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i would agree with craig's point. there are at least two studies now showing that stand your ground laws have led to increased rates in homicide in the study that i mentioned before in missouri's law. we did examine stand your ground. we showed increases associated with the laws but not statistically significant. but generally, it doesn't seem to me to be wise public policy. >> i should have -- before i get to emily, i probably should have described exactly what stand your ground laws are. they're a variation on, you know, the traditional notion that one is allowed to defend one's self and traditionally there's also a concept in the law that if you're in your own home, you can use deadly force to defend yourself in the face of a threat of deadly force. and the stand your ground laws expand on that concept and say that if you reasonably perceive a deadly threat anywhere outside your home, you are within your rights to use deadly force in response to that. these laws have been passed in a number of states and have led i
i would agree with craig's point. there are at least two studies now showing that stand your ground laws have led to increased rates in homicide in the study that i mentioned before in missouri's law. we did examine stand your ground. we showed increases associated with the laws but not statistically significant. but generally, it doesn't seem to me to be wise public policy. >> i should have -- before i get to emily, i probably should have described exactly what stand your ground laws...
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i'm about again looking for what craig mentioned about a lot of common ground. there are certain people it shouldn't have guns in their basic commonsense ways to address that. we ought to do it. you characterize the situation in a very simplistic way as this there's one category of individuals. we know they are all and they will never obey any law. there's another set of individuals who will never do anything wrong with a gun and the world doesn't look that way. sorry. and the final point i will make is this notion that is hoped will -- hopeless to keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people. i will grant you sure there are some people for that probably is the case that because of their make up and the resources they might have they will probably successfully be able to get a gun and do bad things with it. again the world is not so clean. there are a lot of people with a sufficient barriers where a gun is not readily available to them and it means the difference between life and death. it's not going to solve all gun violence nothing will. as far as the big r
i'm about again looking for what craig mentioned about a lot of common ground. there are certain people it shouldn't have guns in their basic commonsense ways to address that. we ought to do it. you characterize the situation in a very simplistic way as this there's one category of individuals. we know they are all and they will never obey any law. there's another set of individuals who will never do anything wrong with a gun and the world doesn't look that way. sorry. and the final point i...
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craig in mount pleasant. you're next on c-span. caller: hi. i'm calling to address the bonuses for people who supposedly do a good job where, in my opinion, they're receiving bonuses for receiving a good job. most people don't get bonuses. maybe a certificate. but they're getting incentive to fudge documents so they can get their money at the end of the month. and i don't -- i don't understand how that is is even part of the program. >> craig, you're next. actually, we took craig. edwin is next in hollywood, florida. go ahead, edwin. caller: hi. i'm a veteran of the first iraq war. my concern is the following -- i think all decisions have come into realizations after our veterans returned from war. what needs to happen is a change in policy that the secretary of veterans affairs is a member and the government to decide who can go to war at any given time to have the veterans attended for. it's a sad story we hear this week. of re celebrating the birth florens -- florence nighting has to the government have a committee before we go to war. any
craig in mount pleasant. you're next on c-span. caller: hi. i'm calling to address the bonuses for people who supposedly do a good job where, in my opinion, they're receiving bonuses for receiving a good job. most people don't get bonuses. maybe a certificate. but they're getting incentive to fudge documents so they can get their money at the end of the month. and i don't -- i don't understand how that is is even part of the program. >> craig, you're next. actually, we took craig. edwin...
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in my book.craig >> maybe you could taking us back to the second amendment and you could tell us how craig spoke about a self-described liberal view of the seconde so amendment. what does this mean to you as a gun owner and why does it have a much punch and meaning to so imo many people in this country? >> the second amendment, lot,uti honestly our founding fathersgho found the right to self-defense to be such an important human cs right and that is why my friend craig and i, i would disagree on th that the second amendment and the right to keeping their arms originated in the colonies so much as a originates from god giving us a human right toedom o defend ourselves. the founding fathers knew that that right was important just like we had the human right fors freedom of speech and jury byora peers and the second right is ae amendment to a defend ourselves. so this is a personal issue.al i was dog sitting for friends and went to take the dog for a walk and in the 10 minutes or so that i was out of the house, a man came in and was robbing our house. so when i walked back in the house he was
in my book.craig >> maybe you could taking us back to the second amendment and you could tell us how craig spoke about a self-described liberal view of the seconde so amendment. what does this mean to you as a gun owner and why does it have a much punch and meaning to so imo many people in this country? >> the second amendment, lot,uti honestly our founding fathersgho found the right to self-defense to be such an important human cs right and that is why my friend craig and i, i...
