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Think women in the navy are still in the waves. They are not. The navy reflects the nation at large. 20 percent identify as black , a slightly larger percentage than the country as a whole. Latinos make up 16 percent. 18 percent of women and the laws that previously barred them from combat of come down as well. The last barrier in the navy was breached in 2011 when two women reported on board one of the navys Nuclear Powered Ballistic Missile submarines. You may have seen in the news to Army Off...

To the 94 bits in these graphs were rough total of 617 billion. My question is kind of a can to a congressman fleming was acting. Does it make any difference to the department of defense if the money comes to the department of defense via the base versus overseas Contingency Operations . How does that affect your ability to do it need to be done . I think i addressed that earlier when i said for the army receiving relief there are end strength provisions above 450 provides 4. 2 billion in one ye...

Deployments and we ended up producing hours and getting that next set of deployers ready to go we ended up delaying the deployment of carrier. When you talk about the Global Response force our ability to train our folks and their ability to have that next set ready is very much tied to the budgetary topline. Right now we have two carriers ready to go. We always have two to go. We are building up to a larger Surge Capacity but clearly with sequestration our ability to maintain that projection for...

Really have to think how to events the mission of these agencies proselyte to thank them for hanging in there because the impediment that is created natalie to find new ideas but called back to oldfashioned ideas. Teeeighteen and though you were leaving the you will continue to serve in many capacities with both the long disserving and here we are. [laughter] also of the take this opportunity for those who work at both of those agencies. So to wake up every day how i can make the world a better ...

Pure navy bill, it will devastate some part of the navy either our shipbuilding or readiness or something, because the high cost of these and because we dont recapitalize them very often. If you look back in history there is precedent for either making this a National Program because it is the most survivable leg of our deterrence or building another ship to accommodate it. The freedom in the early 60s to late 60s and the maritime maybe in 72 it was increased pretty dramatically to build these s...

The transatlantic space to support ukraine. And i do think that our leadership in this is recognized. We are having as spirited a debate as is going on theres also a transatlantic debate so that question gets asked also in our diplomacy. But europeans come at it from both sides, depending upon where they sit. With regard to ukraine and the things that need to be done, and that has been appreciated, very much by my by most of us, i would have at this point significant difficulty coming to work ea...

Happen. Saudi arabia. Something of a patching over, where do you see things between . I wish i were in that room where they at the Foreign Affairs ministerial meeting where they kissed and made of. They have told us that this thing is no. We have resolved their differences. The feud is over. I will you wish that i could believe that. You objectively examine the roots of the dispute, especially between the parties and the saudis this thing is far from over. The main issues that they disagreed on ...

Bring these men to trial, now while we can do so on our own terms and give the Defense Department the Legal Authority it needs to make the right decisions about these prisoners. It is costing us 2. 7 million per detainee per year versus 34,000 at a maximum prison in the United States. More than 300 individuals convicted of crime related to terrorism are currently incarcerated in federal prisons with no escapes. The role in the benghazi attack is a great example of our ability to deal with highpr...

Calls for an independent impact assessment of the DND’s plans to build a military testing site are now part of a Parliamentary petition

Since their design process evolved, the Zumwalt-class destroyers have been plagued by equipment issues. In 2016, the lead ship of the class- USS Zumwalt- broke down in the Panama Canal shortly following its commissioning.