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Again in support of the military Child Education coalition. You have been special friends to them. I know you well and i just want, from the bottom of my heart, much for what you do not only what you do for , military children in military families, but for the armed forces. Gen. Dempsey thanks. [applause] till we meet again. Ashton carter spoke to that group on friday. Highlighted an effort to partner with nonmilitary schools to track student progress even if they move around with their families. This is about 15 minutes. [applause] good morning. We just met with a few kids from the student to student program, your program. Where are they . Are you guys out there . Give those guys a round of what amazing, incredible kids. ,hat a simple and powerful idea that local military children and they are not all local two newildren military children who have moved nearby. Great take on the tradition of sponsorship in our military. It is a tradition of sponsorship of new transitions to new basis es andw communities bas new communities. Organization, it has now gone down a generation to our children. We are grateful for that. That thise Way Coalition supports our military kids beyond the classroom. I want to thank you for orchestrating this tremendous training seminar, for being part of the department of defenses go to partner on the wellbeing of our military children. The teachers,k counselors, administrators, parents here today for your service to our next generation. I want to thank you for committing your mission to making their Success Stories your Success Stories. To the people in this room, the scope of our mission is clear. Think about it this way. For our recent high school graduates, the entire time they have been in school during l Spelling School bees, senior proms, america has been at war. Last week, i spoke to our men and women on the front lines in iraq. Many of them are parents, many of those who arent hope to be someday. Lives, americair has been at war. Regardless of the to mulch was reality they have lived in, m military children muster the same grit and courage apparent to devote to defending our country. That is what makes our military the finest fighting force the world has ever known, our people, our secret sauce. Their families, their kids, who proudly embrace their service. Flynn,ke marguerite whose story is told in the magazine on the move. She is in high school and her dad is a coast guardsmen. They have moved six times. She said it is both the best and challenging thing about being a military kid. She was asked about the most important thing that people should know about military children. Ids serve too. So many kids like her proudly on their service, creative, wise beyond their years, and they seized their story, the unique experiences, as an opportunity, a challenge, a challenge this coalition has validly taken on valiantly taken on. Professor carter, so i am an educator too. We know it is critical to a richer quality of life, critical to a vibrant democracy, but as secretary of defense, i continue the education of our military children is critical to our mission, to our security, and to building what i call the force of the future, the military that will defend our country in the years to come. Let me say why. ,t is true that a capable Dynamic Force of the future will depend on maintaining an unmatched operational edge and unmatched capabilities, but it is more than advanced weapons platforms to keep people safe. People keep people safe, so our men and women in uniform, their families, their conviction, courage, sacrifice let me say it again it is that which makes our fighting force the finest the world has ever known. [applause] sec. Carter if we are going to stay the best, the u. S. Armed forces has to be an attractive, inviting, supportive place to serve for families of all kinds. The world is changing. Labor market is changing. Younger generations and young families want flexibility and choice in their career have. We know that. Their career paths. We know that. Advanced by moving around and having new experiences, not like an escalator, where you get on and wait your turn. Dod has to keep up. Means being more responsive to the needs of our military families and their children. That is our obligation. Given todays abundance of career paths to choose from, we cant take for granted that military children are twice as likely as other kids to join the military grade no. Nor can we take for granted the inclination to recommend military service for their children. Inre are tremendous value families upholding a tradition of service that is passed from generation to generation. It makes our military stronger. For the no substitute unique, potent of passion and mentorship that comes from and mom, dad,y. Randdad i recently got a letter from a dearh grader who wrote, mr. Secretary, i want to be in the military to defend our country and our countrys freedoms. My mom and dad are in the air force and that is what inspired me. There it is. It is a great reason. Like thathildren future air man, who already see the virtue of their parents service, also see their peers chase those jungle gym style careers. See businesses trending towards more flexibility, more opportunities to pursue higher education, and fewer longterm commitments, so we have to adapt to keep up and to compete for talent. When we make the department of defense a more attractive place to join across the board, the virtue of Service Becomes a more worthwhile endeavor for military and civilian families alike. Our force of the future should be family focused, parents in uniform who never feel like they have to choose between pursuing a promotion and supporting the family. To give families more flexibility, we are expanding maternity and paternity leave, and we are creating on ramps and off ramps between activeduty , so ourreserves personnel dont have to get an advanced degree or have a family. So our personnel dont have to derail their careers to get an advanced degree or have a family. Fewer moves, fewer first days of the new kid in the school. To give families more opportunity we make sure that serving in uniform does not mean you have to trade in your aspirations to wear a cap and down, if that is what you want to do. Has helped g. I. Bill over 1. 