I can and washington dc and the french art america. First things first we noticed was driven on my left lapel every year. News anchors are t wear it to twenty nine which is today russian reserves to commemorate the end of World War Two this bread is a symbol of the tree for the fifty thousand us led nato troops still deployed in afghanistan are set to a job like the center and a long and costly battle to defeat the taliban. A part time in three series are cheese mayo up as explores the expense of reality of troop withdrawal in the pentagons exemption for proper accounting practices. For thirteen years now and the vendor sites the sounds of war but with every Helicopter Mission and every damage from me to return from the afghan theater. There is another sound. When congress is increasin paying attention to. After a decade of four lawmakers are tightening their grasp on the purse strings. Decreasing the minimum Defense Budget for twenty fourteen to five hundred billion dollars city and demanding accountability not an easy mission the pentagon is the only agency that cannot produce a budget that can be audited and presented to the american people. Every other agency passes. Those tests in terms of financial audits. In fact the department of defense has never been on a date even though the d o d complete some one hundred fifty million Financial Transactions easier and makes up one fifth of federal spending issue that happened years ago said two of our minds Homeland Security which also has an unaudited its ludicrous that its our taxpayer money and it seems he cant account for its fiscal hawks like senator tom coburn from oklahoma i have been attempting to force the pentagon scanned for years now. Like previous bills which offered incentives to the cod are getting its fiscal house organized. Auburns twenty thirteen on the pentagon act would have punished the military did not comply that bailey is still spinning and knitting. I want a new plan is to have its books on the bike twenty seventeen. Critics say that seems like a stretch. There are reasons why this isnt happening. This is a mate for Life Campaign finance reform in congress allowing contractors. Stranglehold on both congress and the pentagon to prevent this article because it would incriminate them to do it all sink in a pentagon employees that are abusing the money at least one part of the military has its financial books in order the marine corps was successfully on a date on december twenty third of last year the marine corps was on a regular chair. So close for the marine corps. Took alot of doing it at that point theyll marine corps was for services. We just made is advancements in the course allowed us to be autocratic or that Military Branch makes up only six percent of the overall budget. Receiving twenty nine billion dollars for all of twenty fourteen was the main arguments as to why congress has not force the pentagon to comply is the idea that the agency is simply to pay it on at this very complex bad to throw for him to say well its too big we can worry about it that way the surrender and then we should do that and while former congressman ron paul is now out of office. His sen son is taking up the comments so this is the most important thing we spend money on is one of the few legitimate constitutional functions. It should be a priority that mean a blank check. But even if congress did force and onyx tracking records on the pentagons antiquated Computer System this would be a nightmare reason writers investigation found that the Computer Systems were built the nineteen seventies and have known way of communicating with one another. At times to update the records system have caused more issues. Even former defense secretary robert gates has lamented over the complex Business Practices of the pentagon that the current apparatus for managing people and money across to the od enterprise is woefully inadequate the agencys field activities joint headquarters and support staff functions of the department. Operators of semi feudal system. An amalgam of the films without centralized mechanisms to allocate resources to track expenditures and measure results relative to the departments overall priorities according to one estimate from the office of sen coburn. If the department of defense can get its books in order. It could result in twenty five billion dollars in savings each year for the next ten years by eliminating inefficiencies and streamlining spending. He and some say the true colors of the pentagon will finally be shown when an army does take place. It would expose the military Industrial Complex and in how the negotiations go on and exactly who gets the benefits of wine. Its hard to know what we will find it exactly how much money can be stained and whether anything should be changed until the pentagon finally lets auditors past experience in washington animal pens or tea. As Congress Debates the proposed four hundred ninety six billion defence dollar Defense Budget this week chris now pay is proving to be a hot button issue nations military leaders told Congress Tuesday that there is rated at another pot of money they have in order to cut spending. Lawmakers must now slow the growth of pay and benefits. He was more insight on the budget problems facing the military i was chewing earlier by George Ferguson is the Senior Aerospace defense analyst at bloomberg industries. He first asked him to give me a breakdown on what the pentagon wants to keep and what it thinks they can afford to get rid of at this point. One thing that a competitor would love to keep everything is good but budget realities are that way. And i think with the pentagon leaders look at the decisions that they have to make me think that its easier to regenerate the its the personal side of the force that is some of the more complex Weapons Systems to the car for a down to invest in the complex