Joint chiefs of staff. We thank you for being here today and we welcome your family here and friends, doctor hyten, they can be introduced at the time youre recognized for your Opening Statement. We have our boring questions you have to respond to first. Have you adhered to the laws and regulations governing the conflict of interest. Do you agree if confirmed to testify before this committee . Guesser. Do you agree to provide a documenting for the electronic forms of communication in a timely manner when requested by the duly constituted committee or to consult with the Committee Regarding the basis of any goodfaith denial or delay in such documents . Yes, sir. Do you agree to give your personal views even if they are different from the administration in power . Will you ensure that your staff complies with deadlines for requesting the communications including questions for the record in the hearings . We will. Will you cooperate in providinproviding successes ands in response to the c
about d.c. fire and ems. and the effort to honor world war ii. i m allison seymour. and i m steve chenevey. coming up in a few minutes, we will we joined by be joined by d.c. mayor adrian fenty and we ll ask him about the concerns about 911 and ems not transporting patients and plus the city takes action on your e-mails. the slow job market may have you looking for employment opportunities. but you may not have to leave home. that s coming up. it s time to start think about planting your garden. derek thomas will be here to answer your questions. first let s check in with tony and get a look at the forecast. good morning to you and everybody. forecast not that bad today but we have changes coming in the form of rain and fairly significant rainfall over the course of the next couple of days. today we are seeing rain showers across southern and eastern portions of maryland. some southeastern portions of virginia as well. and across the chesapeake day you are see