the department of defense has a long history of providing support for inaugural ceremonies dating back to april 30, 1879. we continue to provide support during the peaceful transition of authority, upon one of the bedrock principles upon which our nation is founded, democratic principles. it is great to be here with my teammates. we will have a great rehearsal drill today. hopefully, we will provide some background of challenges and the depth of work that goes into preparing for an inauguration. i have been in thismont and in . it has been truly amazing to watch the team form. and as we bring together about 700 people and staff and about 5000 for the inauguration for the department of defense support for the inauguration, we have worked very closely with partners. we take direction from the presidential inaugural committee and work closely with the joint congressional committee on inaugural ceremonies and work in conjunction with all interagency partners in the national capital region including u.s. secret service, u.s. capitol police, fbi, the federal emergency management agency, and

systems in the department of defense. everyone of them has a technical debt, has come try to fix them is expensive. trying to get them to work right is expensive. these are all hard problems and that doesn't mean we shouldn't keep working on them but we shouldn't expect they would have magic solutions either. >> one of the strategies that's been floated in these proposals has been to reduce regulation, which would in theory reduce the personnel are responsible for enforcing the regulations and enhancing or increasing the use of automation and ai to take over these sort of redundant roles. what are your thoughts on that in terms of personal management? >> in terms of regulation the first essay is the department of defense orgy is not a regulatory agency. we have acquisition regulation, personnel regulations which mostly acquisition regulations have some outward facing component but mostly talked about how the government does its own business. in general when you talk about regulation there is a dilemma when you want to crea

first, the department of defense inspector general's office informed us that the department of defense does not have a stream-lined process for service members to report uap activity. since then, the nt chiefs have implemented standards for uap reporting across the services. the intelligence community inspector general informed us that whistleblowers also fear retaliation for reporting mismanagement of highly sensitive government projects or information. finally, aro has expressed to the committee that like any other federal government agency, it's faced challenges in its establishment, specifically in hiring staff to manage uap historical records and coordinating with other federal agencies. well, these agencies have been helpful in understanding the challenges that come from collecting uap data, none of them have been able to substantiate the claims made at this hearing last year by david grosh, despite our committee members endlessly questioning these agencies inside and outside of a scif. i hope our witnesses today will be able to provide evidence and content that is worthwhile to

systems in the department of defense. everyone of them has a technical debt, has come try to fix them is expensive. trying to get them to work right is expensive. these are all hard problems and that doesn't mean we shouldn't keep working on them but we shouldn't expect they would have magic solutions either. >> one of the strategies that's been floated in these proposals has been to reduce regulation, which would in theory reduce the personnel are responsible for enforcing the regulations and enhancing or increasing the use of automation and ai to take over these sort of redundant roles. what are your thoughts on that in terms of personal management? >> in terms of regulation the first essay is the department of defense orgy is not a regulatory agency. we have acquisition regulation, personnel regulations which mostly acquisition regulations have some outward facing component but mostly talked about how the government does its own business. in general when you talk about regulation there is a dilemma when you want to crea

we know the department of defense has technology to monitor these drones. rones shot down in the middle east and in ukraine. the problem is, we don't have the department of defense in new jersey at this time. so that the department of defense comes in, shuts down the airspace completely to drones, limited state of emergency, no drones in the sky until we figure out what is going on here. but without the department of defense, we will have no information because the technology is way beyond state officials. >> john: so we have to wonder what the governor of the state is doing at this moment. this is what phil murphy said about the drones recently. listen here appear to these are apparently, as i understand it,y thin sophisticated in the minute you get eyes on them, they go dark. we are all basically imposed concern about sensitive targets and sensitive critical infrastructure. we have military assets. we have utility assets. we have president-elect home here. >> john: at the same time not a threat to public safety. you have to say, how does he know that if he

we have certain pockets in the department of defense that actually do have that audit, the marine corps stands out in terms of military services carried out and all of that. overall, the department of defense has struggled to have a comprehensive audit. the process of realizing-- and this is not survey, it does actually connect, though, to support for increased defense spending the process of carrying out an audit does actually reveal a lot of new information that helps the department of defense execute its responsibilities more efficiently. the promise of a pursuit of an audit is going on with renewed focus and purpose, releases the last trump administration, and i think that will continue in the coming trump administration , as to when the department will have a clean audit operatively, i think we are years out from that and that is a problem our caller is right to highlight it. >> how big of a deal is this to the policymakers that you talked to, how much they care? >> policymakers care deeply about it. there is of course a variety of players, certain members of congress who have prio