Weapons Systems especially ships and aircraft. I rather than people in and as Congress Continues to cut budgets. The pentagon has the same problem the rest of the country has and that is that healthcare is expensive you know retirement plans and other expensive as well to the pentagon a route that is now the forces of the manpower heavy forces the army the marines and save on Health Care Save on the back to the salaries and invested in ships and airplanes instead. I have things to make sense. The two thousand taking a look like compared to last years budget. So were still working through the two thousand fifteen but i think theres been a lot of negotiations going on. I think is a lot of people that think itll be hard. After the pentagon to go ahead and cut military personnel in and that made it more of the reasons why the pentagon put forward a planned it to go ahead and cut military personnel. Because congress to be doesnt like that because of their salaries and on the tickets among other things inside the economy. I just around the country so i think in a way to answer to lead this but perhaps knowing that there be some resistance to cutting personnel and maybe that means the pie is bigger when its all the time because Carters Store is more the personnel cuts than they would have a weapon systems. A vanilla cake and i went to bed its last budget and now time for making the decision to really define its priorities qc happening with this budget thats being worked through right now. No i mean look and its very hard to think for pentagon ever to get down to just parties because it is a lot of people inside the pentagon never going to be jockeying for the error their program for the air force over the others. Im so that said i do think that the pentagon is on the right path again to cutting personnel. Because you can gently regenerate person all fairly rapid the armies of marine corps can and can regenerate people in sixty or ninety days if they commit the nation decided that there is a mission to import enough to muster a very large armored to go pursue. I still think they are on the way to getting to go to the right mix and that is continue to invest in equipment so that when the time comes if you need good equipment and a lot of people you can pick and bring the people up more rapidly. I think the other the other issue here is really that were coming off of over a decade of engagement in iraq and afghanistan. The nation is generally tired of ground engagements like that at the pentagon. We are seeing the fact theres really no appetite to go after. Michael after two to be in the vault international be on the ground away the word and so therefore that makes that Large Standing Army and marine corps all the personnel. You know will largely quiet not news but just working on training and not really being deployed and so therefore they dont really need as many personnel right now so i think they are thinking of getting to the rhythmic statistics a long time is a lot of complex dynamics going on inside the pentagon im sure. Yet like as it doesnt appear he left teaching teenagers and a wave pattern in iraq and afghanistan wars or the taliban has just issued on tuesday and the threat of us troops bringing the strike on military bases translators knew id domestic translators used overseas by the us military. All of the things that that it wants to do before the pullout of American Force in afghanistan soap. In this what were seeing with the pentagon saying we need if they are ready we can cut down on our people but not on our part where it actually. The ending and he and afghanistan iraq and egypt were large engagements either. But then again we clearly dont be decisive. Of course we needed to do that. Engage in iraq and afghanistan the last ten years. The rest of the so you know this this caliber and thats the problem attack against his fathers situations it would be a small attack of something in a large army for her. We didnt want to make sure the key components of our Army Marine Corps and Navy Air Force work well things the Counter Intelligence and intelligence forces. On two he continued to invest in those technologies that the training of people. It takes longer to train a baby your average army or marine corps person. Given the venue was moved to paris saying lets move to an environment where he really invested in these longer term skills and the longer term platforms like ships in america. You know they can regenerate overnight. I make sure that were fresher it a go at that on the bigger ball to your side of this large impersonal forces but warned that down i charge and sierra speaking to analysts bloomberg industry think you very much their second round of release this week assistant secretary of state between you and senate the House Committee on Foreign Relations to answer questions about us involvement in crisis in ukraine. She was grilled about bt of demonstrators and increasing sanctions. A teaspoon of the hospital torino and was also grilled about the us is how to guide us in this region is haphazard and inconsistent policy of supporting Self Determination another congressman specifically ask this new and why the us has eyes supported the independence of south sudan in kosovo for example that dismisses africa in other parts of the world similar efforts but she explained that the obama initiation of poses that changing of borders by force during her two hour testimony before the u s House Committee on foreign affairs. Ms newman reiterated americas commitment and support for the cope with the government in ukraine and not support had been quite lucrative. She says that the us has provided eighteen Million Dollars in non Legal Assistance to keep and nine Million Dollars in funding to be use for the upcoming made twenty fifth i election. I ended the interim government is also suppose be using those funds up with our overall