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first call is from craig on our independent line. you are on with ambassador john campbell. >> good morning. i want to appreciate the effort to help the people in nigeria but this situation you are not going to solve overnight stop the reason why is because boko haram it not just come from nowhere. they are a sponsorship in that country. talking about how they are going to free the girls, but nobody is addressing the issue. everybody know that. out toeral just came criticize boko haram. i'm telling you come you could stop this nonsense overnight. >> is ahead will stop widely believed in the southern part of nigeria, particularly amongst nigerians who are christian that there is kind of a relationship or sponsorship between boko haram and certain northern political figures. would point out in northern nigeria, it's frequently said there's a relationship tween the jonathan government and boko essentially the jonathan government wants to make the north ungovernable before the 2015 elections. validity to either of these narratives. inc.
first call is from craig on our independent line. you are on with ambassador john campbell. >> good morning. i want to appreciate the effort to help the people in nigeria but this situation you are not going to solve overnight stop the reason why is because boko haram it not just come from nowhere. they are a sponsorship in that country. talking about how they are going to free the girls, but nobody is addressing the issue. everybody know that. out toeral just came criticize boko haram....
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i called conan and jimmy fallon and craig ferguson and seth meyers and carrot top. already told a joke. thankfully i kind of know them and they were gracious to give me pointers on what the evening is like and all of them without speaking separately they said the same thing, which was it is the strangest, most wonderful evening company name is like no other geek you will ever do. but it is exhilarating and you were there at the president. there's no other geek in history where before you perform, there is zero break between you and the president and before that he sit next to the first lady for two hours. it is crazy. >> so i'm prepping for any of this, have you gone back and watched with those guys have done? >> i've seen all of them before and i did watch them. yeah, there's only so much you can do before you do it, which to watch ncaa of the land and let the room looks like. so i have a definite grasp of kind of how the net goes, definitely. i'm in for their company better just to funny jokes. it better be good. >> that is a portion of our conversation with trans
i called conan and jimmy fallon and craig ferguson and seth meyers and carrot top. already told a joke. thankfully i kind of know them and they were gracious to give me pointers on what the evening is like and all of them without speaking separately they said the same thing, which was it is the strangest, most wonderful evening company name is like no other geek you will ever do. but it is exhilarating and you were there at the president. there's no other geek in history where before you...
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craig fugate, and we appreciate the resources that fema brings and their attention to our state. one of the things that we recognize is the work is just beginning. i see my colleague from louisiana. i don't know if anyone better in this chamber understands than louisiana about recovering from a widespread disaster, but nonetheless, also, madam president, i want to just thank and acknowledge the thousands and thousands of arrest san cans who made a difference -- of arkansans who made a difference. one of the underappreciated groups i want to mention, they probably don't get enough notoriety, and this sounds kind of silly, but the tv weather people. as soon as the storms were in the area, they broke from the normal broadcasting, they went wall-to-wall coverage. i talked to so many folks in mayflower and those areas where they said hey, we watched it on tv, we could see exactly where that storm was and that's what saved us because we knew it was coming. the sirens were going. i was at a dinner with some friends of mine in little rock. we heard the sirens, we heard the weather radio
craig fugate, and we appreciate the resources that fema brings and their attention to our state. one of the things that we recognize is the work is just beginning. i see my colleague from louisiana. i don't know if anyone better in this chamber understands than louisiana about recovering from a widespread disaster, but nonetheless, also, madam president, i want to just thank and acknowledge the thousands and thousands of arrest san cans who made a difference -- of arkansans who made a...
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retired air force general craig mckinley, president of the air force association. gentlemen, we thank you for your past svrs. we thank you for your current service to our service members that are retired and their families. i believe that the order that we are calling on you is to first call on general tellelli. thank you for being here, and please give us your statement. >> chairman levin, ranking member. >> i'm sorry. i make -- i apologize for that. i should know better. please carry on. >> members of the senate armed services committee thank you for the opportunity to discuss the 2015 year budget affecting the entire military community. on behalf the over 380,000 members and survivors and retirees of the retired officers association of america, i have the honor and privilege of being here today to represent them. at the heart of the pentagon's budget challenges is the devastating affect the sequestration that we've heard that several times today in the budget control act of 2011. while debt reduction is a national property, we believe that such a disproportionat
retired air force general craig mckinley, president of the air force association. gentlemen, we thank you for your past svrs. we thank you for your current service to our service members that are retired and their families. i believe that the order that we are calling on you is to first call on general tellelli. thank you for being here, and please give us your statement. >> chairman levin, ranking member. >> i'm sorry. i make -- i apologize for that. i should know better. please...
