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NEWSMAKER. CONGRESSMAN, LET ME BEGIN WITH THE HEARING THAT WILL TAKE PLACE THIS WEDNESDAY IN WHICH YOU WILL BE QUESTIONING THE FORMER ARMY SECRETARY...
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ADMIRAL ON THE REPORT THAT WAS ISSUED LAST FRIDAY BY THE STATE'S DEPARTMENT -- THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT. WHAT QUESTIONS WOULD YOU HAVE FOR THEM? >> THIS...
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HAND. AND THE OTHER IS BETWEEN THE OFFICERS EFFICIENCY REPORT AND THE MEDICAL ACADEMIC REPORT. CONSEQUENTLY, PEOPLE ARE PROMOTED ON WHAT IS IN WRITING,...
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| 00:02:18 |
HOST, -
THE OTHER. I THINK THEY CAN BE DONE IN FORMALLY OR INFORMALLY, WITHOUT LEGISLATION. BUT IT HAS TO BE FIXED.
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GUEST, -
ON THE INTELLIGENCE SIDE. HOST: REPLACE. GUEST: -- RICK MAYS. GUEST: U.S. HAD CONCERN FOR MOST OF YOUR CAREER ROUTE THAT. -- U.S. HAD CONCERN FOR MOST...
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GUEST: THEY DID CHANGE THE OFFICERS EFFICIENCY
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GUEST, -
REPORTS. IN THE NAVY, THEY CALL
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GUEST, -
THEM A FITNESS REPORTS. THE CHANGE THEM A FEW YEARS BACK TO MAKE THEM MORE ACCURATE AND TO MAKE SHORT THAT THERE WAS A BETTER PROFILE OF ALL OF THE...
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GUEST, -
OR COMPANY, BRIGADE, WHAT EVER THE CASE MAY BE. IN OTHER WORDS, THEY HAVE ONLY SO MANY OF A CERTAIN BLOCK IN SO MANY IN ANOTHER BLOCK. THAT WAS A STEP...
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GUEST, -
REPORTS HAVE ACCURATELY REFLECTED LESS THAN MINIMUM
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| 00:04:24 |
GUEST, -
STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE. GUEST: SECRETARY GATES MENTIONED ON FRIDAY THAT THE MILITARY HAS A HARD TIME SELF-REPORTING OF PROBLEMS LIKE THE SHOOTING AT...
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| 00:04:53 |
GUEST, -
MILITARY CAN SELF-REPORT BETTER? GUEST: WHAT YOU MEAN BY THAT? GUEST: THE OER'S BUT ALSO AT THE STAFF LEVEL OR THE PEER LEVEL. IF YOU NOTICE THAT SOMETHING...
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| 00:05:17 |
GUEST, -
YOU ON THAT, BUT IF SOMEONE IT IS NOT PERFORMING TO STANDARD OR
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GUEST, -
ACTSD DIFFERENTLY, SUPERIORS SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THAT AND TRY TO CORRECT IT. MANY TIMES IS CORRECTABLE BY
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| 00:05:36 |
GUEST, -
COUNSELING OR BY VISITING WITH THAT PERSON AND THAT PERSON, HE OR SHE CORRECTING IT THEMSELVES. IT IS A MATTER OF BEING HONEST WITH THEMSELVES AS TO...
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| 00:07:07 |
HOST, -
TERRORISM IN MY VIEW. GUEST: YOU ARE A STRONG STUDENT OF HISTORY, AND ONE OF THE WORRIES ABOUT REPORTING PEOPLE
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| 00:07:17 |
GUEST, -
WHO ARE ACTING FUNNY IS THAT MCCARTHYISM THAT HURT THE MILITARY AT ONE POINT, BECAUSE YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE THERE IS SOME LEGITIMACY IN COMPLAINS WHEN...
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| 00:07:33 |
GUEST, -
OF A BOOK ON ANDREW JACKSON. IF ANY OER'S WERE WRITTEN ON HIM BY SUPERIOR OFFICERS, HE NEVER WANTED TO BECOME A GENERAL. HE WOULD NEVER HAVE BECOME PRESIDENT....
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GUEST, -
GREAT DEAL TO AMERICAN HISTORY THAT HAD IDIOSYNCRASIES. BUT THEY HAVE NOT BEEN OF A DAMAGING KIND. MAYBE TIME TO TIME UNPLEASANT OR IRASCIBLE -- GUEST:...
