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The state of colorado and the workforce men and women of for your presence there. And i thank you for that. On the Virginia Class Program along with the virginia payload module and the ohio replacement, as we faced significant budget challenges, secretary, can you tell us how is your ability to keep those programs on track at the president s budget level or if we have to drop back to bca levels or even worse, how is it impacted if sequestration goes into effect to keep those programs on track . Especially given the challenges we face with the submarine forces declining if we dont keep those on...

Our training, the last sequestration we had air wings that had to go down to a hard deck which meant the very minimum training. Our marines training at home station, the ones next to deploy and the ones after that all have suffered under the first sequestration and it would be, i think a fair word is devastating, in terms of the navys ability to respond to crisis, to surge to meet a near peer adversary to do the things that america has come to expect and should expect from its navy and marine corps. Thank you, we go to mike turner of ohio. Thank you for your articulation of the issue of the th...

Come together to address a serious challenge. We all took an oath to protect the nation and its interests but to do so we must Work Together. I know everyone on this Committee Takes the isil threat seriously. Everyone at this table does as well. We encourage a serious debate. I ask you to pass the president s amf because it provides the authority and flex wage and recurrent campaign and because it will demonstrate to our men and women in uniform that all of us stand behind them. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Distinguished members of this committee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you...

There are provision nts bill but comes out with widespread bipartisan report. Let me introduce two reporters asking questions this week. Megan scully and kevin barren, executive editor of defense one and, kevin starting with your question. Thank you for being here brfment we get to that, i thought we would start big and head small. For me the main focus is where we are fighting now, middle east and giant conflict, singular conflict that stretches from north africa across the middle east towards afghanistan and pakistan. Youre on the chair of the Armed Services committee. Your chair is oversigh...

160,000 each. 13 others who spent less time hospitalized will get 35,000 each. In the gulf of mexico, the coast guard is searching for two crew members from an oil platform. An explosion ripped through the platform yesterday. It is about 20 miles from the louisiana coast and its used for production, not drilling. Very little fuel, were told, was spilled. We now know the train that crashed into a parade float in midland, texas, was going under the speed limit. Investigators say the conductor hit the emergency brake, but it was too late. Four u. S. Army sergeants were killed. The parade was to h...