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All Are Partners in Ushering in Second Bill of Rights&lt;/h1&gt;
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In the midst of World War II (a war that would claim over 73 million lives), Franklin D. Roosevelt gave the State of the Union Address&amp;nbsp;on&amp;nbsp;Tuesday January 11, 1944,&amp;nbsp;to the American People where he proposed a Second Bill of Rights. The country had weathered the Great Depression and the war along with Roosevelt’s New Deal had pulled the country out of the most severe economic decline ever experienced in America. Included in his vision for the future of America was housing for everyone, as a Constitutionally guaranteed right. FDR’s words that night must have been comforting to the many Americans fighting in the war that would soon be coming home to an uncertain future. Now 75 years later, the sentiments expressed by FDR are perhaps more meaningful than ever as so many have been left behind. California has a swelling homeless population affected by underemployment or unemployment that is skewed toward many protected classes of people.&lt;/div&gt;
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The promise of Government providing housing has almost universal appeal. The promise of eliminating hunger or any other discomfort is certainly a noble pursuit. However, when it comes to housing, American government housing programs have met with varying degrees of success. FDR envisioned government sponsored housing and in the many places where this has been implemented, housing projects frequently become dens of crime and dangerous neighborhoods. But there is something very noble in FDR’s mission statement to address humanity’s hierarchy of needs. Housing being fundamental to the well-being of any life and a core plank in the foundation of every functional family.&lt;/div&gt;
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Marginally successful as an owner operator Government’s crucial role in solving the housing crisis better serves society by focusing on policy decisions to reduce restrictive regulations by speeding up the permitting process, streamlining development reviews, and reducing development impact fees.&lt;/div&gt;
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Many private companies have made it their mission to remediate this issue. As a consultant for Eco Innovation Group Inc. (OTC: ECOX), I have been on the front line helping to provide a solution for this pervasive issue. We are focusing on cost effective and practical solutions. Here, I have found a place to exercise my passion on this issue because as a native Californian, it saddens me that my state has been left behind. Federal policy over the past two decades has marginalized California, while at the same time many states place the homeless on buses and ship them over to take advantage of our mild winters and take advantage of our plenteous resources. But California, known for innovation in entertainment, real estate development, technology, cannabis and many other sectors can lead America in solving this crisis. Pressures are often the catalyst for innovation.&lt;/div&gt;
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I have been advising my clients on solutions to meet the challenges. California boasts some of the most expensive real estate in the country but there are underdeveloped areas that public transportation has made viable alternatives for affordable housing. Other areas can be developed as transportation funding extends the reach to remote vacant desert land. Another area of innovation revolves around underutilized, green friendly&amp;nbsp;and affordable building materials like hemp (hempcrete), and use of pre-fab modular homes to reduce construction time and costs. But building and land costs are not the whole issue. Operating costs of buildings must be designed to minimize cost of energy and other utilities. The more we are able to drive costs lower the more people our housing can serve.&lt;/div&gt;
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We are certain that once we refine the business model for California that other states and companies can take advantage from what we have learned, as they have in the past on other issues. Perhaps more of their citizens can remain local when they hit a financial bump in the road instead of being shipped to more temperate climates. Housing could keep families closer to each other and improve the quality of their lives when it is constructed affordably and in close proximity to family and friends. Government needs to do more to make increased home-ownership a priority, especially in California. Washington D.C. and Sacramento can do more to help us drill down to a definitive solution by offering more rebates, tax incentives, better access to capital, subsidies, land, as well as more publicly funded programs to encourage economically challenged people to embrace home ownership.&lt;/div&gt;
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FDR’s vision still eludes many Americans today but encouraging companies (like ECOX) to join FDR’s fight will one day provide housing for all. His good intentions of making housing a basic human right may never be achieved by government alone but all of us working together in both the private and public sectors can usher in an era free of homelessness.&lt;/div&gt;
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Opportunities in Film Have Never Been Better&lt;/div&gt;
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By Robert Hymers&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have spent time working in film industry as an Executive Producer on two award winning films and I can honestly say that the playing field for film has never been more level. Years ago major studios controlled development of projects. They put millions of dollars into a variety of projects to spread out their risk. As some of those projects acquired attachments because of the power of the screenplay or subject matter the decision to greenlight a project was relatively simple. Today, these models only exist for very large budget films and there may be as many as a dozen people that end up writing the screenplay some of which are credited and some of which work as ghost writers.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;Big studios gravitate toward the larger franchise pictures because they need guaranteed revenue from audiences that are built-in on their films. The recent mega acquisition of Fox by Disney creates the largest superhero studio that has ever existed. Now the possibilities are endless for big budgeted films that relive every possible comic book plot and many new ones as well. The people that make these films are a virtual cartel. Breaking in is almost impossible but that shouldn’t discourage you from making your mark in film.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;High-tech companies have descended upon Hollywood. The Westside Pavilion has been taken over by Google, The Culver Studios has been taken over by Amazon, and Netflix has the master lease on Raleigh Studios. The digital era of film is upon us. Now more than ever independent filmmakers have opportunity to create content that can connect with an audience. Additionally, YouTube provides access to content creators to create a following. Channels that blow-up on YouTube get consideration to become the next television shows.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;Distribution was once a mysterious business. Content creators were never really sure how to get their films to market. Many distributors kept the accounting fuzzy so that revenue never really came back to investors. Today, content creators can distribute their content directly through Amazon or Google. Additionally, there are a number of aggregators that are able to get films on platforms ranging from Hulu, Netflix, Amazon, Google Play, iTunes and many other platforms. This creates a much more level playing field for the content creator. Foreign distribution is a bit more complicated but there are lots of reputable companies today that can navigate the opportunities in the various countries that may be right for your film.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;I advise my clients in entertainment to engage my services early so that the revenue model can be established to take advantage of tax credits, co-production opportunities, and casting to maximize the revenue potential of their film. Some of the distribution companies that I work with provide financing. The two award winning films, Skin and The Kindergarten Teacher, that I produced were released through PaperChase Films. I serve as the CFO of the company. Previously, in my career at Ernst and Young, Lionsgate was my tax client. That has given me rich experience to draw upon in my current film and television endeavors. In addition to my position at PaperChase I advise many clients in Entertainment. Best practices must be established early on to account for the monies spent and provide the mechanism to recapture investment and then to pay out profits. These are areas that I have vast experience establishing for my clients.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;Naturally, the content must be compelling as audiences now have many choices when it comes to what to watch. They are becoming more sophisticated but the tools to make quality films have never been more affordable. Drones, digital cameras, and technological advancements have put tools into millions more content creators than have ever existed before. Moderate budget films are able to be made in almost any genre.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;So if you are thinking of getting involved in any aspect of film, I can help you achieve your goals. I am here to advise my clients to avoid the pitfalls. I am also here to help them maximize their opportunities to grow as content creators.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
   Name="List Continue 2"/&gt;
  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
   Name="List Continue 3"/&gt;
  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
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  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
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  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
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  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
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  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
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  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
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  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
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  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
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  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
   Name="HTML Bottom of Form"/&gt;
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  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
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  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
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  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
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  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
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  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
   Name="HTML Variable"/&gt;
  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
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  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
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  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
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  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
   Name="Outline List 2"/&gt;
  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
   Name="Outline List 3"/&gt;
  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
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  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
   Name="Table Simple 2"/&gt;
  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
   Name="Table Simple 3"/&gt;
  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
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  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
   Name="Table Classic 2"/&gt;
  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
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  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
   Name="Table Classic 4"/&gt;
  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
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  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
   Name="Table Colorful 2"/&gt;
  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
   Name="Table Colorful 3"/&gt;
  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
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  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
   Name="Table Columns 2"/&gt;
  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
   Name="Table Columns 3"/&gt;
  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
   Name="Table Columns 4"/&gt;
  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
   Name="Table Columns 5"/&gt;
  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
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  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
   Name="Table Grid 2"/&gt;
  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
   Name="Table Grid 3"/&gt;
  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
   Name="Table Grid 4"/&gt;
  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
   Name="Table Grid 5"/&gt;
  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
   Name="Table Grid 6"/&gt;
  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
   Name="Table Grid 7"/&gt;
  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
   Name="Table Grid 8"/&gt;
  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
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  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
   Name="Table List 2"/&gt;
  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
   Name="Table List 3"/&gt;
  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
   Name="Table List 4"/&gt;
  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
   Name="Table List 5"/&gt;
  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
   Name="Table List 6"/&gt;
  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
   Name="Table List 7"/&gt;
  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
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  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
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  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
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  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
   Name="Table 3D effects 3"/&gt;
  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
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  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
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  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
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  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
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  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
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  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
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  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
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  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
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  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
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  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
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  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
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  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
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  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
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  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
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  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" Name="Medium List 1"/&gt;
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  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51"
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Optima; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;Anthony Falangetti &amp;amp; Steven Seagal Refute Allegations
Made on Megyn Kelly Today&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Optima;"&gt;“On behalf of actor and
director Steven Seagal, we would like to address the accusations made by Ms.
Regina Simons, Begins Anthony Falangetti, former prosecutor and attorney for
Steven Seagal. “Mr. Seagal explicitly denies all of her claims.” Seagal adds, “her
accusations against me are false and her story is completely fictional and made
up."&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Optima;"&gt;In the Megyn Kelly
interview accuser Regina Simons claims the incident occurred at “his (Seagal’s)
Beverly Hills home” in 1993, after filming of the movie, On Deadly Ground.&amp;nbsp; Said Seagal, “This is false.&amp;nbsp; She never came to my home by herself or with
anyone else.&amp;nbsp; Moreover, I did not live in
Beverly Hills.” Falangetti says, “In the Megyn Kelly interview, Simons provides
no description of this home, either the outside or the inside. She hopelessly
claimed to have seen a table and a photo of his wife at the time.&amp;nbsp; Neither supposed observation was insightful
or credible.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Optima;"&gt;Falangetti continues, “The
photo that aired on the Megyn Kelly interview failed to show Seagal and Simons
together. The photo Megyn Kelly showed is meaningless.&amp;nbsp; Mr. Seagal is standing twenty feet away from Simons
surrounded by a crowd, talking with other people.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Optima;"&gt;“Simons says she met Seagal
while auditioning for the movie, On Deadly Ground; She got the part,” says
Megyn Kelly in the teaser leading up to the interview. Falangetti responds, “IMDB
lists no credit for her in the movie and she received no screen credit as
anyone can check by watching the end credits of the movie. She may have wanted
to be an extra in the movie, but she was not. Moreover, her story simply makes
no sense.&amp;nbsp; One example, she claimed that
she was so young and inexperienced, that she had to be escorted by her brother
to the open call for extras in the movie.&amp;nbsp;
But then, she travels to southern California and drives to a house in
Beverly Hills that she has never been to before to attend a Hollywood wrap
party all by herself, without friend, family member or agent. This is
transparently absurd and lacks any credibility.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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As a former prosecutor Falangetti understands how to
evaluate a witness, “A hallmark of false accusations is that they lack
credible, specific details.&amp;nbsp; The tale Ms.
Simons has told is bereft of any credible details.&amp;nbsp; Even after 25 years, a truthful person would
remember the details of what happened.&amp;nbsp;
Her claims are vague, generalized and gloss over obvious details.&amp;nbsp; If she were being honest, she would be able
to authenticate her claims with specific facts.&amp;nbsp;
She has none because her claims are completely fabricated.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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“Further, her accusations date back over 20 years.&amp;nbsp; The California statute of limitations has run
out.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Her accusations are only for
publicity.&amp;nbsp; She has had no career in
Hollywood of any kind.&amp;nbsp; Now the opportunity
presents itself and we can only assume that she comes forward for her own publicity.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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"Recent reports from news outlets across the country,
including this one from FOX news, 'Lisa Bloom sought to line up paydays for
women accusing Trump of sexual misconduct: report' on December 15, 2017,&amp;nbsp;
(http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/12/15/attorney-lisa-bloom-sought-to-line-up-paydays-for-women-accusing-trump-sexual-misconduct-report.html)
are very disturbing and cast doubt on the truthfulness and motives of the women
she represents."&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Falangetti finishes by stating, "Mr. Seagal is
innocent.&amp;nbsp; All of the accusations against
him are false.&amp;nbsp; It is well known that
Steven Seagal does not share the political views of the mainstream in
Hollywood.&amp;nbsp; It seems clear he is being
targeted because of his political beliefs.&amp;nbsp;
In the United States of America, the world’s beacon of free speech, and
the home of the presumption of innocence, it is tragic that Mr. Seagal afforded
neither, while he is being attacked and branded for his beliefs, as well as his
courage to speak out."&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Megyn Kelly Interview: &lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CovunJqTG5A"&gt;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CovunJqTG5A&lt;/a&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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For further information or to schedule an interview with Mr.
Seagal and/or Mr. Falangetti please contact: Michael Douglas Carlin
310.463.4527&lt;span style="font-family: Optima;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 22.0pt;"&gt;May
 1998, a Five-Deuce Hoover Crip that I know came to me saying he knew 
who killed Tupac Shakur.&amp;nbsp; He told me that Sharitha Knight and Reggie
 Wright were behind the murder.&lt;u&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 22.0pt;"&gt;CI
 says at first there was a get together in Balboa Park in the San 
Fernando Valley for diffferent gangs.&amp;nbsp; This was disguised as a 
Blood/Crips
 truce meeting.&amp;nbsp; But it was really a feeler for Wright to see how much 
it would take to get Tupac hit.&amp;nbsp; Wright wanted rights to all Tupac's 
material.
&lt;u&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 22.0pt;"&gt;He
 says it was Wright who -- on the night of Tupac's murder -- told the 
killers where Tupac would be, along with Suge.&amp;nbsp; Those not in on the
 plan that night were sent to the 662 Club in Las Vegas.&lt;u&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 22.0pt;"&gt;There
 were 3 hitmen hired to do the job:&amp;nbsp; Gregory Harris Smith aka "Lil Half 
Dead (dob 11-28-79), Malcolm Shabbaz Patton (dob 1972), and Danny
 Eugene Patton aka "Whiteboy" (dob 1974).&lt;u&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 22.0pt;"&gt;The
 CI lived next door to Danny Patton in Reseda and did some construction 
work with him.&amp;nbsp; CI says Danny Patton told him, "I shot that Tupac
 motherfucker.&amp;nbsp; I was there man!"&amp;nbsp; He had a tape recording of the 
conversation but I couldn't understand a word of it because of the bad 
quality of the tape.&lt;u&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 22.0pt;"&gt;In
 early June 1998,&amp;nbsp; the CI told me that Malcom Patton was "tired of 
hiding it" and believed he was about to get hit.&amp;nbsp; So, he wanted to turn
 himself in and tell the whole story.&amp;nbsp; I talked to Malcolm on the 
telephone and we set up a meeting.&amp;nbsp; He said he would bring one of the 
murder weapons, and wanted to do an on camera interview to protect 
himself.&lt;u&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 22.0pt;"&gt;June
 5, 1998 I showed up for the meeting and was given a hand-written letter
 (this was written by the CI's sister who transcribed what Malcom
 told her).&amp;nbsp; The letter claimed Lil Half Dead was upset with Tupac 
because Tupac stole one of his songs, "Brenda's Got&amp;nbsp; Baby."&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Lil Half 
Dead was beaten down by some Tupac soldiers while in Las Vegas.&amp;nbsp; The 
letter also said, Wright had a meeting with gangsters
 and put a bounty on Tupac's head. Malcolm said he was the shooter that 
was supposed to take out Suge Knight.&amp;nbsp; Lil Half Dead was supposed to 
kill Tupac.&amp;nbsp; It quoted Mlacolm as saying, "i can call you on a safe 
number and give you details of clothing, cars, streets,
 and describe anything you need to know to prove that I was there, and 
the night 2 pac tryed to escape, like a little pee-on bitch."&amp;nbsp; The 
letter also said that Malcolm would drop off one of the murder weapons 
at KTTV studios.
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&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 22.0pt;"&gt;Malcolm
 never showed for the Reseda meeting, but when I returned to the 
station, security told me a young black man had tried to drop off a
 package for me at the guard shack.&amp;nbsp; Company policy prohibited them from
 accepting it.&amp;nbsp; I never heard from Malcolm again.&lt;u&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 22.0pt;"&gt;The
 CI also told me that Danny was paid 100-thousand dollars for the hit in
 the form of a cashier's check.&amp;nbsp; Danny signed the check.&amp;nbsp; The CI
 said the hit team trio had rented a pearl white cadillac at the 
Stratosphere Hotel Las Vegas and later dumped it at a salvage yard in 
Baker, dissassembled.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Three guns were used: tech 9, .45, and a Glock.&amp;nbsp;
 Danny's gun jammed.&amp;nbsp; Malcolm shot twice and missed
 his target.&amp;nbsp; He also said "Neckbone" would be killed later because he 
knew the identity of the shooters.&amp;nbsp; Neckbone was, in fact, killed at a 
later date.&lt;u&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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みなさん.こんにちは.私はゆこです.私は米国カリフォルニアよりBeverly Hills 不動産マネージャーをしている。私も生命保険免許と健康保険免許と意外に免許を持つ.私は流畅な英语と日本语と中国语(国語と上海话)。私も同時に日本语の翻訳、海外留学及び外国贸易交流、教授の日本语を中国语など。私も同時にあなたの会社や飲食業を撮影カメラの広告など。

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            あなたの選択肢を探求する絶好の機会です。私は中国語と日本語を話し、複雑な取引を手伝うことができます。あなたのポートフォリオに不動産を追加することを真剣にしている場合、私はあなたの財政的、個人的な目的を満たすために多くの良いオプションをもたらすだろうと私はあなたの購入のすべての面に風水を組み込むことができるように文化的に敏感です。

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  Hello.everybody.my name is Grace.I am a real estate agent in Nelson Shelton of Beverly Hills,California,U.S.A. I have both life,health and accident insurance licenses. I speak English,Chinese and Japanese.(Tokyo and Osaka dialect,mandarin and shanghai dialect).If you want to study abroad.If you want a translate for your business.If you want to learn Chinese or Japanese.please contact with me.
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He has a message for Suge Knight. "The FBI asked me to lie about you and the City Attorney threatened me. I had no choice but to do what I did and since I never signed the coerced deposition I never got anything that was promised to me."&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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"Suge, whatever you do, get away from judge Ryan. The FBI told me that if I cooperated with them and lied about you that he would release me and instead he locked me up for a crime that I did not commit."&lt;/div&gt;
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Suave, was in Mississippi at the time a murder in Los Angeles was committed but that didn't stop LAPD cops from suppressing that evidence in Suave's trial and that didn't stop Judge Ryan from excluding that evidence in the appeal. Suave now has stage four throat cancer and wants to live out his final days, however few they are, in freedom... with his family. 23 years have been stolen from him because of trumped up charges.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #454545; font-family: &amp;quot;uictfonttextstylebody&amp;quot;; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"&gt;Read Russell Poole's final words on #Tupac &amp;amp; #Biggie murders&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: x-large;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.amazon.com/Chaos-Merchants-Murders-Shakur-Notorious-ebook/dp/B01A2VYJTO" target="_blank"&gt;Read Chaos Merchants&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;Written by former LAPD Detective Russell Poole and&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Michael Douglas Carlin.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;On September 7th, 1996 Suge Knight was driving a BMW in Las Vegas with Tupac Shakur in the passenger seat. A White Cadillac pulled alongside the car and 13 bullets were fired all over the car. Tupac Shakur was struck multiple times and a bullet lodged in his lung. Tupac Shakur died on September 13, 1996 from wounds sustained from the crime.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;Death Row Records was headquartered in Los Angeles, County so if the conspiracy occurred in LA County then Los Angeles Police, Sheriffs, and the DA’s office have clear jurisdiction.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;Evidence examined includes: the records from the Tupac and Biggie LAPD investigation; the Death Row Records Bankruptcy Filings; the Christopher Wallace Estate's civil trial against the City of Los Angeles for wrongful death; secret tape recordings made by bodyguard Frank Alexander in the immediate aftermath of the Shakur shooting; FBI Released Files; various other files, audio and video recordings; and a confession letter written in 1998 that was given to Fox 11 journalist Chris Blatchford.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;1.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Reggie Wright disarmed all security guards on the night of the shooting. This was a break from the normal protocol when guarding artists in Las Vegas&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;2.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Michael Moore refused the order and insisted on carrying his weapon. He was removed from guarding Tupac Shakur and was ordered to Club 662 where he was to stay close to Reggie Wright.

