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

the pentagon has a big problem. the can find a couple of navy units cannot involved in any political activities. you can train them maritime security or something. maybe. there's no maritime security in afghanistan. the whole entity is messed up to the core. there is very little to do. what do you do then with those countries? either cut them off or be very tough with them. that is where we are with cambodia and sri lanka. we'rehem a road map like doing with burma. give them a road map. this is what you need to do. things will get better for you. >> the question here in the front. >> i do not know if we are including central asia in this discussion. if we are, can both give you talk about, [inaudible] >> central asia touches on what i was trying to indicate with the tactical and political agencies. we have something called the northern distribution network that is a vital and might become even more vital. we have concerns with the human rights record. we have a base in kurdistan that is problematic from a human righ

t of book tv on c spanch >> the pentagon held a series of briefings outlining the specifics. how are remarks from secretary hagel and general martin dempsey, it's half an hour. >> good afternoon. >> i'm announcing the fiscal year 2014 budget request for the department of defense. $526.6 a base budget of billion. this budget continues to balance the compelling needs of supporting troops at war in afghanistan, implementing the president's defense strategic guidance and sustaining the quality of the all-volunteer force all while ensuring the use of every taxpayer dollar and addresses imbalances within the department of defense budget. as i discussed in my speech last week at the national defense university, the cost of acquisitions and personnel come pension must be addressed to put the dugget on a sustainable path particularly giving the pressures on our top-line budget. this takes important steps in each of these areas. first, the budget continues to maximize our use of resources. it proposes a set of initiatives that saves an additional $34 billion over the next five years by

he called the pentagon "a big damn bureaucracy of mine -- a big damn bureaucracy." it does not sound like leon panetta at all. [laughter] the military is not and should never the run like operation. but that does not mean we don't have a good deal to learn from what the private sector has achieved over the past 20-30 years in which reducing layers of upper and middle management not only reduced costs and micromanagement, but also led to more agile and effective organizations. and more empowered junior leaders. in light of all these trends, we have to examine whether dod a structured and incentivize to ask for more and do more. that entails taking a hard look at requirements. how they are generated and where they are generated from. it could turn out that making dramatic changes in each of these areas could prove unwise, untenable, or politically impossible. yet we have no choice but to take a close look at how we can do all of this better. ,n order to address acquisition personnel and overhead costs in smart ways, they have not been done before. we need time, flexib

home of the pentagon, 19 military bases, 40,000 active duty. had a 200 year love affair with the military. i am very proud of my state for that. sure, we benefited. but my point is, from a national security standpoint, sequestration was not a good policy for the kids in afghanistan. as governor of virginia, in high and prevention. when those kinds of national policies disproportionately affect virginia, certainly i will seek -- speak out about it. but this policy of sequestration was really never supposed to go into effect. everyone knows that it was supposed to be a sword of damocles from congress to make them get a deal done over 18 months. they failed to get that done. the president failed to lead. my real objection paillasse, it is provincial because i am a governor of virginia, but you cannot honestly fix the fiscal problems of america if you are only point to cut defense and certain other domestic programs and take entitlements off the table, that is not an honest conversation. >> related question along those lines, wouldn't virginia bene

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

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

know her do her work at abc news where she had a career as a aoducer of "nightline," reporter at the pentagon, and a contributing editor at "newswee k." i am delighted that you are with us this morning. the podium is yours. [applause] i want to thank you for not for so many me but incarnations that we have worked on projects together. you continue to be a role model for women and for men and foreign policy. we thank you and applaud all that you do. thank you. [laughter] -- [applause] i was hoping to start the speech by saying spring has arrived. i will drop that line. spring would fully arrive for the women of the middle east and north africa. population region's -- those many of whom were on the front lines of the credit change -- democratic change party night equal -- change rd knight equal rights after the resolution -- deliver the same speech about the importance of women. we are moving beyond that speech into the post rhetoric stage of this issue. i want to ask you a few questions. about increasing the role of women in the arab world? beyond feeling good about ourselves. if so, why? will

where the commanders and all the key players in the pentagon would work on those very urgent problems associated with both those theaters. given the priority of our rebalance, secretary panetta decided to use this same model for pay comp. a model that secretary hagel has now adopted as well to provide continuous and focused attention on the region. in fact, i just came from such a meeting. and to support the secretary i have been convening a series of working sessions of the deputy's management action group which is the principal management forum in the department, that are specifically focused on our rebalanced asia pacific. so we are watching every dollar, every ship, and every aircraft to implement the rebalance successfully. we also recognize that as the world is changing quickly our operational plans need to change and we are changing them accordingly. we are there for taking into account new capability and operational concepts, advanced capabilities of potential adversaries and global threat assessments. finally, partnerships. these many elements of our u.s. rebalance, the u.s.

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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

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

i mean the developments are the the top of us the research wing of the pentagon has got the course are for instance us a research platform for this and a seven and a half ton six we can reduce quite extraordinary piece of technology they also project which is go developed an autonomous submarine that can over submarines that cynthia's to testing and then the way in some there is well it's not and they get robots that they're kind of would fall over in a battle 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 that's going to be tested. this year destry a spot 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 there is arguing for the ban say that the more time this allows the possum the moment either plowed into developing this type of technology a place three miles from five six ten floors reality

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

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

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

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