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i think the department of defense is not looking for ways to give away more free space. i don't think we should add this and get into the whole bank/credit union thing. we should leave it up to the department of defense to decide what they want to do. with that, i yield bank. >> mr. kelly. >> mr. chairman, i yield my time to mr. russell. >> and i thank the gentleman. while we can could convenientlye this a credit union/bank fight, which it is not, in fact, mr. chairman, i'm both a member of a federal credit union that's based at a military installation, and i also bank many accounts at a bank. for our nonserving members of this committee, we conduct our lives every day using banks. yet the military will not have direct access to these banks. yes, it is true they could run the gauntlet and go downtown and be subject to those with their advertising, say no credit, no problem, e-1 and up, no issue. we've bipartisanly and with some resistance from people that had suspicion on these issues, but veterans across the aisles have joined together to try to address predatory lending
i think the department of defense is not looking for ways to give away more free space. i don't think we should add this and get into the whole bank/credit union thing. we should leave it up to the department of defense to decide what they want to do. with that, i yield bank. >> mr. kelly. >> mr. chairman, i yield my time to mr. russell. >> and i thank the gentleman. while we can could convenientlye this a credit union/bank fight, which it is not, in fact, mr. chairman, i'm...
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would you commit to providing the department of defense -- a department of defense analysis of the proposed updated aumf prior to the committee markup which may occur in two weeks? we'd really appreciate having your input into this. seeing how important it is. secretary mattis: senator, i've worked with the two senators who were involved with this. the white house is working with them. we have been, i think, heard well. but let me get back to the white house. and see where the interagency is on this. state department's important, obviously, in an event -- in an issue like this because we try to keep the u.s. military and defense department in a reinforcing role to state department's lead on foreign policy. where we belong and where i think we're strongest. we'll get back to you, senator, on this. senator udall: the important thing, and i think we have emphasized this with chairman corker, is if he's going to go forward with the markup of the proposal that's out there, before we do that, we actually have a hearing where we could hear from all the individuals you talked about and in addition,
would you commit to providing the department of defense -- a department of defense analysis of the proposed updated aumf prior to the committee markup which may occur in two weeks? we'd really appreciate having your input into this. seeing how important it is. secretary mattis: senator, i've worked with the two senators who were involved with this. the white house is working with them. we have been, i think, heard well. but let me get back to the white house. and see where the interagency is on...
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>>> defense department officials discussed military technology and research at a hearing of the house armed services committee. witnesses answered questions about the acquisition process for new defense technology and research into artificial intelligence, hypersonic weapons, and military drones. this two-hour hearing begins with committee chair mac thornberry. >> committee will come to order. for the last three national defense authorization acts reform, especially acquisition reform, has been a major priority. the purpose has to get more value for the taxpayers out of the money spent, but even more importantly, to make the department more agile in dealing with the variety of security challenges we face. as secretary mattis has testified, our technological position has eroded in recent years compared with our leading veafrs. we confront threats that don't con form to our traditional notions of warfare. and the historical evidence indicates we may well be a victim of our own success. as one writer put it when looking at the inner war years, the losers were forced by events, to re-exam
>>> defense department officials discussed military technology and research at a hearing of the house armed services committee. witnesses answered questions about the acquisition process for new defense technology and research into artificial intelligence, hypersonic weapons, and military drones. this two-hour hearing begins with committee chair mac thornberry. >> committee will come to order. for the last three national defense authorization acts reform, especially acquisition...
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out of the defense department side of the budget. r whether that is simply sacrosanct and not worthy of oversight by the congress or the president. that was my question and it was not answered. mr. mccarthy: would the gentleman yield? mr. hoyer: i will. mr. mccarthy: i know you served on appropriations committee. offer up like any member can what you would cut or where you want to find the savings. i will look in any department in anywhere to find the savings. can the gentleman show me where in the chip program, because one, you cannot use these funds. two, the contingency base is more than what has ever been used in the history of it. show me where the children's health insurance program, because no one is saying it, no one can show that it is and please point it out to us. mr. hoyer: excuse me, i yield -- mr. mccarthy: you do not have the authority to spend this money. we put a contingency fund set aside and looked at the history of the program, the most that was ever used was $300 million and keep $500 million in reserve. why then
out of the defense department side of the budget. r whether that is simply sacrosanct and not worthy of oversight by the congress or the president. that was my question and it was not answered. mr. mccarthy: would the gentleman yield? mr. hoyer: i will. mr. mccarthy: i know you served on appropriations committee. offer up like any member can what you would cut or where you want to find the savings. i will look in any department in anywhere to find the savings. can the gentleman show me where in...
