Ineffective thats the verdict on the worlds response to the ethnic cleansing of million miles range of people plus. Many of you asked what will happen so i want to reassure you there will be nothing. Amid growing allegations of corruption the israeli Prime Minister is confident that he wont be charged. And north korea nothing of a arrived in pyongyang shying to join with the south to compete in the Winter Olympics. But first the Syrian Government backed by russia is continuing to bomb and shell the two areas of the country that remain in rebel hands in a three day period almost two hundred people have been killed in a single which is close to the capital. Masculist and in the Northeastern Province of italy had thirty four people were killed on wednesday in eastern thats where four hundred thousand people are trapped without food or medicine the government has laid siege to this area since twenty thirteen and its a similar story for italy where least four people have died in the ongoing
Are but those killed since monday. Also for starvation abductions and looting Amnesty International blames me a mass military for ethnic cleansing of regular muslims. And israeli media is reporting that police will recommend Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu be indicted on corruption charges. Plus we travel to one of bulgarias most polluted towns and look at why the government there still loves coal. Welcome to the news hour almost two hundred people have been killed in the past three days in rebel held parts of syria after some of the most intense air strikes fighting and shelling in months thirty four people died on wednesday in eastern guta a rebel enclave on the outskirts of the capital damascus where four hundred thousand people are estimated to be besieged by Government Forces since twenty thirteen four others died in province which has been the target of recent Chemical Attacks a government offensive backed by russian air support has been underway there for weeks now russian bom
The committee is part of a major transition of American Military leadership. If confirmed as army chief of staff you will serve along side the joint chief of staffs new Service Chiefs for the navy and marine core. You will lead part of the volunteer soldiers and time and time over a decade of time in iraq. The army indured 70 of the casual casual casualties. As the nation confronts the most array of Global Crisis since the world war ii the next chief of staff of army is responsible for making sure the total army and active guard and reserve remains the most decisive land troops in the world. We have drastic reductions in defense funding and the army is going to be forceded to carry out missions with fewer dollars, soldiers and equipment. It has been reduced from 570,000 active duty personal to 490,000 troops this year and last week the army announced they would cut an additional 40000 troops reducing to 450,000. There is talks the army could decline to 420,000 troops and what is worse
Center. We provide a wide variety of enablers that support special operation. We will keep the linkage that will not break. Thank you sir. I appreciate your commitment to making sure our military men and women are able to perform the missions they are given. Thank you, mr. Chairman, and thank you general for your service to our country and your familys support of the service. You and i have had a good conversation on things and i will ask you what i ask most of the people being pointed. What do you consider the greatest threat . As a soldier and military officer, i would have to say it is russia. Russia is the only country on earth that retains the Nuclear Capability to destroy the United States. It has capability. Intent . Dont know. But the activity of russia since 2008 has been aggressive. They attacked and invaded georgia, seized the crimea and attacked into the ukraine. That is worrisome. I would also add china and north korea and isis along with iran including the recent agreemen
Seriously considered. Senator mccain has already referenced them. One is i think we have to take a hard look at overhead. The army but not just the army but the military across the board, all of the services to include department of defense are very very Large Organization with a big bureaucracy with a significant overhead. A second is acquisition. As already previously mentioned, theres a considerable amount of cost and in many cases waste in the acquisition process. We need to get that under control. And the third and final piece that i think is worth taking a look at theres a wide variety of emerging technologies that could in the outyears could lend itself to automated processes and reducing either manpower or manpower costs, compensation cost over time. Thats three big areas that would want to lock at if confirmed. We have russia creating a looming threat in europe, we have the pacific and chinas expansion or i should say increased activity there. We have the ongoing war in the mi