the chinese navy has been increasingly active in recent years and passing through okinawa's main islands. the defense ministry says the self-defense forces are continuing to watch the chinese fleet. they believe the chinese navy aims to improve its long-term activities in the open sea. china's defense ministry has said the navy fleet will conduct exercises in the west pacific from mid through late june, adding that the drills are routine and comply with international laws. on thursday, three more chinese navy ships were spotted on the same route. >>> vietnam has accused china of harassing its oil exploration vessel for the second time in two weeks near disputed islands in the south china sea on thursday. foreign ministry spokesperson nguyen phuong nga spoke about the incident on thursday. she said three ships presumably chinese fishing boats cut an exploration vessel while they surveyed waters off the southern province of bac lieu. [ speaking foreign language ] vietnam previously criticized china for obstructing another oil probe vessel in the south china sea on may 26th. it also said wa

they are the chinese navies most advanced category. the ships are part of a chinese naval fleet which conducted live firing drills in waters south of japan on tuesday after passing between okinawa and miyaka islands two weeks ago. japan's defense ministry says the fleet comprises of 11 ships, including destroyers and marines. the fleet is likely to conduct submarine battles. the chinese navy has been active in pacific waters east of the nasei islands. >>> welcome to your weather update. two tropical storm systems in the south pacific today. this is tropical storm that has been with us since yesterday slowing moving towards the southern end of china and areas are starting to feel the tropical storm winds. this has been moving very slowly so that it's going to mean that the conditions are going to be with you and that presents a risk of landslides and stormy weather for the next few days. on the other side of the philippines to the east, that is we have tropical storm mary that has just joined us and it's bringing the stormy weather condi

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. >> before i became chairman, my chinese counterpart from the chinese navy came here, said he was interested in carrier aviation and i said fine. i sent him to see one of our best carriers. here's the standard so he has a view of where he's trying to go. and again if it's peaceful and non-confrontational, i think that's fine. >> charlie: do you have any evidence in the area of espionage and warfare that the chinese are behind these cyber attacks on google and other places. >> the chinese have a very significant cyber capability. >> charlie: that's one thing. >> in fact, they have been very active on the hacking side into -- >> charlie: the government or the government working. >> sometimes it's difficult -- >> charlie: how big a concern is this. go ahead. >> it's a huge concern that in the world of cyber that's an area we left to the experts for many years and now all of us, all on the mainstream leaders in our countries quite frankly certainly those of us in the military, we have to treat cyber as mainstream warfare and understand it and raise people who can fight it and certainly the chine

we were paid -- and the result of that has been in the 2010 for the first-time chinese had more ships in our navy -- than in our navy. one of the primary reasons for that is all we are spending more money that we are taking in. at some particular point in time, you have to come back to the table. i think how we do that, susan, is going to be a huge challenge. i think the president is locked in on one plan and republicans are locked in on another plan. if you look at medicare, right now, if you are able to live of yourself, nothing is going to impact you based on either party. but if you are under 55, you are going to have a situation where you have nothing because medicare is going to be bankrupt. that is the congressional budget office that said that. do we let all those individuals get to that point and let the rug to get pulled out from under the? let's put up a plan about how we think we can save medicare. what are the democrats going to put up? someone has to put a plan of there that says how we get this spending under control so we are not borrowing 42% of every dollar we are spending. host

chinese citizen. china is taking this economic and sandage the, 21st century battlefield and about eight to ten years the largest blue water navy is going to fly ander a chinese flag. why is that important on the 21st century belfield? i have to tell you 70% of the mass of the earth is wet. its water. you can go back to the great civilizations, the romans, the athenians, at the turn of the century was portuguese, the spanish, dutch, english, the japanese everyone knew that the means by which you extend the power and the reach of the nation it's going to hurt my heart saying this -- laughter to it's not through a great army it's through a powerful navy. in 1990 we have 546 anÍbal war vessels. today we have 283 to read if you cannot protect the commerce, if you have for americans to get murdered right under the shadow of a naval vessel that bodes future problems for the country as far as the and to the economic impact everglades the busiest terminal, and it's very important that in 2014 the panama canal will expand to bring the larger cargo shipping but it's the panama canal to the united states will build and is now controlled b

chinese citizens. china is taking this economic of vantage on the 21st century battlefield and about eight to ten years the world's largest blue water navy is going to fly under a chinese flag. why is that important on the 21st century battlefield? i have to tell you 70% of the earth is what? its water. you can go back to the great civilizations, the romans, the phoenicians at the turn of the century the portuguese, spanish, dutch, the english, the japanese, everyone knew that the means by which you extend the power and the reach of the nation, and it's going to hurt my heart saying this it's not through a great army it's through a powerful navy. and in 1990 we had 546 naval war vessels. today we have 283. and if you can't protect the sea lanes of commerce, if you have for americans that get murdered right under the shadow of the naval vessel. it's very unfortunate for us as far as economic impact where i am in my district because the everglades. the world's busiest terminal $90 billion of revenue and it's very important that in 2014 the panama canal will expand to bring a larger shipping its the panama canal the united states american-b

chinese and russians are both developing such fighters and surface ships. there are certain areas -- our surface ships, the number of our surface ships in our navy will be athe smallest number since 1916. if you cut the surface ships, then the ability to do things like humanitarian work in china will be limited. if they have to make hard choices than rather the political and expedient point by saying let's cut everything by a certain percentage. >> and some are saying why does the united states have to stay a super power? why do we have to go some of these places? i am okay with the cuts you are talking about, and why should the u.s. be a super power? >> the united states have global interests. we have had global interests for a century and a half. we have been a global power since the 19th century. we find that we have a bad history. when we turn inword we end up in a really big war. >> mr. secretary, a very emotional issue for some family members of service people who kill themselves while on duty, and is that the president traditionally over many years has not written con doleance letters to people who commit suicide in the military. should that change?

navy of pakistan. human right watch said he was assassinated by members of the pakistan intelligence agency who previously had threatened to kill him. meanwhile, pakistan is chumming up to the chinese. sounds like pakistan is playing both sides on the war on terror. 7-10 americans believe we need to stop or decrease foreign aid to pakistan. we should stop foreign aid to pakistan until we know whose side they're on. we don't need to pay them to be unfaithful. they will do it for free, and that's just the way it is. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. baca: mr. speaker, after a lifetime of service to the families and our nation, american seniors deserve the security of basic safety net like medicare and social security. sadly, the republican budget that the house approved in april puts the fundamental programs at risk. the republican budget will end guaranteed medicare coverage for seniors. i state, end guaranteed medicare coverage for seniors. cut benefits and turn contr