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reporter: "inside defense," unrelated. the department was notified by the department of commerce they'll be conducting section 232 investigation into flal security implications for imported automobiles. do the pentagon feel imported automobiles are a national security threat, especially most of them come from japan, south korea, europe? ms. white: so, tony, we just got that memo. i promise to come back to you on that. we are still reviewing it. i owe you an answer. tom. reporter: thank you. >> which tom? ms. white: that tom. you will be my second, tom watkins. no. i am going with you first. reporter: thank you, dana. the i.g. issued a report on afghanistan regarding minimal progress and this detracts with the report on minimal progress. general, we are talking about the winter offensive, u.s. and afghanistan, how it was designed to counter a taliban spring offense. even in afghanistan it's springtime now. how does that winter offensive stack up to the reports that show minimal progress? general mckenzie: sure. the report also noted some
reporter: "inside defense," unrelated. the department was notified by the department of commerce they'll be conducting section 232 investigation into flal security implications for imported automobiles. do the pentagon feel imported automobiles are a national security threat, especially most of them come from japan, south korea, europe? ms. white: so, tony, we just got that memo. i promise to come back to you on that. we are still reviewing it. i owe you an answer. tom. reporter:...
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it really brought to the fore a unified department of defense. - policy makers talked in terms of us 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
it really brought to the fore a unified department of defense. - policy makers talked in terms of us 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...
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but for more than twenty years the department of defense has lagged other agencies . yet they lag behind for twenty years in terms of reporting that they were involved in the largest robbery in history. but funny funny funny how a bank robber is always a lag behind when turning themselves in isn't it. former. former secretary of defense robert gates claims he tried to bring a fish and sea of transparency to the pentagon in a speech in twenty eleven he talked about how went my staff and i learned that it was nearly impossible to get accurate information and answers to questions such as how much money did you spend and how many people do you have. we have. the whole way he was hiding under the sink we have. we have eleven paid. unless you're counting women in which case it's nine people. plus you should check in the bathroom i think there's ten thousand people in there. point is nobody knows where this money is flying around the pentagon congress doesn't even oversee it at all really i mean you can get more on this story from david de graw is web site changemaker dot me
but for more than twenty years the department of defense has lagged other agencies . yet they lag behind for twenty years in terms of reporting that they were involved in the largest robbery in history. but funny funny funny how a bank robber is always a lag behind when turning themselves in isn't it. former. former secretary of defense robert gates claims he tried to bring a fish and sea of transparency to the pentagon in a speech in twenty eleven he talked about how went my staff and i...
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military and the defense department in a reenforcing role to state department's lead on foreign policy. where et we belong and where i think we're strongest. we'll get back to you on this. >> the important thing and i think we have emphasized this with chairman corker is that if he's going to go forward with a markup of the proposal that's out there before we do that, that et we actually have a hearing where we could hear from all the individuals you talked about and in addition have another panel, which would be outside expertses to talk about what this means. it seems that if we're going to really head down the road of a new and updated aumf that the administration needs to take a strong position where they are on it and in addition outside experts look at it. i notice and i'll put this one in for the record. but the administration, as you know, the last administration when it was going to bomb in syria asked for congress's permission to do so. and it didn't get it. does this administration consider the use of chemical weapons anywhere in the world as a legal basis for u.s. military
military and the defense department in a reenforcing role to state department's lead on foreign policy. where et we belong and where i think we're strongest. we'll get back to you on this. >> the important thing and i think we have emphasized this with chairman corker is that if he's going to go forward with a markup of the proposal that's out there before we do that, that et we actually have a hearing where we could hear from all the individuals you talked about and in addition have...