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3.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Michael Moore spoke of standing next to Reggie Wright in front of Club 662 at the time of the shooting and hearing “Got ‘em” coming over the radio. A radio is significant because it implies that there were spotters as well as shooters. This also makes this just like the Biggie Smalls Murder. (See below - Listen especially from 3:40 on).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;4.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;"'Em" probably refers to both Tupac Shakur and Suge Knight. With 13 shots being fired the shooters probably really thought they “Got ’em”. The Shooting was an immediate failure. Tupac wasn’t killed and Suge was only hit by a bullet fragment.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;5.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Bodyguard Frank Alexander was told to lie about the Orlando Anderson incident by Reggie Wright. He told investigators that Orlando had grabbed Tupac’s chain earlier in the evening breaking the chain. That incident morphed into the Orlando Anderson Chain Grab Narrative at the Lakewood Mall. Frank Alexander came clean with Las Vegas Investigators and he was told by the Los Angeles DA’s office and Death Row Records Associates that his life was now in danger. Those conversations were secretly recorded by Frank Alexander. &lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;i&gt;(We have copies of these recordings).&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;6.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;According to the Biggie Smalls Civil Trial Reggie Wright is a suspect in the murder of Christopher Wallace aka Biggie Smalls aka The Notorious BIG.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;7.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Reggie Wright Jr. shows up at every one of the interviews of Death Row Records insiders by Las Vegas Police. Brent Becker Interview&amp;nbsp;From Tupac Assassination&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Tupac-Assassination-Conspiracy-Mike-Allen/dp/B000WDTNZS/ref=cm_cr_pr_bdcrb_top?ie=UTF8"&gt;http://www.amazon.com/Tupac-Assassination-Conspiracy-Mike-Allen/dp/B000WDTNZS/ref=cm_cr_pr_bdcrb_top?ie=UTF8&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;8.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Reggie Wright Jr. reveals that off-duty LAPD police worked for Wrightway Security on Death Row Records assignments. Reggie Wright Deposition. (See image below).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;9.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;David Kenner rented home of Larry Longo through Frank Longo - Larry's son. Kenner then moves Suge Knight into the home setting up a clear conflict of interest. Larry Longo is fired but cleared of any wrongdoing. The maneuver was clearly orchestrated by Kenner to get Suge’s probation violated in a way that judges abhor. This incident sealed Suge’s fate and he was sentenced to nine years in prison.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;10.&amp;nbsp;Chuck Philips wrote about conflict of interest with Larry Longo putting the final nails in Suge Knights probation violation.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;11.&amp;nbsp;It is clear in the aftermath of the Tupac and Suge Shooting on September 7, 1996 that Suge Knight no longer trusted Reggie Wright to handle his security. He uses his homeboys instead – a fact that Reggie Wright conveys through Kevin Lewis to LAPD Senior Lead Ken Knox. Using convicted felons as security was a violation of Suge’s probation. Reggie Wright also tells Knox directly that Suge has been traveling out of the country – another probation violation. Reggie is trying desperately to get Suge’s probation revoked. From Knox detailed notes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;12.&amp;nbsp;David Kenner bungled Suge's probation hearing sealing Suge's fate in being incarcerated. When they couldn't kill Suge they conspired to send him away.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;13.&amp;nbsp;Christopher Wallace aka Biggie Smalls is murdered on a Los Angeles street. The murder is committed to further galvanize the East Coast/West Coast feud and throw investigators off of the trail of actual murderers in Tupac Shakur's murder. The murder may have also been used by Wright to get back into Suge’s good graces.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;14.&amp;nbsp;Experience modification from Tupac's murder to Biggie's murder. Gang kids used for Tupac's murder with regular ammo and a wide pattern of bullets. Biggie's murder used a professional assassin with armor piercing ammunition and a tight pattern with almost same drive by tactics. (See Below).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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16.&amp;nbsp;Reggie Wright Jr. was second in command at Death Row Records and ended up running record label after Suge was incarcerated by maneuvering himself into that position. The chaos at Death Row Records that began October 22nd when Suge is arrested and put in jail, ends when Wright is put in charge.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;19.&amp;nbsp;According to Kevin Hackie the gun used to kill Tupac Shakur was a Glock .40 that was confiscated by an off-duty Santa Monica Police Officer during a routine search at the House of Blues of Hussein Fatal, one of Tupac's Outlawz. (See Reggie Wright Deposition below) The gun was ballistics tested by the FBI before being released to Kevin Hackie who subsequently gave the gun to Reggie Wright Jr. According to Hackie the ballistics from the murder were matched with the gun used in the Tupac murder. Timeline on the gun looks like this: July 4th, 1996 at the House of Blues Hussein Fatal is detained for possession of a firearm when he attempts to enter the venue with the gun. Late July Reggie Wright contacts Kevin Hackie and asks him to keep tabs on the weapon. The weapon is ballistics tested and run through the crime database. No match for a crime is found at that time. Sometime in August Santa Monica Police contact Kevin Hackie and tell him the gun is cleared for pickup. He retrieves the gun and takes it to his handlers at the FBI and ATF. They clear him to release the gun to Reggie Wright Jr. He gives the gun to Wright. On September 7, 1996 the gun is used to kill Rapper Tupac Shakur. When Las Vegas Police book shell casings and bullets into evidence they are sent off to the FBI where they are ballistics tested. They are run through the federal database where they match the gun confiscated at the House of Blues.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;20.&amp;nbsp;The Dannemora Contract was signed by Suge Knight&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="x-apple-data-detectors://7" x-apple-data-detectors-result="7" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors="true"&gt;on September 15th&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and by Tupac Shakur&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="x-apple-data-detectors://8" x-apple-data-detectors-result="8" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors="true"&gt;on September 16th&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;meaning that this contract was written the day before Suge and Kenner visited Tupac Shakur. They intended for this contract to be vague so they could steal Tupac's money. Evidence of that theft surfaced after Tupac's death. The theft would become a problem for David Kenner as this contract was a clear conflict of interest for Kenner that could have led to his disbarment.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;24.&amp;nbsp;Michael Harris was beginning to send thugs to visit Suge requesting repayment of original investment and profits from the record label. Suge's inner circle was turning them away.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;25.&amp;nbsp;Waymond Anderson says that Michael and Lydia Harris were part of a plot to overthrow Death Row Records at the time that Tupac Shakur was killed.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;26.&amp;nbsp;Sharitha would have inherited Suge Knight's shares in Death Row Records. At the time Death Row Records was worth as much as $500 Million.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;27.&amp;nbsp;FBI, ATF, and LAPD were all investigating Death Row Records at the time of Tupac Murder and the attempt on Suge Knight. Those investigations would have probably stopped if Suge Knight was killed leaving Sharitha and Reggie to run the record label without interference.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;28.&amp;nbsp;Sharitha Knight was dating Officer Kevin Gaines at the time of Tupac's murder. Snoop was on trial for murder that same year. Snoop was acquitted when evidence disappeared from an evidence locker at LAPD that Gaines had access to and he was a suspect in the theft of that evidence. Gaines was also in Las Vegas on "Special Assignment" with other officers on the night Tupac and Suge were shot. (S&lt;/span&gt;ee the document below). Gaines was gunned down by officer Frank Lygga who later said the murder was a sanctioned hit ordered by LAPD brass specifically Police Chief Bernard Parks. Lygga recanted this statement. On the recorded tape at the Police Academy, "He says that Douglas asked if it was an accident to which Lyga replied "no it wasn't an accident."&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;29.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;Sharitha Knight was Snoop Dogg's manager at time of Murder. Snoop began the narrative that Suge was responsible for Tupac’s murder. Snoop told Sheriff's that Suge Knight was responsible for Tupac's murder to throw investigators off of trail. This incident happened at the Universal Amphitheater on May 14&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;, 1998. (See the report below)&lt;/span&gt;. Snoop said that his security detail ditched him and Sheriffs say that he was approached by gang members affiliated with Death Row Records (Bloods) that meant to do him harm. They saved him from that harm and he told them that Suge was responsible for Tupac's murder. Many investigators have cited Suge Knight for being uncooperative but in the interview for the Biggie &amp;amp; Tupac Documentary Suge is candid about Snoop without mentioning him by name. The Death Row Records website broadcasts a message to Snoop, "2001 The Year of Fear, All Doggs Run &amp;amp; Hide, Suge is coming home." Watch the documentary on YouTube from 1:37:00 to 1:42:02.(&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GX_rM1Uwo9o"&gt;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GX_rM1Uwo9o&lt;/a&gt;) Detective Arnwine, who worked undercover for Long Beach Police while he was assigned to an FBI Taskforce - he said, "Suge Knight used to slap Snoop Dogg around like he was a little girl."&lt;br /&gt;
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He rode back on the plane and constantly asked Tupac if he was going to Las Vegas.&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://uproxx.com/smokingsection/2013/05/snoop-dogg-talks-tupac-beef/"&gt;http://uproxx.com/smokingsection/2013/05/snoop-dogg-talks-tupac-beef/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Snoop said, "&lt;span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;We start a coalition. And we get rid of Suge Knight No. 1 (snaps his fingers) for good, because that’s a bump in the road and when you got a negative bump in the road it makes it hard."&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://allhiphop.com/2004/06/03/snoop-dogg-the-realest-part-i/" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"&gt;http://allhiphop.com/2004/06/03/snoop-dogg-the-realest-part-i/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;31.&amp;nbsp;Frank Alexander secret recordings of his telephone calls with Death Row Insiders and reporter Chuck Philips give insight into interworking of Death Row Records and their ties to Philips in creating false stories that are planted in the LA Times. Chuck Philips is dismissed when he is caught fabricating a story about the murder of Tupac Shakur thus solidifying the planting of stories to throw investigators and public opinion off of the trail of the real killers of Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;32.&amp;nbsp;Reggie Wright Jr. has ties through his father to Compton Police who attempted to steer the investigation toward a conclusion that Orlando Anderson was the shooter in the murder of Tupac Shakur. Orlando Anderson has an airtight alibi as Las Vegas has cameras everywhere. Cory Edwards tells of seeing Orlando Anderson at the bar about the time of the shooting. (S&lt;/span&gt;ee Information Below). Las Vegas Police are handed Orlando Anderson by Compton Police during a raid. They are expected by Compton Police to arrest him as he is being handed up on a silver platter as the shooter. Las Vegas Police are not even interested in him because they already know about his airtight alibi. Compton Police established this pattern when they also steered the investigation in the El Rey Theater murder of Kelly Jamerson and stopped LAPD investigators from issuing indictments.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;33.&amp;nbsp;Confession Letter to the murder of Tupac Shakur and attempt to murder Suge Knight is written in 1998 as dictated by Malcolm Patton (one of the shooters) and given to Fox 11 journalist Chris Blatchford. (See below).&amp;nbsp;Chris Blatchford also talks to Malcolm Patton about the murder and provides a written statement on his conversations.&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;That letter and Blatchford Statement details that the conspiracy to commit murder began in Balboa Park clearly giving Los Angeles jurisdiction over this case.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;34.&amp;nbsp;On June 24, 2014 Russell Poole and RJ Bond met with four representatives from LAPD and provided them with a copy of the confession letter. They place special marking on the letter and receive assurances that the information will be investigated. Instead it is leaked. Six days after the letter appears on the Internet Suge Knight is shot in a West Hollywood Nightclub by assailants that yell, “You killed Tupac” as they fire shots at Knight.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;35.&amp;nbsp;The attempt to derail the Confession Letter is traced back to Reggie Wright Jr. Daryn Dupree (one of the cops that Russell and RJ gave the confession letter to) was Greg Kading's partner who is a close friend and apologist of Reggie Wright Jr. implicated in the letter as responsible for the murder of Tupac Shakur and the attempt on Suge Knight on September 7, 1996. Greg Kading was first person to talk about letter on Internet after it was given to LAPD. The confession letter, given to LAPD, had special markings that appeared on the Internet with those markings. The LAPD leak is clearly documented and is the subject of an Internal Affairs investigation CF NO.&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="tel:14-001995" x-apple-data-detectors-result="14" x-apple-data-detectors-type="telephone" x-apple-data-detectors="true"&gt;14-001995&lt;/a&gt;. Keep in mind that Daryn Dupree illegally accessed LAPD computers and cloned cell phones and was reprimanded by LAPD and Greg Kading was responsible for overturning the George Torres-Ramos case by what the judge said was his "reckless disregard for the truth."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;39.&amp;nbsp;The book "Murder Rap" is released that pins the murders of Tupac Shakur and Christopher Wallace on the dead guys. The book is written by Greg Kading who is close to Reggie Wright Jr. - a suspect in the Biggie Smalls Killing and is now a suspect in the Tupac Shakur Killing. Greg Kading admits in the book that he had no access to the Christopher Wallace Civil Trial documents which excludes the most significant portion of the case. The book follows the same story line as the previously planted stories by LA Times journalist Chuck Philips. Greg Kading is also the former lead detective on the Christpher Wallace homicide and previous partner of Daryn Dupree. Dupree is the cop that leaked the confession letter to Kading. Kading had an additional motive to derail the confession letter -- his book and movie deal that would prove worthless if the case is solved in an alternate way. Kading contacts journalist Chris Blatchford and further attempts to derail the letter with Chris. His emails are very similar to the Chuck Philips secret tape recording made by Frank Alexander where instead of asking questions they attempt to sell a conclusion.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;43.&amp;nbsp;Confession letter indicates that Reggie Wright Jr. selected Lil' Half Dead to murder Tupac Shakur because of a previous interaction between Lil' Half Dead and Tupac where Tupac stole a song from him. Look at the album cover for Lil' Half Dead's "Dead Serious" where you will see a slumped over dead Tupac at Can-Am Studios. (See Photos below). Sampling and theft appear to have been a common practice in the early roots of Rap music. (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://youtu.be/X855Jbj4Cz4" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"&gt;https://youtu.be/X855Jbj4Cz4&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;watch from 3 minutes in. Also -&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://2paclegacy.net/showthread.php?149-Bay-Rapper-Claims-quot-2Pac-Stole-His-Concept-For-A-Song-quot" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"&gt;http://2paclegacy.net/showthread.php?149-Bay-Rapper-Claims-quot-2Pac-Stole-His-Concept-For-A-Song-quot&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;).&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;Theft of Tupac's money and music as well as the control of Death Row Records was the major motive. Both Tupac Shakur and Suge Knight were in the crosshairs that night. Keep in mind that Death Row Records was worth over 500 million dollars at the time and Tupac had unreleased but completed songs in the vault that were worth an additional couple of hundred million dollars. Donald Smith aka Lil' Half Dead had the additional motive of the theft of his music by Tupac Shakur and had recently had his contract sold to Priority Records by Suge Knight. Danny Patton was paid $100,000 for the murder.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Donald Smith aka Lil' Half Dead&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;was the alleged triggerman on September 7th, 1996 responsible for killing Tupac Shakur. Smith is the cousin of Calvin Broadus aka Snoop Dogg. Smith was represented by Suge Knight and Death Row Records and his contract was sold off to Priority Records. He had given a demo tape to Tupac and two of his songs were stolen by Tupac according to the confession letter. Theft in the Hip-Hop world was a common practice at that time. Smith is affiliated with the Long Beach Crips. Snoop Dogg, Donald Smith's cousin, tells Sheriff's deputies on May 14, 1998 that Suge Knight was behind the murder of rapper Tupac Shakur. Was this to throw law enforcement off the trail of his cousin? When you look at the cover of "Dead Serious," by Lil' Half Dead, there is a picture of a murdered Tupac at Can-Am Studios. From this interview you can see that Half Dead is Snoop's enforcer: (especially check out the closing paragraph)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://escobar300.wordpress.com/2013/02/19/classic-snoop-dogg-interview-disses-ja-rule-talks-about-east-coast-biting-the-west-2pac-punking-nas-etc-speaks-on-nastupac/"&gt;https://escobar300.wordpress.com/2013/02/19/classic-snoop-dogg-interview-disses-ja-rule-talks-about-east-coast-biting-the-west-2pac-punking-nas-etc-speaks-on-nastupac/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Look to the Left. Tupac is dead across the sound console.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Tupac and Kadafi on Lil 1/2 Dead's Dead Serious&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Check out how Snoop addresses Lil' 1/2 Dead - with a gun and money. Must be code for something... hmmm...&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Malcolm Patton&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;was the shooter that was supposed to take out Suge Knight. He shot twice and missed his target. He spoke to Chris Blatchford over the telephone and offered to provide him with details about guns, shooters, clothes, cars, and routes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Danny Patton&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;aka Whiteboy was allegedly paid $100,000 for the hit in the form of a cashier's check. Danny's gun jammed. Danny Patton is a Leuder's Park Piru Blood.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Reggie Wright Jr.&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;allegedly attended the gang summit and paid the $100,000 bounty to Danny Patton. Reggie was responsible for disarming all of Tupac's bodyguards that night. He also attended every single meeting between witnesses and the Las Vegas Police. Reggie Wright Jr. worked previously for the Compton Jail and then the Compton Police. His father, Reggie Wright Sr. was in charge of the gang unit inside of Compton Police and was absorbed by the Sheriff's Department when it was learned that corruption existed within Compton PD. LAPD's Detective Fred Miller stated that Reggie Wright Jr. was known to control the drug trade in Compton. Reggie was also known to rob drug dealers of their drugs and money instead of busting them. He left the Compton Police on a worker's comp claim. Kevin Hackie claims he handed the weapon used in the Tupac killing to Reggie Wright two weeks before the killing. Hackie claims that the weapon had been ballistics tested a month before the killing and that ballistics test matched the ballistics of the Tupac Shakur murder. Reggie was at Club 662 at the time of the shooting. Michael Moore, a Tupac bodyguard, was next to Reggie Wright when the shooting happened and heard "Got 'em" coming over Reggie Wright's radio. He then heard someone he describes as "white" say, "don't say nothin' over the radio." "Got 'em" probably referred to Suge Knight and Tupac Shakur at the time of the shooting because with 13 bullets launched they really thought they "Got 'em." We have a tape of one of the security guards that worked for Reggie Wright Jr. stating that he had turned to the dark side and had the red carpet installed in his office indicating that he had accepted membership into the Bloods gang. The confession letter places Reggie Wright at the gang summit asking directly for permission to kill both Tupac Shakur and Suge Knight. The confession letter was given to LAPD and instead of being investigated it was leaked by a cop with direct ties back to Reggie Wright Jr.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Sharitha Knight&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;was estranged from Suge Knight and was dating LAPD Officer Kevin Gaines at the time of Tupac's death. Kevin Gaines was killed by Officer Frank Lygga on March 18th 1997. Sharitha was the manager of Snoop Dogg. Snoop Dogg's trial for murder centered around evidence that disappeared from the LAPD evidence locker at the precinct that Kevin Gaines had access to. Sharitha would have inherited the shares of Death Row Records if Suge Knight had been killed on September 7th, 1996. One of our rapper followers reached out a month ago via Twitter and said that Snoop was warned by Sharitha not to come to Las Vegas that night. Snoop also asked Tupac over and over on September 4th, 1996 if he was attending the event in Las Vegas. Chris Blatchford says the shooters said Sharitha was behind the murder of Tupac Shakur and attempt on Suge Knight's life on September 7th 1996. While being managed by Sharitha Knight, Snoop tells Sheriff's deputies on May 1, 1998 that Suge Knight was behind the murder of rapper Tupac Shakur.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;b&gt;David Kenner&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;was the attorney of record for Death Row Records, Suge Knight's attorney, Tupac's Attorney until he was fired August 27th, 1996 just days prior to Tupac being shot. Kenner was also Snoop Dogg's attorney who pulled a miracle defense when the evidence disappeared from the LAPD evidence locker. If Kenner was involved in the murder of Tupac and attempted murder of Suge Knight on September 7th, 1996 he would be representing Suge Knight currently with a severe conflict of interest. It could be that he is now reunited with Suge Knight to protect his own interests by steering any investigation into the murder of Tupac and attempted murder on Suge Knight. Kenner was the person that rented the home from Frank Longo that was owned by Larry Longo from the D.A.'s office. Kenner moved Suge into that house and caused a dime to be dropped on Suge. That conflict of interest was reported in the Los Angeles Times causing embarrassment to the D.A.'s office. David Kenner's representation of Tupac Shakur was a direct conflict of interest to his representation of Suge Knight and Death Row Records. Kenner could have faced disbarment for this conflict of interest if Tupac Shakur had lived.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Tupac authorized David Kenner to review contracts and royalty statements.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Officer Kevin Gaines was in Las Vegas on Special Assignment for LAPD with his inner circle &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT8-c2oGAaGJ4vxhZriFBLb67BLnDEkNmMwhE5RmeFpUbY9Oj2NaXsdCvCMviAIQkgU9u_h95o3BX7E33qoUDiMSebaqPjqgmjx5jsTMFxc8ULawXl9LMq5i6jVOwEdsWIhHIMtEPzBIk/s1600/FBI+Wallace+Vegas+More+than+One+LAPD+Officer+was+there.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT8-c2oGAaGJ4vxhZriFBLb67BLnDEkNmMwhE5RmeFpUbY9Oj2NaXsdCvCMviAIQkgU9u_h95o3BX7E33qoUDiMSebaqPjqgmjx5jsTMFxc8ULawXl9LMq5i6jVOwEdsWIhHIMtEPzBIk/s640/FBI+Wallace+Vegas+More+than+One+LAPD+Officer+was+there.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Other LAPD Officers also in Las Vegas during murder of Tupac Shakur.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7O0KZTNfPRZ4yJg_S9eGuKGjq9N3D2GifWiLtvGXkgNlK-I7J-F1ZHFHhra3yfywtawf8samQHHytytaNEkTmh1b-M7ZPp8as-0R8EekFO_QJsuv8_xbauCel4ia1SdZqmbXHubnf3jM/s1600/SnoopSugeKilledTupac01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="510" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7O0KZTNfPRZ4yJg_S9eGuKGjq9N3D2GifWiLtvGXkgNlK-I7J-F1ZHFHhra3yfywtawf8samQHHytytaNEkTmh1b-M7ZPp8as-0R8EekFO_QJsuv8_xbauCel4ia1SdZqmbXHubnf3jM/s640/SnoopSugeKilledTupac01.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Snoop Tells LASD Officers that Suge Knight was responsible&lt;br /&gt;
for Tupac's Murder. Snoop was the original source of the&lt;br /&gt;
"Suge Knight killed Tupac" narrative.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyxXcGFbQgUiLimquGVmufRF550L80QQT4sIqpgNEeZghuEStFmo8ssMKz3XDV9IoJ315IDqa0tvP2rvwzxHHt1MuuuiJ2iWGM8OjAu1EJoqCTavuQx5UVYcax6WMrAA6SIkjoNCqQjis/s1600/SnoopSugeKilledTupac.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyxXcGFbQgUiLimquGVmufRF550L80QQT4sIqpgNEeZghuEStFmo8ssMKz3XDV9IoJ315IDqa0tvP2rvwzxHHt1MuuuiJ2iWGM8OjAu1EJoqCTavuQx5UVYcax6WMrAA6SIkjoNCqQjis/s640/SnoopSugeKilledTupac.jpg" width="464" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Snoop saved by the LASD as he is approached by&lt;br /&gt;
five employees of Death Row Records.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq9hAv275sh0eHcy1_MVLJ1YWMsfvlfbYDJ3wjhrYpK7bzX_uZD_CbkCLlrNn1yu2R2N7soydAQXO66ts6oZQ7eRkstTCyVMUEqwV8oNtNJAe4Ps_Z6ic-lXN6VaBQjrck0oy8i_jJK9I/s1600/coreyEdwardsstatemnt-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq9hAv275sh0eHcy1_MVLJ1YWMsfvlfbYDJ3wjhrYpK7bzX_uZD_CbkCLlrNn1yu2R2N7soydAQXO66ts6oZQ7eRkstTCyVMUEqwV8oNtNJAe4Ps_Z6ic-lXN6VaBQjrck0oy8i_jJK9I/s640/coreyEdwardsstatemnt-1.jpg" width="494" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Corey Edwards Statement about seeing Orlando Anderson at the bar.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyf-2pNtlfKbcxBhcl8uj7AbXr9-FJ7sZoJEHo_jBiAPKpmjBhT1dC0rOlSS2HlcEhDdNDhSTC2I2DxNVOfq89Ec4wOftrSCXtkW7Ay-jflxoJeT-HOrSZcEfSbfdpkJWcCpddA9psCmk/s1600/Ya+May+Christle+Witness+Declaration+05.27.2006-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyf-2pNtlfKbcxBhcl8uj7AbXr9-FJ7sZoJEHo_jBiAPKpmjBhT1dC0rOlSS2HlcEhDdNDhSTC2I2DxNVOfq89Ec4wOftrSCXtkW7Ay-jflxoJeT-HOrSZcEfSbfdpkJWcCpddA9psCmk/s640/Ya+May+Christle+Witness+Declaration+05.27.2006-2.jpg" width="494" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Evidence of an LAPD Cover-up in the Biggie Smalls Murder.&lt;br /&gt;
Is this why they leaked the confession letter? &lt;br /&gt;
It is time for Tupac and Biggie Fans to begin asking questions.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj33-MJWOTOkLT1fq1QuD_LkLrEB9zbAdPIo1o_pG6IIdWdxV5YF-sWZkrHyPRkEv7VIdxsCJpMit4A9fYk4DP7dHNva_JcPXbxPv5rOi6eShcB8IUOh5So418_tQehJ0Rupt4bAjfsqyw/s1600/Ya+May+Christle+Witness+Declaration+05.27.2006-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj33-MJWOTOkLT1fq1QuD_LkLrEB9zbAdPIo1o_pG6IIdWdxV5YF-sWZkrHyPRkEv7VIdxsCJpMit4A9fYk4DP7dHNva_JcPXbxPv5rOi6eShcB8IUOh5So418_tQehJ0Rupt4bAjfsqyw/s640/Ya+May+Christle+Witness+Declaration+05.27.2006-3.jpg" width="494" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Evidence of an LAPD Cover-up in the Biggie Smalls Murder.&lt;br /&gt;
Is this why they leaked the confession letter?&lt;br /&gt;
It is time for Tupac and Biggie Fans to begin asking questions.&lt;br /&gt;
THE POLICE COMMISSION MEETS EVERY WEEK OR YOU CAN TWEET&lt;br /&gt;
CHARLIE BECK @LAPDCHIEFBECK&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX9uHJFB7Y5aarvvy0-u88Ua9q9EK4GxXjtoEHNrva7psmITW0E3wl4P_pbPGLI0xqw3UaVsWclxNOo-aT1lOyMKNDzYk_Ba_OEdPjfXED7xUEhkPWuc1RNZMLJbDmX0pgVwGWgsYaE54/s1600/waymond-anderson-testimony-073008-pm-17.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX9uHJFB7Y5aarvvy0-u88Ua9q9EK4GxXjtoEHNrva7psmITW0E3wl4P_pbPGLI0xqw3UaVsWclxNOo-aT1lOyMKNDzYk_Ba_OEdPjfXED7xUEhkPWuc1RNZMLJbDmX0pgVwGWgsYaE54/s640/waymond-anderson-testimony-073008-pm-17.jpg" width="466" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;
What lengths did the LAPD and City of Los Angeles and&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;
the LAPD go to in order to keep from paying&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;
billions of dollars to the estate of Christopher Wallace?&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;
It is time for Tupac and Biggie Fans to begin asking questions.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;
THE POLICE COMMISSION MEETS EVERY WEEK OR YOU CAN TWEET&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;
CHARLIE BECK @LAPDCHIEFBECK&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhLiFSaLvDn7t1zEnkCCGbLa_-Bory-QaM_VbZlO9f5OyVbdzMFznObkP6jETstrJIYKFbmg35RQEEpxXJXXDE7UeW6l8U-XjvnnY5sscMEr98xozIFR6nV2UCykVwCzSj3z5qQacHxTs/s1600/waymond-anderson-testimony-073008-pm-18.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhLiFSaLvDn7t1zEnkCCGbLa_-Bory-QaM_VbZlO9f5OyVbdzMFznObkP6jETstrJIYKFbmg35RQEEpxXJXXDE7UeW6l8U-XjvnnY5sscMEr98xozIFR6nV2UCykVwCzSj3z5qQacHxTs/s640/waymond-anderson-testimony-073008-pm-18.jpg" width="500" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;
What lengths did the LAPD and City of Los Angeles and&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;
the LAPD go to in order to keep from paying&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;
billions of dollars to the estate of Christopher Wallace?&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;
It is time for Tupac and Biggie Fans to begin asking questions.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;
THE POLICE COMMISSION MEETS EVERY WEEK OR YOU CAN TWEET&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;
CHARLIE BECK @LAPDCHIEFBECK&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSQGz7YC2XgzNqbW1afgWvPlkLrXZYDCvg_YgDpD5giCRfSypjbHKGJ5lSXN-8GRSFYL07OT9fcFEFjaFde-XaC_w3qIfbSV0x9ipyWGjbV1ljJtRg1QaUhTxV6O7zrtD43PsXn9qM0wg/s1600/waymond-anderson-testimony-073008-pm-19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSQGz7YC2XgzNqbW1afgWvPlkLrXZYDCvg_YgDpD5giCRfSypjbHKGJ5lSXN-8GRSFYL07OT9fcFEFjaFde-XaC_w3qIfbSV0x9ipyWGjbV1ljJtRg1QaUhTxV6O7zrtD43PsXn9qM0wg/s640/waymond-anderson-testimony-073008-pm-19.jpg" width="442" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;
What lengths did the LAPD and City of Los Angeles and&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;
the LAPD go to in order to keep from paying&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;
billions of dollars to the estate of Christopher Wallace?&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;
It is time for Tupac and Biggie Fans to begin asking questions.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;
THE POLICE COMMISSION MEETS EVERY WEEK OR YOU CAN TWEET&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;
CHARLIE BECK @LAPDCHIEFBECK&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfhAWpcZOHYYvnpO0jFviqwTUc5tY9Wvovy7sxeWM9DkCiSxnpS7C6R-TWDQLMRRlBJdWwUqGblTqOEb38GtusmxcFHLSf1rRRhK1N3P7kybuJ0V_7EpShCZ5w5bC8qS-m0i3Qco04f-4/s1600/BiggieMistrial-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfhAWpcZOHYYvnpO0jFviqwTUc5tY9Wvovy7sxeWM9DkCiSxnpS7C6R-TWDQLMRRlBJdWwUqGblTqOEb38GtusmxcFHLSf1rRRhK1N3P7kybuJ0V_7EpShCZ5w5bC8qS-m0i3Qco04f-4/s640/BiggieMistrial-2.jpg" width="496" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;
Evidence of an LAPD Cover-up in the Biggie Smalls Murder.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;
Is this why they leaked the confession letter?&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;
It is time for Tupac and Biggie Fans to begin asking questions.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;
THE POLICE COMMISSION MEETS EVERY WEEK OR YOU CAN TWEET&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;
CHARLIE BECK @LAPDCHIEFBECK&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZupGswdLiAP17felEw4QhEu0LK4tKsnnqZNUfrSCGfcafOtL3FCF-6rusvfhITbJSddUt6-zxB91vsKRWJD5xMmpZSBFAsCgNay-TNX9fqD_zn9NIPxCoWb47POLziaYtRABIYTfYyZo/s1600/wallacePoole+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZupGswdLiAP17felEw4QhEu0LK4tKsnnqZNUfrSCGfcafOtL3FCF-6rusvfhITbJSddUt6-zxB91vsKRWJD5xMmpZSBFAsCgNay-TNX9fqD_zn9NIPxCoWb47POLziaYtRABIYTfYyZo/s640/wallacePoole+1.jpg" width="498" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Evidence of LAPD involvement in Tupac &amp;amp; Biggie Murder.&lt;br /&gt;
Evidence of cover-up.&lt;br /&gt;
Is this why LAPD leaked the confession letter?&lt;br /&gt;
It has been nearly 20 years - PLEASE COME CLEAN.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyLpYSLkby0Syds4eiROMKo35MsgyAbJewq9BRJCZ8vNnQDhbjPqI9EfG2Zz0IEM7bvAx0xuc_a0sok7pW_9_QsBAGFyvRUwzeNx4FrsX1C-4DT5Y3KWePhMaid_NdR7mHMTkM6HjvdSk/s1600/wallacePoole2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyLpYSLkby0Syds4eiROMKo35MsgyAbJewq9BRJCZ8vNnQDhbjPqI9EfG2Zz0IEM7bvAx0xuc_a0sok7pW_9_QsBAGFyvRUwzeNx4FrsX1C-4DT5Y3KWePhMaid_NdR7mHMTkM6HjvdSk/s640/wallacePoole2.jpg" width="498" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Evidence of LAPD involvement in Tupac &amp;amp; Biggie Murder.&lt;br /&gt;
Evidence of cover-up.&lt;br /&gt;
Is this why LAPD leaked the confession letter?&lt;br /&gt;
It has been nearly 20 years - PLEASE COME CLEAN.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Why did the tapes disappear? Why was Russell denied?&lt;br /&gt;
Evidence of LAPD involvement in Tupac &amp;amp; Biggie Murder.&lt;br /&gt;
Evidence of cover-up.&lt;br /&gt;
Is this why LAPD leaked the confession letter?&lt;br /&gt;
It has been nearly 20 years - PLEASE COME CLEAN.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Police participated in Drug Deals monitored police frequencies and taught police&lt;br /&gt;
tactics for various criminal activities of Death Row Records.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Greg Kading tied to Reggie Wright Jr. official suspect in Biggie Smalls Murder as&lt;br /&gt;
well as the person named in the Confession Letter. Kading was the first person to reference the &lt;br /&gt;
confession letter on the Internet and is the former partner of Daryn Dupree who was present&lt;br /&gt;
when the letter was handed to LAPD. Internal Affairs commences investigation into leak&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;Internal Affairs investigation CF NO.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;a href="tel:14-001995" x-apple-data-detectors-result="14" x-apple-data-detectors-type="telephone" x-apple-data-detectors="true"&gt;14-001995&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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Greg Kading tied to Reggie Wright Jr. official suspect in Biggie Smalls Murder as&lt;/div&gt;
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well as the person named in the Confession Letter. Kading was the first person to reference the&lt;/div&gt;
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confession letter on the Internet and is the former partner of Daryn Dupree who was present&lt;/div&gt;
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when the letter was handed to LAPD. Internal Affairs commences investigation into leak&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;Internal Affairs investigation CF NO.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;a href="tel:14-001995" x-apple-data-detectors-result="14" x-apple-data-detectors-type="telephone" x-apple-data-detectors="true"&gt;14-001995&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Judge Stephan Wilson weighs in on Greg Kading's behavior in the George Torres-Ramos Case.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Reggie Wright Deposition about the Glock .40 Hackie said was used to kill Tupac.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Reggie Wright Deposition about the Glock .40 Hackie said was used to kill Tupac.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Reggie Wright Deposition about the Glock .40 Hackie said was used to kill Tupac.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Reggie Wright Deposition about the Glock .40 Hackie said was used to kill Tupac.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Reggie Wright Deposition about the Glock .40 Hackie said was used to kill Tupac.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;This is a copy of the confession letter given to me by Fox 11 Journalist Chris Blatchford. I interviewed&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;This is the second page of the confession letter given to me by journalist Chris Blatchford on March 6, 2014. Blatchford spoke&amp;nbsp;to Malcolm Patton on the telephone and confirmed many details about the Tupac Murder. He contacted&amp;nbsp;Las Vegas Metro Police to provide them with the letter and was told they had no interest in it.&lt;br /&gt;
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  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 2"/&gt;
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  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 2"/&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"&gt;Written by former LAPD Detective Russell Poole and Michael
Douglas Carlin&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"&gt;THE CRIME:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"&gt;On September 7th, 1996 Suge Knight was driving a
BMW in Las Vegas with Tupac Shakur in the passenger seat. A White Cadillac
pulled alongside the car and 13 bullets were fired all over the car. Tupac
Shakur was struck multiple times and a bullet lodged in his lung. Tupac Shakur
died on September 13, 1996 from wounds sustained from the crime according to the autopsy.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"&gt;JURISDICTION:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"&gt;The shooting occurred in Las Vegas.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"&gt;If there was a conspiracy to kill Tupac then the
jurisdiction is where the conspiracy began.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"&gt;Death Row Records was headquartered in Los Angeles,
County so if the conspiracy occurred in LA County then Los Angeles Police,
Sheriffs, and the DA’s office have clear jurisdiction.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"&gt;EVIDENCE OF CONSPIRACY&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"&gt;Evidence examined includes: the records from the
Tupac and Biggie LAPD investigation; the Death Row Records Bankruptcy Filings;
the Christopher Wallace Estate's civil trial against the City of Los Angeles
for wrongful death; secret tape recordings made by bodyguard Frank Alexander in
the immediate aftermath of the Shakur shooting; FBI Released Files; various
other files, audio and video recordings; and a confession letter written in
1998 that was given to Fox 11 journalist Chris Blatchford.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"&gt;1.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Reggie Wright
disarmed all security guards on the night of the shooting. This was a break
from the normal protocol when guarding artists in Las Vegas.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"&gt;2.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Michael Moore
refused the order and insisted on carrying his weapon. He was removed from
guarding Tupac Shakur and was ordered to Club 662 where he was to stay close to
Reggie Wright.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"&gt;3.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Michael Moore spoke
of standing next to Reggie Wright in front of Club 662 at the time of the
shooting and hearing “Got ‘em” coming over the radio – see Tupac Assassination
Video.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"&gt;4.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;"'Em"
probably refers to both Tupac Shakur and Suge Knight. With 13 shots being fired
the shooters probably really thought they “Got ’em”. The Shooting was an
immediate failure. Tupac wasn’t killed and Suge was only hit by a bullet
fragment.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"&gt;5.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Bodyguard Frank
Alexander was told to lie about the Orlando Anderson incident by Reggie Wright.
He told investigators that Orlando had grabbed Tupac’s chain earlier in the
evening breaking the chain. That incident morphed into the Orlando Anderson
Chain Grab Narrative at the Lakewood Mall. Frank Alexander came clean with Las
Vegas Investigators and he was told by the Los Angeles DA’s office and Death
Row Records Associates that his life was now in danger. Those conversations
were secretly recorded by Frank Alexander. (we have copies of these
recordings).&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"&gt;6.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;According to the
Biggie Smalls Civil Trial Reggie Wright is a suspect in the murder of
Christopher Wallace aka Biggie Smalls aka The Notorious BIG.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"&gt;7.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Reggie Wright Jr.
shows up at every one of the interviews of Death Row Records insiders by Las
Vegas Police.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"&gt;8.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Reggie Wright Jr.
reveals that off-duty LAPD police worked for Wrightway Security on Death Row
Records assignments.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"&gt;9.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;David Kenner rented
home of Larry Longo through Frank Longo - Larry's son. Kenner then moves Suge
Knight into the home setting up a clear conflict of interest. Larry Longo is
fired but cleared of any wrongdoing. The maneuver was clearly orchestrated by
Kenner to get Suge’s probation violated in a way that judges abhor. This
incident sealed Suge’s fate and he was sentenced to nine years in prison.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"&gt;10.&amp;nbsp;Chuck Philips wrote about conflict of
interest with Larry Longo putting the final nails in Suge Knights probation
violation.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"&gt;11.&amp;nbsp;It is clear in the aftermath of the Tupac
and Suge Shooting on September 7, 1996 that Suge Knight no longer trusted
Reggie Wright to handle his security. He uses his homeboys instead – a fact
that Reggie Wright conveys through Kevin Lewis to LAPD Senior Lead Ken Knox.
Using convicted felons as security was a violation of Suge’s probation. Reggie
Wright also tells Knox directly that Suge has been traveling out of the country
– another probation violation. Reggie is trying desperately to get Suge’s
probation revoked.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"&gt;12.&amp;nbsp;David Kenner bungled Suge's probation
hearing sealing Suge's fate in being incarcerated. When they couldn't kill Suge
they conspired to send him away.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"&gt;13.&amp;nbsp;Christopher Wallace aka Biggie Smalls is
murdered on a Los Angeles street. The murder is committed to further galvanize the
East Coast/West Coast feud and throw investigators off of the trail of actual
murderers in Tupac Shakur's murder. The murder may have also been used by
Wright to get back into Suge’s good graces.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"&gt;14.&amp;nbsp;Experience modification from Tupac's
murder to Biggie's murder. Gang kids used for Tupac's murder with regular ammo
and a wide pattern of bullets. Biggie's murder used a professional assassin
with armor piercing ammunition and a tight pattern with almost same drive by
tactics.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"&gt;15.&amp;nbsp;Detective Russell Poole met with
resistance inside of LAPD to fully investigate the murder of Christopher
Wallace, and to fully investigate corruption of Officer Kevin Gaines by
department leadership. He later is pulled off of the cases and reassigned and
eventually pushed out of the department. His reports on the incidents are
gutted and much of the information disappears along with Frank Lygga's
personnel package.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"&gt;16.&amp;nbsp;Reggie Wright Jr. was second in command at
Death Row Records and ended up running record label after Suge was incarcerated
by maneuvering himself into that position. The chaos at Death Row Records that
began October 22nd when Suge is arrested and put in jail, ends when Wright is
put in charge.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"&gt;17.&amp;nbsp;Ken Knox, Senior Lead, details in a police
report that New Jersey Crips and Los Angeles Bloods are together in Death Row's
CAN-AM Studios together a few weeks before Yak Fula is assassinated in New
Jersey. David Kenner is contacted by Las Vegas Police to arrange the interview
of Yak Fula. Kenner never arranges the interview and Fula is killed before Las
Vegas Investigators can find him on their own.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"&gt;18.&amp;nbsp;Murders in immediate aftermath of Tupac
Shakur's murder were those affiliated, witnesses, or with knowledge of the
murder. Murder's before Suge was released from prison were those who were
Suge's inner circle to weaken Suge from putting together muscle to retaliate
upon his release.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"&gt;19.&amp;nbsp;According to Kevin Hackie the gun used to
kill Tupac Shakur was a Glock .40 that was confiscated by an off-duty Santa
Monica Police Officer during a routine search at the House of Blues of Hussein
Fatal, one of Tupac's Outlawz. The gun was ballistics tested by the FBI before
being released to Kevin Hackie who subsequently gave the gun to Reggie Wright
Jr. According to Hackie the ballistics from the murder were matched with the
gun used in the Tupac murder. Timeline on the gun looks like this: July 4th,
1996 at the House of Blues Hussein Fatal is detained for possession of a
firearm when he attempts to enter the venue with the gun. Late July Reggie Wright
contacts Kevin Hackie and asks him to keep tabs on the weapon. The weapon is
ballistics tested and run through the crime database. No match for a crime is
found at that time. Sometime in August Santa Monica Police contact Kevin Hackie
and tell him the gun is cleared for pickup. He retrieves the gun and takes it
to his handlers at the FBI and ATF. They clear him to release the gun to Reggie
Wright Jr. He gives the gun to Wright. On September 7, 1996 the gun is used to
kill Rapper Tupac Shakur. When Las Vegas Police book shell casings and bullets
into evidence they are sent off to the FBI where they are ballistics tested.
They are run through the federal database where they match the gun confiscated
by the House of Blues.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMv36k2RoVU"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #0400f0; font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"&gt;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMv36k2RoVU&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"&gt;20.&amp;nbsp;The Dannemora Contract was signed by Suge
Knight&amp;nbsp;on September 15th&amp;nbsp;and by Tupac Shakur&amp;nbsp;on September
16th&amp;nbsp;meaning that this contract was written the day before Suge and Kenner
visited Tupac Shakur. They intended for this contract to be vague so they could
steal Tupac's money. Evidence of that theft surfaced after Tupac's death. The
theft would become a problem for David Kenner as this contract was a clear
conflict of interest for Kenner that could have led to his disbarment.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"&gt;21.&amp;nbsp;David Kenner was terminated by Tupac
Shakur days before Tupac's Murder.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"&gt;22.&amp;nbsp;Tupac made it clear in New York, four days
before his murder, that he was leaving Death Row Records.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"&gt;23.&amp;nbsp;Evidence of theft of Tupac's money emerges
months after Tupac's murder as Tupac's mother, Afeni Shakur, begins digging
into Tupac's business affairs.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"&gt;24.&amp;nbsp;Michael Harris was beginning to send thugs
to visit Suge requesting repayment of original investment and profits from the
record label. Suge's inner circle was turning them away.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"&gt;25.&amp;nbsp;Waymond Anderson says that Michael and
Lydia Harris were part of a plot to overthrow Death Row Records at the time
that Tupac Shakur was killed.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"&gt;26.&amp;nbsp;Sharitha would have inherited Suge
Knight's shares in Death Row Records. At the time Death Row Records was worth
as much as $500 Million.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"&gt;27.&amp;nbsp;FBI, ATF, and LAPD were all investigating
Death Row Records at the time of Tupac Murder and the attempt on Suge Knight.
Those investigations would have probably stopped if Suge Knight was killed
leaving Sharitha and Reggie to run the record label without interference.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"&gt;28.&amp;nbsp;Sharitha Knight was dating Officer Kevin
Gaines at the time of Tupac's murder. Snoop was on trial for murder that same
year. Snoop was acquitted when evidence disappeared from an evidence locker at
LAPD that Gaines had access to. Gaines was gunned down by officer Frank Lygga
who later said the murder was a sanctioned hit ordered by LAPD brass
specifically Police Chief Bernard Parks. Lygga recanted this statement.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"&gt;29.&amp;nbsp;Sharitha Knight was Snoop Dogg's manager
at time of Murder. Snoop began the narrative that Suge was responsible for
Tupac’s murder. Snoop told Sheriff's that Suge Knight was responsible for
Tupac's murder to throw investigators off of trail. This incident happened at
the Universal Amphitheater on May 14&lt;/span&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"&gt;th&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"&gt;, 1998.
The report is available on line.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"&gt;30.&amp;nbsp;Snoop had an altercation with Suge and
Snoop just four days before the 1996 shooting. He rode back on the plane and
constantly asked Tupac if he was going to Las Vegas.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://uproxx.com/smokingsection/2013/05/snoop-dogg-talks-tupac-beef/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #0400f0; font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"&gt;http://uproxx.com/smokingsection/2013/05/snoop-dogg-talks-tupac-beef/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"&gt;31.&amp;nbsp;Frank Alexander secret recordings of his
telephone calls with Death Row Insiders and reporter Chuck Philips give insight
into interworking of Death Row Records and their ties to Philips in creating
false stories that are planted in the LA Times. Chuck Philips is dismissed when
he is caught fabricating a story about the murder of Tupac Shakur thus
solidifying the planting of stories to throw investigators and public opinion
off of the trail of the real killers of Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"&gt;32.&amp;nbsp;Reggie Wright Jr. has ties through his
father to Compton Police who attempted to steer the investigation toward a
conclusion that Orlando Anderson was the shooter in the murder of Tupac Shakur.
Orlando Anderson has an airtight alibi as Las Vegas has cameras everywhere.
Cory Edwards tells of seeing Orlando Anderson at the bar about the time of the
shooting. Las Vegas Police are handed Orlando Anderson by Compton Police during
a raid. They are expected by Compton Police to arrest him as he is being handed
up on a silver platter as the shooter. Las Vegas Police are not even interested
in him because they already know about his airtight alibi. Compton Police also
steered the investigation in the El Rey Theater murder of Kelly Jamerson and
stopped LAPD investigators from issuing indictments.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"&gt;33.&amp;nbsp;Confession Letter to the murder of Tupac
Shakur and attempt to murder Suge Knight is written in 1998 as dictated by
Malcolm Patton (one of the shooters) and given to Fox 11 journalist Chris
Blatchford. Chris Blatchford also talks to Malcolm Patton about the murder and
provides a written statement on his conversations.&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;That letter details
that the conspiracy to commit murder began in Balboa Park clearly giving Los
Angeles jurisdiction over this case.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"&gt;34.&amp;nbsp;On June 24, 2014 Russell Poole and RJ Bond
met with four representatives from LAPD and provided them with a copy of the
confession letter. They place special marking on the letter and receive
assurances that the information will be investigated. Instead it is leaked. Six
days after the letter appears on the Internet Suge Knight is shot in a West
Hollywood Nightclub by assailants that yell, “You killed Tupac” as they fire
shots at Knight.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"&gt;35.&amp;nbsp;The attempt to derail the Confession
Letter is traced back to Reggie Wright Jr. Daryn Dupree (one of the cops that
Russell and RJ gave the confession letter to) was Greg Kading's partner who is
a close friend and apologist of Reggie Wright Jr. implicated in the letter as
responsible for the murder of Tupac Shakur and the attempt on Suge Knight on
September 7, 1996. Greg Kading was first person to talk about letter on Internet
after it was given to LAPD. The confession letter, given to LAPD, had special
markings that appeared on the Internet with those markings. The LAPD leak is
clearly documented and is the subject of an Internal Affairs investigation CF
NO.&amp;nbsp;14-001995. Keep in mind that Daryn Dupree illegally accessed LAPD
computers and cloned cell phones and was reprimanded by LAPD and Greg Kading
was responsible for overturning the George Torres-Ramos case by what the judge
said was his "reckless disregard for the truth."&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"&gt;36.&amp;nbsp;Confession Letter points to Reggie Wright
Junior's Coup ‘d’état at Death Row Records and heist of Tupac Shakur's music.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"&gt;37.&amp;nbsp;Confession Letter points to Sharitha
Knight complicit in plot.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"&gt;38.&amp;nbsp;David Kenner is also implicated by
Confession Letter. Robert Soria says Kenner was at the meeting with gangs.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"&gt;39.&amp;nbsp;The book "Murder Rap" is
released that pins the murders of Tupac Shakur and Christopher Wallace on the
dead guys. The book is written by Greg Kading who is close to Reggie Wright Jr.
- a suspect in the Biggie Smalls Killing and is now a suspect in the Tupac
Shakur Killing. Greg Kading admits in the book that he had no access to the
Christopher Wallace Civil Trial documents which excludes the most significant
portion of the case. The book follows the same story line as the previously
planted stories by LA Times journalist Chuck Philips. Greg Kading is also the
former lead detective on the Christpher Wallace homicide and previous partner
of Daryn Dupree. Dupree is the cop that leaked the confession letter to Kading.
Kading had an additional motive to derail the confession letter -- his book and
movie deal that would prove worthless if the case is solved in an alternate
way. Kading contacts journalist Chris Blatchford and further attempts to derail
the letter with Chris. His emails are very similar to the Chuck Philips secret
tape recording made by Frank Alexander where instead of asking questions they
attempt to sell a conclusion.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"&gt;40.&amp;nbsp;Mario Hammonds, Kevin Hackie, Psycho Mike,
Kenny Boagni are all discredited without specific evidence even though many of
their testimony is considered credible in other investigations including
clearing LAPD officers in board of rights hearings for wrongdoing. They all
provide specific evidence of LAPD Police involvement in murder of Christopher
Wallace organized by Reggie Wright Jr.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"&gt;41.&amp;nbsp;First Civil trial in Estate of Christopher
Wallace is declared a mistrial when evidence is suppressed by City of Los
Angeles and LAPD specifically in wrongful death of Wallace. Evidence pointed to
involvement of off duty police and Reggie Wright Jr. in murder of Christopher
Wallace.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"&gt;42.&amp;nbsp;Second Civil trial in Estate of
Christopher Wallace is dismissed with promise by City of Los Angeles and LAPD
that they would redouble investigation. They tell lead investigator to shut
down the case 24 hours after the settlement.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"&gt;43.&amp;nbsp;Confession letter indicates that Reggie
Wright Jr. selected Lil' Half Dead to murder Tupac Shakur because of a previous
interaction between Lil' Half Dead and Tupac where Tupac stole a song from him.
Sampling and theft appear to have been a common practice in the early roots of
Rap music.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"&gt;44.&amp;nbsp;Since the first draft of the book two
witnesses have come forward. One of them states that she saw and talked to
Rafael Perez on the night before the murder of Christopher Wallace and the
night of the murder. She was afraid to come forward earlier because she was in
fear of her life. We have also had a rapper tweet to us that he knows that
Snoop had prior knowledge of the murder of Tupac Shakur before that murder
happened.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"&gt;45.&amp;nbsp;According to the confession letter the
conspiracy began in Los Angeles. One incident was documented as a gang summit
in Balboa Park where Reggie Wright Jr. asked the gangs for permission to kill
both Tupac Shakur and Suge Knight. Chris Blatchford tells that those behind
this plot included David Kenner, Reggie Wright Jr., and Sharitha Knight. At
that summit it was decided that Donald Smith aka Lil Half Dead, Malcolm Patton
and Danny Patton aka Whiteboy would be the shooters.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;
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&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"&gt;MOTIVE:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"&gt;Theft of Tupac's money and music as well as the
control of Death Row Records was the major motive. Both Tupac Shakur and Suge
Knight were in the crosshairs that night. Keep in mind that Death Row Records
was worth over 500 million dollars at the time and Tupac had unreleased but
completed songs in the vault that were worth an additional couple of hundred
million dollars. Donald Smith aka Lil' Half Dead had the additional motive of
the theft of his music by Tupac Shakur and had recently had his contract sold
to Priority Records by Suge Knight. Danny Patton was paid $100,000 for the
murder.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;
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&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"&gt;SUSPECTS:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"&gt;Donald Smith aka Lil' Half Dead&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;was
the alleged triggerman on September 7th, 1996 responsible for killing Tupac
Shakur. Smith is the cousin of Calvin Broadus aka Snoop Dogg. Smith was
represented by Suge Knight and Death Row Records and his contract was sold off
to Priority Records. He had given a demo tape to Tupac and two of his songs
were stolen by Tupac according to the confession letter. Theft in the Hip-Hop
world was a common practice at that time. Smith is affiliated with the Long
Beach Crips. Snoop Dogg, Donald Smith's cousin, tells Sheriff's deputies on May
14, 1998 that Suge Knight was behind the murder of rapper Tupac Shakur. Was
this to throw law enforcement off the trail of his cousin?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"&gt;Malcolm Patton&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;was the shooter that
was supposed to take out Suge Knight. He shot twice and missed his target. He
spoke to Chris Blatchford over the telephone and offered to provide him with
details about guns, shooters, clothes, cars, and routes.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;
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&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"&gt;Danny Patton&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;aka Whiteboy was allegedly
paid $100,000 for the hit in the form of a cashier's check. Danny's gun jammed.
Danny Patton is a Leuder's Park Piru Blood.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"&gt;Reggie Wright Jr.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;allegedly attended
the gang summit and paid the $100,000 bounty to Danny Patton. Reggie was
responsible for disarming all of Tupac's bodyguards that night. He also
attended every single meeting between witnesses and the Las Vegas Police.
Reggie Wright Jr. worked previously for the Compton Jail and then the Compton
Police. His father, Reggie Wright Sr. was in charge of the gang unit inside of
Compton Police and was absorbed by the Sheriff's Department when it was learned
that corruption existed within Compton PD. LAPD's Detective Fred Miller stated
that Reggie Wright Jr. was known to control the drug trade in Compton. Reggie
was also known to rob drug dealers of their drugs and money instead of busting
them. He left the Compton Police on a worker's comp claim. Kevin Hackie claims
he handed the weapon used in the Tupac killing to Reggie Wright two weeks
before the killing. Hackie claims that the weapon had been ballistics tested a
month before the killing and that ballistics test matched the ballistics of the
Tupac Shakur murder. Reggie was at Club 662 at the time of the shooting.
Michael Moore, a Tupac bodyguard, was next to Reggie Wright when the shooting
happened and heard "Got 'em" coming over Reggie Wright's radio. He
then heard someone he describes as "white" say, "don't say
nothin' over the radio." "Got 'em" probably referred to Suge
Knight and Tupac Shakur at the time of the shooting because with 13 bullets
launched they really thought they "Got 'em." We have a tape of one of
the security guards that worked for Reggie Wright Jr. stating that he had
turned to the dark side and had the red carpet installed in his office
indicating that he had accepted membership into the Bloods gang. The confession
letter places Reggie Wright at the gang summit asking directly for permission
to kill both Tupac Shakur and Suge Knight. The confession letter was given to
LAPD and instead of being investigated it was leaked by a cop with direct ties
back to Reggie Wright Jr.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;
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&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"&gt;Sharitha Knight&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;was estranged from
Suge Knight and was dating LAPD Officer Kevin Gaines at the time of Tupac's
death. Kevin Gaines was killed by Officer Frank Lygga on March 18th 1997.
Sharitha was the manager of Snoop Dogg. Snoop Dogg's trial for murder centered
around evidence that disappeared from the LAPD evidence locker at the precinct that
Kevin Gaines had access to. Sharitha would have inherited the shares of Death
Row Records if Suge Knight had been killed on September 7th, 1996. One of our
rapper followers reached out a month ago via Twitter and said that Snoop was
warned by Sharitha not to come to Las Vegas that night. Snoop also asked Tupac
over and over on September 4th, 1996 if he was attending the event in Las
Vegas. Chris Blatchford says the shooters said Sharitha was behind the murder
of Tupac Shakur and attempt on Suge Knight's life on September 7th 1996. While
being managed by Sharitha Knight, Snoop tells Sheriff's deputies on May 1, 1998
that Suge Knight was behind the murder of rapper Tupac Shakur.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;
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&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"&gt;David Kenner&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;was the attorney of record
for Death Row Records, Suge Knight's attorney, Tupac's Attorney until he was
fired August 27th, 1996 just days prior to Tupac being shot. Kenner was also
Snoop Dogg's attorney who pulled a miracle defense when the evidence
disappeared from the LAPD evidence locker. If Kenner was involved in the murder
of Tupac and attempted murder of Suge Knight on September 7th, 1996 he would be
representing Suge Knight currently with a severe conflict of interest. It could
be that he is now reunited with Suge Knight to protect his own interests by
steering any investigation into the murder of Tupac and attempted murder on
Suge Knight. Kenner was the person that rented the home from Frank Longo that
was owned by Larry Longo from the D.A.'s office. Kenner moved Suge into that
house and caused a dime to be dropped on Suge. That conflict of interest was
reported in the Los Angeles Times causing embarrassment to the D.A.'s office.
David Kenner's representation of Tupac Shakur was a direct conflict of interest
to his representation of Suge Knight and Death Row Records. Kenner could have