11 million americans go to college. Those benefits are transferable to family members. We are looking for ways to make it work even better. Those are just a few of the ways that we are working hard to be more responsive to the needs of our modern military families, which of course support our military kids. When it comes to education, we have a specific set of tools that we use to deliver direct support in the classroom. Dod than 74,000 kids attend run schools overseen our our department of defense education activitys office. Our schools have good teachers, high graduation rates, and above average sat scores. We are doing well, but we can always do better. That is why starting with this coming school year, we will be a doctor in college and career ready standards across all dod schools. Our military kids can hit the ground running in college and be first in line for 21st century jobs. Dod schools are only a small part of military Child Education. More than 90 of military children attend local public schools. Working handinhand with groups like this is essential to pushing progress outside the departments own schools. We are working together to make moving easier on kids. One way is by creating a military dependent student identifier which lets parents, educators, and schools track performance, funnel resources, and make smart policy decisions on behalf of our military children over there entire educational careers. How particular groups of kids are performing, we can better target resources to maximize their success. Dod firmly supports creating the identifier. We greatly appreciate the ironclad support. Thank you. We are also working to extend our reach in creative ways. Case in point, our competitive Educational Partnership grant program, where funds go towards more schools with 15 or military kids enrolled. Those funds recently paid for Stem Partnership that helped more than 10,000 High School Students earn ap exam scores that qualify them for college credit. That is an incredible return on investment. I am proud to say that this years round of funding totals 52 million. I want to thank you once again for your continued support for this program. Let me make clear that we are also open to new ideas. I have shared with you some of the ideas that we have, but we are looking for more. I hope all of you will think of this as a partner and a resource as you tackle these challenges in your districts and your neighborhoods. I want to close with the story about a visit i made to an air base in japan this past april during the month of the military child. I had a chance to spend some quality time with military families and kids, and of course the best part of this job is just that handsdown. I met some fiveyearold students who were making birdfeeders and a craft class. In my day, i remember we made ashtrays. [laughter] to show how priorities and times of change. To boost our military children pasta potential, we have to change too. Our security demands it. The force of the future demands it. Flexible, thorough support of our military families and kids demands it. Together, we can meet that demand. I can tell you they are resilient, courageous, compassionate, and i continued that they are proud of their parents and proud to serve alongside them, but instead, i will let a military child to you in their own words. There was a poem published like katie, a sixth grader who goes to school in new mexico. Military is entitled girl . I am not in the rank of command orders i do not get but my dad is the one who does this is one i cannot forget my job is just as tough i am the one who left friends behind my dad makes the sacrifice my dad works to keep his country free but so do my mom, brother and me i stand with the rank known as military child. That code, katie, is one of nearly 2 million military children whose parents serve a among our activeduty guard and reserve. That is the scope of our education challenge and our opportunity. Marguerite, katie, thousands of kids like them, give us a glimpse of the grit and wisdom of military children. Our mission is to have their back, to cheer them on, to make sure their stories are Success Stories, happy stories, and stories of fulfilled lives. The brave men and women who defend our freedoms and risk their lives all over the world mindrve the peace of that comes from knowing that their families are being taken care of back home. Thank you for all you do to promote that. House hearing on Aviation Security. And a discussion on Education Assistance and a supportive families military when men and women. Is the only pilot in history that ever fought the navy to a standstill. This is unheard of. Shots. Ired night, the search for the pirate ship the golden captainand its joseph bannister. He started off his life as a gentleman. He was to sell his beautiful ship between london and port royal jamaica which was then known as the wickedest city on earth. I would carry indigo dyes between london and there. In 1684 for reasons no one can determine, he stole the golden fleece, recorded a topflight pirate crew, and turned pirate. Sunday that it 00 on cspans q a. Ans, for