Roland Burris

I hope that things are moving as we had discussed, Director Groves, during our private meeting, especially in the area of the minority, underserved, or undercounted communities.

I think this is an issue that the census ought to take up in consideration and not just leave it to the States.

But that is no benefit--the community is benefiting by that in various ways, and one way is totally unfair to the community.

Sure, and for the prisoner, you are eating and sleeping in prison.

My hometown has 14,000 people and there are 900 in the prison. Of those 900, 800 of them are from Chicago.

Absolutely. This is crucial, especially to the underserved communities.

What about the various activities after the census is over and there has to be an undercount, or an assessment of the undercount.

I want it to be known that I was able to hook up the Chicago operation with Stan Moore and we had a major event there to kick off the necessity for having everybody counted.

I appreciate that, because that did generate a few more questions.

I hope that there is some--even in this instance, because this is a complaint that I have heard about.

It is my understanding this process has taken over 3 years, and to date, many have not been paid.

What are your biggest concerns with regard to nuclear security and the adoption of a new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) agreement?

Private contractor support continues to receive increased scrutiny due to abuses in both Iraq and Afghanistan.

Abuses by contractors continue to undermine our strategic efforts and bilk the taxpayers out of millions of dollars.

To fully realize a synchronized whole-of-government effort against our enemies requires continued emphasis on understanding and cooperation from all elements of our national power structure.

Contractor fraud, waste, and abuse are not only financially damaging, but our strategic efforts are undermined as well.

Our enemies, as I stated at the outset, are adaptive and increasingly use available technologies against us.

I want to commend your command for providing the initial support to the relief efforts in Haiti and your potential support to Chile.

To eliminate this restriction, we support a statutory change to allow the Secretary of Defense to order Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine reservists to active duty.

General Renuart, I understand that you provide command and control for Defense Support to Civil Authorities (DSCA) as part of your mission to conduct civil support operations.

General Renuart, how effective is your joint intelligence fusion cell in providing actionable intelligence/information to various law enforcement agencies?

General Renuart, within the mission to provide theater security cooperation, what specific training programs do you provide Mexico?

The National Guard State Partnership Program is completely integrated into EUCOM's theater engagement strategy.

Thank you, gentlemen.

I wish that would happen. Don't come to Chicago.