of defense, the department of justice, and there are also thousands of government-funded ngos and government-contractedvate companies. they all essentially moved from an agenda of foreign interference and russian disinformation to defending democracy, saying that disinformation is not only a threat when it comes from the russians, it is a threat to democracy at its core, and thus they were able to launch this whole thing on home soil. tools for promoting democracy and regime change just in time for the elections of the twentieth year. what you are describing is not democracy. democracy is impossible in such a country. i i'm describing it, basically. largely funded by the state department and the intelligence community. essentially, all of these elite institutions, threatened by the rise of populism at home, proclaimed their own consensus as a new definition of democracy, because if defined. democracy as the strength of democratic institutions, and not as a focus on the will of voters, then it turns out that democracy is simply an architecture for building consensus within the democratic institutions th

the department of defense.deputy assistant secretary hill, you are recognized for your opening statement. >> thank you. chair campbell and chair sinema, ranking member cruze and tragicomic disinvestment, on behalf of the office of secretary of defense it's an honor to testify today here alongside my distinguished colleagues. service delivered from space-based systems drive modern economies. the contribution of earth observation systems positioning navigation timing systems, select medications and data transport systems are essential to modern life. the same is true for national security. the national defense strategy highlights the indispensable contributions that these space systems make to the integrated ability of the joint force to defend the homeland, to deter strategic attacks against the united states, our allies and partners, and to deter aggression while being prepared to prevail in conflict, when necessary. to an increasing extent, commercial space systems are contributing to these essential services,

, the department of defense, the department of justice, as well as thousands of government-funded ngosrating government orders from private companies, all of them have essentially switched from the agenda of external interference and russian disinformation. legitimacy from the idea that this government with democracy can be said to derive its consent from the people being governed, that is the country is not ruled by an autocrat, because the government is a reflection of our will, expressed by our approval through voting. all these measures are after the '16 election , after brexit and after a couple of other social media-influenced elections that have passed. according to the state department scenario, like the elections in the philippines in 2016, their goal was to completely overturn all our ideas about the foundations of a democratic society in order to overcome the threat from freedom of speech on the internet, what they essentially came to is that it is necessary to shift the emphasis in the idea of democracy with the will of the voters, that it is based on the inviolability of d

about the problem. security, the fbi, the cia, the department of defense, the ministry of defense, asment-funded censors covering the department of the interior. to the defense of democracy, saying that disinformation is not only a threat when it comes from the russians, it is a threat to democracy at its core, and thus they were able to launch on home soil all this toolkit for promoting democracy and regime change, just in time for the elections of the twentieth year, what you you describe, not democracy, in a country like this there is democracy. impossible, i am describing essentially a military dictatorship, because what came with the rise of the censorship industry is a complete inversion of the very idea of ​​democracy, democracy, one might say, derives its legitimacy from the idea that it is rule by the consent of the people who are governed, that is the country is not ruled by autocrats, because the government is a reflection of our will, expressed by our approval through voting. all these measures after the elections of the sixteenth year, after brexit and after a couple of o

the department of defense. deputy assistant secretary hill you are recognized. >> thank you. chairs cantwel and sinema, on behalf of the office of secretary of defense it's an honor to testify today. alongside my distinguished colleagues. services delivered from space based systems drive modern economies. the contributions of earth observation systems, positioning navigation and timing systems and satellite medications and data transport systems are essential to modern life. the same is true for national security. the national defense strategy highlights the indispensable contributions that these space systems make to the integrated ability of the joint force to defend the homeland, to deter strategic attacks against the u.s., our allies and partners, and to deter aggression will be prepared to prevail in conflict when necessary. to an increasing extent, commercial systems are contributing to these services. much the same as the commercial economy has supported defense needs across all sectors of the economy th

of defense, the department of justice, and there are also thousands of government-funded ngos and government-contracted companies. they all essentially moved from an agenda of foreign interference and russian disinformation to defending democracy, saying that disinformation is not only a threat when it comes from the russians, it is a threat to democracy at its core, and thus they were able to launch this whole thing on home soil. tools for promoting democracy and regime change just in time for the elections of the twentieth year. what you are describing is not democracy. democracy is impossible in such a country. i i'm describing it, basically. largely funded by the state department and the intelligence community. essentially, all of these elite institutions, threatened by the rise of populism at home, proclaimed their own consensus as a new definition of democracy, because if defined. democracy as the strength of democratic institutions, and not as a focus on the will of voters, then it turns out that democracy is simply an architecture for building consensus within the democratic institutions themse

