And that also and this is very important and this gets back to the earlier discussion of sequester if its in the base budget, it is the base upon which we build our future budgets, and we need stability. We need a horizon so that we know what our budget is going to be not only this year but in years to come. Otherwise, we cant spend it efficiently, and we cant spend it strategically. We need that kind of horizon and sequester is what robs us of that, and thats why its bad in a manage yearal sense for anybody who has their budget sequestered. General dempsey, do you want to speak to that and perhaps its affect on readiness . As you know, weve been trying to dig out of a readiness hole. We said three or four years ago if the wars in iraq and afghanistan ended then it would take us three or four years to recover our readiness because we were ready for ten years for a particular kind ever conflict, which you know better than most. And so we had to kind of recapture our credentials for othe
Enforcement. But you should do it in a consistent, predictable way, and those that are violating our trade laws, those that are being required of enforcement, that it only helps the businesses that are in fact playing by the rules and that have that level playing field. So we need to do a better job in that. I heard from congressional leaders about the importance of enforcement also. And the Critical Role that we play in protecting our markets. We have made some strides. For example, cbp and immigration and customs enforcement, we have a new director, as many of you know, sara saldana. She was the United States attorney in dallas so she clearly understands enforcement and prosecution issues. So working closely with ice and homeland investigations, were trying to do more training for each of our components, were trying to understand and work through the processes and the operations that we can attack smuggling and the growth in shipments in counterfeit goods. Many of these pose Serious
Do you believe the army can buy back force with oka funds . Do i not, senator. Do you believe the navy can work with shipping in funds . No, maam. I just. Im not saying we come to this as democrats because we have engaged in gimmickry also. I know the chairman wants to face this head on. I know its a challenge in the environment. We have obviously not met the challenge with the bucket as its currently configured. I wanted to specifically ask you, general austria austin, there has been a determination that freedom sentinel is a new operation. Do you see it as a new Contingency Operation . Its a continuation of our efforts, senator so you know in terms of the types of things that we are doing we are continuing to train the and advise and assist the Afghan Security force but in terms of you know how we account for the funding that were allocating to that, thats a different issue. The reason im asking this is i am told there is an effort under way of naming a new lead Inspector General in
Were not bluffing. There have been some big changes at the department of justice. Tyler is on vacation. Simon is my partner. Yeah, the monumental approach heading towards 17,000. Now 46 points away. Sarah eisen is joining us on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange with more details. Were on dows 17,000 watch. Certainly if you look at the action today of what is driving the gains in the Dow Jones Industrial average, and we are it looks like less than 40 points away here. Caterpillar is the biggest merck had been a big gainer. Its a milestone, a psychological number, and it represents the steady climb that we have seen both in the dow and the s p 500. Were heading for six straight sessions of gains. There is the Dow Jones Industrial average over one year. Last time we saw the big number, that was 16,000, was november 2013. So talk about seven months. Interestingly enough, simon, seven months before that is when we saw the 15,000 left. The point is youre rising 1,000 points every seve
Because of what happened. Whats been happening in syria as i mentioned. For folks who are less familiar. Whats happened is becoming more active in the socalled sunni triangle of Northern Iraq opposed to the government in baghdad. And they took a foothold. You may recall earlier this year and last year, back in fallujah again and then ramadi, which is in the western part of the country, which is a sunni predominantly sunni area of the country, and now most recently youve seen this rather spectacular attacks starting with mosul. Which was always a troublesome [ inaudible ] chas been charged with his role in the attacks on u. S. Fast tl is in benghazi, libya, on september 11th, 2012. No u. S. Personnel or civilians were injured in this operation which was carried out in close coordination with Law Enforcement personnel. The United States has taken khatallah to a secure location outside libya. He will be brought to the United States to stand trial on a court of law. Secretary hagels proud