Is a five day difference. This is amazing coincidence to me. I think it is more than a coincidence. I want to put up on a screen a directive sent out by the chief Technology Officer of the irs. If we could get that on the screen. And this is the directive that went out to managers, is that correct, telling them not to reace the erase the data. Correct. This went out on may 22nd, 2013. When were the taped erased at the irs. On or about march 4th, 2014. So about eight months later. And is this if we look at the highlighted part on here it said do not destroy, wipe, reuse any of the existing backup tapes for email or archiving or other information for irs personal computers. Did that go to managers that were at the facility where the tapes were erased . It did. And there was a lot of discussion that we captured in our investigation by capturing the managers emails over what mullholland meant by this directive. So what did they say they thought it meant when you talked to them . They belie
Afghanistan and elsewhere, and it reflects current best thinking and practices on interrogation. Moreover, the Army Field Manual embodies the values americans have embraced for generations. Preserving the ability of tower interrogators to extract critical intelligence from our adversaries while recognizing that torture and cruel treatment are ineffective interrogation methods. Some of the nations most respected leaders from the u. S. Military, c. I. A. , and f. B. I. Supported this legislation as well as numerous human rights organizations and faith groups, including the National Association of evangelicals and the United States conference of catholic bishops. General David Petraeus, a military leader that i admire more than literally any living military leader, general David Petraeus said he supported the use of the Army Field Manual because and i quote general David Petraeus our nation has paid a high price in recent decades for the information gained by the use of techniques beyond
In a timely fashion. All right . Thank you, everybody. Thank you, guys. On the next washington journal, the results of the New Hampshire primary. Then we look ahead to the South Carolina republican primary on february 20th and the Nevada Democratic caucuses the same day. You can join the conversation with your calls and comments on facebook and twitter. Road to the white house began in iowa. The caucuses which date back to 1972. Then we move to New Hampshire, that first in the nation primary which has a long and rich history. Now we begin to test the candidates and their message. We move south to South Carolina, the First Southern primary. Then to the Party Caucuses in nevada for the democrats and republicans. More than likely we will see a number of candidates probably drop out of the race. The field will then narrow. And then we move into early march. Super tuesday, the start of winner take all primaries which means the delegate count is critical. As we watch that continue, we will g
President obama released his 2017 budget request today. The 165page budget includes a plan for a new transportation system, a plan to increase clean energy and investments to cure cancer. The budget director and other Administration Officials outlined the proposal at a press conference earlier today. This is about an hour and 15 minutes. Good afternoon, everybody. Nice to see you. In a totally different environment than we are used to. Obviously, today is the day that many of you have been waiting for for a long, long time. The president has released his fiscal year 2017 budget. Were going to have some presentations at the start before we get to your questions. Theres one point that i wanted to make before i turn it over. Its simply this, budgets are important because they enumerate priorities. When you have something this detailed, theres no fudging. It becomes quite clear when you look at the numbers what you believe rates. And thats the importance of this exercise. I acknowledge as
Has been taken, has been shifted i should say. Dont want to say it was taken away. Resides within dea. Dea will have i believe six additional heroin based tax forces. While they pull in state and local law enforce Law Enforcement officers was a great support for local Law Enforcement. Targeted have, very efforts, mikulskis efforts. Murkowski actually, of alaska. I think Barbara Mikulski also so we have a good team. The last thing i wanted to mention, i wont ask a question. Im out of time, just on opioid bill and we know how important that is. We look forward to continuing to work with the Justice Department. Thank you for your efforts in that regard. Thank you. Senator sessions. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Thank you attorney general lynch good morning. Thank you for your courtesies and tempered leadership we appreciate that. The number of questions are important that we dont have time to go into fully today but i would like to raise some of them. First, in response to my colleague, senato