faced disbarment for this conflict of interest if Tupac Shakur had lived.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0D0D0D; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: &amp;quot;lumm=95000 lumo=5000&amp;quot;; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"&gt;TIMELINE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0D0D0D; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: &amp;quot;lumm=95000 lumo=5000&amp;quot;; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0D0D0D; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: &amp;quot;lumm=95000 lumo=5000&amp;quot;; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"&gt;1998 - "Hillary Clinton has venous thrombosis (clots in the veins; deep vein thrombosis (blood clots) in her leg."http://www.thepoliticalinsider.com/shocking-news-released-about-hillary-rodham-clintons-health-bombshell/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0D0D0D; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: &amp;quot;lumm=95000 lumo=5000&amp;quot;; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0D0D0D; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: &amp;quot;lumm=95000 lumo=5000&amp;quot;; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"&gt;2009 -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #0d0d0d;"&gt;"Hillary Clinton has venous thrombosis (clots in the veins; deep vein thrombosis (blood clots) in her leg. Both the 1998 and 2009 incidents would mean any wound sustained in a plane crash would be serious and could have caused lots of blood loss as is asserted below. "&lt;/span&gt;http://www.thepoliticalinsider.com/shocking-news-released-about-hillary-rodham-clintons-health-bombshell/&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0D0D0D; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: &amp;quot;lumm=95000 lumo=5000&amp;quot;; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0D0D0D; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: &amp;quot;lumm=95000 lumo=5000&amp;quot;; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"&gt;December 11, 2011 - DEBKA reports that Iran is driving a hard bargain for access to the US stealth drone RQ-170 it captured undamaged last week. Russian and Chinese military teams arrived for a look at the secret aircraft.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;Commander Job W. Price - American Hero&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0D0D0D; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: &amp;quot;lumm=95000 lumo=5000&amp;quot;; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0D0D0D; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: &amp;quot;lumm=95000 lumo=5000&amp;quot;; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0D0D0D; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: &amp;quot;lumm=95000 lumo=5000&amp;quot;; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"&gt;December 1, 2012 - Debkafile reports that "Obama Administration Officials and senior representatives of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei launched secret talks on Iran's Nuclear Program."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0D0D0D; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: &amp;quot;lumm=95000 lumo=5000&amp;quot;; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0D0D0D; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: &amp;quot;lumm=95000 lumo=5000&amp;quot;; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"&gt;December 1 - 7, 2012 - Israeli Intelligence pegs this as range of dates for plane crash in Iraq. They cite the incident as occurring the first week of December, 2012. According to the report Clinton was flying in a C-12 Huron. The plane landed in Avaz, Iran at Ahwaz International Airport. President Ahmadinejad landed at the airport just minutes prior to the landing of the Huron on an unscheduled visit. Since neither US or Iranian warplanes were scrambled it is clear that this was a (wink wink) "scheduled visit." Incursions by US Planes into Iranian airspace are not taken lightly. "According to US Military flight logs, recorded by Russian air and space forces confirm that Commander Price, and other members of US Navy Seal Team 4, left their base in Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan on a flight to US Naval Support Activity Bahrain where they met with Secretary Clinton and all of them transferred to the C-12 Huron that began a flight path to Baghdad, Iraq." DEBKA reports, "&lt;/span&gt;"Although our sources have not identified the negotiators on either side of the table, one of the theories floating around certain capitals claimed that Hillary Clinton three weeks ago was on her way to a secret meeting with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in regard to those negotiations. The plane carrying her from Bahrain logged its destination as Baghdad, but is described as having changed direction in midair and headed for Ahvaz, capital of the south Iranian province of Khuzestan. There, it was said, the Iranian president was awaiting her arrival. But then the plane ran into technical trouble and made an emergency landing and that was when she was injured, according to this theory. The unexplained death of Commander Job Price, 42, SEALs commander in Afghanistan is [also] tied by some of the speculation to that incident."&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Iranian television also confirmed the plane crash with sketchy details.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0D0D0D; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: &amp;quot;lumm=95000 lumo=5000&amp;quot;; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"&gt;December 6&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;&amp;nbsp;2012&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;– Hillary Clinton cancels friends of Syrian Forum saying she has the flu. This could have been a political move to dodge a group not aligned with Iran, setting the stage for the meeting in Iran.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0D0D0D; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: &amp;quot;lumm=95000 lumo=5000&amp;quot;; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"&gt;December 7 – According to official Department of State log, “Secretary Clinton is on foreign travel to Belfast, Northern Ireland. Secretary Clinton is accompanied by Assistant Secretary Gordon, Assistant Secretary Posner, Ambassador Verveer, Special Representative Balderston, Spokesperson Nuland, Director Sullivan, Senior Director for European Affairs Liz Sherwood Randall, and VADM Harry B. Harris, Jr., JCS. This was her last public appearance before her concussion. It is interesting to note that Ahmadinejad met with Ireland's new ambassador to Iran very soon afterward. Was Ireland facilitating the meeting?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0D0D0D; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: &amp;quot;lumm=95000 lumo=5000&amp;quot;; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0D0D0D; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: &amp;quot;lumm=95000 lumo=5000&amp;quot;; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"&gt;December 8th, 2012 - My best guess from all of the intel I have examined as the date of the crash. Clinton was seen in public on the 7th and she could have flown directly from Ireland to the Middle East. On the 9th there are already reports about Clinton's illness.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0D0D0D; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: &amp;quot;lumm=95000 lumo=5000&amp;quot;; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"&gt;December 9&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;&amp;nbsp;– Hillary Clinton is said to have a stomach bug.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0D0D0D; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: &amp;quot;lumm=95000 lumo=5000&amp;quot;; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"&gt;December 10 – State department announces that Hillary Clinton has sustained a concussion after fainting due to dehydration earlier in the week and will be unable to testify at Benghazi hearing. "She has been recovering at home and will continue to be monitored regularly by her doctors. At their recommendation, she will continue to work from home next week, staying in regular contact with Department and other officials." - State Department Release.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0D0D0D; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: &amp;quot;lumm=95000 lumo=5000&amp;quot;; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"&gt;December 11, 2012 – Hillary Clinton is unable to testify on Benghazi hearing in Congress.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0D0D0D; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: &amp;quot;lumm=95000 lumo=5000&amp;quot;; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"&gt;December 11, 2012 – According to State Department – “Secretary Clinton has no public events.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0D0D0D; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: &amp;quot;lumm=95000 lumo=5000&amp;quot;; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"&gt;December 12, 2012 – According to State Department – “Secretary Clinton has no public events.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0D0D0D; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: &amp;quot;lumm=95000 lumo=5000&amp;quot;; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"&gt;December 13, 2012 – According to State Department – “Secretary Clinton has no public events.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0D0D0D; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: &amp;quot;lumm=95000 lumo=5000&amp;quot;; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"&gt;December 14, 2012 – According to State Department – “Secretary Clinton has no public events.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0D0D0D; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: &amp;quot;lumm=95000 lumo=5000&amp;quot;; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"&gt;December 17, 2012 – According to State Department – “Secretary Clinton has no public events.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0D0D0D; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: &amp;quot;lumm=95000 lumo=5000&amp;quot;; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"&gt;December 18, 2012 – According to State Department – “Secretary Clinton has no public events.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0D0D0D; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: &amp;quot;lumm=95000 lumo=5000&amp;quot;; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"&gt;December 19, 2012 – According to State Department – “Secretary Clinton has no public events.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0D0D0D; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: &amp;quot;lumm=95000 lumo=5000&amp;quot;; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"&gt;December 20, 2012 – According to State Department – “Secretary Clinton has no public events.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0D0D0D; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: &amp;quot;lumm=95000 lumo=5000&amp;quot;; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"&gt;December 21, 2012 – According to State Department – “Secretary Clinton has no public events.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixcMwhxBgRbDTndbXADv8zDUbrY-3tDnZIKxn6bdP-iTb57L2tm-qKm5z1E8Con1EU_q8TRDAZPWFOo74adRgslC-qlzRlK9IqjVg9eCGkpX7K4ZEimL8H2nanw00dabfYI0QZaS4W7EM/s1600/ClintonGetsCrashHelmet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixcMwhxBgRbDTndbXADv8zDUbrY-3tDnZIKxn6bdP-iTb57L2tm-qKm5z1E8Con1EU_q8TRDAZPWFOo74adRgslC-qlzRlK9IqjVg9eCGkpX7K4ZEimL8H2nanw00dabfYI0QZaS4W7EM/s400/ClintonGetsCrashHelmet.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0D0D0D; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: &amp;quot;lumm=95000 lumo=5000&amp;quot;; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"&gt;December 21 – Rumors intensify that Clinton was involved in a plane crash in Iran. Obama nominates Senator John Kerry to replace Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0D0D0D; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: &amp;quot;lumm=95000 lumo=5000&amp;quot;; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"&gt;December 22 – Death of Commander Job Price is officially reported by Pentagon. The Naval Special Warfare Group Two issued the statement and said that “Price died of non-combat related injuries while supporting stability operations.” Associated Press then quoting an anonymous source reports the death “appears to be the result of suicide.” John Armato, Director of Community Relations for the Pottstown School District and dear friend of Price said, “Job understood the importance of placing the greater good above self and dedicated his career to helping to ensure our freedoms. Our country has lost a leader, dedicated patriot, true American hero and protector of our freedoms.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0D0D0D; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: &amp;quot;lumm=95000 lumo=5000&amp;quot;; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0D0D0D; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: &amp;quot;lumm=95000 lumo=5000&amp;quot;; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"&gt;December 24 -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #444444; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;Philippe Reines at the State Department contacted the NFL Commissioner in 2012 to get advice on Hillary Clinton's head injury.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0D0D0D; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: &amp;quot;lumm=95000 lumo=5000&amp;quot;; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0D0D0D; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: &amp;quot;lumm=95000 lumo=5000&amp;quot;; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"&gt;December 28, 2012 - Mainstream media reports that Clinton will be returning to work this week after suffering a bout of the flu and a concussion, but Clinton does not return to work.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0D0D0D; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: &amp;quot;lumm=95000 lumo=5000&amp;quot;; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0D0D0D; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: &amp;quot;lumm=95000 lumo=5000&amp;quot;; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"&gt;December 29, 2012 when a&amp;nbsp;follow-up exam for&amp;nbsp;her concussion&amp;nbsp;found she had&amp;nbsp;a blood clot of her&amp;nbsp;right transverse&amp;nbsp;venous sinus.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0D0D0D; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: &amp;quot;lumm=95000 lumo=5000&amp;quot;; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"&gt;December 30 – Nasser Karimi (AP) reports that a small American plane left Iran Sunday after it was repaired following an emergency landing earlier this month. Three passengers left Iran for Arab countries in the Gulf. Reuters also reported that a plane had been stuck in Iran after making an emergency landing according to Iran’s Airports Director, Mahmoud Rasoulinejad. They list the plane as a Falcon 900 Executive Jet. Press TV of Iran reported, quoting Mahmoud Rasoulinejad, “The 3-member plane faced technical problems while passing over Iran’s airspace and this is the reason that the airport permitted it to make a landing.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0D0D0D; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: &amp;quot;lumm=95000 lumo=5000&amp;quot;; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0D0D0D; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: &amp;quot;lumm=95000 lumo=5000&amp;quot;; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"&gt;December 30, 2012 &amp;nbsp;The European Union Times release story, "Clinton Injured, US Navy Seal Killed in Secret US Mission to Iran.&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.eutimes.net/2012/12/clinton-injured-us-navy-seal-killed-in-secret-us-mission-to-iran/"&gt;http://www.eutimes.net/2012/12/clinton-injured-us-navy-seal-killed-in-secret-us-mission-to-iran/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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January 4, 2013 - Lee Horn sends a message to Anthony Milavic about the EU Times article, "Clinton Injured, U.S. Navy Seal Killed in Secret Mission to Iran," saying, "Anthony -- FYI. The report appears to be credible." Christopher T. Nichols sends an email to Bob Schmermund, Lawrence Galvin, Aaron Watts, and Kevin R. Olsen, saying, "Yeah... Now that I think about it... I haven't seen HARRY anywhere either." Harry Harris sends email to Jacob Sullivan saying, "Jake -- thought you'd get a kick out of the conspiracy theory below. Best, Harry." Jacob J. Sullivan sends email about EU Times Article saying, "Funny Stuff. Calling Now."&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://wikileaks.org/clinton-emails/emailid/9457"&gt;https://wikileaks.org/clinton-emails/emailid/9457&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0D0D0D; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: &amp;quot;lumm=95000 lumo=5000&amp;quot;; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0D0D0D; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: &amp;quot;lumm=95000 lumo=5000&amp;quot;; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"&gt;May 10, 2016 - Matthew Lee&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;asks, “Is it the policy of the State Department , where the preservation or the secrecy of secret negotiations is concerned, to lie in order to achieve that goal.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;Jen Psaki replies, “There are times where diplomacy needs privacy in order to progress. This is a good example of that.”&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;QUESTION:&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Please, Jen, can we stay on Iran, please?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;MS. PSAKI:&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Sure. Let’s stay on Iran and then we can go to China.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;QUESTION:&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;On the 6&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;&amp;nbsp;of February in this room, I had a very brief exchange with your predecessor, Victoria Nuland --&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;MS. PSAKI:&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Mm-hmm.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;QUESTION:&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;-- about Iran. And with your indulgence, I will read it in its entirety for the purpose of the record and so you can respond to it.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;“Rosen: There have been reports that intermittently, and outside of the formal P5+1 mechanisms, the Obama Administration, or members of it, have conducted direct secret bilateral talks with Iran. Is that true or false?”&lt;/i&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;“Nuland: We have made clear, as the Vice President did at Munich, that in the context of the larger P5+1 framework, we would be prepared to talk to Iran bilaterally. But with regard to the kind of thing that you’re talking about on a government-to-government level, no.”&lt;/i&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
That’s the entirety of the exchange.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
As we now know, senior state department officials had, in fact, been conducting direct, secret bilateral talks with senior officials of the Iranian Government in Oman, perhaps dating back to 2011 by that point.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
So the question today is a simple one: When the briefer was asked about those talks and flatly denied them from the podium, that was untrue, correct?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;MS. PSAKI:&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;I mean, James, I – that – you’re talking about a February briefing, so 10 months ago. I don’t think we’ve outlined or confirmed contacts or specifics beyond a March meeting. I’m not going to confirm others beyond that at this point. So I don’t know that I have any more for you.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;QUESTION:&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Do you stand by the accuracy of what Ms. Nuland told me, that there had been no government-to-government contacts, no secret direct bilateral talks with Iran as of the date of that briefing, February 6&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;? Do you stand by the accuracy of that?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;MS. PSAKI:&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;James, I have no new information for you today on the timing of when there were any discussions with any Iranian officials.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;QUESTION:&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Let me try it one last way, Jen --&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;MS. PSAKI:&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Okay.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;QUESTION:&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;-- and I appreciate your indulgence.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;MS. PSAKI:&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Sure.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;QUESTION:&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Is it the policy of the State Department, where the preservation or the secrecy of secret negotiations is concerned, to lie in order to achieve that goal?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;MS. PSAKI:&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;James, I think there are times where diplomacy needs privacy in order to progress. This is a good example of that. Obviously, we have made clear and laid out a number of details in recent weeks about discussions and about a bilateral channel that fed into the P5+1 negotiations, and we’ve answered questions on it, we’ve confirmed details. We’re happy to continue to do that, but clearly, this was an important component leading up to the agreement that was reached a week ago.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;QUESTION:&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Since you, standing at that podium last week, did confirm that there were such talks, at least as far back as March of this year, I don’t see what would prohibit you from addressing directly this question: Were there secret direct bilateral talks between the United States and Iranian officials in 2011?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;MS. PSAKI:&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;I don’t have anything more for you today. We’ve long had ways to speak with the Iranians through a range of channels, some of which you talked – you mentioned, but I don’t have any other specifics for you today.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;QUESTION:&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;One more on Iran?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;QUESTION:&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;The&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Los Angeles Times&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Politico&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;have reported that those talks were held as far back as 2011. Were those reports inaccurate?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;MS. PSAKI:&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;I’m not sure which reports you’re talking about. Are you talking about visits that the Secretary and others made to Oman, or are you talking about other reports?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;QUESTION:&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;I’m talking about U.S. officials meeting directly and secretly with Iranian officials in Oman as far back as 2011.&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;The&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Los Angeles Times&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Politico&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;have reported those meetings. Were those reports inaccurate?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;MS. PSAKI:&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;I have nothing more for you on it, James, today.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;QUESTION:&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;One more on Iran?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;MS. PSAKI:&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;On Iran? Let’s just finish Iran and then we can go to China. Go ahead, Roz.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;QUESTION:&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;One of – one more on Iran. Foreign Minister Zarif said, directly contradicting the Obama Administration’s contention that sanctions worked, he told our interviewer that when the sanctions were first imposed, Iran had 200 working centrifuges. Today, they have more than 19,000. What is this building’s reaction to his comment that sanctions did not work and did not bring Iran to the negotiating table?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;MS. PSAKI:&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Well, again, I would like to look more closely at the context of the comments. But, just as reminder, President Rouhani and others have talked about how the impact – how growing the economy and putting an end – doing – bringing an end to the sanctions is something that was a priority for them in order to help the economy and the Iranian people. There’s no question, if you look just at the facts of the impact of oil revenues, the impact on their economic growth writ large that there was a huge impact of – that there – the sanctions had an enormous impact, and that that was a driving factor in bringing the Iranians back to the negotiating table.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
In terms of progress made on their efforts to develop a nuclear weapon, whether through centrifuges or at their various facilities, that to me sounds like a separate question. Obviously, there was concerns about steps they were taking and progress they were making, which was why it was so important to come to an acceptable agreement that would halt and roll back the progress of their program.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;QUESTION:&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Just to follow up on that, though --&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;MS. PSAKI:&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Mm-hmm.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;QUESTION:&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;-- Secretary Kerry, when he did his round robin of interviews after the announcement of the deal in Geneva, more than once stated that when Iran had reached out to the Bush-Cheney Administration in 2003, Iran was only in possession of 164 centrifuges. Now, he would go on to say, they have 19,000, and this therefore represents the best possible deal that could be secured.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Isn’t it a fact that since the Obama-Biden Administration took office, 70 percent of Iran’s centrifuges have been installed?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;MS. PSAKI:&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Well, I’d have to look at the statistics, James, but we have not questioned the fact that Iran has made progress on enrichment and on developing a nuclear weapon. We have not questioned that. That’s one of the reasons why we stepped up sanctions over the past couple of years. The President and Secretary Kerry were big proponents of that. We worked with the international community to do just that to put that necessary pressure in place.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
The point I was trying to make to Roz is that – what she’s asking sounds to me like two separate questions, so that was --&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;QUESTION:&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Right. I’m pursuing the separate one part that she carved out, and that is to say – and if this is untrue, I’d be grateful to be disabused of the notion – but the great bulk of Iran’s progress in the development of its enrichment program has taken place under President Obama’s watch, correct?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;MS. PSAKI:&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;I’d have to check on the specific numbers. The --&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;QUESTION:&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;You’re not prepared to dispute that statement, as --&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;MS. PSAKI:&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Well, James, I think what we’re focused on at this point is the fact that we’re now at a point where we are halting and rolling back the progress of their program and we’re working towards a comprehensive agreement to bring an end to it. I can’t speculate for you what would happen without – what would have happened without sanctions. I would venture to guess --&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;QUESTION:&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;(Inaudible) sanctions.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;MS. PSAKI:&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;But they were being paired together, so that’s why I’m bringing it into the conversation.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;QUESTION:&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;But the context of the question was exactly: “The Obama Administration says we showed up because our economy is falling apart. I’m here to tell you that’s not the case. We have our own reasons for coming.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;MS. PSAKI:&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Well, we will take a close look at his comments and we’ll have more to say about them once we do.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;header id="header"&gt;From:&amp;nbsp;&lt;span title="Original: -"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;To:&amp;nbsp;&lt;span title="Original: -"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Date: 2013-01-04 11:31 Subject: -&lt;/header&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span class="unclassified"&gt;UNCLASSIFIED U.S. Department of State Case No. F-2014-20439 Doc No. C05797628 Date: 02/29/2016&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="unclassified"&gt;RELEASE IN PART B6&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="inlinemeta"&gt;From: Sullivan, Jacob J &amp;lt;SullivanJJ@state.gov&amp;gt; Sent: Friday, January 4, 2013 6:31 PM To:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="inlinemeta"&gt;Subject: FW: Conspiracy Theory ==== FW: EU Times: Clinton Injured, U.S. Navy Seal Killed In Secret Mission to Iran&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Funny stuff. Calling now.&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="inlinemeta"&gt;From: Harris, Harry B VADM USN (US) [mailto Sent: Friday, January 04, 2013 9:06 AM To: Sullivan, Jacob J Subject: Conspiracy Theory ==== FW: EU Times: Clinton Injured, U.S. Navy Seal Killed In Secret Mission to Iran&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Jake -- thought you'd get a kick out of the conspiracy theory below. Best, Harry&lt;span class="inlinemeta"&gt;From: Nichols, Christopher T [mailto: Sent: Friday, January 04, 2013 8:20 AM To: Bob Schmermund&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Lawrence Galvin Aaron Watts; Olsen, Kevin R.; cahautau0 Runolfson, Case; Harris, Harry B VADM USN (US)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="inlinemeta"&gt;Subject: FW: EU Times: Clinton Injured, U.S. Navy Seal Killed In Secret Mission to Iran&lt;/span&gt;Yeah...now that I think about it...I haven't seen HARRY anywhere either!!! Chris Nichols&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="inlinemeta"&gt;Original Message&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="inlinemeta"&gt;From: Les Horn&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="inlinemeta"&gt;To: Anthony Milavic Sent: Thu, Jan 3, 2013 10:13 am Subject: EU Times: Clinton Injured, U.S. Navy Seal Killed In Secret Mission to Iran&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Anthony -- FYI. The report appears to be credible. Les Clinton Injured, US Navy Seal Killed In Secret US Mission To Iran Posted by EU Times on Dec 30th, 2012&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="unclassified"&gt;UNCLASSIFIED U.S. Department of State Case No. F-2014-20439 Doc No. C05797628 Date: 02/29/2016&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;A new Foreign Military Intelligence (GRU) report circulating in the Kremlin today is saying that United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton [photo 2nd right] was injured, and a top US Navy Seal Commander killed when their C-12 Huron military passenger and transport aircraft crash landed nearly 3 weeks ago in the Iranian city of Ahvaz near the Iraqi border. Iranian intelligence agents quoted in this GRU report confirm that the C-12 Huron aircraft is still in their possession in Ahvaz, but will only admit that the plane was "forced to land because of technical problems". The US Navy Seal member reported killed in this bizarre incident, this report says, was indentified as Commander Job W. Price [photo 3rd right] who as a leader of this highly specialized American Special Forces unit protects high-ranking diplomats traveling in Middle Eastern and Asian combat zones. Curiously, US media reports on Commander Price's death say it being investigated as a possible suicide as he died from what the American Defense Department describes as "a non-combat related injury". Equally as curious, US media reports state that Secretary Clinton will return to work next week after her having suffered what they describe as a "nasty bout with stomach flu" and a "concussion" which have kept her missing from public view the past three weeks. This GRU report, however, states that US military flight logs recorded by Russian air and space forces confirm that Commander Price, and other members of US Navy Seal Team 4, left their base in Urozgan Province, Afghanistan on a flight to US Naval Support Activity Bahrain where they met up with Secretary Clinton and all of them transferred to the C- 12 Huron that began a flight path to Baghdad, Iraq. Within minutes of leaving Bahrain airspace, this report says, the C-12 Huron carrying Secretary Clinton and her US Navy Seal protectors, "without notice," deviated from their assigned flight path heading, instead, directly towards Iran's Ahwaz International Airport where, coincidentally, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had previously landed on an "unscheduled" visit.&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="unclassified"&gt;UNCLASSIFIED U.S. Department of State Case No. F-2014-20439 Doc No. C05797628 Date: 02/29/2016&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;Important to note, GRU analysts say in this report, was that when the C-12 Huron entered into Iranian airspace neither American nor Iran air force units responded clearly indicating that this secret mission was sanctioned. Upon the C-12 Huron landing at Ahwaz, however, this report says it encountered "extreme turbulence" causing it to leave the runway where its main landing gear then collapsed causing it to crash. Within seconds of the C-12 Huron crashing, this report continues, Iranian emergency and security personal responded freeing the victims, including Secretary Clinton who was reportedly unconscious and "bleeding profusely." After emergency aid was given, GRU agents stationed in Iran state that another US military flight was dispatched from Bahrain to Ahwaz which evacuated all of those wounded and killed in the crash including Secretary Clinton. Strangely to note, this report says, is that in the aftermath of this crash, Iran's main oil company announced today that they were buying the Ahwaz airport with the intention of moving it because, they say, oil was discovered beneath it. To what the Americans mission to Iran was about this report doesn't speculate upon, other than to note that with the Gulf State Monarchies rapidly approaching a union of their oil rich nations to counter Iranian power, and with President Obama signing a new law this past week to strengthen American borders against threats from Iran, and with the highly-publicized "Velayat 91" Iranian military exercises now taking place across a wide area from the Strait of Hormuz, a new and catastrophic war in this region is much closer to being a reality than many realize. To if Secretary Clinton's mission was meant to forestall such a war it is not in our knowing, other than to note, that with the United States continued backing of some of the cruelest dictatorships in the world, our entire planet is but one spark away from a fire that could very well consume us all. Source Breaking News A new report by Israeli media and Mossad now FULLY CONFIRMS THIS REPORT, Hillary Clinton was indeed injured in Iran, the new report also shows that Obama has already named the new US Secretary of State: John Kerry, click here to read this new STUNNING REPORT: Obama Warned To Prepare For Hillary Clinton Death GD Star Rating. a WordPress rating system Clinton Injured, US Navy Seal Killed In Secret US Mission To Iran, 4.0 out of 5 based on 122 ratings&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="unclassified"&gt;UNCLASSIFIED U.S. Department of State Case No. F-2014-20439 Doc No. C05797628 Date: 02/29/2016&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;Related posts: • Obama Warned To Prepare For Hillary Clinton Death • Hillary Clinton: Iran wants to be attacked • US threatens Pakistan with sanctions over Iran gasline • Hillary Clinton: Iran is the hardest issue ever dealt with • Iran Accuses US of Using Weather Weapons Tags: Ahvaz, Ahwaz International Airport, C-12 Huron Aircraft, Commander Job W. Price, Hillary Clinton, Hillary Clinton Injured, Iran, Iraqi Border, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Stomach Flu, Tehran, United States Secretary of State, US Navy Seal, US Navy Seal Commander, US Secret Mission, US Special Forces, USA, Washington&lt;/div&gt;
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If Obama and Hillary are going to tell a lie, lie to make the military 
look good. Don't trash the career of an American Hero. Commander Job W. 
Price fought and died for America. He is another casualty of the Clinton
 Body Count! They made a joke but the military didn't laugh. They leaked
 false information to the Associated Press about a suicide. Now the 
record needs to be set straight. Commander Job W. Price, you are not 
forgotten!!!!&lt;br /&gt;
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Commander Job W. Price was involved in a plane crash in Iran with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. He was killed as a result of injuries he sustained in that crash. There is ample evidence that this did, in fact, occur including a Hillary Clinton email released by Wikileaks.&lt;br /&gt;
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The government covered-up this death by leaking through an anonymous source to the Associated Press that Commander Price was killed by a wound from an apparent suicide. They trashed an American Hero to cover-up dirty deeds. Commander Job W. Price should receive the Medal of Honor for his valor in protecting Secretary of State Hillary Clinton when he flew into Iran, a hostile country for any American Military Man especially a decorated Navy Seal who twice was awarded the Bronze Star.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0D0D0D; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: &amp;quot;lumm=95000 lumo=5000&amp;quot;; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"&gt;December 11, 2011 - DEBKA reports that Iran is driving a hard bargain for access to the US stealth drone RQ-170 it captured undamaged last week. Russian and Chinese military teams arrived for a look at the secret aircraft.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0D0D0D; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: &amp;quot;lumm=95000 lumo=5000&amp;quot;; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0D0D0D; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: &amp;quot;lumm=95000 lumo=5000&amp;quot;; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"&gt;December 1, 2012 - Debkafile reports that "Obama Administration Officials and senior representatives of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei launched secret talks on Iran's Nuclear Program."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0D0D0D; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: &amp;quot;lumm=95000 lumo=5000&amp;quot;; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0D0D0D; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: &amp;quot;lumm=95000 lumo=5000&amp;quot;; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"&gt;December 1 - 7, 2012 - Israeli Intelligence pegs this as range of dates for plane crash in Iraq. They cite the incident as occurring the first week of December, 2012. According to the report Clinton was flying in a C-12 Huron. The plane landed in Avaz, Iran at Ahwaz International Airport. President Ahmadinejad landed at the airport just minutes prior to the landing of the Huron on an unscheduled visit. Since neither US or Iranian warplanes were scrambled it is clear that this was a (wink wink) "scheduled visit." Incursions by US Planes into Iranian airspace are not taken lightly. "According to US Military flight logs, recorded by Russian air and space forces confirm that Commander Price, and other members of US Navy Seal Team 4, left their base in Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan on a flight to US Naval Support Activity Bahrain where they met with Secretary Clinton and all of them transferred to the C-12 Huron that began a flight path to Baghdad, Iraq." DEBKA reports, "&lt;/span&gt;"Although our sources have not identified the negotiators on either 
side of the table, one of the theories floating around certain capitals 
claimed that Hillary Clinton three weeks ago was on her way to a secret 
meeting with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in regard to those 
negotiations. The plane carrying her from Bahrain logged its destination
 as Baghdad, but  is described as having changed direction in midair and
 headed for Ahvaz, capital of the south Iranian province of Khuzestan. 
There, it was said, the Iranian president was awaiting her arrival. But 
then the plane ran into technical trouble and made an emergency landing 
and that was when she was injured, according to this theory. The 
unexplained death of Commander Job Price, 42, SEALs commander in 
Afghanistan is [also] tied by some of the speculation to that incident."&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Iranian television also confirmed the plane crash with sketchy details.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0D0D0D; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: &amp;quot;lumm=95000 lumo=5000&amp;quot;; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"&gt;December 6&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; 2012 &lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;– Hillary Clinton cancels friends of Syrian
Forum saying she has the flu. This could have been a political move to dodge a group not aligned with Iran, setting the stage for the meeting in Iran.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0D0D0D; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: &amp;quot;lumm=95000 lumo=5000&amp;quot;; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"&gt;December 7 – According to official Department of State
log, “Secretary Clinton is on foreign travel to Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Secretary Clinton is accompanied by Assistant Secretary Gordon, Assistant
Secretary Posner, Ambassador Verveer, Special Representative Balderston,
Spokesperson Nuland, Director Sullivan, Senior Director for European Affairs
Liz Sherwood Randall, and VADM Harry B. Harris, Jr., JCS. This was her last public appearance before her concussion. It is interesting to note that Ahmadinejad met with Ireland's new ambassador to Iran very soon afterward. Was Ireland facilitating the meeting?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0D0D0D; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: &amp;quot;lumm=95000 lumo=5000&amp;quot;; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"&gt;December 8th, 2012 - My best guess from all of the intel I have examined as the date of the crash. Clinton was seen in public on the 7th and she could have flown directly from Ireland to the Middle East. On the 9th there are already reports about Clinton's illness.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Clinton has sustained a concussion after fainting due to dehydration earlier in the week and will be unable to testify at Benghazi hearing. "She has been recovering at home and will continue to be monitored regularly by her doctors. At their recommendation, she will continue to work from home next week, staying in regular contact with Department and other officials." - State Department Release.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Benghazi hearing in Congress.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0D0D0D; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: &amp;quot;lumm=95000 lumo=5000&amp;quot;; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"&gt;December 11, 2012 – According to State Department – “Secretary
Clinton has no public events.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Clinton has no public events.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0D0D0D; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: &amp;quot;lumm=95000 lumo=5000&amp;quot;; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"&gt;December 17, 2012 – According to State Department – “Secretary
Clinton has no public events.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0D0D0D; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: &amp;quot;lumm=95000 lumo=5000&amp;quot;; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"&gt;December 18, 2012 – According to State Department – “Secretary
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&lt;span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0D0D0D; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: &amp;quot;lumm=95000 lumo=5000&amp;quot;; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"&gt;December 19, 2012 – According to State Department – “Secretary
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&lt;span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0D0D0D; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: &amp;quot;lumm=95000 lumo=5000&amp;quot;; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"&gt;December 20, 2012 – According to State Department – “Secretary
Clinton has no public events.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Clinton has no public events.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0D0D0D; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: &amp;quot;lumm=95000 lumo=5000&amp;quot;; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixcMwhxBgRbDTndbXADv8zDUbrY-3tDnZIKxn6bdP-iTb57L2tm-qKm5z1E8Con1EU_q8TRDAZPWFOo74adRgslC-qlzRlK9IqjVg9eCGkpX7K4ZEimL8H2nanw00dabfYI0QZaS4W7EM/s1600/ClintonGetsCrashHelmet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixcMwhxBgRbDTndbXADv8zDUbrY-3tDnZIKxn6bdP-iTb57L2tm-qKm5z1E8Con1EU_q8TRDAZPWFOo74adRgslC-qlzRlK9IqjVg9eCGkpX7K4ZEimL8H2nanw00dabfYI0QZaS4W7EM/s400/ClintonGetsCrashHelmet.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0D0D0D; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: &amp;quot;lumm=95000 lumo=5000&amp;quot;; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"&gt;December 21 – Rumors intensify that Clinton was
involved in a plane crash in Iran. Obama nominates Senator John Kerry to replace Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0D0D0D; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: &amp;quot;lumm=95000 lumo=5000&amp;quot;; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"&gt;December 22 – Death of Commander Job Price is
officially reported by Pentagon. The Naval Special Warfare Group Two issued the
statement and said that “Price died of non-combat related injuries while
supporting stability operations.” Associated Press then quoting an anonymous
source reports the death “appears to be the result of suicide.” John Armato,
Director of Community Relations for the Pottstown School District and dear
friend of Price said, “Job understood the importance of placing the greater
good above self and dedicated his career to helping to ensure our freedoms. Our
country has lost a leader, dedicated patriot, true American hero and protector
of our freedoms.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0D0D0D; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: &amp;quot;lumm=95000 lumo=5000&amp;quot;; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0D0D0D; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: &amp;quot;lumm=95000 lumo=5000&amp;quot;; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"&gt;December 28, 2012 - Mainstream media reports that Clinton will be returning to work this week after suffering a bout of the flu and a concussion, but Clinton does not return to work.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0D0D0D; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: &amp;quot;lumm=95000 lumo=5000&amp;quot;; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0D0D0D; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: &amp;quot;lumm=95000 lumo=5000&amp;quot;; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"&gt;December 29, 2012 when a&amp;nbsp;follow-up exam for&amp;nbsp;her concussion&amp;nbsp;found she had&amp;nbsp;a blood clot of her&amp;nbsp;right transverse&amp;nbsp;venous sinus.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0D0D0D; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: &amp;quot;lumm=95000 lumo=5000&amp;quot;; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"&gt;December 30 – Nasser Karimi (AP) reports that a small
American plane left Iran Sunday after it was repaired following an emergency
landing earlier this month. Three passengers left Iran for Arab countries in
the Gulf. Reuters also reported that a plane had been stuck in Iran after
making an emergency landing according to Iran’s Airports Director, Mahmoud
Rasoulinejad. They list the plane as a Falcon 900 Executive Jet. Press TV of
Iran reported, quoting Mahmoud Rasoulinejad, “The 3-member plane faced
technical problems while passing over Iran’s airspace and this is the reason
that the airport permitted it to make a landing.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0D0D0D; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: &amp;quot;lumm=95000 lumo=5000&amp;quot;; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0D0D0D; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: &amp;quot;lumm=95000 lumo=5000&amp;quot;; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"&gt;December 30, 2012 &amp;nbsp;The European Union Times release story, "Clinton Injured, US Navy Seal Killed in Secret US Mission to Iran.&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.eutimes.net/2012/12/clinton-injured-us-navy-seal-killed-in-secret-us-mission-to-iran/"&gt;http://www.eutimes.net/2012/12/clinton-injured-us-navy-seal-killed-in-secret-us-mission-to-iran/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0D0D0D; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: &amp;quot;lumm=95000 lumo=5000&amp;quot;; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"&gt;December 31 – US State Department denies report in EU
Times stating that “Secretary of State Clinton was not injured or involved in a
plane crash.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0D0D0D; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: &amp;quot;lumm=95000 lumo=5000&amp;quot;; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0D0D0D; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: &amp;quot;lumm=95000 lumo=5000&amp;quot;; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"&gt;December 31, 2012 - Hillary Clinton is admitted to the New York Presbyterian Hospital with a blood clot caused by a concussion. The hospital reported that Clinton was being treated with anticoagulants and her condition would be assessed in 48 hours. NBC's Robert Bazell reported, "Either it's not really related to the concussion and she's got a blood clot in her leg or something, or there's something else going on that we're not being told." Chelsea Clinton leaves the hospital visibly distraught.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0D0D0D; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: &amp;quot;lumm=95000 lumo=5000&amp;quot;; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0D0D0D; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: &amp;quot;lumm=95000 lumo=5000&amp;quot;; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"&gt;December 31, 2012 - DEBKA, Mossad linked news outlet, publishes article, "Hillary Clinton in Hospital Amid Speculation of Plane Accident in Iran. "&lt;/span&gt;A new report by Israeli media and Mossad now FULLY CONFIRMS THIS REPORT, Hillary Clinton was indeed
 injured in Iran, the new report also shows that Obama has already named the new US Secretary of State: John
 Kerry, Obama Warned To Prepare For Hillary Clinton Death."&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0D0D0D; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: &amp;quot;lumm=95000 lumo=5000&amp;quot;; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0D0D0D; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: &amp;quot;lumm=95000 lumo=5000&amp;quot;; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"&gt;January 2, 2013 - The European Union Times publishes article, "Obama Warned to Prepare for Hillary Clinton Death."&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.eutimes.net/2013/01/obama-warned-to-prepare-for-hillary-clinton-death/"&gt;http://www.eutimes.net/2013/01/obama-warned-to-prepare-for-hillary-clinton-death/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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January 4, 2013 - Lee Horn sends a message to Anthony Milavic about the EU Times article, "Clinton Injured, U.S. Navy Seal Killed in Secret Mission to Iran," saying, "Anthony -- FYI. The report appears to be credible." Christopher T. Nichols sends an email to Bob Schmermund, Lawrence Galvin, Aaron Watts, and Kevin R. Olsen, saying, "Yeah... Now that I think about it... I haven't seen HARRY anywhere either." Harry Harris sends email to Jacob Sullivan saying, "Jake -- thought you'd get a kick out of the conspiracy theory below. Best, Harry." Jacob J. Sullivan sends email about EU Times Article saying, "Funny Stuff. Calling Now."&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://wikileaks.org/clinton-emails/emailid/9457"&gt;https://wikileaks.org/clinton-emails/emailid/9457&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0D0D0D; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: &amp;quot;lumm=95000 lumo=5000&amp;quot;; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"&gt;January 7, 2013 – Hillary Clinton comes back to work
and receives a football helmet. Clinton was greeted with a box, “inside was a
football helmet with a State Department seal, lots of good padding, and also a
football jersey that said Clinton on the back.” – Victory Nuland&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0D0D0D; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: &amp;quot;lumm=95000 lumo=5000&amp;quot;; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0D0D0D; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: &amp;quot;lumm=95000 lumo=5000&amp;quot;; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"&gt;February 6th, 2013 - Press briefing of Jen Psaki. The tape is altered. 8 minutes is missing on the posted video tape. Someone has been told to bury the deleted tape and to replace it with a flash.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0D0D0D; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: &amp;quot;lumm=95000 lumo=5000&amp;quot;; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"&gt;December 2, 2013 - at a State Department press briefing Victoria Nuland is asked if we were in secret negotiations with Iran. She categorically denies this.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0D0D0D; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: &amp;quot;lumm=95000 lumo=5000&amp;quot;; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"&gt;Hillary's email from Wikileaks&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0D0D0D; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: &amp;quot;lumm=95000 lumo=5000&amp;quot;; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0D0D0D; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: &amp;quot;lumm=95000 lumo=5000&amp;quot;; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"&gt;May 9, 2016 – Fox News contacts the State Department to
ask about missing video from February 6, 2013 in the State Department Press Briefing.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0D0D0D; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: &amp;quot;lumm=95000 lumo=5000&amp;quot;; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0D0D0D; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: &amp;quot;lumm=95000 lumo=5000&amp;quot;; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"&gt;May 10, 2016 - Matthew Lee&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;asks, “Is it the policy of the State Department , where the preservation
or the secrecy of secret negotiations is concerned, to lie in order to achieve
that goal.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;; font-size: 12.0pt;"&gt;Jen
Psaki replies, “There are times where diplomacy needs privacy in order to
progress. This is a good example of that.”&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--EndFragment--&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;QUESTION:&lt;/b&gt; Please, Jen, can we stay on Iran, please?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;MS. PSAKI:&lt;/b&gt; Sure. Let’s stay on Iran and then we can go to China.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;QUESTION:&lt;/b&gt; On the 6&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; of February in this room, I had a
very brief exchange with your predecessor, Victoria Nuland --&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;MS. PSAKI:&lt;/b&gt; Mm-hmm.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;QUESTION:&lt;/b&gt; -- about Iran. And with your indulgence, I will read it in
its entirety for the purpose of the record and so you can respond to it.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;“Rosen: There have been reports that intermittently, and outside of the
formal P5+1 mechanisms, the Obama Administration, or members of it, have
conducted direct secret bilateral talks with Iran. Is that true or false?”&lt;/i&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;“Nuland: We have made clear, as the Vice President did at Munich, that in
the context of the larger P5+1 framework, we would be prepared to talk to Iran
bilaterally. But with regard to the kind of thing that you’re talking about on
a government-to-government level, no.”&lt;/i&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
That’s the entirety of the exchange.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
As we now know, senior state department officials had, in fact, been
conducting direct, secret bilateral talks with senior officials of the Iranian
Government in Oman, perhaps dating back to 2011 by that point.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
So the question today is a simple one: When the briefer was asked about
those talks and flatly denied them from the podium, that was untrue, correct?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;MS. PSAKI:&lt;/b&gt; I mean, James, I – that – you’re talking about a February
briefing, so 10 months ago. I don’t think we’ve outlined or confirmed contacts
or specifics beyond a March meeting. I’m not going to confirm others beyond
that at this point. So I don’t know that I have any more for you.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;QUESTION:&lt;/b&gt; Do you stand by the accuracy of what Ms. Nuland told me,
that there had been no government-to-government contacts, no secret direct
bilateral talks with Iran as of the date of that briefing, February 6&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;?
Do you stand by the accuracy of that?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;MS. PSAKI:&lt;/b&gt; James, I have no new information for you today on the
timing of when there were any discussions with any Iranian officials.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;QUESTION:&lt;/b&gt; Let me try it one last way, Jen --&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;MS. PSAKI:&lt;/b&gt; Okay.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;QUESTION:&lt;/b&gt; -- and I appreciate your indulgence.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;MS. PSAKI:&lt;/b&gt; Sure.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;QUESTION:&lt;/b&gt; Is it the policy of the State Department, where the
preservation or the secrecy of secret negotiations is concerned, to lie in
order to achieve that goal?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;MS. PSAKI:&lt;/b&gt; James, I think there are times where diplomacy needs
privacy in order to progress. This is a good example of that. Obviously, we
have made clear and laid out a number of details in recent weeks about
discussions and about a bilateral channel that fed into the P5+1 negotiations,
and we’ve answered questions on it, we’ve confirmed details. We’re happy to
continue to do that, but clearly, this was an important component leading up to
the agreement that was reached a week ago.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;QUESTION:&lt;/b&gt; Since you, standing at that podium last week, did confirm
that there were such talks, at least as far back as March of this year, I don’t
see what would prohibit you from addressing directly this question: Were there
secret direct bilateral talks between the United States and Iranian officials
in 2011?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;MS. PSAKI:&lt;/b&gt; I don’t have anything more for you today. We’ve long had
ways to speak with the Iranians through a range of channels, some of which you
talked – you mentioned, but I don’t have any other specifics for you today.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;QUESTION:&lt;/b&gt; One more on Iran?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;QUESTION:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;i&gt;The&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;Los Angeles Times&lt;/i&gt; and &lt;i&gt;Politico&lt;/i&gt;
have reported that those talks were held as far back as 2011. Were those
reports inaccurate?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;MS. PSAKI:&lt;/b&gt; I’m not sure which reports you’re talking about. Are you
talking about visits that the Secretary and others made to Oman, or are you
talking about other reports?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;QUESTION:&lt;/b&gt; I’m talking about U.S. officials meeting directly and
secretly with Iranian officials in Oman as far back as 2011. &lt;i&gt;The&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;Los
Angeles Times&lt;/i&gt; and &lt;i&gt;Politico&lt;/i&gt; have reported those meetings. Were those
reports inaccurate?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;MS. PSAKI:&lt;/b&gt; I have nothing more for you on it, James, today.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;QUESTION:&lt;/b&gt; One more on Iran?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;MS. PSAKI:&lt;/b&gt; On Iran? Let’s just finish Iran and then we can go to China.
Go ahead, Roz.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;QUESTION:&lt;/b&gt; One of – one more on Iran. Foreign Minister Zarif said,
directly contradicting the Obama Administration’s contention that sanctions
worked, he told our interviewer that when the sanctions were first imposed,
Iran had 200 working centrifuges. Today, they have more than 19,000. What is
this building’s reaction to his comment that sanctions did not work and did not
bring Iran to the negotiating table?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;MS. PSAKI:&lt;/b&gt; Well, again, I would like to look more closely at the
context of the comments. But, just as reminder, President Rouhani and others
have talked about how the impact – how growing the economy and putting an end –
doing – bringing an end to the sanctions is something that was a priority for
them in order to help the economy and the Iranian people. There’s no question,
if you look just at the facts of the impact of oil revenues, the impact on
their economic growth writ large that there was a huge impact of – that there –
the sanctions had an enormous impact, and that that was a driving factor in
bringing the Iranians back to the negotiating table.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
In terms of progress made on their efforts to develop a nuclear weapon,
whether through centrifuges or at their various facilities, that to me sounds
like a separate question. Obviously, there was concerns about steps they were
taking and progress they were making, which was why it was so important to come
to an acceptable agreement that would halt and roll back the progress of their
program.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;QUESTION:&lt;/b&gt; Just to follow up on that, though --&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;MS. PSAKI:&lt;/b&gt; Mm-hmm.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;QUESTION:&lt;/b&gt; -- Secretary Kerry, when he did his round robin of
interviews after the announcement of the deal in Geneva, more than once stated
that when Iran had reached out to the Bush-Cheney Administration in 2003, Iran
was only in possession of 164 centrifuges. Now, he would go on to say, they
have 19,000, and this therefore represents the best possible deal that could be
secured.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Isn’t it a fact that since the Obama-Biden Administration took office, 70
percent of Iran’s centrifuges have been installed?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;MS. PSAKI:&lt;/b&gt; Well, I’d have to look at the statistics, James, but we
have not questioned the fact that Iran has made progress on enrichment and on
developing a nuclear weapon. We have not questioned that. That’s one of the
reasons why we stepped up sanctions over the past couple of years. The
President and Secretary Kerry were big proponents of that. We worked with the
international community to do just that to put that necessary pressure in
place.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
The point I was trying to make to Roz is that – what she’s asking sounds to
me like two separate questions, so that was --&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;QUESTION:&lt;/b&gt; Right. I’m pursuing the separate one part that she carved
out, and that is to say – and if this is untrue, I’d be grateful to be
disabused of the notion – but the great bulk of Iran’s progress in the
development of its enrichment program has taken place under President Obama’s
watch, correct?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;MS. PSAKI:&lt;/b&gt; I’d have to check on the specific numbers. The --&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;QUESTION:&lt;/b&gt; You’re not prepared to dispute that statement, as --&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;MS. PSAKI:&lt;/b&gt; Well, James, I think what we’re focused on at this point
is the fact that we’re now at a point where we are halting and rolling back the
progress of their program and we’re working towards a comprehensive agreement
to bring an end to it. I can’t speculate for you what would happen without –
what would have happened without sanctions. I would venture to guess --&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;QUESTION:&lt;/b&gt; (Inaudible) sanctions.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;MS. PSAKI:&lt;/b&gt; But they were being paired together, so that’s why I’m
bringing it into the conversation.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;QUESTION:&lt;/b&gt; But the context of the question was exactly: “The Obama
Administration says we showed up because our economy is falling apart. I’m here
to tell you that’s not the case. We have our own reasons for coming.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;MS. PSAKI:&lt;/b&gt; Well, we will take a close look at his comments and we’ll
have more to say about them once we do.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span class="inlinemeta"&gt;From:                             Sullivan, Jacob J &amp;lt;SullivanJJ@state.gov&amp;gt;
Sent:                              Friday, January 4, 2013 6:31 PM
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Funny stuff. Calling now.

