From the secretary of defense to the people of the United States, this is the annual report of our armed forces. Your narrator, peter hackers, pentagon reporter. With the abcs in the year of crisis in asia, berlin and cuba and how our armed forces have met these meetings and have met these challenges to freedom. In their drive for world domination, the communists have identified Different Levels of possible conflict to exploit. Khrushchev speaks of war and peace in light of what he calls the new means of mass destruction. And what he calls local wars, he also rejects because as he puts it, they may grow into a thermonuclear war. But he recognizes another category which he called war of liberation and popular revolts. What we prefer to call subversion and covert aggression. It is these wars which he says are not only admissible but inevitable. A free world answer tested during a year in vietnam is counterinsurgency. At the request of the South Vietnamese government, we are helping peace
400,000 killed. Mr. Graham all with families. Mr. Mccain all with families. Barrel bombs, poison gas. By the way, there has been a recurrence, poison gas. Six Million People are now refugees. Six Million People are refugees, putting enormous strains on europe. And you can go around the world and see where all this weakness is reflected, whether it be in syria, whether it be in iran, threaten two american surveillance planes as they flew over the straits of hormuz, philippine leaders seeking arms from russia and chinese, chinese leaders seeking aggression in the south china sea, and the list goes on and on. In summary, i agree with the editorial in in the Washington Post yesterday. Whether or not the syrian ceasefire sticks, putin wins. This election is going to be a very important one. Mr. President , i yield the floor. A senator mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from West Virginia. Mr. Manchin mr. President , i rise today in a colloquy with my colleagues. Its a biparti
California facing the driest winter on record. The States Government asking people to do their part. H1n1 is one of the strains that doesnt take much contact for it to be transmitted from one person to the other. Why more young people will be hit hard this season. Good morning to you and welcome to al jazeera america. Im Morgan Radford coming to you live from new york city. Voting in thailands election has ended. It could take weeks before results come out. Antigovernment protesters making good on their promise to disrupt the voting. Many polling centres have reported problems. So far it seems the election has little to resolve some of that viaed spread anger over the Prime Ministers government. Scott heidler reports from bangkok. In her north bangkok neighbourhood Prime Minister vin arrived as the yin arrived Yingluck Shinawatra arrived as the polls opened. Setting an example. Translation as thais its our duty to exercise a vote. Doesnt matter who you vote for. In other parts of the c
Launch officers. Some of them accused of giving each other answers to tests on how to operate nuclear missiles. Others accused of knowing about it and looking the other way. David shuster is following the investigation for us. Reporter tony, the pentagon had a News Conference in which the air force secretary and chief of staff reveal that officers used Text Messages to help one another pass a monthly proficiency exam. 16 of the officers cheated and another 17 knew about it and did not report the violations. There is another person stripped of their responsibilities because of alleged drug use. Heres what debra lee james, secretary of the air force, had to say this afternoon. Afternoon. This is absolutely unacceptable behavior and completely contrary to our core values in the air force, and the number one core value for us is integrity. Im profoundly disappointed in the airmen involved in this, and ive directed immediate actions take place. Reporter including stripping those officers of
Spaceship and why the dream of civilian space flight is a big step closer, today, saturday, january 11th, 2014. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a saturday. Im lester holt. Nice to have you back this morning. Thank you im erica hill alongside jenna wolfe and dylan dreyer. Just when you thought the news couldnt get worse, on friday, we get more information, target revealing now that tens of millions of additional customers may have had everything from their names and phone numbers, even their email or mailing addresses stolen. And then, last night we learned that highend retailer Neiman Marcus says hackers have targeted them as well. Kristen dahlgren is following it all for us. Kristen, what can you tell us . Good morning, guys. Not the news so many people want to hear after people were shopping in both stores. Neiman marcus is the latest retailer to say that some customers credit cards were compromised in a security breach. Were waiting to hear how many. So far, its confirme