Before the committee please direct your request seated to my right. All Public Comment will be heard at the end of meeting and the discretion of the chair. It would be inappropriate for any member of the Public Gallery to offer oral comment at any other time. Written Public Comment maybe submitted for the committee consideration. The chair is yours. Thank you, mr. Sullivan. Good afternoon all. Welcome to the Fourth Meeting of the Defense Advisory Committee on investigation prosecution ano defense of Sexual Assault in the armed forces. Or dak ipad. The secretary of defense appointed 16 members. All of whom are participating here today. The created by the secretary of defense in a accordance with the National Defense authorizization act for fiscal year 2015. Ashe amended. O our mandate is advise the secretary of defense on investigation, prosecution and defense of allegations of Sexual Assault and other Sexual Misconduct involving members ocht armed forces. Before we get started i would
Im dwigt sullivan. The investigation prosecution and defense of Sexual Assault in the armed forces. This meeting is open. If a member of the audience would tlik comment on any issue before the committee please direct your request seated to my right. All Public Comment will be heard at the end of meeting and the discretion of the chair. It would be inappropriate for any member of the Public Gallery to offer oral comment at any other time. Written Public Comment maybe submitted for the committee consideration. The chair is yours. Thank you, mr. Sullivan. Good afternoon all. Welcome to the Fourth Meeting of the Defense Advisory Committee on investigation prosecution ano defense of Sexual Assault in the armed forces. Or dak ipad. The secretary of defense appointed 16 members. All of whom are participating here today. The created by the secretary of defense in a accordance with the National Defense authorizization act for fiscal year 2015. Ashe amended. O our mandate is advise the secretary
And the north korean policy review that President Trump has just completed. So for north korea watchers, twentysomething has certainly been an interesting year. President trump decided to review policy shortly after his inauguration, and he came back with a policy that emphasizes maximum pressure and engagement. There is been some mixed signals of what exactly guide states that be looking for from north korea before entering into negotiations. Software also has a new president. He has expressed interest in talking to the North Koreans south korea under what conditions remains somewhat of an open question. Then of course the north korea weve seen a number of Ballistic Missile test already in 2017 including some new systems. All of this is leading up to the summit that trump will hold in washington, d. C. , later this month. So dont make sense of all of these developments are and where fortunate with us today Michael Elleman and Suzanne Dimaggio. We will start today Michael Elleman, a se
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President obama spoke griefly about the gray case today after maryland officials announced chargers against the Baltimore Police officers involved with his arrest. Following the president s comments, well show you what former Florida Governor and potential president ial candidate jeb bush had to say about the situation in baltimore. As well as broader issues surrounding the citys protests and riots. It is absolutely vital that the troourt come out on what happened. To mr. Gray and it is my practice not to comment on the legal processes involved, that would not be appropriate. But i can tell you that Justice Needs to be served. All evidence needs to be presented. Those individuals who are charged are obviously also entitled to due process and rule of law, and soings you know, i want to make sure that our legal system runs the way it should, and the Justice Department and our new attorney general is in communications with baltimore officials to make sure that any assistance we can provid