missile defenses u.s. missile defenses were totally ineffective against russian forces already so they'll be more effective against russian forces. this is boom bust broadcasting around the world from washington d.c. on this day u.s. president ronald reagan unveiled his proposal for the strategic defense initiative or s.d.i. to be able to shoot down enemy missiles knighted states in that regard coming up on today's program former pentagon official michael maloof is back to talk defense and we take a little time to time travel back to those days of s.d.i. and star wars and fast forward to what's going on now with space weapons plus r t correspondent dan cohen helps us to understand who the biggest defense contractors are and how much money they make plus economist and author steve king joins us from london to answer the important question can we avoid another financial crisis. machinery goliah caterpillar is closing a parts factory in waco texas which employed two hundred people the shutdown as part of a do

spending and non-defense spending. in fact when i was in the house of representatives i teamed up with nick told they need conservative member of the house and now director of omb and we put language into the 2016 defense authorization bill asking the defense department to adopt omb standards for what constitutes oco funding and overseas funding. since then in january 2017 gao issued a report recommending the department of defense work with omb to develop criteria and since then and 2018 the defense authorization bill we passed the congress and struck the defense department to develop criteria by september of this year. >> we have develop criteria to go through the oco consistent with your previous discussions. you won't be surprised to know that in the out-years few of them account for daniel panico only the most incremental show up which have dramatically reduced the size. >> would the of objection to the congress codifying the criteria to avoid any monkey business in slush funds in the future? >> let me talk about t

assistant secretary of defense for homeland defense and global security. assistant secretary of defense for nuclear chemical and biological defense programs. director of the defense threat reduction agency. deputy commander of u.s. special operations command. i would now like to take a moment to recognize the ranking member for opening remarks. >> thank you. thank you to our witnesses. to provide testimony on the department of defense strategy, policy programs and preparedness for countering weapons of mass destruction in the fiscal year 2019 budget request. in 2014 the department released its strategy for wmd which announced three and states that no new actors possess the m.d. that there would be no wmd use and should wmd be used -- the strategy notes fiscal constraints require the dod make strategic choices and accept some risk. however increasingly old rogue actors and technological advances are challenging the strategies goals of maturing that the u.s. and its allies and partners are not attacked or coerced by adversaries possessing wmd. for example ea

as this is a secretary of defense for homeland defense and global security i undersecretaries primary advisor on cwmd strategy and policies. the united states faces a range of complex multidimensional wmd challenges your chief among these are north korea's dangerous and provocative testing of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles, the continued use of chemical weapons by the syrianby regime d isis, china's expansion of a strategic nuclear force, russia's recent provocative statements regarding nuclear strike capabilities, and the like responsible for the attempted assassination of a former russian spy in britain using highly lethal nerve agent. and technological advances lowering barriers to entry for a range of adversaries around the world. weto maintain unique capabilitis to address these and other wmd threats and achieve the national defense charge objective to dissuade, prevent and deter adversaries from acquiring, proliferating or using weapons of mass destruction. we enable a more lethal and resilient force by degrading wmd threats, modernizing key cwmd capabilities, and ensuri

foreign policy, and defense policy. since world war ii and down to the present moment, policy makers tend to talk in terms of national security policy. national security policy tends to privilege, or to place particular emphasis on the role of the military in advancing us interests. - [narrator] after world war ii, george kennon, a top american diplomat in moscow, sounded the alarm over the existential threat he saw in the soviet union. paul nitze saw the soviets quite differently. he called for military expansion to counter soviet armament. - [nicholas] george kennon concluded that the united states, after our success in the second world war, could not just draw back. that we had to have these permanent alliances like nato. - this treaty is a simple document. the nations which sign it agree to abide by the peaceful principles of the united nations. - and like our pacific alliance with australia, and japan and south korea, to safeguard the united states, because we had forces overseas, and had commitments and allies ove

s of those defense contract -- defense companies made $96 million in compensation. back in 2011, i requested a report from the pentagon which detailed how the department paid $573 billion over 10 years to more than 300 contractors involved in civil fraud cases gainst the federal government. there are a lot of issues here. your job is not easy. aside from the pentagon, the complexity of the budget is enormous. nobody thinks you'll solve the problem immediately. but your job is to tell the american people how our tax dollars are being spent, to tell us in fact where the money is going. i'm not quite sure we know where the money is going. to tell us why it is that we continue to do business with defense contractors who give us cost overrun, cost overrun, cost overrun. are we negotiating effectively? are defense contractors simply saying, we'll do it for x and it ends up being 3x and nobody cares? i look forward to the question period but at this moment i have to run out. but thank you very much for being here. senator enzi: thank you, senator sanders. i'll now introduc

