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these specialists are able to determine if the child has this passage before understanding the naval command and you as a doctor what do you think at what age does a child become able to take such a serious decision. but if. you do understand that as a legislator i have proposed that there be a report on the state of awareness so with child because he says you need. so. that there is right for this you know i would have suggested that we set it no big thing no we consulted with a bunch of specialists many of whom are doctors and psychologists that he could and we have consulted lawyers and the old told us that we should not introduce an age provision but instead he said what in this criterion of awareness is so they suggested this because they consider that each case is intimate. so it is impossible to determine an age limit they don't. so i can answer your question that so are kept the condition of awareness the ability of discernment who needed it that the seven want a cup of tea did you tell them separately what you know a lot of people who oppose the low will tell you that minors don't h

a senior iranian naval commander instead war shifted back to the atlantic ocean will travel clothes the u s maritime borders for the first time the commander of iran's northern a deeply that the vessels have already entered the atlantic ocean via waters near south africa the fleet consists of eight this year and a helicopter carrying spicy and it began at four ish last month from the southern iranian port city of god and are up off the ship carrying some thirty navy academy cadet for training along with their regular crew are on day three month mission. the boy comes amid an ongoing harsh viagra and to demonstrate its ability to project power across the middle east and beyond. a rocket fired from a gaza strip has exploded in southern israel. no injuries or damage were reported. red alert siren sounded and several telling me to put him in a lot to get free gym for a rocket exploded in open areas of southern israel on thursday also without causing any casualties. hamas which rules the gaza strip meanwhile as the for it to you the truth to the israeli border. the move which came shortly af

it seems that the naval commander, the naval admiral had to take final responsibility.any responsibilities will be asked about the state of naval fleet now, and we're expecting a statement. >> the former editor of the hong kong nub has been stabbed. he is in critical condition after being attacked by a man who got away on a motorcycle. he was editor of th named he edy amidst criticism. he's replaced by an editor with beijing leanings. >> this is what is left of the federal government college in northeastern nigeria after four hours of uninterrupted violence. in the end officials say many boys and men were killed. dozens are also receiving treatment for injuries sustained during the attack. residents accuse the security forces of the school children after promising to protect schools following a similar attack. >> it is unfortunate up to the four-hour period of killing there are no security men around to contend with the situation. >> reporter: gunmen forced their way into a school and killed 44 students in their dormitories. many nigerians say they don't feel safe an th

a senior iranian naval commander saying that the move is aimed at protesting u.s. g helicopters, but it is unknown how many are headed to the border. the u.s. officials say if they choose to send their ships to the atlantic, i'm sure they won't be surprised to find many, many others already there. >>> and remember this infamous look from the 2012 olympics? that was michaela and this is ashley wagner who went from this look of euphoria to this look of utter disappointment upon seeing her scores. the good news is she did score high enough to put her in fourth place in the standings, enough to help the u.s. advance. >>> and let's take a look at the current medal count. american ranked second in the world behind norway. we have two gold medals and bronze. good for them. that's a look at the headlines. >> norway is in a pretty precarious prediction. i predict we will sweep ahead of them. >> after the first day, russia did not have any medals, any gold medals. >> which is weird because i've been watching nbc and it turns out russia is amazing. i'm overwhelmed, it mystifie

it is the home for the naval system's command and the 3,000 employees have not worked in there since the shooting. 12 people were killed in building 197 in september before police killed the gunman. >>> the disappearance of volunteer officer kevin quick, the reward is up to $22,500. quick vanished after leaving his mother's home near charlottesville, friday night. his suv spotted on surveillance in manassas on saturday along with an unknown man and police say they are getting dozens of leads. >>> a warning from police. there may be one or more peeping monday morning a woman woke up and saw a man peeping intoer the bedroom window at the 2100 block of taylor street. that night, a woman in 700 block of north cleveland street said someone moved a lawn chair in her backyard to the side of her house and 11th it under her bedroom window. police do not know if the incidents are connected. >>> a lunchtime bank robbery. a search in northern virginia for two men who held up a bb&t bank. video shows them inside the branch. it happened today at lunchtime. you can see at least one man toting a gun

