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
Services committee is chaired by texas congressman mack thornberry. 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. Th
Some cloud in the west, we will see some patchy rain by the end of the night. Captures will be eight or nine celsius, but across the heart of the uk it will be going to five oi of the uk it will be going to five or six celsius, the countryside going lower than that. Workload, breeze and patchy rain for Northern Ireland and western scotland, reaching the western part of wheels in the afternoon. But a decent day for most, 15 or 16 celsius in the southeastern corner. For many places it will be dry and bright. This is bbc news, the headlines more than 250 people have been killed, many more are missing, after mudslides in colombia. The president has declared a State Of Emergency in the region. Six arrests are made by Police Investigating an alleged Hate Crime Attack on a 17 year old kurdish iranian Asylum Seeker in south london. The writer, broadcaster and Civil Liberties campaigner, darcus howe, has died at the age of 7a. He was most well known for organising the 20,000 strong black people
Some cloud in the west, we will see some patchy rain by the end of the night. Captures will be eight or nine celsius, but across the heart of the uk it will be going to five oi of the uk it will be going to five or six celsius, the countryside going lower than that. Workload, breeze and patchy rain for Northern Ireland and western scotland, reaching the western part of wheels in the afternoon. But a decent day for most, 15 or 16 celsius in the southeastern corner. For many places it will be dry and bright. This is bbc news, the headlines more than 250 people have been killed, many more are missing, after mudslides in colombia. The president has declared a State Of Emergency in the region. Six arrests are made by Police Investigating an alleged Hate Crime Attack on a 17 year old kurdish iranian Asylum Seeker in south london. The writer, broadcaster and Civil Liberties campaigner, darcus howe, has died at the age of 7a. He was most well known for organising the 20,000 strong black people
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