on foreign-policy issues. there have not been many success stories. i think tpp may be the most successful of all. nevertheless, as i pointed out earlier, we need to demonstrate becausership in asia, to some degree we are in competition with china for that leadership role. i do not see china as an adversary in trade policy. i never have. i do not now, and i do not believe that i should in the future. but i also believe that if they are in the leadership role in have you will not principles and rules of asernational trade that are effective as they would be if we are in a leadership role. in other words, they are going to be looser and will not have the disciplines that are

necessary. so i want tpp to go into effect because that then becomes the basis on which we build. in the point i made earlier about being on the outside versus being on the inside is so valid here. it is not by accident that you have a whole slew of countries lining up wanting to join tpp already. and that is important. i think that is one of the great benefits of this potential agreement. flawed as it may be, it is the eating on the plate at the moment, and as a consequence, you are finding 80 as many as a dozen countries who would like to be in the next trial of tpp negotiations.tpp that will solidify the fact that tpp will be the foundation going

forward. it gets to the point that if you he, to the second tranc ultimately china may see to its advantage to join. i would agree with all of that. i do not think the administration has been that coy. i think this resonates on the hill. you asked about the trade-offs between making that argument versus an economic argument. handicapped themselves on the economic argument because you have a president who ran for office who expressed skepticism about agreements like nafta, arguing that it cost a million jobs, who has not reversed himself, which means they diditions means not like previous trade agreements, but for this one. it is a self-inflicted wound that leaves more to the

strategic argument. mr. pearson: way in the back corner there. i just want to ask a quick question -- mr. pearson: i you are. schumacher. i am my own demand. >> that is good. to this ideact about who is writing the rules a the road, that is sticking point, a political perspective about what we should ourselves in an international trade agreement in the first place. it seemed like sparta did not an league because it was the biggest one around. you have russia and china creating alternative venues for trading oil, to wti.

china one we expecting the one hand to step into a isuum but not executing tpp presumed to create, and on the other hand, if they step into that vacuum, why does it necessarily cause a problem if we are hoping they might join tpp, what is wrong with us joining with whatever multinational coalition our trading block eventually forms forms if ittually is obvious? >> i will start in. the u.s. does this because it is in our self-interest, it is in our self interest to have a stable political situation in asia. -- situation. in asia, we have few interests there. i agree with what you pastor said earlier, that it is not like we are opposed to china.

there is a different conception of what commercial regulation optically. and the u.s. has an advanced economy. a lot of the way we interact with other countries involved provision of services, investment, high intellectual property contents. if this sounds familiar from the chapter headings, that is no mistake. this is saying, how do we succeed and how do we do business? if you look at the kind of trade agreement that china is putting forward, and probably more the way that china engages commercially with the world, where they are much simpler, and it would do a worse job of serving u.s. interest. from an economic standpoint, we would be worse off in the standpoint of proving ourselves and reliable partner to keep peace in the region, it would be damaging to withdraw. phil is so correct in that respect. china already has a regional trading agreement sort of underway in asia, which is

viewed by some at least as a bit of a competitor to tpp. that agreement is not really going anywhere at the moment because everybody -- not everybody -- most everybody is in tpp, their attention and tp which is to our advantage. if you follow the chinese lead with their agreement, you end up with a lot less effective rulemaking in the trade arena. in other words, there will be a lot more games played under that agreement than will ever be played under tpp. and it is not to our advantage to give other folks a tent to play games because that works -- we like to play by the rules. not everybody else in the world does. mr. pearson: question right here. from virginia tech.

this may not be to the speakers, i am struck by the fact that the istilateralism of the wto barely mentioned today. if you think back to this nafta and the uruguay round, this was pushed simultaneously great but the last few years there would inmore discussion about tpp the context of the multilateral negotiations, simultaneously or interfaced through them. i would like to hear some comments from the speakers about if you think especially about a tpp process that might roll into 2017, 2018, is there any wto window, or is tppp the only trade agreement, the only trade agreement on which the message -- the next administration in which the administration will organize a position on trade?

are there any windows there, or wto as a negotiating for not on the agenda for the next five years? >> my apologies. it would be nice to hear a few comments. mr. yeutter: i will do the best i can. phil can supplement, because i were biased and anybody from being such a participant in the multilateral process during my tr, particularly uruguay round.a since then, the wto has not worked well. part of that is there are so many more countries. it was not an easy task to hurt those hundred cats. now you have to heard almost herd almost double.

when we finished the year great round, i said i thought it might be the last round of trade negotiations ever, and maybe i will turn out to be correct in terms of successful multilateral trade negotiations. i am sorry about that. but it has been happening since then. ttip,pe with tpp and with is if you could do tpp and then tip, you cover a vast amount of world trade, and if you can pull those agreements into the wto, in a significant way you could improve the wto and do it without having

a 180-nation trade negotiation. approvedo get tpp speaker for weekend think about that can be a base for a partial wto negotiation that would remove a lot of that outcome into the wto. phil: like all of that. one of the things available in the uruguay round is you had one effective threat fit if a country wanted to be recalcitrant, you will not be a founding member of the david seo. you do that -- of the wto. now you got to try to get unanimity. the big split the saw comes back to the question about the u.s.

approach for the chinese approach -- do you try for high standards or ambitions or something that is much less ambitious or useful. countries have end up split and upis not clear how to end beyond that impasse. there is a path from the ground and -- from you do the ground up where you do tpp ttip. mr. pearson: i am not going to try to herd cats. will conclude now, and i will provide guidance for people to get lunch. people tend to respond well. lunch is served upstairs one conferencee agri center on the second floor. there are restaurants on the way. all very much for

