this is 40 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, at this time, president obama, secretary ashton carter, stephanie carter, general joe dunford, and mrs. ellen dunford will pay tribute to the lives lost on september 11 2001 by placing a the zero age line at the memorial. [trumpet playing] ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, please direct your attention to the flag on the pentagon building. it hangs today from sunrise to sunset in honor of patriot day, and in remembrance of the 184 at the pentagon. ladies and gentlemen, the national anthem of the united states, performed by the united states army brass quintet. ♪ ["the star-spangled banner"] ♪ ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, the united states navy chief of chaplains. >> would you pray with me? we pause this day in this hallowed space to remember husbands, wives, mothers, fathers, children, brothers, sisters, friends, to remember the warmth of their smiles, the touch of their hands, their last of their lives. help us never forget it has been your grace which has allowed us the time we were able to share, which has enabled us to hold on to the fondest of m

defense secretary ashton carter and joint chiefs of staff chair were also there to pay respects. this is 40 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, at this time, president barack obama, secretary ash carter, this is stephanie carter, general joe dunford, and this is ellen dunford will pay to be to the lives lost at the pentagon and on american airlines flight 77 on september 11, 2011. by placing a wreath at the 08 line at the pentagon memorial. ["taps" being played] >> ladies and gentlemen, please direct your attention to the flag on the pentagon building. it hanks today from sunrise to sunset in honor of patriots' day. remembrance of 184 lives lost at the pentagon. ladies and gentlemen, the national anthem of the united states performed by the united states army brass quintet. anthem]l >> ladies and gentlemen, the united states navy chief of chaplin rearguard numeral -- rear admiral. >> would you pray with me? almighty and eternal god, we pause this day in this hallowed state and the monument and memorials across the country to remember husbands, wives, mothers, fathers, children, brot

this is 40 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, at this time, president obama, secretary ashton carter, stephanie carter, general joe dunford, and mrs. ellen dunford will pay

defense secretary ashton carter and joint chiefs of staff chair were also there to pay respects. this is 40 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, at this time,si

[applause] ashton carter: today, we returned to the site of an attack motivated by barbarism and haterldack that rattled the , that shook this might he building --that shook this mighty building and took lies at the pentagon as well as thousands in new york and pennsylvania. dunford,dent, chairman honored guests, family and friends of those we lost on 9/11, today we come together as we have if -- as we have every year since 2001. we come term member those we lost that day and stand with friends and family to honor those we will never forget. we come together to reflect on all we have done together to recover and rebuild, to respond and to retaliate. and we come together to recommit to our hard, but certain mission, to protect our country and our people, and to make a better world for our children. to all of those here before us who lost loved ones 15 years ago, our hearts and deepest sorrows are with you. we know that we can never fully know what you feel on this solemn day and you return to this place. but we do know that we fully know what your loved ones sacrifice means to our depa

honorable ashton carter is the 25th and current u.s. secretary of defense. as the chief executive of the department of defense and principle policy adviser to the president, secretary carter is responsible for men and women of the united states armed forces. similar to dr. perry, secretary carter has devoted much of his professional life to public service and advancing science and technology in the defense of the united states. he's held a variety of positions in the pentagon including deputy secretary of defense, under-secretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics, and assistant secretary of defense for international security policy. prior to his current role, secretary carter was annenberg distinguished fellow at the hoover institution. together they have spent years in and out of the government focused on how they can promote and maintain peace and stability. when they were in academia, bill at stanford and ash at harvard co-directed defense project, program on how to prevent threats to security from emerging, co-authored op-eds reports. m

you can see ashton carter being greeted by senate members as he walks in. this is expected to get under way in just a moment. live coverage here on cspan3.>>. since a quorum is present, i ask the committee to consider a list of 40 pending military nominations including in this list a nomination of general johnny hiton to be commander of the united states strategic command. all these nominations have been before the committee. is there a motion to favorably report these 40 military nominations to the senate? >> so moved. >> second? >> second. >> all in favor say aye. motion carries. the senate armed services committee meets this morning to talk about ongoing military operations. i would like to welcome our witnesses, secretary carter and secretary dunford. thank you for your service and thank you to the men and women you lead and their families for their service and sacrifice during these challenging times. this committee has conducted regular hearings on u.s. national security strategy and ongoing military operations. we have devoted special attention to th