&lt;span class="inlinemeta"&gt;From: Harris, Harry B VADM USN (US) [mailto
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Jake -- thought you'd get a kick out of the conspiracy theory below. Best, Harry

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Yeah...now that I think about it...I haven't seen HARRY anywhere either!!!

Chris Nichols

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 Anthony -- FYI. The report appears to be credible. Les

 Clinton Injured, US Navy Seal Killed In Secret US Mission To

 Iran

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     &lt;span class="unclassified"&gt;UNCLASSIFIED U.S. Department of State Case No. F-2014-20439 Doc No. C05797628 Date: 02/29/2016&lt;/span&gt;

A new Foreign Military Intelligence (GRU) report circulating in the Kremlin today is saying that United States Secretary of
State Hillary Clinton [photo 2nd right] was injured, and a top US Navy Seal Commander killed when their C-12 Huron
military passenger and transport aircraft crash landed nearly 3 weeks ago in the Iranian city of Ahvaz near the Iraqi
border.

Iranian intelligence agents quoted in this GRU report confirm that the C-12 Huron aircraft is still in their possession in
Ahvaz, but will only admit that the plane was "forced to land because of technical problems".

The US Navy Seal member reported killed in this bizarre incident, this report says, was indentified as Commander Job W.
Price [photo 3rd right] who as a leader of this highly specialized American Special Forces unit protects high-ranking

diplomats traveling in Middle Eastern and Asian combat zones.

 Curiously, US media reports on Commander Price's death say it being investigated as a possible suicide as he died from
 what the American Defense Department describes as "a non-combat related injury".

 Equally as curious, US media reports state that Secretary Clinton will return to work next week after her having suffered

 what they describe as a "nasty bout with stomach flu" and a "concussion" which have kept her missing from public view
 the past three weeks.

 This GRU report, however, states that US military flight logs recorded by Russian air and space forces confirm that
 Commander Price, and other members of US Navy Seal Team 4, left their base in Urozgan Province, Afghanistan on a
 flight to US Naval Support Activity Bahrain where they met up with Secretary Clinton and all of them transferred to the C-

 12 Huron that began a flight path to Baghdad, Iraq.
 Within minutes of leaving Bahrain airspace, this report says, the C-12 Huron carrying Secretary Clinton and her US Navy
 Seal protectors, "without notice," deviated from their assigned flight path heading, instead, directly towards Iran's Ahwaz
 International Airport where, coincidentally, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had previously landed on an
 "unscheduled" visit.

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Important to note, GRU analysts say in this report, was that when the C-12 Huron entered into Iranian airspace neither
American nor Iran air force units responded clearly indicating that this secret mission was sanctioned.

Upon the C-12 Huron landing at Ahwaz, however, this report says it encountered "extreme turbulence" causing it to leave
the runway where its main landing gear then collapsed causing it to crash.

Within seconds of the C-12 Huron crashing, this report continues, Iranian emergency and security personal responded
freeing the victims, including Secretary Clinton who was reportedly unconscious and "bleeding profusely."

After emergency aid was given, GRU agents stationed in Iran state that another US military flight was dispatched from
Bahrain to Ahwaz which evacuated all of those wounded and killed in the crash including Secretary Clinton.

Strangely to note, this report says, is that in the aftermath of this crash, Iran's main oil company announced today that
they were buying the Ahwaz airport with the intention of moving it because, they say, oil was discovered beneath it.

To what the Americans mission to Iran was about this report doesn't speculate upon, other than to note that with the Gulf
State Monarchies rapidly approaching a union of their oil rich nations to counter Iranian power, and with President Obama
signing a new law this past week to strengthen American borders against threats from Iran, and with the highly-publicized
"Velayat 91" Iranian military exercises now taking place across a wide area from the Strait of Hormuz, a new and
catastrophic war in this region is much closer to being a reality than many realize.

To if Secretary Clinton's mission was meant to forestall such a war it is not in our knowing, other than to note, that with the
United States continued backing of some of the cruelest dictatorships in the world, our entire planet is but one spark away
from a fire that could very well consume us all.
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 Breaking News