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transgendered members to serve openly in all positions, including the front lines and combat. in addition, secretary carter said health services for transgender soldiers and other workers will be fully covered care the pentagon's health plans. this is a half-hour. carter: good afternoon, everyone. thanks for being here. i'm here today to announce some changes in the defense department's policies regarding transgender service members. before i announce what changes we are making, i want to explain why. there are three main reasons. futureto do with our force, our current force, and matters of principle. the first and fundamental reason is that the defense department and the military need to avail ourselves of all talent possible in order to remain what we are now, the finest fighting force the world has ever known.

our mission is to defend this country, and we do not want barriers related to a person's qualification to serve preventing us from recruiting or retaining the soldier, sailor, airman, or marine who can best the commerce commission. we have to have access to 100% of america's population for our force to recruit among them the most highly qualified and to retain them. while there is not definitive data on the number of transgender service members, rand looked at the existing studies out there, and their best estimate was about 2500 people out of approximately 1.3 million active-duty servicemembers, and about 1500 825,000pproximately reserve servicemembers, are transgender. ofh the upper end of range

estimates around 7000 in the active component, and 4000 in the reserves. although relatively few in number, yet talking about talented and trained americans who are serving their country with honor and decision. we invest hundreds of thousands of dollars to train and develop each individual and we want to take the opportunity to retain people whose count we have invested in and who have proven themselves. this brings me to the second reason. the reality is that we have transgender service members serving in uniform today. and i have a to them and to their commanders to provide them both with clearer and more consistent guidance than is provided by current policies. the own commanders better guidance on how to handle questions such as the climate, medical treatment, and other matters. and this is particularly true for small unit leaders, like our senior enlisted and june are

officers. -- and junior officers. right now most of our transgendered service members must go outside the military medical system to obtain care that is judged by doctors to be necessary. a have to pay for it out of their pockets. this is inconsistent with our promise to all our troops that we will take care of them and pay for necessary medical treatment. i and the defense department's other leaders who have been studying this issue had met with some of these transgender service members. they have deployed all of the work of serving on aircraft, submarines, forward operating leases, and in the pentagon. while i learned in most cases their peers and local commanders have recognized the value of retaining such high-quality people, i also learned that the lack of clear guidelines for how to handle this issue puts commanders and service members in a difficult and unfair .osition

one service member i met with described how some people had urged him to leave the military cause of the challenges he was facing with our policies, and he said he would just not quit. he was too committed to the mission, and this is where he wanted to be. these are the kinds of people we want serving in our military. the third and final reason for the change also important is a matter of principle. americans want to serve and meet hours sanders should be afforded the opportunity to compete to do so. all-volunteer force is built upon having the most qualified americans, and the profession of arms is based on honor and trust. army chief of staff general llen recently reminded us, by think the united states army is open to all americans meet the standard, regardless of who they are.

embedded within our constitution e, that three principl all americans are free and equal, and we in the army are sworn to protect that principle, and we are sworn to even die for -- for that principle. if we are willing to die for that principle, we in uniform should be willing to live by that principle. regionsof these three -- reasons, last july i directed the commencement of a study to identify the practical issues related to transgender americans serving openly, and to develop an implementation plan that addresses those issues consistent with military readiness, because our mission, which is defending the country, has to come first. i directed the working group to start with the presumption that transgender persons can serve openly without adverse effect -- impact on military effectiveness and readiness unless an accept

where objective impediments are identified. i think it is fair to say this has been an educational process for a lot of people here in the department, including me. we had to look carefully and deliberately at medical, legal, and policy considerations that have been evolving. rapidly in recent years. we have to take into account the unique nature of military readiness and make sure we got right. i am proud of the thoughtful and delivered manner in which the department's leadership has pursued this review. i have been guided throughout by one central question -- is someone the best qualified servicemember to a commerce our mission. let me describe the process we used to study this over the last year. deletion of the armed services, the joint chiefs of staff, the service secretaries, myself, together with personnel,

training readiness and medical specialists from across the department of defense, studied all the data available to us. we also had the rand corporation analyzed relevant data and studies to help us with our review. and we got input from transgender service members from outside -- members come from outside groups, and medical professionals outside the department. we looked carefully at what lessons can be learned from the outside, including from allied militaries that already allow transgendered service members to serve openly, and from the private sector also, because even though we are not a business and differ from a company in import ways, their experience and their practices are still elements -- relevant. it is worth noting at least 18 countries already allow transgender personnel to serve openly in their militaries. these include close our such as the united kingdom, israel, and

australia, and we were able to study how they dealt with this issue. we also sold that among doctors, employers, and insurance companies today, providing medical care for transgendered individuals is becoming common and normalized in both public and private sector's alike. a third of fortune 500 companies, including companies like bullying, cvs, ing and cvsboe include coverage. that is up from 0 from companies in 2002. nondiscrimination policies 2/3 of fortune 500 companies -- and for the public sector, all civilian federal employees have access today to help insurance plans that

provide coverage for transgender-related care and medical treatment. all this is a sea change from just a decade ago. based on its analysis of allied militaries, the expected rate at which american transgendered service members would require medical treatment that would impact their fitness for duty or deportability, rand's analysis concluded there would be minimal readiness impact from allowing transgender service members to serve openly. in terms of cost, rand concluded health care costs would represent an exceedingly small overallon of dod's health care expenditures. as result of this year-long study, i am announcing today we are ending the ban on transgender americans in the united states military. effective immediately, transgender americans may serve openly, and they can no longer be just charged or otherwise separated from the military just

for being transgender. additionally, i have directed that the gender identity of an otherwise qualified individual would not bar them from military service or from any accession program. taking -- in taking these steps can we eliminate policies that could result in transgender members being treated differently from their peers based solely upon their rather than upon their ability to serve and we're confirming we'll apply the ame procedures to transgender as we do to all service members. when i heard from the transgender service members that i met with they don't want special treatment and they want same standardshe and be treated like everybody else.