>> senator, the secretary of defense outlined in the national defense strategy the challenges that we face. part of the emphasis in the strategy was the shift from a focus on terrorism to great power of competition with a particular emphasis on the long-term challenges of china and russia. it refers to both of those as opportunities for peaceful competition, deterrence and then the ability to prevail in a conflict should we have to. the strategy in both the classified and unclassified option, but it lays out and goes through the challenges we face. >> so we're spending hundreds of billions of dollars defending ourselves from china while major corporation after major corporation is shutting down in the united states of america and moving to china? anything in congress about that? >> so i think the white house and the president anything incongrewous about the. >> i think the white house -- my expertise is more on the defense side. >> thank you, senator sanders. senator kennedy. >> thank you, mr. chairman. has the audit begun? >> yes, senator. >> okay. i want to thank both of you, and i

spending of one hundred ninety five billion with a b dollars over the next two years how are defense dollars being spent in the united states we turn to former senior pentagon official michael maloof for the answers michael thank you for being here where does the billions and billions and trillions as was spoken about in the past where's the money go it's going to be going to some of the largest defense contractors we have and part of it and i think it's all linked in with the need to create more jobs and these industries such as raytheon boeing and we can go through a whole little hit me with a us ones where when you talk about defense contractors so you've talked about raytheon and what i've heard all in there is lockheed martin boeing even be a east systems raytheon general dynamics northrup grumman they are making our new super mom or us. and and on and on it's three is another one that they are they are all over this town for the for the for the people who don't know if you go really within ten minutes of here just across the river into arlington virginia is bowing and they are

all records for defense. it will be nobody that says that our military is is going to be depleted like they've been saying over the last long period of time. frankly beyond president obama. that will be happening. we're spending a lot of money on nuclear, our nuclear systems to upgrade and in some cases brand-new leather submarines, nuclear submarines and others. so we will have by far the most powerful nuclear force on earth and it will be absolutely in perfect shape and condition and hopefully, praise be to god, we don't ever have to use it. but they will be nobody that's even close. this will give a substantial increase to people even outside of the military, the military related. some of the many things that we are buying in the military, we have $23.8 billion to procure 34 navy ships. her navy is at about the lowest point in terms of ships that offended over 100 years. and we are adding a significant number of extremely advanced vessels, $10.2 billion for 90f35 aircraft. that's the most sophisticated air

our first priority is the defense of the department of defense information network, or the dodin. second, we enable others by delivers effects in and through cyberspace. finally, we defend the nation against cyber threats through support to dhs and others when directed to do so by the president under the secretary of defense. in concert with the national defense strategy, we are charting a path to achieve and sustain cyberspace superiority to deliver strategic and operational advantage, and increased options for combatant commanders and policymakers. without cyberspace superiority in today's battlefield, risk to mission increases across all domains and endangers our security. since my last update almost a year ago, cyber command has achieved a number of significant milestones. first, joint force headquarters dodin, our subordinate headquarters responsible for securing, operating, and defending the department's complex i.t. infrastructure, has achieved full operational capability. second, joint task force, the organization we created to lead the fight in cyber against isis, has suc

national defense are important to words. -- national defense are important two words. by building a wall we are in a position militarily that is very advantageous. subject get off that like to talk to -- ask secretary mattis about what we have accomplished. depleted but it is rapidly getting better and in a short time it will be only stronger. i would like to ask secretary mattis if you are. sec. mattis: thank you mr. president and ladies and gentlemen. in 1790, george washington's first annual address to congress, he stated, to be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace. as the president noted we just received the largest military budget in history. we have seen years of decline and unpredictable funding and together we are going to see make our military stronger than ever. we are grateful for the american people, for their sacrifices on behalf of this funding. in theur responsibility military to spend every dollar wisely in order to keep the trust and the confidence of the american people and the congress. thank you. pres. trump: thank

missile defenses u.s. missile defenses were totally ineffective against russian forces already so they'll be more effective against russian forces. i thought. my hero police officer delis from his injuries after offering to swap places with a hostage during friday's terror attack in southern france three other people were killed in that deadly attack when a gunman hijacked a car and took hostages in the supreme. also in the program this hour british investigators raid the offices all of a political consulting giant link. the rule of national security advisor closer look at the hawks in the white house.

