Primary. We will talk calls and look for comments on facebook and twitter. Washington journal is live every day at 7 am eastern on cspan. President obama released his 2017 budget request this week. It provides for continue support of afghan nationt Security Forces. Several Defense Department officials gave a status at a House Armed Service subcommittee hearing earlier today. This is an hour and 45 minutes. Welcome. I am delighted to convene this hearing. This is a very important topic and one i know Ranking Member speier finds concern. I know the gentlemen from north carolina, mr. Jones, is attending the hearing with us today and i unanimous consent mr. Jones and any other members not assigned to the committee be allowed to participate with the understanding that all members sitting on the subcommittee will ask questions first. Without objection so ordered. The oversight began last week with the foundational testimony that general campbell laid out testifying about the evolving securit
Welcome. Im delighted to convene this hearing. This is a very important topic and one i know the Ranking Member finds significant. Im happy to partner with her in exploring this subject. I also know the gentleman from North Carolina mr. Jones is attending the hearing with us today, therefore i ask unanimous consent that mr. Jones and any other Committee Members not assigned to this committee be able to participate in this hearing with understanding all members will be regulared for questions prior to those not it is tongue subcommittee. Without objection so order. This morning we continue the committees oversight dialogue with the department that began last week with the foundational testimony that general campbell laid out before the full committee. General campbell testified about the evolving security situation in afghanistan and the policy, strategy and posture required from our nation in toward develop, sustain and support the people and unity government of afghanistan well into t
Tragedy or strife. Were strong because we are resilient. Because in a decade after decade we have stood together to defend our security, our prosperity, our values. And because we have resisted attempt after attempt to divide and make us turn on one another, and above all we are strong because of the core beliefs that hold us together. We need to heed the advice of president kennedy on his trip to berlin, the year of this Munich Security Conference began. Lift your eyes beyond the dangers of today, he said, to the hopes of tomorrow. And if we do that, if we remember the values at the heart of our partnership, if we take the lessons of history that we have been able to accomplish and what this Incredible Alliance means, i have absolutely no doubt whatsoever were going to get this right, were going to get through this moment, and were going to build the prosperity and the security and the stability that every single one of us wants. We are going to do just fine. Thank you. [applause] it
Thirdparty contractor. We recruit from all walks of life. I have people with ph. D. S who are front line screeners, who have retired and come back into the workforce. People with music degrees. All walks of life. As you might expect in a workforce of 44,000 screeners you have a broad range of people at all ages. One last question because my time is almost up. If we were to interview 100 folks who had left, not for calls but just left, what would be the dominant reason they cited . Either their expectations werent met or they lost interest. Why do folks leave . Well, ill give you some thoughts i have. Because i havent done those interviews myself. I think it is probably a combination effect. You always have some people who justify it is not their job for them and they move on. Lets address some of the concerns you have with morale. Not feeling like youre doing the mission you thought you would be hired to do. If im a screener and i think it is about effectiveness and screening properly
I think you would have been here. And we had to subpoena you in order to get you to come here. Mr. Pummill, you obviously were subpoenaed because miss hickey left her position, and i suspect that we may invite her to appear before us at a later date. But with that, if there are no further questions, we are now in recess. Coming up tonight remarks from president obama on the keystone xl pipeline and his administrations decision to reject the request from a Canadian Company to build it. He spoke earlier today at the white house and well show you a portion of those comments now. Several years ago the state department began a review process for the proposed construction of a pipeline that would carry Canadian Crude Oil through our heartland to ports in the gulf of mexico and out into the world market. This morning secretary kerry informed me that after extensive Public Outreach and consultation with other cabinet agencies, the state department has decided that the keystone xl pipeline woul