Good morning, this Committee Meets this morning to receive testimony on recent Navy Collisions at sea, including uss lake champlain, uss fitzgerald and the uss John S Mccain, as well as the rounding of the uss antietam. We welcome our witnesses, the honorable richard spencer, secretary of the navy, admiral john richardson, chief of Naval Operations and start on an, director of defense for structure and readiness issues at the Government Accountability office. I would like to take a moment to recognize family members who lost loved ones in the fitzgerald and mccain collisions, who are here with us today as honored guests. Ofm the fitzgerald, the wife a chief petty officer, parents of a petty officer third c lass, parents and brother of a petty officer first class. Stepmother of a seaman , father of a petty officer first class, and from the mccain, the wife of a petty officer first class and his , along with her wife. Officer of a petty first class, mother and brother of a petty up with
Good evening. Voting has wrapped up in the last couple of minutes, although it has been going into a series of extensions as the long process of counting the ballots gets set to get under way very closely in iran. At stake are control of the countrys parliament and control of the powerful assembly of experts. These things are currently in the hands of hardliners, but it could end up in the hands of reformers. Mark thompson has more now in this next report. A day which could help decide the iranian president s future. The candidates chosen for the new area are likely to affect his chances of reelection next year. The former Vice President says the government is ready to react however the country votes. It is what our people want that matters. Whatever comes out of the ballot box is his what counts. If we get the majority, we can cooperate. If our friends win, we can help them strengthen their agenda. The elections paired reformists against conservatives, who have dominated most institut
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find it at. from the line of fire to the unemployment line. last year nearly one in three veterans in the 18 to 24 age group were out of room according to u.s. congress joint economic committee. that is only going to get worse as thousands of soldiers return from the war in afghanistan over the next few years. are companies doing all they can to hire veterans? is something else at play. we spent barbara starr to detroit for the biggest job fair in the country for veterans. reporter: the sign says it all, start your job search here. employers from around the country came to detroit saying they are ready to hire veterans. we met 28-year-old navy vet luke marang. i look around for a job, i would say, for the past six months maybe. i haven t gotten lucky. so it s pretty rough. most of your buddies looking for work? i probably know more without a job than i know with a job. young veterans like luke, who have served since 9/11, had an unemployment rate of over 29% last