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Seriously considered. Senator mccain has already referenced them. One is i think we have to take a hard look at overhead. The army but not just the army but the military across the board, all of the services to include department of defense are very very Large Organization with a big bureaucracy with a significant overhead. A second is acquisition. As already previously mentioned, theres a considerable amount of cost and in many cases waste in the acquisition process. We need to get that under c...

Commands you support as well. I have been concerned reductions across the services are going to impact the conventional source enablers that our specialop guys work with. How will you work with them on the reductions having on their capabilities . We are closely tied with the special operation committee. 80 of u. S. Special operations come from the army. So we are tightly closed. We are joined at the hip. One of the big Lessons Learned from the last 1015 years is conflict has been the synergisti...

That we made. Among the most contentious issues over the past two years involved the armys restructuring initiative. I understand the army has been put in a difficult position by budget reductions and over the past several years has been exploring a number of option to maximize come pat power while at the same time trying to combat costs. Congress has similarly been taking a hard look at this which is why the commission of the structure of the army was established in the ndaa. If confirmed will ...

Welcome to bbc news. Hundreds of thousands of people have been demonstrating in barcelona in support of spanish unity. It follows madrids decision to take direct control of catalonia after regional leaders there voted to declare independence on friday. The sacked catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont has called on his supporters to show democratic defiance of direct rule from madrid. But supporters of spanish unity have been calling for mr puigedemont to be jailed. Gavin lee is in barcelon...

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Submitted to the clerk, items acted upon today will be appear on the supervisor agenda unless otherwise stated. Er can we get a motion the excuse supervisor mar from todays meeting. Motion from supervisor cohen, without objection. Call item 1. Item 1 is a a motion confirming the mayoral appointment of Eleni Kounalakis to the Port Commission term ending may 1, 2016. And i believe she is here today. Thank you very much. Members of the rules committee, supervisors tang and cohen, im very honored to...

Army says it has been pushing back i. S. I. L. Forces. Behind them they left a trail of brutality and fear the u. S. And cuban president s have pledged to set aside their decades long differences. Obama called it a new day between the two countries. Castro was forced to defend the countrys human rights. Reporter after decades of silence between cuba and the u. S. , this. [ ] reporter a moment most many thought they wouldnt see after more than half a century of animosity, the president being cele...

End of the world could come sooner than we think. Hello, the u. N. Has sent out invitations to this weeks planned talks in geneva on the war in syria. It follows weeks of dispute about which opposition groups should be asked to take part. James bayes is in geneva and has more on the diplomatic movements behind the talks. We knew 24 hours ago when stephane de mistura said he was going to go for the widest possible representation of the opposition. One country, saudi arabia, would go and find who ...

The World Health Organisation issues a new warning on the zika virus suspected of causing birth defectss in the americas. Activists say Government Forces have recaptured one of the important towns in syria. Sheikh maskin list the city of damascus with deraa. Reporter it has taken the army weeks of intense fighting with rebels to take this town in deraa. State television showed this video after securing lines. Battles are reported to be continuing on the outskirts. The importance of the ruined to...

Continues as the meets the Catholic Pope in rome. Hello, the u. N. Has sent out invitations to this weeks planned talks in geneva on the war in syria. It follows weeks of dispute about which opposition groups should be asked to take part. Lets take you straight away to geneva, and speak to james bayes. James tell us who is on the guest list then . Well, we knew 24 hours ago when stephane dee mature are when he said he was go for the widest possible representation. The u. N. Saying they are going...