Relations Campaign that the u s assistant secretary of state did the knowledge that was in a blender put in on monday publicly called for a de escalation in violence when he asked for the upcoming referendum in Eastern Ukraine to be deleted. Nonetheless ms newman disregarded the statements made by the russian leader insisting still that moscow is determined to de stabilize ukraine. The was a report from ortiz marine park. Anti government protesters in Eastern Ukraine are refusing to post on sundays referendum on greater autonomy from kiev. Despite the russian president calling for the buck to be too late the decision to go ahead was made by the recently former so called Peoples Councils in the main centers of unrest the cities of donetsk and that got our ts house their reports from Eastern Ukraine it has been remanded to the peaceful city in comparison to the previous nights. It is still in a tv series here in the morning so the streets are quiet but if anything they like to remain quiet most of the day was still with us and that was not too soon to remain inside ill find time to mount it seems that the clinton people to put out at the door seems to get some food and get some supplies. Were still hearing all the Food Shortages here not from neighboring comment or so it is about seventeen km away. We traveled in an adult its not beyond the statistic was so cold by the ukrainian on it takes about two hours to get through some of it. Anybody who has not won in the city instead of semi detached the content of the income people. They are considering whether or not to postpone the ticket window that is this sunday. Systems today are with or not but from an easy excuse to spend. For someone to his widow enough to coat the meat course the constant violence breaking out tomorrow to meet at nine said patients would not be getting some disturbing reports that mike stick to me and this might use this as an opportunity to see the classes so that is something that people can talk considering im thinking about taking very seriously the srt stylist hair. Ms castle hill regarding an essay reform beginning of the week two competing bills the house of representatives to reform despite agency were set to go head to head. There was the Justice Department us the freedom act. Which was preferred by symbol of experience and then the House Intelligence Committees piece of transparency modernization act referred by the intelligence community. I wonder how those left standing. House intelligence committee. Dropped its own bill and three with support behind the usa freedom act passing it by a unanimous vote on wednesday the us had not passed on a pt to chair a committee with no amendments that we can get from that special person one district outline which that prohibit the back door searches of Americans Communications in the annex these databases and another throughout new reporting requirements which added more transparency as the agency. Man has appeared satisfied that the House Intelligence Committee about which released a Statement Today cleaning the amended act and the book collection of telephone message that while preserving an important Counter Terrorism tool the next task is a full photo is for. I was so nice to be getting face time with the German Government is part of the pot parliamentary inquiries the mass surveillance of german citizens which the former nsa contractor expose lawmakers decided thursday that a questionnaire i had planned to send him a little personal appearance wouldnt be enough of course that decision to ban him from appearing in person was made just days after chancellor hall and merkel made her visit stateside to lead the us cents higher to two thousand eleven which was a decided is whether so and was granted asylum in russia should be invited to testify in person the question by germans in russia or if he should testify over video call. One thing is for certain if he sets foot in key us ally country he does risk being arrested and extradited to study revealed that us leave intact the chancellor xylophone relations between countries the us house of heart. Merkels conservative party is rejected bringing snowden into the country. But this is certainly getting quite a bit of push back from the opposition so you can add any diplomatic and sticky situation for the chancellor the land on our team. Some of Guantanamo Bay detainee to be headed to south america the president of europe wide says hes willing to accept several of the men held that it now. How many would tell you why. Answers for you after the break. And. The us i know. And when. Nur you it is. In an odd at all. A boring actually. Giant to buy a seventy six. Do you think this is going to create fbi do you think this is whats occurring it sells. To expert status. Please. I just bought wake up and Start Talking about the real causes the patient. Wine. Bond the house. That year. Ch the looks to offload Guantanamo Bay prisoners europe by step forward as a small countrys president as a boutique that has agreed to accept at least five detainees. 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Initially ryker staff blamed the tragedy on malfunctioning equipment. But repairs came too late because they were delayed by a long holiday weekend. According to documents obtained by the Associated Press although a non thompson was inconclusive in determining the official cause of legos that city officials have stated that he basically takes stuff. Vermont lawmakers passed a bill mandating that genetically modified foods must be labeled governor Peter Schilling signed the bill this afternoon. The bill passed the vermont house of representatives one fourteen to thirty in the senate twenty two. His bill requires food sold in retail outlets and labeled i as having been produced or partially produced with genetic engineering. 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