the democrats, or for the country. Washington journal continues. Host we are joined now by francesca chambers, the White House Reporter from the daily mail. She is here to discuss the fromt round of emails Hillary Clinton that have been released. What exactly was in these emails . Guest they werent nearly exciting as the first batch. The first batch had emails about her asking for iced teas and not knowing how to use a fax machine. That was amusing. Benign. Ond dump was th there were some funny emails. One was an aide writing her about a coat. Post had taken a of people, and 77 approved it. That made me laugh. There were some other ones where they did some polling about her, and things like that. At the same time, there were enough, a large amount, that were retroactively classified. There were at least 41 that were either sent to her or that she sent that were retroactively classified. They were not classified in such were confidential, but still they were classified. That could present a problem for secretary clinton who said she did not send classified material. Host these classified, or retroactively classified, ourils a reminder for viewers, these were on a private email server from her home. Guest yes. It was a private server and private email address. Why that matters is because those emails could have possibly been hacked, and the state department would not have known about it. Important information about certain officials whereabouts and things on the schedule, information like that, was retroactively classified because even to this day, it is information that they mean not have wanted to get out to the world. For instance, in one email, one of her advisers is described the relationship between primary potent vladmir minister ofe deputy russia. The reason it was classified is because the u. S. Did not want their impression of him to get out into the world. Still, that information has been retroactively classified, seemingly violating what secretary clinton said. Host what is the next step. . Now there is some investigation, and some evidence that there was classified information and her email, what is the next effort federal investigators or whoever is looking into this issue . Reminder for the viewers, to Inspector Generals recently themselves bound classified information in five of her emails, one of which was released to the public and inadvertently. It was discovered in the first batch of emails, but for others , the have not been released, covered five different departments of classified information. Fivefbi, the cia different departments. Now they are asking for a thorough review of all of her emails to determine what other classified information may have been in there. There are people in congress that would like to see obviously a congressional investigation into these emails as well. Host what are the consequences if it is found that she did indeed store these emails on her private server . Debate goings the on in washington. Did she violate the law . Is this a criminal case . Could she possibly be charged with criminal wrongdoing, or did she just violate security precautions . That is something the obviously the Justice Department would have to determine. They ands have said there should be a thorough department of justice investigation into this to make a determination. The white house said this week that secretary kerry was seen meeting with those Inspector General to further review this and make sure all the rules were followed. Host after the ig office completes their review, they would hand over their findings to the doj and say, you should take over and contact a more thorough investigation . Guest it is not always that simple. Theres a whole other side to be what on right now about the Department Just as an Inspector General should have access to. Theres a lot that still has to be worked out in this scenario, which is why secretary kerry be meeting with the Inspector General to make that determination. Host you can call in with your thoughts on Hillary Clintons emails. Were going back to our political phone lines. Democrats can call 202 7488000. Republicans can call 202 7488001. S, 202 7458002. We are on twitter at cspanwj. Beewe are on facebook at facebook. Com cspan. Were also on email at journal cspan. Org. On friday, mark toner took questions from reporters on the handling of Hillary Clintons emails. Here is what he had to say. [video clip] contents,rver, the are now being held with her lawyers in a secure setting. She shared with us the contents that she deems relevant. We are going through those. Usc, 1924, how you are supposed to handle classified information. Neither Hillary Clinton or her lawyer should have access to classified information. If i have not been clear on this, today, we have not seen any classified any information that should have been classified at the time. Host that was deputy state secretary mark toner talking about the handling of Hillary Clinton emails. We are talking with francesca chambers, White House Reporter for the daily mail. Give us some context on how these needles are being released. We saw a previous batch of emails. How is this being handled . Guest originally, it was former secretary of state Hillary Clinton who asked the state department to release these emails. She asked them to release the mouse thinking that if all the emails came out, everybody would be able to see that she was not emailing anything that was classified or inappropriate. The state department began a review, and intended to release all of them in january 2016, but then a court order mandated that they could not do that, they had to start releasing them in june. They did roughly 3000 that first month, which by the way, there is a