The undersecretary can do better justice than i can. There are classified and unclassified elements to it. I would say we are talking about pretty far down the road. Not as an alternative to the joint Strike Fighter but what follows the joint Strike Fighter i dont think there is a conflict between it. I was mr. Kendalls battle buddy. You know what he says. It is be on fighter aircraft. It is how to dominate in air combat. There is a whole list of things about driving and developing technology for 15 to 40 years down the future. If we dont do that today, we will not stay ahead of our potential adversaries. Thank you. I have a question about strategy and the challenge posed by emerging china. Can you tell us anything about in this project the strategy . The specific strategy . We dont use a budget exhibit which may be why you asked that describes which items are part of the strategy in which are not. Let me describe some of the major things that have been consistent in our budget. We fir
Forward. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Say to my good friend steve that i used to sit next on on the House Armed Services committee that i agree with you except im more concerned with todays war than i am with the war after next. Right now is when were having the problems that were having and we had a hearing last week. We had schlesinger, george schultz, madeline albright. And they reminisced over what our abilities were, capabilities at that time, what is expected and even read the charge that president reagan had made at one time in determining what a Defense Budget should be and the reason im saying this is i look and i agree with senator reid who talked about the inadequacy in meeting the threats. I agree that director clapper when he says looking back over my more than half century in intelligence, ive not experienced a time when we have been beset by more crises and threats around the globe than we are right now. That and in light of the fact that we a
The final death sentence for those groups in those areas. Those groups tend to overplay their hand. They have to be careful. They have to be very careful about how to act. I do not to mention the role of and reining in those groups, maybe not militarily but he still very influential. You dont want to cause trouble and you dont want to be direct enemy every day because in iraqi will come out on top. Its very difficult. And, finally, i dont think there will be a hezbollah anymore. Ive heard different metaphors about what will happen at right. Somebody told it would be like libya with different groups competing. I dont think it will be that. Theres a safe structure that those groups out to be part of protecting. It cannot be like hezbollah for simple reason, its different kind of threat and different groups. Hezbollah was only dominant group in lebanon during the lebanese civil war. In iraq of all of these groups. You have 150, eight of them are really big. We have to wonder which one wil
We all know that states have been busy and it is a trend that starts in colorado and was made notorious in 2007 and in 2011, the Supreme Court upheld the legality. It allowed some or all employers to be involved. Studies done over time have shown the race has steadily gone down. One element which has not actually kept pace. Despite these weaknesses, one has to say it has left the station and those who thought the pilot programs would result in us, i think that speculation is over. We verified the remains as a part of the legal system. The only issue is at what level does it become mandatory and how do we improve that in the system. The Obama Administration works from targeting unauthorized individuals to targeting employers since january of 2009, there are more than 8000 employers. It imposed about 88 million and a very significant departure from the past. There has been an increased effort in the labor enforcement we all know that it is all part of our enforcement system. Therefore th
Most benefit from the program, and says the va welcomes the opportunity to work with this committee to craft appropriate language so those who are not Service Connected can have access to those rehab treatment facilities. One thing ive ran into with several of the members, speaking with them, is the word, the pay for a or the pay go. Well, va travel budget continues to increase every year. And they ask, where are we going to get this 3 million . Well, in 2013, the va collected 2. 931 bill through the medical care collection fund. Theres money they collected. And i sat last night listening to last nights hearing. 1. 1 billion returned two years ago 1, billion last night, and half billion returned just this year. If theres that much money that can be turned back in from the va to congress, well, theres our 3 million to send these nonService Connected veterans to send them to the rehab they dearly deserve. So there is no pay for or pay go. The money is there. It was clearly stated last ni