Committee will come to order. Last week, the Committee Held classified and unclassified sessions on the state of the world or more accurately, the state of the world environment in which the American Military must operate and u. S. National security must be protected. I was struck by the essential point general petraeus made that we face many threats and can overcome any of them except perhaps what we do to ourselves. Today, we turn to the state of the u. S. Military. I continue to be concerned and sometimes even disturbed by evidence that is accumulating on the damage inflicted upon our military in recent years and the stresses our forces are under. That damage comes from a variety of factors including budget cuts of 20 , continuing resolutions, the failure to recognize or at least admit and then address mounting readiness problems as well as the shrinking size of the force while keeping the tempo of operations high. There is certainly plenty of blame to go around between both parties
Committee will come to order. Last week, the Committee Held classified and unclassified sessions on the state of the world or more accurately, the state of the world environment in which the American Military must operate and u. S. National security must be protected. I was struck by the essential point general petraeus made that we face many threats and can overcome any of them except perhaps what we do to ourselves. Today, we turn to the state of the u. S. Military. I continue to be concerned and sometimes even disturbed by evidence that is accumulating on the damage inflicted upon our military in recent years and the stresses our forces are under. That damage comes from a variety of factors including budget cuts of 20 , continuing resolutions, the failure to recognize or at least admit and then address mounting readiness problems as well as the shrinking size of the force while keeping the tempo of operations high. There is certainly plenty of blame to go around between both parties
Committee will come to order. Last week, the Committee Held classified and unclassified sessions on the state of the world or more accurately, the state of the world environment in which the American Military must operate and u. S. National security must be protected. I was struck by the essential point general petraeus made that we face many threats and can overcome any of them except perhaps what we do to ourselves. Today, we turn to the state of the u. S. Military. I continue to be concerned and sometimes even disturbed by evidence that is accumulating on the damage inflicted upon our military in recent years and the stresses our forces are under. That damage comes from a variety of factors including budget cuts of 20 , continuing resolutions, the failure to recognize or at least admit and then address mounting readiness problems as well as the shrinking size of the force while keeping the tempo of operations high. There is certainly plenty of blame to go around between both parties
Hallmarks. This boy using all his strength just to breathe. First responders douse the victims with water stripped off their clothes to wash off what they said was a chemical weapon. Medics and volunteers in this rebelcontrolled part of syria rushed the injured to local clinics. They claim syrian president Bashar Al Assads regime fired the banned chemical nerve agent sarin. The gas attacks are continuing every day and notice no one is doing anything. Reporter other victims were taken to a makeshift clinic built in a cave to protect it. There a father kissed his daughter goodbye. An activist said war planes were still overhead. Then hospitals are often targeted in this war that respects no conventions. Amazingly, the activist survived. That is Richard Engels reporting from nbc nightly news tonight on this incredible attack what appears to be a chemical attack of some kind that killed dozens of civilians, including many kids in syria today. One of the underreported underdebated decisions
In the world. My wonderful mom and pop celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary today. My mom was fresh off the boat from newfoundland and she wore a white mini dress. My dad was a capten in the air force and he wore his uniform. You cant see the wedding picture. That is private. But it was this date at 1968 at the chapel of the presidio in San Francisco and today marks a half century for them since then. 50 years. Of better and worse, richer and poorer, sickness and health. Happy 50th, mom and dad. Youre amazing. And with that, now its tight fime for the last word with ari melber sitting in for lawrence. Good evening. Can i wish your parents a happy anniversary. Youre absolutely allowed. Im so excited for them. Happy anniversary. Before i let you go to your weekend, i have to ask you, we cover this stuff, a lot, daily, you might say. But when i look at this week, it does seem like much more of an Inflection Point and it is the first time mueller has identified trump fall Family Member