requirement that they have to do a certain amount everything a lot to get out to the full 100 of the 55,000 pages. They did the first batch of 3000. Then, yesterday, they did a second batch. They did not quite hit the mark. It was supposed to get up to 50 of her evil, but they got to 13 . With the next one, they will have to compensate for that. We will probably see at the end of august, and even larger dump than the last one. Host we are turning now to the call. First up is randy. Go ahead. It is missouri. Theres too much drama with , me being a democrat, too much drama. Knowing that the republicans itll not ever let this go is like handing your enemy a handkerchief to argue. , i thinkng want to say you are one of the most enthusiastic and liveliest people sitting in that White House Pressroom. I hope you continue with that enthusiasm. It up. As well, you kind of remind me of kind of the older White House Press person in the kennedy administration. Elen was her name keep up the good work. Host all right. I think thats probably the highest complement i have ever received. Thank you so much, randy, and thank you for tuning in to the White House Press briefings. I know not everybody has time to tune in every day. Host next up is joe from tennessee caller good morning. I want to find out if she has these servers at home. She said she only had one. Did she say she received the emails that were classified from the state department . If they are, we should be able to see what she had and what she is covering up. Obviously, she is covering up something. So thats it. Guest two things in response to joan. So i want to make a clarification on the classified emails. A lot of them were sent to her. A lot of the emails that have now been redacted were sent to her. That being said, sometimes she did respond to those emails, so in that sense you could say she sent classified emails but for nevertheless a hacker could have gotten to those but also thats a private server. At wasnt the governments possession or government material so the government would have to subpoena her server and theres a lot of talk about doing just that. But if the emails still exist on the servers at all. So even if they do get their hands on it, she may not have any of the emails. She said she deleted them. Host do you have any idea what rules are on how they should be stored . Guest yes, theres no question would not be according to something you the white o do but house has at least been cleared that this is not something they would encourage their other employees to do and that all employees of the federal government and administration are told to make sure that they either use a government email or to make sure they are forwarding all the things sent to their private email to the vernment email in a timely manner so nothing gets missed. Host valerie, youre on the air. Caller yes. Im so sick and tired of these red necks from the Redneck Party which is the Republican Party. Im so tired of them trying to make hillary out as the scapegoat. I dont care what hillary does. Hillary can go out and on the white house lawn and still get host ok were going to have leave from the. We will go to gabby on the republican line. Caller hello, this is debbie from farmington hills, francesca, i have a question. The emails went out. If they are not on the server hats the government server, what email wouldnt they know that the email is different and not coming from a government account . Guest yes. So a government account typically ends in. Gov, so they would know the difference, and to follow up on that point, there are folks in the Obama Administration who said they were aware that Hillary Clinton had a private email address and they emailed back and forth with her through that address, but they were not aware that that was the only email address she was using and that the state department did not retain any of the records forwarded on. Host this timeline from the Washington Post provides some of the dates around Hillary Clintons exposure of the private address. It shows it was first exposed after a hacker accessed the account of a former bill clinton aide and the hack shows clinton communicated with her using this email address and then the hacker published a screen grab of their correspondence discussing a number of sensitive issues and they said why was clinton receiving emails at a nongovernment account . But neither the white house nor another would comment on it. Later they said they got the information request copies of the email and was told by state no records existed. Our next caller is steve calling on the democratic line. Steve, youre on the air. Caller good morning. Fran fran francesca, a question and a statement. First, when madeline all bright D Colin Powell and another left office, that they didnt turn in their emails as well . And jeb bush had private emails and heres my statement, im glad hillary did this. She is brilliant. She knew if she hadnt destroyed these enails republicans would have rifled through them and the reporters would have dug through them to find something. The emails are gone. They are gone and theres nothing anyone can do about it. Guest the problem with it is that she was tired preserve those emails and that documentation. She was required to do that. Thats the problem with destroying any emails that were workrelated that she may have deleted and as it pertains to the secretary of state, the caller was right, they did not save their emails but thats because they werent required to. The guidelines did not come into place until 2005, and actually former secretary of state colin powell talked about this a little bit. When he was in the administration, when it was part of his tenure, email wasnt really