I call this joint hearing of the subcommittee of the house of Armed Services committee to order. We are here in honor of memory of the seven uss fitzgerald. Enate sailors and the 10 uss John S Mccain sailors. We are very grateful we have a mother here with us today. We send to you our give his sympathies and profound sorrow for your loss and appreciation for your sons service to our nation. I want to welcome our members to todays hearing. Recognizeespecially that we have with us the committee chairman, donald mac thornberry. He has been the leader of our ongoing efforts to mitigate our military Readiness Challenges and i want to thank him for his leadership and for being here today to hear about the challenges in limited by the tragic collisions in the pacific. To send a warm welcome to congresswoman Elizabeth Este from connecticut and congressman rodney davis from illinois. That ananimous consent member not a member of the committee be a lot to participate in todays hearing after all
In the ability and necessity of putting together that government. Now when we see what are unofficial results but actual numbers from the ballot boxes, we know he has a much easier path to putting together a right wing government. He is a master politician and dealmaker and will use that to his advantage as he proceeds over the next few tase calling, talking to the other parties, wheeling and dealing, which is necessary to create a Coalition Government. But thats up to him and thats what he knows how to do well. He has been Prime Minister for six years and he will be able to hold on to his seat put together another Coalition Government. Herzog thought it was a close race. Then we saw those results, we saw that Yitzhak Herzog will not have a chance to put together his government. Instead it will be Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Again, John Netanyahu gave that victory speech last night, this morning looking at the numbers looks like he can celebrate that victory. Happening now, secr