 A new report by Israeli media and Mossad now FULLY CONFIRMS THIS REPORT, Hillary Clinton was indeed
 injured in Iran, the new report also shows that Obama has already named the new US Secretary of State: John
 Kerry, click here to read this new STUNNING REPORT: Obama Warned To Prepare For Hillary Clinton Death
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  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
   Name="List 3"/&gt;
  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
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  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
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  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
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  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
   Name="List Bullet 3"/&gt;
  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
   Name="List Bullet 4"/&gt;
  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
   Name="List Bullet 5"/&gt;
  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
   Name="List Number 2"/&gt;
  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
   Name="List Number 3"/&gt;
  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
   Name="List Number 4"/&gt;
  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
   Name="List Number 5"/&gt;
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  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
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  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="1" SemiHidden="true"
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  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
   Name="Body Text Indent"/&gt;
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  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
   Name="List Continue 2"/&gt;
  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
   Name="List Continue 3"/&gt;
  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
   Name="List Continue 4"/&gt;
  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
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  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
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   Name="Body Text First Indent 2"/&gt;
  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
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  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
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  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
   Name="Body Text 3"/&gt;
  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
   Name="Body Text Indent 2"/&gt;
  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
   Name="Body Text Indent 3"/&gt;
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  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
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  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
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  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
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  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
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  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
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  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
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  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
   Name="HTML Bottom of Form"/&gt;
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  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
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  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
   Name="HTML Address"/&gt;
  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
   Name="HTML Cite"/&gt;
  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
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  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
   Name="HTML Definition"/&gt;
  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
   Name="HTML Keyboard"/&gt;
  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
   Name="HTML Preformatted"/&gt;
  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
   Name="HTML Sample"/&gt;
  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
   Name="HTML Typewriter"/&gt;
  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
   Name="HTML Variable"/&gt;
  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
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  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
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  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
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  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
   Name="Outline List 2"/&gt;
  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
   Name="Outline List 3"/&gt;
  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
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  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
   Name="Table Simple 2"/&gt;
  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
   Name="Table Simple 3"/&gt;
  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
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  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
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  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
   Name="Table Classic 3"/&gt;
  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
   Name="Table Classic 4"/&gt;
  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
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  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
   Name="Table Colorful 2"/&gt;
  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
   Name="Table Colorful 3"/&gt;
  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
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  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
   Name="Table Columns 2"/&gt;
  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
   Name="Table Columns 3"/&gt;
  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
   Name="Table Columns 4"/&gt;
  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
   Name="Table Columns 5"/&gt;
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  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
   Name="Table Grid 2"/&gt;
  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
   Name="Table Grid 3"/&gt;
  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
   Name="Table Grid 4"/&gt;
  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
   Name="Table Grid 5"/&gt;
  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
   Name="Table Grid 6"/&gt;
  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
   Name="Table Grid 7"/&gt;
  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
   Name="Table Grid 8"/&gt;
  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
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  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
   Name="Table List 2"/&gt;
  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
   Name="Table List 3"/&gt;
  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
   Name="Table List 4"/&gt;
  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
   Name="Table List 5"/&gt;
  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
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  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
   Name="Table List 7"/&gt;
  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
   Name="Table List 8"/&gt;
  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
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  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
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  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
   Name="Table 3D effects 3"/&gt;
  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" SemiHidden="true" UnhideWhenUsed="true"
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  &lt;w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 6"/&gt;
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&lt;span style="background-color: rgba(255 , 255 , 255 , 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;Fighter and remotely piloted aircraft conducted six strikes in Syria:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="background-color: rgba(255 , 255 , 255 , 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;-- Near Near Tanf, a strike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL vehicle.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="background-color: rgba(255 , 255 , 255 , 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;-- Near Manbij, five strikes struck five separate ISIL tactical units and destroyed two ISIL vehicles, four ISIL fighting positions and an ISIL command and control node.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="background-color: rgba(255 , 255 , 255 , 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;Attack, bomber, fighter, and remotely piloted aircraft conducted 11 strikes in Iraq, coordinated with and in support of Iraq’s government:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="background-color: rgba(255 , 255 , 255 , 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;-- Near Baghdadi, a strike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL storage facility, an ISIL weapons cache and an ISIL mortar system.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="background-color: rgba(255 , 255 , 255 , 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;-- Near Albu Hayat, a strike destroyed an ISIL weapons cache and an ISIL fighting position.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="background-color: rgba(255 , 255 , 255 , 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;-- Near Beiji, a strike destroyed two ISIL vehicles.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="background-color: rgba(255 , 255 , 255 , 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;-- Near Hit, a strike destroyed an ISIL mortar system.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;
&lt;span style="background-color: rgba(255 , 255 , 255 , 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;-- Near Kisik, a strike destroyed an ISIL mortar system and an ISIL fighting position.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;
&lt;span style="background-color: rgba(255 , 255 , 255 , 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;-- Near Mosul, a strike struck an ISIL vehicle bomb-making facility.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;
&lt;span style="background-color: rgba(255 , 255 , 255 , 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;-- Near Ramadi, a strike destroyed two ISIL vehicle bombs and two ISIL fighting positions.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;
&lt;span style="background-color: rgba(255 , 255 , 255 , 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;-- Near Sinjar, two strikes destroyed an ISIL heavy machine gun and two ISIL fighting positions and suppressed an ISIL mortar position.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;
&lt;span style="background-color: rgba(255 , 255 , 255 , 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;-- Near Sultan Abdallah, a strike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed five ISIL assembly areas, three ISIL supply caches, two ISIL tunnel entrances and an ISIL fighting position.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;
&lt;span style="background-color: rgba(255 , 255 , 255 , 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;-- Near Qayyarah, a strike struck an ISIL tactical unit.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;
&lt;span style="background-color: rgba(255 , 255 , 255 , 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;Task force officials define a strike as one or more kinetic events that occur in roughly the same geographic location to produce a single, sometimes cumulative, effect. Therefore, officials explained, a single aircraft delivering a single weapon against a lone ISIL vehicle is one strike, but so is multiple aircraft delivering dozens of weapons against buildings, vehicles and weapon systems in a compound, for example, having the cumulative effect of making those targets harder or impossible for ISIL to use. Accordingly, officials said, they do not report the number or type of aircraft employed in a strike, the number of munitions dropped in each strike, or the number of individual munition impact points against a target. Ground-based artillery fired in counterfire or in fire support to maneuver roles is not classified as a strike.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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www.AmericanNewsService.org&lt;/div&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Declares F-35A Lightning II ‘Combat Ready’</title><link>http://www.americannewsservice.org/2016/08/declares-f-35a-lightning-ii-combat-ready.html</link><category>Air Force</category><category>Ash Carter</category><category>F-35A</category><category>Hawk Carlisle</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Michael Douglas Carlin)</author><pubDate>Wed, 3 Aug 2016 10:07:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5781066863972858187.post-1243133351707506967</guid><description>&lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"&gt;JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va., Aug. 3, 2016 —&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"&gt;The&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&amp;amp;enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTYwODAzLjYyMjQ3OTUxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE2MDgwMy42MjI0Nzk1MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3MzMxNzAxJmVtYWlsaWQ9QW1lcmljYW5OZXdzU2VydmljZS5PcmdAZ21haWwuY29tJnVzZXJpZD1BbWVyaWNhbk5ld3NTZXJ2aWNlLk9yZ0BnbWFpbC5jb20mZmw9JmV4dHJhPU11bHRpdmFyaWF0ZUlkPSYmJg==&amp;amp;&amp;amp;&amp;amp;103&amp;amp;&amp;amp;&amp;amp;https://www.f35.com/?source=GovDelivery" target="_blank" style="font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"&gt;F-35A Lightning II&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"&gt;fifth-generation fighter aircraft was declared “combat ready” yesterday by Air Force Gen. Hawk Carlisle, commander of&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&amp;amp;enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTYwODAzLjYyMjQ3OTUxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE2MDgwMy42MjI0Nzk1MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3MzMxNzAxJmVtYWlsaWQ9QW1lcmljYW5OZXdzU2VydmljZS5PcmdAZ21haWwuY29tJnVzZXJpZD1BbWVyaWNhbk5ld3NTZXJ2aWNlLk9yZ0BnbWFpbC5jb20mZmw9JmV4dHJhPU11bHRpdmFyaWF0ZUlkPSYmJg==&amp;amp;&amp;amp;&amp;amp;104&amp;amp;&amp;amp;&amp;amp;http://www.acc.af.mil/?source=GovDelivery" target="_blank" style="font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"&gt;Air Combat Command&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;Defense Secretary Ash Carter offered his congratulations to the Air Force.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;“This is a significant milestone for an aircraft that will allow the U.S. to maintain the advantage of air superiority for years to come,” Carter said in a statement. “I know that even after being declared combat ready, there is more work to do with this critical program, but the Air Force, Air Combat Command and the men and women of Hill Air Force Base should be proud of this major step forward for the F-35A.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;Carlisle lauded the aircraft’s performance, noting that the aircraft had met all key criteria for reaching initial operational capability: airmen trained, manned and equipped to conduct basic close air support, interdiction and limited suppression/destruction of enemy air defenses in a contested environment with an operational squadron of 12-24 aircraft; the ability to deploy and conduct operational missions using program of record weapons and missions systems; and having all necessary logistics and operational elements in place.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;“I am proud to announce this powerful new weapons system has achieved initial combat capability,” Carlisle said. “The F-35A will be the most dominant aircraft in our inventory because it can go where our legacy aircraft cannot and provide the capabilities our commanders need on the modern battlefield.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;Fifth-Generation Aircraft&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;The F-35A is the latest addition to ACC’s fleet of deployable and fifth-generation aircraft, said officials, adding that the aircraft provides air superiority, interdiction, suppression of enemy air defenses and close-air support as well as great command and control functions through fused sensors, and it will provide pilots with unprecedented situational awareness of the battlespace that will be more extensive than any single-seat platform in existence.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;“Bringing the F-35A to initial combat readiness is a testament to our phenomenal airmen and the outstanding support of the Joint Program Office and our enterprise partners,”&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&amp;amp;enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTYwODAzLjYyMjQ3OTUxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE2MDgwMy42MjI0Nzk1MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3MzMxNzAxJmVtYWlsaWQ9QW1lcmljYW5OZXdzU2VydmljZS5PcmdAZ21haWwuY29tJnVzZXJpZD1BbWVyaWNhbk5ld3NTZXJ2aWNlLk9yZ0BnbWFpbC5jb20mZmw9JmV4dHJhPU11bHRpdmFyaWF0ZUlkPSYmJg==&amp;amp;&amp;amp;&amp;amp;105&amp;amp;&amp;amp;&amp;amp;http://www.defense.gov/About-DoD/Biographies/Biography-View/Article/602719/deborah-lee-james?source=GovDelivery" target="_blank"&gt;Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James said&lt;/a&gt;. “This important milestone for our fighter force ensures the United States, along with our allies and international partners, remains prepared to deter, deny, and defeat the full spectrum of growing threats around the globe.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;a href="http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&amp;amp;enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTYwODAzLjYyMjQ3OTUxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE2MDgwMy42MjI0Nzk1MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3MzMxNzAxJmVtYWlsaWQ9QW1lcmljYW5OZXdzU2VydmljZS5PcmdAZ21haWwuY29tJnVzZXJpZD1BbWVyaWNhbk5ld3NTZXJ2aWNlLk9yZ0BnbWFpbC5jb20mZmw9JmV4dHJhPU11bHRpdmFyaWF0ZUlkPSYmJg==&amp;amp;&amp;amp;&amp;amp;106&amp;amp;&amp;amp;&amp;amp;http://www.defense.gov/About-DoD/Biographies/Biography-View/Article/830014/general-david-l-goldfein?source=GovDelivery" target="_blank"&gt;Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. David L. Goldfein&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;said the aircraft’s dynamic new capability will benefit the joint warfighter.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;"The combat-ready F-35A is the latest fifth-generation fighter aircraft in the Air Force's inventory and provides our nation air dominance in any environment. The F-35A brings an unprecedented combination of lethality, survivability, and adaptability to joint and combined operations, and is ready to deploy and strike well-defended targets anywhere on Earth," Goldfein said. "Today's declaration of IOC is an important milestone on the road to achieving full warfighting capability for the F-35A.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;Successful June Deployment&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;The 34th Fighter Squadron of the 388th Fighter Wing, based at&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&amp;amp;enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTYwODAzLjYyMjQ3OTUxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE2MDgwMy42MjI0Nzk1MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3MzMxNzAxJmVtYWlsaWQ9QW1lcmljYW5OZXdzU2VydmljZS5PcmdAZ21haWwuY29tJnVzZXJpZD1BbWVyaWNhbk5ld3NTZXJ2aWNlLk9yZ0BnbWFpbC5jb20mZmw9JmV4dHJhPU11bHRpdmFyaWF0ZUlkPSYmJg==&amp;amp;&amp;amp;&amp;amp;107&amp;amp;&amp;amp;&amp;amp;http://www.hill.af.mil/?source=GovDelivery" target="_blank"&gt;Hill Air Force Base&lt;/a&gt;, Utah, is the service’s first operational F-35A squadron, having met all the established criteria for initial operational capability including a successful June deployment to Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, and a series of eight-aircraft sorties held in mid-July. Members of the 34th FS will fly and maintain the F-35A alongside Air Force Reservists from Hill’s 419th Fighter Wing.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;"Our airmen have worked tirelessly to make sure our aircraft are combat ready: meeting challenges head-on and completing all the required milestones," said Air Force Col. David Lyons, the 388th Fighter Wing’s commander. "We're very proud that the Air Force has declared us combat ready and we're prepared to take this aircraft wherever it's needed in support of our national defense."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;Those sentiments were echoed by Air Force Col. David Smith, the 419th Fighter Wing’s commander.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;“It's an honor to fly and maintain the F-35 with our active-duty counterparts here at Hill,” Smith said. “Our units were the first to fly combat-ready F-16s nearly 40 years ago, and we're very proud to have made history once again in bringing the Air Force's newest fighter jet to IOC.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Follow us on Facebook American-News-Service-org
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of the Chinese</title><link>http://www.americannewsservice.org/2016/08/fbi-employee-pleads-guilty-to-acting-in.html</link><category>China</category><category>FBI</category><category>Justice Department</category><category>Kun Shan Chun</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Michael Douglas Carlin)</author><pubDate>Mon, 1 Aug 2016 11:48:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5781066863972858187.post-3616815540774508556</guid><description>&lt;div class="field field--name-field-pr-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(155, 155, 155);"&gt;&lt;div class="field__items" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;div class="field__item even" style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;p class="rtecenter" style="text-align: start; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"&gt;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;&lt;em style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;Defendant Collected and Caused Sensitive FBI Information to be Provided to the Chinese Government&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"&gt;&lt;span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;Kun Shan Chun, a native of the People’s Republic of China and a naturalized U.S. citizen, pleaded guilty today to a criminal information charging him with acting in the United States as an agent of China without providing prior notice to the Attorney General.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"&gt;&lt;span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara of the Southern District of New York and Assistant Director in Charge Diego P. Rodriguez of the FBI’s New York Field Office made the announcement.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"&gt;&lt;span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;Chun, aka Joey Chun, 46, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge James C. Francis IV of the Southern District of New York.&amp;nbsp; He was an employee of the FBI until his arrest on March 16, 2016.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"&gt;&lt;span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;“Kun Shan Chun violated our nation’s trust by exploiting his official U.S. Government position to provide restricted and sensitive FBI information to the Chinese Government,” said Assistant Attorney General Carlin.&amp;nbsp; “Holding accountable those who work as illegal foreign agents to the detriment of the United States is among the highest priorities of the National Security Division.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.538em; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;“Americans who act as unauthorized foreign agents commit a federal offense that betrays our nation and threatens our security,” said U.S. Attorney Bharara.&amp;nbsp; “And when the perpetrator is an FBI employee, like Kun Shan Chun, the threat is all the more serious and the betrayal all the more duplicitous.&amp;nbsp; Thanks to the excellent investigative work of the FBI’s Counterintelligence Division, the FBI succeeded in identifying and rooting out this criminal misconduct from within its own ranks.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"&gt;&lt;span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;“No one is above the law, to include employees of the FBI,” said Assistant Director in Charge Rodriguez. &amp;nbsp;“We understand as an agency we are trusted by the public to protect our nation’s most sensitive information, and we have to do everything in our power to uphold that trust.” &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"&gt;&lt;span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.538em; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;According to the complaint, the information and statements made during today’s court proceeding:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"&gt;&lt;span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;In approximately 1997, Chun began working at the FBI’s New York Field Office as an electronics technician assigned to the Computerized Central Monitoring Facility of the FBI’s Technical Branch.&amp;nbsp; In approximately 1998, and in connection with his employment, the FBI granted Chun a Top Secret security clearance and his duties included accessing sensitive, and in some instances classified, information.&amp;nbsp; In connection with a progressive recruitment process, Chun received and responded to taskings from Chinese nationals and at least one Chinese government official (Chinese Official-1), some, if not all, of whom were aware that Chun worked at the FBI.&amp;nbsp; On multiple occasions prior to his arrest in March 2016, at the direction of Chinese government officials, Chun collected sensitive FBI information and caused it to be transmitted to Chinese Official-1 and others, while at the same time engaging in a prolonged and concerted effort to conceal from the FBI his illicit relationships with these individuals.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"&gt;&lt;span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;Beginning in 2006, Chun and some of his relatives maintained relationships with Chinese nationals purporting to be affiliated with a company in China named Zhuhai Kolion Technology Company Ltd. (Kolion).&amp;nbsp; Chun maintained an indirect financial interest in Kolion, including through a previous investment by one of his parents.&amp;nbsp; In connection with these relationships, Chinese nationals asked Chun to perform research and consulting tasks in the United States, purportedly for the benefit of Kolion, in exchange for financial benefits, including partial compensation for international trips. &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"&gt;&lt;span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;Between 2006 and 2010, Chun’s communications and other evidence reflect inquiries from purported employees of Kolion to Chun while he was in the United States, as well as efforts by the defendant to collect, among other things, information regarding solid-state hard drives.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"&gt;&lt;span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;In approximately 2011, during a trip to Italy and France partially paid for by the Chinese nationals, Chun was introduced to Chinese Official-1, who indicated that he worked for the Chinese government and that he knew Chun worked for the FBI.&amp;nbsp; During subsequent private meetings conducted abroad between the two, Chinese Official-1 asked questions regarding sensitive, non-public FBI information.&amp;nbsp; During those meetings, Chun disclosed, among other things, the identity and potential travel patterns of an FBI Special Agent.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"&gt;&lt;span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;In approximately 2012, the FBI conducted a routine investigation relating to Chun’s Top Secret security clearance.&amp;nbsp; In an effort to conceal his relationships with Chinese Official-1 and the other Chinese nationals purporting to be affiliated with Kolion, Chun made a series of false statements on a standardized FBI form related to the investigation.&amp;nbsp; Between 2000 and March 16, 2016, Chun was required by FBI policy to disclose anticipated and actual contact with foreign nationals during his international travel, but he lied on numerous pre- and post-trip FBI debriefing forms by omitting his contacts with Chinese Official-1, other Chinese nationals and Kolion.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"&gt;&lt;span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;On multiple occasions, Chinese Official-1 asked Chun for information regarding the FBI’s internal structure.&amp;nbsp; In approximately March 2013, Chun downloaded an FBI organizational chart from his FBI computer in Manhattan.&amp;nbsp; Chun later admitted to the FBI that, after editing the chart to remove the names of FBI personnel, he saved the document on a piece of digital media and caused it to be transported to Chinese Official-1 in China.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"&gt;&lt;span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;Chinese Official-1 also asked Chun for information regarding technology used by the FBI.&amp;nbsp; In approximately January 2015, Chun took photos of documents displayed in a restricted area of the FBI’s New York Field Office, which summarized sensitive details regarding multiple surveillance technologies used by the FBI.&amp;nbsp; Chun sent the photographs to his personal cell phone and later admitted to the FBI that he caused the photographs to be transported to Chinese Official-1 in China.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"&gt;&lt;span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;In approximately February 2015, the FBI caused an undercover employee (UCE) to be introduced to Chun.&amp;nbsp; The UCE purported to be a U.S. citizen who was born in China and working as a consultant to several firms, including an independent contractor for the Department of Defense, among other entities.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"&gt;&lt;span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;During a recorded meeting in March 2015, Chun told the UCE about his relationship with Kolion and Chinese nationals and later explained to the UCE that Kolion had “government backing,” and that approximately five years prior a relative met a “section chief” whom Chun believed was associated with the Chinese government.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"&gt;&lt;span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;In another recorded meeting in June 2015, Chun told the UCE that he had informed his Chinese associates that the UCE was a consultant who might be in a position to assist them.&amp;nbsp; Chun said that he wished to act as a “sub-consultant” to the UCE and wanted the UCE to “pay” him “a little bit.” &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;In July 2015, after coordinating travel to meet Chun’s Chinese associates, Chun met with the UCE in Hungary twice.&amp;nbsp; During one of the meetings, Chun stated that he knew “firsthand” that the Chinese government was actively recruiting individuals who could provide assistance and that the Chinese government was willing to provide immigration benefits and other compensation in exchange for such assistance.&amp;nbsp; The UCE told Chun that he had access to sensitive information from the U.S. government.&amp;nbsp; Chun responded that his Chinese associates would be interested in that type of information and that Chun expected a “cut” of any payment that the UCE received for providing information to the Chinese government.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"&gt;&lt;span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;The count of acting in the United States as an agent of China without providing notice to the Attorney General carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.&amp;nbsp; The maximum potential sentence is prescribed by Congress and is provided here for informational purposes only, as any sentencing of the defendant will be determined by the judge.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"&gt;&lt;span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;The FBI’s Counterintelligence Division investigated the case.&amp;nbsp; The prosecution is being handled by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Emil J. 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At Tam’s they further revealed their agenda. The video shows a gun
being picked up off of Cle Bone’s body. Nobody will admit to having guns there
because they don’t want to go to prison but Cle “Bone” Sloan commits four
felonies before Suge Knight runs over Terry Carter. Assault, battery, attempted
car jacking, and attempted kidnapping are all crimes where Suge Knight was the
victim and they all occurred before Suge drove over Cle “Bone” Sloan and Terry
Carter. By law the commission of a felony that leads to a death in the course
of that felony is by definition murder. Cle “Bone” Sloan should have been
charged with murder. Instead Suge Knight was charged and Cle was given a deal
so that Sheriff’s could finally send Suge Knight to the nethermost parts of the
prison system where he can never reveal what he knows about the former Corrupt
Compton Police that became Los Angeles County Sheriff’s.&lt;/div&gt;
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They approached these two cases with an agenda instead of
serving the public interests. It shouldn’t matter that Suge Knight has the
reputation as a thug in gangster rap that was largely due to music industry
hype – hype that isn’t provable in a court of law. Every case should only be
brought on merits that stand on their own. Russell Poole knew that this case would
crumble under its own weight and he was offering Sheriff’s the opportunity to
solve the Tupac and Biggie cases instead.&lt;/div&gt;
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But we know that cops don’t go after cops. This is probably
why the 1Oak case isn’t solved. The lead suspect in both the Biggie and Tupac
murders (a former cop) has said he has immunity granted to him by the CIA for
putting drugs out on the streets of Compton for the Agency. He has claimed that
if he is ever charged he will bring down the entire government of the United
States. Can it really be possible that he knows so much? I doubt our CIA would
ever be protecting him. The CIA keeps America free. They would never engage
petty murderers and drug dealers to kill and deal dope to kids in their name.
But one hour after Russell Poole died in a meeting with Sheriff’s that suspect
knew all of the intimate details of the meeting and he gloated about Russell’s
death and he disparaged Suge Knight. That suspect must be pretty well connected
and protected to have all of the salient details an hour after Russell died and
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But who is really pulling the strings at the Sheriff’s as
they aggressively deny Suge Knight a fair trial?&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
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By Michael Douglas Carlin&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Wanda has emerged as the preeminent company building out a
chain of movie theaters in China and acquiring AMC that operates a chain of
movie theaters. They built their strategy on the old adage it is about butts in
seats. Their success in leveraging their Chinese strategy into a brisk American
strategy led them to acquire Legendary – a reliable producer of content. But
Legendary isn't capable of producing all of the content required by the
AMC/Wanda Pipeline. They still need outside relationships. But other Chinese
companies are also rising to fill the gaps.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Independent producers and major studios constantly attract
new investment into untested films to fuel the spirit of the entertainment
industry in China and America. Franchise films with track records rarely need
outside investment. There are lots of players in the world of film finance
including government incentives, presales, equity investors and others. Chinese
money has become one of the jewels in film finance. For every real investor
there are hundreds of pretenders.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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I have been sitting on the fringe of a Chinese deal in Hollywood
for the past 2 ½ years. There have been contracts signed by multiple investors
but the money never seems to move. I also sat with a former CEO of a major
agency who arrogantly said to me that he had China wired. When it was time for
his announced deal to actually fund there was a blow-up, the funds evaporated,
and so did most of his agency. But Chinese deals are too lucrative to ignore so
they still get pursued at great cost. What if there was a way to take the
movement of funds as an issue off of the table?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Apple may be uniquely situated to facilitate investment
funds moving out of China. Apple’s iTunes figures to play a key role in the
future of digital platforms. Apple has a continued need for product to fuel
this digital platform and they could acquire this product by facilitating
investment funds flowing out of China. You see, Apple operates a brisk consumer
business in China and they are sitting on lots of RMB at any given moment. That
consumer business also is a customer base of screens that can view films - eyeballs on screens. Apple
also operates a manufacturing operation in China and they ship billions of
dollars every year to fund the production of their phones, tablets, computers,
and devices.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Apple and Hollywood already enjoy a close relationship.
There are many Apple ties into Pixar that was formerly an Apple affiliate.
Apple already gets content from many studios and independent producers for
their platform. Apple already has the relationship with the Chinese Government.
They sit in a unique position to help facilitate investments flowing into
Hollywood to develop and produce Hollywood content. But Apple also sits in a
unique position to help China build out their movie industry. They have the
strategic positioning and relationships to make this happen. The smart
production company negotiating with investors in China would begin reaching out
to Apple to forge an alliance. The right relationship with Apple takes the
movement of money off of the table on announced deals that face delays and
eventually fail to fund. As the business model shifts from butts in seats to
eyeballs on screens Apple figures to play a key role. The only question is:
Will Wanda get to Apple first?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
UPDATE: A few days after this article appeared Apple was banned by the Chinese Government. Their movie and iBook apps have been removed from all of their devices in China. That means a tremendous opportunity for the company in China that gets Chinese Government approval to stream movies and partners with Apple. It will be interesting to watch the developing landscape of Chinese movies.&lt;br /&gt;
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Suge Knight was targeted in 1996 at the shooting of Tupac
Shakur (Knight was also in the car) and he has been targeted ever since. 1Oak’s
video surveillance reveals that the shooters who shot Suge Knight on August 24&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;,
2014 specifically were looking to kill Suge Knight. According to Keith
Middlebrook, a witness of the shooting, the shooters yelled, “You killed Tupac,”
as they shot Suge Knight. Suge Knight had every reason to fear his life was in
jeopardy… but why?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Both the murders of Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls have been
blamed on Suge Knight. His reputation was based upon rumors that Suge allowed to grow over time that he was a thug that kills some people and
intimidates others. Suge obtained legendary status in the music industry – an industry
known for corruption. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Suge Knight accomplished something no one else ever could
building a record label from scratch with Bloods and Crips coexisting. How long
could he keep the peace? His overblown reputation was one of the keys to him being able
to keep the peace. The artists were all gangsters creating gangster rap and Suge
Knight kept them all working in spite of deep rooted differences. Suge Knight occasionally
pistol whipped someone that got out of line and he ruled with an iron fist. He
had no choice but the results speak for themselves.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Suge drove sales into the hundreds of millions of dollars
and built a record label that was worth over $500,000,000. The Chronic,
Doggystyle, Dogg Food, All Eyez on Me, The Don Killuminati, Death Row Greatest
Hits, Above the Rim, Murder Was the Case, Gridlock’d, and Gang Related were all
albums released by Suge Knight’s Death Row Records. Those albums took lots of
studio time, engineering, marketing, and promotion. Everybody assumes
incorrectly that all of Death Row Records was partying and drama but there was
a tremendous amount of work that made Death Row such a valuable label. Suge
Knight knew the game and he drove Gangster Rap to a new level. But only his
reputation, much of which was overblown, painted him as a thug executive. To
get an idea how Suge Knight’s reputation grew with stories that are larger than
life we go back to the beginning.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Suge Knight represented rapper Chocolate that wrote songs
for Vanilla Ice. The story goes that Suge Knight dangled Vanilla Ice off a
hotel balcony to get him to pay up. The real story is that Suge may have
intimidated Vanilla Ice but that attorneys, contracts, and payments were made
to settle the dispute. Did Suge take Vanilla Ice out on to the balcony to
negotiate? Probably. He, no doubt, made reference to the height and Vanilla Ice
felt threatened. As the story began to grow, Suge Knight did little to quash it.
By the time the story was recorded in rap history it was that Suge dangled
Vanilla Ice over the balcony, 15 floors up, with change falling out of
Vanilla Ice's pockets at the Belage Hotel in West Hollywood.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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The story of Suge intimidating Eazy-E into signing away
artists Michel’le, Dr. Dre, and The D.O.C. included Suge approaching Eazy with
thugs and baseball bats. One story was that Jerry Heller was held hostage. Here
again there were contracts and Ruthless Records actually took 15% off the top
of the revenue from Death Row Records and Suge Knight obtained rights to the
name NWA as part of that settlement.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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The story of the exit of Dr. Dre included Dre being shot in
the leg and thugs stealing his masters. The hype was way overblown but the rumors
were galvanized into the minds of fans. The reality was that contracts were
drafted and a settlement was made. Jimmy Iovine had encouraged Dre to leave
Death Row Records and since he was the distributor for Death Row he had the
power to keep things relatively calm. In fact, as part of that settlement, Dre
was signed to a lifetime management contract with Suge Knight as his manager.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Russell Poole was among the first but certainly the loudest
to proclaim that Suge Knight was responsible for the murders of Tupac and
Biggie. His source for this information was a 1998 leaked Los Angeles Sheriff’s
report that Snoop had been rescued by Sheriff’s from an attack by Bloods and
that he said Suge Knight was behind Tupac Shakur’s death. The details of this
are available in &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Chaos-Merchants-Murders-Shakur-Notorious-ebook/dp/B01A2VYJTO"&gt;Chaos
Merchants&lt;/a&gt;, the book Russell Poole and I were working on
at the time of Poole’s Death. Poole was adamant that every single fact be
footnoted for the investigators and Chaos Merchants has links to sources.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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The picture that began to emerge for Poole, in writing Chaos
Merchants, was that Suge Knight had nothing to do with Tupac’s death. Poole had
assumed that since Suge Knight was the sole shareholder of Death Row Records
and the evidence led to Death Row Records as the responsible party for Tupac’s
murder Suge was somehow responsible; Poole failed to separate Death Row Records from Suge Knight. During the
Biggie Smalls investigation listening devices were placed in Suge’s cell and
his cell was tossed regularly but, according to Poole, nothing was ever found. Additionally, since Suge was in LA County Jail at the time of Biggie's death it would be very hard to prove that Suge had anything to do with it in spite of the implications that Death Row Records affiliates were involved. Remember that Suge no longer was running Death Row Records at the time. Once
Russell realized that Suge was a victim the night Tupac was shot, Poole felt
bad about his years of being vocal that Suge was behind the murders. Poole,
Carlin, and RJ Bond wrote &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Tupac-187-Richard-RJ-Bond/dp/0692317848/ref=sr_1_cc_1?s=aps&amp;amp;ie=UTF8&amp;amp;qid=1458694358&amp;amp;sr=1-1-catcorr&amp;amp;keywords=tupac%3A187"&gt;Tupac:187&lt;/a&gt;
about the murders. Once that book was released additional clues poured in from
fans about the murders. Those clues along with salient details from
re-examining the case files Russell took with him from the LAPD led to the
condensed version of events that became Chaos Merchants.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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The DEA, FBI, and LAPD, spent millions of dollars and tens
of thousands of man hours investigating Death Row Records with no indictments
or convictions. The truth was that insiders at Death Row Records were behind
the murder of Tupac Shakur and attempted murder of Suge Knight. Those
insiders were responsible for derailing investigations into crimes associated with Death Row Records. The planning was done by David
Kenner, a criminal defense attorney and Reggie Wright Jr., a Justice
Administration graduate and former Compton Police Officer. They hired off-duty
police to be present when crimes were committed and those investigations were
derailed because solving the crimes would lead to damaging the careers of
officers. Those implicated in the Rampart Scandal were involved in Death Row
Records particularly Rafael Perez, David Mack, and Kevin Gaines. But Kevin Gaines and Suge Knight were not friends. Gaines was dating Sharitha, Suge Knight's estranged wife. That tends to indicate that Suge was not in the loop on the extracurricular activities of the Rampart cops. In spite of that, the crimes of
Rampart all trace back through the halls of Death Row Records including the
Tupac and Biggie murders. The beating at the El Rey Theater was cleared when
Compton Police called over to the investigator and said this was nothing more
than a gang thing and weighing the careers of police officers that would suffer
from their conflicts of being present when a murder was committed caused the
investigator to clear the case without any convictions or even charging anyone
with the crime.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Suge liked having the off-duty cops around but he was also
wary of them… for good reason. The Rampart corrupt cops along with the corrupt
Compton Police were all working for Death Row Records. They along with Reggie
Wright Jr., David Kenner, and Crips were involved in toppling Suge Knight. When
they failed to kill him in Las Vegas they worked hard to get his probation
violated.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Right after the Tupac murder, Suge Knight was discovered
living in the Malibu home of the Longo family that exposed a conflict of interest with,
Deputy District Attorney, Larry Longo. It was also learned that David Kenner, a
friend of Larry Longo had orchestrated the signing of a contract with Gina Longo
to elevate the conflict of interest. When this was exposed, Larry Longo lost
his job and Suge Knight’s probation was violated but his reputation surged as a person that could bribe a D.A.. That was not a reputation that would serve Suge well in any of his criminal or civil trials... something Kenner would know. On October 22, 1996 Suge was arrested. Longo
would be cleared of any wrongdoing because Kenner had rented the home from
Longo’s son Frank. Kenner also negotiated Gina’s contract with Frank and Gina, a trained singer, laid down six tracks at CanAm Studios.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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With David Kenner in charge of Suge’s probation case and
Compton Police complicit in entering evidence against Suge into the court, and in light of his reputation of compromising an Assistant District Attorney, Suge
Knight never had a chance at a fair trial. David Kenner entered into evidence
the tape of the Orlando Anderson scuffle to put Suge behind bars. By California law Suge Knight could
not operate a business so he needed to turn over the operations to others. For the probation violation hearing, Frank Alexander’s statement to Brent Becker was altered and entered into evidence by the Compton Police. Their motive to
put Suge Knight behind bars was the theft of millions of dollars from Suge
Knight’s Death Row Records. Suge put Reggie Wright Jr. in charge and Reggie and
David Kenner looted the record label while Suge was in prison. Is it any
surprise that the protective order limiting contact with Suge Knight to only
his attorney, David Kenner, was entered in his current murder case by David Kenner
after Kenner was fired by Suge Knight? Why do they fear what Suge will say?
They know what Suge Knight knows.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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The murders in the immediate aftermath of the Tupac murder
were to take out witnesses. The murders at the time Suge Knight was going to be
released from prison included Suge Knight’s inner circle. They wanted to make sure Suge
would not have protection once he was released. Suge was one of the only people
that knew the truth about what had happened at Death Row Records. He was a
liability and loose end. His life is still constantly in danger especially in control of the Los Angeles County Sheriffs with their many existing ties to the former Compton Police Department that were instrumental in sending Suge Knight to prison.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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While Suge Knight was in prison for the probation violation
the Compton Police had been found to be corrupt. A gun, booked into
evidence by the Compton Police, found its way into Death Row Records being run
by the son of Compton Gang Lead, Reggie Wright. That gun was used to shoot Long
Beach Police Officer, Brian Watt. In the civil suit both Reggie Wright Sr. and
Jr. were deposed. The City of Compton reached an out of court settlement but
the damage was done. There was an internal investigation into the Compton
Police Department and it uncovered lots of missing cocaine and weapons. The
result was that the Compton Police, who should have been disbanded, were
absorbed into the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s department. The corrupt officers
were sworn in as Sheriff’s.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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When Suge got out of prison he was handed back a mere shell
of a company. There were lots of lawsuits and complications that led him into
bankruptcy. Mired in the legal system Suge Knight failed to regain the stature
he once held. But the threats to Suge Knight continued.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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What has never been disclosed before is that when I
interviewed Long Beach Police Chief, Jim McDonnell for the article, “&lt;a href="http://www.americannewsservice.org/2014/08/community-policing-taking-blinders-off.html"&gt;Taking
the Blinders Off of Justice&lt;/a&gt;” I disclosed to him the existence of the
confession letter and told him what I was working on. He campaigned and became
the Sheriff after that meeting. I set up the meeting for Russell Poole with the Sheriff's through Sheriff Jim McDonnell. He was the first law enforcement representative to
learn of the confession letter in March of 2014. In June of 2014, RJ Bond and
Russell Poole visited with four members of the Los Angeles Police Department and
provided them with the clue to the murder of Tupac Shakur and attempted murder of
Suge Knight in 1996. In 1998, a confession letter had been given to respected journalist
Chris Blatchford and that detailed the plot against Suge Knight. Russell hoped
that, with the element of surprise on the side of LAPD, the shooters could be
brought in for questioning. He mapped out for LAPD how he thought they should
proceed. A copy of the letter was given to them but RJ was smart and he put a
special border on the letter. On August 18&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; the letter was leaked
on the Internet and the leaked letter contained the special border. LAPD was
caught cold leaking the letter. LAPD had chosen to leak the letter instead of
investigating it. Suge Knight may have a cause of action against LAPD for failing to
investigate a crime perpetrated against him.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Six days after the leak of the confession letter, Suge Knight
was lured down to the 1Oak Nightclub in West Hollywood. Russell would later
learn that an off-duty Sheriff let the shooters in the club and drove them to
the airport the next day. Why West Hollywood? Because the Sheriff’s would
respond there and the response could be managed by remnants of the former
Compton Police Department that still had deep ties into the Sheriff’s. On
August 24&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;, Suge Knight was shot six times but survived the attack.
Remember, this shooting occurred just six days after the Tupac confession
letter was leaked by LAPD and the shooters yelled at Knight as they shot, “You
killed Tupac!” The off-duty Sheriff has ties to the music industry. To this
day, in spite of 37 cameras in the club, nobody has been charged with the
crime. Most of the eyewitnesses were turned out of the club that night instead of getting their contact information for later follow-up - which is a deviation of standard procedure in any investigation.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Why was Suge going to Tam’s? Apparently Suge Knight was owed
money from the Apple Beats Deal. Suge Knight signed a lifetime deal to manage
Dr. Dre. He may have had a legitimate claim to some of the Beats money. Court
never seemed to work out for Suge Knight. Perhaps he was sending word to Dre to
work things out with him.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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To further complicate things, Suge Knight also had a
legitimate claim to monies from the budget of Straight Outta Compton. He was owed
money for use of his likeness and he also had acquired the rights to the name “NWA”
that was used in the movie. He had three solid claims of money he was owed. Having just been shot six times at 1Oak he was on edge coming to
Compton that was known for danger and violence. Terry Carter, a well respected
member of the community and brother of one of the original 16 founders of the
Piru’s had invited Suge Knight down to Compton to work out a deal with Dr. Dre.
According to former Mayor of Compton, Omar Bradley, &lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4QEHuypC4A"&gt;Suge Knight was guaranteed
safety&lt;/a&gt; for his meeting. Terry Carter’s word was a pass that should have
been honored by everybody in Compton. Suge Knight was brought down to Compton by Terry Carter to broker peace. The video only shows us four men approaching Knight. We can’t
see what is behind him but a witness placed Jimmy Chrys with a gun and other
men with automatic weapons behind Suge Knight's truck. After Suge Knight runs over Terry Carter and Cle “Bone”
Sloan there is a gun picked up off of Bone’s body before he is moved and the gun is put
into the waistband of one of the men. Only a gun gets put into a waistband. Cle
Bone says he was punching Suge Knight so Knight was admittedly attacked. If the
gun was in one of Cle Bone’s hands Suge could have been facing potential
bullets inside his truck. Suge backs up. With armed men behind him it gives Suge
Knight every reason to pull forward to escape certain death. This incident
