That this suspect wants a letter delivered to his wife. What can you tell us . It is a strange set of circumstances because so many things are known and unknown at this point in time. The only thing that gives me somewhat of a concern right now is the individuals who remain on the plane. I can appreciate why the crew was on the plane, and i was the three additional passengers are still on there with him. Whether he selected at random. I think we really have to look at what is going on right now. The emotional crisis is going through. The egyptians said it wasnt terrorism. You have a hard time convincing a passenger on the plane it is in a terrorism act on the plane. I was going to say it the way they were in the front hatch, no emergency hatch to let them go off the plane. They were very, very calm coming off. They had all their luggage. Its great to see perhaps it is a personal thing. Maria sky news reported the short flight 181 took off from alexandria. At 8 00 a. M. Cyprus time. The
in place to recover the of site power and be able to cope with the situation for it. time that it would take him to recover that of such power. right now, the exact facts are not totally clear. when we get those, we will take a look at everything we have in front of us in terms of licensing or any other actions we may have and see if there are lessons we need to apply. host: one of your former nrc commissioner says this event will lead to a slowdown in licenses. are an you not willing to concede that? because of the need to divert manpower and strutted this accident and the lessons learned and incorporate this, will it have some affect on the pace to which you could make decisions? guest: and this will be a significant workload for the agency. we will take a look at how we can deal with this work load and if we need additional resources, we ll have to ask congress for that additional support. those are preliminary at this point. want to make sure we put the right resources to
thanks to general petraeus. the truest test of a commander is whether he is worthy of the sacrifice made by those he leads, whether the young men and women who we call upon day in and day out to risk their lives for us feel that their commander offers the same degree of devotion as they do. we are fortunate that general petraeus is such a commander. it s congress highest priority to be just as worthy as the sacrifices made by the men and women of our armed forces and to provide them with everything they need to succeed in their mission of defending our nation. so let me take this opportunity to say again that we urgently need to pass a full year appropriations bill on defense for the remainder of fiscal year 2011 as the secretary of defense has repeatedly called for. it is irresponsible to continue funding our fellow americans fighting two wars through piece meal continuing resolutions that do not meet their full needs. perhaps the greatest need of all right now is winning t
understanding is that the secretary has forwarded that. this was made in consultation with ministers of intior and defense in afghanistan who also gainedresident karzai s support for it. keeping in mind that it reasonable degree of medical certainty a floor of 352,000, and then if there are certain reforms carried through, which are already very much entrained by ministry counterparts in afghanistan in terms of additional commitment to leader development, recruiting, retention, and attrition issues, that the growth would be to 378 total. is that a floor of 352, that is approximately 45,000 more than the goal for october, 2011 as i understand it. that s correct, mr. chairman, and the afghan forces are on track it appears to reach that goal probably even early as is the case this past year. secretary flournoy, are you recommending that incrse? the secretary has forwarded the increase over to the white house for the president s consideration. we do expect a decision on t