all records for defense. there will be nobody that says that our military is going to be depleted, like they've been saying over the last long period of time -- long period of time. frankly, beyond president obama. that won't be happening. we're spending a lot of money on nuclear -- our nuclear systems -- to upgrade, and in some cases, brand new, whether it's submarines -- nuclear submarines -- and others. so we'll have, by far, the most powerful nuclear force on earth, and it will be absolutely in perfect shape and condition. and, hopefully, praise be to god, we don't ever have to use it. but there will nobody that's even close. this will give a substantial increase to people even outside of the military, but military-related. some of the many things that we're buying in the military -- we have $23.8 billion to procure 34 navy ships. our navy is at about the lowest point, in terms of ships, that it's been in over a hundred years. and we're adding a significant number of extremely advanced vessels. $10.2 bill

records for defense. there will be nobody that says our military is going to be depleted like they have been saying over the last long period of time, long period of time, frankly beyond president obama. that will not be happening. we are spending a lot money on nuclear, nuclear systems, to upgrade and in some cases brand-new, whether it is submarines, nuclear submarines, and other. so we will have by far the most powerful nuclear force on earth, and it will be absolutely in perfect shape and condition, and hopefully, praise be to god we do not ever have to use it, but there will be nobody that is even close. this will give a substantial increase to people even outside of the military, but military related. wee of the many things that are buying in the military, we billion to procure navy ships. our navy as at about the lowest point in terms of ships that it has 10 in over a hundred years. significantdding a number of extremely advanced vessels. 90 f-35llion for aircraft. that is the most sophisticated ai

while it's evolved, the three mission areas the first priority is the defense of the department of defense information network. second, enable other commanders by delivering effects in and through cyberspace. finally, defend against cyber threats who support others when directed to do so by the secretary defense and in concert with the national defense strategy we are churning the path to sustain cyberspace superiority and give up her operational advantage and increased options for combatant commanders and policy makers. without cyberspace we are into n today'are intothese battles thek commission increase across all domains that endanger the security. since my last update almost a year ago they've achieved a number of significant mileston milestones. first joint force headquarters are responsible for securing them operating at defending the complex infrastructure as the chief operational capability. second, the joint task force organization that we created to lead the fight against cyber and isis into the broad military campaign. we will continue to pursue isis in support of the objectives

protect ourselves with missile defenses. i think it's unlikely north korea would be able to get nuclear weapons to the united states. with china we likely do not have a first strike capability with china, but we do have significant damage capability if there were a war between us and china. clear it would turn out worse for china. >> what kind of damage limitation things are you talking about when you discuss that? >> i should say this is about the logic of american nuclear strategy and so this is what the us military, department of defense has thought about for decades, counterforce nuclear targeting using weapons to destroy theirs and so if you look at china's arsenal, and has some icbms and six silos. those are fairly easy military targets, stationary targets. china has tried to go to see and has been interested in developing a submarine launch missile capability for some time and this is one way the us survives. it's still not doing regular deterrent patrols, so the other way china has tried to guarantee its survivabilit

important, all of these systems together will enable our defense ministry to develop a future defenseystem for our country where each weapons system will play its own role in addition to existing weapons systems and strategic arms, which we will also continue modernizing. of course, we still have to do a lot of things and reforming our military, but even today we can confidently say that russia now ,as a modern and compact army and the core of this army are loyal and committed military officers. [applause] our equipment and military others, sooner or later countries around the world may have that as well, and we are not concerned by that. we will have even better systems in the future. the key thing, nobody has such people. [applause] i hope all of these things i have said today will sober up potential aggressors and on from the steps taken against russia. financially, this is unjustifiable. eventually, nonsensical for the people who do this. all of the things i told you about today, we have to inform our counterparts because of the commitments we have made internationally earlier. ou

the defense ministry. pressure is the officials telling us what we can we don't even know you know but until we do it we can measure you with i love a lot on this science and i'm going to vote the way we are working keep it as a cover on the hypersonic weapon systems series will go is what it is maybe it's hypersonics not just measuring with us which will mean it has to work in your screen scientists than you know and it's the mark i mean mark i want your regular medicine with a chest and arms i didn't leave it at sixty two hundred seventy olds to dover levon i don't know what the. surface will be from one to five marks. five. hypersonic which. these were happening sort of extremely powerful a good home military expert was say you easy know this is it he said well you sure . this makes me want to get involved orrible up into a seven missile if you are not able to kid which obviously with which we actually had a sonic missiles this is the way the world is you know leading armies want to have this with them

