On the conclusion of all combat missions. That is followed by the president commencement address at the military academy. Is pleased to welcome back chairman of the committee,d services buck Mckeon Pearland Lynn introduce our two reporters. Donna cassata covers the congress and defense issues for press and jay michaels. Welcome. Donna, we will start with you. The president gave a speech at west point this past week in the possibility of arming and training Syrian Rebels who have been fighting forces loyal to bashar assad. Includedterpoint have a provision that would authorize the pentagon to train and equip vetted rebels. Do you support efforts for the u. S. Military to train and equip rebels in syria . I think be key there is vetvetted. I do not know how theyre going wedetermine who are people can work with going forward. I think if there is a way to foretell if these people will indeed be strong proponents of human rights and good friends of ours, that will be people that will do the
Withming up, newsmakers representative rob wittman of virginia. He discusses automatic spending cuts at the pentagon and the u. S. Response toward syria. And segments from the intelligence and National Security summit. Conversations with the chairmen and Ranking Member of the House Intelligence Committee. Followed by results from National Intelligence director James Clapper. Just on newsmakers this week is representative rob wittman of virginia. Of thehe chairman subcommittee on readiness, which puts him in responsibility of the hugest of the biggest line items in the pentagon budget. Let me introduce our reporters who will be questioning our subject, Donna Cassata and rick maze. Of militarybility action on syria is still looming. That is of concern to all of us. What opportunities do we have to make sure that if there is military action, that we can sustain that . Even if it is a small strike, we intoto look at if it turns an Enduring Mission, if it turns into more than just a strike,
The possibility of military action on syria is still looming. As the chairman of the subcommittee on readiness, what do you think the military is capable of doing in syria, in light of the sequester and the budget cuts . That is of concern to all of us. What opportunities do we have to make sure that if there is military action, that we can sustain that . Even if it is a small strike, we have to look at if it turns into an Enduring Mission, if it turns into more than just a strike, if there is indeed the involvement of other countries. What could a military do . If you look at the current state of readiness, our readiness continues to degrade. It does concern me, if we do have more than just a Surgical Strike or an unbelievably strong effort, what it will mean for our military. We are still engaged in afghanistan. Those are deep concerns of mine. Looking at not only what we are doing there, but the effort to take our forces out of there. I believe we will be pushed if we end up with an
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