taylor. the speaker pro tempore: how much time? mr. skelton: three minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. taylor: let me begin by thanking chairman, ranking member for the phenomenal job they have done. let me begin by telling the gentleman from virginia i agree with much of what he said. i also remind the gentleman from virginia that like him i voted to send those young men and women to iraq and afghanistan. with that vote came my commitment to quip them -- equip them, pay them, take their of their families, to provide them with the very best equipment. the one thing that every american can agree on is we have the world's best army. we have the world's best navy. we have the world's best marine corps. we have the wormed's best air force. this bill keeps it that way. i regret that the other body by a vote with 87-7 puts in language in there that should never be in this bill, but the bottom line is come november sometime between thanksgiving and christmas, i'm going to be visiting at least 7,000 mississippians to t

join us with an interview with the hummer ceo, jim taylor. mr. taylor, good to have you on the program. >> thank you, maria. >> how are you feeling today, doing post-this deal going to the chinese company? >> i feel great. we've been looking forward to today for probably over a year, as we've been out looking for a potential investor for the hummer brand. as you know, through a pretty set rough water year with economic challenges in this country, and of course, backdrop of the gm bankruptcy. we're very, very pleased to be sitting where we are today. >> congratulations on that. there's a lot of talk in the market today the business actually went for a lot lower than its actual full value. # $50 million was the sales price? >> i think it's safe to say that anybody's in the private equity investment business with any assets are getting a pretty good deal based on the economy, and the challenges going forward in the auto industry. we're actually not publishing the price today. we want to get to the finish line and have our closing before we say what

. >> gentlemen, we have mr. taylor and dr. snyder. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, gentlemen, for being here. i was unable to be here earlier, general odierno, but in your written statement, on page seven, you talk about nonlee that operation and force multiplier, and you talk about the information operation. there's very little mention of the provincial reconstruction teams. do you not consider them in that category? 00 -- a reason why you didn't discuss them? >> they're absolutely critical to what we do. the provincial reconstruction teams were a key piece in the surge, allowing to us get out and reach and build civil capacity, and it continues to be very important. >> how is that working as you have transitioned? you mentioned the number of bases that have been closed. are they using iraqi sources to provide security in what does the transmission mean? >> the plan we have, we have 27 locations, some or satellite locations. we provide the security for them in all those areas. when we plan our drawdown, one of the considerations we take into place is the

. >> gentlemen, we have mr. taylor and dr. snyder. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, gentlemen, for being here. i was unable to be here earlier, general odierno, but in your written statement, on page seven, you talk about nonlee that operation and force multiplier, and you talk about the information operation. there's very little mention of the provincial reconstruction teams. do you not consider them in that category? 00 -- a reason why you didn't discuss them? >> they're absolutely critical to what we do. the provincial reconstruction teams were a key piece in the surge, allowing to us get out and reach and build civil capacity, and it continues to be very important. >> how is that working as you have transitioned? you mentioned the number of bases that be >> the plan that we have, we have 27 locations, some are satellite locations. we provide security in all of those areas. when we plan our drawdown, one consideration in place is a breach of provincial reconstruction teams. we have court made it hard to do this so they will maintain a significant number

gentleman from mississippi, mr. taylor. the speaker pro tempore: how much time? mr. skelton: three minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. taylor: let me begin by thanking chairman, ranking member for the phenomenal job they have done. let me begin by telling the gentleman from virginia i agree with much of what he said. i also remind the gentleman from virginia that like him i voted to send those young men and women to iraq and afghanistan. with that vote came my commitment to quip them -- equip them, pay them, take their of their families, to provide them with the very best equipment. the one thing that every american can agree on is we have the world's best army. we have the world's best navy. we have the world's best marine corps. we have the wormed's best air force. this bill keeps it that way. i regret that the other body by a vote with 87-7 puts in language in there that should never be in this bill, but the bottom line is come november sometime between thanksgiving and christmas, i'm going to be visiting at least 7

also named is a senior advisor for mr. pawlenty and praised by the media is a person named sarah taylor, taylor was george w. bush's white house political director from 2005 to 2007. why would somebody leave a job like that in 2007? it's an odd year, it's not the end of a term, it's not keyed to any election, what's going on in 2007? >> sarah taylor stopped being the white house political director, she stopped, she moved on, 2007. hmm. >> did mr. rove or ms. myers intervene in the replacement of mr. cummings with mr. griffin? >> i can't answer that. i don't i have, i'm trying to answer your questions. >> can you not answer because you're privileged or you just don't know. >> i don't -- >> and then you said, i took an oath to the president and i take that oath very seriously. did you mean perhaps you took an oath to the constitution? >> i -- yes. yeah, you're correct, i took an oath to the constitution. >> did you take a second oath to the president? >> i did not. >> so the answer was incorrect? >> the answer was incorrect.

also named is a senior advisor for mr. pawlenty and praised by the media is a person named sarah taylor, taylor was george w. bush's white house political director from 2005 to 2007. why would somebody leave a job like that in 2007. it's an odd year, it's not the end of a term, it's not keyed to any election, what's going on in 2007? >> sarah taylor stopped being the white house political director, she stopped, she moved on, 2007. hmm. >> did mr. rove or ms. myers intervene in the replacement of mr. cummings with mr. griffin? >> i can't answer that. i don't i have, i'm trying to answer your questions. >> can you not answer because you're privileged or you just don't know. >> i don't -- >> and then you said, i took an oath to the president and i take that oath very seriously. did you mean perhaps you took an oath to the constitution? >> i -- yes. yeah, you're correct, i took an oath to the constitution. >> did you take a second oath to the president? >> i did not. >> so the answer was incorrect? >> the answer was incorrect.