defense secretary isn't overly keen on hearing out the defense frankly russia should go away churchill just after that gavin williamson announced forty eight million pounds will be invested in a new chemical weapons defense center why because russia of course the defense secretary is also going to deliver with anthrax vaccines for troops what does that have to do with the script poisoning no time to explain and it took france no time at all to change its mind on action and initially skeptical and calling it too soon to blame the kremlin paresis the to agree on and impose new sanctions on russia. if you don't. use a so the plan is solidarity with the u.k. which apparently includes deliberately aborting a russian stand at the paris book fair what we're seeing is a whole lot of act first and ask later and frankly we should take more time to find the answers a couple of hours ago the british foreign office said that the country's national security council will meet next week to consider britain's next steps we're closely following the ongoing developments and we'll keep you posted when mor

do we have a defensive strategy, and do we need one? bothnakasone: vice-chairman warner and yourself speak to this idea of a strategy. what is a strategy for the nation, in terms of cyberspace? i think that strategy being developed, in terms of how we defend ourselves, certainly is important, and it would lay out roles, responsibilities, elements of the major of our government. that is obviously one thing that would help internally, both for elements of our government, but also external issues, say, to provide a set of left and right boundaries perhaps, for our adversaries to understand. >> i can't imagine a more important person to be insider agency, and the other area where think you may have to look for an even more expansive role is equipment,tion of signal and intelligence equipment by other agencies. i think you have a role to play there, and one of the many hats you will we're in the shop. you have concerned that other federal agencies may be buying equipment that could in the future be troublesome for us? gen. nakasone: i certai

of defense. on behalf of the under secretary of defense for acquisition and alsoinment, our office oversees the modernization of our nuclear forces and the development of the department's capabilities to counter mass destruction threats. this is comprised of a workforce that includes the outset of nuclear matters and threat reduction and arms control as well as the defense agency. together, we ensure our nuclear assurance is safe. we develop capabilities to protect the lethality of our forces against. of threats we may face should deterrence fail. requirerts to modernize wmd know you in their systems constitute a major threat. state and nonstate actors have used chemical weapons against civilians such as in iraq and syria by isis and the assad regime. biological and chemical materials and technologies almost always move easily in the globalized economy as to personnel with scientific expertise to use them. we are just beginning to grasp the implications of the accelerating fusion of these technol

the strategic defense initiative saw the. element of ultra advanced weapons systems which included lasers and particle beans that would shoot down the opposing sides nuclear missiles for younger folks and by i was younger then at the time it was a pretty unnerving period while star wars their s.d.i. slowed significantly after the end of the cold war when mikael gorbachev became the leader of this union recently there's been a lot of talk about north korea and their nuclear missile program and now with president russian president putin who gave a recent state of the nation speech where he discussed cruise missiles that could reach anywhere in the world it raises the question of what's going on and from a boom bust perspective on business and finance how much money is being spent on these sorts of things and which companies are profiting from the development of star wars type systems and here to discuss it probably the best person around in the world a former pentagon official michael maloof michael thank you so much for being

defense as trump verbally sparred with north korean premier kim jong has it ministrations struck arms deals with south korea and he called on japan to buy u.s. made weapons but. at the center of trump's foreign policy is his relationship with saudi arabian crown prince mohammed bin so mine during his first foreign trip in may twenty seventh teen president trump and the saudi monarchy signed the largest arms deal in u.s. history worth one hundred ten billion dollars as a result stocks of lockheed martin raytheon and boeing reach all time highs that the all came as the saudi arabian led war in yemen has killed ten thousand people led to a massive cholera outbreak and put a million people on the brink of famine and what the u.n. called the worst humanitarian crisis in the world well congress tonight a recent resolution that would have forced the us to end its involvement in the saudi led war on yemen trump is expanding the relationship with saudi arabia while weapons manufacturers cash in and washington damn cohen reporting from boom bust. some of us recall the cold war between the sovie

we are spending money on missiles -- missile defense. with what we have out there missile defense is important. funding border patrol agents and ice agents. they are working long hours under tremendously dangerous conditions. we are adding large numbers of immigration judges, high-quality judges. we are adding immigration judges at a high level. thee we are disappointed in 1.3 trillion, because the number is so large, we will start coming down. we had no choice but to fund our military. by far thehave strongest military in the world. this will be by far the strongest military we have ever had. when you look at these pages a lot of that is devoted to the military. i just want to thank members of so hard.for working to also know that there are a lot of strings pulling everybody in different directions. senators have been steadfast on their fight for the border and steadfast for their fight on the military. billionlso spending $6 on as you know the areas forms of drug control, helping people that are it did did. it is a terrible problem. th

