Unclear on unmanned, Part 2: On Capitol Hill, the US Navy has a credibility problem David Larter
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The littoral combat ship Independence deploys the now-canceled remote multimission vehicle off the Southern California coast in 2013. (Courtesy of Austal USA via U.S. Navy)
This is the second of a three-part series on the Navy’s struggles to develop unmanned ships and systems. WASHINGTON The attack from the late Sen. John McCain was predictable but that did little to lessen the pain. From the Senate Armed Services Committee chairman’s seat in the Dirksen Senate Office Building in December 2016, McCain unleashed a polemic against what he saw as 12 years of programmatic futility displayed in the U.S. Navy’s efforts to field the littoral combat ship. From the witness stand, the Navy’s then-top acquisitions official Sean Stackley and top surface warfare officer Vice Adm. Thomas Rowden took the brunt of incoming fire.
Unclear on unmanned, Part 2: On Capitol Hill, the US Navy has a credibility problem David Larter
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The littoral combat ship Independence deploys the now-canceled remote multimission vehicle off the Southern California coast in 2013. (Courtesy of Austal USA via U.S. Navy)
This is the second of a three-part series on the Navy’s struggles to develop unmanned ships and systems. WASHINGTON The attack from the late Sen. John McCain was predictable but that did little to lessen the pain. From the Senate Armed Services Committee chairman’s seat in the Dirksen Senate Office Building in December 2016, McCain unleashed a polemic against what he saw as 12 years of programmatic futility displayed in the U.S. Navy’s efforts to field the littoral combat ship. From the witness stand, the Navy’s then-top acquisitions official Sean Stackley and top surface warfare officer Vice Adm. Thomas Rowden took the brunt of incoming fire.
11 Journalists on Covering the Capitol Siege: âThis Could Get Uglyâ
Reporters who planned to watch a political ceremony were caught in a wave of turmoil.
Extremists backing President Trump smashed TV equipment and attacked an Associated Press photographer outside the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday.Credit.Jose Luis Magana/Associated Press
Jan. 9, 2021
Reporters knew before they arrived at the Capitol on Wednesday that there would be large protests in support of President Trump. But most expected the dayâs main event to be the drama and ceremony of the nationâs leaders debating the ratification of the Electoral College vote for Joseph R. Biden Jr. as the next president.
“The vast majority of the arrests, 293, were a result of protests in the Hart Senate Office Building, where protesters crowded in the atrium. Loud chants could be heard throughout the building, which is structured so the hallways of each floor open up and look out onto the first floor.
“Those arrested in Hart were charged with crowding, obstructing or incommoding, according to Capitol Police. Another nine people were arrested on the fourth floor of Dirksen Senate Office Building and charged with unlawful demonstrations.”
CNN also called the crowd protesters.
On Wednesday, CNN called pro-Trump protesters who stormed the Capitol “rioters.”