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[inaudible conversations] the subcommittee was knocking door to frequent objections that use authorized to declare a recess of the subcommittee at any time. The chair of recognize itself for an Opening Statement. Good morning, everyone. Thank you for being here. Today the subcommittee on National Security will examine the department of defense and military Services Administration and oversight of the junior reserve officer Training Corps program, or jrotc. As a sales by congress the statutory purpose of the jrotc is to instill in our Nations High School students, quote, the valves of citizenship, service to the United States and personal responsibility as well as a sense of accomplishment. Close closed quote. In furtherance about objective jrotc officers dispute micco offers participating School Students or cadets in immersive military learning about that includes coursework in leadership, civics, ethics come history, health and stem as well as Service Specific classes in seamanship, l
Defense Department Officials testified on junior rotc sexual abuse allegations before a House Oversight subcommittee. Lawmakers began an investigation after the New York Times published an article showing a pattern of sexual abuse among students who participated in junior rotc programs. The subcommittee was knocking door to frequent objections that use authorized to declare a recess of the subcommittee at any time. The chair of recognize itself for an Opening Statement. Good morning, everyone. Thank you for being here. Today the subcommittee on National Security will examine the department of defense and military Services Administration and oversight of the junior reserve officer Training Corps program, or jrotc. As a sales by congress the statutory purpose of the jrotc is to instill in our Nations High School students, quote, the valves of citizenship, service to the United States and personal responsibility as well as a sense of accomplishment. Close closed quote. In furtherance abou
This morning Defense Department officials will testify on junior rotc sexual abuse allegations before a house subcommittee on National Security. The committee undertook the investigation of Sexual Misconduct after the New York Times published an article that showed a pattern of sexual abuse among students who took part in junior rotc programs. Live coverage of this hearing here on cspan2. Through the house rules require that we see members for in attendance at all times. Members appearing remotely or not recognized should remain muted to minimize background noise and feedback. Fifth, i will recognize members verbally but members retain the right to seek recognition verbally and regular order members we recognize in seniority for questions. And lastly if you want to be recognized outside of regular order you may identify the item in several ways. One comments you may use the chat function to send a request or you may send an email to majority staff, or you may unmute your mic to seek re
Examining a similar situation that bush got us into. Well, first and foremost, i would just say george w. Bush did get us in in a dramatic way into this caldron. And for republicans not to admit that is wrong. And so thats number one. We should not have jumped in with the United States military with the huge occupation force into iraq to change the situation. I would have certainly supported at that time arming the kurds against Saddam Hussein as im supportive now that you have to make sure very well that the people youre working with are, number one, do not have a long term, how do you say, a long term reason to hate you and to not like you and thus in the end they will end up being your enemy. And that was true in a number of areas in this region. So thats one of the reasons why i think we should rely on the kurds who have a long history of being friends with the United States. There are other forces in play. There are friends that we should stick with. Like israel. And there are for