thanks to the efforts of the department of defense, the state department and our intelligence agenciesle were gathering in blogs on forums, and the promotion of freedom of speech was primarily carried out by the pentagon, the state department, the entire architecture of existing cia funds (npos) as a way of supporting dissident groups around the world to help them overthrow authoritarian governments, as they were... presented to us. in essence, freedom of speech on the internet enabled a kind of instant regime change operation and provided an opportunity to implement the foreign policy agenda of the state department establishment. google is a great example of this. google's history began with a grant us department of defense, provided to larry page and sergey brin when they were graduate students at stanford. they received funding as part of a joint program between the cia and the nsa. as pentagon projects or as joint cia and nsa projects to assist intelligence community-backed groups in overthrowing the governments that caused problems for the clinton, then bush and obama administrati

thanks to the efforts of the department of defense, the state department and our intelligence agencies, people were gathering in blogs on forums, and the promotion of freedom of speech was primarily carried out by the pentagon, the state department, the entire architecture of existing cia funds (npos) as a way of supporting dissident groups around the world to help them overthrow authoritarian governments, as they were... presented to us. in essence, freedom of speech on the internet enabled a kind of instant regime change operation and provided an opportunity to implement the foreign policy agenda of the state department establishment. google is a great example of this. google's history began with a grant us department of defense, provided to larry page and sergey brin when they were graduate students at stanford. they received funding as part of a joint program between the cia and the nsa. as pentagon projects or as joint cia and nsa projects to assist intelligence community-backed groups in overthrowing the governments that caused problems for the clinton, then bush and obama admini

, the department of defense, the department of justice, as well as thousands of government-funded ngosnment orders from private companies, all of them have essentially switched from the agenda of external interference and russian disinformation. legitimacy from the idea that this government with democracy can be said to derive its consent from the people being governed, that is the country is not ruled by an autocrat, because the government is a reflection of our will, expressed by our approval through voting. all these measures are after the '16 election , after brexit and after a couple of other social media-influenced elections that have passed. according to the state department scenario, like the elections in the philippines in 2016, their goal was to completely overturn all our ideas about the foundations of a democratic society in order to overcome the threat from freedom of speech on the internet, what they essentially came to is that it is necessary to shift the emphasis in the idea of democracy with the will of the voters, that it is based on the inviolability of democratic in

the department of defense. you are recognized for your opening comments. >> thank you. on behalf of the office of the secretary of defense, it is an honor to testify today alongside my distinguished colleagues. services delivered from space based systems drive modern economies. the contributions of earth observation systems, positioning navigation, and timing systems, and satellite communications and data transfer communications arts essential to modern life and the same is true for national security. the national defense strategy highlights the indispensable contributions that these space systems make to the integrated ability of the joint force to defend the homeland, stop strategic attacks against the united states, our allies and partners, and stop aggression while being prepared to prevail in conflict when necessary. to an increasing extent, commercial space systems are contributing to these essential services much the same as the commercial economy has supported defense needs across all sectors of the eco

funded by the department of defense. we looked at what type of effects happened when you are doing blast overpressure. and then where do you have concerns about traumatic brain injury, and most of the areas that we found correlations were in the neurocognitive, thinking areas, and also in health care utilization areas, we, we looked at blood biomarkers and proteins to see if there were any correlations and we believe that will bear fruit. right now there is no clear trend in that regard. so, we are relying on the symptom reporting as being the most indicative of someone that would of had brain injury and early detection of that like their balance and their eye movements and their thinking skills and sense of reporting. >> thank you for that. dr. williams, what recommendations would you make to diagnose and treat military personnel who are reportedly exposed to low-level blasts? >> thank you for the question, senator. as we spoke earlier in terms of baselining early. it has been stated several times, when you know better

the department of defense. this is an opportunity to address an important issue. i agree with much of what the chairman said. i think that the lack of transparency what was going on and certainly with the white house, but with congress and others, should not be repeated. we need clearer and more transparent information what is going on at the pentagon. i want to disagree with one thing the chairman said during the time period that the commander and chief didn't know who to call. he did. the transfer of power was made. it was made to the deputy secretary. and if that had anything had come up, that the way the system works. when the secretary of defense is out of competition for any reason, the deputy secretary assumes the responsibilities and roles. that was made clear throughout the pentagon and the white house. the reason behind it was not. and that is why the lack of transparency is problematic. we need to understand the importance of the role of the secretary of defense and responding directly to the command