me briefly describe the implementation plan. emphasize in this case as in the department's decisions and n't ask don't tell women in the service simply is aring a change in policy not effective. that's why we have worked hard implementation plan and must continue to do so. these policies will be the mented in stages over next 12 months. starting most immediately with uidance for current service members of their commanders followed by training for the beginning e and then to access new military service transgender.are will begin today. otherwise service members can no onger be involuntarily separated, discharged or denied

just for being transgender. then no later than 90 days from the department will complete and issue a commander's leading currently serving -- for leaders of transgender rving members and medical guidance to doctors for providing transition care if required to currently serving transgender service members. our military treatment providing will begin them with medically necessary are based on that medical guidance. also starting on that date, ervice members will be able to initiate property ses to change their gender in our personnel systems.nt next, over the nine months that follow, based on detailed training materials that will be prepared, the ervices will conduct training of the force from commanders to medical personnel to the and recruiters.

when the training is complete, no later than one year from today, the military services will begin accessing transgender who meet all standards holding under the same physical and mental fitness standards as everyone else who military.oin the our initial policy will require individual to have completed any medical treatment their doctor has determined is with ary in connection their gender transition and to have been stable in their gender for 18 months as certified by their doctor the e they can enter military. i've directed that this suck ses reviewed no later that have to make ths from today sure this is reflective and the to date medical knowledge. i've discussed the mplementation plan with our

leaders including chairman oneford and the specific recommendations about the timeline and i made adjustments incorporate those recommendations. the services support the final that i tation timeline laid out today. overall, the policies we're will allow us to transgender t of strengthen ers to our mission and reflect better and our nations principals. emphasizing se by the deliberate and thoughtful implementation will be key. t and the senior leaders ill ensure all issues identified in the study are addressed in implementation. can and will they be addressed in implementation why we're taking it

step by step approach as i described and i'm 100% confident leaders ility of our and all our men and woman in uniform to implement these hanges in a manner that both protects the readiness of the force and also up holds values the military, honor, trust and judging every merits.al of their i'm also confident that we have reason to be proud today of what this will mean for our military because it's the right thing to step in ensuring we continue to recruit and the most qualified people and good people are the key to the best military in the world. military and the nation it defends will be stronger. thank you and now i'll take some questions. -- ecretary, could you talk cost for spoke with healthcare. there are other costs and could

on the timing issue that you spoke to? >> sure. the waypect to cost, by i'll mention that peter levine will be ere later and prepared to answer questions in depth, but the reason costs would be medical s that the treatment that service members who are currently transgender is fairly straightforward and well understood. they were able to make those and that was as they said minimal. with respect to accessing new they s as i indicated, will have already completed and been stable in their transition than 18riod of not less months before they can access no medical costs associated with that. with respect to the time table

implementation, as i indicated in the stages, preparation of the medical up to the hat's doctors who need to do that so doctors and military treatment facilities have a standard protocol. 90 days to do that and that's what they asked for. commanders guidance, the the chairmans and the chiefs asked days to prepare the commanders guidance and the agreed guidance and i to that. that's the amount of time to complete the job and obviously and ve done some of that the rest of the time is time to train the force which is the time we took to train the force in don't ask don't tell. we have some experience in this kind of thing and we're

template to t implementation. skeptic -- you've been cooperating bout with russia and syria given that than motives are different those in the united states. professional relationship with the russian military to make sure there are issues ence and safety as we both operate in the neighboring areas. i said before the russians got off on the wrong foot in syria. they said they were coming to assist the d political transition in syria

government that could run the country and put that back ly broken country together and give the people the future they deserve. they haven't done either of those things. i'm still hopeful that they will do both of those thing and i that's what secretary's kerry's talks are all about. meanwhile we have a channel hich is focused on safety and s and we maintain that that he a professional working us.nel between you're well-known to be and ical with the russians some of the things their military has done. really straight up, are you are you in favor now f an expanded effort for military cooperation with the russians inside syria? in this townpeople

think you are not. >> if the russians would do the and that's in syria condition as in all cases with russia we're willing them.k with that's what we have been urging them to do since they came in. that's the objective that ecretary's talks have been aimed at. >> may i follow up. are you willing to include an u.s. to begin air ask youagainst them and about rocca. are you beyond the sual discussion of accelerant to see the coalition and another fighters get there? >> very eager to get there. this is the same group we've been working successfully with.

been enabling and to envelop and the city. it's not as well-known but it's city from which external by ting has been conducted sil into europe and into the united states and was part of the turkishhub from border. those same forces and the same pproach and the larger forces actually are the ones that we discussing ust was his with general mcfarland the day, those are the ones

we'll develop to collapse. the self proclaimed apital and it's important to iraq and syria because that's absolutely necessary. eliminate the to idea that there can be a state ideology. that we are so intent on and syria.