even being used in the state department at that time and he said he came into antiquated time where microphone werent using emails so he was saying he was really one of the First State Department officials to start using online communication and said he no longer has those communications and couldnt possibly turn them over to the government but thats partly why he was not required to. Host billiton democratic line, go ahead. Caller good morning. Yes. I wondered if you ever felt ridiculous talking about emails for 24 7 for a day. It seems like hillary lives in a retroactive world where if it wasnt criminal before well make it criminal now. To us out here, youve had her by the ankles up side down since she has been in the public. Every single thing, no matter how ridiculous, and its criminal. To us it just sounds like you people are unhinged. Host thats bill from connecticut. A few comments from twitter. Hillary should be disqualified to run for pode discuss. Another writes if its in hillarys possession it should be classified. Guest thats not necessarily true. That doesnt mean it wasnt classified at the time. All that it means to say is that the state department is going back now and saying they cannot release this information to the pun lick because it would have been considered classified information. As the Inspector General said then and now. Host on the independent line, richard, go ahead. Youre on the air. Caller yes, i watch public tv and learned a lot. They had a show about the ring of fire radio and they showed how after 9 11 george bushed that c. I. A. And f. B. I. And all produce information on Saddam Hussein whether he was a threat o america or not and the doctrine was called white page, and they said he deleted where they said Saddam Hussein is not a threat and he deleted that and sent it and this guy went before the congress and senate and told them all this inaccurate information and they dont do anything to republicans. Guest how is this related to Hillary Clintons emails . Caller i watch stephane every day and i watch cspan every day and they call it leftwing media. Its not. Host our next caller is bruce on the democratic line. Go ahead. Caller ok. What i would like to say is this lady admitted that a lot of these emails hello . Host youre on the air. Turn down your tv. Caller my tv is turned down. Listen. The lady just admitted a lot of these emails were classified after the fact. After the fact. And now colin powell had a secret email account of his own. If we want to find out something, lets go through Colin Powells email and find tout truth about weapons of mas destruction in iraq, and also the great jeb bush from the state of florida had a private email account while he was governor. This is nothing but a witch hunt. The Republican Party is scared to death of Hillary Clinton that the only democrat they cannot beat. Host all right. Related combhent from twitter. How desperate are republicans to derail hillary 2016. How do you think this might the out on the road to presidency . Guest any emails related to the situation in libya have not come out yet. The time period that the latest document uncovered only goes until the end of 2009. So its still going to be several more months before we even get to that point thats what comes up in several months, the Iowa Caucuses and New Hampshire primary so when they will release the benghazi and libya emails that will be much closer to when voters will go to the polls. Whether that will make a difference on whether or not they will vote for her remains to be seen but that being said, the way this courtmandated flow trickles came about could be more harmful than in they were released in one day. Because they are being done every single month roughly 3,000 at a time and it gives reporters ample opportunity to read through every single one of these emails. Host calling from the independent line, jeb, go ahead. Caller i heard on the New York Post that Hillary Clinton cently got a 600 because she always says she is for the people but she got a 600 haircut while we are having trouble paying our taxes. I mean, what a host all right, jeb. Here is our story on the wall street journal. The story says Hillary Clinton released a flurry of documents friday that included a physicians declaration of her personal health and a batch of Financial Information and documents showed her and her husband earned 139 million in adjusted gross income over the years including a 28 million last year when they paid an effective tax rate. Tell us about these Health Documents Hillary Clinton released. Is she in good health . Guest yes. So her doctors said in a statement that she is in good health. One of the key things is that she is still and will permanently be on blood thinners. She has had blood clots and everyone remembers just before she left the state department she had the nasty fall and she had to go to the Doctors Office and thats when she she first got on the blood thinners permanently. She is still on there t blood thinners as a preventative measure. The doctors say its ooh preventive measure and he sets till in good health. Host and how common sit for the candidates to release personal Health Information . Guest everyone will eventually have to do that. Particularly they want to tell people they are in good health. You should vote for me. But persons who made arguments about their age, thats something they could and should do to show they are in good health. I think the reason Hillary Linton did it so early in this is because her health has been called into question. Host sorry if i slaughtered the name of your city. But welcome. Caller thank you for taking my call. E correct pronunciation is chipathich. Im an independent but