure for instance as a research form for this and the seven and a half six we read is quite short piece of technology they also have a project which is called developed on the thomas submarine and on the other submarines but these two this thing and then the koreans and there is well it's not robots kind of would fall over in a bottle and this is being launched in london how big a road c.-k. have to play in comparison to say the u.s. instead leading the way with this well we've got be a systems is on their second one we've got the something called which run this is going to be tested. this year destry a spin a year and a half behind development but that's an affiliate on the center continental combat air but when it comes to fully autonomous weapons we're not there yet but there is arguing for the ban say that the more time this allowed to pass and the more money this ploughed into developing this type of technology the place we march from science fiction towards reality. london. the trial

i mean the developments are the the darpa thus the research wing of the pentagon has got the question for instance as a research platform for this and a seven and a half ton six we've probably read it's quite extraordinary piece of technology they also have a project which is called developed an autonomous submarine and over submarines that's two testing and then there's some there as well it's not robots kind of would fall over in a bottle and this is being launched in london how big a road c.-k. have to play in comparison to say the u.s. and leading the way with this well we've got to be a systems is on their second one we've got to something called which is going to be tested. this year industry of spent a year and a half behind development but that's a fully autonomous intercontinental combat aircraft but when it comes to fully autonomous weapons we're not there yet but they. say that the more time this allowed to pass and the more money this play. add into developing this type of technology a closely mugs from fine fiction for its reality. london . and up next abby martin delves

don't use those it's really not clear what can change the status quo at this point an advisor for the pentagon who visited guantanamo last week came back and said that he predicted the ongoing strike would lead to death so a long time muslim advisor at guantanamo who goes by the name zack who goes only by his first name for security reasons he said quote there will be more than one death and then he added that the detainees called wanted to die out of hunger and thirst behind covered camors end of quote and the question many now ask is what if someone really are is in this hunger strike will it change something in washington i'm going to. underscore so we're bringing you our in-depth coverage of the developing crisis gone tunnel going head to our web site for a full timeline of events. meantime coming up here on the scene just a couple of minutes we'll look at the brothers believed to be behind the boston bombings and the way that portrayed in the global media do stay with us for the back after the break. the international airport in the very heart of moscow. this is also you coming to life fo

got to confront about that you also asked about the two point three trillion dollars missing from the pentagon that he announced on the day before nine eleven of course was forgot about completely after the event when you get on multiple aid missions to gaza after leaving office i mean a boat that you're on actually got and you ended up in an israeli jail why is this sort of radical action necessary. i'm glad you're almost the question in the way that you posed it it is necessary. kerry because the situation has come so far so i'm hinged that ever in the every day affairs of a us government now we cannot assume that the bill of rights of quizes to us we can that's why it was so important for me to participate in the liberty fest that recently took place in atlanta because this idea this cherished notion of liberty is literally at risk and. well george bush pinned everything all of the rolling of the war machine was because of september eleventh and then after george w. bush broke obama says that you know we have to kill people all over the planet because of september eleventh and so if we don'

military with the cia i mean there's a whole division at the pentagon that was set up just to liaise with hollywood movies to give them access to the technology and it's all you know it's all kind of . you know it's it's celebration of of sort of war and warriors and you know i don't i don't know anyone in that community in the special ops community or the cia that things anything highly of zero dark thirty which is interesting but the raid itself i mean we know that there was this dog that was you know belgian malinois and we know what kind of guns they supposedly had and we know sort of everything that's been leaked we know very little about the thousands of other raids that happened that year in afghanistan or elsewhere around the world who were the targets of those rates who were who was being killed almost everything john brennan said in the aftermath of the killing of osama bin laden turned out to be false as you point out he didn't use his wife as a human shield he wasn't reaching for a gun this was the killing of an unarmed man in the middle of the night who had just been sle

don't use those it's really not clear what can change the status quo at this point an advisor for the pentagon who visited guantanamo last week came back and said that he predicted the ongoing strike would lead to death so a long time muslim advisor ed. on top of my name zack was only by his first name for security reasons he said quote there will be more than one death and then he added that the detainees called wanted to die otto hunger and thirst behind covered cameras and followed and the question many now ask is what if someone really dies in this hunger strike will it change something in washington i'm going to. bring in your in-depth coverage of the developing crisis agung tanabe as you can always have told website home for a full timeline of the vote step and in the meantime coming out here on all scene just a couple of minutes we'll look at the brothers believed to be behind the boston bombings and the way that trade in the global media after the break. the international airport in the very heart of moscow. watching r.t. live from moscow great to have you with us millions of russians

keep in mind if it weren't for those for your request we wouldn't even know about the extent of the pentagon already ramped up on line surveillance with none the wiser what's perhaps the most ironic in this recent revelation. you know even so vocal about the dangers implication of cispa passing when the worst of the bill has already been practiced entirely in secret but i guess that's the obama administration's imo violate our rights first codified those violations into law second. amidst last week's barrage of violence and tragedy all eyes are on the media for breaking news one such story from the associated press is official twitter account one o seven pm on april twenty third tweeted the following disturbing news said bricky two explosions in the white house and brock obama is injured while thousands of retreats instantly followed only find out minutes later that the report was completely false and he revealed that their account had been hacked in the quick redact of the story but not quickly enough for the economy to take a hit check this out the dow jones which was up suddenly plummeted

some reason don't use those it's really not clear what the status quo at this point an adviser for the pentagon visited guantanamo last week came back and said that he predicted gun going strike would lead to death so a long time muslim advisor at guantanamo who goes by the name zack who goes only by his first name for security reasons he said quote there will be more than one death and then he added that the. detainees called wanted to die out of hunger and thirst behind covered cameras and of court and the best of many now ask is what if someone really dies in this hunger strike will it change something in washington i'm going to check them. still to come rising violence in iraq the country suffering one of its bloodiest chapters in the u.s. troops left with ethnic clashes and bombings even more than one hundred dead one this after a short break. the international in the very heart of moscow. mother of the two boston marathon bombing suspects claims she's seen video proving her son tamra one was still alive after being detained but instead the eldest brother was run over by his younger siblin

well i think that they're trying to the wire the white house and the pentagon are trying very hard to retain their strategic domination in afghanistan they see afghanistan as strategically key they want to bring down the number of troops but they want to find a way to have afghans do the fighting against the forces that have resisted the occupation there and so they've poured this money and they have tried to buy military commanders local governors and military commanders of all different kinds and you can see that this is this is not succeeding this isn't and this is the way of occupation all hours of the general afghan public think about this the general left afghan public that aren't on the receiving end of some of this money well i think that there's great anger about this and the fact that as i mentioned before even some were telling the statistics in the country virtually every other indices of power is among the worst in the entire world despite the fact that really what will end up to be over a trillion dollars will be spent by the united states on the war and the people who a

nuclear test in february but while the many fear that further war games could provoke the ongoing the pentagon insists they're absolutely necessary. to come here and look at a part of the u.s. to tubman to live by its own rules the republic of texas is next. the movie world war z z being for zombie which stars brad pitt as one hundred seventy five million dollar budget has been recalled by paramount executives not because this is probably yet another stupid violent zombie movie but because the chinese might get offended according to the wrap dot com china was supposed to take the blame for starting the evil zombie apocalypse this time but china becoming the largest foreign market for american movies made artistic integrity fly out the window to protect the bottom dollar as is tradition and hollywood this is not the first time that there has been pro-choice and he censorship in hollywood the remake of red dawn which was originally a cold war era minstrel show against russians was supposed to show a chinese invasion of america this time however they have changed it to north koreans who can't eve