president trump has supported a new national defense strategy with his defense budget putting us to a path to repair readiness and restore our military advantage. hard work remains. most importantly, we need a budget agreement. if we do not get a budget agreement to deal with fiscal year 2020 that includes the growth on the top line, we will squander the progress we have made in fiscal years 2018 and 2019. we all know our top line in the first of this new administration was some $100 billion. after that, fiscal year 2019, $700 billion. after that, fiscal year 2019, $716 billion. this bill, we are at $750 billion. we want to avoid the commission report that said "unpredictable and delayed funding increase to the national defense security in place." -- in jeopardy. " this isn't only about money, we cannot buy our way out of this competition with china and russia. we need scale. that requires hard choices about threats and priorities, critical defense investments, and new concepts. -- operational concepts. these are choices made by a strong secretary of defense who enjoys the trust and c

he is the 27th secretary of defense. >> present. present arms. present arms. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. ♪ [playing "hail to the chief."] ♪ >> all staff. all staff. alt. >> ladies and gentlemen please remain standing for the singing of the national anthem by the united states navy band. >> present. >> present. >> arms. >> staff. present arms. >> ♪ o say can you see by the dawns early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight o'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming and the rockets red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there o say does that star-spangled banner yet wave o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave ♪ >> staff. order. se.ie's -- at ea >> good morning it is a great , day for a prayer, a great formation and we thank the lord to be here in this great weather in washington, d.c. let's pray with me today. lord, we come to you in this moment and see

defense secretary esper and the united states of america. you for your presence with us today and thank you for your presence with those of our forces and their families wherever they are around the world. lowered, let them know we are praying for them and lift them up, give them encouragement and bring them home safely. as lovers of peace, we come to this place today where we need to pray when times require peacekeepers and peacemakers. therefore, grant president trump , vice president pence, defense secretary esper and the joint chiefs of staff your divine wisdom, your divine strength, and your divine knowledge that leads to increased power and brings increased peace. as these leaders work with our allies, bless their efforts to support national interests and the good of mankind. defense secretary esper role,ally enters this new may he served with honor and integrity and love and admiration for one another. , as you continue to bless the united states of america and the department of defense, we continue to trust in you. in your power. for

the legendary former secretary of defense and a great one, george marshall. mark attended the united states military academy at west point. graduated in 1986, receiving a commission in the infantry. cap, he earned his ranger and fought with the famed 101st airborne division in the gulf war. he was awarded the bronze star and the combat infantry badge or his service. upgrade guide, they all told me he was a brave guy. i knew that anyway. guy, they all told me he was a brave guy. i knew that anyway. andompleted his service returned years later as the deputy assistant secretary of defense for negotiations policy. , mark hasareer advanced our national security in a variety of other government and private sector roles. he has worked in both houses of congress, advising. i can see they have some talent what's?won 98, -- what? 90, can you believe it? 90-8. can you believe that? i have not heard that in a long time, now i am worried. wow. he served as vice president of raytheon. along the way, he earned a masters degree at harvard, jfk, and a phd at george washington

must be spent on defense but the defense ministry is described sometimes as a poisoned chalice in german politics the defense ministry requires more than just money doesn't it there's also a huge problem with equipment and restructuring. exactly there will only be so much that i can count power will manage to do in the minister hands will be tied by the limits for example but that will be a way for everyone for the conservative party for angle america and for german citizens in general to see how under god come our power surges in that minister as you say it is a poisoned gift she's been given when becoming minister both that could be also the occasion to see whether she has what it takes to become germany's next chancellor so a big challenge but also a huge opportunity emmanuel chairs our political correspondent thank you very much for being the latest on the newly sworn in defense minister of germany and a great. she's just been sworn in a few minutes ago thank you now to britain which will have a new prime minister by the end of the day boris johnson will move into darling street at a