the department of defense is. there's a lot of folks in the department of defense, some more focused than others. the secretary of the air force is notoriously focused on that challenge. it would be hard to surpass him for focus. but -- impossible, in fact. but nonetheless, i find that congress is very aware of the challenge and we're working well with them in clarifying that. having said that, you know, it has to be said, the resource levels that the nation is willing to allocate to national defense need to reflect that understanding and if we're under the levels of funding from the financial responsibility act, i see a disconnect. steven: thank you. we'll take one last question, please. questioner: thank you very much, secretary. my name is samuel chen, i'm the vice president of the george washington union's alexander hamilton society chapter. i wanted to ask a very quick question about the e-7 program. i know the u.s. air force have -- does this have to do with the f-35's increased capabilities and increased fr

that is not necessarily with the department of defense, but we work with other parts of the government about how to protect that capability from cyber attacks. you have seen that with a colonial pipeline and other attacks done by state or nonstate actors. so for all of us, it is something we need to pay attention to. >> so we talked about a.i. and our survey about china outpacing us on that. we also asked on other capabilities about whether u.s. is superior or china. 23%, u.s. superior. 33%, about the same. >> we are always working to improve ourselves. i realize it is a survey, but as i read our intel i feel pretty confident in our capabilities across not only cyber but a.i. and other technology. but we still cannot rest on morals. again, as i keep saying, accelerate change which means we also have to continue to analyze it and see where we sit associated with these various technologies. >> so as we sit in the middle of all these challenges here, there are some recruiting goals that have been missed by some of the branches. so the defense survey also asks if a close friend or family m

the department of defense? >> we take oci angrily seriously and going beyond what is required around disclosures. we take it in could rayburn house office building is the and made all appropriate disclosures. happy to come back to you on any details specific to the work we do on the department of defense. >> that is not what news reports have found and news agencies that looked into this. to quote nbc news, bidding on contracts with the barbed of defense, customs and border protection you did not disclose your work with chinese enterprises with apparent conflict of interest, reporting 2021 showed that you admitted to providing services only provincial and local governments in china but not the central government in china. why should you be able to get an contrast to the united states government. if you're going to advise foreign nations who are hostile to us and make gobs of money off of them why should you be getting us government contracts? >> we never worked with the chinese communist party or the central go

department of defense. so i have to tell you that i am deeply skeptical that mckinsey's work is compatible with united states national security interests, especially given the work has been linked to alleged human rights abuses in saudi arabia and supporting a chinese-state owned enterprise that constructs military installments in the south china sea. at the end of the day, what the american people want to know is whether american companies will put american national interests before anyone else's. and the reason you are all here today is because your response to the subpoenas seems to really call that into question. thank you, mr. chair. >> thanks. just a follow-up on a couple of the questions, let me just make clear, you answered the question about china when i asked it, essentially saying your position would be the same. and i think that answer is essentially the same as you gave to senator hassan because doing your best, as you have put it, mr. lesser, or cooperating, as you put it, mr. sternfels, is no

several months we have stood up a series of governance structures within the department of defense, putting undersecretary the navy as the sole point of accountability for all the issues that are being dealt with, to make sure that we are prioritizing, first of all, cataloging, prioritizing and sequencing the work that needs to happen. terms of the work of our team is been doing, our infrastructure council that is under our office is currently at the tail end of filling out the entire, the entirety of what the full need of all of the different initiatives the need to happen there look like. we are feeding that up to the guam strategic oversight council for digestion and privatization. out of that comes the . >> they get. just critical time and we really want to get that money out to use. one final question for you, just a few seconds left. i'll call it is so import for us on guam. the cost of living is asked in high. we got deducted. it was how it was measured. we really need that back can you tell us we look at that and bring it back for? >> i be happy to work with our partners in pnr to w

the main intelligence department of the ministry of defense of ukraine, and in the future, when the of trust was already high enough between by our departments, american and ukrainian, that is, at that time, the officers who served there, they also had the opportunity to undergo additional training in different places under different programs, and our european partners, and from the united states, and to implement joint for.. actions in the interests of our countries on the territory of russia, i.e. it was never discussed that the russian-american cia bases were created on the territory of ukraine, it was discussed, is being discussed and always is , as it was only about intelligence centers, that is, the capabilities of the main intelligence department of the ministry of defense of ukraine. well, this is an extremely important explanation, i think that all the viewers heard and understood. and i would like you to comment on one more detail, this is actually. well, the cia director's visit to ukraine was reported to have taken place there last thursday, how important are such visits