happened only five months after Suge Knight was shot six times. He may have
been understandably jumpy.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Can Suge get a fair trial? He hasn't been treated fairly so far. He has been prosecuted, not on the merits of this case, but on the larger than life rumors of what he is alleged to have done... None of which has ever been proven in a court of law. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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Suge Knight’s current legal case was one of the reasons
Russell Poole was coming down to the Sheriff’s station. Russell believed it was
a conflict of interest having Richard Biddle handling both crime scenes because
in one case you have Suge Knight as a victim and nobody is brought to justice
and the other case Knight is initially a victim and becomes the suspect of
Terry Carter’s murder. There is a clear pattern here. In June of 2014, the LAPD
failed to prosecute or investigate the attempted murder of Suge Knight that
according to the confession letter began as a conspiracy in Balboa Park in
September of 1996. Sheriff’s fail to prosecute the shooters that attempted to
kill Suge Knight at 1Oak on August 24&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; 2014. Could it also be that
Suge Knight was lured to Tam’s in Compton because the perpetrators knew that
Sheriff’s would respond to that location too? Why is Suge only ambushed in
place where Sheriff’s respond? Remember also that the rumor that Suge Knight
was behind the murder of Tupac was leaked by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s.
Compton Police that worked hard to get Suge’s probation violated still maintain
very strong ties into the Sheriff’s.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Could it be that the bail is originally set at 25 million
dollars and the protective order put in place to stop Suge Knight from talking
about the police corruption that led to Compton Police, the LAPD, and the Los
Angeles County Sheriff’s? Somebody doesn’t want Suge Knight talking and they
hope to banish him the nethermost parts of the prison system for the rest of his life.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Russell Poole was meeting with the Sheriff’s hoping to get
them to drop the case against Suge Knight that was going to embarrass the
department so that they could reopen the murders of Tupac and Biggie and solve
cases that could make the department shine. The murders of Tupac and Biggie
always haunted Russell and he was there talking about reopening the cases. The
day before the meeting on a telephone call he confirmed with a Sheriff that the shooter’s were
let into the 1Oak by an off-duty Sheriff and that the shooters were dropped off
at LAX by the same Sheriff the next day. The Sheriff’s were anxious to discover
the source of Russell’s information. He arrived at the meeting and instead of
just the promised homicide investigator, he was confronted with four Sheriff’s
on the Suge Knight case. Russell Poole had a massive heart attack and died in
that meeting. He had given his last breath to clear Suge Knight and to solve
the Tupac and Biggie murders.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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The recent highly publicized theory that Orlando Anderson
and Keefy-D are the shooters of Tupac Shakur and Suge Knight on September 7, 1996 &amp;nbsp;has many fatal flaws. Let's
examine some of them.&lt;/div&gt;
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The theory goes that Orlando Anderson was mad because he got
beat down by Tupac and the crew so he contacted his uncle and they rolled in a
white Cadillac and shot Tupac and Suge a couple of hours later while the
entourage is making their way to Club 662. (Never mind that the fight was staged - see video below.)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Orlando Anderson is escorted away by Reggie Wright Jr. at
8:55 P.M. Tupac was shot at 11:15 P.M. That means that Orlando Anderson must
depart from his meeting with Reggie Wright Jr., meet up with his uncle -
Keefy-D, find the entourage, and figure out which car Tupac is traveling in,
and shoot Tupac Shakur and Suge Knight. Is that even possible on a fight night in Las Vegas?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Two hours and twenty minutes isn't much time to carry all of this out. Just finding his uncle could have taken an hour, and finding Tupac
and figuring out which car he was in would be impossible without radios and
spotters that require a tremendous amount of planning. According to the theory
that has Orlando Anderson pulling the trigger, there was no planning.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Have you ever been on the Vegas Strip in traffic during
fight night? The cars are bumper to bumper. The intersection where the hit was
carried out was right on the edge of the traffic where the shooters could get
away and that implies a high degree of planning. Orlando Anderson being
detained by security makes it highly unlikely that he could hook back up with
his uncle and the entourage... unless Reggie Wright Jr. helped him hook back up
with them. But there are other problems with this even if Orlando had help.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Cathy Scott talks about Orlando Anderson being badly beaten
in the scuffle and in no condition to retaliate. Watch the MGM surveillance
tape again. How many blows does Anderson sustain? Tupac talked about Tyson
landing 50 punches. In about the same amount of time, Orlando Anderson is
punched and kicked by multiple people. Was he in any condition to plan a hit
with his uncle? Corey Edwards says Orlando seemed OK after the scuffle.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Corey Edwards runs into Orlando Anderson at
the bar before news of Tupac being shot had reached them. There were many
others there that could verify this including a professional basketball player.
That news travelled fast in these circles as everybody in the cars following
Tupac had cell phones and they burned up the telephone lines with news of the
shooting. So in between the scuffle and the shooting, Orlando Anderson was seen
in the bar. Corey Edwards hears later about Tupac being shot.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Orlando Anderson makes the statement that he adjourned to
his room. Both of these statements are easily verifiable. Las Vegas has an eye
in the sky everywhere... Las Vegas Police verify this easily and have no
interest in Orlando Anderson as Tupac's shooter when offered up by the Corrupt
Compton Police.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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As for the Keefy-D confession obtained in exchange for
a proffer deal that was illegally recorded, Keefy-D would have said anything to
get out of a potential prison sentence. The confession is coerced as Keefy-D
has stated. According to a recently interviewed former Assistant United States
Attorney, "FBI Profer deals are never recorded." This would violate
the interviewee’s Fifth Amendment Rights. So if the taped recorded interview
was indeed recorded it was done so without permission of the Federal Government
and in violation of the rights of Keefy-D. Just the type of behavior you would expect from a corrupt cop that was caught altering witness testimony.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Keffy-D has a reputation for making up stories. Darnell Brim
was recorded by J. Gollaz and T. Bracia of LAPD as saying about Keefy-D, "He
likes to talk a lot. He keeps stuff going; like hearsay stuff. Like when my
homeboy Lee got killed he was saying that he saw what happened including that
he seen my car driving away from the shooting. He was saying that I was the guy
who shot Lee. When he found out that. I was locked down. He changed his story
and said that it was someone who looked like me. He keeps a lot of stuff going like
girls do. I asked him about it when I got out of jail. He said something like, 'you know what's going on, you don't like us and we don't like you, just
keep it like that.'"&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Now think of one of the most fatal flaws in this theory: the
fact that Michael Moore heard, "got-em" come over Former Compton Cop and head of Death Row Security, Reggie Wright Jr.'s
radio that night at the time of the shooting. That means someone was watching
and reporting on a radio and that indicates a high degree of planning. That
fully refutes the theory that Orlando Anderson pulled the trigger that night.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Compton Police arrested Anderson with the full expectation
that he would be charged with the murder of Tupac Shakur. He was offered up to
Las Vegas Police but because they knew he wasn't the shooter as his alibi
checked out, he was never charged, tried, or convicted of the murder of Tupac
Shakur.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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You can read more about this in Chaos Merchants and Tupac:187 - Russell Poole's final words on the murders of Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls before his tragic death meeting with Sheriff's about the cases.&lt;/div&gt;
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Chaos Merchants&lt;br /&gt;
By Michael Douglas Carlin and Russell Poole with Foreword by RJ Bond&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Chaos-Merchants-Murders-Shakur-Notorious-ebook/dp/B01A2VYJTO"&gt;http://www.amazon.com/Chaos-Merchants-Murders-Shakur-Notorious-ebook/dp/B01A2VYJTO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Tupac:187&lt;br /&gt;
By RJ Bond and Michael Douglas Carlin with contribution by Russell Poole&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Tupac-187-Richard-RJ-Bond/dp/0692317848/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8"&gt;http://www.amazon.com/Tupac-187-Richard-RJ-Bond/dp/0692317848/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;From a Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve News Release&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;SOUTHWEST ASIA, Feb. 26, 2016 —&amp;nbsp;U.S. and coalition military forces have continued to attack Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant terrorists in Syria and Iraq, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported today.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;Officials reported details of the latest strikes, noting that assessments of results are based on initial reports.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;Strikes in Syria&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;Attack, fighter, ground attack and remotely piloted aircraft conducted 14 strikes in Syria:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;-- Near Abu Kamal, two strikes struck an ISIL petroleum, oil, and lubricant separation vessel and an ISIL gas and oil separation plant and crude oil collection point.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;-- Near Hawl, eight strikes struck five separate ISIL tactical units and destroyed six ISIL vehicles, an ISIL strikes staging area, an ISIL tactical vehicle and an ISIL mortar position.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;-- Near Raqqah, two strikes struck an ISIL staging area and an ISIL weapons storage area.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;-- Near Hasakah, two strikes struck two separate ISIL tactical units and destroyed an ISIL building.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;Strikes in Iraq&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;Fighter and remotely piloted aircraft conducted 16 strikes in Iraq, coordinated with and in support of Iraq’s government:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;-- Near Haditha, a strike destroyed an ISIL tactical vehicle.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;-- Near Hit, a strike destroyed an ISIL oil tanker.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;-- Near Kirkuk, a strike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL vehicle.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;-- Near Kisik, four strikes struck two separate ISIL tactical units and destroyed an ISIL fighting position and an ISIL light machine gun and suppressed an ISIL mortar position.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;-- Near Mosul, a strike destroyed five ISIL fighting positions.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;-- Near Ramadi, three strikes struck two separate ISIL tactical units and destroyed an ISIL artillery system, an ISIL staging area, and two ISIL supply cache and damaged an ISIL staging area.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;-- Near Sinjar, two strikes suppressed an ISIL mortar position and an ISIL rocket position.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;-- Near Sultan Abdallah, a strike suppressed an ISIL mortar position.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;-- Near Baghdadi, a strike destroyed an ISIL vehicle.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;-- Near Fallujah, a strike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed three ISIL bunkers.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;Task force officials define a strike as one or more kinetic events that occur in roughly the same geographic location to produce a single, sometimes cumulative, effect. Therefore, officials explained, a single aircraft delivering a single weapon against a lone ISIL vehicle is one strike, but so is multiple aircraft delivering dozens of weapons against buildings, vehicles and weapon systems in a compound, for example, having the cumulative effect of making those targets harder or impossible for ISIL to use. Accordingly, officials said, they do not report the number or type of aircraft employed in a strike, the number of munitions dropped in each strike, or the number of individual munition impact points against a target.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;Part of Operation Inherent Resolve&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;The strikes were conducted as part of Operation Inherent Resolve, the operation to eliminate the ISIL terrorist group and the threat they pose to Iraq, Syria, and the wider international community. The destruction of ISIL targets in Syria and Iraq further limits the terrorist group's ability to project terror and conduct operations, officials said.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;Coalition nations that have conducted strikes in Iraq include the United States, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Jordan, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Coalition nations that have conducted strikes in Syria include the United States, Australia, Bahrain, Canada, France, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Follow us on Facebook American-News-Service-org
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Other witnesses included Arati Prabhakar, the director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;The United States is still the largest investor in research and development around the world, Prabhakar said in her written statement. "But unlike past decades, we are not alone in our excellent scientific and technical capabilities," she added.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;Keeping the Edge, Meeting Future Challenges&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;The challenge at DARPA and DoD is to create a "significant advantage for military and national security purposes against this competitive, shifting backdrop," Prabhakar told the panel.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;"Our senior military and civilian leaders face a world of kaleidoscopic uncertainty today and into any foreseeable future," she said. "The daily fare is a noxious stew of violent extremism, terrorism and cross-border criminal activity."&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;Welby said the goal of sustaining and advancing the nation’s technological superiority in the current national security environment requires investments in sound research and development.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;DoD laboratories have produced significant innovations in vital defense areas, he said, listing areas such as electronic warfare, propulsion and weapons design.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;"Maintaining this unique technical expertise within the department is critical for ensuring the department's ability to prepare for future threats," he said.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;Investments in Personnel&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;Welby said when he visits laboratories and organizations, he meets young scientists and engineers who are pursuing technological innovations to meet the challenges that are emerging globally. The Defense Department employs more than 39,000 scientists and engineers in 63 defense laboratories, warfare centers, and engineering centers across 22 states, he noted. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;"Our strength is in our people," Welby said. "We must recruit and retain the best and brightest military and civilian scientists and engineers and harness their innovative spirits to give our military forces the warfighting edge."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;The scientists and engineers are sustaining the department's ability to support and field militarily critical technology that often has no commercial equivalent, he said.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;Prabhakar described DARPA personnel as a "team of about 200 extraordinary individuals" that propels the agency and revels in the opportunity to attack "pressing, nearly intractable problems -- all in the context of public service." &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;DoD cannot innovate and bolster its future technological superiority from within the department alone, Welby told the subcommittee. He said that is why DoD’s science and technology enterprise touches the broadest range of emerging concepts through engagement with academia, industry and international partners, he noted. That keeps keep DoD "smart, knowledgeable, agile, and responsive in the face of new and emerging threats," he said.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Follow us on Facebook American-News-Service-org
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www.AmericanNewsService.org&lt;/div&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Submitted Statement -- House Appropriations Committee-Defense (FY 2017
Budget Request)</title><link>http://www.americannewsservice.org/2016/02/submitted-statement-house.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Michael Douglas Carlin)</author><pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2016 08:51:00 -0800</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5781066863972858187.post-5667371098354678337</guid><description>&lt;table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="5" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="FFFFFF" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 28px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;div align="left" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;em style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;As Submitted by Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, Washington, D.C., February 25, 2016&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan="2"&gt;&lt;hr size="1" noshade="noshade"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan="2"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;I. PURPOSE OF THIS TESTIMONY&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;Chairman Frelinghuysen, Ranking Member Visclosky, Members of the Committee:&amp;nbsp; Thank you for inviting me here today, and for your steadfast support for the men and women of the Department of Defense (DoD), military and civilian alike, who serve and defend our country all over the world.&amp;nbsp; I’m pleased to be here with Chairman Dunford to discuss President Obama’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 budget submission for the Defense Department.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;At this time last year, we were all facing the bleak prospect of looming budget sequestration, and the damage its return would do to our people and our mission.&amp;nbsp; I’m grateful that our country’s leaders were able to come together last fall to avert that dismal future, and reach a budget deal that – after several years of fiscal turmoil and reductions – has allowed for greater investment in all our elements of national security and strength.&amp;nbsp; That was what I urged since becoming Secretary of Defense, including in last year’s budget testimony before this committee, and given the threat environment we face around the world, forging that deal was the responsible thing to do. &amp;nbsp;It allows our military personnel and their families to know their future more than just one year at a time, which they deserve.&amp;nbsp; It lets our defense industry partners be more efficient and cutting edge, as we need them to be.&amp;nbsp; And, perhaps most importantly, it sends a signal to the world – to friends and potential foes alike – of our nation’s strength and resolve.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;The President’s budget submission accordingly adheres to that budget deal – requesting a total of $582.7 billion for the Defense Department in FY 2017, for both the base budget and Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) funds combined.&amp;nbsp; How we plan to invest those funds, along with our planned investments for the next five years – as detailed in the customary Future Years Defense Program (FYDP) that’s included in the President’s budget submission – are critical to DoD’s ability to carry out our mission of national defense with the excellence the American people expect of their military, which is today the finest fighting force the world has ever known.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;As you know, no one got everything they wanted in the budget deal – I said last year that we needed to rise above our differences, and I’m glad many members of Congress were able to do that – so in budgeting and programming for FY 2017, we had to make responsible choices.&amp;nbsp; The President’s budget submission reflects those choices, and we need your support for them.&amp;nbsp; This is particularly true for prudent and necessary reforms – some of which the Congress has long denied, in spite of the cost to both DoD and to America’s taxpayers.&amp;nbsp; Indeed, while DoD is grateful to this and the other defense committees for your support for the budget deal, it is also the defense committees that in recent years have been tying our hands on reform, as I will address later in this testimony.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;We should remember, however, that the budget deal only covered two years.&amp;nbsp; Unless Congress addresses the years beyond it and heads off sequestration, DoD will face $100 billion in cuts from 2018 to 2021, which would introduce unacceptable risks.&amp;nbsp; So Washington will need to come together once again – not unlike last year, and two years before that – to provide stability and protect our national security.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;That’s important, because in this budget submission, we’re taking the long view.&amp;nbsp; We have to, because even as we must fight and win today’s fights, we must also be prepared to deter and if necessary fight and win the fights that might come 10, 20, or 30 years down the road.&amp;nbsp; Last fall’s budget deal set the size of our budget, thereby allowing us to focus on the shape – making choices and tradeoffs to adjust to a new strategic era, and seize opportunities for the future.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;II. A STRATEGIC TURNING POINT FOR THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;Let me now describe the strategic assessment that drove our budget decisions.&amp;nbsp; First of all, it’s evident that America is still today the world’s foremost leader, partner, and underwriter of stability and security in every region across the globe, as we have been since the end of World War II.&amp;nbsp; As we fulfill this enduring role, it’s also evident that we’re entering a new strategic era.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;Context is important here.&amp;nbsp; A few years ago, following over a decade when we were focused on large-scale counterinsurgency operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, DoD began embarking on a major strategy shift to sustain our lead in full-spectrum warfighting.&amp;nbsp; While the basic elements of our resulting defense strategy remain valid, it’s also been abundantly clear to me over the last year that the world has not stood still since then – the emergence of ISIL, and the resurgence of Russia, being just the most prominent examples.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;This is reflective of a broader strategic transition underway, not unlike those we’ve seen in history following major wars.&amp;nbsp; Today’s security environment is dramatically different – and more diverse and complex in the scope of its challenges – than the one we’ve been engaged with for the last 25 years, and it requires new ways of thinking and new ways of acting.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;Accordingly, five evolving challenges are now driving the focus of DoD’s planning and budgeting.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;Two of these challenges reflect a recognition of – return to, in some ways – great power competition.&amp;nbsp; This is something we haven’t seen for some time, and that requires heightened focus given its potential impact on our nation and the world.&amp;nbsp; The first such challenge is in Europe, where we’re taking a strong and balanced approach to deter Russian aggression – we haven’t had to devote a significant portion of our defense investment to this possibility for 25 years, and while I wish it were otherwise, now we do.&amp;nbsp; The second is in the Asia-Pacific, where we haven’t faced great power competition since the end of World War II, and where China is rising, which is fine, but behaving aggressively, which is not.&amp;nbsp; There, where we’re continuing our rebalance, in terms of weight of effort, to maintain the regional stability we’ve underwritten for the past 70 years, allowing so many nations to rise and prosper in this, the single most consequential region for America’s future.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;Meanwhile, two other longstanding challenges pose threats in specific regions.&amp;nbsp; One is North Korea, which remains dangerous to both us and our allies – that’s why our forces on the Korean Peninsula remain ready, as they say, to “fight tonight.”&amp;nbsp; The other is Iran – because while the nuclear accord is a good deal for preventing Iran from getting a nuclear weapon, and doesn’t limit DoD in any way, we must still deter Iranian aggression and counter Iran’s malign influence against our friends and allies in the region, especially Israel, to whom we maintain an unwavering and unbreakable commitment.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;Challenge number five, no less important than the other four, is our ongoing fight to counter terrorism, and especially defeat ISIL – most immediately in its parent tumor in Iraq and Syria, and also where it is metastasizing, in Afghanistan, Africa, and elsewhere – at the same time as we’re protecting our homeland.&amp;nbsp; While ISIL must and will be defeated now, in the longer perspective and in our budgeting we must also take into account that as destructive power of greater and greater magnitude falls into the hands of smaller and smaller groups of people, countering terrorists will be a continuing part of the future responsibilities of DoD and other national security leaders.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;DoD must and will address all five of these challenges as part of its mission to defend this country.&amp;nbsp; Doing so requires some new investments on our part, new posture in some regions, and also new and enhanced capabilities.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;Key to our approach is being able to deter the most advanced adversaries while continuing to fight terrorist groups.&amp;nbsp; This means we must have – and be seen to have – the ability to impose unacceptable costs on an advanced aggressor that will either dissuade them from taking provocative action, or make them deeply regret it if they do.&amp;nbsp; To be clear, the U.S. military will be ready to fight very differently than we have in Iraq and Afghanistan, or in the rest of the world’s recent memory.&amp;nbsp; We will be prepared for a high-end enemy – what we call full-spectrum.&amp;nbsp; In our budget, our plans, our capabilities, and our actions, we must demonstrate to potential foes that if they start a war, we are able to win, on our terms.&amp;nbsp; Because a force meant to deter conflict can only succeed in deterrence if it can show that it will dominate a conflict.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;We have this ability with respect to North Korean and Iranian military forces, as well as in executing the military aspects of countering terrorists, as we’re doing now against ISIL.&amp;nbsp; That won’t change, even as we know that military power alone cannot prevail – nor can the United States alone deliver a lasting defeat – against the toxic ideology of terrorists like ISIL that have so little regard for the lives of fellow human beings.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;In this context, Russia and China are our most stressing competitors, as they’ve both developed and are continuing to advance military systems that threaten our advantages in specific areas, and in some cases, they’re developing weapons and ways of war that seek to achieve their objectives in ways they hope would preempt a response by the United States.&amp;nbsp; Because of these facts, because the implications of any great-power conflict would be so dire for the United States and the world, and because of those nations’ actions to date – from Ukraine to the South China Sea – DoD has elevated their importance in our defense planning and budgeting to ensure we maintain our advantages in the future.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;While we do not desire conflict with any of these nations – and, to be clear, though they pose some similar defense challenges, they are very different nations and situations – we also cannot blind ourselves to the actions they choose to pursue.&amp;nbsp; That is the responsible course of action for the Defense Department.&amp;nbsp; Our military is first and foremost a warfighting force, and even as we seek to deter wars, we must also be prepared to fight and win them, which is itself a key part of deterrence.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;Our military must be balanced with the proper size and capability to defeat any attack against U.S. forces and our allies.&amp;nbsp; And because of the decisions in this budget, our military will be better prepared for both present and future challenges, and better positioned to deter, and if necessary fight and win, wars against even the most high-end of potential adversaries.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;As this budget addresses those five evolving challenges, it also seizes great opportunities – in supporting new and innovative operational concepts; in pioneering and dominating technological frontiers, including undersea, cyber, space, electronic warfare, and other advanced capabilities; in reforming the defense enterprise; and in building the force of the future.&amp;nbsp; I will address the investments we’re making to do so later in this testimony.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;III. SUPPORTING THE STRENGTH AND WELLNESS OF TODAY’S FIGHTING FORCE&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;Before I address how this budget ensures we meet those challenges and seize those opportunities, I want to first emphasize our enduring commitment&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;to supporting the men, women, and families of the world’s finest fighting force&lt;/span&gt;.&amp;nbsp; Above all, this means exercising the utmost care in decisions involving the deployment and employment of our troops.&amp;nbsp; It also requires devoting a significant share of our budget every year toward supporting the people, military and civilian alike, who execute DoD’s missions around the world.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;To ensure we have a force that’s ready to carry out today’s missions, this budget invests in the four main things that every soldier, sailor, airman, and Marine needs to do their job – the right training; the right equipment; the right force size, meaning the right number of people alongside them; and the right compensation.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-left: 40px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;The Right Training&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;In FY 2017 and beyond, the budget makes critical investments in training throughout the force to rebuild toward full-spectrum combat readiness and continue recovering from the damage caused by sequestration in recent years – though, it’s important to remember that restoring readiness requires not only sufficient funding, but also time.&amp;nbsp; The budget maximizes use of the Army’s decisive action Combat Training Centers, funding 19 total Army brigade-level training rotations.&amp;nbsp; It largely sustains the Navy and Marine Corps’ current training and readiness levels for FY 2017 – optimizing Navy training while maximizing the availability of naval forces for global operations, and fully funding the Marine Corps’ integrated combined arms exercises for all elements of its Marine Air-Ground Task Forces.&amp;nbsp; And, because recent operational demands like the fight against ISIL have slowed the Air Force’s return to full-spectrum readiness, the budget increases funding – as part of a $1 billion increase over the FYDP to support Air Force readiness – to modernize and expand existing Air Force training ranges and exercises here at home, providing pilots and airmen with more realistic training opportunities when they’re not deployed.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-left: 40px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;The Right Equipment&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;The budget also makes important investments to provide our men and women in uniform with functioning, well-maintained equipment so that when we send them into the fights of today, they’re able to accomplish their mission and come home safely.&amp;nbsp; For example, to address the Navy and Marine Corps’ growing maintenance backlog in tactical aviation, the budget funds a 15-percent increase in F-18 depot maintenance capacity, and it buys an additional 16 F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet fighter jets between now and FY 2018 – providing a significant boost to the health of the Navy and Marine Corps’ 4&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;-generation fighter aircraft fleet so it’s ready and capable for today’s missions.&amp;nbsp; To help ensure the Air Force has enough ready and capable aircraft for both combat missions and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR), the budget funds improvements in the avionics and electronic warfare systems of legacy fighter and bomber aircraft, and it supports the Air Force’s ‘get well plan’ for remotely-piloted aircraft.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;The budget also makes critical investments in every domain to research, develop, test, evaluate, and procure the right technology and equipment our military will need to deter and if necessary fight and win full-spectrum conflicts in the future.&amp;nbsp; I will detail those investments later in this testimony.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-left: 40px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;The Right Force Size&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;The flexibility provided by last fall’s budget deal allowed us to maintain DoD’s desired targets across the FYDP for end-strength and active-reserve mix for our ground forces – without it, sequestration likely would have forced further reductions.&amp;nbsp; Therefore, the budget stabilizes our total ground force end-strength by the end of FY 2018 with an Army of 450,000 active-duty soldiers, 335,000 soldiers in the Army National Guard, and 195,000 soldiers in the Army Reserve – comprising 56 total Army brigade combat teams and associated enablers – and a Marine Corps of 182,000 active-duty Marines and 38,500 Marine reservists.&amp;nbsp; For the Navy, the budget continues to grow the size, and importantly the capability, of the battle fleet – providing for 380,900 active-duty and reserve sailors in FY 2017, and an increase from 280 ships at the end of FY 2016 to 308 ships at the end of the FYDP.&amp;nbsp; The budget also supports an Air Force of 491,700 active-duty, reserve, and National Guard airmen – maintaining 55 tactical fighter squadrons over the next five years, and providing sufficient manpower to address high operating tempo and shortfalls in maintenance specialists for both tactical fighters and remotely-piloted aircraft.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-left: 40px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;The Right Compensation&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;In FY 2017, the budget provides $177.9 billion in pay and benefits – including health care, housing allowances, commissaries, retirement, and other benefits – for DoD’s 2.1 million military personnel and their families.&amp;nbsp; I will discuss DoD’s proposed reforms to some of these areas later in this testimony.&amp;nbsp; To help make sure DoD is competitive for the best talent, the budget includes a department-wide pay raise of 1.6 percent in FY 2017.&amp;nbsp; This is an increase above FY 2016’s pay raise of 1.3 percent.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;It’s important to note that of all the cuts we’ve taken to our previously-planned budgets since the Budget Control Act was passed, including cuts from sequestration – altogether so far totaling at least $800 billion over ten years – less than 9 percent of those reductions came from military compensation proposals.&amp;nbsp; This should make clear that we’ve worked extremely hard to protect our people, and that we do need to address some places where savings can be found, such as through modernizing and simplifying our military healthcare system, which I address later in this testimony.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-left: 40px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;More Than Military Readiness&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;Beyond ensuring the combat readiness of America’s military, our commitment to the force of today also encompasses what we’re doing to ensure the dignity of our people.&amp;nbsp; We’re putting a priority on preventing and eliminating sexual harassment and sexual assault in the military, investing $246 million in FY 2017 to help support survivors, reduce retaliation for reporting, and eradicate these crimes from our ranks – and soon, DoD will deliver to Congress our strategy on addressing retaliation, in particular.&amp;nbsp; We’re also helping provide transition support and advocating for employment opportunities for veterans, investing a total of $109 million in FY 2017 so our people can make the most of their potential and keep making a difference when they complete their service in uniform.&amp;nbsp; And we’re fostering greater diversity of our force, because our strength depends on being open to the widest possible pool of talent that can meet our standards – young Americans today are more diverse, open, and tolerant than past generations, and if we’re going to attract the best among them to contribute to our mission, we ourselves have to be more diverse, and open, and tolerant, too.&amp;nbsp; It’s the only way to compete in the 21&lt;sup&gt;st&lt;/sup&gt;century.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;That’s one reason why we’re opening all remaining combat positions to women, so that we have access to 50 percent of our population for every position in the all-volunteer force, and every American who can meet our exacting standards has the full and equal opportunity to contribute to our mission.&amp;nbsp; That said, since the declaration that opens all career fields to women is by itself not sufficient for their full integration, I’ve asked the military services to mitigate any concerns about combat effectiveness by incorporating my seven guiding principles – transparent standards, population size, talent management, physical demands and physiological differences, operating abroad, conduct and culture, and assessment and adjustment – into their implementation plans.&amp;nbsp; First and foremost, this means the services will continue to apply objective standards for all career fields to ensure leaders assign tasks and career fields throughout the force based on ability, not gender. &amp;nbsp;This may mean in some cases, equal opportunity may not always equate to equal participation. &amp;nbsp;Integration provides equal opportunity for men and women who can perform the tasks required; it does not guarantee women will fill these roles in any specific number or at any set rate, as adherence to a merit-based system must continue to be paramount. &amp;nbsp;Also, we must incorporate concrete ways to mitigate the potential for higher injury rates among women, and leverage lessons learned from Iraq and Afghanistan to address concerns regarding operating in areas where there is cultural resistance to working with women.&amp;nbsp; We must address attitudes toward team performance through education and training, including making clear that sexual assault or harassment, hazing, and unprofessional behaviors are never acceptable. &amp;nbsp;Our core beliefs in good order, discipline, leadership, and accountability are foundational to our success in integration. &amp;nbsp;And it is absolutely critical that we embark on integration with a commitment to the monitoring, assessment, and in-stride adjustment that enables sustainable success.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;Finally, it’s important to remember that our commitment to the force of today is not limited to those who serve in uniform.&amp;nbsp; In FY 2017, it also includes $79.3 billion to support our civilian workforce of 718,000 Americans – men and women across the country and around the world who do critical jobs like helping repair our ships and airplanes, providing logistics support, developing and acquiring weapon systems, supporting survivors of sexual assault, and helping care for our military’s wounded, ill, and injured personnel.&amp;nbsp; The budget includes $7.7 billion to support our military families, because they serve too.&amp;nbsp; It includes $3.1 billion to help take care of our wounded warriors, to whom our commitment is and must remain as strong as ever.&amp;nbsp; And it includes our enduring pledge to support the families of the fallen, whose loved ones made the ultimate sacrifice on behalf of our country.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;IV. ADJUSTING TO STRATEGIC CHANGE&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;Another significant portion of our budget goes toward DoD’s current operations all around the world, in every domain, to help defend our country, our allies, and our interests.&amp;nbsp; Our budget’s investments and programming decisions in this area reflect my commitment&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;to helping the President address key national security challenges&lt;/span&gt;, and my priorities for how we must adjust to strategic change – in countering terrorists, whether ISIL, al-Qaeda, or others; in taking a strong and balanced approach to deter Russian aggression; in operationalizing our rebalance to the Asia-Pacific; in deterring Iranian aggression and malign influence; in standing alert on the Korean Peninsula; and in addressing threats from multiple directions in cyber, space, and electronic warfare.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;Countering Terrorism&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;It is clear that our mission of countering terrorists and other violent extremists around the world will be with us for some time.&amp;nbsp; The Department of Defense has strong counterterrorism capabilities, and we continue to deploy them to protect America.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-left: 40px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;Dealing ISIL a Lasting Defeat&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;We must and will deal ISIL a lasting defeat, which is why the budget provides $7.5 billion in FY 2017 for Operation Inherent Resolve.&amp;nbsp; This investment will be critical to continuing to implement and accelerate the coalition military campaign plan that the United States has developed, that our key allies support, and that focuses on three military objectives:&amp;nbsp; One, destroy the ISIL parent tumor in Iraq and Syria by attacking its two power centers in Mosul, Iraq and Raqqa, Syria; these cities constitute ISIL’s military, political, economic and ideological centers of gravity, which is why our plan has big arrows pointing toward both.&amp;nbsp; Two, combat the emerging metastases of the ISIL tumor worldwide wherever they appear.&amp;nbsp; And three, our most important mission, which is to protect the homeland.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;To eliminate the parent tumor in Iraq and Syria, DoD is enabling local, motivated forces with critical support from a global coalition wielding a suite of capabilities-ranging from airstrikes, special forces, cyber tools, intelligence, equipment, mobility and logistics, training, advice and assistance.&amp;nbsp; It must be local forces who deliver ISIL a lasting defeat, because only they can secure and govern the territory by building long-term trust within the populations they liberate.&amp;nbsp; We can and will enable such local forces, but we cannot substitute for them.&amp;nbsp; Accordingly, the budget’s investment in the counter-ISIL campaign includes $630 million for training and equipping the Iraqi Security Forces, and $250 million for enabling Syrian anti-ISIL forces.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;This is a worthy investment, as we’ve already started to see our investments over the last several months start to pay off.&amp;nbsp; For example, it was Iraqi soldiers who took back the Ramadi city center, reversing a loss the Iraqi army suffered last spring. &amp;nbsp;Our support to them included advanced training, tactics, air support, and the portable bridges that carried the Iraqi military across the Euphrates River and into the decisive fight.&amp;nbsp; Ramadi, like recent Iraqi gains in Bayji, Tikrit, and Sinjar all demonstrate the approach we are taking is having an effect as Iraqis prepare for what will be a tough fight for Mosul.&amp;nbsp; Likewise in Syria, local anti-ISIL forces we’ve enabled with equipment and ammunition have had successes in Tal Abyad, al-Hawl, and the Tishreen Dam.&amp;nbsp; It is imperative to keep building on this momentum.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;As we work with our partners to destroy ISIL’s parent tumor in Iraq and Syria, we must also recognize that ISIL is metastasizing in areas like North and West Africa and Afghanistan. &amp;nbsp;Having taken out ISIL’s leader in Libya in November, we are also now prepared to step up pressure on ISIL in Afghanistan to check their ambitions there as well.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;Finally, at the same time that we accelerate our campaign, so must every one of our coalition partners – there can be no free riders. &amp;nbsp;That’s why earlier this month in Brussels I convened the first-ever meeting of defense ministers from 27 other countries involved in the military coalition to defeat ISIL to follow up after I personally reached out to dozens of defense ministers to urge them to consider filling critical military and non-military needs in the campaign.&amp;nbsp; And I’m gratified to report that coalition members responded to our challenge – and not only NATO allies like Canada and the Netherlands, but also Gulf nations, including Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.&amp;nbsp; In sum, nearly 90 percent of the countries participating in the coalition's military campaign have either stepped up their role or committed to do so in the coming days. &amp;nbsp;Their decisions to expand air operations, send more trainers, provide logistical support, help with reconstruction, or make other contributions will all help our coalition intensify the counter-ISIL campaign and bring about ISIL’s lasting defeat.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;None of this changes the fact that our counter-ISIL campaign is a hard and complex fight.&amp;nbsp; We have tactical and strategic goals, but they will take time – and, as is often said, the enemy gets a vote.&amp;nbsp; For our part, we will remain focused, committed, and resilient because this is a fight we can, must, and will win, as our efforts to accelerate our campaign are already producing real and promising results.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-left: 40px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;Ensuring Long-Term Stability in Afghanistan&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;After more than a decade of war in Afghanistan, we have to make sure our gains there stick, which is why the budget continues to support our two missions in Afghanistan – countering terrorism, and training, advising, and assisting the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF).&amp;nbsp; In support of those two missions, the President announced last fall that the United States will maintain a continued presence of 9,800 troops through most of 2016 before drawing down to 5,500 troops by January 2017.&amp;nbsp; As I told our troops there when I visited them this past December, while Afghanistan remains a dynamic fight, we are determined to ensure that terrorists – regardless of whether they’re al-Qaeda or ISIL – never have or find safe haven there again.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;The budget provides $41.7 billion in FY 2017 for Operation Freedom’s Sentinel – including funding to support our posture in U.S. Central Command, the full funding of $3.4 billion to support the ANDSF, and $1.4 billion to support other coalition partners.&amp;nbsp; Importantly, this allows us to continue strengthening and developing the ANDSF’s aviation, logistics, intelligence, and special operations capabilities, with the intent of reducing their dependency on us over time.&amp;nbsp; Also, in addition to upholding our commitments to Afghanistan, the Afghan people, and other partners, the budget reflects that the United States will retain several key locations in 2016 and beyond, including facilities in Kabul, Bagram, Jalalabad, and Kandahar.&amp;nbsp; As we do so, the United States will support the continuation of the NATO mission in Afghanistan in 2016 and beyond, and continue to consult with our NATO allies and partners to ensure that the U.S. and NATO missions in Afghanistan are mutually supportive.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;Our continued presence in Afghanistan is not only a sensible investment to counter threats that exist and stay ahead of those that could emerge in this volatile region; it also supports the willing partner we have in the government of Afghanistan.&amp;nbsp; It is in the United States’ interest to help them succeed, for the benefit of their security, our security, the region and the world.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-left: 40px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;Closing the Detention Facility at Guantanamo&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;The Defense Department is resolutely committed to responsibly closing the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay.&amp;nbsp; I share the President’s belief – and the belief of many in Congress – that doing so would benefit our national security, which is why DoD will continue to transfer Guantanamo detainees to other countries when appropriate, such as when we have substantially mitigated any security risks to the United States.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;Over the last three months, we completed transfers for 16 detainees, bringing the population to 91.&amp;nbsp; Like every transfer that came before them, the decision to transfer these detainees happened only after a thorough review by me and other senior security officials of our government.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;That said, because many of the remaining detainees currently cannot be safely transferred to another country, we need an alternative to this detention facility.&amp;nbsp; Therefore, I support the President’s plan to establish and bring those detainees to an appropriate, secure, alternative location in the United States.&amp;nbsp; I appreciate that Congress has indicated a willingness to consider such a proposal, and, in accordance with the 2016 National Defense Authorization Act, DoD delivered that plan to Congress earlier this week. &amp;nbsp;We look forward to working with Congress to identify the most appropriate design, legislative foundation, and geographic location for future detention and to lift the restrictions preventing the responsible closure of the facility at Guantanamo.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-left: 40px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;Supporting and Maintaining our Counterterrorism Capabilities&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;In addition to the specific funds outlined above, the budget also reflects other investments we’re making in DoD’s posture to ensure we can counter terrorism effectively wherever it challenges us.&amp;nbsp; For example, the budget sustains our robust funding for U.S. Special Operations Command, allocating $10.8 billion in FY 2017.&amp;nbsp; To bolster our partners in fighting terrorism, it requests $1 billion for our Counterterrorism Partnerships Fund.&amp;nbsp; And it supports the development of DoD’s transregional counterterrorism strategy, which I’d like to outline now.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;The terrorist threat is continually evolving, changing focus and shifting location, requiring us to be flexible, nimble, and far-reaching in our response.&amp;nbsp; Accordingly, the Defense Department is leveraging the existing security infrastructure we’ve already established in Afghanistan, the Middle East, East Africa, and Southern Europe, so that we can counter transnational and transregional terrorist threats like ISIL and others in a sustainable, durable way going forward.&amp;nbsp; From the troops I visited in Morón, Spain last October, to those I visited in Jalalabad, Afghanistan last December, these locations and associated forces in various regions help keep us postured to respond to a range of crises, terrorist and other kinds.&amp;nbsp; In a practical sense, they enable our crisis response operations, counter-terror operations, and strikes on high-value targets, and they help us act decisively to prevent terrorist group affiliates from becoming as great of a threat as the main entities themselves.&amp;nbsp; This transregional approach is already giving us the opportunity and capability to react swiftly to incidents and threats wherever they occur, and it maximizes our opportunities to eliminate targets and leadership.&amp;nbsp; An example of this in action was our November strike on Abu Nabil, ISIL’s leader in Libya, where assets from several locations converged to successfully kill him.&amp;nbsp; To help implement this strategy, including in the fight against ISIL and its metastasis beyond Iraq and Syria, the budget includes an additional $175 million in FY 2017 – $9 million to help bolster our posture in the Levant, and $166 million to help us better address threats in North and West Africa in conjunction with our European partners.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;Because the accelerating intensity of our precision air campaign against ISIL in Iraq and Syria has been depleting our stocks of some of the GPS-guided smart bombs and laser-guided rockets we use against terrorists the most, the budget invests $1.8 billion in FY 2017 to buy over 45,000 more of them. &amp;nbsp;Furthermore, DoD is also exploring increasing the production rate of these munitions in our industrial base – calling on America’s great arsenal of democracy to help us and our partners finish the job of defeating ISIL.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;Also, because our remotely-piloted intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft play an important role in countering terrorism, the budget includes $1.2 billion for FY 2017 and $4.5 billion over the FYDP to increase the number of around-the-clock permissive ISR combat air patrols from 70 today to 90 by the end of FY 2018.&amp;nbsp; Using a mix of MQ-9 Reapers, Extended Range Reapers, and MQ-1C Advanced Gray Eagles – and comprising 60 patrols from the Air Force, 16 from the Army, and 14 that are government-owned and flown by contractors for the Air Force and U.S. Special Operations Command – these investments will be critical as the need for ISR continues to increase around the world.