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Good morning, everybody. The Committee Meets this morning to review the reduction in cost of living adjustments, the colas, for working age military retirees that was enacted as part of the bipartisan budget act of 2013. We welcome today the acting deputy secretary of defense, ms. Christine fox, and vice chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, admiral sandy winnefeld. And i will introduce the second panel of outside witnesses after we hear from secretary fox and admiral winnefeld. The bipartisan budget act adopted in december included a provision that reduced the cola for working age military retirees by 1 until a retiree reaches the age of 62 at which time retired pay is adjusted to the level it would have been had the cola not been reduced. In a usa today column defending the legislation, congressman ryan explained the provision as follows heres what the new law will do, we make no changes for those currently at or above age 62. ....
Host fine, thank you to go ahead. Caller i was calling with reference to the situation in ferguson, missouri. I heard people calling and criticizing al sharpton and Jesse Jackson for showing up. But the parents of Michael Brown requested that they come to ferguson. And i think the fact the requested should suffice in a. The other comment i have is that i think its a big deal or good idea that the attorney general chose to visit ferguson because these have been longstanding issues in ferguson, it is my understanding. But its all over the country. There are too many black young males getting shot and killed by the police. Host let me ask you, what do you think Jesse Jackson and al sharpton, what do they add to the situation and by being there . Con that they are there i guess to console the family, which at this point in time ....
Attack shortly before the fbi acknowledged the countrys involvement. Just a short announcement. Secretary hagel authorized 1300 more troops to deploy to iraq. Approximately a thousand of them are soldiers from the Thur Burr Gade combat team 8nd air division based in fort brag in north carolina. This is part of the additional 1500 troops the president authorized in november. With that i will take questions. You said 1300 but only a thousand listed. Do you know where they are coming from . The others . They are coming from multiple Services LikeCounter Intelligence it is multi service. We talked about this before where a good chunk of the troops including would be to close included in the enabling capabilities. I dont have all of the units but i can get that if you need it. They are small groups and i dont have that ....
I dont know how many times ms. Jordan has recused herself as a board member. I know that supervisor avalos asked for that information a few days ago. This chronicle article referenced other allegations. I dont really have any information to verify that or speak to it. And i know that for elected officials and others, the section 1090 of the government codes requires limitations. Section 1090 would apply to a commissioner. The political reform act would require her to recuse herself if shes making a decision in her role as a board member that would impact her own financial holdings. An as always, my office works with every board member who want to figure out when to recuse themselves. I know there are times when recusal may be necessary for any of us, but many times when a recusal could invalidate the decision of the agency, is there that risk here . The law that you referenced, Government Code Section 1090 is the law that ....