congratulations to republicans for beating up on hillary. Keep going. You people are experts at beating dead horses and fighting old battles, and yeah. Dont stop beating up on hillary until after the primaries. Youre doing a wonderful job and you can probably tell im a berny sanders supporter so keep up the good work, republicans. Host any comments, francesca . Guest well, i will say again, going back to how these are going to be released, it does give republicans ample opportunity to keep attacking her on the server and private emails. Host jordan, on the independent line. Good morning. Caller yes. Hillary clintons husband ran for president , and it seems like we dont live in a democracy. We live in an alagargy. Host our next caller is mark on the democratic line. Caller yes. Thank you. Good morning to all. My question is this, ms. Chambers stated that none of the emails regarding benghazi have been released yet. Does that mean to the public or or were they simply denied, the House Committee that exonerated her as far as benghazi when i know tray dowdy is continuing his twoyear quest of that committee to find something. But when ms. Chambers said that none of them had been released, was it to the public . Or to the committees that investigated her . Host mark has a good point. Guest yes, absolutely. I was talking about that specifically in the context of the state department releasing to the public the benghazi emails. It didnt come up until down the line which would be a flont now. Yes, the committee does have sand reviewing those emails. They say they dont have all of them yet and they are still trying to get them from the state department but they have released at least some of those from the state. They say that they are missing riffly two months at least from a time period of two months. So we will be seeing whether or not those emails are not just being turned over or if the Committee Just hasnt received them. 40eu7 and heres the story francesca chambers wrote in the daily mail. The story writes that two months worth of emails appear to be missing from the documents provided to the state department and reports no records for the months of may and june of twelve as the security stpwhation libya began to deteriorate deteriorate. The state Department Confirms all the emails have been handed over to congress indicating it too has a hold on its records. The report came out several hours from the white house after the separate issue and they traded the commitment to transparency. Next on the independent line, go ahead. Caller good morning. If regards to this server, the hard drives were not replaced, then the information is probably hello . Host youre on the air, peter. Go ahead. Caller the information is still available, and youve had seven years of a pathological like, and now youre going to ruin a congenital liar . That doesnt make much stones me at all. But go for it. Host on the democratic line, go ahead. Caller yes. I just want to say to you, francesca, you know, you sit up there and you talkability how Hillary Clinton did this, here. Get all the information from colin powell. Go back to all the republicans. And get these knuckleheads like donald trump out of there who is making up ridiculous stuff. You guys want to bury yourself, we always have one bigger person. If all the emails wasnt truly given up by every office, then go back to where it starts. Host thats from massachusetts. We are talking from francesca chambers a White House Reporter for the daily. Its a new publication here in the u. S. Can you tell us what the daily mail is for the audiences . Guest yes. I work for the Daily Mail Mail which is the online publication. Its basically got offices in new york and l. A. And washington, d. C. Anything u. S. Based. So i cover the white house for america. Certainly when theres International Issues but the great thing is my stories also get seen overseas and things along those lines. But for the division of the daily mail that i work for. Host from twitter. If hillary had a private account she could have deleted them. Its not rocket science. Can you break down, again, the division between the department of justices investigation and sort of what the timeline for looking into what the appropriateness of those stories are. Guest so the department of justice, the state department, all those departments has an Inspector General. And that Inspector Generals job is to be a watchdog on that organization and to make sure they are following rules and practices for stories like the one we are covering today, so the Inspector General and another got together to review information to make sure she hadnt sent out classified materials. So the stuff shes taken have four questions they came away with the conclusion that the department of justice should launch its own investigation got emails to determine if any laws were broken and if this rises to a level thats, you know, much higher than a slap on the wrist. Host next caller is bill from newcastle virginia. Bill, you are on the air. What is your question this morning . Caller my question is republican, democrat, independent, whatever. How come we still even though the people that are governing this do what they do like the clip on thes who are always pushing the letter and do what they want to do then still follow should we do this or not . We are serving them. They are not serving us. Host all right. Thats bill from virginia. Guest well, one thing we try to do certainly as a White House Reporter is keep the administration and white house accountable for these things. As i said before, you have the Inspector General in one area where they are doing it nternally, but i think the press corps is accountable for how they do their job. As an