president trump has supported a new national defense strategy with his defense budgets putting us to a path to restore readiness and restore military advantage. hard work remains. most importantly we need a budget agreement. if we do not get a budget agreement, deal with fiscal year 2020 that includes the growth and top line we would squander the progress that we've made in fiscal years 2018 and 2019. as we all know, our fiscal year, our top line in the first of this new administration was at 700 and after that next fiscal year in '19 was $716 billion. then, of course, this bill we are at $750 billion. we want to avoid the crs, i think we all agree with that. the nds commission report said, quote, unpredictable and delayed funding placed to the national defense security in jeopardy. this isn't only about money, we can't buy our way out of the competition with china and russia, we need urgent change and a significant scale and that requires hard choices about threat and priorities, critical defense investments and new operational concepts. these are choices that can only be made by a

has been without a defense secretary all year since the departure of former defense chief jim mattis in december. this is live coverage on c-span 3. >> our meeting will come to order consistent with our policy to start on time. we will be doing that. good morning. today we're considering the nomination of dr. mark espy to be secretary of defense. we thank you all for being here today. we anticipate during your opening remarks, dr. espy, that you will introduce any members of your family who are here and other support groups. it is standard we do have the eight required questions you will have to respond to audibly so we can get that in the record. have you adhered to ethical regarding conflicts of interest. >> yes, sir. >> have you taken any actions which would prepare to presume the outcome of the confirmation process? >> no, sir. >> exercising legislative and oversight responsibility makes it important that this committee, it's subcommittees and other appropriate committees of congress receive testimony, briefings, reports, recordings, records and other information from the executi

president trump has supported the new national defense strategy with defense budgets that give our troops the resources they need and the national defense authorization act which has been just passed by this committee, with an overwhelming bipartisan support of 86-8 at the end of june, continues the positive trajectory we are now prepared for readiness and restore our military advantage. but hard work remains, most importantly we need a budget agreement. the nds and the $750 billion budget request will be useless without a budget agreement. i think with we all understand that. it's not your problem, but it's your problem to advise us as to the significance of that. senator reed. senator reed: thank you very much, mr. chairman. let me join you in welcoming general mark milley this morning. thank him for his outstanding service to the nation. let me acknowledge your wife anne and yourlly family for their service to the united states. as a long distinguished year as an army officer where you prioritize rebuilding readiness and transforming the army's modernization process. general milley's p

as rankle member of the defense appropriations, i would have preferred a higher top line for defense, than $738 billion. however we will always choose certainty and on time appropriations rather than another destructive c.r. right now our military is an inflection point. as our military readiness returns to appropriate operational levels, we must continue to push forward on modernization efforts that will continue america's superiority on land, sea, air, and space into the next century. just as former secretary mattis woke americans up to the dire circumstances of our readiness levels, americans are now beginning to understand that our military's superiority can no longer be assumed against nuclear adversaries such as russia and china. whether it's hyper sonics. low yield nuclear weapons. artificial intelligence, or the militarization of space, the gap has closed. the two-year budget deal before us today provides a certainty for our military to do what they do best, prepare to win the next war in the hopes that our military might deter any would-be competitor from our -- ever starting

the chief of defense, i think has been to five defense goals. and the minister of defense graduated from the naval war college in newport. and they're committed to working with us, not with others. that's the way we move forward in a real meaningful way, senator. sen. ernst: thank you very just to go a little bit further with that, i do firmly believe in those mil to mil opportunities whether through training exercises or through educational opportunities. now, we have spoken, maybe you can expand a little bit on the lack of opportunity maybe that we have been able to extend to other military members attending our military schools. if you could talk a little bit about what some of those challenges are, whether it's funding or otherwise, it would be good to hear that. adm faller: the opportunities to expand our offerings of education in our schools and training in our schools, and there is a difference, is the single best investment we can make long-term to our partnerships. graduates of our school systems go back with an understanding of u.s. do

