are no longer serving. >> first let me clarify with regard to the statute of limitations, the uniform code of military justice as well as federal penal code provide for five-year statute of limitations. there is an international treaty that would exempt war crimes from the statute of limitations, but i don't think believe the united states is part of that treaty. that aside, though, you have to get to the decision as to whether or not there is personal and subject matter jurisdiction of over the situation. with regard to personal jurisdiction, and let's address that first, if -- we don't know if the -- once they identify who these people are who are in the pictures, if they are still on active duty, and it is possible, then the uniform code of military just diswould have personal jurisdiction over the individuals. or if these individuals spent at least 20 years and retired and are receiving retired pay, they would also be subject, otherwise they would not be subject to the uniform code of military justice, and then we would have to look to federal penal law as the potential forum in which

>> in the federal courts it is the same as the uniform code of military justice. unless it is a capital offense meaning this is something they could be put to death for, and this would be not one of those offenses, but other crimes, crimes against children and fraud against banks and things like that, congress has specifically extended the five years to eight, ten years something along those lines. but again, i don't believe% would be one of those crimes where the statute of limitations would be extended. >> brandon, in 2012 there was an incident there was a photograph that, taking unofficial pictures, they were punished but not very severely, three troopers were also punished not very severely. after one of the sergeants said he had no regrets, he would do it again as an act of revenge for americans killed in afghanistan. you talked about the reality of war, this battle of fallujah was the worst since the vietnam war. is that what these pictures show, the anger over the dets ds over their fellow fighters? >> they could. i don't know what exactly the pictures show

term commander with the person authorized to convene court-martial for serious violations of the uniform codeof military justice. these are not the same things. second, under current law and practice, the authority to refer a sexual assault allegation for trial by court-martial is reserved to a level of commander who'll normally be removed from any personal knowledge of the accused or victim. if the convening authority has an interest in a particular case other than an official interest, the convening authority is required to recuse himself or herself. when they convene court-martial for sexual assault offenses allege allegedly committed by members of their command. as with leaders of all organizations, commanders must often make decisions that may negatively impact members of the organization when these decisions are in the best interest of the organization. fourth, there is no evidence at this time supporting a conclusion that removing senior commanders as convening authority will reduce the incidents of sexual assault or increase sexual assault reporting. fifth, sexual assault victims curr

in the military, one of the basic reasons to have the uniform code of military justice and have an embedded military justice system is the expeditionary nature. commanders in the military need to focus on fighting and winning wars. having a case be prolonged with witnesses and victims and the accused is not -- usually the cases are handled very quickly. it gets moved on. i am not saying they're always resolved appropriately. that is part of why we are here. as far as that evidence goes, if you put it into a queue -- how long does it take? even within the civilian sector. experience my own how quickly we have tried a murder case from beginning to end. within six months you have a conviction. i don't know if that is even possible in the civilian community. i would need to know more before taking a risk to change something and put it into a centralized area. i prefer not to see any more cases. think there is -- when you think about our military and , and theon responsibility of commanders which no one else in the world has to make decisions that impact the unit, to send people , and you tie go

that includes uniform code of military justice. that defines how we discipline the force, how people around the world would tell you the army, the u.s. army and all of the military -- united states military is an incredibly disciplined force. that's one of our great strengths. our ability to train, our ability to execute and execute complex problems. we have to put that energy towards solving this problem. by taking away a tool that i think is incredibly effective to us which is the uniform code of military justice is a mistake. what we need to do is hold the leaders accountable who are not using the tools we have given them such as the uniform code of military justice to solve this problem. don't take the tool away. what we have to do is hold those accountable who aren't using the tool properly. the chain of command is the essence of who we are. my experience tells me i trust the chain of command, i trust our commanders. that doesn't mean 100% of commanders are doing the right thing. and those who are not, we have to hold accounta

this >> first let me clarify with regard to the statute of limitations both the uniform code of militarytice as well as federal penal code provide for five years of statute of limitations. there is a treaty that would eliminate war crimes from that statute of limitations. i don't believe the united states is part of that treaty, however. with regards to personal jurisdiction, and let's address that one first, if -- we don't know -- once they identify who these people are who were in the pictures, if they are still on active duty, and it's possible, then the uniformed code of military justice would have personal jurisdiction over the individuals, or if these individuals spent at least 20 years and retired and are receiving retired pay, they would also be subject. also wise they would not be subject and then we would have to look to federal penal law as the potential forum in which to investigation and possibly prosecute. >> but you believe the statute of limitations has expired there? >> in the federal courts it's the same. it's generally, as a general rule, five years, the congress has e

that includes uniform code of military justice. that defines how we discipline the force. people around the world will tell you the u.s. army and all of the military, the united states military is an incredibly disciplined force. that is one of our great strengths. our ability to train, our ability to execute and deal with complex problems. we have to put that energy towards solving this problem. by taking away a tool that i think is incredibly effective to us which is the uniform code of military justice is a mistake. what we need to do is hold the leaders accountable who are not using the tools we have given them such as the uniform cord -- uniform code of military justice to solve this problem. don't take a tool away. what we have to do is hold those accountable who are not using the tool properly. the chain of command is the essence of who we are. my experience tells me i trust the chain of command. i trust the commanders. that doesn't mean 100% that commanders are doing the right thing. and those who are not we have to hold accountable. that is what we have to do. we

