Of the Peoples Liberation army. [applause] li kequiang please stand up, everyone. We will sing the National Anthem together. [singing chinese National Anthem] li kequiang please be seated. Today, the Central Committee, of the cpc, the central council, the commission is holding this conference in commemoration and the celebration of the united anniversary of the founding of the Peoples Liberation army, to review the glorious history of the army under the leadership of the communist party of china. And to look into the beautiful future of the cause of a strong military. Together, a strong force to realize the chinese dream of a strong military. In this conference, we have the general, chairman of the peoples republic of china, and a chairman of the Central Military commission to president xi jinping. And other members of the Standing Committee of the politburo of the peoples Central Committee. And present we also have the leading figures of the party of the nation and we also have member
Of the Peoples Liberation army. [applause] li kequiang please stand up, everyone. We will sing the National Anthem together. [singing chinese National Anthem] li kequiang please be seated. Today, the Central Committee, of the cpc, the central council, the commission is holding this conference in commemoration and the celebration of the united anniversary of the founding of the Peoples Liberation army, to review the glorious history of the army under the leadership of the communist party of china. And to look into the beautiful future of the cause of a strong military. Together, a strong force to realize the chinese dream of a strong military. In this conference, we have the general, chairman of the peoples republic of china, and a chairman of the Central Military commission to president xi jinping. And other members of the Standing Committee of the politburo of the peoples Central Committee. And present we also have the leading figures of the party of the nation and we also have member
Charities is launching a Recruitment Drive for volunteers to help protect the native red squirrel. And coming up in the sport on bbc news, former Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini is the favourite to succeed Claudio Ranieri at Leicester City. Good afternoon, and welcome to the bbc news at one. It was, by any standards, a great result for the conservatives causing a major electoral upset by winning the long held labour seat of copeland in cumbria. Their Candidate Beat Labour by more than 2,000 votes. Its the first time a governing party has gained a seat at a by election since 1982. In the nights other by election, labour held stoke on Trent Central holding off the challenge of the ukip leader paul nuttall. The labour Leaderjeremy Corbyn says the partys win in stoke was a decisive rejection of ukips Politics Of Division but he says their message was not enough to win through in copeland. 0ur political correspondent, carole walker, reports. Harrison, trudy. The Conservative Party cand
Eastern on cspan2s book tv. Next, the army, navy, air force, and marine corps chiefs testify before the House Armed Services committee about their budgets. They also discuss the impact of repeated continuing resolutions instead of longterm appropriations for the military branches. Committee will come to order. After having explored the next steps of defense reform in yesterdays hearing, we now turn to what is needed to repair and rebuild our military, and im grateful to each of the distinguished Service Chiefs for being with us today. Theres widespread agreement that funding cuts under the budget control act, plus a series of continuing resolutions, coupled with a pace of required deployment have damaged the u. S. Military. I believe that damage has gone far deeper than most of us realize, requiring more time and more money to repair than is generally expected. Theres plenty of responsibility to go around for the current state of affairs, with both congress and the obama administration
Up next, the chiefs of the army, air force, navy and marine corps testify on their budgets and the impact of repeated continuing resolutions in place of more longterm appropriations for the military branches. Held by the House Armed Services committee, this is about two hours, forty five minutes. [ banging gavel ] the committee will come to order. After having explored the next steps of defense reform in yesterdays hearing, we now turn to what is needed to repair and rebuild our military, and im grateful to each of the distinguished Service Chiefs for being with us today. Theres widespread agreement that funding cuts under the budget control act, plus a series of continuing resolutions, coupled with a pace of required deployment have damaged the u. S. Military. I believe that damage has gone far deeper than most of us realize, requiring more time and more money to repair than is generally expected. Theres plenty of responsibility to go around for the current state of affairs, with both