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the projects begin performed in the department as the secretary of defense may designate. was it a national security agency the dead science and that has been a tension that has existed for decades and has gone back and forth and in its first year of existence along with the first rockets it proceed on the science side somehow planned this project seemed t projects y favorite one was operation august which was going to launch nuclear weapons and to set them off in the atmosphere to create a force field that would protect the planet from intercontinental ballistic missiles if you're laughing about this but it's going to be a force field so they went off with the air force and launched weapons into space in a top-secret mission that was leaked to "the new york times." >> the advisor called it the greatest experiment ever done and it was. it was also not successful and it turned out it was going to be killer electrons from the nuclear weapons but it turned out the way that the atmosphere is jdk bit too quickly to offer a force field and the first chief scientist said there co
the projects begin performed in the department as the secretary of defense may designate. was it a national security agency the dead science and that has been a tension that has existed for decades and has gone back and forth and in its first year of existence along with the first rockets it proceed on the science side somehow planned this project seemed t projects y favorite one was operation august which was going to launch nuclear weapons and to set them off in the atmosphere to create a...
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chairman without expressing my gratitude to the men and women in the department of defense. they are the ones that must turn the national defense strategy into action or than 2 million servicemembers and civilians do their duty honoring previous generations of veterans and civil servants who sacrificed for their country. it's a privilege to serve alongside them and i thank them for their efforts and their unyielding standards and defense defense of the nation. the genitals prepared to discuss the military dimensions of the request. >> thank you for the opportunity to join. it's an honor to represent men and women in uniform. .. >> on 19 budget supports rebuild the lethal force that the nation needs the secretary has addressed the strategy to recognize russia and china as a priority also meeting those immediate challenges by rogue regimes and violent extremist organizations to invest in nuclear cybercapabilities limiting the ability to undermine the credibility also adept at advancing their interest with competitive activity below the threshold in north korea with the capabil
chairman without expressing my gratitude to the men and women in the department of defense. they are the ones that must turn the national defense strategy into action or than 2 million servicemembers and civilians do their duty honoring previous generations of veterans and civil servants who sacrificed for their country. it's a privilege to serve alongside them and i thank them for their efforts and their unyielding standards and defense defense of the nation. the genitals prepared to discuss...
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i don't believe they do. >> and the second sque does department of defense track us. >> the department of defense does not and neither do the services. i don't know if the department of homeland security tracks whether a person is a veteran or a spouse of an active duty service member. >> i'm sure the information is not available currently. >> i guess my point just briefly is i'm not sure we want dod to keep track of some of these issues and keep track of everybody that's deported and whether they are relative of somebody who might have served at some time in the past. seems to be b to be more than what we want dod to do. mr. brown. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i do believe the things in government that are watched with the things that get done or said another way when we don't know the magnitude of the problem, we're less likely to begin taking steps to address the problem. recently, there have been cases of family members of the military who are facing deportation. and nobody knows who's responsible. and secretary mattis was asked about this, said hey, the department of homeland secur
i don't believe they do. >> and the second sque does department of defense track us. >> the department of defense does not and neither do the services. i don't know if the department of homeland security tracks whether a person is a veteran or a spouse of an active duty service member. >> i'm sure the information is not available currently. >> i guess my point just briefly is i'm not sure we want dod to keep track of some of these issues and keep track of everybody...
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today, the department of defense tracks over 20,000 space objects. that number will increase dramatically as capabilities begin operation. all haveed companies announced plans to large large -- to launch large constellations. a number of these are already in orbit, and they increase the opportunity for collisions. this dramatic increase in the volume of commercial space satellites exposes the deficiencies and our current regulations. the national space council has recommended a space traffic policy, the first to address this issue. the vice president talked about this in colorado. goes, it is onng that large piece of furniture known as the president's desk. i am hoping we would have an announcement very soon. a productiveen process of discussing with the inter-agency, and i think we have reached a fairly good consensus. this new policy sets priorities for ssa and space traffic management which we hope to encourage. thatommercial sat in a sector promotes norms across the space community and will align agencies to do what they do best, the commerce dep
today, the department of defense tracks over 20,000 space objects. that number will increase dramatically as capabilities begin operation. all haveed companies announced plans to large large -- to launch large constellations. a number of these are already in orbit, and they increase the opportunity for collisions. this dramatic increase in the volume of commercial space satellites exposes the deficiencies and our current regulations. the national space council has recommended a space traffic...
