good evening, teresa. all five of the former officers facing charges of aggravated assault, aggravated kidnapping, official misconduct, official oppression, in addition to, as you point out, second-degree murder charges. [listing names of officers] all fired last week for use of force, and excessive use of force, and for failing to intervene and failing to render aid to nichols, the departments that had been pulled over for suspected reckless driving. he died in the hospital just three days after he was pulled over back on january 7th. police say there was an initial stop, and then pepper spray was deployed, a foot chase, then another altercation. the tennessee bureau of investigation head, david rauch, whose department is leading the ongoing investigation is the officers conduct, said, i ve seen the video. you will, too. in a word, it s absolutely appalling. the actions of these officers were awful, and no one, including law enforcement, is above the law. i assure you
Britain's armed forces face an equipment funding shortfall of 17 billion pounds ($21.6 billion) over the next 10 years, a public spending watchdog said on Monday, a concern for defence chiefs at a time of heightened geopolitical risks. The National Audit Office (NAO) put the estimate for the budget for new weapons and equipment at 305.5 billion pounds for 2023-2033, 16.9 billion pounds over budget, the largest deficit since its first report in 2012. Soaring costs in nuclear and naval programmes, as Britain works on a replacement nuclear deterrent, as well as high inflation have pushed up the future budget, the NAO said.
is. what is the end state? would return to accomplish? if the answer is that we are going to help zelenskyy as long as it takes, you have to ask, in order to let? drive russia out of ukraine? i can t imagine any scenario that vladimir putin would allow his forces to be physically driven out by nato-supplied equipment to the ukraine and not resort to nuclear weapons. we need to know what the white house s plan is to mitigate against that concern. it s fine to help ukraine defend itself, that s what we ve done from the beginning, but we owe it for us to the united states national security and nato security not to expand this war. trace: you talk about united states national security. while you re giving ukraine first generation weapons, i m wondering if you are concerned about readiness, about equipment readiness and people readiness. if something were to happen like
The process behind the Army’s mission to support allies and partners in Europe by supplying and sustaining equipment ranging from M1A1 tanks to camouflage net systems was center stage during
In a year marked by national and world change, Army Materiel Command endured – achieving goals in the areas of people, readiness and modernization in support of Army senior leader