as rankle member of the defense appropriations, i would have preferred a higher top line for defense, than $738 billion. however we will always choose certainty and on time appropriations rather than another destructive c.r. right now our military is an inflection point. as our military readiness returns to appropriate operational levels, we must continue to push forward on modernization efforts that will continue america's superiority on land, sea, air, and space into the next century. just as former secretary mattis woke americans up to the dire circumstances of our readiness levels, americans are now beginning to understand that our military's superiority can no longer be assumed against nuclear adversaries such as russia and china. whether it's hyper sonics. low yield nuclear weapons. artificial intelligence, or the militarization of space, the gap has closed. the two-year budget deal before us today provides a certainty for our military to do what they do best, prepare to win the next war in the hopes that our military might deter any would-be competitor from our -- ever starting

as germany's 1st female defense minister funded lyon has aim to revamp the country's armed forces but recently she has to earn criticism for poor management in the ranks and several scandals including revelations of far right extremists into german military equipment failures and then a military plane crashes plagued her tenure. a european at heart fluent in both english and french fun down lyon has long been seen as a possible successor to america last chance at 0 or more recently the next secretary general of nato. but now it looks more like the belgian born petition maybe tough to head the e.u. commission if so she would be different schoolman to fill in the post. that's an important point there thomas the 1st woman to fill the post but let's go back to some of the things we heard in that report there that criticism of some of the failures that the bundestag the german military has has experienced during her time as a defense minister they were of course problems before she took that post but tell us more about what some of those difficulties have been. so you are you're right when

president trump has supported the new national defense strategy with the defense budgets that give the troops the resources they need and the national defense authorization act. with overwhelming bipartisan support from 86 to eight. in the 750-dollar request it will be useless without the budget agreement. it's not your problem your problem is to advise us to the significance. tremendous service that they have rendered to the united states and the general has a long and distinguished career most recently serving as the 39th chief of staff in the united states army where he prioritized rebuilding readiness and transforming the army's modernization process. the professionalism and commitment to the duties served him well and i commend him for his willingness to take on another critical assignment. he will serve as the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff for the department of defense and currently the department is in the midst of implementing the national defense strategy for the high-end capabilities at the same time the threat posed by the organization in iran and north korea to rest

defense -- the defense industrial base has long been targeted for foreign espionage. the chinese are the greatest proliferators of that. and just to show the public a little bit, here is the javelin, the united states fgm-148 javelin anti-tank missile. it shows the h-12 red arrow anti-tank missile from the chinese. here we have the general atomics mq-9 reaper uav. and if you look below, the ch-4 rainbow uav from china. if you look also at northrop grumman fire scout unmanned hilo and look down below, secretary, the chinese svu-200 flying tiger unmanned helo. and then at the top of the food chain, the lockheed martin joint strike finder and the j-31 fighter. now there's no way this could have been -- absolutely no way any of this could have been accomplished in the record time that they did it if it wasn't for the espionage. so you and i spoke about this before. so i would ask, how are you planning to hold those services in the entire food chain, not just at the top, and we've talked about this. how can we do this, sir, and hold everybody accountable? because right now

origin defense equipment to abide by their induced obligations u.s. weapons have ended up in the wrong hands before in 2015 the al nusra front released a video featuring u.s. missiles in an attack against syrian forces in it live and in february this year an investigation found that al qaeda linked fighters in yemen had obtained u.s. weapons from a port pointed the finger at saudi arabia yemen has been pounded by u.s. made arms since 2015 when riyadh launched its incursion into the country a bomb that killed 40 children in august last year was reportedly sold to saudi arabia as part of a u.s. arms deal and today washington remains the biggest arms exports in the world we spoke to investigative journalist reese erlich who says washington is unlikely to get a grip on how the weapons are used in conflict. i don't think it's a new era the u.s. has been selling arms in the middle east for decades now it's pretty clear violations both of the terms on which the us sells these weapons as well as the u.n. can borrow against sending arms to libya the u.s. ships

i mentioned their chief of defense and minister of defense. and that's including both russia and china. and i see the same in honduras and guatemala. from a policy perspective, they stuck by taiwan and the u.s., guatemala and honduras have. i think it's different. but russia and china are in there and they're trying to make inroads and they'll take every opportunity to move in if we're not. >> it sounds as though that is a constant thing for you. so keep doing it. thank you, madam chair. >> we will go ahead and do a second round of questioning. i think our members have additional questions they'd love to hear your thoughts on. we talked a little bit about argentina during your office call and some of the deep space tracking facilities that are there. if you could in an unclassified setting, can you elaborate on the assessed purpose of that facility and the threat it is posing to our military and other assets that we have here. >> dhichina's working in space around the globe and across all elements of space. i think our focus on space is exactl

