Good morning, this Committee Meets this morning to receive testimony on recent Navy Collisions at sea, including uss lake champlain, uss fitzgerald and the uss John S Mccain, as well as the rounding of the uss antietam. We welcome our witnesses, the honorable richard spencer, secretary of the navy, admiral john richardson, chief of Naval Operations and start on an, director of defense for structure and readiness issues at the Government Accountability office. I would like to take a moment to recognize family members who lost loved ones in the fitzgerald and mccain collisions, who are here with us today as honored guests. Ofm the fitzgerald, the wife a chief petty officer, parents of a petty officer third c lass, parents and brother of a petty officer first class. Stepmother of a seaman , father of a petty officer first class, and from the mccain, the wife of a petty officer first class and his , along with her wife. Officer of a petty first class, mother and brother of a petty up with
And weve only just begun as a community to grapple with a world in which even nonstate actors will be able to get anything the internet. Second, the sizes of battlefields will expand. The proliferation of precision munitions and the isr network that supports employment are increasing the effective range of military units. Our adversaries will not only be able to get what they can see but also strike u. S. Forces actually over longer and longer distances. Third, concealing military forces will become more difficult. More actors are developing sophisticated capabilities designed to find and target their adversaries. On future battlefields find the enemy will be much easier than hiding from him. I believe these features are the operating environment, ubiquitous munitions, larger engagement zones a more transparent battlefields are clearly apparent today. For instance, the obvious hesitancy on the administrations part to assert freedom of navigation rights in the South China Sea in my mind
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Afternoon. Highs will be in the low mid 50s. Winds ssw 1020mph with gusts up to 25mph. A few gusts to 30 near the shore. Tonight partly cloudy this evening with a few winds west 1020mph with gusts to 25mph. Wind chills be in the midupper 30s. Winds west 1015mph. Well see a lot of sunshine today and it will warm up. Southerly winds will help to bump breezy windy with a few gusts up to 30mph possible near the shore. A strong cold front will move into the region this on our area. Well be much colder tomorrow with lows in the 20s and wind chills in the teens in lots of sunshine. Well steadily warm up into saturday. Well see some rain saturday morning. Then well be colder and dry on sunday. There will be a system just offshore on sunday. Well have to monitor to see if it changes track. Stay tuned. Good morning, Hampton Roads. Lets check evidence from jesse matthew, juniors apartment will stand in Hannah Grahams murder trial. Its the latest development to come out in the uva students death.
This evening with a few sprinkles or flurries possible. Then clearing skies and cold. Lows will be in the upper 20s. Winds west 1020mph with gusts to 25mph. Wind chills will be in the teens overnight. Wednesday mostly sunny. Colder. Highs will only be in the midupper 30s. Winds west 1015mph. Well see a lot of sunshine today and it will warm up. Southerly winds will help to bump the temperatures up into the low mid 50s this afternoon. It will be breezy windy with a few gusts up to 30mph possible near the shore. Tuned. Were following breaking news overseas. Officials in turkey said at least 10 people died in a blast in instanbul. 15 other people also got hurt in the explosion. Witnesses say the blast was so strong it rattled buidlings. It happened in a Popular Center of the city. You can see in this video security forceas and Emergency Personnel responding to the blast. The state run television reports the explosion was likely caused by a suicide bomber. Later this morning, we bid farwel