a lot of discussion we should deploy coast guard cutters to the eastern south china sea. our u.s. policy right now is non-intervention. now you've caught the bus. what do you do with it? if i send one ship over there, china can send to my one and japan can send six to one. a numbers game i'll never win. the one ship over there to me i look at the real opportunity cost. last fall we rode out a strategy as the western hemisphere. the uss kaufman, the last of them to be decommissioned but with a perry class doing the lion's share of the lot of this drug interdiction activity we've seen in the western hemisphere with coast guard law-enforcement teams embarked on those. the navy is rebalancing some trade-offs being made as well. if they are vacating one region, i need to make sure i double down on the voip created by the navy. the opportunity cost is significant if i send one ship to the eastern south china sea. the dog that catches the pass, what is our policy going forward and avoid that have left behind as well. we have written a cooperative strategy for the 21st century navy, coast

can we deter, how can we possibly deter our sophisticated adversaries in eastern europe and the competitors in the south china sea if we cannot defeat the barbarians of isis and role back the theo kratz -- the theocrats in tehran? we can no longer afford to be passive while the world a sense of the chaos. of all the challenges we face around the globe today, now is not the time for untested leadership. i have been tested like no other candidate in this race. as president, i will send the following message. the retreat is over, american leadership is back. american leadership is back. together with our allies, we will not surrender another inch of ground to terrorists or any other power that threatens our safety. america will not be intimidated and neither will i. america must be, not only the land of the free, but the home of the brave. an america that is unintimidated. thank you for your time today and may god bless you, and may god bless our men and women in uniform and may god continue to bless the united states of america. thank you very much. [applause] on the next "washington er onal," christopher rugab a n

for or to turn, how can we possibly deter our sophisticated adversaries in eastern europe and the competitors in the south china seawe cannot defeat the barbarians of isis and rollback the threats of terror on -- in teran? we can no longer afford to be while the world a sense of the chaos. of all the challenges we face around the globe today, now is not the time for untested leadership. i have been tested like no other candidate in this race. as president, i will send the following message. the retreat is over, american leadership is back. american leadership is back. together with our allies, we will not surrender another inch of ground to terrorists or any other power that threatens our safety. america will not be intimidated and neither will i. america must be, not only the land of the free, but the home of the brave. and america that is uninti midated. thank you for your time today and may god bless you, and may god bless our men and women in uniform and may god continue to bless the united states of america. thank you very much. [applause] [no audio] >> florida senator and 2016 presidential candidate marco at

eastern time. taking a look now at today's top stories. secretary of state john kerry is raising concern today about china's move in the disputed south china sea. he met with his chinese counterpart in malaysia. recent slight images show china has almost finished building a 10,000-foot air strip on several islands in the south china sea. several countries lay claim to the same waters. >> investigators in france today begin to examine a piece of metal debris found on a french island in the indian ocean. they hope to learn if it came from flight 370. >> a jewish citizen jailed without trial. he is expected of participating in an arson attack on a palestinian home that killed a baby. it's the first time the controversial measure known as used to detain palestinians. >> president obama speaks out about the iran nuclear deal one day after telling american jewish leaders bombs may fall on israel if the accord is not approved, but israel's prime minister had his own message for members of the same audience. >> u.s. president barack obama and israel prime minister benjamin netanyahu of battling for the backing of american jews. netanyahu appealed to t