pentagon add gender status if you have a procedure urgent you have to defer that if you're being deployed. going to have any medical policy for

transgender service members than others. them ctors will give medically necessary treatment according to the protocols medical d by the profession. will you add transgender to the m.e.o. >> i assume the answer is yes and peter is telling me that yes reason that we would. see, cory. will reassignment surgery be covered? for currently serving members. thats going to be a matter the doctors will determine in accordance with what is necessary. that's a decision they make with

fiction and the timing non-urgent her medical care will be something that the commanders have a voice simple reason that in deploytter readiness and ability are critical. >> you said the current service members. >> only because -- >> so incoming service members would not nsitioned be eligible for that surgery?nal it depends. who is transgender and comes out will need to and be required to have under will have to be stable. military will not provide that surgery, is that what you're saying

won't be in the u.s. military at that time because they won't have accessed until have undergone transition. tom. >> how many transgender troops dismissed under the old policy and also i'm doneford why chairman isn't here to discuss this policy since it effects the uniform eligibility. this is my decision. however, we have arrived at it leadership e senior of the department and they support the implementation plan. some adjustments to take into account some of the desire of the chiefs to have a little more time on the front nd, particularly for the commanders in training guyed he to that i agreed because i thought that was reasonable. i have a general principal here which is important which is it's important that the people who have to implement the

decision be part of the decision making and the armed services to the ones that will have that they and i all the simply declaring transgender open individuals is not acceptable. we'll do rk to do and together. >> are you getting fed up about about an false alarms active shooter and why the communications problems. >> i wouldn't say fed up because think we have to take these things seriously when they occur mistake ure that if a and it shows a readiness that

isappear that this was mistaken. and a drill that was going on a real event.or that is something because it has happened before that i think we to pay attention to how to minimize the chances of false alarm. it's same time i think important to have a reasonable awareness. and i thought the response was strong and solid. appears to have been a mistake and we would like to nouce the number of mistakes it.tion about

or she is deemed change y -- if sex surgeries is deemed medically forssary, military will pay it. >> that's correct. >> and then you explained the 18 you come in.before but what happens to a service --ber or a woman who joins >> they'll receive -- a man or woman and then decide at some point the servicee joined that they need it. >> any medical treatment at that isin that instance determined to be medically necessary by their doctors will be provided like any other medical. if this is going to --

i think our offer in this all medical. edically necessary care as determined by doctors which is provided to ill be as a promise of general.care in if i could just read a tiny bit just get tement and your response. he says this is the latest of the pentagon and president exercising politics over policy. national ess and security is dependant on our medically g deployable and ready. that they ensure

will meet these readiness requirements. the chairman's right to emphasize readiness. key part of implementati implementation. and the chairman and other members of the committee and i variety of opinions, some of us urging us to move and r than we have moved this is very legitimate to understand what the effects of readiness are. have some principals here. e have a necessity here. and we'll act upon that. we'll do it in a deliberate and thoughtful and step by step important that we do it. much. you very

ere's a look at the primetime schedule on the c-span networks. at 8:00 p.m. testimony counter johnson on the terrorism efforts and attacks. see the hance to briefing you just saw with defense secretary ashton carter announcement that the u.s. military will now allow to serve r members openly in all positions and on from u.s. trade representative on the he spacific partnership as continues to meet with lawmakers moving the agreement through congress. earlier today at the state kerry ent secretary john

released a report about human trafficking. now.'s more talk about human trafficking we are talking about modern slavery that still today claims more than 20 on any given s time. are people illion just like everybody here. they tphaeupltz. they have or had families in many cases. and they are enforced to endure a hell, a living hell in modern that no human being should ever have to experience. particularly where there are violent extremists are a contemporary safe a en and i might add

temporary safe haven, the are both rampant and overt. a 34-year-old survivor a captive in syria, a group of the terrorist dash and she pleaded with him to incessant rape of a 12-year-old girl telling the errorist she's just a little girl. he replied, she's not a little girl. she's a slave. of what as part secretary cakerry had to say. his entire comments tonight.

nd associate director of esearch at the research center julianna discusses racial discrimination and whether achieve racial equality in the future. atch the washington journal beginning live friday morning discussion.e friday marks the 40th anniversary of the museum and t.v.'s live ory coverage starts at 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span3.

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all right. good morning everyone of the we of navaled a operations here to discuss the results of the investigation of the detention of ten u.s. navy sailors. you should have a handout that depicts the timeline of events intended and actual route taken by the votes. review what happened day. about the question handouts. > the question is, where are

they. good morning, everybody and thank you for being here. as we're releasing the results of the investigation the seizure of two boats by iranian forces and the detention of ten sailors. was to conduct a thorough review of what u.s. avy actions may have contributed to this incidents. we conduct these investigations order towhat we can in prevent similar events occurring nd hold people accountable where they fail to follow up on procedures. into the additional details i want to address international law. boats and the crew members had every right to be and they were on that day concluded thaton iran impeded international law searching and

seizing the boats and by photographing and videotaping crew. the investigation looked in at both chains of command. there are two chains of command that are operative. is the chain of command back here at the united states that manning and e for training and equipping these units and preparing them and ertifying for them for deployment and then when they go fifth fleet they eport to the fifth fleet commander and the task force commander in theater and they their operations so we investigated both chains of command. investigation with

the operational chain of command. as soon as the incident had completed the commander, of the fifth fleet appointed an officer.ative the advise chief also expanded start nclude our four