wallander, as you know, has been at the center of working for the department of defense to representnited states in our support for the udcg. she is well experienced, well-equipped to represent the secretary should she need to do that. we will also be in brussels to support both virtually, but also support the ambassador as she represents the secretary and the new defense minister. reporter: to follow up on that, obviously they are well-qualified, but deputy secretary hicks, your representation of how seriously the administration takes the ukraine. does the secretary not have confidence in his deputy to send her while she is performing? maj. gen. ryder: i reject that. the secretary has full confidence in the deputy secretary of defense, he has transferred his functions and duties to her as evidence of that. again, anyone who questions our commitment to ukraine needs to look at the facts in terms of the amount of support and assistance that we have provided and continue to provide ukraine and will continue to provide going forward. reporter: how long was the secretary unconscious unde

with the estonian-american national council and is an intern at the us department of defense.justin now is a washington-based ngo who specializes in security issues and works closely with the us defense department. alberto fittarelli, head of the strategic intelligence group amsterdam. also, cameron kochman, christian triebert, nick vatters were trained at king's college london, part of the training structure for british military intelligence. i have already shown you this sheet, these are only a few people. i assure you that everyone else exists exactly. carry out who sets these tasks for them, we are adults, after all, whoever pays calls the tune, it doesn’t happen for free, well , let’s look at this list, it’s quite impressive, look, the us state department , the uk ministry of defense, the german administration, the netherlands, they donated half a million euros in march '19. national endowment for democracy, atlantic council prinat, unesco, google, paid in november 14th. conferences and this, this, this and that , already proven, people hear it and then multiply it as the

there are aspects of what we do at the department of defense to protect our weapons systems what we think about our national critical infrastructure that needs to be protected. we need to work closely with other parts of the inner agencies on how we attack that from cyberattacks. we have seen that with the colonial pipeline and other cases of ransomware attacks done by either state or nonstate actors. for all of us it is something we need to pay attention to. shannon: we talked about ai. the survey respondents were worried about outpacing on that. we asked about cyber capabilities and whether your superior -- u.s. or china is superior on that front. the large group think that china is superior to us when it comes to cyberattacks. how are we addressing that? general brown: we will always work to improve ourselves. i realize it's a survey but as i read our intel i feel confident in our capabilities across not only cyber but ai technology. we can't rest on laurels. we have to continue to look and analyze where we sit and associate with these various technologies and the things we're doing to

several months we have stood up a series of governance structures within the department of defense, puttingndersecretary the navy as the sole point of accountability for all the issues that are being dealt with, to make sure that we are prioritizing, first of all, cataloging, prioritizing and sequencing the work that needs to happen. terms of the work of our team is been doing, our infrastructure council that is under our office is currently at the tail end of filling out the entire, the entirety of what the full need of all of the different initiatives the need to happen there look like. we are feeding that up to the guam strategic oversight council for digestion and privatization. out of that comes the . >> they get. just critical time and we really want to get that money out to use. one final question for you, just a few seconds left. i'll call it is so import for us on guam. the cost of living is asked in high. we got deducted. it was how it was measured. we really need that back can you tell us we look at that and bring it back for? >> i be happy to work with our partners in pnr to wor

on some of the bigger departments, like the department of defense, the state department, and others.aren't there yet in terms of settling on the way they want those departments funded. that could be a situation where we could run into another government shutdown. there is optimism here for once on capitol hill. >> ryan nobles with some optimism out of capitol hill for us. thank you very much. good to see you. that wraps up the hour for me. i'm jose diaz-balart. you can reach me on social media. thank you for the privilege of your time. andrea mitchell picks up with more news right now. >>> right now on "andrea mitchell reports," the supreme court decides to hear oral arguments in two months on donald trump's claim he has immunity from prosecution. a claim that was soundly rejected by the appeals court. that makes it much less likely that his federal january 6 trial could be decided before election day. >>> former president trump and president biden holding competing events along