we do this across three tiers, navy personnel command, entitlement extuesday and after care, commander naval installation command which is 24/7 operations through regional operations center and the casualty assistance calls center and training and assignment and our network of more than 6,000 trained cacos world wide. i'm here to discuss procedures with regard to casualty assistance and i'll discuss the manner in which casualty ags tans was rendered to the families of the 22 navy personnel who perished on extortion 17. the navy first learned of the extortion 17 incident, all established protocols and procedures were undertaken. next of kin were notified and within a few hours the extent of the casualty became well known. special operations group and command teamed with navy casualty and trained cacos and command representatives notified each next of kin and provided follow-on assistance to all the families and their outrized beneficiaries. special warfare community, is unfortunately, well versed in casualty assistance, and within the first 24 hours they established a casualty assistance and

naval intelligence chief says chinese commanders may be preparing a strategy for taking the senkaku islands in the east china sea. captain james fanell heads the pacific fleet intelligence and information operations. he mentioned an amphibious exercise the people's liberation army conducted in southern china last year and offered his analysis. >> the pla has been given a new task to be able to conduct a short, sharp war to destroy japanese forces in the east china sea followed by what can only be expected to be a seizure of the sen kay cues. >> chinese forces have been training to improve their 5b89d to land on taiwan. analysts say they're working harder in other areas and highlighted two conductors they conducted last year. bomber crews flew their first drills off the philippines. the japanese government maintains the senkaku islands are an inherent part of japan's territory in terms of history and international law. it says there's no territorial issue to be resolved. >>> an advisor to japan's prime minister denied telling a u.s. newspaper that one goal of japan's economic policy is to bu

i knew the us naval intelligence chief says chinese commanders may be preparing a strategy for taking this in a couple islands in the east china sea then controls those islands china and taiwan claimed them our captain james saddle heads the u s navy's pacific fleet intelligence and information operations. he mentioned that i'm amphibious exercise the people's liberation army conducted in southern china last year and offered his analysis here the poa has been given a new task. to be able to conduct a short sharp war to destroy japanese forces in the east china sea. baldwin can play only be expected. a seizure this conference or even the southern regions. chinese forces have been training to improve their ability to land on taiwan. fennell say there's now a working harder in other areas. he highlighted two exercises the conduct of last year troops trained to block us access to chinese coast and bomber crews flew their first drills off the philippines the japanese government maintains the same cuckoo islands are an inherent part of japan's territory in terms of history in the internatio

our naval strength command and control et. cetera. they looked at us and that's what i think sin influenced a great deal what they do. >> can you give us any insight in to what we perceive is their internal threat? they believe that unrest among the populous is a threat to the regime. >> one of their major tenant, particularly the new regime in china, of course, is internal control, and they go great length to control access to the internet and information exchange among our citizens. thank you, mr. chairman i yield back. >> thank you, mr. connway. mr. . >> correction. i'm sorry. my apologies. thank you, gentleman. i appreciate the hearing. let me be clear director clapper, do you have any concrete intelligence of snowden and the russian government in regard to the stolen documents. >> i want to thank you, director clapper, for your robust deafen of transparency which has been characterized as a potential threat to our security. or dismissed as politics. i prefer to call it democracy. i believe that the national debate on domestic sur

he is presently commanding officer of the 24th marine expeditionary unit. he is a graduate of the u.s. naval academy, a nato command staff college and the marine corps war college. -- we'velcome me in join me in welcoming colonel scott benedict. [applause] >> thank you for that introduction. thank you very much for the opportunity to speak to you here today about the crisis response. 24ths mentioned, expeditionary unit, commanding officer and i took command of that unit in march. about three or four months later, we employed -- diploid -- deployed into the european and african areas of responsibility. the core element of that came from our staff. we just returned in january, handed that force over to another commander from the eighth marine regiment. what i am going to do today is talk of little bit about capabilities, some of the issues that we ran into while we were overseas, some of the things we think make this force unique and answer any questions you have at the end. ok, i am just going to start off with a little bit of marine corps 101 on how we organize our forces. a special purpose