fleet commanders. we have a es ensured complete and objective examination of the incidents of up through the fleet commander and the command as chain of well as the chain of command that prepares them to deploy. investigation reviewed seven areas, manning, training, readiness and command of and rol adherence national law. nd we'll talk about the route causes of each area and actions that are underway that will address them. recent testimony and conversations with you, our intent today is to be as open transparent as possible. had the you

opportunity. to be careful e about covering specific and that lity actions is addressed separately and we can't biased the out come of in any way.s i'll turn the podium over to deputy or operations, plan strategy. thank you sir and good morning. 'd like to provide an overview and talk about the issues revealed by the investigation corrective actions that were implemented. identified will be in bahrain local time. three deployed to the 2015.fleet in august of

october of 20153 boats ka wait from bahrain to to conduct operations. wo of the boats were directed to transit from bahrain in support of the mission task to central arabian gulf. ormally the boats operate in a minimum of pairs for multiple support. plan to follow a standard have a tkpwaeugs route. distance, the boats plan to meet up with another ship for refuelling through the transit. on 12 january 2nd boats went to the crews longest had ever executed. the boats departed about four

planned and han immediately dev ate from their an attempt to n make up time. he deviation caused them to transit through saudi raeubian iranian sees and off the coast s of farsi island. one of the two boats suffered an engine problem. that was at 4:11:00 p.m. stopped.ts one to conduct engine repairs and the second to provide support. 4:22 iranian revolutionary guard corps approached at high weapons uncovered. crews attempted to communicate with them. engine there after the was repaired and the crews

evade.ted to ne of the boats was physically blocked when two larger vessels arrived. boats assessing they were overmatched were then forced to reposition to farsi the crews were held overnight and interrogated. fter learning the crews were detained the five league ommander directed a robust military response and search and rescue effort. as a result the crews were morning. the next i'll describe the conclusion reached by the investigations the areas as well as the corrective actions that are progress. some of the corrective absz are in the operational chain of

fifth fleet while others are in the administrative under the mmand rection of the naval command.n w no corrective actions are regard to with manning. pre deployment certifications was adequate and appropriate. the investigation also deployed, once sustainment training including navigation, weapons and rules of waggiing was not conducted. fifth fleet commander conducted reviews and provided training to personnel incident.

there was navigation training improvement and increase in support ofning this effort. additionally there are some on going and re not yet completed but in work. onthly training assessment of is in tre forces development greater requirements are in place. readiness within the squadron declines due to lack of command and involvement and oversight as stated in the report. the boats were inspected during the turnover in august when this nit arrived and the boats were found to be in readiness within.

the readiness degradeded during they were in n kuwait. in response to these findings, from thed requirements implemented been under command and control they found a lack of leadership, a for risk management, rocesses and proper mission planning standards. the mportant note that that ifation stated was he guidance was followed this event could have been prevented. a lack of leadership for distributed y poor morale ed in between communication units and the operation centers oversee these events.

includes ctions overwatch procedures. greater oversight and leadership geographically place.uted forces in for procedural adherence the nvestigation states leadership did not enforce proper no gation practices preparation of concepts briefing and lacking communication plan and mission postures and weapons addressed.een

deviation to report rom the plained route and .nexpected land sightings they have directed indoctrination and assessment for all forces going into theatre they continually and personally update their of their forces and nstituted formal reports back -- but may have not been understood by the crews. also found ation that some crew members did not standards f conduct while in custody. in addition to the changes to programs described,

the command has increased the added in equired and person survival evaluation training and escape for all coastal forces that will deploy. they looked at seven areas of concern and the navy is taking levels of the chain of command to address to ensure iencies this event will not happen again. the time. for >> thanks, admiral. before we get to questions let saying that y across the navy and across the globe, hundreds of commanding hundreds of thousands of u.s. sailors are aking tough decisions and performing their duties in a way that should make every america and strike fear into anybody who would want to take us on. sailors clearly know our actions on that day in january

this incident did not live up to our expectations of our navy. learns.re a navy that in order to maintain the bonds trust and confidence we have n obligation to continually examine or personal and professional conduct to ensure our mission cute integrity and t accountability and toughness. take your at i'll questions. >> question n your opening statement you mentioned i think you said it was a commander of ordered a omplete robust military response after this encounter happened. way? hat executed in any what was that? could you also elaborate on the oint about the failures to adhere to the code of conduct standards. with regard to t it /*

a coast guard vessel that supported this event. launches from t f18s to truman with provide overwatch as well as non traditional isr to build more information and lastly the operations center supported it with a lunch of f-fifteens. in an instance where shoulders or airman or marines might be in custody, the item that what was of concern was the potential to that would harm

or be disloyal to the united states. that is what the investigation found. >> what was the statement that was made? we can get you that specific thing. details of that are part of the accountability review and the subject of further action it's quoted there. >> admiral, good morning. "washington post". navy has announced two releaches of this as a result incident. other -- any 56, he has force

been relieved. the commanding officer of the has been relieved. he officer in charge of the detachment in kuwait has been relieved. that are six other people are being -- in process right that's being handled by the admiral. criminal process? >> what's that? it's a proceeding theythe njp lines is where intend to go. >> this is not the first high last 3 incident over the or 4 years. read it correctly, it seems the investigation said they were properly trained before left. how it is it's not the first

three t in the last months of sub par seamanship? that, david, of the c as part of this and other incidence was directed to review exactly those questions. how are the forces being trained and ask to evaluate whether the adequate to match the conditions. hard at ooking very that and we'll make adjustments needed. of irst thing on the code conduct. one crew member giving his to his personal laptop the bullet and the speed. or his an isolated incident are you looking at other incidence where crew members may

give too much information when under interrogation. we're making sure that the as prototypical and possible.as working to ensure how that code of conduct can operate foreseeable situations that the sailors and all service members have a robust of training program that will allow these.o exercise they're not said going to abide by the ruling by the court of arbitration on july 12th. details on what the u.s. may be willing to do?

