warship at a foreign port in sydney, australia. the u.s.s. cambera, named after a royal navy cruiser sunk while supporting the u.s. marine landings on guadal canal joined the u.s. fleet today. all of this is building muscle memory between our two memories defense forces, building comfort and familiarity and obviously not just between australia and the united states, but the other 11 countries that will be participating in the course of exercise talisman saber. the first time talisman saber has a live fire exercise so it s important for us to be able to demonstrate the flexibility of all of our training areas and great to have navy involved this far south. back on capitol hill, a senior republican on the senate armed services committee is