Defense forces have declared a state of alert for war following a surprise attack carried out by Palestinian Militants. The idf says at least 2200 rockets were fired towards israel, though hamas claimed at least 5000 rockets were fired, all landing in southern and central israel. Emily schrader says shes an israeli american and captured this video of the aftermath. So this is very close to where i live in tel aviv. You can see here where there was a direct hit. Images on social media show heavily armed Palestinian Militants on motorbikes and pickup trucks crossing into israeli settlements. This video appears to show militants taking hostages in israel near the border with gaza. Another video also appears to show a woman being taken hostage in gaza. Israeli forces launching massive retaliatory airstrikes. This building collapsing, flames then lighting up the night sky in gaza as those israeli strikes continued. Israelis prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu says Israeli Defense forces will
Its exactly the reason i gave up my cell phone number during the First National press conference in september and i get calls every single day from veterans and to listen to them. Because youve got to keep that this will put the above were trying to do. Its all very personal. Thank you for your dedication. Thank you, mr. Chairman. I do have some questions that i will submit for the record. Thank you, mr. Chair been. Also secretary, thank you for being here. Appreciated. I visited with you before about legislation that i put forward, the veterans access to extended care. And its all about making sure that we can encourage Nursing Homes to take va reimbursement for veterans by limiting the Small Business contracting requirements that are currently under when they take va reimbursement but that they dont have to deal with when they take medicare reimbursement. Thats a burden that really makes no sense for them. They even have to undergo a separate so theres a lot of red tape, a lot of com
Actually come to the course. So thats a key part of that piece, and then when it comes to the communications, clearly a communications is a big part of our trust. We need to explain why the gender neutral standards, how were going to ensure that everybody meets those standards, both men and women, why theyre necessary for the occupation in the first place because theres some question as to is it really the right task that should be done in these standards, in these different moss, and then that by communicating that a little more effectively than we have, this is going to help us build the trust for both men and women to want to continue down that pipeline for those different areas. Thats an important part of the implementation plan. Thank you. Thank you. Yes, please. Sue fulton, im the chair of the u. S. Military board of visitors. Former signal officer. Obviously, we are dealing with a question of Critical Mass too and i want to go back to that because i want to follow up a little bi
We are committed to our professions future through programs just like this and we fight for a free press worldwide. For more information about the club visit our website, press. Org. To donate to programs offered through our clubs, Journalism Institute visit press. Org institute. On behalf of members worldwide i want to welcome you to todays luncheon. Id like to welcome our cspan and public radio audiences. You can follow the action on twitter. Use the hashtag npc lunch. Remember, the public attends our lunches applause is not evidence of a lack of journalistic objectivity. Ill ask as many questions as time permits. Our head table includes working people who are members of the National Press club. From the right will watson. A former newspaper editor and 20year National Press club member. Larry holdren, patrick host. Captain sydney dawson u. S. Air force, aid to the superintendent and a guest of the speaker. Donald linewein. Gene tie. Thank you so much. Lieutenant cassiem. Gra m. Grane
President of women in international security, also known as wise. I would like to welcome you all to this event, women in combat. This is the fifth major event that wise has organized on the issue of the integration of women in the military. I would like to recognize and thank ellen, the director of the combat Integration Initiative for her leadership on this issue. The combat Integration Initiative really has a very simple objective, and that is to support the successful integration of women in the military, and support the policy that lifts the ban on women serving in combat positions. The initiative brings together both active and former military academics, and other analysts and experts of all generations, i would say. A are the first trailblazers in the military, as well as a very young generation. Many of them are in the room are participating in the working group that we have established under the combat Integration Initiative, and i would like to take this opportunity to thank