anticipateally don't things like that. >> i don't want to get out in of those things. >> brits have their 2007, they ched in ought diplomatic international where is the diplomatic esponse and where is the redress or is this just that's the end of it? didn't nvestigation investigate that. but you're not aware of anything like that. > just stick to what i'm alking about here.

we always had to go through raining which included indoctrination and code of conduct. were these not given that train omething >> there are different levels of know.ing as you core received a lower level and that's one of the fixes. hey'll receive the exact same training that you mentioned, sir. >> did it include the code of --duct >> they have code of conduct not to the level rior to this event that we would have wanted which is one results. >> did it surprise you how many different things went wrong and particular ed this itrol from going out and then

have a couple just clear-up questions on chain of command. >> i'll tell you that these big like this are always the result of the accumulation a number of small problems so it's a the nature of these things. we got to be diligent and this command responsibility that we identify and fix problems wherever we find them. e've got to be extremely aggressive. when you start living with as this team in kuwait started to do and you saw it in material, you d never know how these things are aing to combine and result in bigger incident like this. the task force commander that was relieved where he is in the chain of command?

he's right above the squadron boats.er for the command and just under the fifth lead commander. the one directly beneath any sort of penalty? relieved ofdron was command. >> were you disappointed that officers, of theant, the commander boats was apologized to the that ns and was filmed way? >> i don't think those kind of not helpful. my personal feelings really don't pertain to in. will this incident be used as a training material? >> absolutely. study going a case forward. can see that lessons

apply across the entire navy. this will be something that we lessons.for a lot of >> in the investigation it talks about the moment that the approach and of course not poor decisions have point.de to get to that it says that the crews were -- the coxon to disobey the order and get away and intent so possibility of military response. position e in that what the correct actions were to done? >> the main point of the investigation you never want to get yourself in that position you have very, very good choices. there were no good choices and

how we train our navy to be. situation e in a you're ready to manage that situation and overmatch anybody want to challenge us mission.ute our of what happened in the moment as i said are considered of disciplinary procedures. were coming down, deviated from the course right away, did they thoseicate at any time in 3, 4 hours -- was it the coast cutter was refuelling the boat. did they talk to them? did make the required everys during the transit

30 minutes. >> did they communicate their position. position was communicated. >> the communication goes back operations centers and the investigation found that the did not centers trek ly plant or plot the and keep the required oversight boats were. one of the findings was that operation center which was a alsoron function they were found to be deficient in terms f their understanding of the intended track. the coast guard vessel did come up on the line and say, it -- them and they had contact on them. it looked like the boats were iranian waters as well. tkpwart w tkpwrd /* /- guard d

report those in. the coast guard prides itself on seamanship and navigation and contention.point of >> we do too, chris. exception. ave they been operating around the farsi island? don't think they pushed them forward. bahrain.ated out of >> just to clarify the only quipment failure was the engine. there were no communication failures. equipment was working the entire time. >> there was an issue on one of boats with the communication gear. to of the boats was unable establish

establis establish encrypted communication. communication was working fine. had thean say which one issue. the lasting damage of gun g images of sailors at point by iranian forces broadcast all over the world? obviously to be determined but we'll take that earlier question highlighted and make sure we lesson out possible of this and we'll make it ividly clear what is the expected standard and how to achieve that standard. one more. time for lucas. spoken to your iranian counterpart to tell them

about the displeasure incident? >> no. >> has anyone? state department reached out to them. >> we made our views clear in forums like this. but in terms of direct aware of ion i'm not anything in terms of what kerry did. >> still the captains awaiting their punitive decision and what it might be. >> yes, they are. very much.u >> thanks. c-span's washington journal live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. oming up friday morning, npr correspondent will join us to

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recess cut the july 4 sure to work on a bipartisan bill that provides funding for the zika virus. it was earlier this week that seven democrats blocked the zika spending bill that deny new funding for planned parenthood. we will begin with comments from an order leader harry reid. reid.ority leader harry we have to hurry before the senate goes back into session. me and senatorm schumer and we are fortunate to have the executive director of land parenthood with us. we appreciate very much her being here and we appreciate all of you being here. can i get a light here? sometimes it is on.

sometimes it is off. today, soto show you there's no misunderstanding, , theis the new majority new majority of friend, the republican leader all caps off. they are sparse. whatever happened to work in a row to dr., really? here?king around i mean, really? when i started we would work on fridays and saturdays because we had to get finished. i guess that was then and this is now. seven-weekg on a vacation, it appears. unless the republican become sensible, the zika virus will it. no work on

centers for the disease control indicates there is no money left to were do work on cigna. -- zika. research, others to protect americans from zika stopped without immediate action from congress. we should be meeting today to work something out on zika. remember, we passed overwhelmingly a bill, send it to the house, frankly, it was not as good as i want to. i wanted $1.9 billion per it was $1.1 billion. emergency funding, unpaid for. we know what happens when went to the house. because paul ryan operates under guy, theythe same could not have been built and at

any sense to. they cannot take our bill -- could not take our bill for which was passed by an overwhelming margin, but they did, they sent us back a bill the only way they could get things done with the house at role. they will not be able to get anything done on zika ever listed democratic votes. -- unless they get democratic votes. veterans what have the billion t half $1 billion to process claims they always complain about. parenthood, planned what they did with environmental law issues. cleanad to take apart the water act. and for icing on the cake, they

decided, let's get rid of that language in the bill that since he can't fight the confederate flag on the cemetery, we think we would like to be able to fly that. they sent that to us. we sent of the fact them a decent bill, that is what they sent back. what did the republican leader do? mcconnell, nothing. he accepted that. so, i would hope everyone understands that we are who we are. we have an emergency. this is an emergency. we don't know the exact number. we will have it later today. there is well over 2000 people who are in america today who bye been beaten -- biten this mosquito. we don't know how many women who are part of this makes were pregnant -- mix were pregnant.