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our naval strength basis, isr, command-and-control, et cetera. so they look at us and that's what it think has influenced a great deal of what they do. >> can you give us any insight into what we perceive as their internal threats? they believe that unrest among the populace is a threat to the regime. >> one other major tenants, particularly the new regime in china, of course, is intro control. and they go to great lengths to control access to the internet and information exchange among their citizens. >> thank you, mr. chairman. yield back. >> thank you, mr. conaway. mr. schiff. >> i'm sorry, correction. my apologies. >> thank you, gentlemen. i really appreciate this opening. let me be clear, director clapper, do you have any concrete intelligence of a relationship between snowden and the russian government in regard to the stolen documents? >> as -- that's best discussed in a closed discussion as we discussed last night. >> i want to thank you, director clapper, for your robust defense of transparency which has been characterized actually as a

naval fleet. the fleet command denied the well-armed, uniformed men on patrol were in fact russian troops, but russian military vehicles were seen outside the base, a possible violation of longstanding regulations. by late today, the gunmen had extended their hold on the main airport, and ukraine's largest airline said airspace over crimea was now closed. in kiev, the new interior minister called it an armed invasion, and the acting president warned against outside interference. >> ( translated ): according to established agreements, we demand from all countries guarantees to confirm in practice actions to respect the independence, sovereignty and borders of ukraine and to refrain from using force against ukraine's territorial integrity or political independence. >> reporter: he later said russia was following the same strategy it used in the run-up to war with georgia in 2008; and he urged russian president vladimir putin to cease what he called provocations. but large-scale russian military maneuvers continued just across the border on russian soil. and a russian naval vessel took position at the en

our naval strength, bases, command and control, etc.. that has influenced a great deal what they do. >> can you give us insights into threatsterpretation of and unrest among the populace? tenants isheir major internal control. it they go to great lengths to control access to the internet and information exchange among their citizens. >> thank you. you, mr. schiff. my apologies. i appreciate this open hearing. let me be clear. do you have any intelligence of a relationship between snowden and the russian government in regards to the stolen documents? >> that is best discussed in a closed session. as we discussed last night. >> i want to thank you director clapper for your defense of dance parents he. that is been characterized as a potential threat to our security or dismissed as politics. i call it democracy. national debate on domestic surveillance has been valuable, but unfortunately it was a leaker who initiated it and not the government. anothere program as example of the significant activity at the public is trying to discussed that

this command, is also subject to the internal and external inspections and oversight that i have just described. it is this philosophy of defense and -- that allows me to assure you that our naval reactors are operating safely. this is a serious incident. as the cno said, integrity is the foundation of our business. the training command and ncis have begun a full investigation that will be led by a nuclear qualified submarine admiral, additional efforts to ensure that we -- will be to ensure that we have properly bound the problem. to date, we're getting good cooperation with the investigation. the training reactors were shut down for routine maintenance when we learned of this incident. the training command has ensured that all personnel implicated in this so far have been removed from the site. their access has been revoked, and all current personnel on watch are those who have no element of implication. as a precautionary measure, these personnel are also being re-tested to validate their knowledge. additionally, i have assigned extra supervision to the operating teams. i will not reauthorize operation of the reactors until i am personally satisfied that appropriate correcti

marine light attack helicopter squadron and is presently commanding officer of the 24th marine expeditionary unit. he is a graduate the u.s. naval academy, they will command staff college and the marine corps war college. please join me in welcoming colonel scott benedict to the atlantic council. [applause] >> thank you for that introduction, and thank you very much for the opportunity to speak to you here today about this crisis response. as was mentioned in the introduction, 2014 expeditionary unit commanding officer at the command of that unit in march and about three or four months later deployed for about six and a half months over into the european and african areas responsibility. the core element to that command element came from our staff on the 24th marine expeditionary unit. we just return in january, head of the force over to another commander from the eighth marine regiment. so i'm going to do today is just talking about the capabilities some of the issues that we ran into while we were overseas, some the things we think makes this force unique and answer any questions if you have at the end. next slide. i guess i'v

