Russia and china pose in these areas. This is just over two hours good morning. The Committee Meets today to receive testimony from general anthony cotton, commander of u. S. Strategic command or stratcom. And generals steven whiting, commander of u. S. Spacecom or spacecom. Gentlemen, thank you for your service to the nation and extend our thanks to the men and women who serve with you. As in the past we have asked the commanders the stratcom and spacecom to testify together. Until 2019. Spacecom was a part of Strategic Command. Mr. Reed as spacecom continues as an independent command, its important to identify any gaps or seams that emerged during the transition. On the global stage, russia continues to behave recklessly. Recent press reports state that russia is considering violating International Space treaties and endangering the global use of space for Vital Communications and sensing. Further, putin has stab staged the strategy stability and arms control policies both our nation
Bail charged with indecent assault and corruption of a minor after 13yearold female accused of him of abuse. Hes been accused of sexually assaulting a 13yearold. Sir, i have no idea. Reporter do you know anything is this surprising of your brother . Are you stunned by it some way . Yes, very stun. Reporter police say the victim is the daughter of a man tinney worked with the alleged abuse began when she was just 12. Juvenile claimed she was inappropriately touched by the defendant. Through investigation it was found that mr. Tinney would make comments about her appearance and her body inappropriately touched her. Reporter investigators say along with the touchin touchingd to buy the girl sexual devices showed her sexually explicit pictures on his phone and showed her his extensive collection of porn kept in a safe in his home. Thats crazy. Thats ridiculous. Its kind of nuts that he would do Something Like that when he has his own daughter. Reporter now the police chief here says that A
Leave. [applause]. Lets talk about Workforce Development. That seems to be the kind of thing that americans do not think about when they think about the positives of the u. S. Economy. We dont have stem education, were behind the rest of the world and this, this, that, and the other thing. Yet part of the reason why the direct investment comes from japan is because of the workforce as it is and can be described. When it comes to the plan at least 2000 people are needed to walk with us. Will you have the equivalent number of people needed working at the supply plant. So including at least the 4000 employees are needed. At the level that the consumer can evaluate. So our motto was the Workforce Needs a human element. The human itself makes the when we want to expand and have the next line we also need to have other people, how can we recruit those people at the same time maybe the same thing could happen. You need 4000 people to operate the two lines. More than that. Coming you have robo
We have a minute or two before we go to the pentagon for a briefing. Go ahead, kelly in oregon. Caller the trouble with Public Policy makers is that they are out of touch with the vast majority of the regular people. There are a few good persons out there. Barry sanders, our beloved peter defazio. But policy which makes sense to , they are out of touch. Do not know with the needs and the concerns of the regular individual are. Host this is marjorie in washington dc. Caller hello. I apologize, im going to have to let you go. You have 15 seconds. Axeser property tas assessments have no control. Ont when you get through washington journal, turned out a television, because you will hear everything three telephone and you will not have any delay. Pentagon briefing begins now. General breedlove good morning. He thank you again for the opportunity to provide you with an update on the things that are keeping us busy and u. S. European command. My last visit with you was back in april. Im confi
Mentioned now, it does not exist. How can you do the job better than what you have done in iraq with thousands of troops . Secretary ernest the forces in syria been different because the conditions in syria and iraq have been different. In iraq, one of the Biggest Challenges is ensuring that they are under the command of a unified government. That is not something that had been in place until relatively recently went the Prime Minister to power and sought to govern that country in a much more inclusive way. That more effective and Inclusive Leadership have made the Security Forces more effective. The situation in syria is a lot different. Opposition forces there are not affiliated with the Central Government. They are more loosely organized. Yet, despite the loose organization, the United States and Coalition Partners have been able to effectively help them. The situation in kobani is a good example of this. There is this war between turkey and syria that is almost completely secure. T