i left report, we had 8-9 babies born with the deformities. most of those babies will die. outrageous. we will go on vacation while this national emergency is pending. mr. schumer. >> thank you, senator reid. back ande a step remember how we got here today. the republican senate headed out of town for recess without having passed a dime in funding to address the zika virus. earlier this her, the experts requested 1.9 billion to keep us safe. republicans twiddle their thumbs for months and months while zika spread. we all know that they are paralyzed by the hard right. they don't want to spend money on anything, even national

emergencies. after months of pressure from senate democrats, republicans joined us at the negotiating table to produce a bipartisan $1.1 billion bill. we are not saying it is our way or no way, we want to 1.9 billion. they help 11. we compromised. that is the art of getting something done. our compromise with the republican leadership in the that passedo a bill the senate with 89 votes. majorities on both sides. came time to conference with the house and all of a sudden, the republicans went back to their mr. hyde reality. ofy got together, every kind billn built -- pill in the and they sent it over without consulting a single regret.

you can pass anything without democrats and republicans. as a result, they said take it or leave it. they took sica funding hostage. they demanded that none of the money can go to plant tornadoes -- planned parenthood. we know the diseases sexily transmitted bit they demanded cuts to the aca. they demanded that we rolled by month protections. they demanded we even take more money out of ebola, a crisis that could pop up at any moment. aen they skipped town without single penny going to fight zika. remember, we have seen this before. this is what they do. they have this hard right group that they are afraid of. the hard right group has nothing to do with what the american people want. they are supported by a few very wealthy people who fund their campaigns and roll over things. remember that. remember when they added the hyde language to the trafficking bill.

in september, the republicans in the senate attempted to defund planned parenthood to keep the government opened before backing down and passing a clean bill. they knew that it was a poison pill. it is my guess there was a lot of winking going around. we won't spend any money. democrats want support this. they made sure by putting poison pills. september, what they are doing is not leadership, it is partisanship. senator mcconnell is in charge. it is his responsibility to get things done. not to not pass a bill that would not pass and then skipped town. this is what i want, we have a zika crisis raging. here's some he does we are

to augustom july 1 31, 15. why aren't we hear? why aren't we hear? compromising, putting together the kind of proposal that already passed the senate procedure. it is an emergency. 31, the crisis cornynraging, senator had a picture one of the babies. he will come back. work.mpromised to not and get the job done. instead of heading home for recess, instead of just working august, in all july and

instead of leaving millions of americans exposed to zika, republicans should be here in washington working with us to get it done. we are willing to compromise. we know it is an emergency. where are the? -- they? it is my pleasure to turn this over to the executive vice president of planned parenthood. thank you. >> thank you all. i am the executive vice president of planned parenthood. andk you leader reid senator schumer, i'm honored to be here to speak on behalf of planned parenthood, one of the nation's leading health 2.5 million women and men across the country. we serve women, men and young people who often have nowhere

else to go. often we are the only provider that someone will see all year. we are the front line of defense when it comes to battling zika. on monday, many of you were probably there, were the celebrity when the supreme court said women's health and when dating -- well-being must meet the test for laws and policies that science, not ideology must guide policy and america cheered that common sense direction. today, we condemn a bill that does just the opposite. that ignores the full recommendation of leading medical groups and providers and could have, if done right, prevented women and families from being exposed to a dangerous, but avoidable fate. in fact, what we saw was an effort that centered mosquitoes,

not women when it came to addressing the zika virus. let's talk about a little bit about what this bill does not there. it does not provide necessary planning for family planning resources in line with cdc's recommendation. it does not give money to the provider's best suited to help pro-familiarus like in puerto rico. it does not expand the base of providers willing to help like a previous bipartisan compromise did. it does not put the health of women and children first by making family planning and condoms as widely available as possible to prevent what is now also a sexually transmitted disease. senator mcconnell is allowing his party to undermine the ability of family planning providers like planned parenthood to do what we do best

in the midst of this rapidly spreading zika virus. a public health crisis that directly target women and children. this is shameful. moneyill also slashes from the aca and ebola crisis, stealing money from one of ehealth crisis to pay for another. -- public health crisis to pay for another. it boggles the mind here that any qualified family planning provider could be excluded by the republican leadership at this time of great need. this flies in the face of a new poll released this week from the kaiser family foundation which shows americans overwhelmingly worried about the zika crisis and asking their government to protect them. let's be clear. the restrictions that were put in this bill to carve out providers like land parenthood