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;Finally, because it helps us maintain a larger Air Force fighter fleet that can drop more smart bombs in our counter-ISIL air campaign, the budget also further defers the A-10 Thunderbolt’s final retirement until 2022.&amp;nbsp; I saw some of the A-10s that are flying bombing missions against ISIL when I was at Incirlik Air Base in Turkey last December, and we need the additional payload capacity they can bring to the fight.&amp;nbsp; Accordingly, we are also changing the rate at which we will phase out the A-10 as we approach 2022, as I will explain later in this testimony.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;A Strong and Balanced Strategic Approach to Deter Russia&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;Despite the progress we’ve made together since the end of the Cold War, Russia has in recent years appeared intent to erode the principled international order that has served us, our friends and allies, the international community, and also Russia itself so well for so long.&amp;nbsp; In Europe, Russia continues to violate the sovereignty of Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova, and actively seeks to intimidate its Baltic neighbors.&amp;nbsp; In Syria, Russia has been pouring gasoline on a civil war that fuels the very extremism Russia claims to oppose.&amp;nbsp; At sea, in the air, in space, and in cyberspace, Russian actors have engaged in challenging international norms.&amp;nbsp; And most disturbing, Moscow’s nuclear saber-rattling raises questions about Russia’s leaders’ commitment to strategic stability, their respect for norms against the use of nuclear weapons, and whether they respect the profound caution that nuclear-age leaders showed with regard to brandishing nuclear weapons.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;To be clear, the United States does not seek a cold, let alone hot war with Russia.&amp;nbsp; We do not seek to make Russia an enemy, even as it may view us that way.&amp;nbsp; But make no mistake – we will defend our interests, our allies, the principled international order, and the positive future it affords us all.&amp;nbsp; That’s why the United States is taking a strong and balanced strategic approach in response to Russia’s aggression:&amp;nbsp; strengthening both our allies and ourselves, including through investments in this budget, while also giving Russia the opportunity, if it chooses, to rejoin the international community and work with us where our interests align.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;Since Russia began its illegal attempted annexation of Crimea a little over two years ago, DoD’s budgets have made valuable investments in reinforcing our NATO allies; for example, contributing to NATO’s Very High Readiness Joint Task Force, and stepping up our training and exercises under Operation Atlantic Resolve.&amp;nbsp; This budget builds on that significantly, and breaks new ground by re-envisioning and recommitting to deterring – and, if deterrence fails, defeating – any aggression against our allies in the future.&amp;nbsp; The 20&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;&amp;nbsp;century NATO playbook was successful in working toward a Europe whole, free and at peace, but the same playbook would not be well-matched to the needs of the 21&lt;sup&gt;st&lt;/sup&gt;century.&amp;nbsp; Together with our NATO allies, we must write a new playbook which includes preparing to counter new challenges like cyber and hybrid warfare, better integrating conventional and nuclear deterrence, as well as adjusting our posture and presence to adapt and respond to new challenges and new threats.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;To further reinforce our NATO allies and build our deterrence posture in the face of Russia’s aggression, this budget significantly increases funding for our European Reassurance Initiative to make a total investment of $3.4 billion for FY 2017 – more than quadrupling the $789 million that we requested last year – allowing us to increase the amount of prepositioned equipment sets in Europe as well as the number of U.S. forces, including Reserve forces, rotating through Europe to engage with friends and allies.&amp;nbsp; This increase supports the persistent rotational presence of an armored brigade combat team for 12 months out of the year, which will give us a total of three brigade combat teams continuously present in Europe.&amp;nbsp; It supports more training and exercises with our European friends and allies.&amp;nbsp; It supports more warfighting gear, including forward-stationing equipment for an additional armored brigade combat team by the end of 2017.&amp;nbsp; It supports prepositioning equipment for a division headquarters and other enablers in Europe, such that this equipment – along with assigned Army airborne and Stryker brigade combat teams and Marine Corps heavy vehicles and equipment already in Europe – will allow us to rapidly form a highly-capable combined-arms ground force of division-plus strength that can respond theater-wide if necessary.&amp;nbsp; And it helps strengthen our regional air superiority posture – among other things, allowing us to keep an additional F-15C tactical fighter squadron based in Europe, and also improve airfield infrastructure to enhance operations for Air Force fighters and Navy maritime patrol aircraft.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;In addition, the budget reflects how we’re doing more, and in more ways, with specific NATO allies.&amp;nbsp; Given increased Russian submarine activity in the North Atlantic, this includes building toward a continuous arc of highly-capable maritime patrol aircraft operating over the Greenland-Iceland-United Kingdom gap up to Norway’s North Cape.&amp;nbsp; It also includes the delivery of Europe’s first stealthy F-35 Joint Strike Fighters to our British allies.&amp;nbsp; And, given Russia’s use of hybrid warfare – exemplified by the so-called ‘little green men’ in Ukraine – the budget supports more rotational presence of U.S. special operations forces exercising in Europe.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;The budget also significantly funds important new technologies that, when coupled with revised operational concepts, will ensure we can deter and if necessary win a high-end conventional fight in an anti-access, area-denial environment across all domains and warfighting areas – air, land, sea, space, cyberspace, and the electromagnetic spectrum.&amp;nbsp; While I will address these areas in greater detail later in this testimony, investments that are most relevant to deterring Russia include new unmanned systems, enhanced ground-based air and missile defenses, new long-range anti-ship weapons, the long-range strike bomber, and also innovation in technologies like the electromagnetic railgun, lasers, and new systems for electronic warfare, space, and cyberspace.&amp;nbsp; The budget also invests in modernizing our nuclear deterrent.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;Consistent with our strong and balanced approach, the door will remain open for Russia to reassume the role of respected partner going forward.&amp;nbsp; While that would be greatly welcomed by the United States, and the Department of Defense, it’s up to the Kremlin to decide – first by demonstrating a willingness to return to the international community.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;Operationalizing the Rebalance to the Asia-Pacific&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;The budget also supports operationalizing our rebalance to the Asia-Pacific region.&amp;nbsp; In a region home to nearly half the world’s population and nearly half the global economy, for 70 years the United States has helped underwrite a stable security environment that allowed the people, economies, and countries in the Asia-Pacific to rise and prosper.&amp;nbsp; We fully intend to continue these efforts so that bright future can be possible for everyone in this important region.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;Accordingly, the budget helps improve DoD’s geographically distributed, operationally resilient, and politically sustainable posture in the region, through which the United States seeks to preserve peace and stability, and maintain our strategic advantage in an area that’s critically important to America’s political, economic, and security interests.&amp;nbsp; Investments in the budget reflect how we’re moving more of our forces to the region – such as 60 percent of our Navy and overseas Air Force assets – and also some of our most advanced capabilities in and around the region, from F-22 stealth fighter jets and other advanced tactical strike aircraft, to P-8A Poseidon maritime surveillance aircraft, to our newest surface warfare ships.&amp;nbsp; They also reflect how we’re developing and implementing new posture initiatives – in places like Guam, the Northern Marianas, the Philippines, Australia, and Singapore, as well as modernizing our existing footprint in Korea and Japan.&amp;nbsp; And they reflect our efforts to support and strengthen a regional security architecture that benefits everyone – from strengthening and modernizing our alliances, to bolstering our ties with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), to building the security capabilities of our many friends and allies, who increasingly want to do more with us in the region.&amp;nbsp; In support of this effort, the budget fully supports our five-year, $425 million Southeast Asia Maritime Security Initiative begun in FY 2016.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;For this region, as it does with Europe, the budget also significantly funds important new technologies to ensure we can deter and if necessary win a high-end conventional fight in an anti-access, area-denial environment across all domains and warfighting areas – air, land, sea, space, cyberspace, and the electromagnetic spectrum.&amp;nbsp; These investments – which I will outline later in this testimony – are important for ensuring our forces can go anywhere, at any time, and succeed in whatever mission we ask of them.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;It’s important to remember that America’s rebalance has never aimed to hold any nation back or push any country down. The United States wants every nation to have an opportunity to rise, because it’s good for the region and good for our collective interests.&amp;nbsp; That includes China.&amp;nbsp; As we welcome the growth and prosperity of all Asia-Pacific nations, it is clear that the U.S.-China relationship will be complex as we continue to balance our competition and cooperation.&amp;nbsp; There are opportunities to improve understanding and to reduce risk with China – for example, we’ve agreed to four confidence-building agreements, including one meant to prevent dangerous air-to-air encounters.&amp;nbsp; But there remain areas of concern.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;For one, the United States joins virtually everyone else in the region in being deeply concerned about the pace and scope of land reclamation in the South China Sea, the prospect of further militarization, as well as the potential for these activities to increase the risk of miscalculation or conflict among claimant states.&amp;nbsp; U.S. military presence in the region is decades-old, has been instrumental in upholding the rules-based international system, and has laid the foundation for peace and security in the region.&amp;nbsp; Our interest is in maintaining freedom of navigation and overflight, full and unimpeded lawful commerce, and that disputes are resolved peacefully.&amp;nbsp; To accomplish this, we will continue to fly, sail, and operate wherever international law allows.&amp;nbsp; We also expect China to uphold President Xi’s pledge not to pursue militarization in the Spratly Islands of the South China Sea.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;Also, we are closely watching the long-term, comprehensive military modernization program that China, as well as other countries, continues to pursue.&amp;nbsp; While there is no question that the United States retains a decisive military edge in the Asia-Pacific today, China is investing in capabilities to counter third-party – including the United States – intervention during a crisis or conflict.&amp;nbsp; These capabilities include ballistic and cruise missiles of increasingly greater range and accuracy, counter-space and offensive cyber capabilities, and electronic warfare systems.&amp;nbsp; To maintain a lasting competitive advantage, DoD is taking prudent steps to preserve and enhance deterrence for the long term.&amp;nbsp; The budget reflects this, including with investments to continue adapting our forces, posture, operations, and capabilities to deter aggression, defend our allies, and sustain our military edge in the Asia-Pacific.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;Deterring North Korea&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;The budget also supports investments necessary to deter North Korean provocation and aggression, ensure our forces on the Korean Peninsula remain ready and capable to ‘fight tonight’ if necessary, and defend against threats emanating from North Korea against the United States and our allies.&amp;nbsp; This includes threats posed by North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs, against which DoD is fully capable of defending the U.S. homeland.&amp;nbsp; Our position has been, and remains, that North Korea must abide by its international obligation to abandon its nuclear and missile programs and stop its provocative behavior.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;North Korea’s nuclear test on January 6&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;&amp;nbsp;and its ballistic missile launch on February 7&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;were highly provocative acts that undermine peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula and in the region.&amp;nbsp; The United States condemns these violations of U.N. Security Council resolutions and again calls on North Korea to abide by its international obligations and commitments.&amp;nbsp; We are monitoring and continuing to assess the situation in close coordination with our regional partners.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;DoD remains fully capable of fulfilling U.S. treaty commitments to our allies in the event of a North Korean attack, and we’re working with our Republic of Korea allies to develop a comprehensive set of alliance capabilities to counter the growing North Korean ballistic missile threat.&amp;nbsp; I spoke with my South Korean counterpart shortly after the nuclear test, and reiterated our commitments as strong and steadfast allies.&amp;nbsp; Also, a few hours after the ballistic missile launch, the United States and the Republic of Korea jointly announced the start of formal consultations to discuss the feasibility of deploying a Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system to the Korean Peninsula at the earliest date.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;Checking Iran’s Malign Influence while Strengthening Regional Friends and Allies&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;The Middle East presents a kaleidoscope of challenges, but there, as everywhere, DoD’s budget – and accordingly our actions and strong military posture – is guided by our North Star of what’s in America’s interests.&amp;nbsp; Defeating ISIL in Iraq and Syria, which I discussed earlier, is of course one of those interests, but amid this region’s complexity and uncertainty, we also have other interests of great importance, which are to deter aggression; to bolster the security of our friends and allies, especially Israel; to ensure freedom of navigation in the Gulf; and to check Iran’s malign influence even as we monitor the implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.&amp;nbsp; That’s why DoD maintains tens of thousands of American personnel ashore and afloat in the region, along with our most sophisticated ground, maritime, and air and ballistic missile defense assets.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;While the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action places significant limitations on Iran that will effectively cut off its pathways to the fissile material for a nuclear bomb, it does not limit in any way what DoD can and will do to pursue our defense strategy in the region.&amp;nbsp; It places no limits on our forces, our partnerships and alliances, our intensive and ongoing security cooperation, or on our development and fielding of new military capabilities – capabilities we will continue to advance.&amp;nbsp; So if Iran were to commit aggression, our robust force posture ensures we can immediately respond and rapidly surge an overwhelming array of forces into the region, leveraging our most advanced capabilities married with sophisticated munitions that put no target out of reach.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;This budget invests in maintaining those abilities going forward, which is important, because Iran and its proxies will still present security challenges.&amp;nbsp; Iran supports Assad in Syria, backs Hezbollah in Lebanon, and is contributing to disorder in Yemen, while still directing hostility and violence to our closest ally in the region, Israel. &amp;nbsp;To continue to meet our commitments and enhance our cooperation with our friends and allies in the region, especially Israel, the budget makes critical investments – including $146 million to support Israel in FY 2017.&amp;nbsp; This reflects our unshakeable commitment to Israel and its security, with funding for Iron Dome, David’s Sling, Arrow, and other cooperative defense programs – not only ensuring that Israel can defend itself, but also preserving and enhancing Israel’s qualitative military edge, which is a cornerstone of our defense relationship.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;Meanwhile, with critical investments in other areas, the budget enables DoD to continue to advance our preparations, posture, partnerships, and planning to preserve the President’s options for any contingency.&amp;nbsp; It strengthens the regional security architecture in a way that blunts Iran’s ability to coerce its neighbors.&amp;nbsp; And it helps us stay ahead of the risks posed by Iran’s ballistic missiles, naval forces, cyber capabilities, and support for terrorists and others in the region.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;Addressing Threats in Cyber, Space, and Electronic Warfare&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;Even as we make adjustments in our budget to address the five evolving challenges posed by Russia, China, Iran, North Korea, and terrorist groups like ISIL and al-Qaeda, we are also making adjustments to address emerging and increasing threats that transcend individual nations and organizations.&amp;nbsp; That’s because, as we confront these five challenges, we know we’ll have to deal with them across all domains – and not just the usual air, land, and sea, but also particularly in the areas of cyber, space, and electronic warfare, where our reliance on technology has given us great strengths, but also led to vulnerabilities that potential adversaries are eager to exploit.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;As I made clear when I released DoD’s new cyber strategy last April, we have three missions in cyberspace – first and foremost, to defend our networks, systems, and information; second, to defend the nation and our interests from cyberattacks of significant consequence; and third, to provide options that can augment our other military systems.&amp;nbsp; Given the increasing severity and sophistication of the threats and challenges we’re seeing in cyberspace – ranging from ISIL’s pervasive online presence to the data breaches at the Office of Personnel Management – the budget puts a priority on funding our cyber strategy, investing a total of $6.7 billion in FY 2017 and $34.6 billion over the FYDP.&amp;nbsp; This is a $900 million increase over last year’s budget.&amp;nbsp; While these funds will help us continue to develop, train, and equip our growing Cyber Mission Force, and also make new technological investments to strengthen our cyber defenses and capabilities – both of which I address later in this testimony – the budget also reflects our efforts to make a fundamental shift toward a culture of accountability in cyberspace, from instituting a DoD-wide cybersecurity scorecard to monitor our progress to increasing individual knowledge about practical ways to defend against cyber intrusions. &amp;nbsp;Our people understandably hold themselves to very high standards when it comes to caring for, attending to, using, and being accountable for the weapons they carry into battle, and we must do the same when it comes to interacting with our networks and cyber capabilities – not only among our cyber warriors and IT professionals, but throughout the DoD workforce.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;While at times in the past space was seen as a sanctuary, new and emerging threats make clear that’s not the case anymore, and we must be prepared for the possibility of a conflict that extends into space.&amp;nbsp; This means that as we continue to ensure our access to space so we can provide capabilities like reconnaissance, GPS, and secure communications that enable and enhance our operations in other domains, we must also focus on assuring and defending these capabilities against aggressive and comprehensive counter-space programs of others.&amp;nbsp; Though competitors may understand our reliance on space, we will not let them use it against us, or take it away.&amp;nbsp; As I will discuss later in this testimony, this budget makes important investments to do just that – sustaining and building on the major shifts DoD began funding in last year’s budget submission.&amp;nbsp; With the presence of so many commercial space endeavors, we want this domain to be just like the oceans and the Internet:&amp;nbsp; free and open to all.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;Finally, high-end competitors have also invested in electronic warfare systems as a cost-effective way to challenge the United States and try to blunt our technological advantage.&amp;nbsp; By jamming our radars, communications, and GPS, these systems would seek to disrupt the integrated capabilities that allow our forces to identify, target, reach, and destroy an enemy with precision.&amp;nbsp; We cannot allow that to happen, which is why this budget deliberately invests in buying more electronic protection and resiliency for our current systems as well as developing more advanced capabilities.&amp;nbsp; I will address these investments in more detail later in this testimony.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;V. SEIZING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE FUTURE&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;The other significant share of our budget goes toward making sure DoD will be ready for the future.&amp;nbsp; Our budget’s investments and programming decisions in this area reflect my commitment&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;to create a Defense Department that’s open to change and new ideas to ensure a better future for both DoD and the nation&lt;/span&gt;, and my priorities in doing so.&amp;nbsp; These are best understood through the four key pillars of this commitment – namely, updating and refining warfighting strategies, operational concepts, and tactics; driving smart and essential technological innovation; building the force of the future; and reforming the DoD enterprise.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;While I will describe what we’re doing in each of those areas momentarily, the dynamic strategic environment I described earlier in this testimony explains why such change is so important – not for the sake of change, but for the security of this country.&amp;nbsp; We cannot let those challenges overtake us; we have to stay ahead of them and stay the best.&amp;nbsp; That’s why as Secretary of Defense I’ve been pushing the Pentagon to think outside our five-sided box.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;Updating and Refining Warfighting Strategies, Operational Concepts, and Tactics&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;Because our military has to have the agility and ability to win both the fights we’re in, the wars that could happen today, and the wars that could happen in the future, we’re always updating our plans and developing new operational approaches to account for any changes in potential adversary threats and capabilities, and to make sure that the plans apply innovation to our operational approaches – including ways to overcome emerging threats to our security, such as cyberattacks, anti-satellite weapons, and anti-access, area denial systems.&amp;nbsp; We’re building in modularity that gives our chain of command’s most senior decision-makers a greater variety of choices.&amp;nbsp; We’re making sure planners think about what happens if they have to execute their plan at the same time as another contingency is taking place, so they don’t fall into the trap of presuming the contingency they’re planning for would be the only thing we’d be doing in the world at that time.&amp;nbsp; And we’re injecting agility and flexibility into our processes, because the world, its challenges, and our potential opponents are not monolithic, and we must be just as dynamic to stay ahead of them.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;As I mentioned earlier, DoD is continuing to embark on a force-wide, all-service transition from an era focused on counterinsurgency operations to an era focused on the full spectrum of military operations.&amp;nbsp; While we do so for many important reasons, it’s also important to note that we don’t want to forget or turn our back on counterinsurgency, but rather enable most of our forces to be capable of doing a lot more than just that.&amp;nbsp; A smaller segment of our force will still specialize in these skills, and DoD will retain the ability to expand our operational capacity for counterinsurgency missions should it become necessary.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;The transition to full-spectrum operations is and will be coupled with demonstrations to clearly signal it and make that signal credible, which is key to conventional deterrence.&amp;nbsp; The same is true for our investments in capabilities – in new technologies, new operational concepts, and also innovative ways for how we use what we already have – these must and will be demonstrated as well.&amp;nbsp; This is accounted for in the budget, as are other investments we’re making to recommit ourselves to deterrence across the strategic, operational, and tactical levels of conflict.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;Recognizing the immense value that wargaming has historically had in strengthening our force in times of strategic, operational, and technological transition – such as during the interwar years between World War I and World War II, when air, land, and naval wargamers developed innovative approaches in areas like tank warfare and carrier aviation – this budget makes significant new investments to reinvigorate and expand wargaming efforts across the Defense Department.&amp;nbsp; With a total of $55 million in FY 2017 as part of $526 million over the FYDP, this will allow us to try out nascent operational concepts and test new capabilities that may create operational dilemmas and impose unexpected costs on potential adversaries.&amp;nbsp; The results of future wargames will be integrated into DoD’s new wargaming repository, which was recently established to help our planners and leaders better understand and shape how we use wargames while also allowing us to share the insights we gain across the defense enterprise.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;Driving Smart and Essential Technological Innovation&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;The investments this budget makes in technology and innovation, and the bridges it helps build and rebuild, are critical to staying ahead of future threats in a changing world.&amp;nbsp; When I began my career, most technology of consequence originated in America, and much of that was sponsored by the government, especially DoD.&amp;nbsp; Today, not only is much more technology commercial, but the competition is global, with other countries trying to catch up with the advances we’ve enjoyed for decades in areas like precision-guided munitions, stealth, cyber, and space.&amp;nbsp; So now, as we have in the past, DoD must invest to ensure America pioneers and dominates these and other technological frontiers.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;DoD is therefore pursuing new technology development along with new operational concepts, and new organizational constructs – all of which are reflected in or supported by this budget submission – to maintain our military’s technological superiority and ensure we always have an operational advantage over any potential adversary.&amp;nbsp; How we do this is important, because while the Cold War arms race was characterized mostly by strength, with the leader simply having more, bigger, or better weapons, this era of technological competition is uniquely characterized by an additional variable of speed, such that leading the race now depends on who can out-innovate faster than everyone else.&amp;nbsp; It’s no longer just a matter of what we buy; what also matters is how we buy things, how quickly we buy them, whom we buy them from, and how quickly and creatively we’re able to upgrade them and repurpose them to be used in different and innovative ways to stay ahead of future threats.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;In particular, this means leveraging the capability of current and emerging technologies, including commercial technologies wherever appropriate.&amp;nbsp; It means demonstrating and seeding investments in new capabilities and concepts to counter advanced anti-access, area-denial challenges across all domains and in every region where they persist – a particular focus of DoD’s effort to develop a third offset strategy. &amp;nbsp;And also, it means investing in and operationalizing our security by leveraging advances in cyber, space, electronic warfare, biotechnology, artificial intelligence, and other areas.&amp;nbsp; Our technologies and capabilities must be able to operate so that no matter what any of our enemies might throw at them, they are able to defeat attempts to be hacked.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;Accordingly, this budget invests a total of $183.9 billion in FY 2017, and $951 billion over the FYDP, to help research, develop, test, evaluate, and procure the right technology and capabilities our military will need to deter and if necessary fight and win full-spectrum conflicts in the future.&amp;nbsp; For the second year in a row, the budget increases funding for our research and development accounts, which total $71.8 billion in FY 2017.&amp;nbsp; That includes $12.5 billion specifically invested in science and technology to support groundbreaking work happening in the military services, in our dozens of DoD labs and engineering centers across the country, and in the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop and advance disruptive technologies and capabilities in areas like undersea systems, hypersonics, electronic warfare, big data analytics, advanced materials, energy and propulsion, robotics, autonomy, and advanced sensing and computing.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;At the same time that DoD is making investments in technologies themselves, we’re also investing in building and rebuilding bridges with America’s vibrant, innovative technology community and forging more connections with the commercial technology base – and it’s reflected in our budget.&amp;nbsp; In FY 2017, this includes $45 million for our Defense Innovation Unit-Experimental (DIUx), which we opened in Silicon Valley last August to build relationships and better tap into the region’s innovation ecosystem.&amp;nbsp; It also includes $40 million for our pilot program with the independent, non-profit startup backer In-Q-Tel, leveraging its venture capital model to help find innovative solutions for some of our most challenging problems.&amp;nbsp; And it includes $137 million to support our public-private partnership-funded Manufacturing Innovation Institutes, including the one focused on flexible hybrid electronics that I announced in Silicon Valley last August.&amp;nbsp; In all these areas, similar to how DoD’s historic investments in things like GPS and the Internet later went on to yield great benefits for not just our security but also our society, we hope the investments we’re making in some of these fields along with our partners in the technology industry will lead to incredible advances that today we can only imagine.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;Importantly, technological innovation must be done in concert with operational innovation. &amp;nbsp;It’s not enough to have or create new technologies or weapon systems; how they are used is key.&amp;nbsp; The budget reflects work DoD has been undertaking in this area though multiple lines of effort.&amp;nbsp; First, there’s our Long-Range Research and Development Planning Program – an effort named after the mid-1970s project that brought together a cross-section of military, academic, and private-sector experts who paved the way to a future of GPS-guided smart bombs, battle networks, and stealth – and also our Advanced Capability and Deterrence Panel.&amp;nbsp; Both focus on identifying and charting longer-term, leap-ahead investments for strategies and capabilities that will give us an advantage several decades from now, and together they make up nearly 60 percent of our science and technology investments in this budget submission.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;Now, to focus on maintaining our near-term advantage, DoD has an office that we don’t often talk about, but that I want to highlight today.&amp;nbsp; It’s called the Strategic Capabilities Office (SCO).&amp;nbsp; I created SCO in 2012 when I was Deputy Secretary of Defense to reimagine existing DoD, intelligence community, and commercial systems by giving them new roles and game-changing capabilities to confound potential opponents.&amp;nbsp; I picked a talented physicist to lead it.&amp;nbsp; SCO is incredibly innovative, but also has the rare virtue of rapid development and the even rarer charter to keep current capabilities viable for as long as possible.&amp;nbsp; So it’s good for both troops and taxpayers alike.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;SCO is focused on thinking differently, which is incredibly important to innovation when it comes to technological capabilities.&amp;nbsp; Thinking differently put us in space and on the moon.&amp;nbsp; It put computers in our pockets and information at our fingertips.&amp;nbsp; It’s how we came to have airplanes that take off from the decks of ships, nuclear submarines beneath the seas, and satellite networks that take pictures of the world and show us where we are in it.&amp;nbsp; And this kind of bold, innovative thinking isn’t lost to history.&amp;nbsp; It’s happening every day, in SCO and many other places throughout the Department of Defense.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;Most people don’t often hear about it because most of its work is classified; however, SCO has been a tremendously useful part of DoD.&amp;nbsp; It’s received large support from all the services, as well as our combatant commands, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the intelligence community, and also Congress – with its budget growing from $140 million in its first year, FY 2014, to reaching $845 million for FY 2017 in this year’s budget submission. &amp;nbsp;To show the return we’re getting on those investments, I’d like to highlight some projects SCO has been working on that we’re funding in the budget.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;First is a project focused on advanced navigation, where SCO is taking the same kinds of micro-cameras and sensors that are littered throughout our smartphones today, and putting them on our Small Diameter Bombs to augment their targeting capabilities.&amp;nbsp; This will eventually be a modular kit that will work with many other payloads – enabling off-network targeting through commercial components that are small enough to hold in your hand.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;Another SCO project uses swarming, autonomous vehicles in all sorts of ways, and in multiple domains.&amp;nbsp; For the air, they’ve developed micro-drones that are really fast, and really resilient – they can fly through heavy winds and be kicked out the back of a fighter jet moving at Mach 0.9, like they did during an operational exercise in Alaska last year, or they can be thrown into the air by a soldier in the middle of the Iraqi desert.&amp;nbsp; And for the water, they’ve developed self-driving boats, which can network together to do all sorts of missions, from fleet defense to close-in surveillance – including around an island, real or artificial, without putting our sailors at risk.&amp;nbsp; Each one leverages the wider world of technology.&amp;nbsp; For example, the micro-drones use a lot of commercial components and 3D printing.&amp;nbsp; And the boats build on some of the same artificial intelligence algorithms that NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory wrote for the Mars lander.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;SCO also has a project on gun-based missile defense, where we’re taking the same hypervelocity smart projectile developed for the electromagnetic railgun, and using it for point defense by firing it with artillery we already have in our inventory – including the five-inch guns at the front of every Navy destroyer, and also the hundreds of Army Paladin self-propelled howitzers.&amp;nbsp; This way, instead of spending more money on more expensive interceptors, we can turn past offense into future defense – defeating incoming missile raids at much lower cost per round, and thereby imposing higher costs on the attacker.&amp;nbsp; In fact, we tested the first shots of the hypervelocity projectile out of a Paladin a little over a month ago, and we found that it also significantly increases the range.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;There’s also a SCO project that we’re calling the arsenal plane, which takes one of our oldest aircraft platforms, and turns it into a flying launch pad for all sorts of different conventional payloads.&amp;nbsp; In practice, the arsenal plane will function as a very large airborne magazine, networked to fifth-generation aircraft that act as forward sensor and targeting nodes – essentially combining different systems already in our inventory to create wholly new capabilities.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;The last SCO project I want to highlight is how we’re creating a brand new capability with the SM-6 missile, an interceptor that’s designed to launch from our Navy’s surface ships and be highly maneuverable and aerodynamic to stop incoming ballistic and cruise missiles in the atmosphere.&amp;nbsp; It’s one of our most modern and capable munitions – and thanks to work done by SCO, we’ve been able to modify the SM-6 so that in addition to missile defense, it can also target enemy ships at sea.&amp;nbsp; This new anti-ship mode makes the SM-6 doubly useful, taking the defensive speed and maneuverability already sitting in our Aegis destroyers’ launch cells and leveraging it for offensive surface warfare lethality.&amp;nbsp; That makes it a potent new capability for our fleet, and also a good deal for the taxpayer by using the same thing twice.&amp;nbsp; We already know this works; it was fully tested this past January to great success.&amp;nbsp; And, as I will address later in this testimony, this new operational concept is strongly reflected in our 2017 budget.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;Those are just a few projects that SCO has worked on so far – and they’re working on a lot more, including some surprising ones.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;Now, with all of that in mind – from why we need to invest in technological innovation, to how we’re doing it – let me address the specific investments this budget makes in technologies and capabilities to deter, and if necessary fight and win, a full-spectrum conventional war against even the most high-end of adversaries.&amp;nbsp; In concert, they will help maintain our military’s edge both under and on the sea, on land, in the air, in space, in cyber and electronic warfare, and in the modernization and maintenance of our nuclear enterprise.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-left: 40px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;Maritime Investments&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;In the maritime domain, the budget refocuses our Navy on building lethality for high-end conflicts while continuing to grow the battle fleet to meet, but not exceed, the department’s warfighting posture requirement of 308 ships.&amp;nbsp; Our investments reflect an emphasis on payloads over platforms, on the ability to strike from sanctuary quickly so that no target is out of reach, and on closing capability shortfalls that have developed over the last several years.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;First, the budget maximizes our undersea advantage – leveraging and growing our lead in an area where the U.S. military should be doing more, not less, going forward.&amp;nbsp; It provides funding for important payloads and munitions, including $170.8 million in FY 2017 and $1.5 billion over the FYDP for an improved heavyweight torpedo as well as research and development for an advanced lightweight torpedo to stay ahead of existing and emerging undersea challenges.&amp;nbsp; It includes $5.2 billion in FY 2017 and $29.4 billion over the FYDP to buy nine Virginia-class attack submarines over the next five years; four of those submarines – up from three in last year’s budget – will be equipped with the versatile Virginia Payload Module that can more than triple each submarine’s strike capacity from 12 Tomahawk land attack missiles to 40.&amp;nbsp; The budget also invests $500 million in FY 2017, and $3.4 billion over the FYDP, to upgrade 49 of our submarines’ combat systems and enhance underwater acoustics on nine of our existing Virginia-class submarines.&amp;nbsp; It increases funding for unmanned undersea vehicles (UUVs) by over $100 million in FY 2017, part of a total $173 million in FY 2017 and $1.2 billion over the FYDP that invests in, among other areas, rapid prototyping of UUVs in multiple sizes and diverse payloads – which is important, since UUVs can operate in shallow waters where manned submarines cannot. &amp;nbsp;And it includes $2.2 billion in FY 2017 and $6.4 billion over the FYDP to continue procuring the advanced P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol and surveillance aircraft. &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Together, all these investments – totaling $8.2 billion in FY 2017, and $41.9 billion over the next five years – will ensure we continue to have the most lethal undersea and anti-submarine force in the world.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;Second, the budget makes significant investments to bolster the lethality of our surface fleet forces, so they can deter and if necessary prevail in a full-spectrum conflict against even the most advanced adversaries.&amp;nbsp; It invests $597 million in FY 2017, and $2.9 billion over the FYDP, to maximize production of the SM-6 missile, one of our most modern and capable munitions, procuring 125 in FY 2017 and 625 over the next five years – and this investment is doubly important given the SM-6’s new anti-ship capability.&amp;nbsp; It also invests in developing and acquiring several other key munitions and payloads – including $1 billion in FY 2017, and $5.8 billion over the FYDP, for all variants of the SM-3 high-altitude ballistic missile interceptor; $340 million in FY 2017, and $925 million over the FYDP, for the Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile; $221 million in FY 2017, and $1.4 billion over the FYDP, for the Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile, including its extended range version; and $435 million in FY 2017, as part of $2.1 billion over the FYDP, for the most advanced variant of the Tactical Tomahawk land-attack missile, which once upgraded can also be used for maritime strike.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;Third, the budget reflects decisions we’ve made to ensure that we look at our overall warfighting posture, rather than only the presence that contributes to it, in determining whether our maritime forces can deter and if necessary fight and win a full-spectrum conflict.&amp;nbsp; Having grown the size and the capability of our surface and subsurface fleet over the last seven years, this budget will continue to do both.&amp;nbsp; It will ensure we meet the department’s 308-ship posture requirement – indeed, growing the battle fleet to 308 ships by the end of the FYDP – and it will make our naval forces as a whole more capable, more survivable, and more lethal than they would have been otherwise.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;The budget invests $3.4 billion in FY 2017 and $18.3 billion over the FYDP to continue to buy two DDG-51 Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers each year over the next five years – a total of 10 over the FYDP – as well as $400 million in FY 2017 and $2.8 billion over the FYDP for modernizing our destroyers, 12 of which will also receive upgrades to their combat systems.&amp;nbsp; It continues to support 11 carrier strike groups, investing $2.7 billion in FY 2017 and $13.5 billion over the FYDP for new construction of Ford-class carriers, as well as $2 billion in FY 2017 and $8.9 billion over the FYDP for midlife reactor refueling and overhauls on our current carrier fleet.&amp;nbsp; And, as I will discuss in the reform section of this testimony, it supports modernizing our guided missile cruisers – providing them with more capability and a longer lifespan while freeing up significant funds that can be put toward a variety of uses.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;I’d like to now address the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), where we made an important tradeoff so we could put more money in submarines, Navy fighter jets, and many other critical areas.&amp;nbsp; As such, the budget takes a new approach to the LCS and its associated frigate – buying a total of 40, not the 52 or more that were planned starting back in 2002.&amp;nbsp; Let me explain why.&amp;nbsp; First, to be clear, we’re investing in LCS and frigates because we need the capability they provide, and for missions like minesweeping and anti-submarine warfare, they’re expected to be very capable.&amp;nbsp; But now, in 2016, we have to further balance our shipbuilding investments among guided missile destroyers and Virginia-class attack submarines.&amp;nbsp; We face competitors who are challenging us on the open ocean with new submarines, ships, aircraft, and missiles – advanced capabilities we haven’t had to contend with in a long time, meaning that we must now invest more in higher-end capabilities across our own fleet.&amp;nbsp; The department’s warfighting analysis called for 40 small surface combatants, so that’s how many we’re buying.&amp;nbsp; Over the next 10 years, this will let us invest almost $8 billion more into highly lethal ships and capabilities – all the while increasing both the number of ships and the capability of our battle fleet.&amp;nbsp; While this will somewhat reduce the number of LCS available for presence operations, that need will be met by higher-end ships, and it will ensure that the warfighting forces in our submarine, surface, and aviation fleets have the necessary capabilities to defeat even our most advanced potential adversaries.&amp;nbsp; Under this rebalanced plan, we will still achieve our 308-ship goal within the next five years, and we will be better positioned as a force to effectively deter, and if necessary defeat, even the most advanced potential adversaries.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-left: 40px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;Land Investments&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;To ensure our ground forces have the capabilities to counter emerging threats and the demonstrated ability to deter and if necessary fight and win a full-spectrum conflict, the budget will help provide our Army, Marine Corps, and special operations forces with greater lethality in several forms.&amp;nbsp; This includes a next-generation shoulder-launched weapon, a life extension program as well as a replacement for the Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) that can be used for improved counter-battery and long-range strike, and increased firepower for Stryker armored fighting vehicles.&amp;nbsp; Together these investments comprise $780 million in FY 2017 and $3.6 billion over the FYDP.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;Additionally, the budget invests $735 million in FY 2017, and $6.8 billion over the FYDP, in the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle intended to replace the military’s Humvees – procuring more than 2,000 vehicles in FY 2017, and a total of more than 17,700 vehicles over the next five years.&amp;nbsp; It also invests $159 million in FY 2017, and $1.7 billion over the FYDP, in the Amphibious Combat Vehicle, which will replace the Marine Corps’ aging Amphibious Assault Vehicle – helping procure over 200 vehicles over the next five years.&amp;nbsp; And, as I discuss later in the reform section of this testimony, it supports the Army’s ongoing Aviation Restructure Initiative – investing $1.1 billion for 52 AH-64 Apache attack helicopters in FY 2017, and $5.7 billion for 275 Apaches over the FYDP, as well as $1 billion for 36 UH-60 Black Hawk utility helicopters in FY 2017, and $5.6 billion for 268 Black Hawks over the FYDP.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;The budget also invests $9.1 billion for missile defense in FY 2017, and $47.1 billion over the FYDP.&amp;nbsp; This reflects important decisions we’ve made to strengthen and improve our missile defense capabilities – particularly to counter the anti-access, area-denial challenge of increasingly precise and increasingly long-range ballistic and cruise missiles being fielded by several nations in multiple regions of the world.&amp;nbsp; Instead of spending more money on a smaller number of more traditional and expensive interceptors, we’re funding a wide range of defensive capabilities that can defeat incoming missile raids at much lower cost per round, and thereby impose higher costs on the attacker.&amp;nbsp; The budget invests in improvements that complicate enemy targeting, harden our bases, and leverage gun-based point defense capabilities – from upgrading the Land-Based Phalanx Weapons System, to developing hypervelocity smart projectiles that as I mentioned earlier can be fired not only from the five-inch guns at the front of every Navy destroyer, but also the hundreds of Army M109 Paladin self-propelled howitzers. &amp;nbsp;Additionally, the budget’s missile defense investments maintain DoD’s commitment to improving our homeland and theater defense systems – as we’re increasing the number of deployed Ground-Based Interceptors (GBIs) from 30 to 44, redesigning the exo-atmospheric kill vehicle to improve the reliability of the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense system, and funding improvements and follow-on concept development for the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system.&amp;nbsp; Specifically, we're investing $1.2 billion in FY 2017 and $5.8 billion over the FYDP for the Ground-based Midcourse Defense program; for THAAD, we're spending $640 million in FY 2017 and $3.6 billion over the FYDP, which includes procuring 24 interceptors in FY 2017 and 149 over the FYDP; and, to research, develop, and deploy a new Long-Range Discrimination Radar, we’re investing $317 million in FY 2017 and $1 billion over the FYDP.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-left: 40px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;Air Investments&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;To ensure the U.S. military’s continued air superiority and global reach, the budget makes important investments in several areas – and not just platforms, but also payloads.&amp;nbsp; For example, it invests $2.4 billion in FY 2017 and $8 billion over the FYDP in a wide range of versatile munitions – including buying more Small Diameter Bombs, JDAMs, Hellfires, and AIM-120D air-to-air missiles.&amp;nbsp; We are also developing hypersonics that can fly over five times the speed of sound.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;The budget continues to buy the stealthy, fifth-generation F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter.&amp;nbsp; It includes $10.1 billion in FY 2017 and $56.3 billion over the FYDP to procure a total of 404 F-35s across the force through 2021 – 43 F-35As for the Air Force in FY 2017 as part of 243 to be purchased over the FYDP, 16 F-35Bs for the Marine Corps in FY 2017 as part of 97 to be purchased over the FYDP, and 4 F-35Cs for the Navy and Marine Corps in FY 2017 as part of 64 to be purchased over the FYDP.&amp;nbsp; This represents a slight deferral in Air Force F-35 procurement, which we’re doing in order to free up funds to maintain a larger-size Air Force of 55 tactical fighter squadrons, and to improve avionics, radar, and electronic warfare systems in legacy bomber and fighter aircraft like the F-15, F-16, B-1, B-2, and B-52 fleets – increasing their lethality, survivability, and therefore usefulness in a full-spectrum conflict.&amp;nbsp; At the same time, it also represents an increase in the Navy and Marine Corps’ F-35 procurement, which is important to ensure sufficient high-end capability and numbers in our aircraft carriers’ tactical fighter fleet.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;Additionally, the budget invests $1.4 billion in FY 2017 and $12.1 billion over the FYDP for continued development of the Long-Range Strike Bomber, as well as $3.1 billion in FY 2017 and $15.7 billion over the FYDP to continue upgrading our aerial tanker fleet – buying 15 KC-46A Pegasus refueling tankers in FY 2017 as part of 75 aircraft to be purchased over the FYDP.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;The budget also reflects important decisions regarding future unmanned aerial systems, such as the Navy’s Carrier-Based Aerial Refueling System (CBARS), formerly known as the Unmanned Carrier-Launched Air Surveillance and Strike (UCLASS) program – by focusing in the near-term on providing carrier-based aerial refueling, we’re setting the stage for a future unmanned carrier air wing.&amp;nbsp; With this approach, the Navy will be able to quickly and affordably field the kinds of unmanned systems that its carrier air wings need today, while laying an important foundation for future, more capable unmanned carrier-based platforms.&amp;nbsp; We know we need to ensure aircraft can operate off the carrier in high-threat environments, and we’re working hard to make them unmanned – it’s just that the UCLASS program as previously structured was not the fastest path to get us there.&amp;nbsp; This approach will allow us to get started integrating unmanned aircraft onto our aircraft carriers affordably and as soon as possible.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;Furthermore, to maximize the capabilities and extend the reach of all our airborne systems, the budget reflects how we’re expanding manned-unmanned teaming – from buying Navy MQ-4C Triton unmanned maritime surveillance and patrol aircraft, which can be paired with our P-8A Poseidon aircraft for a variety of missions; to buying Army AH-64 Apache attack helicopters that can pair with MQ-1C Gray Eagle scouts; to buying Air Force F-35s that can network with both payloads and platforms.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-left: 40px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;Cyber and Electronic Warfare Investments&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;This budget significantly increases our cyber capabilities, with new investments totaling over $900 million in FY 2017 compared to last year’s budget.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;Because defending our networks is and must be DoD’s number-one mission in cyberspace, the budget makes significant investments to improve our defensive capabilities to deny a potential attack from succeeding.&amp;nbsp; These include $336 million over the FYDP to support more capable network perimeter defenses, as well as $378 million over the FYDP to train and strengthen DoD’s Cyber Protection Teams to respond to security breaches, grow our cyber training and testing ranges, and support tool development that will let our Cyber Mission Force quickly respond to cyberattacks against our networks regardless of where they are stationed around the world.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;Reflecting our renewed commitment to deterring even the most advanced adversaries, the budget also invests in cyber deterrence capabilities, including building potential military response options.&amp;nbsp; This effort is focused on our most active cyber aggressors, and is based around core principles of resiliency, denial, and response.