Reporters at the pentagon, calling the collisions preventible. This is 40 minutes. Good afternoon. Ladies and gentlemen. Start withan opening statement. Thank you first for the opportunity to be here today and brief you o. The recent incidents in involving Surface Forces in the western pacific. The comprehensive review that examined the systemic issues surrounding these incidents and then review the corrective action. Before i begin, i must say that throughout this investigative process, our first and last thoughts have been with our fallen sailors and families. I want to offer my deep condolences to those who lost a loved one and ensure them they will always be part of the navy family. A review of your navy today shows this morning there are 100 ships and 64,000 sailors and navy civillages Forward Deployed. This includes three Carrier Strike groups and air wings, three Amphibious Readiness group and their embarked Marine Expeditionary units. The vast majority of these sips are conduct
A quick correction, former Us Ambassador Roy Stapleton will be talking about the party China Congress at 230 eastern, live online at cspan. Org. You can listen with the free cspan radio app. Yesterday the defense of cultivating a recent report about two Navy Ship Collisions in june the uss fitzgerald collided philippine flag container ship off the country of japan leaving seven sailors dead. Over two months later the uss john mccain clapped into a iberian ship near singapore and left ten sailors dead. Here is a look. Good afternoon. Ladies and gentlemen, i will start with an opening statement. I want to thank you first for the opportunity to be here today and review of the recent incidences involving forces in the western pacific. A copy of the review that examines the systemic issue surrounding these incidences and review the corrective action. Before i begin i must say that throughout this investigative process our first and last thoughts have been with our fallen sailors and their f
Test test. Test. We want it to work like medicare. Help us do that. The choice law has eight different eligibility criteria. We have to determine if theyre Service Connected or not. We have to determine if they have another Health Insurance or not. We want to be able to get to the point where it is actually i only have 30 seconds left. We promise to work with you on that. Could you tell me when Eastern Maine will get 13 million and when maine medical will get 9 million . I dont think its 13 maryland but were meeting with them this week. They think its 134 maryla m we dont. Whatever we agree on we will cut a check and make his day. Is it going to be in three weeks . Three weeks. The weather is clearing up. Its a good time to be in maine. Thank you, member chair. And thanks for organizing this committee hearing. Secretary shulkin, congratulations. I live in california, a lot of new americans where english is their second language. First question to you, the number of latino veterans is r
Focused on the future and how we can Work Together to create a better, brighter healthier one for the Healthcare System rather than on rehashing the mistakes we made long ago. As we begin to move forward, we must not lose sight of where we started. Years ago, next month in this very room, the Committee Heard testimony from a veteran named barry coates who spoke about waiting almost a year for care at the department of Veterans Affairs facility of south carolina. He was finally seen long after he should have been. He was diagnosed for colon cancer that had spread to his liver and to his lungs. He passed away in january last year. It was garys story and accompanying allegations that 40 veteran patients had died while waiting to receive care for the Va Medical Center in phoenix arizona that kicked off a nationwide access and accountability scandal the likes of which the da had never seen. It also led directly to the creation of the Choice Program and to the allocation of billions more tax
With be a secretary david show ulkin. This is two hours and 20 minutes. [inaudible conversation] the committee will come to order. We thank all of you for being here and joining us tonight. Its somewhat unusual for the committee to meet in the evening hours for a conference we are staying up late for. I want to keep our work laser focused on the future and how we can Work Together to create a better, brighter healthier one for the Healthcare System rather than on rehashing the mistakes we made long ago. As we begin to move forward, we must not lose sight of where we started. Years ago, next month in this very room, the Committee Heard testimony from a veteran named barry coates who spoke about waiting almost a year for care at the department of Veterans Affairs facility of south carolina. He was finally seen long after he should have been. He was diagnosed for colon cancer that had spread to his liver and to his lungs. He passed away in january last year. It was garys story and accompa