, for example, the new chief of defense in el salvador and new minister of defense, both graduates of u.s. service schools, in fact, the chief defense i think has been to five u.s. schools and the minister of defense graduated of the naval war college of newport and committed to working with us and not with others and that's the way we move forward. >> thank you very much. and just to go a little bit further with that, i do firmly believe in those mill to mill opportunities whether through training exercises or through educational opportunities. now, we've spoken, maybe you can expand a little bit on the lack of opportunity maybe that we have been able to extend to other military members in attending our military schools. if you could talk a little bit about what some of those challenges are, whether it's funding or otherwise, it would be good to hear about that. >> the opportunity to expand our offerings of education in our military schools and training in our schools and there is a difference, but both to get after technical skills and then some of the professional military is a sin

saw unfold on tuesday could lead to something more serious and when with the release of this defense white paper and officials also talking more broadly about tensions in the region. yes well there are a number of flashpoints at the moment again they are saying that their intentions are not about being aggressive they don't seek help germany or expansion they are just trying to defend their sovereignty one of those flashpoints of course is in the south china sea right now we see a standoff of sorts between the chinese and the vietnamese of course china claims almost all of the south china sea but there are territorial disputes in or involving vietnam and other southeast asian countries in releasing this white paper i think it was inevitable that there would be some discussion in there some mention of taiwan china views taiwan as a breakaway province that one day or will retake with force if necessary and we saw recently another arms sale from the united states to taiwan more than $2000000000.00 worth of military equipment it was condemned at the time of course by beijing and they men

so let's look at national defense. here's the f-16, with all the omponents that have per or polyflorinated compounds. do we really want to essentially ban all these parts that will eventually go into some landfill nd they're not solable and creates a super fun situation for the landfill in which they go into? we've heard a lot from municipal landfills that are disposing of legal, nonsolable items in regulated landfills. do we really want to place farm land under the superfund designation because a farmer used waste water treatment sludge as a fertilizer? i serve as the ranking member on the committee on environment and climate change. t is our duty to eversee the f.f.a. we are act ily ep gauged on this issue. as i raised it, it's very complicated but it's not impossible. i urge my colleagues to reject these shortcuts and allow the committee process to work. that's the only way we can hope to address pfas concerns without the significant unintended consequences this and other amendments would create. please vote against

is very clearly creating a parallel defense strategy to the u.s. if you look at what happened over the 2 years last 2 years emma cause of the very angry about the fact that the use us withdrew from the climate agreement the paris climate agreement but also from the iran nuclear deal and the u.s. won't be happy about the new tax on tank giants that was put in place by france so yes this can be very much seen as a strategy to you know to build a come a base that is very much separated from the you u.s. defense policy but space policy ok and we've been looking at live pictures of those events in paris as my colleague mr lewis has reporting for us thank you now to some of the other stories making news around the world torrential rains have many areas and 7 china on saturday with many urban areas hit by severe flash floods the deepest waters reach 2 and a half meters and people have been evacuated emergency services are searching for people stranded by the floods. and power has been restored to new york after a blackout affected more than 50000 people b