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| 00:08:30 |
GUEST, -
GOOD? DO YOU THINK IT WOULD BE TOO
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| 00:08:35 |
GUEST, -
LATE FOR THE 2011 DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION BILL TO DEAL WITH THIS? DO YOU HAVE ANY PLANS TO WRITE ANY LEGISLATION ON THE DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION BILL.
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| 00:08:45 |
GUEST, -
GUEST: WE WILL HAVE OUR HEARING AT 10:00 WEDNESDAY MORNING. I HOPE YOU WILL SEE ONE. -- YOU WILL COME. THEY WILL PROVE THIS ISSUE. THERE MAY BE A REQUIREMENT...
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GUEST, -
OR WEEKEND INCLUDED IN THE DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION BILL WHICH WILL COME OUT OF OUR COMMITTEE -- OR WEEKEND INCLUDED IN THE DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION BILL....
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HOST, -
SEE HOW HE ACTS AND REACTS AND WORKS WITH US. GETTING RID OF THE UNSAVORY
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GUEST, -
PEOPLE THAT HAVE EATEN THEIR WAY INTO THAT GOVERNMENT. I CERTAINLY HOPE THAT IT COMES ACROSS. WE HAVE EXPANDED AN AWFUL LOT IN THE WAY OF BLOOD AND...
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| 00:11:09 |
GUEST, -
BILLION WILL TAKE. DO YOU SEE ANY WAY THIS SUPPLEMENTAL WILL FAIL, THE VOTE WILL FAIL IN CONGRESS? GUEST: I THINK A LOT OF IT DEPENDS ON HOW THE SITUATION...
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| 00:11:38 |
GUEST, -
OF THE JOINT CHIEFS, MICHAEL MULLEN, IS REALLY AN OUTSTANDING LEADER THE TROOPS THAT WE HAVE -- THE TROOPS THAT WE HAVE -- I HAVE BEEN MEETING WITH THEM...
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GUEST, -
ANYTHING IS ADDED TO THE SUPPLEMENTAL TO CHANGE THE MINDS OF THE REPUBLICANS, WOULD YOU SEE THE POTENTIAL OF A FAILING? DO YOU SEE AN INCREASE DEBATE...
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GUEST, -
WE HAVE TRULY OUTSTANDING LEADER. AND THE TRAINING OF THE AFGHANS SEEMED TO BE COMING ALONG QUITE WELL, TURNING THAT MISSION OVER TO THEM GRADUALLY TO...
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FIX THIS PROBLEM? GUEST: IT IS THE AGE-OLD PROBLEM, RICK, THAT PEOPLE THAT ARE UNDER EMOTIONAL STRESS SO OFTEN WILL SAY TO THEMSELVES, I AM FINE. I...
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VERY MUCH. IT IS NOT JUST THE SUICIDE RATE, WHICH IS SADLY COME TO PASS. I HAVE TALKED TO PEOPLE IN THE MILITARY, MILITARY DOCTORS. AND IT IS A FACT....
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| 00:16:06 |
GUEST, -
TAKE YOUR HAT OFF TO THESE YOUNG FOLKS, PARTICULARLY THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN OVER TWO, THREE OR FOUR TIMES. THEY ARE GREAT AMERICANS.
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GUEST, -
THEY VOLUNTEER. THIS IS LOST TO A LOT OF PEOPLE. PEOPLE IN THE MILITARY ARE VOLUNTEERS. -- AND THEIR FAMILIES HAVE TO AND/OENDURE DEPLOYMENTS, SEPARATION,...
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STROUPE CALLING FOR AN ADDITIONAL SIZE OF THE ARMY, AND WE HAVE SINCE THAT TIME MADE THE ARMY MUCH LARGER. WE MADE THE MARINES LARGER LAST
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GUEST, -
YEAR. LET'S SEE HOW IT WORKS OUT ON THE FIGURES THAT WE AUTHORIZED IN LAST YEAR'S DEFENSE BILL. GUEST: WITH THE LARGER NUMBERS IN THE ARMY AND MARINES,...