and those affiliated or associated with us were not languagethe same bill that senator patty murray bipartisan compromise put out and passed earlier this summer. these were added by republicans to try and take this bill. -- tank this bill. women in puerto rico and latin america and the to try and take this bill. caribbean in many parts of the united states were zika is expected to hit already face significant gaps in access to basic reproductive and maternal health services. in latin america, the region hit hardest already, 23 million women have an unmet need for contraception and 55% of newborns do not receive the needed care for these kind of major health care combinations -- publications that can result

of zika. as one of the leading reproductive health care providers, we know firsthand the kind of irreparable harm a politically motivated stunt like this can be for women and children. response that empowers women and stopped the zika virus from inflicting suffering on families in america and across the globe. thank you. >> i want to say before you take questions, this. i was in high school in the 50's. henderson, nevada. we had one high school. maybe 700 kids. that same area has seven high schools averaging bet 3000

students per square why do i mention this? days since ig less was in high school. in the population of the united states was well below 250 million, it is now 100 million more than that and we leave for seven weeks. it does not make sense. we have some he things to do. the country has gotten bigger, more complex, more problems, more people and what do we do, we are working less now. less than we did 60 years ago. that is hard to take and just walk out of here. leaving this national crisis. we will take some questions. another conference going on about public health, how is that

going? meeting righto now with the president chief of staff, secretary of health and human services and director of office management, we will work through a lot of these problems. we will try to come up with something, we will work hard. we have ways of taking care of this, but republicans have to this crazythrough house of representatives. the republicans -- we know the problem with opioids and we are going to go out to a meeting to talk about that and a few other things. yes. >> you mentioned [indiscernible] if you want to do with this doesn't it make more sense [indiscernible] bill and dotions

ryanlso, speaker [indiscernible] usually do a great job asking questions. we have a situation where people are subject to dine with this disease. we did not put the confederate five, we put it in there because it was the right thing to do. imagine why it would be appropriate for them to take the language of the bill. ample opportunities for appreciations bill -- >> it does not matter when we did it. it is wrong for that to take the language. i have deep respect for you, i can't imagine you are hung up on this when we have all the other problem facing us. we can't spray mosquitoes to kill them.

we're cutting half $1 billion a processing veteran claims. taking money from ebola, taking money from obamacare and you are talking about whether or not we should put confederate flags and some other pieces of legislation. >> gun-control. [indiscernible] >> first of all, the gun issue has been around for a while. more than 30 issues -- 30 years. leader of this has been chuck schumer. we have struggled over the years to get something done. it has been an uphill battle, but the hill is not nearly as to as it was. as it was. i think what happened in the

house of representatives is remarkable. they are not finished. want torepublicans who cosponsor a bill that is a must identical to collinsville. we're going to get something done this year. i think we will take a bite out of the nra. i think they have done enough damage to the country. of republicans splitting with the and arrive -- nra is larger than ever before. i think leader mcconnell realizes that this has become, with all the strength of the nra, a liability, that it asset to his own members as they seek reelection. >> [indiscernible] >> how can you ask an organization that supplies

medical care and attention to more than 2 million people a year and if there were ever a need for planned parenthood, every need, it is now. these women, many of them have no place else to go. but they afraid, do they want to see if they can get birth control so they don't get pregnant? where else can they go. on that issue alone, i think it is strong. you look atay, when the limitations around medicaid providers, many of the states were zika is going to be hitting the absolute worst are the places where we don't have medicaid expansion and women already have significantly less access for care and women and families are not going to get a second chance with this disease. the senate can take another chance, come back and get this right. the center causes of what are going on, granted that the sun is not out, could you still call

this day not night? the president said he would be telling. it is enough for a beta override in the house. before even got here come it was a nonstarter. to put the two parties at equilibrium, we showed we were willing to compromise. 1.1.nt from 1.9 to we work with the republicans in a bipartisan way. we went along with something we do not think with optimal. this idea that granted this and credit that, why don't we do along with the house built, that , that is the kind of quality that is not there. we know happened and you know what happened. >> [indiscernible] >> i can't control who meets

with whom. that loretta is lynch is one of the most outstanding human beings i've ever known. her ethics are above reproach. herne could ever question strong feelings. her efforts are the best. she's from new york, checking my want to say something. >> i agree. she is honorable. she has a reputation of being honorable. our republic in college have said it. she has said nothing was discussed related to the investigation. you have two choices, to say it did not matter where she is lying. i think it did not matter. i don't think she is lying. >> let me tell you about special rules. hillary clinton has put her soul blazing the campaign trail

for more than a year despite the fact that the koch brothers have spent $39 try to make something out of -- $30 million trying to make some thing out of benghazi. the e-mail thing is something that has been drummed up i people to denigrate her for years now. press,es questions from she's not afraid to answer questions and looking on the other side, you have donald trump. we are satisfied with our candidate. i think she's pretty dam good. >> [indiscernible] >> let me tell you something, the republicans are that foolish

in a going to keep women from going to clinics around the continueif they will stopping us from processing veterans claims, take money from ebola, they're going to ignore the advice and counsel on a daily basis, they better be careful in november. they look it be even worse than i think they will be. get beat even worse than i think they will be. i don't them what the republican leader was thinking yesterday. remember, we don't work many weeks and during those weeks we don't work many days. we will be back for three days and remember, i'm not sure we will work on credit. onn we will come back -- friday. then will come back.

there is a likelihood that we could get on these bills one of the first one. if we do that, that recess is gone. we will be on the recess. days scheduled to work will go away quickly and we will not get anything done. thank you, everybody. >> c-span's washington journal live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. come in up on friday morning, npr correspondent tom will join us discussing his book examining how america has transformed in the 50 is following to 1965 immigration act.

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