Chairman. You talked about managing risk, mr. Chairman. Would removing our only airborne brigade, b. C. T. , in the arctic, or the only b. C. T. In the asia pacific, would that do to our credibility . Would that boles you are our credibility in the arctic or asia pacific with regard to the rebalance . And you talk about risk. It seems to me Vladimir Putin is militarizing this part of the world. If were actually removing force, removing forces, our own arctic trained forces, thats a way to increase risk because we know he views weakness as being provocative. Theyre making a move in the arctic. If we start withdrawing troops, the 425 in particular, i think that heightens risk. Would either of you care to comment on that . General dempsey yes. I think it increases risk but some of the decisions, and youre talking about the army in this case, but some of the choices that the Service Troops have to make in terms of resources, you know, the army is tasked going from 490,000 active where they
Good morning, good to be with you. Im annemarie green. The u. S. Is joining the hunt for hundreds of kidnapped Nigerian School girls. Eight more girls were abducted in northeast nigeria by suspected islamic militants yesterday. The u. S. Is sending a team of technical experts but no armed forces. The kidnappings and the nigerians failure to rescue the girls has sparked international outrage. Susan mcginnis is in washington with the details. Good morning, susan. Annemarie, good morning. The new kidnapping are bringing more attention on the nigerians inability to rescue even wouf these girls who have been separate and may be tougher to find and the growing insurgency. Now in a rare move the Nigerian Government is accepting the u. S. s help and they say they can except a very, very rapid response. For three weeks theyre searching to find hundreds of girls abducted from their dorms. President obama confirmed with megan glaros of our chicago station the white house is now stepping in to hel
This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. This is our western edition. President obama told cbs news today the u. S. Is sending military and Law Enforcement advisers to nigeria to help in the search for more than 200 teenage girls who were kidnapped from their school last month. Islamic extremists claim they took the girls and plan to sell them into slavery. Megan glaros, on assignment for cbs this morning, spoke to mr. Obama at the white house. Were sending in a team made up of our military and Law Enforcement and other experts, and were very glad that nigerias accepted the help. Obviously, whats happening is awful and, as a father of two girls, i cant imagine what the parents are going through. But this organization, boko haram, has been one of the worst regional or local terrorist organizations in the world. Weve long sought to work with nigeria on dealing with them, and were going to do everything we can to assist them in recovering these young women. Pel
Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news. Hi everyone im jeff glor and this is a western edition of the broadcast. If you are anywhere in the middle of the country you are enjoying a serene sunday. Anywhere else it gets ict compled. Two different complicated. Out west, Pineapple Express spreading central and Northern California oregon and washington with rain. First carter evans. For three days San Francisco has faced downpours and gale forced winds. Keeping utilities youth crews with downed trees and power lines. This is what it looks like inside whats known as the war room at pacific gas and electric where every problem area is plotted out. Since the storms first hit more than 300,000 homes and businesses lost power. Nearly all have had their electricity restored. The rain also caused long delays at the San Francisco airport. With some flights running two and a half hours behind schedule. While Northern California is bearing the brunt of this storm three states have f
The St. Petersburg NAACP chapter is endorsing a multi-billion-dollar redevelopment project proposal, which includes a new stadium for the Tampa Bay Rays.