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DOWNS OF BUDGETING FOR OUR NATIONAL SECURITY. AFTER THE COLD WAR, THE PEACE DIVIDEND CAN ALONG, AND A GOOD NUMBER OF PROFESSIONALS LEFT THE MILITARY,
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NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICERS. , OFFICERS. AND THEN ALONG CAME WHAT WE HAVE IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN. WE CERTAINLY WISH WE HAD SOME OF THOSE FOLKS BACK. ...
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| 00:19:39 |
GUEST, -
SHEEIS YEAR. THAT IS ALL I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW. GUEST: WHY DO NOT WANT TO CHANGE IT?
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GUEST, -
GUEST: WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF TWO MAJOR CONFLICTS, AND I THINK A DISRUPTION OF THIS TYPE COULD VERY WELL CAUSE SOME SERIOUS PROBLEMS.
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GUEST, -
WAIT UNTIL THE HEARINGS. LET'S SEE WHAT THE HEARINGS
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GUEST, -
UNFOLD. GUEST: ARE YOU OPEN TO CHANGE, OR ARE YOU PRETTY FIXED? WHEN THEY TRIED TO DO IT IN THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION, YOU WERE OPPOSED THEN, TOO....
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YOU MENTIONED, LAST SUMMER, YOU PROMISED THERE WOULD BE HEARINGS. YOU JUST MENTIONED THERE WOULD BE A SUBCOMMITTEE. YOU WILL NOT HOLD ONE
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GUEST, -
YOURSELF AT THE COMMITTEE LEVEL. GUEST: I DOUBT IT AT THIS TIME. THAT IS THE
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GUEST, -
PROPER PLACE FOR IT. I WAS CHAIRMAN OF THE PERSONAL SUBCOMMITTEE,
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GUEST, -
AND I THINK IT IS WITHIN THEIR PURVIEW TO DO THAT. GUEST: PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS MADE IT CLEAR DURING THE CAMPAIGN THAT HE WANTS THE LAW REPEALED.
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SPEAKER POLICY HAS SPOKEN ON STRONGLY ABOUT THAT. -- SPEAKER PELOSI HAS SPOKEN OUT STRONGLY ABOUT THAT. WERE YOU SEE YOURSELF? YOU DO
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NOT ONE REPEALED, BUT WHERE DO YOU SEE YOURSELF IN THE PROCESS? IF CONGRESS START SOMETHING THIS YEAR, WOULD YOU OPPOSE IT? GUEST: PROBABLY SO FOR THE...
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GUEST, -
TALK ABOUT THE SIZE OF THE DEFENSE BUDGET, MORE
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GUEST, -
THAN $700 BILLION FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY?
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GUEST, -
GUEST: ALL WE CAN GET ARE THE RUMORS COMING OUT OF
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GUEST, -
THE PENTAGON. WE WILL WAIT AND SEE WHAT IT IS. I HAVE A FEELING IT WILL
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GUEST, -
BE SUBSTANTIAL, BECAUSE WE ARE INVOLVED
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SERIOUSLY IN THE CONFLICT IN AFGHANISTAN. WE HAVE PEOPLE IN IRAQ, EVEN THOUGH WE ARE REDEPLOYING FROM IRAQ. WE HAVE PEOPLE IN KOSOVO.
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GUEST, -
AND IT WAS NOT MENTIONED AS MUCH AS IT SHOULD BE, BUT I AM REALLY PROUD OF THE YOUNG FOLKS NOW TODAY BEING DEPLOYED TO HAITI FOR THE WORK THEY ARE GOING...
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GUEST, -
ENGINEERS COULD BE ADVISED OF THEM. GUEST:
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GUEST, -
YOU ISSUED A STATEMENT ON FRIDAY SAYING THAT A NUMBER OF RED FLAGS WITHIN THE PENTAGON WERE IGNORED. WHAT IS IT ABOUT THE CULTURE AND THE MILITARY...
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GUEST, -
OR FITNESS REPORTS, SO MANY OF THEM SAY THE OFFER -- THE OFFICER IS OUTSTANDING. I THINK THAT IS IN SO MANY, MANY
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GUEST, -
OF THEM. BUT THERE ARE MAGIC WORDS THAT CONVINCE THE MEMBERS THAT THIS PERSON IS REALLY OUTSTANDING. FOR INSTANCE, THE TOP OFFICER I HAVE OF -- I HAVE...