ashton carter is the secretary of defense the chief executive and defense policy advisers for men and women of the united states armed forces devoting much of his professional life to advance science and technology in the united states a variety of positions in the pentagon including secretary of defense under secretary for acquisition and logistics and assistant secretary for international security policy. the visiting fellow at the hoover institution together they have spent years focused on how to maintain peace and stability they code directed a program focused on how to do large-scale threats from emerging. the collaboration is successful because of the admiration and respect. in those benefits it is has brought to the security. i would like to give special thanks to the team and the pentagon staff for making today happen. both participants have chosen not to speak about policy under consideration by the administration and will not comment but further we have the secretary for about 30 minutes and thanks for doing that. there is a change in the middle please remain seated at that

. ♪ >> the official party for today's ceremony, the honorable ashton carter, the 25th secretary of defenseand general paula silva, senator john cornyn, and captain gerald coffee, retired navy captain, held prisoner for over seven years in the infamous hanoi communist prison. ♪ [band plays "the star-spangled banner"] ♪ ♪ ♪ >> let's pray. almighty god, we are honored to be here today. on this beautiful morning, to pause and remember special heroes in our history who gave so much to their country. we pause and give thanks are more than 140,000 men and women who were held against their wills in germany, camp o'donnell in the philippines, the horrors of the north korean prison camp, and the hanoi hilton. we promise to reflect that, of the 140,000 that were held in prison camps, over 17,000 never return home to their families. may this event of today once again seal our hearts to inspired thousands of prisoners to survive hellish conditions, resist enemy indoctrination, and retain their faith in god and country, yet it ultimately cost him his life. may we feel nine feet tall and we could go bear

. ♪ ♪ >> the official party for today's ceremony, the honorable ashton carter, the 25th secretary ofense, and -- francisco was the next city to become a sanctuary city in 1989. they called it the city of refuge ordinance. didn't that sound nice? then come in your city the same year became a sanctuary city with executive order 124. a part new york city police officers from calling the inf directly and telling them about illegal aliens they encountered. byt ordinance was reissued mayor bloomberg and the blase of deblasio.as they prevent police officers from asking a person if he is an illegal alien, even if all the evidence once to the fact that talking to illegal aliens. san francisco prohibits the police department from even picking up the phone and calling ice and saying we have an illegal alien criminal here, we .ould like you to help us i hope no one in this audience is offended if i use the term "illegal alien." that is the term found in federal law. in federal law, the term is a legal alien. but the politically correct left is so upset if you use the accurate term, they want us

privilege to introduce someone who is that his life in service our secretary of defense the honorable ashton carter >> today we return to the site of an attack motivated by barbarism and hate. an attack that rattled the world. that shook this mighty building, and that took 184 lives from us here at the pentagon, as well as thousands in new york and pennsylvania. president, chairman dunford, honored guests, family and lost, todayhose we we come together as we have every years has to go in one. we come together to remember those we lost that day and to stand again with their friends and families, to honor those and never forget. together to reflect on all we have done together to recover and rebuild, to respond and to retaliate. we come together to recommit to our hard but certain mission to protect our country and our people and to make a better world for our children. to all those here before us who lost loved ones 15 years ago, our hearts and deepest sorrows are with you. we know that we can never fully know what you feel on this day. know we fully know, what your loved ones sacrifice means to our

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honorable ashton carter is the 25th and current u.s. secretary of defense. as the chief executive of the department of defense and principle policy adviser to the president, secretary carter is responsible for men and women of the united states armed forces. similar to dr. perry, secretary carter has devoted much of his professional life to public service and advancing science and technology in the defense of the united states. he's held a variety of positions in the pentagon including deputy secretary of defense, under-secretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics, and assistant secretary of defense for international security policy. prior to his current role, secretary carter was annenberg distinguished visiting fellow at the hoover institution. and payne lecturer. together they have spent years in and out of the government focused on how they can promote and maintain peace and stability. when they were in academia, bill at stanford and ash at harvard co-directed defense project, program on how to prevent large-scale threats to security fro

