vago: welcome to defense news. the books we should have on your summer reading list. first, wounded service members from the u.s. and britain will come together for the annual or your games. founded in 2010 as part of the adaptive was program begins encourage participants to stay physically active and inspire opportunities for growth. the games begin june 19 and are hosted by their marine corps in virginia. joining us today are dr. jonathan woodson and two athletes who will compete in the upcoming games. welcome to the program. thank you. vago: talk to us about how important the warrior games are and how the games have changed over the years and what is new this year. guest: the military adaptive sports program is an new way of thinking about rehabilitation. this war has produced a number of casualties but we have been able to have more casualties survived the we have the highest survival rates in the history of warfare. that transfers a great deal of responsibility or ca
to provide the committee further assistance. thank you very much. at after new chairman mccain, chairman graham, ranking member killer brand and members of the personnel subcommittee. it is a privilege to appear before you today at this initial hearing on defense health care reform and i hope my participation in today s hearing will be of assistance to you in the defense department as you seek to ensure the military health system is strength in and is able to provide optimal support to those who wear the cloth of this nation, their families and those who are in the retirement benefit due to their careers service. i believe i m a framework for reform is to begin with an assessment of what is working and not working. but the environmental conditions are like me to look like in the future, including the go to work capabilities and needs than what approach will likely ensure success in the future. for my nearly 20 years a privilege service at the site of dod and now va, this wo
salami slicing. very small increments advancing interests by building up islands, adding another weapons system, making small moves, none of which is egregious enough tow cause the united states to use massive hard power but would we slowly tip the balance in china s favor. we don t have a strategy to counter that. deterre our hard power capability, the weapons you have described, this is a deterrent to world war iii, not to intelligent gradualism. we need a better policy. from florida, independent line, cliff for our guest robert daly, good morning. good morning. good conversation.me e you have alreadystng to taken s steam out of a comment that i was going to make, but i will i make it anyway so we can reiterate. i m not probably going to be as friendly and optimistic as the answer has been given.ussian i m referring to the russian situation when they were doing their thing with georgia, uzbekistan and we were passive and we o watched and they watch how we react or no re
how do we get most children gun violence dies in the united states. it is complicated. there is not one thing we can change. this is a very complicated and complex issue. it is incredibly lyrical. it is incredibly driven by money. it is driven by very powerful corporate interests that is good at what they do. we currently have a congress that is in the grip of the gun lobby. but itot only congress is state legislators. governors, city council, mayor s. happens to be the president of the united states. currently. not currently. it has been in the past. what all of us need to recognize is that elections matter. so gabby i took a look at all the candidates that are running for president and as we all know there are a lot of them. there are less every single day which is good. it is very clear and does not take long to figure this out. there is only one candidate that has the record and experience to stand up to a very powerful corporate interests. that is why gabion i are he
secretary of defense for health affairs who oversees the pentagon s $50 billion military health system that includes more than 130,000 doctors, nurses, and health professionals who serve military members nationwide. he is of his his readiness as one of the nation s leading vascular surgeons. thanks for having me here. vago: obviously, you decided to launch the initiative because it indicates you still have continuing challenges. how do you assess the heart health of the fourth overall and african-americans in particular? dr. woodson: our main focus is to produce a healthy force that can do the nations bidding and defend this nation. we are really committed to prevention. we have a number of initiatives that we have undertaken to create healthier environment, educate service members on how to remain healthy. we have undertaken initiatives to change diets and so the healthy thing is the easy thing to do. vago: but how would ussr health in general? how would ussr health in