shapiro: senator, i have to stay in the lane of the department of defense. sen. cruz: did you work with robert malley and his task force? amb. shapiro: i worked with a few months with special envoy mallett, yes. sen. cruz: i find it impossible you have no views on the $100 billion plus that joe biden has gifted to the ayatollah, that has been used to murder americans and murder israelis. i'm asking you, isn't it time to cut off the money? amb. shapiro: on behalf of the defense department, what i can say is when we do see iran, which we do see on a daily basis, supporting terrorism, providing weapons, providing intelligence, sponsorship, and training to terrorist organizations, we made very clear to iran -- sen. cruz: but you don't make clear. if they continue to have the money, you are not making it clear. here's $100 billion, but we will send you a stern letter. it's not just iran, by the way. the houthis. listen, the trumpet administration rightly designated houthis as a foreign terrorist organization, within a month of taking office. what did the biden adminis

the department of defense is. there's a lot of folks in the department of defense, some more focused than others. the secretary of the air force is notoriously focused on that challenge. it would be hard to surpass him for focus. but -- impossible, in fact. but nonetheless, i find that congress is very aware of the challenge and we're working well with them in clarifying that. having said that, you know, it has to be said, the resource levels that the nation is willing to allocate to national defense need to reflect that understanding and if we're under the levels of funding from the financial responsibility act, i see a disconnect. steven: thank you. we'll take one last question, please. questioner: thank you very much, secretary. my name is samuel chen, i'm the vice president of the george washington union's alexander hamilton society chapter. i wanted to ask a very quick question about the e-7 program. i know the u.s. air force have -- does this have to do with the f-35's increased capabilities and increased fr

that's not the way the law works for the department of defense. again, it happens again if the secretary's unable to perform duties, then that's it. the deputy secretaries in charge isn't that correct? that's correct, sir. and then on january 8 before even the 30 day review or any of the recommendations, you already moved to put into place regulation that basically states that this now will be communicated in all instances to the president united states. so that whatever confusion surrounding the lack of communication now has been now codified. at the department to make sure it doesn't happen again, isn't that correct? that's correct, sir. and we had the opportunity to put those procedures and play when i went back to the hospital on february 11 and it was timely notification in a seamless fashion. >> so speaking of gaps, let's talk about the supplemental because on february 3, the united states senate, actually by a vote of 77 to 21, it was more than the 70 votes than my friend mr. smith cited overwhelmingly endorsed a package which will provide

well, a clear statement from the mouth of the head of the defense department of the netherlands, butome heads of some defense agencies, some countries, unfortunately, do not share this opinion. european union member countries must allocate multi-year financial aid to ukraine in the amount of 50 billion euros at tomorrow's summit in brussels. german chancellor olaf scholz said this today at a debate in the bundestag. tazi, they were devoted to the adoption of the budget for 2024, while he also expressed confidence that the administration of joe biden will be able to reach an agreement on agreeing additional aid to kyiv in the amount of a little more than 61 billion dollars. well, according to mr. scholz, this help should be collective, that is, from the entire west, because, well, let the bundeschancellor say it himself in direct language. imagine for a moment that it will not succeed, and then germany will become the world's largest supplier of weapons to ukraine. dear friends, we must do everything possible at the international level so that this situation does not arise, because it

the statement was published in the telegram channel of the russian department of civil defense. be resolved with a simple apology. antonov emphasized that. presumably she was released from yemen. at least 40 palestinians died in as a result of israeli shelling in the gaza strip. according to al-jazeera tv channel , about 100 more people were injured. footage taken in the affected area shows how doctors carry the dead out of the destroyed building. following airstrikes on residential buildings in the central part of the enclave, the main al-aqsa hospital is overcrowded. meanwhile, the israeli army recorded numerous rocket launches from hezbaleen positions. with the help of a crane, firefighters were able to save those whom they managed to reach through the smoke screen, but some had to jump on special trampolines. the fire is still ongoing, 20 teams are involved in extinguishing it, but rescuers cannot enter the building, it is almost burned out, there is a fear that there are still people inside, the cause of the fire is being investigated. in kazan, a major international multi-

the department of defense including their families.now you understand this, but one of the best things that you can do right now to support them is to pass a full-year appropriation. and doing so we'll ensure that our troops get paid and our civilian employees can stay on the job and that we can continue to procure and feel the very best capability to defend our country. we need the flexibility and stability that full-year appropriations provide. mr. chairman, ranking member smith, i appreciate your leadership on that score, and i stand ready to assist you in any way. with that, i'll be glad to take your questions. >> thank you, mr. secretary. chairman now yields his question time to the chairman of the subcommittee on military personnel, the gentleman from indiana, mr. banks. >> mr. secretary, help us get this straight, at what point during your hospital stay did you or your staff decide that the president should know about your hospitalization? >> as i understand it, my chief of staff contacted the national security adviser and advis

