In our communities of volunteer to do this. Experiencesd, their , a lot of them have appreciated the opportunity to help within their communities. It will help recruiting and retention. I think it will also help to retain them in our formations. We love them all. Let them know that. Senator reid. You, mr. Chairman, thank you for your excellent statements. Gen. Perna, we had a great discussion yesterday afternoon. Talked about typically the way the military we spent i spent some time, you spend your whole life. Planned for the worst, hope for the best. Here in d. C. , and this is a bipartisan model, it is usually planned for the best and ignore the worst. You will be put in the middle of that. It goes back to the point we reiterated. You have to base your activities on science, fact, on committing saypeak truth to power, to not only the good news but also to bring us the bad news. I hope that you will do that. Can you commit to that . I 100 will commit to that. Thank you. Ppe, that we w
Contracted report for the commission on chinas expeditionary capabilities. Were really looking forward to that. At james, he specializes in emerging technologies, threat assessment, forecasting and data science. Much of his work analyzes chinas Armed Forces Modernization and u. S. Longrange strategic planning. Before joining james he was an extra Research Assistant for Yale University department of medical science where he did research on chinas naval modernization. Mr. Peltier has a master of arts in International Science from university of chicago. Good political real school. We will next year from kevin mccauley. Hes an independent analyst and was formally the scene Intelligence Officer for the soviet union, russia, china and taiwan during his 31 years in the u. S. Government. Hes senior china analyst for the armys National Ground Intelligence Center and he served on Advisory Board and working groups supporting the intelligence community, the National Intelligence council and the u.
Called by democrats rang in unison alarm bells that the countrys democracy is under threat by the president s actions what has happened in the case today is something that i do not think we have ever seen before a president who has doubled down on violating his oath to faithfully execute the laws and to protect and defend the constitution this president has attacked each of the constitutions safeguards against establishing a monarchy in this country in the simplest possible terms the president put his personal game ahead of the National Security interest its better to be on t. V. Than by a whole. 4th scholar said if trump had tried to force ukraine to investigate a political rival in exchange for military aid it would be impeachable but the scholar wednesdays sole republican witness testified the case against trump has not been proven this would be the 1st impeachment in history where there would be considerable debate in my view not compelling evidence of the commission of a crime mor
With social programs rather than the army. Police in the democratic republic of congo say 4 people were killed during protests in. How small. The Congolese Military has been reinforcing in the eastern town of benny but the protests and the shooting continue. Carney gave this graphic updates of the chaos. Around the future of. This protest they did not discourage him but if. You have killed a Police Officer and his body was even supported by the protesters. On the main. Challenge for soldiers right now kristie. These people are marching on a un peacekeepers base furious at what they see is the failure of u. N. Forces to protect them against attacks by rival groups including the socalled Democratic Forces determined to keep the mission outs protesters have already damaged a number of u. N. Building since process started a little over a week ago the Congolese Army has been sent to end the violence but has failed to stop the a. D. F. Killing more than 100 people in the last month and more
Parliament is accepted prime is the idol of resignation after he submitted it on that saturday he will continue to lead a caretaker ministration before the countrys president elect severed placement hes standing down after weeks of increasingly violent antigovernment protests which of left more than 400. 00 people dead but his resignation is not expected to any on rest as protesters demanding a complete overhaul of the political system. Amount of old pain has more from baghdad. That we dont really see in abating in the demonstrations on the street whether its in baghdad or in some of the other southern cities or what people want they Want Parliament to be dissolved they want the Political Parties who put other of the the in place to leave and they want fresh elections to be held under a new election on now there is a new like election law that has been tabled in parliament but it only really includes nominal changes it increases the number of independent candidates in parliament but it