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esper to be the next secretary of defense. and also the f.a.a. nominee. the house passed 9/11 victim compensation fund bill. you're watching live coverage of the senate here on c-span2. the president pro tempore: the senate will come to order. the chaplain, dr. black, will lead the senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. lord of the harvest, we continue to seek you, for we desire to please you. you, o god, are our light and salvation, so we refuse to be afraid. as our lawmakers seek to walk with integrity, provide them with a harvest of truth, justice, and righteousness. may they cultivate such ethical consist tency, that their words will be undergirded by right actions. lord, keep them aware of your continued presence, as they find in you fullness of joy. show them the path to life, as you guide them to your desired destination. we pray in your merciful name. amen. the president pro tempore: amen. please join me in the pledge. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of americ, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under go

i am for missile defense and i want to fund it in a way that they will work. let's work on that together and i think that we can do that. >> further debate. >> they are working overtime to develop anti-ballistic missile capability. if the defense is possible i guarantee they are going to go down that path and try to field it. we wanted to be like hypersonic weapons where china gets a big advantage where we have to catch up. i think it's worthy of doing research to know what is possible. we don't want to be left behind. they put so much more energy on this than we do and we can't afford to be left behind so. >> i want to take the prerogative is there any sense of cost factors that we are talking about in this regard? the only thing would fall under the petition was 34 million that they requested just for that component. there are no costs for the system at this point. >> 200 million approximately bought a small amount of change. if it would be for the test. any more discussion. the question is on the adoption. i just want to clarify or are we talking about the

german defense minister christian conservative template ition. a medical doctor and mother of 700 lion joined america city you party in the ninety's she later headed to ministry of family and women before serving as minister of labor. as germany's 1st female defense minister funded lyon has aimed to revamp the country's armed forces but recently she has to earn criticism for poor management in the ranks and several scandals including revelations of far right extremists in the german military equipment failures and deadly military plane crashes have plagued her tenure. a european at heart fluent in both english and french fundamentally and has long been seen as a possible successor to america last chance at 0 or more recently after next secretary general of nato. but now it looks more like the belgian born politician maybe tough to head the e.u. commission if so she would be different schoolman defensive players. correspondent here in berlin thomas sperry joins us on the side thomas we just got a little window there into the left on the line is th

the national defense authorization act should be about military stuff and defense of this nation. this isn't a tangible concept and has nothing to do with it. we have a partisan rules committee that has decided to have these amendments put in here, but nothing to do with the actual bill. we are going through a whole lot of amendments and taking time on the floor. the amendments on the ndaa should have something to do with the ndaa and not pulling bills that go all over the place just because there is a vehicle going through this body. i'm not talking about the substance of the bill, although there are some questions and those questions might have been answered if there had been a new hearing from the new voices that wanted to be heard, but it's the process. the process committee is wrong. we shouldn't be talking about these kinds of these issues on an ndaa bill. my opposition is purely on process and i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from california. those in favor say aye. those op

the president's nominee for secretary of defense. i would like to especially thank the senator kaine for that very kind, gracias, humbling introduction. sir i will not let you down. , you have been a leader in the senate, a leader because you are the father of a marine. you have taken care of our servicemen and women. as you mentioned, i really enjoyed working closely with you these past couple of years. our experience assured me there is bipartisanship in this building on capitol hill, and there are leaders who will do the right thing. i know you will continue to demonstrate that leadership for our service men and women, and and your constituents in for our nation. i deeply appreciate your remarks. i want to think the president for this opportunity and his confidence in me. i'm grateful for the time many of you spent with me in recent weeks. and thankful for the committee's swift attention to my nomination. although i have served 22 days as the acting secretary of defense, today, i appear before you as secretary of the army, in acco

that's the best defense. but we also need to improve our network and the resilience of the entire command and control communications systems. not only of the military, but of the united states. i think those are key to cyber. but all the the end of the day, we have to have those capabilities too. and in theory, if we have incredible offensive capability, that should deter them from conducting attacks on us in cyber. >> the "new york times" recently reported that we have enhanced and stepped up our deterrent activities and efforts making sure that we can hold russia accountable. there's been reports that russian hackers installed malware in critical electrical grid infrastructure and other potential sources of essential service. can you confirm that we're stepping up and enhancing our offensive and deterrent capabilities in the area of cyber without going into any of the details. >> obviously, employment is very high level decision that would be very classified. but yes, we are increasing and improving across