we have certain pockets of the department of defense that actually do have that audit. the marine corps stands out in terms of military service, but overall the department of defense is struggling to have a comprehensive audit. the process of realizing and this is not bear out in our survey, it does actually connect though course to the support for increased defense spending. the process of carrying out an audit as i mentioned does actually reveal a lot of information that helps the department of defense execute its responsibilities more efficiently so the process of the pursuit of an audit is going on with renewed purpose and focus. and i think that will continue in the coming trump administration. as to when the deparle will have a clean audit comprehensively i think we are years out from that and that is a problem. >> the pentagon, how big of a deal is it to the policymakers you talk to, how much do they care. >> policymakers care deeply about it there is of course a variety of players here to certain members of congress have priorities. demographically comes to mind.

we have certain pockets of the department of defense that actually do have that audit, the marine corps stands out in terms of services that can carry out an audit and overall, struggled to have a comprehensive audit and the process of realizing an audit and this does not bear out in our survey, it does actually connect though, to the support for increased defense spending, the process of carrying out an audit as i mentioned, does actually reveal a lot of information that helps the department of defense execute its responsibilities more efficiently, so the process to the pursuit of an audit is done with renewed purpose and focus since the last drumm administration and that will come in the incoming trump administration, and i think it's out for that and i think the caller is right to highlight it. >> and obviously pointed out, how big of a deal is it to the policy makers that you talk to, how much do they care? >> yeah, policy makers care deeply about it, there is a variety of players here, and members of congress who have prioritized this over the years and senator grassley comes to mi

hegseth wishes to reclaim the title of the war department for our department of defense, changing the title. i do not agree with him. why? after world war ii which set the stage for modern international relations, it is my understanding that the term "war department" was dropped because the u.s. did not want to be seen as the enforcer of global security and the term "defense" was used in recognition other nations had been invited to form nato, the mutual self-defense act of trusted cal lies that forms a powerful defensive shield among free nations. in addition, respected alliances were negotiated with the virgin islands, the philippines, the northern mariana, and guam. to change the name of the department of defense would be at the discretion of debate and liberty loving people require military alliances that can counter and defeat willful aggression by rogue states. the secretary of defense is in a critical position that requires a sacred trust, especially the trust of our brave service members, that they will be led capably. the trust of our nation, that we will maintain the securit

i remember, and i'm a retired department of defense employee. i remember the saga when contractors were bidding on our jobs, and the sad thing that i remember is contractors were charging the government $600. this is the type of thing you get to, where you start contracting out jobs and things like that, it is not cost savings at all. but i would enjoy the opportunity to sit down with the administration to talk about how we make the government more efficient. we are saying we should sit down and have this conversation. if you would really like to talk about making the government more efficient, let's look at medicare. we could save about $60 billion now. when you look at the irs, let's have this conversation. let's have those conversations and talk about how we can be more efficient. [end video clip] host: everett kelly, who were present federal workers on washington journal recently. how can the federal government to become more efficient? the leaders visited capitol hill, sparking energy for a new day in america. rob, new york, democratic calle

>> it's really pretty fundamental to what the department of defense does. hen i talked earlier about having appreciation of any potential conflict would have global implications, we thought that there was implications in several areas. number one, we needed our decision making, specifically the secretary of defense to be supported with information and intelligence he would need to give direction and prioritize and allocate resources across the globe in any crisis or conflict. we would also need to make sure that we had mechanisms in place to manage risk across all combatant commands simultaneously and prioritize and allocate elements across the globe. and then we also said, look, our plans, the way we had typically had our plans, which were regional plans. we had a plan on the shelf or north korea, russia, for iran, but we said, if the value of plans is in the planning, and thinking about what really is going to happen, of what use is it for us to say this is what we would do if a war breaks out in iran if we aren't simultaneously thinking about the opportun

