Suvayan. And the uss john mccain sailors. Were very grateful that today, we have ms. Rachel echols with us, we send you our deepest simp sympathie sympathies. And i want to especially recognize, we have with us the committee chairman, chairman thornberry. The leader of efforts to mitigate the military Readiness Challenges. And i thank him for being here today. I also want to send a warm welcome to congresswoman elizabeth estes. And full Committee Members have had an opportunity to ask questions. Is there an objection . As we begin todays unkplaclassd hearing, i have no doubt that our navy remains the most powerful in the world. But these recent tragic events only reinforce our committees concern about the challenges the navy faces. Im especially concerned about the shortfalls in the structure and whether the tempo of a reduced 277ship navy may have contributed to these events. I also believe that the first responsibility of the National Government is to provide for the National Securit
Singapore, midnight in london, and 7pm in washington, where President Trump has roped in global diplomatic norms by saying he would be open to meeting with north Korean Leader kim jong un. The president said he would be honoured to meet mr kim under the right circumstances. That may worry americas allies. Japan has just sent its biggest warship to protect a navy supply vessel, a historic first for tokyo. A short time ago mr trump spoke of the danger posed by north korea to the region and beyond. I can say this. He is very threatening, he is a big threat to the world. How safe our troops in the world. How safe our troops in the demilitarised zone, and our ally in south korea, how safe are they with some of the Defence Systems we have provided, and what is the status of those . Well, nobody is safe. The guy has nuclear weapons. I would like to say they are very safe. These are great, brave soldiers, these are great trips. And we know the situation, with 20,000 troops on the line, and the
Singapore, midnight in london, and 7pm in washington, where President Trump has roped in global diplomatic norms by saying he would be open to meeting with north Korean Leader kim jong un. The president said he would be honoured to meet mr kim under the right circumstances. That may worry americas allies. Japan has just sent its biggest warship to protect a navy supply vessel, a historic first for tokyo. A short time ago mr trump spoke of the danger posed by north korea to the region and beyond. I can say this. He is very threatening, he is a big threat to the world. How safe our troops in the world. How safe our troops in the demilitarised zone, and our ally in south korea, how safe are they with some of the Defence Systems we have provided, and what is the status of those . Well, nobody is safe. The guy has nuclear weapons. I would like to say they are very safe. These are great, brave soldiers, these are great trips. And we know the situation, with 20,000 troops on the line, and the
But people are in. Welcome to bbc news. The white house wanted its message to be about changing us policy toward cuba. But then a tweet from President Trump caused the news agenda to change. Earlier on friday he said that sparked this response from senator Dianne Feinstein who sits on the intelligence committee. She went on to call it a blatant violation of the president s oath of office. For more on mr trumps comments and the resulting firestorm, heres our North America editorjon sopel. The ball has been set rolling, largely because of mr trumps own actions in the way he has communicated on some of these things. We all know there was an investigation going on into the trump campaigns links with russia. Then donald trump fired the fbi Directorjames Comey and the white house and the Attorney General and the Deputy Attorney general gave a set of reasons for why james comey had been fired for top donald trump them directly contradicts those reasons, saying it was because of the rush of th
But people are in. Welcome to bbc news. The white house wanted its message to be about changing us policy toward cuba. But then a tweet from President Trump caused the news agenda to change. Earlier on friday he said that sparked this response from senator Dianne Feinstein who sits on the intelligence committee. She went on to call it a blatant violation of the president s oath of office. For more on mr trumps comments and the resulting firestorm, heres our North America editorjon sopel. The ball has been set rolling, largely because of mr trumps own actions in the way he has communicated on some of these things. We all know there was an investigation going on into the trump campaigns links with russia. Then donald trump fired the fbi Directorjames Comey and the white house and the Attorney General and the Deputy Attorney general gave a set of reasons for why james comey had been fired for top donald trump them directly contradicts those reasons, saying it was because of the rush of th