i am confident that he will be an outstanding secretary of defense. i have absolutely no doubt about it. he is outstanding in every way. we are honored to have you aboard. i would ask justice alito to please administer the oath of office. >> please hold your right hand high. mr. esper: i, mark esper do solemnly swear that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies, foreign and domestic. that i will bear true faith. and allegiance to the same, that i take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion. and that i will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office from which i am about to enter. so help me god. justice alito: congratulations. [cameras shuttering] [applause] pres. trump: would you like to say something? yes, sir. if i may. thank you, mr. president for your kind words, confidence in me and this incredible opportunity. thank you justice alito for administering the oath of office. i really appreciate you being here this afternoon. i want to think the senate armed

the national defense strategy. and just a smattering of other document the missile defense review. the national defense strategy commission. the nuclear posture review. all of these documents do what is being asked for. so it is unnecessary, any member of congress, even if they're not on the armed services committee, can come to the committee, can ask the pentagon, can ask staff on committee, for all of these documents. these are already available. pentagon to he give it back to us is a big waste of their time and money. for that reason and there are other reasons -- i'll see if there are any further arguments, but this is unnecessary and wasteful and i urge a no vote and i reserve. the chair: the gentleman from colorado reserves. ms. omar: how much time do i have left? the chair: the gentlelady from minnesota has 2.5 minutes. ms. omar: two minutes -- minute and a half to the distinguished chair, the gentleman from washington. mr. smith: i strongly support this amendment. the documents that the gentleman pointed to don't begin to scratch the surface that the gentlelady is raising.

there was no defense of what robert muller was right to defend it offers to robert muller whether is performance was a bad one or a good one i think everybody understands that i think everybody understands what's going on there was no defense to this ridiculous hope this witch hunt that's been going on for. a long time but democrats all robert miller's appearance very differently they insisted that he had high lying to details about the mill investigation that could prove critical in the ongoing investigation into president trump and in particular in relation to his campaign robert mueller himself insisted the most important message he wanted to give was that the russian investigation the russian involvement in the u.s. electoral process was real and continues to happen this directly rebuking and repudiating president but the house democrats say that this is an important step in the ongoing investigation that could end in impeachment if we have a case for impeachment that's the place you will have to go at that the fact that why i'd like it to be a strong case is because i don't it's

defense strategy. on c-span2, a secret service news conference outlining a report on mass attacks in 2018. and at 8:00 eastern on c-span3, just ahead of the 50th anniversary of the 1969 moon landing, a senate hearing on past and future exploration by nasa and its astronauts. >> c-span's "washington journal" live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up wednesday morning, board members of the one country project including former senator heidi heitkamp talk about the group's campaign to reinvigorate the democratic party's relationship. and then bill johnson who serves on the house budget committee will discuss the debate over federal spending and efforts to avoid another government shutdown. also, emily martin of the national women's law center will join us. she'll talk about efforts to close the gender pay gap. be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern wednesday morning. join the discussion. >> federal reserve chairman powell will testify before the hous

turkey says its defense minister has spoken to his u.s.counterpart on the phone to discuss his nation's controversial purchase of the russian s. 400 missile defense system who see our car reportedly told told mark esper that the deal does not mean that turkey is changing its strategic direction the 1st a livery was flown into the air base near the capital ankara with several moishe jeweled over the next few days the us is ready to impose sanctions it's also threatening to stop supplying turkey with its if the 5 fighter jets sin and cos yahoo has from istanbul. russian cargo that's got turkey's allies who are it. this 400 surface a year missile system is expected to give the turkish military a clear advantage in the region it can detect and destroy incoming missiles up to 400 kilometers away back to u.s. and nato say it is not compatible with their weapon system and insist it could pose a risk to their near stealth fighter jet the f. 35. we don't know exactly the extent. the russians would allow this means size to be used in what kind of ta

well this defense report issued by the minister of defense is the ultimate overarching a report about china's defense in general including its strategy its object of its current status and also the challenges that the defense forces are commissioned to deal with solve this is truly a milestone report issued every year about china's military situation and i think it's very transparent everyone can read it and i think it reflects the realities on the ground in china i think it also emphasizes that the chinese defense is very much self defense in nature and it does not constitute a threat to any neighboring country or any other country in the world and i think it also outlined the gradual process of the military buildup in china the chinese military budget right now is number 2 in the world next to the united states but compared with the u.s. military budget it's still a fraction of that however the challenges that the chinese country is faced with. china after all is the 2nd largest economy in the world and the largest a trading nation in the world and it has to deploy maturity forces i

