. >> well, i appreciate the efforts you and the secretary mabus are putting towards this. i also wanted to ask general amos about the joint strike fighter which we know is essential to operate and operate and move seamlessly from the sea to the air. i don't need to tell you about the aircraft capability of short takeoff and vertical landing because we know that that is key to preserving the strategic value of the amphibious capabilities and i'm pleased that secretary panetta has removed it from probationary status. it's scheduled to replace three aircraft currently in use by the marine corps which i understand is going to save $1 billion in operations and maintenance costs. additionally the timely fielding of the f-35-b will preserve the number of ships from which the u.s. can launch and strike aircraft. does the current production rate for the f-35 sufficiently address the projected strike fighter short fall and have the issues been addressed related to the tactical air integration? >> senator, the very last point on tactical integration, i'm a fan of it. we signed it a y

remembered at the end of this yee yeerg, secretary mabus. in spon to the independent study for the layout of okinawa and guam that we had mandated. and fraps this is just a miscoordination, because i know the snot under the jurisdiction of the department of avenue, but what you said is not right. we have mandated by law that there be an independent study and they report to the marines, so they're supposed to give their report to the secretary of defense in about two weeks. then the secretary of defense has up to about 90 days after that to report to us. this is not a small thing, as you know. and we're not in any way up here attempting to kill this program. we're trying to unstick it. is the administration, plural, administrations, have been working on this issue for 15 years now. a little more than 15 years. i've had dozens of japanese delegations visit my office just over the last year, including -- i have another one coming in this afternoon. and i have been saying to them over the last three months that there is an independent review tha

. >> admiral, if sequestration kicks in, what's it going to do to what secretary mabus was just talking about. and then, secretary, i'll let you answer that question also. >> we talk about versatility, and that's the ability to ramp up if need be, but you have to have an industrial base to do that. in my view, if sequestration kicks in, we will lose the capabilities that secretary mabus referred to in some shipyards. i don't know -- if you do -- when i do rough math, i'm looking at not 285 ships in a given year, i'm looking at 230 ships. we don't have enough structure to accrue that kind of savings without reducing procurement. so i'm very concerned about an industrial base that would be able to adjust from that, from sequestration. and it would be very difficult to keep a shipbuilder that could be owe. >> say that again about 230 ships. >> we have 285 ships today. you do rough math, you look at the kinds of numbers we talk about. where i'm at today, it's just a simple application of math from where we are today. we could be at 235 ships. >> mr. secretary? >> skres trags has two big pro

secretary mabus, i understand your second highest priority is, quote, treating energy as a trusteejic national security issue even with the real threat of sequesteration and investment and all that would entail, the navy has pledged $170 million as its slar shaof a $510 million effort to create a commercially viable by ofuel market. we have directed to consume one gig awatt of new energy to power new naval installations across the country. using defense dollars to subsidize new energy technologies is not the navy's responsibility nor is it sufficiently the corps's mission to justify such expenditures. including where you got the authorization to spend this money on energy, finally, we'll consider the three multiyear procurement budgets including the budget submission. they must meet the criteria in law, including the substantive savings considering 10% in stability and design. i thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, senator mccain. mr. secretary. >> thank you, mr. chairman. chairman levin, thank you, member mccain, members of the committee. i want to start by thanking you all for the

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robert gates, the former superintendents of west gate and the naval academy, secretary of the navy ray mabus secretary of the army, john mchugh. the lawsuit claims there was limited support from commanders and failure to ensure sexual predators were prosecuted and incarcerated for their crimes. karley and annie are not alone. reports of sexual assault at the academies are up nearly 60%. and of the 65 reports investigated last year, only one resulted in a court-martial. >> i ache for those former cadet and midshipman who have had their lives torn up. it shouldn't be that way. >> reporter: congresswoman jackie speier has gone to the house floor 19 times. >> we need to overhaul this system. >> demanding that congress and the military change the way sexual assaults are prosecuted. >> you report everything through your chain of command. so i'm raped. i go to my commander, say, i've been raped. my commander can say to me, well, i'm not going to pursue this. or, take an aspirin and go to bed. as long as it's going to be in the chain of command, there's always going to be a conflict. >> reporter: he

during remarks at a mabus bin institutes andres held here in washington, d.c. he was referring to the trayvon martin case calling it a marker and where we are as a society and was joined by to the surprise when journalist in the illegal immigrant jose diaz-balart discussing american identity and race relations. this is just over an hour. >> good afternoon. how was lunch, great, wasn't it? a little bit late, but what an extraordinary panel this afternoon and i think you ladies and gentlemen for being here. chancellor of the see the looks schools kaya henderson. khin mai aung is from the asian american legal defense and education fund and former mayor of baltimore and dean of howard u, kurt. thank you very much. we are going to open up for a chat in just a little bit, but we were talking as kind of the opening comments on education and at the media and, you know, i think that, again, you talked about this there are also the vehicle often misconceptions', stereotypes' of both the good and that all i guess although no stereotype is essentially good that i think as