Should probably make it more difficult for the United States to exercise its will in the world. People think that is a good thing for us to do. I have tos imagine that would be the case. And for americans, it has become an extremely difficult to do their job in these countries. They can be arrested. They can be harassed. They can be prohibited, as the New York Times has not been able to receive visas for its journalist to go into china. They have been denied visas because the Chinese Government is upset about very good reporting about corruption there. And that is true in other countries as well. Thereof been several questions about the fine line between reporting the news there have been several questions about the fine line between reporting the news and shaping the news. When it comes to questions about American Power abroad, fox news and msnbc tell different stories. They seem to be trying to shape peoples perceptions. Is this right . Well, yeah. Its not whether it is right or wron
Missions, helping to save the lives of texans and express my gratitude to both individuals as well as First Responders from louisiana for being such tremendous humanitarians. A pressing issue in texas is the issue of fuel. Now, this is an issue that is pressing in part because of a reaction to some media reports, where the facts are that theres plenty of fuel, plenty of gasoline, in the United States of america. Theres plenty of gasoline in the state of texas. All that said, we are ensuring an even greater supply of gasoline so we can tamp down any concern about accessibility to fuel that people may want to access over the course of the coming Labor Day Weekend. Working with all sectors of the oil and gas community, from refineries to pipelines. From operators, strucking companies and retailers. We have worked in the past 2448 hours to alleviate concerns about access to gasoline and to ensure that more gasoline will be coming or is already coming to the state of texas. Working with our
Reporters at the pentagon, calling the collisions preventible. This is 40 minutes. Good afternoon. Ladies and gentlemen. Start withan opening statement. Thank you first for the opportunity to be here today and brief you o. The recent incidents in involving Surface Forces in the western pacific. The comprehensive review that examined the systemic issues surrounding these incidents and then review the corrective action. Before i begin, i must say that throughout this investigative process, our first and last thoughts have been with our fallen sailors and families. I want to offer my deep condolences to those who lost a loved one and ensure them they will always be part of the navy family. A review of your navy today shows this morning there are 100 ships and 64,000 sailors and navy civillages Forward Deployed. This includes three Carrier Strike groups and air wings, three Amphibious Readiness group and their embarked Marine Expeditionary units. The vast majority of these sips are conduct
A quick correction, former Us Ambassador Roy Stapleton will be talking about the party China Congress at 230 eastern, live online at cspan. Org. You can listen with the free cspan radio app. Yesterday the defense of cultivating a recent report about two Navy Ship Collisions in june the uss fitzgerald collided philippine flag container ship off the country of japan leaving seven sailors dead. Over two months later the uss john mccain clapped into a iberian ship near singapore and left ten sailors dead. Here is a look. Good afternoon. Ladies and gentlemen, i will start with an opening statement. I want to thank you first for the opportunity to be here today and review of the recent incidences involving forces in the western pacific. A copy of the review that examines the systemic issue surrounding these incidences and review the corrective action. Before i begin i must say that throughout this investigative process our first and last thoughts have been with our fallen sailors and their f
Jack it seems ironic, that while our finest young men are fighting halfway across the world, other young men and women, sick at home, openly advocate abandonment of vietnam to communism. Perhaps they really dont know what this war is all about. [baby crying] jack in the words of a battle weary young marine, they would understand, if they crossed this 10,000 miles of ocean and lived with us. A day in vietnam. Jack this day, this trip is not to delineate the why of vietnam, rather, it is to see the what and the how of our military operations. To give you a deeper insight into this war and the way it is being fought, while the coordinated effort of all americans in vietnam is vital to the success, it is the young men of our navy and Marines Corps team that we will see first and today, down there in vietnam. We landed on the airfield at da nang. We will travel directly to the headquarters of the Third Marine Amphibious force for a briefing by the operations officer. Gentlemen, i will give