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GUEST, -
REFLECTIVE, AND RATHER THE OFFICERS EFFICIENCY REPORT IS NOT FULLY REFLECTIVE. AND THAT
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GUEST, -
IS THE VERYxD QUESTION I HAVE ASKED. I WILL PROBABLY ASK THAT QUESTION OF THE WITNESSES WHO TESTIFIED BEFORE US ON WEDNESDAY. GUEST: THE QUADRENNIAL...
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TO HANDLE INSURGENCIES. IN THE LONG RUN WE HAVE TO KEEP OUR MILITARY POSTURE READY FOR THE VERY UNFORESEEN. cI HAVE BEEN IN CONGRESS NOW SEVERAL YEARS,...
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OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND CONFLICTS HAVE COME TO PASS THAT WERE REALLY ON FORSEEN. -- UNFORESEEN. i]DURING THE POST-COLD WAR PERIOD, EVERYBODY...
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| 00:27:02 |
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THIS NEXT WEEK, ONE OF THE FIRST TIMES THAT CONGRESS WILL HAVE THE CHANCE TO QUESTION THE
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GUEST, -
INDEPENDENT REVIEW THAT SECRETARY GATES COMPLETED. WHAT WILL COME OUT OF THIS? GUEST: IT IS A LITTLE
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LIKE THE UNDERWATER BOMBER, AND THAT THERE IS A SERIES OF FLIGHTS WERE SHOULD APPEAR ATTENTION TO BUT NOBODY CONNECTED THE DOTS AND PUT IT TOGETHER....
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OFFICER ACCUSED OF DOING THIS. THEY ARE TREATED SPECIAL. THEY ARE IN THEIR OWN WORLD IN TERMS OF THE OFFICE -- HOW THEIR PERSONNEL SYSTEM WORKS, THERE...
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CONGRESS, IN TRYING TO WRITE LEGISLATION
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OR POLICY, WILL CHANGE ANYTHING AS FAR AS POLICY IS CONCERNED. HOST: WE HEARD FROM THE ADMINISTRATION WITH THE ATTEMPTED CHRISTMAS DAY BOMBER, AND...
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SINGLE MINDED PERSON WHO IS FLYING UNDER THE RADAR? HOST: THE DEBATE CONTINUES UNDER -- OVER DON'T ASK DON'T TELL. WHERE IS THAT HEADED? GUEST: MR. SKELTON...
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GUEST, -
LIFTING THE BAN. BASICALLY, RELEGATED THE HEARINGS THAT THE SUBCOMMITTEE LEVEL. IT IS THE PERSONNEL SUBCOMMITTEE
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HOST, -
LEVEL THAT HAS JURISDICTIONsOVER THAT ISSUE. cIT IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF A DISCONNECT BETWEEN WHAT PRESIDENT OBAMA WANTS
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GUEST, -
SEE AND ALSO, SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI WAS A STRONG SUPPORTER OF FOR PEELING DON'T ASK DON'T TELL. AND LOOKS LIKE MR. SKELTON IS MORE IN-LINE WITH MOVING...
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WAR. IT IS A VOTE THAT WILL BE SECURED BY THE REPUBLICANS OR MORE CONSERVATIVE DEMOCRATS, THOSE WHO SUPPORT THE MILITARY.
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GUEST, -
HOST: NO QUESTION IT WILL PASS? GUEST: ACTION THERE IS A QUESTION. ---- I THINK THERE IS. GUEST: ON A NUMBER OF GROUNDS, IT WILL BE DIFFICULT FOR THEM...
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HOST, -
THAT WERE COMMAND GETTING RID OF THIS AND ADDING THAT. YOU HAVE
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GUEST, -
THE DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL FIGHT, WHICH I WILL DISAGREE. I THINK THEY DO HAVE THE VOTES FOR THE ARMED SERVICES
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GUEST, -
COMMITTEE TO PASS IT. THE WORRY IS YOU CANNOT GET 60 VOTES AND THE SENATE AND IT WILL DIE THERE. IN A MINIMUM, IT WILL DELAY AT WITH A FIGHT. THEN YOU...
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GUEST: HOST: THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING WITH US. THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTIONS AND INSIGHTS ON "NEWSMAKERS". >> I
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