in march of 2021 i returned to the private sector as serving as assistant department secretary of defensefor technology and i saw alarming vulnerabilities of the united states vis-a-vis china in several sectors crucial to the readiness and capability of the u.s. military and the national security and included semi conductors and electronics, minerals and closely related advance batteries. here we're talking about the most technically advanced mid sized batteries needed to operate not just automobiles but also those required for distributed military weapon systems such as satellite, directed energy, u.a.v.'s and i could go on. and also critical infrastructure for the civilian economy and transportation of wastewater. some three years later the u.s. government over two administrations through the executive and legislative branches have acted to remediate some of these u.s. vulnerabilities concerning battery technologies, components particulars but collectively they constitute a series of steps in the right direction. nonetheless, fundamental american weaknesses remain and will continue for

authority to his deputy, according to a message published on the website of the us department of defenseend in the clinic is unknown, let me remind you that at the beginning of the year the pentagon withheld information about his hospitalization, then he was in the intensive care ward for several days; the fact that austin had serious health problems was not reported to either the white house or congress, nor ordinary americans. at least 100 people were killed and another 230 were injured as a result of a new massive israeli strike on the gaza strip. as reported by arab media, residential buildings and mosques came under fire in the city of rafah, located in the southern part of the enclave. according to journalists, the victims were mainly women and children who fled to the south from the northern regions of gaza. meanwhile, the israeli prime minister continues to claim that the idf is striking terrorist targets, the majority of the dead according to benjamin netanyahu, militants. now personnel from the fsb, employees of the department, together with the ministry of internal affairs in

i knew you would bring that same mentality to the department of defense.ith that, i wanted to turn the floor over to secretary cavalli for opening thoughts and then we will have a few questions. for the audience in person and online, in person, we have a qr code so we will open up the end for bastions. click on the qr code and that will take you to an online submission and provokes online, there is a button on the event page that you can click to ask a question. questions i get through as many as i can. welcome. >> thank you, it is all about the big push in space and going fast. one of the key factors in that is program execution. it is really about delivering programs on schedule and that work. every time we delay program or we overrun a program, basically, we use funds from future investments and modernization or future investments in r&d to cover the overruns. that takes away the essence of speed. three memos, and i am done with memo writing. i wanted to get out there in terms of guides so that the formula for going fast is insured and there is some pro

plus, former defense department chief of staff kash patel and miranda devine with reaction.n this, deadly consequences. an innocent nursing student murdered by a venezuelan who breached the country at the el paso, texas, border illegally in 2022. arizona senate candidate and trump surrogate carey lake and the reality of -- kari lake and the reality of biden's open border crisis. it's all right here, right now on "sunday morning futures." ♪ ♪ maria: and we begin this sunday morning with a look at the case against president joe biden. the first son, hunter biden, is set to testify behind closed doors on capitol hill this upcoming wednesday before the house oversight and judiciary committees. all of this as part of his father's ongoing impeachment inquiry. this past week james biden, the president's brother, appeared before the committees to answer questions regarding his family's overseas business deals that brought in tens of millions of dollars to biden family members. in his opening statement the, james biden declared his older brother had nothing to do with their financial

the us department of defense, there are 900 american military personnel with bases, which means thee territory of neighboring iraq and who are supported, but that is, when it is profitable for them, they can be terrorists, these are not terrorists and so on and so on and into everything. work, study, they have a whole system of programs on how to separate new field commanders who are in the democratic union party system from their old commanders in qandili, which means that they they did not obey them, because they are very dear to anti-americanism since the times of the soviet union, the same commander of the self-defense forces of the pkk, that means murat karailan, yes, that’s what they work for, they constantly invite the same person to the united states, that means the team of self-defense forces of the democratic union party , this is the backbone of the syrian democratic forces. which they created artificially by the americans, some arab tribes are included there, but this is a mistake, these are these kurdish self-defense units, yes, although everything is not simple for the