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craig level it's -- liebowitz. deep field networks. he serves as ceo and president. he's an expert on infrastructure and cyber threats. prior to founding deep field, he served as chief scientist for annr networks based in arbor. his research and work is used by more than 400 service providers and more than 70% of the internet backbone transit productsomes from perfected by his research. he also served as one of the original engineers for the nsf backbone. that is where the internet as we know originated. one of the six universities -- was that? he received his masters of science and engineering and phd from the university of michigan and his bachelors from the university of pennsylvania. we welcome you as our final witness. mr. cohen, we welcome your testimony. the written testimony can be entered into the record in its entirety. i ask that you try to summarize shirts -- summarize your testimony and five minutes. shock ifno electrical you go past that time. [laughter] a traffic that as light. ?r. cohen >> thank you chairman baucus. we appreciate the opportunity to di
craig level it's -- liebowitz. deep field networks. he serves as ceo and president. he's an expert on infrastructure and cyber threats. prior to founding deep field, he served as chief scientist for annr networks based in arbor. his research and work is used by more than 400 service providers and more than 70% of the internet backbone transit productsomes from perfected by his research. he also served as one of the original engineers for the nsf backbone. that is where the internet as we know...
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excuse me he is trying to come in and craig few gates the director of fema with the resources it brings one of the things we recognize is the work is just beginning. i see my colleague from louisiana does anybody understand better about t recovering promote widespread disaster but also i just want a to think the thousands and thousands of arkansan who made a difference. one of the underappreciateder groups that don't get enough notoriety were the tvwa weather people as soon as the storms were in the area they gave wall-to-walle coverage to so many in mayflower in those areas they said we watched on tv because we knew it was coming. r i was at a dinner with friends of mine we heard the e sirens and a the weather radio and we watched it like everyone else a man named maxwell has experience but a system we call code read that was activated in to it worked very well but also we had first responders rolling in immediately and they activated thhee guardsmen is this so reassuring to use the communities to know they have a lot of training and experience the other thing i notice when i pull up t
excuse me he is trying to come in and craig few gates the director of fema with the resources it brings one of the things we recognize is the work is just beginning. i see my colleague from louisiana does anybody understand better about t recovering promote widespread disaster but also i just want a to think the thousands and thousands of arkansan who made a difference. one of the underappreciateder groups that don't get enough notoriety were the tvwa weather people as soon as the storms were...
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crake few gate, director of fema, came in the very next day, -- craig fugate, director of fema. of the things we recognize is just the work is just beginning. i see my colleague from louisiana. i don't know if there's anyone better in this chamber that -- more aboutout recovering from a widespread disaster. also, madam president, i want to thank and acknowledge the thousands and thousands of arkansans who made a difference. one of the underappreciated groups that probably do not get enough notoriety, but the tv weather people. as soon as the storms were in the area, they broke from the normal broadcasting and they went wall-to-wall coverage, and i talked to so many folks in mayflower and those areas and they said we watched on tv a we could see exactly where that storm was, and that is what saved us, because we knew what was coming. the sirens were going. i was at dinner with friends of mine in little rock and we heard the sirens and. the weather radio to walk when we turn on the television and watched it like everyone else. the department of emergency management has been off th
crake few gate, director of fema, came in the very next day, -- craig fugate, director of fema. of the things we recognize is just the work is just beginning. i see my colleague from louisiana. i don't know if there's anyone better in this chamber that -- more aboutout recovering from a widespread disaster. also, madam president, i want to thank and acknowledge the thousands and thousands of arkansans who made a difference. one of the underappreciated groups that probably do not get enough...
