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 todays 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 im 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 worm and up unti
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 chinas favor. We dont 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. Im not probably going to be as friendly and optimistic as the answer has been given. Ussian im 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 reaction. I, for o
Nation, their families and those who earned a retirement benefit due to their career of service. I believe any framework for reform needs to begin with an assessment of whats working and not working, what the environmental conditions are likely to look like in the future including the go to work the capabilities and needs and what approach will likely insure success in the future. For my nearly 20 years of Privileged Service at the side of d. O. D. And now v. A. I believe there are four fundamental questions worthy of explosions. First, does dodd have the most effective efficient Management Structure and tools to deliver on the needs . And is the investment in the direct care system being optimized . Theres a great deal of experience inherent in the footprint and the personnel required to establish the foot print. Theres great efficiency to be gained when sizing a system, hen making make vs. Buy decisions and croort cooperating appropriately and leasing when the leasing is broached. I
Person but another got away there was also a gunshot victim at the scene a few minutes later the Sheriffs Office got a call about another gunshot victim at a nearby apartment complex tonight police are trying to sort out what roles. Everyone played in the shooting for the First Time Police officers testified about the search for missing uva student hannah grandma Jessie Matthew was charged with grant abduction and murder and hearing for matthew today lawyers argued over evidence found by Police Officers during last years search mathews attorneys say police did not have enough evidence for a search warrant for matthews apartment. Matthew is also charged in the october two thousand nine abduction and first degree murder of Morgan Harrington starting next month military families may have to pay more for medicines Prescription Co payments will increase for some tricare beneficiaries starting february first patients who fill their prescriptions at Tricare Network pharmacies will pay two dol
Bring these men to trial, now while we can do so on our own terms and give the Defense Department the Legal Authority it needs to make the right decisions about these prisoners. It is costing us 2. 7 million per detainee per year versus 34,000 at a maximum prison in the United States. More than 300 individuals convicted of crime related to terrorism are currently incarcerated in federal prisons with no escapes. The role in the benghazi attack is a great example of our ability to deal with highprofile terrorists safely and swiftly. He will not be brought to guantanamo. He will be brought to the United States to answer for his crimes in a federal court and punished in accord answer with the laws of this nation. I have every confidence to bring him to justice. He said its continued operation mock ours values. Its time to put an end to this by supporting this amendment. Let me use one more quote, in the words of the family members of the 9 11 victims, the Current System is immoral, unlawfu