namely, currently, the defense ministry works together with defense companies in the space industry and they're testing a new missile system that uses a heavy icbm. this new system will replace the old bay water system we had during the soviet period and it was considered a high he effective weapon. our foreign partners even used a different name for it but it's a much more powerful system with a payload of 200 tons, it is hard to be intercepted by missile defense capabilities. their range of this new missile and the number of warheads is higher than what it will be equipped with hypersonic, high-yield systems. with capabilities for bidding missile defense systems. this new system can be used under any conditions. let's now watch a video. the range of below 1,000 kilometers and with the new system, there is no range limitation. as you can see from this video, it can attack any target through the north pole or via the south pole. it's a powerful weapon. and no missile defense system will be able to withstand it. but even this is not the end. we've developed the new strategic weapons that

of defense. and for the past seven years, he has served as the vice president for government relations at raytheon. mr. esper -- dr. esper holds a doctorate in public policy from george washington university. sitting in the middle is secretary richard spencer who is the 76th secretary of the navy. he served as a pilot for the united states marine corps early in his career before departing active duty to enter the private financial sector. prior to serving as secretary of the navy, secretary spencer worked as vice chairman of intercontinental exchange, inc., and served on the defense business board and chief of naval operations executive panel. and then all the way to my left is secretary heather wilson, the 24th secretary of the air force. a graduate of the u.s. air force academy and served as an air force officer from 1982 to 1989. she also served on the national security council staff of president h.w. bush and later served in congress where her committee assignments included house armed servic

they could amend the arms control export act or the licensing of defense services or the national defense authorization. authorization act. instead we face a resolution which purports to require the president to withdraw u.s. forces from hostilities in yemen. hostilities which we have not entered. in a recent speech secretary mattis explained, quote, history proves that nations with allies thrive, working by, with, and through allies who carry their equitable share allows us to gain the greatest possible strength. imagine how challenging that would become if every advise and assist mission our forces undertake around the globe becomes subject to misapplication of the war powers resolution. thus, mr. president, i oppose this resolution on grounds of policy and procedure. and i would urge our colleagues to join me in afternoon. now, on a final matter, later this week the senate will consider an omnibus spending package to address a number of critical priorities, from rebuilding america's infrastructure to fighting the opioid epidemic. in particular, building on the funding agreement passed

but the defense budget is not the problem. it's growing the economy and getting the entitlement reform. >> expert so you can increase defense spending or have tax cuts but not both. are they wrong? >> they are wrong. we need a tax reform back and keep us growing. >> the top democrat on the house armed services occur to committee, congressman adam smith, has other concerns. >> what i'm really worried about is how we spend it. >> that is what this appropriations bill is all about, making sure that they do use it for training. >> and washington,

[inaudible conversations] how do we factor nato to meet with the defense posture? >> that is a good question part of the reason united states is interested is because of the extended return. to pull back to have a more isolated policy. but i think we could get away with nuclear deterrence but now we have these nuclear sharing arrangements for the strategic forces we have 200 gravity bombs from the nato allies with dual capable aircraft so the idea is this is the policy during the cold war that the allies now they're looking to replace the aircraft from tornadoes and other things. but what is interesting for the united states is to do something similar. we also have nuclear weapons in the early 1990s and then to have the debate in south korea and some say the united states needs to return. >> and with the national war college so with nuclear superiority leads in only eight seconds but it is that status quo power not the revisionist power. so with 8000 so what are the implications of your theory? >> that is a great question book talks about those strategies and the u

bush was was the president my wife and i said boy this is probably a time to invest in defense stocks and it turned out that would have been a pretty good gamble or similar point in history i know you're not an economist or market analysis analyst i'm not asking to do that but are we to a similar time in history we're now would probably be a good time to invest in defense stocks and defense companies i would say common sense would dictate that now that you have a two year budget ahead and that the the basis for increasing that budget has now been laid out it's probably there's probably going to be even more appropriated for it and that's going to affect every district in the united states every congressional district in the united states and that means jobs you bet it's going to mean it's going to mean something and and believe me it's actually going to be on the rise very significantly and that that type of spending. former senior pentagon official defense stock picker no i'm sorry michael maloof thank you for your time appreciate you being here to. and before we go d.h.l. the german

