As induce very that supports them because they will ultimately have dubai, man, train and equip not only the current force we have, but the course of the future. They have to be ready to address the growing challenges will likely face across the entire indo Asian Pacific in the world. The comments i made were not about american rebounds to the act because that is track. Were making progress and opaque on commanders is. We are doing the things we have committed and said we would do to the rebalance. My comments were about the current sophistication and capabilities of todays Weapons Systems and relative dominance with the systems. The warfare capabilities we must also ensure we invest in the proper mix of the offensive capabilities that manan equipped ships. And capabilities they have a bleep on domino required and they must continue to strive for that. I will stop and take your questions. The last point you make, do not think the u. S. Is losing ground and dominance in the pacific and
annual health action conference in d.c. former south african president nelson mandela doing better, released from the hospital after being treated for a respiratory infection. mandela is 92 years old. and nasa is marking the 25th anniversary of the space shuttle challenger explosion. all seven crew members as you may remember were killed wht shuttle broke apart 73 seconds after liftoff from cape canaver canaveral. nasa officials gathered at kennedy space center for that service. challenger commander dix coby s widow, june is among the speakers. as we told you, in egypt anger is boiling over and the violence continues to erupt and the world is watching. major city of a u.s. ally resembling a war zone. we re talking about cairo, alexandria, where our reporters have been joining us live. then the government, apparently,
can show to the egyptian people he s gotten the message and is willing to have a political opening and economic reform. you ve been in the situation room in situations of crisis. it s good to have your perspective, sir. thank you. coming up, the latest on nelson mandela s health. plus, rahm can run. but can he win? the former white house chief of staff sets out to recapture his invincibility. it s chicago politics at his finist. i can t wait to get your take on that supreme court on that decision. unbelievable. by the way, the west wing makeover. now we know who we ll be sparring with in the briefing room. but first, a look at the p president s schedule today. he s got one public event with the health action conference. we expect the briefing by robert gibbs and we know that the president is getting at least