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;As part of DoD’s second cyber mission – defending the nation – the budget invests in an advanced capability to disrupt cyberattacks of significant consequences.&amp;nbsp; And to support DoD’s third cyber mission – providing offensive cyber options that if directed can augment our other military systems – the budget invests $347 million over the FYDP to help provide cyber tools and support infrastructure for the Cyber Mission Force and U.S. Cyber Command.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;DoD has a unique level of resources and cyber expertise compared to the rest of the federal government, and following the recent data breaches of the Office of Personnel Management’s information technology systems, DoD has undertaken responsibility for the development, maintenance, and cybersecurity of the replacement background investigation systems and their data infrastructure.&amp;nbsp; To provide proper support and a dedicated funding stream for this effort, the President’s budget includes $95 million for DoD in FY 2017.&amp;nbsp; Also, on a separate but related note, the budget invests $454 million over the FYDP to ensure DoD will continue to have access to the trusted microelectronic components needed in our weapon systems.&amp;nbsp; By developing alternative sources for advanced microchips and trusted designs, this funding will help ensure the long-term security of our systems and capabilities.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;Meanwhile, to protect our platforms and ensure U.S. freedom of maneuver in contested environments, the budget also continues to support research, development, testing, evaluation, and procurement of advanced electronic warfare capabilities – totaling $3.7 billion in FY 2017 and $20.5 billion over the FYDP.&amp;nbsp; To enhance the electronic survivability and lethality of fighter and bomber aircraft like the F/A-18, F-15, and B-2, we’re investing in both offensive and defensive airborne capabilities, including the Air Force’s Defensive Management System modernization and Eagle Passive Active Warning Survivability System, and also the Navy’s Integrated Defensive Electronic Countermeasures and Next Generation Jammer.&amp;nbsp; We’re upgrading the radar on our E-3 Sentry AWACS with enhanced electronic protection to make adversary jammers less effective.&amp;nbsp; Investments in the Navy’s Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program will help our ships protect themselves better.&amp;nbsp; And to help protect our ground forces, the budget invests in the Army’s Common Infrared Countermeasures and Electronic Warfare Planning and Management Tool, as well as the Marine Corps’ Intrepid Tiger pod.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;While cyber and electronic warfare capabilities provide, for the most part, different techniques to achieve similar mission objectives, an integrated approach can yield additional benefits.&amp;nbsp; This is reflected in our budget, including investments intended to ensure we can hold even the most challenging targets at risk.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-left: 40px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;Space Investments&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;As I mentioned earlier, this budget continues and builds upon important investments in last year’s budget to help secure U.S. access to space and address space as an operational domain.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;After adding over $5 billion in new investments in DoD’s 2016 budget submission to make us better postured for contested military operations in space – including over $2 billion in space control efforts to address potential threats to U.S. space systems – this budget largely sustains those investments over the FYDP.&amp;nbsp; While there is much more work ahead, we are on a good path in our efforts to complicate an adversary’s ability to defeat our systems while also enhancing our ability to identify, attribute, and negate all threatening actions in space.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;Meanwhile, the budget also supports strengthening our current space-based capabilities, and maturing our space command and control.&amp;nbsp; It invests in more satellites for our Space-Based Infrared System to maintain the robust strategic missile warning capability we have today.&amp;nbsp; And it allocates $108 million over the FYDP to implement the Joint Interagency Combined Space Operations Center (JICSpOC), which will better align joint operations in space across the U.S. government.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;DoD must have assured access to space through multiple reliable sources that can launch our critical national security satellites, which is why the budget invests $1.8 billion for space launch in FY 2017 and $9.4 billion over the FYDP.&amp;nbsp; Because we want to end the use of the foreign RD-180 engine as soon as possible, and because we have a strong desire to preserve competition for space launch in order to ensure multiple launch service providers can sustain uninterrupted access to space, and to control costs, the budget includes funds for competitive public-private partnerships to help develop new launch services, which we believe is the most responsible way forward.&amp;nbsp; Merely developing a new engine would not give us the assured access to space that we require.&amp;nbsp; We plan to take advantage of the emerging commercial space launch marketplace using an innovative, more commercial approach – investing through competition in new launch services in return for priced options for future launches.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-left: 40px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;Nuclear Enterprise Investments&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;The budget also makes reforms and investments needed to continue providing a safe, secure, and effective nuclear deterrent.&amp;nbsp; Compared to last year’s budget submission, it adds $10 billion over the next five years, for a total of $19 billion in FY 2017 and $108 billion over the FYDP for maintaining, and modernizing the nuclear force and associated strategic command, control, and communications systems.&amp;nbsp; This reflects DoD’s continuing commitment to the nuclear triad and its critical mission.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;In addition to making an array of investments across the nuclear enterprise – from increased funding for manpower, equipment, vehicles, and maintenance, to technological efforts that improve the sustainability of our bomber fleet – the budget also fully funds the first stages of our key nuclear modernization effort, in particular the replacement of our Ohio-class ballistic missile submarines.&amp;nbsp; The Ohio Replacement Program is allocated $1.9 billion in FY 2017 and $13.2 billion over the FYDP, which in addition to research and development will allow the first year of construction on an incrementally-funded first ship to begin in FY 2021.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;We expect the total cost of nuclear modernization to be in the range of $350-$450 billion.&amp;nbsp; Although this still presents an enormous affordability challenge for DoD, we believe it must be funded.&amp;nbsp; Previous modernizations of America’s strategic deterrent and nuclear security enterprise were accomplished by topline increases to avoid having to make drastic reductions to conventional forces, and it would be prudent to do so again.&amp;nbsp; I hope DoD can work with Congress to minimize the risk to our national defense.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;Building the Force of the Future&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;While we have the finest fighting force in the world today, that excellence is not a birthright, and we can’t take it for granted in the 21&lt;sup&gt;st&lt;/sup&gt;&amp;nbsp;century.&amp;nbsp; We have to earn it again and again, starting with our most enduring advantage – our people.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;That’s what building the force of the future is all about:&amp;nbsp; making sure that long into the future, my successors will be able to count on the same excellence in people that I do today.&amp;nbsp; And we have several overarching priorities to help us do that, like attracting a new generation of talented Americans, promoting diversity, and rewarding merit; carving tunnels through the walls between DoD, the private sector, our reserve force, and other agencies across the government; and updating and modernizing our personnel management systems with technology and data analysis to help improve the choices and decisions we make related to our people.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;I made this commitment to President Obama when he asked me to serve as Secretary of Defense, and so shortly after I was sworn in, I visited my old high school in Abington, Pennsylvania to outline my vision for the force of the future.&amp;nbsp; I talked about how, in the face of generational, technological, and labor market changes, we in the Pentagon must try to make ourselves even better at attracting talent from new generations of Americans.&amp;nbsp; In the months that followed, I went to places like Silicon Valley and St. Louis, and heard from companies like Facebook, and Boeing, and LinkedIn about what they’re doing to compete for talent in the 21&lt;sup&gt;st&lt;/sup&gt;century.&amp;nbsp; And this past December, I announced that we’re opening all combat positions to women, to expand our access to 100 percent of America’s population for our all-volunteer force.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;Throughout this process, we’ve always been mindful that the military is a profession of arms.&amp;nbsp; It’s not a business.&amp;nbsp; We’re responsible for defending this country – for providing the security that allows our friends and family members and fellow citizens to go to school, go to work, to live their lives, to dream their dreams, and to give the next generation a better future.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;The key to doing this successfully is leveraging both tradition and change. While the military cannot and should not replicate all aspects of the private sector, we can and should borrow best practices, technologies, and personnel management techniques in commonsense ways that work for us, so that in future generations, we’ll keep attracting people of the same high caliber we have today – people who will meet the same high standards of performance, leadership, ethics, honor, and trust we hold our force to today.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;Last spring I asked DoD’s Personnel and Readiness chief, Brad Carson, to lead a team in developing a package of bold proposals, which they did – building on the great work the military services were already doing, and also coming up with some new ideas.&amp;nbsp; Subsequently, a senior leadership team led by Deputy Secretary of Defense Bob Work and Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Paul Selva has been working with the service vice chiefs to closely analyze each proposal and make recommendations before I decide.&amp;nbsp; While this process is still ongoing for some proposals, I’ve decided to announce my decisions on other proposals as I’ve made them, which I will now detail.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-left: 40px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;The First Link to the Force of the Future&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;I outlined the first link we’re building to the force of the future at George Washington University last November, announcing over a dozen new initiatives in several categories that are intended to make our future Defense Department better connected to 21&lt;sup&gt;st&lt;/sup&gt;century talent.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;First, we’re creating what we call ‘on-ramps’ for people who aren’t involved with DoD but want to try contributing to our mission.&amp;nbsp; One way we’re doing this is by having better managed internship programs that more effectively transition promising interns into employees.&amp;nbsp; Another is our new Defense Digital Service, which brings in talent from America’s vibrant, innovative technology community for a time to help solve some of our most complex problems.&amp;nbsp; We’re also going to bring in resident entrepreneurs, who will work with senior leaders on challenging projects for a year or two.&amp;nbsp; And we’re going to hire a chief recruiting officer to bring in top executives for stints in civilian leadership roles, as we had in the past with people like Dave Packard, co-founder of HP, who also served as Deputy Secretary of Defense.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;Second, we’re creating short-term ‘off-ramps’ for those currently in DoD, so they can gain new skills, experiences, and perspectives from outside and then bring them back in to help keep us strong, creative, and forward-thinking.&amp;nbsp; One way we’re doing this is by expanding and broadening the Secretary of Defense Corporate Fellowship program, including by opening it up to qualified enlisted personnel.&amp;nbsp; Another example is the Career Intermission Pilot Program, which lets people take a sabbatical from their military service for a few years while they’re getting a degree, or learning a new skill, or starting a family.&amp;nbsp; DoD plans to seek authorities to make this program permanent, and looks forward to working with Congress to do so – similar to how we were able to partner last year to update and modernize retirement benefits and ensure that the 80 percent of our force that doesn’t serve 20 years will get the benefits they earned whenever they move on to whatever’s next in life.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;And third, we’re going to use 21&lt;sup&gt;st&lt;/sup&gt;&amp;nbsp;century data and technology to improve and modernize our talent management systems.&amp;nbsp; We’re launching LinkedIn-style pilot programs to help give servicemembers and units more choice in matching up for future assignments.&amp;nbsp; We’re creating an Office of People Analytics to leverage big data to inform our personnel policies.&amp;nbsp; We’re finally implementing exit surveys, so we can have quantitative data on why people decide to leave.&amp;nbsp; And to help us keep bringing in the best people, we’re looking at ways to evaluate recruit performance, improve outcomes, and better analyze trends that if left unchecked could indicate or lead to our military’s insularity from the rest of society.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-left: 40px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;The Second Link to the Force of the Future&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;Last month, I announced our so-called second link to the force of the future, a set of several initiatives with a singular focus: strengthening the support we provide our military families to improve their quality of life.&amp;nbsp; They were developed keeping in mind DoD’s recruiting, retention, and career and talent management needs, as well as our closely-linked readiness and warfighting demands, which must always guide us.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;We know that our all-volunteer force is predominantly a married force – 52 percent of our enlisted force is married, and 70 percent of our officer force is married. &amp;nbsp;We also have another 84,000 military-to-military marriages, with 80 percent of them stationed within 100 miles of each other.&amp;nbsp; So while we recruit a servicemember, we retain a family.&amp;nbsp; This means that what we do to strengthen quality of life for military families today, and what we do to demonstrate that we’re a family-friendly force to those we want to recruit, is absolutely essential to our future strength.&amp;nbsp; While we often speak of commitments to family and country in the same breath, the stresses of military service on our families are heavy and well known; among the stresses military families face, having and raising children is near the top.&amp;nbsp; We also know that at 10 years of service, when women are at their peak years for starting a family, women are retained at a rate 30 percent lower than men across the services.&amp;nbsp; And we know that a high level of work and family conflict is one of the primary reasons they report leaving service.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;To build the force of the future, tackling these problems is imperative, especially when the generation coming of age today places a higher priority on work-life balance.&amp;nbsp; These Americans will make up 75 percent of the American workforce by 2025.&amp;nbsp; Nearly four-in-five of them will have a spouse or a partner also in the workforce – twice the rate of baby boomers.&amp;nbsp; These Americans wait longer to have children, and when they do have children, they want to protect the dual earning power of their families to provide for their children accordingly.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;That’s why, for starters, we’re providing a more competitive standard for maternity and paternity leave across our joint force – setting 12 weeks of fully paid maternity leave as the standard across the joint force, and working with Congress to seek authorities to increase paid paternity leave for new fathers from 10 to 14 days, which they can use in addition to annual leave.&amp;nbsp; These changes put DoD in the top tier of institutions nationwide, and will have significant influence on decision making for our military family members.&amp;nbsp; For both mothers and fathers alike, this establishes the right balance between offering a highly competitive leave policy while also maintaining the readiness of our total force.&amp;nbsp; While I don’t take lightly that 12 weeks of maternity leave represents a downshift from what the Navy pursued last summer, we will be at the forefront in terms of competition, especially as part of the comprehensive basket of family benefits we’re providing across the joint force.&amp;nbsp; This will be an increasingly important factor as current and future generations of parents have different views and expectations in parenting, and we must continue to be able to attract and retain the best talent among them.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;Additionally, we’re expanding the child care we provide on our bases, because whether for single parents, for families where both parents work outside the home, or for every mother or father in our military, child care hours should be as responsive as possible to work demands.&amp;nbsp; So based on feedback from pilot programs, and in the interest of responding to typical work hours at our installations, we will increase child care access to 14 hours a day across the force.&amp;nbsp; By providing our troops with child care they can rely on – from before reveille to after taps – we provide one more reason for them to stay on board.&amp;nbsp; And we show them that supporting a family and serving our country are by no means incompatible goals.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;We’re also making relatively inexpensive improvements so that our workplaces are more accommodating to women when they return from maternity leave, with a focus on making it easier for them to continue breastfeeding if they choose.&amp;nbsp; To make the transition between maternity leave and returning to work for military mothers smoother, to enhance our mission effectiveness, and to comply with standards that apply to nearly every organization outside the military, we’re requiring the installation or modification of mothers’ rooms throughout all facilities when there are more than 50 women regularly assigned.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;Furthermore, we can also be more creative about making reasonable accommodations for members of our force who face difficult family geographic situations while at the same time, as is here as elsewhere, preserving our force's effectiveness.&amp;nbsp; Data indicates that allowing family members to trade the ability to remain at a station of choice in exchange for an additional active duty service obligation is one approach that could increase retention, while preserving readiness. DoD will be seeking legislative authority to this effect – when the needs of the force permit a service member to stay at their current location, we will seek to empower commanders to make reasonable accommodations, in exchange for an additional service obligation.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;Finally, as a profession of arms, we ask our men and women to make incomparable sacrifices.&amp;nbsp; We ask them, potentially, to place themselves at risk of sacrificing their ability to have children when they return home.&amp;nbsp; To better account for this in the benefits we provide our troops, DoD will cover the cost of freezing sperm or eggs through a pilot program for active duty service members – a benefit that will help provide men and women, especially those deployed in combat, with greater peace of mind.&amp;nbsp; This investment will also provide greater flexibility for our troops who want to start a family, but find it difficult because of where they find themselves in their careers.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;Each of these initiatives is significant in its own right.&amp;nbsp; Taken together, they will strengthen our competitive position in the battle for top talent, in turn guaranteeing our competitive position against potential adversaries.&amp;nbsp; The initiatives approved to date total $867 million across the FYDP; we’ve included this in our budget because it’s a worthy investment that will yield great returns.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-left: 40px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;More Still to Come&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;While these first two links are important, we will have more to announce on the force of the future in the coming months.&amp;nbsp; For example, we’re taking a serious look at some commonsense reforms in our officer promotion system, and I greatly appreciate Congressional leaders from both parties who have indicated their support for such reforms in principle.&amp;nbsp; We’re also looking at ways to improve how we manage our civilian personnel, working with the government-wide Office of Personnel Management as well as federal employee unions.&amp;nbsp; In both of these efforts, working with Congress will be essential to ensure that our force of the future is as strong as the force of today.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;Reforming the DoD Enterprise&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;As I’ve said consistently from the moment I became Secretary of Defense, I cannot ask for more taxpayer dollars for defense without being candid about the fact that not every defense dollar is spent as wisely or responsibly as it could be, and also being determined to change that and make our department more accountable.&amp;nbsp; That’s why reforming the DoD enterprise is so important – from improving how we’re organized so we can best respond to the challenges and opportunities of the future security environment, to continuing to improve our acquisition and enterprise-wide business and audit practices, to reducing excess infrastructure and overhead, to modernizing the military healthcare system.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;Before I address the reforms in this budget submission, it’s important to consider the recent history of defense reform – how DoD has been embarked on a reform path for much of the last seven years, and how we appreciate Congress’s work with us over the last year on acquisition and modernized retirement reforms.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;Despite what some may think, this administration hasn’t been dragging its feet when it comes to defense reform – the reality has been quite the opposite.&amp;nbsp; Beginning in 2009, we reduced the number of senior executives and general and flag officers, while working with Congress to trim management headquarters staffs by 20 percent, and move DoD toward auditability.&amp;nbsp; We’ve done three iterations of the Better Buying Power initiative I established to continuously improve our acquisitions, with Better Buying Power 3.0 incorporated into this budget, and we’re seeing compelling indications of positive improvements, including in areas like reduced cost growth and reduced cycle time.&amp;nbsp; And we’ve continually submitted much-needed reforms to strengthen the efficiency and capability of our force – many of which have been continually denied, either in whole or in part, at a cost for both taxpayers and our troops.&amp;nbsp; This last part poses a real problem, because every dollar Congress denies us in reform is a dollar we can’t invest in security we need to deter and defend against today’s and&amp;nbsp;&lt;a dir="ltr" href="x-apple-data-detectors://105" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="105"&gt;tomorrow&lt;/a&gt;’s threats.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;Now is the time for action.&amp;nbsp; DoD will work closely with Congress on any anticipated reform legislation, and we welcome an open and collaborative process.&amp;nbsp; In the past, legislative reform has proven to be a double-edged sword – sometimes it leads to constructive change, which is good, but other times it just adds to bureaucracy and overhead, even if that was never the intent.&amp;nbsp; I hope that with the focus on reform we’ve recently been seeing in this and the other defense committees in Congress, we can work together to do reform right.&amp;nbsp; And we should, because there’s a lot that needs to be accomplished in many areas.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-left: 40px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;Continuously Improving Acquisition&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;DoD has been, and still is, absolutely committed to improving acquisition outcomes.&amp;nbsp; After five years of implementing our Better Buying Power (BBP) initiatives for continuous process improvements in the defense acquisition system, we’re seeing compelling indications of significant improvement in acquisition outcomes – for example, annual growth metrics for contracted costs on our major programs have dropped dramatically from a peak of 9.1 percent in 2011 to a 30-year low of 3.5 percent in 2015, and a much higher percentage of major programs are projecting cost reductions relative to initial baselines than in the past.&amp;nbsp; While these developments are positive signs, we can and must do more to sustain and where possible accelerate our momentum to keep improving and deliver better military capability while protecting American taxpayers.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;We need to continue reducing overhead and bureaucracy associated with the acquisition system, making it more agile and having a faster flow of commercial technology into our weapon systems.&amp;nbsp; DoD is comfortable with the reforms in the FY 2016 National Defense Authorization Act – which included several legislative reforms that DoD proposed last year – and we strongly support the increased role of the service chiefs in acquisition programs, particularly on cost and requirements trade-offs.&amp;nbsp; Going forward, it’s important that we take the responsible approach to absorb these reforms and see their effects before making additional major changes.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;DoD also appreciates Congress’s interest in flexibility and agility, because the pace of threat changes and technology development are not compatible with our long cycles of budget submission, authorization, and appropriations.&amp;nbsp; And DoD will be looking for opportunities to work with Congress to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of our acquisition process.&amp;nbsp; In particular, we would welcome greater flexibility in appropriations or reprogramming to initiate development of urgently needed capabilities.&amp;nbsp; The flexibility to start a program as soon as a threat is identified would save critical time – as much as two years under current practices – and position both DoD and industry to more quickly initiate development, without a long-term commitment, outside the traditional budget cycle.&amp;nbsp; This step would represent a ‘free’ two years of lead time to acquiring a new capability.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-left: 40px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;Spending Taxpayer Dollars More Efficiently&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;The budget submission reflects several important efforts to spend taxpayer dollars more efficiently, generating savings that would be much better invested in other areas like the fight against ISIL or deterring Russian aggression.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;Part of this means making more reductions to overhead, and also adopting some commonsense business practices that are long overdue – which in total we expect to help save nearly $8 billion over the next five years.&amp;nbsp; By better managing the 20 percent management headquarters reductions I mentioned earlier, including delayering and flattening management organizational structures, and also by increasing the reduction to 25 percent, we expect to save close to $5.9 billion over the FYDP.&amp;nbsp; And we’re modernizing how we manage our commissaries and military exchanges, to optimize their business practices and respond to the changing needs of their customers.&amp;nbsp; Unlike commissary and military exchange reforms proposed in previous budgets, this new approach protects the benefits they provide our people while still generating expected savings of nearly $2 billion over the FYDP.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;We’re also making real progress on reforming DoD’s myriad systems and business processes to meet our commitment to be audit ready by the beginning of FY 2018.&amp;nbsp; The three military departments began audits of their budgets for the first time last year, and DoD financial audits currently cover over 75 percent of our total General Fund budgetary resources and just over 90 percent of the current year dollars.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;In addition, we need to stop spending so much money to hold onto bases we don’t need, and implement a domestic round of Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) in 2019 as we’re requesting.&amp;nbsp; While it’s helpful that the FY 2016 National Defense Authorization Act allowed a study of DoD’s excess infrastructure, the bottom line is that we have more bases in more places than we need, with preliminary analysis indicating that we have over 20 percent excess infrastructure.&amp;nbsp; To ignore this fact while criticizing DoD for wasteful spending is not only a sin of omission, but a disservice to America’s taxpayers.&amp;nbsp; Last year’s Congressional denial forced the BRAC round to slip from 2017 to 2019, further prolonging our ability to harvest savings we greatly need.&amp;nbsp; By then it will have been 14 years since DoD was allowed to right-size its domestic infrastructure, which any business leader or citizen would think is ridiculous – and they’d be right.&amp;nbsp; Now is the time to fix it.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-left: 40px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;Reexamining Goldwater-Nichols and Defense Institutional Reform&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;I appreciate that Congress shares my desire to make institutional reform a priority.&amp;nbsp; To help formulate DoD’s recommendations to Congress on reviewing Goldwater-Nichols reforms, I asked our Deputy Chief Management Officer last fall to lead a comprehensive review of organizational issues in DoD – spanning the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), the Joint Staff, the combatant commands, and the military departments – and search for potential redundancies, inefficiencies, or other areas of improvement.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;This review is currently ongoing, and preliminary internal findings are expected in March to help shape our forthcoming recommendations to Congress.&amp;nbsp; Without prejudging any outcomes, I can say our review is looking at things like increasing coordination and eliminating unnecessary overlap between OSD and the Joint Staff, and between the service secretariats and staffs; better aligning combatant command staffs to their mission; streamlining acquisition requirements and decision-making processes; having more flexibility in the laws and policies that govern joint duty qualifications; and better aligning the Joint Staff and the combatant commands to produce operational advice and respond to transregional threats.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;&amp;nbsp;That said, there are some early results I can preview already – for example, we will likely not recommend going so far as to create a General Staff or include the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the chain of command.&amp;nbsp; But we will likely develop an improved capability for the Joint Staff in strategy development, including reviewing operational plans and identifying military alternatives to address contingencies, subject to political guidance from civilian leadership.&amp;nbsp; And, using my authority as Secretary of Defense, we will likely provide the Chairman greater responsibility for global integration, including increased authority to synchronize, organize, and prioritize military activities and resources across combatant command boundaries.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;I look forward to the full results of our review, and I hope you will too.&amp;nbsp; While DoD’s current organization produces sound military advice and operational decisions, it often does so in a needlessly costly and time-consuming manner – leaving plenty of room for organizational improvements that can make us more agile and efficient.&amp;nbsp; While much is within our authority to do, we look forward to working with Congressional committees to implement it.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-left: 40px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;Modernizing and Simplifying the Military Healthcare System&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;DoD greatly appreciates that Congressional leaders have said 2016 will be the year to reform our military healthcare system, TRICARE, after having passed retirement modernization reform in 2015.&amp;nbsp; As you know, DoD has proposed various ways to reform TRICARE for several years, so we look forward to working very closely with Congress in the year ahead.&amp;nbsp; The reforms reflected in the budget give beneficiaries more simplicity and choice in how they manage their healthcare, while also incentivizing the much more affordable use of military treatment facilities.&amp;nbsp; This will not only save money, but also maximize the workload and readiness of our military’s medical force, giving our doctors, nurses, medics, and corpsmen the experience they need to be effective at their mission.&amp;nbsp; Together this should generate about $548 million in FY 2017 and almost $7 billion over the FYDP that can be better spent in other ways without sacrificing the care of our people.&amp;nbsp; It’s time to get this done.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-left: 40px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;Making Sure Retirement Reform Works&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;DoD greatly appreciates being able to work closely with Congress last year in reforming the military’s retirement system.&amp;nbsp; In this year’s budget submission, we are including a few modifications to military retirement reform to help make sure those reforms work in the best possible way for the future strength and success of our military.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;First, continuation pay should not be an entitlement at 12 years of service, but rather a vitally important force shaping tool.&amp;nbsp; DoD should have the flexibility to determine if and when to offer this benefit so we can better retain the talent we need the most at any given time.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;Second, the blended retirement plan that Congress passed last year needs some modifications to avoid having adverse effects on retention – in particular, slightly raising the maximum matching contribution from 4 percent to 5 percent.&amp;nbsp; To improve retention, we also propose increasing the number of years a servicemember has to serve before matching contributions begin – so instead of beginning them at the start of their third year of service, it would be at the start of their fifth year of service, after their first reenlistment.&amp;nbsp; DoD looks forward to working with Congress to make these proposals a reality.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-left: 40px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;The Right Force Structure for Current and Future Operations&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;The budget also reflects critical decisions on force structure reforms, all of which are vital to making sure our troops have the capabilities they need for both present and future missions.&amp;nbsp; While Congress has too often rejected such reforms out of hand, our decisions this year show that when world events and operational demands require the Defense Department to change its plans, it does so.&amp;nbsp; In turn, Congress must do the same, and recognize that with a set budget and the need to invest in advanced capabilities to strengthen high-end deterrence, it’s time to seriously consider these reforms and stop tying our hands from implementing them.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;I mentioned earlier that we’re pushing off the A-10’s final retirement until 2022 so we can keep more aircraft that can drop smart bombs on ISIL; in addition to changing when A-10s will be retired, we’re also changing how it will happen.&amp;nbsp; As 2022 approaches, A-10s will be replaced by F-35s only on a squadron-by-squadron basis as they come online, ensuring that all units have sufficient backfill and that we retain enough aircraft needed to fight today’s conflicts.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;While some members of Congress may think the Navy’s phased approach for modernizing its guided missile cruisers is just a ploy to quickly retire them, that is incorrect – in fact, retiring them now or anytime soon would be a serious mistake.&amp;nbsp; Our cruisers are the best ships we have for controlling the air defenses of a carrier strike group, and given the anti-ship missiles being developed by other nations, we not only can’t afford to go without them; we also need them to be as modern and capable as possible, and for them to stay in service as long as they can.&amp;nbsp; The Navy’s plan is still smarter and more affordable than the approach laid out by Congress, saving us $3 billion over the FYDP that we’re putting to good use elsewhere in the budget.&amp;nbsp; And to make clear that this is not a ploy to quickly retire our cruisers, we will be submitting proposed legislative language that Congress can pass to hold the department to its word.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;Additionally, the Army is continuing to implement its Aviation Restructure Initiative in accordance with the FY 2015 National Defense Authorization Act as the Chief of Staff of the Army reviews the recent findings of the National Commission on the Future of the Army.&amp;nbsp; While we will revisit the Army’s aviation transfer plan when we receive the Chief of Staff of the Army’s report, the Commission’s proposal to keep four Apache battalions in the Army National Guard could cost over $2.4 billion if the Army fully equips all 20 active battalions and keeps all aircraft currently dedicated to its equipment set in South Korea.&amp;nbsp; By improving the readiness of the Army’s Apache attack helicopters, and better leveraging the diverse capabilities Black Hawk helicopters bring to the table for National Guard missions both here at home and around the world when called upon as an operational reserve, the Army’s planned Aviation Restructure Initiative is in the best interests of both the Army as well as the taxpayers who support it.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-left: 40px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;The Opportunity of Reform&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;Regardless of how any of our proposed reforms might be initially received, DoD needs Congress to work together with us on a path forward for all of them, because there’s a real opportunity in front of us.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;With last fall’s budget deal, you showed that cooperation and prudent compromise for the good of our future security and strength was actually possible.&amp;nbsp; And our reform submissions on things like the A-10, commissaries, and TRICARE reflect the fact we’ve heard Congress’s concerns about past submissions, and made adjustments accordingly.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;If we don’t lead the way ahead together, both troops and taxpayers alike will be forced to deal with the consequences.&amp;nbsp; So let’s work together on their behalf.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;VI. REQUESTS OF THIS COMMITTEE: THE IMPERATIVE OF WORKING TOGETHER&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;Before concluding, I want to reemphasize the big picture, because this budget marks a major inflection point for the Department of Defense, and we need your support for it.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;For a long time, DoD tended to focus and plan and prepare for whatever big war people thought was coming over the horizon – at one point becoming so bad that after a while, it started to come at the expense of current conflicts – long-term at the expense of the here-and-now.&amp;nbsp; Thankfully we were able to realize that over the last decade, correct it, and with help from Congress turn our attention to the fights we were in.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;The difference today is that, while such a singular focus made sense when we were facing off against the Soviets or sending hundreds of thousands of troops to Iraq and Afghanistan, it won’t work for the world we live in.&amp;nbsp; Now we have to think and do a lot of different things about a lot of different challenges – not just ISIL and other terrorist groups, but also competitors like Russia and China, and threats like North Korea and Iran.&amp;nbsp; We don’t have the luxury of just one opponent, or the choice between current fights and future fights – we have to do both, and we have to have a budget that supports both.&amp;nbsp; That means funding a force with the right size, readiness, and capabilities to prevail in today’s conflicts while simultaneously building a force that can prevail in the future – recognizing that future force won’t exist unless we take actions today.&amp;nbsp; That’s what this budget submission was designed to do, and we need your help to do it.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;I thank this committee again for overwhelmingly supporting the Bipartisan Budget Act that set the size of our budget; our submission focuses on the budget’s shape, and we hope you approve it.&amp;nbsp; I know some may be looking at the difference between what we proposed last year and what we got in the budget deal, but I want to reiterate that we’ve mitigated that difference, and that this budget meets our needs.&amp;nbsp; The budget deal was a good deal – it gave us stability, and for that we remain grateful.&amp;nbsp; Doing something to jeopardize that stability would concern me deeply.&amp;nbsp; The greatest risk we face in DoD is losing that stability this year, and having uncertainty and sequester in future years.&amp;nbsp; That’s why going forward, the biggest concern to us strategically in the Congress is averting the return of sequestration next year so we can sustain all these critical investments over time.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;By working together, I am confident we can succeed, because in many ways we already have.&amp;nbsp; If we think back to those defense investments and decisions that changed the course of our nation’s and our military’s history for the better – and not just in technologies like GPS, the Internet, and satellite communications, but also in other areas, like the all-volunteer force – they were all able to benefit our security and our society because they garnered support across the aisle, across branches of government, and across multiple administrations.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;That same support for what’s in this budget is essential today to address the security challenges we face and seize the opportunities within our grasp.&amp;nbsp; We need your support in the decisions that our senior military leaders and I are advocating for.&amp;nbsp; We need you to work with us, and not tie our hands, when it comes to pursuing smart and critical reforms.&amp;nbsp; And we need you to provide adequate, stable, predictable resources, as only you can, by coming together as you have before – including, in the coming years, to avert the return of sequestration once again.&amp;nbsp; As long as you do, I know our national security and national strength will be on the right path, and America’s military will continue to defend our country and help make a better world for generations to come.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;Thank you.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Follow us on Facebook American-News-Service-org
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www.AmericanNewsService.org&lt;/div&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>2014 ISA President Peggie W. Koon to present at annual conference of
the National Society of Black Engineers, 23-27 March 2016 in Boston,
Massachusetts</title><link>http://www.americannewsservice.org/2016/02/2014-isa-president-peggie-w-koon-to.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Michael Douglas Carlin)</author><pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2016 08:46:00 -0800</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5781066863972858187.post-3291153050554015523</guid><description>&lt;table border="0px" cellspacing="0px" cellpadding="0px" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; width: 288px;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;span data-mce-mark="1"&gt;Research Triangle Park, NC (25 February 2016) – The International Society of Automation (ISA) announced today that&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.isa.org/news-and-press-releases/isa-press-releases/peggy-koon-phd/"&gt;Peggie W. Koon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span data-mce-mark="1"&gt;, Ph.D., the first African American and second female to have held the office of ISA president, will deliver a presentation at the 42nd Annual Conference of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), to be held&amp;nbsp;&lt;a dir="ltr" href="x-apple-data-detectors://4" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="4"&gt;23-27 March 2016&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;in Boston, Massachusetts.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span data-mce-mark="1" style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;The 2016 meeting of the NSBE, centered on the theme of&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Engineering a Culture Change,&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;is expected to attract more than 10,000 attendees to the Boston Convention &amp;amp; Exhibition Center. The annual event—designed to provide the inspiration, education and connections black engineers need to succeed—features a diverse range of expert presentations, workshops, hands-on demonstrations and networking opportunities.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span data-mce-mark="1" style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;Dr. Koon, who served as ISA president in 2014 and Chairman of the Automation Federation (ISA’s umbrella association) in 2015, will deliver a presentation titled, “Are we there yet?”&amp;nbsp;&lt;a dir="ltr" href="x-apple-data-detectors://5" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="5"&gt;on Thursday, 24 March from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span data-mce-mark="1" style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;Her presentation will explore the full value and significance of a diverse and inclusive workforce—not just in terms of addressing issues of gender and ethnicity but in generating new ideas and perspectives that drive corporate innovation.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span data-mce-mark="1" style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;“Most successful organizations have developed a diversity and inclusion program and have included the effort in their near-term and/or longer-term strategic plans. But too often these programs are entirely focused on gender and ethnicity,” says Dr. Koon, who served more than 25 years as an executive in the automation and control field. “But is diversity and inclusion just about race and gender? Is there not also an opportunity to add value to organizations via differences in perspective due to differences in age, industry experience, global culture and other factors?&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span data-mce-mark="1" style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;“In my presentation, I’ll discuss what it really means to have a diverse and inclusive workforce. I’ll discuss how different perspectives add value to organizations. And I’ll talk candidly about some of the challenges diverse groups face and how inclusiveness in organizations helps them and their organizations succeed.”&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span data-mce-mark="1" style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;To register for the 2016 NSBE annual conference, click&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://connect.nsbe.org/Meetings/Meeting.aspx?ID=2635"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. For more information on the event, and to review a&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.nsbe.org/NSBE/media/Files/Convention%202016/NSBE42_agenda.pdf"&gt;summary agenda&lt;/a&gt;, visit the conference&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.nsbe.org/Convention/2016/About.aspx#.VssravkrK1s"&gt;website&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span data-mce-mark="1" style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Visit the Automation Federation exhibit at the conference&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;As part of its commitment to supporting diversity and inclusion in the automation and engineering profession, the Automation Federation will be exhibiting at the NSBE annual conference. You’re invited to drop by the exhibit, booth # 527, to learn more about the Automation Federation and its multi-faceted initiatives.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span data-mce-mark="1" style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About Peggie W. Koon&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Peggie W. Koon, Ph.D., CEO &amp;amp; Founder of Leading Change, LLC, is a strategist and leadership coach and consultant.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span data-mce-mark="1" style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;Dr. Koon possesses a long and impressive track record as an automation and control professional; media company executive; and volunteer leader at the International Society of Automation (ISA) and its umbrella association, the Automation Federation.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span data-mce-mark="1" style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;She has worked in the field of automation for more than 25 years. She served as the Director of Plant Systems at Graniteville Company and Avondale Mills, and the Director of Integrated Manufacturing Systems for Graniteville Company. Prior to her positions at Avondale/Graniteville, Dr. Koon held various operational IT roles at Babcock &amp;amp; Wilcox, Barnwell Nuclear Fuels Plant, Rockwell International and General Motors.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span data-mce-mark="1" style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;Dr. Koon’s media career began in 2006 at Morris Digital Works (MDW), where she worked on strategic audience and revenue initiatives. She became deputy chief operating officer of the delivery division for MDW and also served as the corporate director of strategy, partnership development and management for Morris Communications and Morris Publishing Group. Most recently, she was the vice president of Audience at Chronicle Media and The Augusta Chronicle.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span data-mce-mark="1" style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;Dr. Koon was an adjunct professor at the University of South Carolina in Aiken, South Carolina, where she taught principles of business information systems to senior undergraduate students in the School of Business. In addition, she has served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Smith College Alumnae Association.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span data-mce-mark="1" style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;Dr. Koon earned a bachelor of arts in mathematics from Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, USA. She completed graduate studies in industrial and systems engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia and received a doctorate degree in management information systems from Kennedy Western University in Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span data-mce-mark="1" style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;Dr. Koon has been a member and leader at ISA for more than 20 years. She assumed her first leadership position (Membership Chair of ISA’s Management Division) within ISA in 1996. Since that time, she has held a variety of prominent roles in the Society, most notably ISA president (2014). In 2015, she served as Chair of the Automation Federation. Dr. Koon is currently serving as: an at-large member of the 2016 ISA Executive Board; 2016 Chair of Workforce Development for the Automation Federation; Chair of the 2016 ISA Nominating Committee; and Chair of the 2016 ISA Honors &amp;amp; Awards Committee.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;span data-mce-mark="1"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About ISA&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span data-mce-mark="1"&gt;The International Society of Automation (&lt;a href="http://www.isa.org/"&gt;www.isa.org&lt;/a&gt;) is a nonprofit professional association that sets the standard for those who apply engineering and technology to improve the management, safety, and cybersecurity of modern automation and control systems used across industry and critical infrastructure. Founded in 1945, ISA develops widely used global standards; certifies industry professionals; provides education and training; publishes books and technical articles; hosts conferences and exhibits; and provides networking and career development programs for its 40,000 members and 400,000 customers around the world.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span data-mce-mark="1" style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;ISA owns&amp;nbsp;&lt;a dir="ltr" href="http://automation.com/" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="link" x-apple-data-detectors-result="8"&gt;Automation.com&lt;/a&gt;, a leading online publisher of automation-related content, and is the founding sponsor of The Automation Federation (&lt;a href="http://www.automationfederation.org/"&gt;www.automationfederation.org&lt;/a&gt;), an association of non-profit organizations serving as “The Voice of Automation.” Through a wholly owned subsidiary, ISA bridges the gap between standards and their implementation with the ISA Security Compliance Institute (&lt;a href="http://www.isasecure.org/"&gt;www.isasecure.org&lt;/a&gt;) and the ISA Wireless Compliance Institute (&lt;a href="http://www.isa100wci.org/"&gt;www.isa100wci.org&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;span data-mce-mark="1"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About the Automation Federation&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span data-mce-mark="1"&gt;The Automation Federation is a global umbrella organization of sixteen (16) member organizations and seven working groups engaged in automation activities. The Automation Federation assists its members to more effectively fulfill their missions, advance the science and engineering of automation technologies and applications, and develop the workforce needed to capitalize on the benefits of automation. The Automation Federation is the "Voice of Automation." For more information about the Automation Federation, visit&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.automationfederation.org/" target="_blank"&gt;www.automationfederation.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span data-mce-mark="1"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Follow us on Facebook American-News-Service-org
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