and non-defense programs. but still, after having said that, the major drivers will be on the entitlement side. >> from tampa florida. independent line. >> how are you doing today? i just wanted to say, i keep hearing medicare and medicaid. -- i mean medicare and social security. but those are things people paid into, sir. i never hear anything about these pension plans that were put in in the 80s when people were getting a certain percentage, but now their salaries have gone up so high that these people, free medical, free dental, previous, free that, for them and their family while they are serving. nobody ever talks about what that is doing to the debt. it is basically ruined the bond industry, the municipal bond industry. the city pensions, state pensions have just destroyed these states, the bond market. you know, you never hear anything either about the total wealth -- welfare bureau which is about $800 billion plus every year that these politicians just giveaway. that doesn't include the empowerment zon

party leader as the new defense minister quite a celebration. as a k.-k. as she is known then carried out her fast inspection of the on a guard she gave standard ministers speak with. those men that influence never forget that men and women that serve and fight abroad for us. this is a great responsibility which i'm very aware of and will live up to. and i very much look forward to the task ahead. of me to come. no questions an out but with no defense experience she will have some convincing to do for have to lead the nato spearhead until 2023 we don't have the time for her to learn on the job. and k.k. has been working hard to shake off a provincial image as the former leader of a small german state of stalin and see duty she has often appeared clumsy failing to find an appropriate response to criticism by a you tube star tight as a cabinet member comcast and bob will have to take a marching orders from the chancellor now trading some of her liberties as party leader while getting closer to one day perhaps becoming chancellor herself. and for more on that

the defense had to make certain they didn't. that they might. >> i think she had invented this story and started to live it and really wanted to believe it. >> you were convicted of -- >> so they aimed for the jugular. could this woman be trusted? >> she had a jaded past. theft convictions, stealing. that's not something that an honest, credible person does. >> a one-time bartender at a strip club who managed the dancers, jennifer crew admitted to misdemeanor brushes with the law. >> you were convicted of theft? >> yes, sir. >> you were also convicted of frond let practices, correct? >> i believe that's when my record states. >> she was also in a methadone treatment program for her addiction to painkillers. >> you were using oxycontin for approximately five years. >> about five years, yes. >> you've used false names to get drugs? >> yes, i did. >> and the defense indicated because of her addiction to drugs, her memory was not to be trusted. >> when detectives talked to you, you told them that your memory is not very good, didn't

i've supported every defense bill. now, when i say that, very frankly, we've had some political fights back and forth and there have been political votes cast where we thought there were things being done that shouldn't be done. but i've supported a strong national defense, i've supported most of ronald reagan's buildup, which was by the way started by jimmy carter. i've supported making sure that we had the weapons we needed and the personnel we needed. we're proud as democrats to stand behind our men and women in uniform. as a matter of fact, some of the great victories of democracy have been led by people like woodrow wilson in world war i, franklin roosevelt in world war ii, harry trumen in korea. -- truman in korea. confronting communism. authoritarianism. people who would want to rule by iron might. this bill, first written by a democratic majority in eight years, raises military pay by $3.-- by 3.1%, recognizes the contribution of our men and women in uniform. it supports a stronger military by prohibiting fundi

for instance more on the defense spending as to why india a country that has so much of. an issue several millions of people below poverty line should be focusing on such kind of aspects i need now today they had that gun was as red has time to become something like gun was a satellite. debate so to say but i think there are couple of important input it is $42.00 plus 2 that the space program one is that much of the space program has to be in vo to woods develop and missions in a sense. and 2nd i think also the global commercial space market ok's and but i'm afraid i'm afraid we have to leave it there thank you so very much for joining us you're watching d.w. news. if you ever have to cover up a murder best way is to make an exit. raring to. go like this. just. the streets. go to the girl.