mattis had lunch today to talk about the yemen issue on the floor of the senate today as well as defense in general. we are moving towards completing a number of this appropriation bill, which will fill the blanks in a significant increase in defense spending that we were able to achieve in a caps bill. i think it is important for the country and something that i hope will convince the majority of my colleagues to vote for the almond of this. we anticipate the house filing later today, which will give the senate plenty of time to take a look at it and see what's in it. we are going to be passing the sex trafficking bill that senator ted and senator portman have been working on and that will wrap up the week going into the easter recess. >> on the yemen resolution that we will be voting on this afternoon following several hours of debate, our relationships with our allies in the gulf are really important to her counterterrorism effort against isis and al qaeda are chief among those allies is saudi arabia. the united arab emirates among others. there is an effort being made by the iranians

modernizing military retirement, defense, theory system and defense education. can you reform them?all i needed was a kevlar jacket at that point. we did with that defense business board does so well to get the conversation started. how to modernize military retirement, we addressed the issues at hand i had the exact same question delivered to me third day on the job. okay so now what do you do with this now? it goes back to people. it is game on right now. the army and the need for me in the air force and the building is in a war we have to compete with every single tool i truly believe retirement is a benefit to draw people into the service but what do we have to do? we may have to find ways to get on and off ramps we might want you in for three years they go back into the community to be refreshed and come back i want a retirement package that can walk with you so the advantage of this not the old model not the twenty-year system but giving ourselves much more flexibility. we are also opening up to competition from the outside but that is where game is on thinking as risk manager

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with the syrian defense forces guarding that portion? >> senator we have not operated in our interactions with the syrian democratic forces. now understand this is an area we don't operate and have no intention at this point. so the concern that we have is the activities are a distraction to defeat isis activities right now there has been an impact we are addressing that have innovative people and partners to make sure we keep the focus on isis but we are concerned about the long-term aspects. >> so to gradually be our effort with the fellow kurdish forces cynically have seen that already senator. >> general, thank you for your hospitality. one of the impressions that i received is that some of these forces on the heel particularly working with local forces but the real long struggle is building capacity. they pointed out in my opening statement that sheer lack of ambassadors to libya and egypt , does that impair your ability to get the job done? >> thank you for taking the time i appreciate your support and concern we do two things one

defense capabilities are and will remain second to none. other may putin unveiled of us all cheering his annual state of the nation speech raising concerns of a new all this race with the west to hold the poles not from moscow. an hour in and a speech that had seemed relentlessly domestic suddenly took an explosive turn. no one expected flooding at putin's annual address to parliament to involve advanced missile systems and strategic weapons and media talk of job creation and better roads in the years ahead it was a response he said to years of unchecked advances by the united states in missile defense. russia has always been a big nuclear state no one wanted to speak constructively with us in the past and no one wanted to listen well listen to us now one missile in development putin explained could travel the globe with unlimited range and entirely undetected by radar defense systems but those three weeks before the presidential election it was all greeted with ecstatic applause by russia's political elite president putin made a strong mes

chair now recognizes kenneth rapawano, assistant secretary of defense for homeland defense and global security. thank you. >> thank you, chairman rogers, ranking member cooper, distinguished members of the subcommittee. it's an honor to appear before you today. along with general jay raymond, commander of air force space command and the u.s. strategic command joint force component commander, miss betty sapp, director of national reconnaissance office. space is a war fighting domain, just as in land, air, cyber space, the department of defense must be prepared to address any and all threats to our national security. space systems provide our joint force an unmatched ability to project power globally, respond to crises rapidly, strike swiftly and precisely, and command forces in multiple theaters of operations simultaneously. our national security strategy and the national defense strategy prominently recognize the criticality of space anding a acknowledge the potential for conflict to extend into space. new national defense strategy charts the course for how dod will contribute to each

what are the roles of the department of defense? the department of justice and federal bureau of investigation and of course the department of homeland security. how do we ensure there is cross-talk. there are obviously roles and responsibilities that are fully delineated. i think that's an important piece. with regards to options in the future, if confirmed i would see that as my role as commander of u.s. cyber command to provide a series of options within cyberspace that the secretary of defense and the president can consider. i would offer, however, that that may not be the only set of options that are necessary. when we look at the strength of this nation, the nation has tremendous strength diplomatically, informationally, economically and those might be other options presented. >> but who is the clearing house to be able to gather those and be the final presentation to the president? >> so in terms of military options, senator, i think that would be myself to the secretary of defense and then the president. >> okay. that's what