. >>> today, ashton carter and defense secretary william perry on the defense department use of latest technology live at 1:30 p.m. eastern on c-span3. >>> now, energy secretary ernest moniz testifies about before a house energy commit to ensure energy security. this is two hours. >>> this hearing will finally come to order. obviously, four votes and members going home have put time crunch on this committee. i want every member to know whether you're republican or democrat, ten terms or first term, you'll have a chance to ask our witness your questions. but that means i'll be very aggressive with the gavel to ensure you stick to the five-minute limit. and here's my example. i'm giving myself five minutes for an opening statement. america is back. we are an energy superpower. that statement would have sounded odd a handful of years ago and laughable in the 1970s. but the fact is, we are awash in energy. today, we are the world's leading producer of oil and gas, and we're less reliant upon foreign sources of energy. our resources are plentiful and affordable. so affordable that low price

. >> today defense secretary ashton carter and former defense secretary william perry on the defense department's use on the latest technology. live at 1:30 p.m. eastern on -span-3. speakers include president obama founding museum directer first lady michelle obama former president george w. bush and mrs. laura bush, u.s. supreme court justice john roberts, john lewis. watch the opening ceremony for the african museum of history and culture. >> james traub, what would john quincy adams say about what he sees in the world? john: john quincy adams didn't like his own world. he was a sinsorious fellow was mr. adams and was critical then and would be critical now. i think, you know, of the donald trump thing, you know, his first reaction would be, what happened to the idea of public service? why are we having some guy who says his great qualification is that he was a businessman? john quincy adams came from a world that revered public service. he was very close to the founding of the republic. and he felt himself, if you had asked him why were you qualified to be president? and he would

. ♪ >>> on the reviewing stand, the official party, the honorable ashton p carter, general paul j.ilva, senator john cornyn, united states senator for texas, captain jerry coffee, retired navy captain, held prisoner with the infamous hanoi hilton communist prison. ♪ >>> let's pray. all mighty god, we are honored to be here today. on this beautiful morning, to pause and remember special heroes in our history who gave so much to their country. we pause and give thanks for more than 140,000 men and women who were held against their wills in far off sta logs in germany, camp o'donnell at the end of the death march in the philippines, the who are errors of the north korean prison camp and the hanoi hilton. the 140,000 that were held in prison camps, over 17,000 never returned home to their families. may this event steal our hearts to become living legacies to those patriots. grant us the courage and compassion for the man that allowed himself to be captured by the north koreans for staying behind to care for the wounded and dying. his extraordinary courage encouraged thousands of prison

. >>> defense secretary ashton carter and joint chefs of staff chair joe dunford tim about the budget namedded. the committee is chaired by senator john mccain. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >>> gordon. since a you'rum is now present i ask the committee to consider a list of 40 pending military nominations including in this list, there's a nomination of general journey heighton, u.s. air force, for reappointment of the grid of general and to commander of the united states strategic command. all of these nominates have been before the commit year. there is a motion to report 40 military nominations to the senate? your second. >> second. >> all in fav aaye. >> aye. >> motion carries. the senate armed services committee mets this morning to receive testimony on u.s. national security challenges and ongoing military operations. i'd like to welcome our witnesses, secretary carter and secretary dunford. thank you for your service and thank you to the men and women you lead and their families for their service and sacrifice during these challen

ledge to introduce someone who spent his life in service, our secretary of defense, the honorable ashton carter. >> [applause] of an attack motivated by bar what retributivism and hate (^), an attack that rattled the world. that shook this mighty building, and that took 184 lives from us here at the pentagon as well as thousands in new york and pennsylvania. mr. president, chairman dun ford, honored friends of those who we lost on 9/11, today we come together as we have every year since 2001. we come together to remember those that the we lost that day and to stand again with the friends and hand hills to honor those that we will never forget. we come together to reflect on all we have done together to recover and rebuild, to respond, and to retaliate. to protect our country and our people, and to make a better world for our children. to all of those here before us, who lost loved ones, 15 years ago, our hearts and deepest sorrows are with you. we know that we can never fully know what you feel on this solemn day. as you return to this place. but we what your loved ones sacrifice means to our d