sorry defense told him that quote the pictures appear to show us soldiers in violation of the uniform code of military justice which makes it a crime to mishandle remains not only is this completely criminal and despicable some of the true legacy of the us is be. a decade long occupation of the country but don't hold your breath on these soldiers being held accountable after all the soldiers who were found guilty of the urinating on afghan corpses and trophy photographs walked away with nothing more than a mark on their record i mean absolutely nothing no jail no discharge but i guess bieber breaking a few way exist just too important of a story to fit in a segment about war crimes what world this is professional journalists are the ones covering celebrity gossip while celebrity gossip sites are the ones doing the muckraking. the. on the heels of a poor vortex record breaking heat waves and super typhoons climate change has never been more apparent don't believe me more corn into a search of peer reviewed articles on the research database web of the science out of thirteen thousand nine hu

ways that are not sanctioned by the united states and are contrary to military regulations and uniform code of military justice. so i think that what the pentagon has announced is exactly the right way to go, which is to investigate, see if they can identify the individuals involved and the unit they're from, and then carry the investigation forward from there. >> another emerging story today is 37 air force officers in charge of maintaining and operating the nation's nuclear missiles have been implicated in a drugs and cheating scandal, which just the headline alone is enough to fill everyone with vague terror. what did you make of that story? >> well, this is very troubling to me. because when i was secretary in 2008, because of various problems in the nuclear force, i ended up simultaneously firing the secretary of the air force and the chief of staff of the air force as a matter of accountability because of mishaps associated with our nuclear capabilities. this is one of those capabilities in the military where there's no room for any error, no room for any misbehavior or sloppiness at

investigate, prosecute and adjudicate crimes involving adult sexual assault and related offenses and the uniform codeitary justice. for the purpose of developing recommendations and how to approve -- improve those systems. among other important man talent --among other important and challenging tasks these include initiatives to modify the current role of the commander in the military justice system. the panel has already focused much of its efforts in this area and we will spend today discussing it as well. in addition to the panel's efforts due to the vast scope and a short time we have with which to accomplish our work, we have established three subcommittees, the role of the commander, a subcommittee on comparative systems and a subcommittee on comparative services. we will proceed and get as much done as they possibly can in the time that we have. there he is panel members are on each of the subcommittees along with subject matter experts that are added in order to help us with our work. i serve as the chair on the commander committee. the role of the commander subcommittee meeting earlier this

prosecute, and adjudicate crimes involving adult actual assault and related offenses under the uniform code of military justice for the purpose of developing recommendations regarding how to improve the effectiveness of those systems. very importantr and challenging tasks, congress directed the panel to assess the role of the commander including initiatives to modify the current role of the commander in the military justice system. in addition to the panel's efforts, due to the vast scope of the task congress assigned to us in the short time we have to accomplish our work, we have established three subcommittees. the role of the commander, in ammittee on systems subcommittee of victim services. it seemed the most efficient way to proceed and get as much done as he possibly could in the time that we have. serve onanel members each of the committees who are added in order to help us with our work. i serve as the chair of the role of the commander committee. at a subcommittee meeting earlier this month the members requested to hear from require -- retired former officers who both supported and

and as i progressed through the ranks and took on greater responsibility, i was trained on the uniform code of military justice and the legal tools that were available to me to ensure good order and discipline. on and employined the tools to meet the needs of theims while employed also rights of the accused. finally, i was also blessed to serve side-by-side by a truly talented and professional staff and judge advocates. these men and women not only knew their stuff inside out, but they provided me the very best legal advice, sometimes when that advice ran counter what i was thinking at the time. i would like to thank each of yourn this panel for service and commitment and your willingness to tackle the very tough issue facing our military. i also thank you for taking the time to listen to those of us who are fortunate enough to lead america's most treasured resource and that is our sons and daughters in uniform. passion and the general concern of all members of congress and the defense examinent to thoroughly prosecution,tion, and the adjudication of sexual assault cases and placed the high

controlled substance act it would encourage if not prompt individuals states to write their uniform narcotics code in conformance. that is another way in which federal initiatives and federal desires were in simulated in to the various states and locales. let me take the first question now. what it would look like is the city we are trying to build right now. we have a city that has legalized medical marijuana. we legalized in the 1990s by an overwhelming majority but congress for ten years forbade the district of columbia from implementing that vote and only recently has that structure been lifted so internally very recently have we developed even just a system, a regulatory framework for american -- medical marijuana and i am on my mobile medical marijuana tweet feed and if that is to be believed then they will open within weeks, if not days. that is one way in which things are changing and many of you know that councilmembers' marion barry and council member tommy walsh recently talked about their desire to introduce legislation to decriminalize marijuana. that is what the world would look like

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