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let me suggest that we cannot keep transit systems safe and reliable with a craig's list approach. instead, we need to make the right investments to get ahead of the problem and keep us there so that we're not always a step behind. that means striking a responsible balance between investing in new capital construction and preserving a modernized and existing infrastructure. one of the best tools that we have to prioritize these investments is the transit asset management planning tool. we're grateful to this committee for making it a requirement as part of map 21. with better metrics and performance-based planning, we can get an accurate picture enabling local decision makers to allocate resources more effectively system wide. we use asset management at the cta, and it helped us prioritize unmet needs. moreover, it provided a road map so that federal, state and local funding partners knew that we had a concrete plan to use our resources efficiently and wisely. with your help, we're working to bring those benefit toss the transit agency nationwide. the latest performance reports mak
let me suggest that we cannot keep transit systems safe and reliable with a craig's list approach. instead, we need to make the right investments to get ahead of the problem and keep us there so that we're not always a step behind. that means striking a responsible balance between investing in new capital construction and preserving a modernized and existing infrastructure. one of the best tools that we have to prioritize these investments is the transit asset management planning tool. we're...
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our final witness is doctor craig labovitz. is that right? he is the cofounder who founded in 2011 and serves as the ceo and president. doctor labovitz is widely recognized expert on internet infrastructure security and cyber threats. prior to founding, he served as the chief scientist for arbor networks based in ann arbor michigan. his research with over 400 internet service providers and more than 70% of the internet backbone traffic protected by the products stemming from his research. doctor labovitz served as one of the original engineers for the net which is where the internet as we know it today originated and that is when the six universities -- he received his masters of science and engineering phd from university of michigan and bachelors of science and engineerin in engine university of pennsylvania. we welcome you as a final witness. and at this time mr. cohen, we welcome your testimony. each of the witnesses written testimony can be entered into the record in its entirety. and i would ask that each of you try to summarize your te
our final witness is doctor craig labovitz. is that right? he is the cofounder who founded in 2011 and serves as the ceo and president. doctor labovitz is widely recognized expert on internet infrastructure security and cyber threats. prior to founding, he served as the chief scientist for arbor networks based in ann arbor michigan. his research with over 400 internet service providers and more than 70% of the internet backbone traffic protected by the products stemming from his research....
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>> when you talk about that number -- and craig mentioned it -- the 2,149 service members that were identified as under legal jurisdiction and suspected of sexual assault, and you carry that through, i think the number of people actually convicted of the court martial is 370, maybe, and then the number that were convicted of a sexual offender qualifying crime was something like 197. i guess this is for you, general snow. are you satisfied with those numbers as a proportion of the investigations that the system is allowed to get into? do you feel like -- i mean, setting aside the number of victims that step forward, do you feel like the cases that are carried through to the conclusion of significant disciplinary action, is that -- is that working as well as you'd like? >> maj. gen. snow: i think we have taken steps to address different aspects of the program. i mean, one of the things we talked about is the -- is the training we've done for investigators to get them more sensitive, to the individuals that are actually conducting these investigations. i think there's been corresponding -- there'
>> when you talk about that number -- and craig mentioned it -- the 2,149 service members that were identified as under legal jurisdiction and suspected of sexual assault, and you carry that through, i think the number of people actually convicted of the court martial is 370, maybe, and then the number that were convicted of a sexual offender qualifying crime was something like 197. i guess this is for you, general snow. are you satisfied with those numbers as a proportion of the...
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additionally, i appreciate the dedication of the subcommittee staff, jeanette james, deborah wadder, craig green, dave giaceti, colin bossey and our two academic fellows, dr. ellen johnson and matt vandeshear. we are great for their professionalism in the prodigs of the late john chapla. thank you, mr. chairman. >> chair now recognizes ranking member of the subcommittee on military personnel. gentle lady, ms. davis. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to thank mr. wilson and the committee staff in particular for working in a bipartisan manner to develop the mark. i really appreciate all of their efforts. the mark continues the committee's focus on sexual assault. the chairman's mark includes two more provisions in addition to several provisions that were already included in the subcommittee mark, and these include a requirement for the secretary's concern to establish a confidential process by which a victim of sexual assault may appeal to the board for corrections the terms or the characterization of a discharge or separation from the armed services and requires the secretary of defense to
additionally, i appreciate the dedication of the subcommittee staff, jeanette james, deborah wadder, craig green, dave giaceti, colin bossey and our two academic fellows, dr. ellen johnson and matt vandeshear. we are great for their professionalism in the prodigs of the late john chapla. thank you, mr. chairman. >> chair now recognizes ranking member of the subcommittee on military personnel. gentle lady, ms. davis. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to thank mr. wilson and the...