naval air base. >> quince did i brown, military man, worked at the same command where elise worked. it wasn't a random crime. something happened to bring co-workers into the same room and neither of them left alive. >> elise's husband, eddie, was treated for his head injury and released. as incredible as eddie's story seemed, evidence at the scene appeared to support it. the entranceway floor was littered with takeaway containers of leftover food from the restaurant. electrical cords used to tie eddie's hands were on the bedroom floor. underneath the intruder's right hand was the knife used in elise's murder. and eddie gave police a videotape that elise made before her death. it contained some shocking allegations against her superiors in the navy. allegations that perhaps the navy didn't want to be made public. well, did you know that old macdonald was a really bad speller? your word is...cow. cow. cow. c...o...w... ...e...i...e...i...o. [buzzer] dangnabbit. geico. fifteen minutes could save you...well, you know. >> elise and eddie had been married for only five years at the time o

after the battle of iwo jima, he returned stateside where he commanded a marine guard company to the naval station. he was soon appointed commanding officer of the uropa sent to europe to provide security for a seized german luxury liner. bob was one of the few marine corps officers to manage the commissioning of this kind of naval vessel. he was released from active duty in january of 1946 and retired in 1959 with the rank of major. following his time in the marines, he enrolled in law school at the university of virginia and then postwar accelerated program graduating in 1948. he then began a lifetime of specialty law practice, primarily in public utility and transportation. his career started with the southern railroad and then progressed to his work at a law firm in washington, d.c. in 1953 he accepted a position, a renowned law firm in san francisco, from which he retired in 1989. he's greatly enjoyed the company of the marine corps league. the modesto attachment, whose members go out of their way to include him to celebrate his service as well as their doing this 95th birthday celebr

our naval strength, bases, isr, command and control, etc. that has influenced a great deal what they do. >> can you give us insights into theire perceive as internal threats and unrest among the populace? >> one of their major tenants is internal control. they go to great lengths to control access to the internet and information exchange among their citizens. >> thank you, chairman, i yield back. >> thank you, mr. conaway. mr. schiff. schakowsky.ms. >> i appreciate this open hearing. let me be clear. do you have any intelligence of a relationship between snowden and the russian government in regards to the stolen documents? >> that is best discussed in a closed session. as we discussed last night. >> i want to thank you director clapper for your defense of transparency, which has been characterized as a potential threat to our security or dismissed as politics. i prefer to call it democracy. i believe the national debate on domestic surveillance has been valuable, but unfortunately it was an nsa contract leaker who initiated it and not the g

chinese commanders also plan to send a hospital ship and other vessels to a multinational naval drill off hawaii this summer. the u.s.-led biennial exercise is called rim-pac. analysts say the nation is trying to stress the transparency of its forces and the military buildup is raising concerns among neighboring countries. >>> the olympics in sochi are only a few days old, but the organizers of the next winter games in south korea are already busy promoting their event. 150 members of the organizing committee have headed to sochi. they've set up a building to showcase their games and held an event there over the weekend to introduce their culture to visitors. south koreans are looking for ideas that might help them as they prepare to host the games. nhk world's anna jong has more. >> reporter: people around the world are following the winter games in sochi. but skiers at this resort are paying particular close attention. >> translator: i'm so excited to have the olympic games come here. we have waited for this opportunity for a long time. i hope our country can become a lot stronger i

korea indonesia and other countries will take part chinese commanders also plan to send the hospital ship and other vessels to all multinational naval drill off hawaii this summer. the us led biennial exercise is called ramp and analysts say the nation is trying to stress the transparency of its forces as its military buildup is raising concerns among neighboring countries people gathered at a high school in western japan to remember those who were killed when a us navy submarine ran into a training vessel thirteen years ago the bow from legend of fisheries high school the eighteen am i was sent off. why this tree was struck by the uss greenville non japanese including students died in the accident the air a forty three am was the exact time the two vessels struck gold in the old recovered from the sunken boat was running nine times people present observed a moment of silence you got a little that we will hand down the story of the accident to future generations of students so it is never forgotten. . . . i knw participants offered a chrysanthemum and a prayer for the victims. railway company in northern japan is facing a criminal c

