You should not have been inside watching television but it was very interesting, and it was a timely topic. I want to thank you all for asking me to come and address this, i sincerely mean, august group. I saw the honorable bob work on my way in any standing up straight because that 4000pound rucksack on his back was often you smiling happy. Its great to see all of you. Its Interesting Times were living in as a chinese Fortune Cookie always says, but id like to kind of address with this group who i know in looking here you have been enduring endorsers of National Security and forceful advocates for a strong navyMarine Corps Team. And i want to kind of address my thoughts on how were going to take this institution Going Forward. I will pause and give an update now. Its all restarted out to be a good week in the pentagon which doesnt mean its going to keep on the same trajectory but today certainly is nice to because i swore in the new under secretary of the navy. Tomorrow i get to swear
The a n c jacob zuma to step down as south africas president but hes staying on for now. The world is watching and waiting for burma to act the u. S. Envoy to the United Nations says myanmars blocking a u. N. Investigation into the situation in iraq kind state. And im far is small in doha another star is burst on to the scene at the Winter Olympics seventeen year old american snowboarder chloe cam wins gold in the womens half pipe will have that and more from kyung chang later. Our top story israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he will continue to lead the country despite the police recommending that he is indicted for corruption and bribery its alleged netanyahu and his wife received illicit gifts worth tens of thousands of dollars from billionaire benefactors including a major hollywood producer are a force that is following the story joins us now from west jerusalem and so we have here the official recommendation from the police that nessun yahoo be indicted on these charg
And hollywood mourns of death of one of its film icons omar shariff. The first womens sport team to get a tickertape parade after their world cup win. A humanitarian truce between wells warring side has come into effect. But the day leading up to it was led by more fighting and airstrikes. It was the latest attempt to tackle a crisis that was attempted last last september. The coalition between arab stakes launched airstrikes against the houthi. The u. N. Warns that yemen is on the verge of total collapse. It warns that millions of people are in need of humanitarian assistance. The United Nations says both sides have given commitments to respect this cruise. With the clock ticking for humanitarian truce to begin the shooting continues. The injured sought treatment and smoke filled the skies above many cities in yemen. In taiz pro government fighters say they pushed back an attack by the rebel houthis. Sources say 15 soldiers on both sythe and one civilian was killed. In sanaa the stree
Seriously considered. Senator mccain has already referenced them. One is i think we have to take a hard look at overhead. The army but not just the army but the military across the board, all of the services to include department of defense are very very Large Organization with a big bureaucracy with a significant overhead. A second is acquisition. As already previously mentioned, theres a considerable amount of cost and in many cases waste in the acquisition process. We need to get that under control. And the third and final piece that i think is worth taking a look at theres a wide variety of emerging technologies that could in the outyears could lend itself to automated processes and reducing either manpower or manpower costs, compensation cost over time. Thats three big areas that would want to lock at if confirmed. We have russia creating a looming threat in europe, we have the pacific and chinas expansion or i should say increased activity there. We have the ongoing war in the mi