Constitutionally. So i dont think its merely that. And in suleiman the government actually created the words that were, that were being advertised. So isnt that substantially different . Because the governments not creating these words. Justice sotomayor the court indicated that thats the monument course. Im talking about johanns. Thats right. But in suleiman though, a private organizes fraternal order of eagles put its name on the monument it created the message, then donated it to the park. In johanns, yes, the message was espoused beef, its whats for dinner, but even then the secretary of agriculture didnt write ad copy. Sorry, the government had control, it just was not at every step of the way saying this is how the message must be. But at the end of the day, it had final approval. But to return to Justice Alitos hypothetical and what the test should be, the test can include other elements. And even if suleiman and johanns could be read as just a twopart test for all sorts of reas
But i no that the chairman wants to face this headon and i no it is a challenge and the political environment. And i did want to breed of that we obviously not met the challenge with the budget as currently configured. I want to specifically ask you general austin, something that was troubling to me. It has been a determination that operation freedom signal is a new Contingency Operation. Do do you see it as a new Contingency Operation . It is a continuation of our efforts, center. So in terms of the types of things that we are doing we are continuing to train and advise and assist the Afghan Security forces but in terms of how we account for the funding that we are allocating to that that is a different issue. Well, the reason i am asking is i am told that there is an effort underway of naming a new lead Inspector General in afghanistan as opposed to the special Inspector General on afghanistan. I think if that determination is made i want to make sure everyone understands that will i
Any agency. She doesnt have the right to fire people. Unless you change that law and get these people the ability to fire people sa merically when they were found in you know, a proper process and a speedy process to violate whether its sexual assault, sexual harass m, youll have this all these problems continue across the scope of all of our Civil Service systems. The only one exempt is fbi. Well get that on the record as some point i hope. Yield back. Recognize the Ranking Member mr. Lynch the gentleman from massachusetts, whos the ranking me. Thank you mr. Chairman. I want to thank the Ranking Member for allowing me to go in his place. How do you hold people accountable if you are not able to discipline them . The system in place, its the three tooered system. The inspectors who youre not answering me question. Briefly, how do you hold people accountable when you cannot discipline them when they do like okay, so, we got 15 to 20 sex parties. 15 to 20. Weve got all these allegations.
Theres an institute for the arctic people thats been abolished. I dont think its a priority like it is in the u. S. Weve gotten into the end of our time. I think this is is a very, a very opportune year. We have the arrival of the u. S. Chairmanship. We have paris Climate Change at the end of year the summit. Thank you for bringing the expertise you have. Its been astonishing to listen and we know you had to travel a bit of a distance to get here. Thank you for your leadership. Watching you over the course of this morning has exhausted me. Congratulations. Thank you for your Great Questions and comments and your patience and sticking with us. Thank you all. Were adjourned. Thank you. [ applause ] a live look at the New Hampshire Republican Party what its calling the leadership summit with potential republican candidates. Among those speaking to the group include new jersey governor chris christie. Former governor rick perry and also senator marco rubio. We just saw former governor jim