absolutely. we have a variety of capabilities available, ranging from ships to aircraft to specialized divers to advanced donors. the uss ft. worth is on that list and we are working at the request of the indonesian government to make sure any of these capabilities that might be helpful in the search are ready to go if the indonesian government requests them. so they are ready to go. it s really a matter of when they are requested. is the u.s. supplying sonar technology at this point? we saw back in march devices that are certainly larger some are smaller, but will any of them be on site? reporter: so uss sampson has sonar on board and they ve been using that in the stare ch effort. one of the assets we have is a sign scan sonar. this is also available
ago when senate majoritys. leader harry reid finallyn declared his support.inal but not before retracting whatcn he said about future fedssns policy. reid said in a statement last. friday, quote, i made it clear toat to merit confirmation, ben bernanke must double ch effort to ensure families canubh access the credit they need to buy or keep their home, send t their children to college ort start a small business. he has assured me he will soonh outline plans for making that hi happen, and i eagerly awaitnd them.t now, i called the fed, mary,nd and i asked what is the quid pro quo, and they said it iscany not gonna happen. a do you remember when theya asserted such political cla control over the fed? really, paul, you arer telling me the fed denied that? i am so surprised. you know, so overtly? probab n not. but the politicians are always pressuring the fed, and that s the he independence of fed is considered such an important thing.an ior