in march of 2021 i returned to the private sector as serving as assistant department secretary of defenseor technology and i saw alarming vulnerabilities of the united states vis-a-vis china in several sectors crucial to the readiness and capability of the u.s. military and the national security and included semi conductors and electronics, minerals and closely related advance batteries. here we're talking about the most technically advanced mid sized batteries needed to operate not just automobiles but also those required for distributed military weapon systems such as satellite, directed energy, u.a.v.'s and i could go on. and also critical infrastructure for the civilian economy and transportation of wastewater. some three years later the u.s. government over two administrations through the executive and legislative branches have acted to remediate some of these u.s. vulnerabilities concerning battery technologies, components and materials. now, one might quibble about the particulars but collectively they constitute a series of steps in the right direction. nonetheless, fundamental am

digital and artificial intelligence office in the department of defense.ently announced dod replicator initiative focused on accrued systems in particular. and also a strategy on data analytics. ai adoption so there is certainly a recognition of what is at play here. the challenge is going to come up again the challenge that many other areas of weapons procurement and other systems procurement meat which is our procurement is based on the 20th century is not always well positioned to leverage technology in the 21st century. there's a lot of energy and dod and trying to get ahead of that there is the obstacles are pretty big. that is going to be a place of a remove from experimentation to application and scale we are going to have to push forward to keep up with china. also thinking how to do that in a way for the system some are safe, secure, reliable with testing evaluation look like. in particular in systems that can change over time as they learn. you can basically assess a system when it is built but how do you monitor it over time? there are some uniq

but look, your department of defense every kayday around the world is focused on protecting the nation. >> it is outhe americans are worried, and they are wondering if our pentagon is able to address this head on if need be or if the allies need to get involved, and any information you can give us, give to the public would be appreciated. >> yeah, i appreciate the question. i'm not going to have anything further to provide, other than, again, as i highlighted, the department of defense is on point every day around the world protecting this nation, and we will obviously continue to do that. and just going to leave it there. >> in regards to the supplemental, which you came on to discuss on the show, and we appreciate it. our reporting suggests this threat surrounds russia. it's a russian military threat. does that make the supplemental more urgent, according to the pentagon. look, we have been saying for a long time, we will continue to work closely with congress to receive the funding that we need in order to fund urgent national security priorities. and the reality is as you know, the

digital and artificial intelligence office in the department of defense. recently announced dod replicator initiative focused on accrued systems in particular. and also a strategy on data analytics. ai adoption so there is certainly a recognition of what is at play here. the challenge is going to come up again the challenge that many other areas of weapons procurement and other systems procurement meat which is our procurement is based on the 20th century is not always well positioned to leverage technology in the 21st century. there's a lot of energy and dod and trying to get ahead of that there is the obstacles are pretty big. that is going to be a place of a remove from experimentation to application and scale we are going to have to push forward to keep up with china. also thinking how to do that in a way for the system some are safe, secure reliable with testing evaluation look like. in particular in systems that can change over time as they learn. you can basically assess a system when it is built but how do you monitor it over time? there are some u

the us department of defense refused to confirm or deny the report of an american abrams tank destroyede in ukraine. we redirect you to ukraine, to talk about this, in particular about their operations in general, a pentagon spokesman said. ria news. ukrainians are now on the brink. tightly demotivate the ukrainians, now it is necessary to collapse the state, and with an absolutely demoralizing presentation, naema’s brother, as you can see, has already tried to fight with the muscovites, tried to defend independence, the absolutely mutilated disfigured face of the loss of one eye with the other eye remaining, he continues to watch putin’s aggression, in general, so-so motivation, especially for... special briefing at which it was clarified that zelensky did not lie. zelensky simply forgot about another 8,000 missing guys, so the losses turn out to be not 31, but 40,000 people. well, amazing, of course, the ukrainian democratic nords lie to their faces, they were invited to a briefing, they know that they are being lied to their faces. and they don’t ask a single clarifying question, tha

resnikov and directly to him when he was in this position of the head of the department of defense ofour country, but effective, meaningful and , most importantly, effective communication was demonstrated, precisely during the term of office of oleksiy reznikov, ukraine de facto received about 100 billion dollars in the equivalent of military and technical assistance, which he provided. current and medium-term needs of the ukrainian defense forces, there was a rotation, the rotation happened due to a certain number of reasons, but nevertheless, the team of the newly appointed minister of defense mr. rustem omerov was already involved in the organization of less than three romsteins, that is, respectively, on the 16th and 17th and on the 18th, were these ramsteins so meaningfully filled and effective for... providing for the needs of the ukrainian army, the answer to this question can be given personally by each of those involved in the information support of the current war. it is obvious that the level of reduction of military-technical assistance for the needs of the ukrainian army