U.S. Asian Pivot Lacks Carrier Force Projection

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With Rep. Rob Wittman, Kay Daly, Bill Gertz, Fred Fleitz

Rep. ROB WITTMAN, of Virginia’s 1st District and Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness:

• Sequestration’s destructive impact on the US military’s readiness
• Playing catchup with the 2015 NDAA through increased funding of the military’s equipment and training programs
• Implications of the upcoming period where no US aircraft carrier will be in the western Pacific because of short supply

KAY DALY, of Daly and Associates:

• Her brother’s treatment at the VA Hospital
• The problems with the VA’s culture that have led to multiple cases of medical malpractice
• The role unions have played in the VA’s culture

BILL Gertz, Senior Editor at the Washington Free Beacon:

• China’s increased aggression in the South China Sea, and its growing naval assets and force projection capabilities
• Russia’s recent “massive nuclear forces” military exercise

FRED FLEITZ, senior fellow with the Center for Security Policy:

• Using the upcoming House select committee on Benghazi to prevent the Obama Administration from playing a “jurisdiction game”
• Hillary Clinton’s refusal to designate Boko Haram a terrorist organization when Secretary of State, and the Administration’s broader hesitation to use the word “terrorist”
• Putin’s claims to be pulling troops back from the Ukrainian border
• Security implications of a new bill limiting the NSA’s metadata collection program