Course, budgetary challenges. At the center of all this, is admiral john reich ardson richardson who, since september, has served in the capacity as the 31st chief of Naval Operations. He is a 1982 graduate of the u. S. Naval academy and a Career Navy Submarine officer. He served on several boats, and he commanded the uss honolulu. He served as commodore of submarine Development Squadron submarine group eight as commander of the submarine allied naval forces south, as commander of Naval Submarine forces and as director of naval reactors. Admiral richardson will discuss the u. S. Navys role in this Global Maritime environment. He will lay out his strategic guidance to the fleet and how the u. S. And its partners can maintain maritime superiority. Ladies and gentlemen, please give a warm National Press club welcome to admiral john richardson. [applause] well, thank you for that very kind introduction, mr. Hughes, and id also like to just pay my respects to our distinguished members of th
To those kurdish units . And other units fighting isis . We need a strategy not to contain isis, but to destroy isis so those young men and women now watching on the internet, suddenly get the message that its not their destiny to go join isis and expand the cal fate. That that is a losing cause. But that change, that takes a change of calculus. On the part of the administration. Are you more optimistic about the iraqi now that the military has taken back ra maddy . I am somewhat because in the past when theyve used the shia militia, the human rights abuses to put it mildly, that theyve inflicted upon village populations have created a huge blowback. So, some of that is moving in the right direction, but we could accelerate this if we listened to those in the field who want the authorization. Id say 75, 80 from what weve heard from the commanders, the flights that go out come back without getting authorization out of wags in terms of dropping their ordnance. Theyve got to get approval
Except that the use of this system has changed in spectacular ways. Increasingly used. In 1992, sort of the middle point, the cold war had just ended, as i said. Soviet union had dissolved. Since 1992, maritime traffic has increased by a factor of four leading up to today. This far outpaces the change in global gdp, which is just shy of doubling. Its increased by about 80 , and so it gives you a sense of how much this maritime system is being used, how accessible it is. And its becoming more accessible, right, for a number of reasons. We are seeing new trade routes open as the arctic Climate Change affects the arctic. This past september the extent of the sea ice in the arctic was almost 30 less than average over most of my career, over those 33 years. And it was the fourth lowest it has ever since we started keeping those records. Today, the maritime route north of europe, northern sea route north of russia, is open to water about two weeks a year. By 2025, scientists predict it will
One of them was wearing a life jacket. The search is concentrated in the java sea where the plane with 162 aboard went down in bad weather sunday. Allen pizzey reports from surabaya indonesia, where theyre following the rescue operation. Reporter they searched the seabed. Some debris has already been brought ashore. If the plane is indeed more intact than shattered it will make it easier to determine what happened. The plane seems to have crashed in water no more than 160 feet. Three Additional Navy ships are in the area along with 40 divers and the u. S. Navy destroyer uss sampson which can detect pings from the downed airliners black boxes. Families of victims can only hope that their loved ones will at least be found when divers can reach the wreckage, yesterday many watched in agony as video of the first body found floating in the sea was broadcast on indonesian television. The terrible images made it clear the focus is now finding on and identifying bodies. One of those retrieved
What president obama calls a mass shooting here outside the u. S. Navy yard in southeast washington d. C. Just moments ago, the chief of the dc police and mayor gray, the mayor of the city updated us on the very latest. The very latest, at least 12, at least 12 people confirmed dead in terms of injured we were told that at least 10 people are injured, at least 10 people. Among them, one d. C. Area Police Officer injured in direct gunfire. The chief told us that other police Police Officers were also injured but not directly by gunfire. In terms of people being transported to local area hospitals we have heard a number of people have been transported to local hospitals. We have been hearing from local police officials. As for president obama, he has again call this a mass shooting, not very long ago he talked about a number of Service Members and civilians who served in the navy yard, knowing full well that violence can occur at any time whether serving abroad. But they dont expect for