Try to keep any kind of evaluation out of this. So the marine corps has done a bunch of different studies and research. They began with a actually, they began with the infantry officer course which they opened to women in 2012 and asked for volunteers. Women, if you want to come to try out the infantry officer course, youre invited to attend. At the same time that they were doing that, they also began developing a set of combat proxy tests. The combat proxy test, they were six largely upper body based i should say Upper Body Strength based proxy tests that they evaluated the performance of 409 women and 379 female marines against and what they found from this combat proxy test was that about well not about, but 66 of the very good performers were men and 34 were women, and then the highest performing categories, it was 92 were men and 8 were women. So this initial Screening Test that they developed showed that there was certainly a percentage of women that fell into the good and the ve
We will begin with the news out of South Carolina where a white Police Officer was arrested for murder of an unarmed black man running away from the officer. The video from a bystander led to the arrest of the cop. What are your thoughts on this . Republicans guest 202 7488001 democrats 202 7488000 independents caller 202 7488002 we do want to show you the video at the Police Officer shooting this man. Some of you may find it disturbing. Turn away from your tv now. [video clip] [gun shots multiple] [end video clip] host officer is charged with murder of a black man shot in the back. Host what do you inc. All of this . Martinsburg, West Virginia and engine. You are up. Guest good morning. I saw a Police Officer shoot and unarmed black man in new york 29 years ago. I still remember it verbatim. I think when they start charging these Police Officers with these civil suits this money come out of Police Officers pocket. For all the people who say to vote democrat and you get a better city c
The impact as the twoday meeting starts. Dagen michigans capital under siege. Protests over right to work. Connell should we call it an apple tax . On average, families are spending thousands of dollars a year on apple products. Dagen it is not a tax, it is a choice. Top of the hour, stocks now and every 15 minutes. Nicole all right, dagen and connell, take a look at the markets. The Dow Jones Industrials up triple digits. The dollar has been lower. They have talked about the gains that we have been seeing over in europe. The euro top 50. That is very interesting, as well. This is the environment. It bodes very well. Another winning day here on wall street. Drug stocks, bank stocks doing well. The vix, the fear index, is to the downside. Lets take a look at urban outfitters. Taking a look at their quarterly sales. They are looking better than expected. Under their umbrella is a name brand that a lot of the teenagers know very well. They had a good block friday. Urban outfitters is up o
[inaudible conversations] good morning. The committee will come to order. Welcome one and all. On monday september 16 a horrible tragedy unfolded in the navy yard in washington d. C. A very troubled individual took 12 lives in a senseless act of violence. The circumstances that led to this tragedy are multidimensional. The issues raised by this tragedy such as the adequacy of our gun laws and the quality of Mental Health care are outside the purview of this committee. But as we have learned more about aaron alexis a number of my colleagues and i have been asking each other why such a troubled unstable individual possessed a security clearance from the United States government. Why was he originally granted a security parents when he did not disclose his arrest record on his application . Why did the investigator responsible for looking into that arrest rights quote retaliated by deflating someones tires instead of disclosing alexis had shot those tires. We also wonder how such violence
The others were clearly a miss take. Mistake. Congratulations. Thank you for doing double duty here in the last six months in taking this on. To our colleagues who were good enough to find a way supporting a confirmed director, i thank you for your support. As the acting director, miss kaplan oversees the office of federal investigative services. The office responsible for ensuring that the federal government has a work force that is worthy of public trust by investigating and reviewing applications for security clearances. And by performing background checks to determine whether a person is suitable for employment by the federal government or federal contractor. Acting director kaplan, thank you for your testimony, for your leadership and good luck in what lies ahead. Letti, brianess is preoletti a special Security Director at the office of director of National Intelligence. Hes held this position since may of 2013 after serving at the Central Intelligence agency from 1981 to 2013. As