Committee on the future of the u. S. Armed forces and recommendations to improve the services. Including cost savings and efficiencies, incentivizing and managing the civilian work force. [ gavel ] committee will come to order. This week, the committee will hold two hearings that focus on the two major pillars of our agenda. Tomorrow well hear from the Service Chiefs on repairing and rebuilding our military. Today, however, well concentrate on the other pillar, which is defense reform. Weve done a lot of reform over the past two years, that includes acquisition reform, a new military retirement system, major changes in military health care, commissary reform, a rewrite of the uniform code of military justice as well as significant organizational reform. While a lot has been done, however, a lot more needs to be done. If world around us is simply moving too fast for us to sit still and assume that the organizations and processes of the past will suffice for today and especially for tomo
Turning on each other all three republican president ial candidates are now backing away from unconditional support of whoever becomes the partys nominee. Welcome to your world this morning donald trump, ted cruz and john kasich each given the chance at that town hall meeting last night to say that they would support the eventual nominee. All three declining that goes back on a pledge the candidates signed with the republican party. It also makes the race important complicated also this morning donald trump defending his Campaign Manager who has now been charged with battery. As al jazeeras michael shaw reports it is an issue that is over shadowing policy discussion. Reporter please welcome ted cruz. Reporter senator ted cruz was first up in cnns g. O. P. Town hall in wisconsin. Right off the top a talk about the news of the day. The arrest of Donald Trumps Campaign Manager the reporter alleged that she was physically assaulted. That i will say its consistent with the pattern of trump
Collect his vehicle at that point he did not the vehicle was, and had the weapon in his vehicle this point we believe the single and was usable crimes. And 40 other potential victims women have come in contact also, tried to develop a time line when our but some that come in contact with the suspects. Reporter 3 suspension of their rights to an extradition hearing expected to be transported to the bay area sometime next week. Pam reminiscent. Is reminiscent of what happened on pier 14 back in killed. The gun used in that crime was stolen 4 days earlier, out of a car parked on San Francisco street. There have been other recent incidents of car break ins. Where a gun was taken. In august, the u. C. Berkeley police chief. Had her gun stolen from her car , parked at point isabel regional shoreline in richmond. Six days later. A gun was stolen out of a car parked in oakland, which belonged to a Hayward Police officer. Pam the arrest of these three people, now suspected of killing both a hik
And we will see the welcome given to the new president of zambia. At least 20 people have been killed in violent protests across egypt. Demonstrators were marking the fourth an visaversary of the revolution that ousted president hosni mubarak. Reporter reporter four years since the revolution that led to the overthrow of hosni mubarak. But the unrest persists. Despite the army filling up Tahrir Square protesters have been taking to the streets to mark the day the uprising began. He job descriptions marched in cairo, alexandria and several cities to demand an end to what they dahl military rule and a return to the path of the revolution. We stand at the situation thats even worse than the mubarak days four years after the revolution. And in my own personal view i think that the first wave of the egyptian revolution has been defeated. We have to be frank with ourselves about this. There have been death ins alexandria after violent skirmishes with the police. On a district in the Northern
Targeted air strikes to protect our american personnel, and a humanitarian effort to save thousands of iraqi civilians who are trapped on a mountain without food and water and facing almost certain death. Let me explain the actions were taking and why. First, i said in june, as the terrorist group isis began advancing across iraq that the United States would be prepared to take targeted military action in iraq if and when we determined the situation required it. In recent days, these terrorists have continued to move across iraq and have neared the city of erbil, where american diplomats around civilians serve. To stop the advance, ive directed our military to take targeted strikes against terrorists convoys, should they move toward the city. At the request of the Iraqi Government, weve begun operations to help save iraqi civilians stranded on the mountain. As isis has marched across iraq, its waged a Ruthless Campaign against christians and a small and ancient religious sect. Countles