earlier caller said i very much try to keep the white house and this administration accountable. Host stephen on the republican line, go ahead. Caller the only question under the email category list was, would there not be a level of precedence as to which information was investigated first and released first to the importance of that category. So the benghazi emails, why hat wouldnt have been something that was released earlier . Guest well, the way we decided to do them was chronologically. The state department has said, however, that it is reviewing the benghazirelated emails and its possible those could be released to the public before would e in which she have gotten to them. Host heres the headline, latest Hillary Clinton email batch h learns how to email. Clinton decides to brush up on her email writing skills and title is full send. A classic guide for email and at story also notes hillary , there were ls comments about her coat as francesca chambers mentioned before a picture of her coat on her arrival to kabul, afghanistan was online and sparked a controversy of whether the coat was too hippie or hip and talked about her dancing in some videos and some is of our next caller on the independent line. What do you think about clintons email document zphump caller good morning to you ladies. Host you are on the air. Caller yes, i just want to talk about the comparisons or if theres any difference between Hillary Clintons email servers versus general petraeus. Because obviously email brought down general petraeus. And it wrecked his career. Can you tell me if theres any differences in this issue . Guest well, ooh major difference between the two is that petraeus knowingly and purposefully was sending classified information, and in case, if she sent classified information, she wouldnt have been sending it to an outside source like general petraeus. It would have been talking within the state department to other state department and government officials over her private email address act information that would be or could be considered classified. So theres a big difference between leaking classified information on purpose and that ently discussing information. Guest the issue here is only that she did it over a private email address on a private server, because the government cant protect her. They cant protect the email or that server from being hacked going back to sidney bloomen that. This is how a lot of us found out about this in the first place. Emails between she and her were hacked and made public because his email address was hacked which just shows. Its going to be easier to get to them. Hillary says it wasnt hacked but it was well protected. But experts say its possible she could have been hacked and just didnt know it. Host jenny, good morning to you. Caller good morning. Id just like to say the emails and all this is a misdirection on benghazi. I think that ambassador stevens was the most knowledgeable about what was going on, on the ground. He knew that that compound was due to be closed and that they were going to collate with the c. I. A. At the beginning of the next year, in three months. He knew there wasnt going to be a lot of security money put into that compound. He knew there wasnt a safe room and elected to stay there on the anniversary of 911. He made a lot of on the ground decisions that i think came back to bite that group in the butt. Host thats cindy from washington. Any thoughts, francesca chambers . Guest just going back to everything i said before. I really think weve covered a lot of that. Host our last caller will be from East New York calling on the democratic line. Ellie, go ahead. Caller yes, good morning. Thank you for taking my call. I am so disgusted with this whole political arena that we have been living through. One, Hillary Clinton emails . Yes. It always should be investigated. We must keep our politicians accountable. But where is the outrage of the former five republican candidates who are being indicted and have been indicted for criminal charges . And they are running for president host ellie from new york, we will have to leave it there and give francesca chambers the last word. Guest i would say absolutely there are some other candidates, namely chris or that we have done a good job and done a very hard job to write about those and as far as jeb bush and his use of private email the media covered that he had a private email address that was not a florida mail address as well. On cspan. The newly the newly confirmed administrator of the Transportation Security Administration testified on capitol hill today about Aviation Security and the operations of the t. S. A. Peter neffenger is a retired coast guard admiral who took over as the head of the t. S. A. Earlier this month. This hearing of the House Homeland Security committee is an hour and 20 minutes. Ommittee is an hour and 20 minutes. Chairman mccaul the committee on Homeland Security will come to order. The committee is meeting today to provide members with an opportunity to hear from the newly confirmed transportation security administrator, peter neffenger, on his plans for leading the t. S. A. We expect to explore a range of issues related to the operations of the t. S. A. And i now recognize myself for an opening statement. Two weeks ago, a terrorist attack in the american heartland inspired by a hateful ideology killed five american soldiers on u. S. Soil. Just a day after we marked up the extremism bill out of this committee. 