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>> it's really pretty fundamental to what the department of defense does. hen i talked earlier about having appreciation of any potential conflict would have global implications, we thought that there was implications in several areas. number one, we needed our decision making, specifically the secretary of defense to be supported with information and intelligence he would need to give direction and prioritize and allocate resources across the globe in any crisis or conflict. we would also need to make sure that we had mechanisms in place to manage risk across all combatant commands simultaneously and prioritize and allocate elements across the globe. and then we also said, look, our plans, the way we had typically had our plans, which were regional plans. we had a plan on the shelf or north korea, russia, for iran, but we said, if the value of plans is in the planning, and thinking about what really is going to happen, of what use is it for us to say this is what we would do if a war breaks out in iran if we aren't simultaneously thinking about the opportun

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i think, you know, plugging into the department of defense and the bureaucracy and what it takes to put a budget together to work the policy to integrate with the joint force, this is the old adage where quantity is its own kind of quality to some degree and i think that's probably true. what i will say, though, is where we might need to grow in terms of new missions coming to operational level, there's nobody questioning that if you get new missions you have to be grow to perform those missions. i think the warning that general raymond got was don't blow at the staffs because it's on the staff where you slow things down and you have to card nate with 60 different agencies then you're not going to put capability in the war fighters hands as fast as possible. so i think we've been very judicious when it comes to adding people to staff just for the sake of staff work. we have added people in a period of managed growth we have added people to our operational force because we are getting the admissions, we have responsibility for threat and tests and i think we've done a good job balancing

this trip marks his 13th visit to the indo-pacific as secretary of defense and comes as the department continues its historic efforts to bolster our partnerships and alliances and advance a shared vision of peace, security and prosperity in the region. we'll have much more to share on the secretary's engagements in japan soon. separately, on tuesday, i highlighted self-defense strikes in the vicinity in syria, when u.s. forces faced an imminent danger due to several threats to include rockets and mortars fired in the direction of u.s. forces in the area. u.s. central command has advertised that three u.s. service members are being evaluated for possible trmt b.i. those numbers are fluctuate, i'm not aware of any other injuries at this time. again, we'll not hesitate to take appropriate action and protect our forces if they are threatened. finally, throughout his tenure, secretary austin has prioritized the development and rapid fielding of capabilities to counter the urgent and growing threat posed by unmanned systems. this week the secretary signed a classified strategy for countering

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and i remember, i'm a retired department of defense employee. and i remember the saga when i was deployed with the department of defense when contractors would bid on our jobs, bid on various portions of our jobs, right. and the sad thing that i remember is, contractors were charging the government $600 for a hammer. this is the type of thing you get into. when you start contracting out jobs, you know, things like that. it's not a cost savings at all. but i would enjoy the opportunity to sit down with the administration to talk about how we make the government more efficient. we're not saying that it shouldn't be, we should sit down and have this conversation. for instance, if you want to talk about making the government more efficient, let's look at medicare. i think there's opportunity we could save about $60 billion back. when you look at the i.r.s., let's look at that. let's have the conversation. there's about $trillion savings looking at people who evaded taxes just this year. let's look at the conversations and talk about how we can be mor

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it seems to me with the military and the department of defense, and i think that they are not interested in becoming overly extended in that part of the world. but will say, trump may say, let's deal with a hudy's as a way of dealing with the ron. he may order ground operations against them. i doubt that. but what you have to understand is that probably for at least a year for the incoming administration does not have all it's bill, it's billed simply because the confirmation process is so difficult, so tedious and takes a lot. so at this stage, i suspect that initially would be more of the same. what donald trump, to say the least is unpredictable and harlan with all that's going on in syria right now, and the pressure that iran is under. i know you mentioned that ron a few minutes ago, but the pressure that iran is under, i mean, how do you expect that's going to impact the growth is in the i'm and going forward is the wrong going to be able to maintain the same level of support to the hers. you know, i think they will not. then the question is, what is the administration's position go

well, it is what the department of defense in the united states calls perception management . they actually have it in the dictionary of terms and is what it is, is to paint russia as the aggressor, the bad guy, and ukraine as the innocent victims of a, you know, to dictate tauriel regime of russia. so this is all it is, this has been the story of wine for the united states for many, many years. when i worked there, i did propaganda, and this was our job was to show russia as the aggressor. and, you know, as president put in a sudden before, without an enemy, they have nobody to start wars with. they have nobody to keep their military industrial complex learning and their politicians money. now, yesterday ukraine attacked again severely and the areas of the coast region with us supplied a mess. all that killing several people. what kind of response do you expect from russia after the visit time? well, i think they got a gentle reminder from russia once already saying that we kind of take out your government if we choose to. russia is always reserved in their responses. they do

