Good afternoon. I call this joint hearing of the readiness and subcommittees of the House Armed Services together. I would like to honor the 17 sailors lossed in the uss fitzgerald. And also the ten uss john s. Mccain sailors. Each one of them is so special to every person here. Over the course of the past six months, our subcommittees have met with Navy Leadership to understand the causeative factos that have resulted in the death of 17 sailors. Our men remain confident that our navy remains the most powerful in the world. However, the navy is not alone in responsibility. As secretary james mattis stated in august, it creates unpredictability and makes us rigid. We can not deal with new and revealing threats. We know our enemies are not standing still, end of quote. Passing another temporary measure compounds the negative impacts for our military. Some of those impacts are highlighted by the demanding training and certification gaps necessitated by increased operational demand. Speake
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To the east, they still have temperatures warmer than yesterday. And then a area where it has dropped off down to 30 degreesd for instance st. Louis. The rainfall last night is pushing off east east we are in a dry slot, we do have wraparound clouds and snow showers awaiting us in some of us will get those tonight. Today was a bit abnormal and we will put away abnormal for quite a number of days as we mentioned back to normal we would be there or below normal and then here comes the transition. New details from the investigation investigation of the house explosion and fire in whichnv four members of my family died. The medical Examiners Office hasas released a prelim report as dave nethers joins us. Skyhaven drive and Northfield Village the report reveals evidence but does not definitively conclude how or when cindy and jeff mather or either of their two daughters died in this fire last month it does raise more questions as he does answer. The home burst into flames after an explosion
Personnel at the consulate are safe and accounted for. But it does represent something of a dramatic security breakdown in a part of iraq that until now has been relatively secure. So that is erbil. Just south of there, another operation in tikrit. Lets talk about that. Iraqi Security Forces killing this top leader. What was he doing there . What has he been doing . And do you know of any ties to isis . Well this is ibrahim al douri, old righthand man of Saddam Hussein. According to iraqi officials, there was an operation that appears to include both Iraqi Military and these paramilitary shiite forces. They somehow hit a convoy in which al douri was traveling. Its not confirmed at this point if this is indeed him. In the past, weve gotten reports that hes been killed and hes reappeared. So his dna is going to be sent to baghdad to be checked. Now, this was a man who has evaded first the u. S. And then iraqi forces from 2003 until today, perhaps. And he had very close ties with isis alt
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