14 years after 911, not only are we still under threat from islamist terrorists, but they have gone on the offensive globally and expanded their footprint. Radicalization is on the rise. And the war is being brought to our doorsteps at a terrifying speed. We have long known that our aviation sector is a crown jewel of terrorist targets. So as we stare down these real and growing threats, congress and the American People need confidence in our defenses. And in the past few months, t. S. A. Has given us concern rather than confidence. Terrorists have to be right only once. And we have to be right 100 of the time as millions of travelers from all over the world pass through our nations airports, the American People must know and trust that the procedures and policies put in place make us safer. In june, we learned through leaked reports from the department of Homeland Securitys office of Inspector General that t. S. A. s passenger screening was wrong 96 of the time. And that 73 aviation workers had potential ties to terrorism. These findings shatter public confidence. A reported 96 failure rate to detect explosives is completely unacceptable. Acting administrator neffenger has an opportunity, i believe, to turn this ship around. And as an admiral i think he has that capability as well. In our discussions that weve had over the past few days, hes displayed candor and an open mind in his approach to this critical position. In my opinion, t. S. A. Needs to do three things in order to move forward to a new chapter. One, restore public confidence. Two, enhance riskbased security and three, better leverage with the private sector. Weve seen a large expansion of riskbased security initiatives since 2011. However, we still need to do more. T. S. A. s Precheck Program has been in place for four years. However, currently only 4 of travelers are members of this program. T. S. A. Needs to increase this population so that it can focus its efforts on more thoroughly screening those passengers who are unknown and pose a higher risk. I would like to explore how t. S. A. Can better leverage the private sector. The private sector plays a Critical Role in suring our nations aviation system. T. S. A. Does not and cannot full its mission alone. The private sector is necessary as a necessary partner that t. S. A. Needs to continue to rely on in order to successfully fulfill its mission. T. S. A. And the department need to look to the future and give the private sector a road map and a vision of what screening will look like five, 10, and even 15 years from now. And the admiral and i had some very good discussions on that point. This can help Companies Develop Technology Meet these needs. We cannot expect private companies to invest tens of millions of dollars if we cannot provide them with any certainty or a vision on a return on their investment. Additionally, t. S. A. Needs to make necessary reforms in order to enhance the Screening Partnership program. These partnerships allow airports to hire private screeners instead of government employees. This program has been in place since 2004. And yet t. S. A. Is still unable to do an accurate, cost comparison that takes into account the full cost of a federal employee compared to a private sector employee doing the same job. This capital allows t. S. A. To argue that private screeners do not save the taxpayer money. Although this is not a fair and accurate accounting assessment. This committee is dedicated to reforming t. S. A. We proved our commitment to this effort by passing four important pieces of legislation on the house floor just this monday that will keep americans safe. This legislation came out of this committee as a result of the recent t. S. A. Failures. Spafle, these bills will help strengthen and secure the Precheck Program, improve the vetting process for aviation employees, help keep our airport screening equipment better maintained and implement better policies at local for contractors. The bottom line is this. The threat is evolving but americans are concerned that t. S. A. Is not keeping up with that threat. Administrator neffenger, you have a tough job. Ahead of you. And to to lead this agency. But we have confidence in you. And we look forward to working with you in these joint efforts to reform t. S. A. And together, today, we are eager to hear from you about your plans for the future and your vision. And with that, the chair now recognizes the ranking member. Ranking member thompson thank you very much, mr. Chairman, for holding this hearing. I would also like to congratulate administrator neffenger on his appointment. And i look forward to working with him to advance the mission of t. S. A. Another thing is welcome to the fish bowl. T. S. A. Was established by congress in the wake of the september 11 attack. It has responsibility for protecting the nations aviation and Transportation System and ensuring the Free Movement of people and goods. Over the years, in protecting aviation systems, t. S. A. Has used a number of methods to screen passengers. Some of the Technology Technological changes t. S. A. Has made, however, have cost taxpayers millions of dollars while failing to adequately address the threat to Aviation Security. Unfortunately, t. S. A. Is still having problems with its technology today. For example, last month, it was reported that auditors posing as passengers were able to smuggle mock explosives and banned weapons through checkpoints at various airports across the country. Earlier this spring, the Inspector General released a report claiming that t. S. A. Es not properly manage the maintenance of its airport screening equipment. According to the i. G. , t. S. A. Has not issued adequate policies to airports for carrying out maintenance responsibility. Administrator neffenger, i want to challenge you to address these issues with the technologies used in the airport environment. As you report this issue, consider both the current threat picture and the