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even remotely considering putting this man in charge of the 3 million men and women in the department of defense, putting him in charge of the world's most powerful military, is breath taking. i know we have had this conversation before, but there are these moments you have as to at the back and go, wow this is truly extraordinary and one hopes the members of the united states senate, either in those hearings or behind closed doors will look at one another and say this cannot happen. we are not going to go along with this. >> i think, charlie, you're putting your fing on something that is going to be really important, not just the next 60 days but the next four years, which is just because adjudicated sexual abuser and convicted felon was selected by the american people to be the commander in chief, not only does it not sort of numb the senses when he then goes on to select other men credibly accused of rape, mismanagement, and public drunkenness, it requires the opposite. i think you're putting your finger on this idea of stepping back. i hear you. let us not become lulled into the idea that th

can you imagine the department of defense must have some serious secret if we can't get any information of car-sized drones flying over our military bases. neil: so then you have to start asking yourself, all right, so either they'rewet holding information or -- withholding information or worse yet, and this could be more worrisome, senator, they don't know. >> well, that's really the point. so a car-sized drone comes in over the ocean, and we don't hear from the military, from the department of defense what that is. if now, we would believe as citizens that anything of that size would be noticed, and we would be advised what that is. so there must be a pretty big secret, because there has been top secret briefings. and every time someone comes out of a top secret briefing, we get the same answer. well, we need more information but, banner, it's not a threat -- apparently, it's not a threat. now, i don't know how they're determining that. the defense department must be speaking to someone because they're sure not speaking to any of the the residents in new jersey. neil: so, senator, let

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the ndaa is the request of the department of defense. the admiral was very integral to that for years. defense people get involved, but the reality is, it comes from the joint staff. i will narrow my question. are you aware of the navy ever asking for this in the ndaa before? if not, why not? >> the navy requested $1.1 million to build the apollo lab in norfolk, virginia which is an additive manufacturing plant. >> thank you. >> honorable judges and audience members, remember that this debate is fundamentally a question of three key values. value, time, scope yard the first question is, who has the best returns for value on $500 million? we argue that would be navy -- or army. we have already spent 26 billion dollars on fleet modernization to try to fix our ships. their $500 million proposal is 2% of this. $500 million isn't even sufficient to repair a single ship. you should be skeptical of their claims that they can get ships out of our shipyards right now. look to our plan, an allocation of $250 million will nearly double our current i

department of defense. what he would do for 21st century warfare. uld do to put equipment and artillery in the hands of war fighter. it is pete hegseth gets it. and of course, he is what you would call a nontraditional choice because people in d.c., people that are in the swamp, they want somebody that's in the swamp to be the secretary of every kept. president donald trump has made wise choices. he is having them come to the hill to meet with members, and they are doing that. they are making their rounds and you know what? they are winning people over and it is going to be up to the u.s. senate to approve the nominees for appointment for president donald trump and i hope we're doing it on january 20. i have said, we should leave the inaugural platform. senators should go immediately to the chamber and we should stay there until we get this cabinet confirmed. larry: i like that. you know, you say nontraditional, ma'am. i say that it's cool to be nontraditional. this is the year. >> of course. larry: this is the political cycle to be nontraditional. >

department of justice. he has spent his career at the department of defense, department of state, and at the national security council. we thank all of you federal being here today. we will now begin with opening statements. i know you have submitted written statements as well. and thank you for that. if you'll please adhere to the five-minute summary of your statements. we'll start with mr. jones. you're now recognized. >> thank you, chairman. good afternoon, chairman pfluger, chair gimenez, and distinguished subcommittee. it's an honor to be here to discuss the authorities and capabilities dedicated to threats countered and imposed by malicious use of unmanned air systems, commonly caw l caughted uas or drones. with my 30 years, i've witnessed national malicious actors to circumvent law enforcement. recent years, i've devoted significant time to understanding the threat to border security and coordinating cvp's response. air and marine is cvp. we work alongside field counter parts to detect, track and mitigate the threat along our borders. we also cooperate with doj and fbi partners in investigation. along

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