unnecessary spending both in defense and spnon-defense programs but after having said that, there isll a major rs drivers to spending will be on the entitlement side. >> from vents in florida. >> independent line. >> how are you doing today? >> good morning. >> thank you. i just wanted to say i keep hearing medicare, medicare and social security but those are things people paid into. you never hear anything in about these pension plans that will put in the 80s when people were getting a certain percentage but now the salaries have gone up so high and these people get free medical, free dental, free this, free that, for them and their family while they are serving. nobody ever talks about what that's doing to the debt. it's basically ruined the bond industry, the municipal bond industry. city pensions, state pensions have destroyed these states bond market. you never hear anything either about the total welfare bill. which is about $800 billion plus every year. that these politicians just get away and that doesn't include the empowerment zones they put in the city that they tried to d

there's a state of a good news life from berlin to turkey takes delivery of the russian defense system despite washington's objections to the 1st shipment of the as 400 system arrives at an air base near the turkish capital ankara the u.s. warns its nato allies that if the risk sanctions for buying russian also on the program. syrian refugees and lovenox forced to demolish their own homes as lebanese authorities declare a number of refugee camps illegal. and serena williams takes on the mona holiday in the final at wimbledon tomorrow but there's more than just another glass grand slam title at stake for the american role take a look at the latest record and here's the. comical welcome to the program. turkey has received the 1st shipments of a russian s 400 missile defense system despite the threat of sanctions from the united states and the concerns of its nato allies the white house has threatened turkey with quote real and negative consequences while nato has warned ankara the russian system could reveal sensitive details about the alliance of defense this. turkish t.v. broadcast thi

party leader as a new defense minister quite a celebration. a.k.k. as she is known then carried out her 1st inspection of the honor guard and delivered her 1st remarks as minister. never forget that men and women that serve and fade abroad for us. this is a great responsibility which i'm very aware of and will live up to. and i very much look forward to the task ahead of itself which to come. no questions allowed but with no experience of defense she will have some convincing to do. you have to lead the nato spearhead until 2023 we don't have the time for her to learn on the job. at times a.k.k. has struggled to shake off a provincial image as the former leader of the small state of the. now is a cabinet minister come callin bar will have to take orders from the chancellor trading some of her liberties as party leader getting closer to one day perhaps becoming chancellor. political correspondent saddam and young welcome simon so come back out about his move to defense come as a surprise. a big surprise phil because previously she ruled out taking on

turkey is saying its defense minister has spoken to his u.s.nterpart on the phone to discuss his nations controversial purchase of a russian missile defense system. the deal does not mean turkey is changing its strategic orientation. it came hours after the first consignment of the as/400 system arriving near the capital. several more delivery scheduled over the next few days. the u.s. earlier warned it is ready to impose sanctions and has threatened to stop supplying turkey with f-35 fighter jets. the as/400 will give turkey a significant advantage over its neighbors in terms of air cover. the missiles can track and destroy incoming targets up to 400 kilometers away. the u.s. is concern that turkey's purchase will compromise the security of its f-35 jets. the stealth fighter is the backbone of the u.s. power. turkey wants another 160. the u.s. believes russia make use of as/400 system to collect sensitive data about the f-35. we have the report from his temple. reporter: this russian plane delivered the pargo -- cargo that has turkey's allies

assistant secretary of defense he is live from washington d.c. thank you very much for being with us so 2 votes a real challenge to the administration want to sales and the other on war powers and iran how significant are these and how big of a blow could this be for the trumpet ministration. well they are significant because even though the saudi arms sales was passed by a closer vote the fact of the matter is the senate has already passed a bill on that a couple of months ago where president vetoed it was a standalone no bill so i think that has a pretty good chance of getting in as is having talked about the compromise between the house and the senate the other vote i think about going to war with iran a is very very significant because even most republicans do not want to see another war in the middle east given what happened with our row war in iraq and they don't want trump to do it without checking with the congress which means they'll have a chance to debate about whether it makes sense in addition to that they also repealed the authoriza