he commended a helicopter squadron and is presently a commanding officer of the 24th marine expeditionary unit. he is a graduate of the naval academy, the staff college, and the marine corps war college. please join me in welcoming atlanta -- scott benedict. >> thank you for that welcome. thank you for the opportunity to speak to you. 20 fourth expeditionary unit, commanding officer. i took command in march and about three or four months later, deployed for about six .nd a half months this was into the european and african areas of responsibility. the core element to that command element came from our staff on the marine expeditionary unit. we just returned in january and handed that force to another commander from the marine regiment. what i'm going to do today is talk a little bit about the capabilities. that we ranissues into while we were overseas. some of the things that makes this force unique, and answer i'mquestions that you have going to start off with a little 101 on howne corps we organize our forces. this is a special purpose marine air ground task force. the way the marine corps organizes, each one of its aroun

naval air facility near tokyo. airman tina wilson went to the clinic in 2008 to have a dressing change following surgery on her tailbone by the doctor, lieutenant commander anthony l. velazquez. decided it was perfectly ok to slip his hand down the front of her panties and then have the nerve to give her a smile and a wink as she walked to the door. wilson complained, an investigation was started, and three other women also reported the doctor had touched them inappropriately. but after 10 months, the investigation was closed with no action taken, according to any -- to an ncis document on the investigation obtained by the a.p. the story gets even more disgusting. two years later the navy finally filed charges against the doctor after more than 25 women reported he touched them, too. guess what? most of the charges were dropped under a plea deal and the doctor served just a week in the bringing. he was dis-- brig. he was dismissed and stripped of his license, but velazquez could have been stopped years before. instead he was allowed to carry on his lewd behavior and scar so many more victims. airman tina wilson left the navy, distraught over how the case

that we -- we have the technology, the command-and-control relationships keep you from taking control of it. other questions? i am a marine and i teach at the navaldemy. you made the assertion that by combining things that are only superficially linked leads to bad outcomes and misallocation of resources. it dovetails nicely with the example you just gave about the israelis ability to use it, does the term cyber war itself do that? i would argue that is not cyber war. it is electronic support to the conventional military attack. does the term cyber war lead to these bad outcomes? >> it is a great question. cyber war is a term that is as abused as war is. we see war used to describe everything from actual political we -- politically motivated violence, the classic definition of war. there are others things we do not use were to describe. how korea was a police action. now we call it the korean war. more than 400ing airstrikes in another country is not a war because it is being done in a not so covert manner agencyly a civilian using remotely piloted unmanned systems. we do not call it the pakistan more. term warsee the applied to everything from w

naval fleet following two historic lows level of ships. the armytially shaking to a force not seen since the beginning of the 21st-century. readiness is putting. commanders use the term hollowed to define the ability of their forces to defend the united states. in recent guidance issued to the services, the secretary of defense even acknowledged the stark reality and near-term except ability. the force must be balanced in state. this is deeply concerning to me. the threats are not likely to wait until our forces is rebuilding the future. they will accept a greater risk. >> thank you very much. distinguished members of the committee, we are here to present the worldwide threat assessment as we do every year. topicscover about five in approximately 11 minutes followed by general fund statement. appearancefourth before this committee to discuss the threats we face. as sinister imhof noted, i made this assertion previously. it is more relevant today. looking back of her mind more than half a century intelligence, i'm not experienced a time we have been upset by more crises and threats around the globe. this includes the diversification terrorism loosely conn

our naval fleet dropping to a low level of ships, the air force being the smallest in history, and potentially shrinking the army to force not seen since the beginning of the 20th-century. commanders the term hollow to define there forces. in recent guidance issued to the services the secretary of defense acknowledged this dark reality and set near term hollowness is acceptable but the force must be balanced in state, and this is deeply concerning to me as an admission given the threats that we face are not likely to wake and tell our forces rebuild at some time in the future. so without meaningful sequestration, sequester relief to reverse these reckless national security our military will accept a greater risk. you're talking about loss of lives. thank you, mr. chairman. >> senator inhofe, director clapper. >> distinguished members of the committee, we are here to present the intelligence community worldwide threat assessment as we do every year. i will cover about five top picks in approximately 11 half or 12 minutes. this is my fourth appearance before this committee to discuss threats that we face. and as the senator noted i made this next assertion previously but it is more