This committee and others in front of the men and women that they command, in front of the American People to express the grave concerns they have about sequestration and what it could do to our military, our military readiness and everything we do through our military. I heard members of congress on both sides of the aisle and on both ends of the capitol express grave concerns about the impacts of sequestration, about what could happen. Ive heard my own constituents, people from throughout utah, many whom are currently serving or have served in the military express similar concerns. Its an interesting conversation. Its sad we have to be having this conversation since sequestration was something put into law at a time when nobody believed it would ever happen. It was supposed to be so bad that we would do anything and Everything Possible in order to avoid it, yet it has arrived. My first question, which ill leave open to any of you who might want to answer it, id like to know a little
Logistics, exercise participation, basic military intelligence training, humanitarian assistance and he military action. Moving forward, the Defense Department stands ready to work with our colleagues to determine the best way ahead including providing additional infantry training. The scale of need is significant. To date we have trained one battalion with 500 soldiers and military in numbers of approximately 150,000. The capacity for assistance is limited. The Congolese Defense ministry has been slow to respond to our request for a corporate training and information necessary for congressionally mandated human rights. The lack of english language capacity further and have its training opportunities. While the drc continues to develop its own security capabilities, Un Peacekeeping operation remains essential. There is a challenging mandate. We are reviewing options for improving ability to meet civilian protection requirements in the drc. The Defense Department has supplied military o
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