Spee5 the hearing of the Readiness Forces subcommittee of house and Armed Services committee come to order to honor the 17 sailors lost in the uss fitzgerald. Fitzgerald, hernandez, martin, rigby, and the ten uss mccain sailors, bushnell, drake, echoes, thinly, hoagland, ingram, lopez, smith, palmer and each one is so special and i know every person here. Over the course of the past six months the subcommittee has met to understand the factors that led to the gruesome and tragic incidents with the surface ship resulting in the death of 17 sailors. We remain confident in the is the most powerful in the world. But it is not alone in the responsibility as the secretary mentioned in august it is in unpredictability that makes us rigid we cannot deal with new and revealing threats. We know enemies are not standing still. Passing another temporary measure compounds the negative impacts for the military some of those are highlighted by the certification gaps necessitated by increased operatio
Good afternoon. I call this joint hearing of the readiness and subcommittees of the House Armed Services together. I would like to honor the 17 sailors lossed in the uss fitzgerald. And also the ten uss john s. Mccain sailors. Each one of them is so special to every person here. Over the course of the past six months, our subcommittees have met with Navy Leadership to understand the causeative factos that have resulted in the death of 17 sailors. Our men remain confident that our navy remains the most powerful in the world. However, the navy is not alone in responsibility. As secretary james mattis stated in august, it creates unpredictability and makes us rigid. We can not deal with new and revealing threats. We know our enemies are not standing still, end of quote. Passing another temporary measure compounds the negative impacts for our military. Some of those impacts are highlighted by the demanding training and certification gaps necessitated by increased operational demand. Speake
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As you said, we were set up back in the early 90s to Get Britain Out of the European Union. With the referendum id say we have won the war, what weve got to do now is win the peace. The Prime Minister will only start at the negotiations with the European Union later injune and ukip has to be on the pitch because if ukip isnt on the pitch, then theres no real impetus for the Prime Minister not to backslide and i believe, i worry, that she may backslide with fisheries, or maybe there will be a deal on the divorce bill, or maybe there will be a deal on freedom of movement. What we need is to ensure that ukip is there so that we get the brexit that we voted for onjune the 23rd. But when you launched your manifesto last week, your main focus wasnt on europe. It was on terrorism and extremism. It almost looks like you are flailing around now, trying to stay relevant, arent you . Well, no, not at all. What we have done is we have led on the agenda of islamic terrorism and we launched our Inte
As you said, we were set up back in the early 90s to Get Britain Out of the European Union. With the referendum id say we have won the war, what weve got to do now is win the peace. The Prime Minister will only start at the negotiations with the European Union later injune and ukip has to be on the pitch because if ukip isnt on the pitch, then theres no real impetus for the Prime Minister not to backslide and i believe, i worry, that she may backslide with fisheries, or maybe there will be a deal on the divorce bill, or maybe there will be a deal on freedom of movement. What we need is to ensure that ukip is there so that we get the brexit that we voted for onjune the 23rd. But when you launched your manifesto last week, your main focus wasnt on europe. It was on terrorism and extremism. It almost looks like you are flailing around now, trying to stay relevant, arent you . Well, no, not at all. What we have done is we have led on the agenda of islamic terrorism and we launched our Inte