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Aisle, are rightly concerned about how he may respond when tested by russia, iran, north korea, and other transnational threats such as cyber. Considering some of these hotspots in the world in detail, i would like to start with iran, which remains a top concern for this committee. Their behavior with respect to forces across the region has not improved and irans unsafe actions have continued. I believe the joint plan of action is the most effective way to prevent iran from resuming their Nuclea...

Members of the team, the national security team, once the senate confirms them, to carry these views forward. >> thank you. you talked about, i think senator inhofe raised the issue of readiness of our troops. when we met we also talked about the national guard and the importance of the guard as being part of the one force that we depend on. readiness is obviously a concern for the national guard as well. in new hampshire, for example, our national guard has experienced at 32% decline in force s...

Once the senate confirms them to carry these views forward. >> thank you. you talked about -- i think senator inhofe raised the issue of our troops and the importance of the national guard being part of the one force that we depend on. readiness is also a concern for the national guard as well. in new hampshire, for example, our national guard has experienced a 32% decline in structure since 2007, much more than many states that are smaller than we are. and theyve had trouble with training rotat...

These views forward. >> thank you. you talked about, i think, senator inhoff raised the issue of readiness for our troops and when you and i met we also talked a little bit about the national guard and the importance of the guard as being part of the one force that we depend on. readiness is a concern for the national guard as well and in new hampshire our national guard has experienced a 32% decline in force structure since 2007, much more than many states that are smaller than we are. and they...

Dangerously strapped now. >> these are too deep, too abrupt. the hammer has had to cancel final training rotations for seven brigade combat teams. thats more than 15% of the entire force. air force units lost 25% of the annual training events that keep them qualified for their assigned missions. and marine corps units not going to afghanistan are getting 30% less funding just as the service is facing more demands. >> of course thats brought some republican hawks like senators john mccain and lin...

Combat ready. weve got ships that are not being deployed. weve got training rotations that have been canceled. weve got 800,000 federal employees that have been furloughed under sequester and that are now taking a hit on the shutdown. all of this is impacting on our readiness and our ability to be able to handle a major crisis outside of afghanistan. >> the president just launched two special operations here to fight terrorists. if thats the number one goal, he seems to have been quite capable o...

That have been grounded. half of the air force is not combat ready. weve got ships that are not being deployed. weve got training rotations that have been canceled. weve got 800,000 federal employees that have been furloughed under sequester and that are now taking a hit on the shutdown. all of this is impacting on our readiness and our ability to be able to handle a major crisis outside of afghanistan. >> the president just launched two special operations here to fight terrorists. if thats the ...

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