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and so with a distinguished record of service at both department of homeland security and department of defense concerts and numerous federal advisory boards at the department of state and commerce and played a critical role in the nsc in his last stint there in moving satellite above the red list which is an important thing for this industry. hudson institute is a think tank dedicated to voting american leadership in global engagement for prosperous future. critical to american leadership in american technological leadership and that's core to our mission, core to what we do. our founder was a great visionary and saw the interaction between strategy, technology and demography as critical to shaping the future in ways that nearsighted analysts couldn't imagine. we do significant work on defense transformation defense trade, on i.t. communications and we are delighted to add space now to this next and have such an august group of ceos, ctls, thought leaders from the special ed industry here with us today to launch this new and important institutional initiative. especially want to thank the memb
and so with a distinguished record of service at both department of homeland security and department of defense concerts and numerous federal advisory boards at the department of state and commerce and played a critical role in the nsc in his last stint there in moving satellite above the red list which is an important thing for this industry. hudson institute is a think tank dedicated to voting american leadership in global engagement for prosperous future. critical to american leadership in...
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terry in the department of housing and urban development say that the department of defense inspector general had found six point five trillion dollars worth of unaccounted for spending in twenty fifteen and skidmore. and skidmore being an economics professor thought she mean six point five billion dollars not trillion because trillion would mean the pentagon misplaced more money than the gross domestic product of the whole of the united kingdom. but still still six point five billion dollars of unaccounted for money is even saved it's crazy all right it's crazy you know or so he went and he looked into the inspector general's report and he found something interesting it was true oh yeah i was. i was young i was like well you know our kids were you fifty don't want accounted for spreading troll you with a t t isn't totally insane all right he is a. kid he is and he is it could all be public or be ferreted i thought it was like . he does it indeed a way more than the u.k.'s g.d.p. all right but the g.d.p. isn't really that big because apparently i can rake in cash by selling biscuits a
terry in the department of housing and urban development say that the department of defense inspector general had found six point five trillion dollars worth of unaccounted for spending in twenty fifteen and skidmore. and skidmore being an economics professor thought she mean six point five billion dollars not trillion because trillion would mean the pentagon misplaced more money than the gross domestic product of the whole of the united kingdom. but still still six point five billion dollars...
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a number of small businesses who may receive some initial funding to do business with the department of defense and develop their technologies, have found that they do not continue to do business with the department of business or take up a program of record so that it is a temporary one-time infusion of cash which does not fully accomplish the goals that so many of us want to achieve. this amendment requires the department of defense to set up a data base of small business innovators, specifically those who receive grants through the research program and small business technology transfer program so we can track these businesses and see that do their technologies get taken up in a program of record, do these small businesses do business with the department of defense. i think that is in doubt but we won't know until this data base. and i recommend its adoption and reserve. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from washington. mr. smith: claim time in opposition, although i'm not opposed. i support the gentleman's america. it is important that we get more small businesses involved. so
a number of small businesses who may receive some initial funding to do business with the department of defense and develop their technologies, have found that they do not continue to do business with the department of business or take up a program of record so that it is a temporary one-time infusion of cash which does not fully accomplish the goals that so many of us want to achieve. this amendment requires the department of defense to set up a data base of small business innovators,...
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about 24 states that allow for e-mail return of voted ballots and from our standpoint at the department of defenset's really just to recognize that the risk is really borne by the states. in years past the department had been a little bit more engaged on this issue from various congressional requirements to investigate internet voting if you will or electronic return. at this point we recognize that that's really a state calculation and that's really where the leadership comes in to recognize, you know, what would be the potential impact to the ability to certify or canvas the election results. >> i would just add that, you know, we embrace that as well in our state. it's somewhat like a cycle or pendulum. since i served back in '98 and back to now, we were -- if i would wind the clock back to '98 we thought by now we would all be voting by our telephones. literally. we did. and, of course, we've all seen what's changed over the years. we are now dialing back somewhat if you will to take a harder look at the cyber security, wanting to make sure we're watching the integrity side and in fairness to
about 24 states that allow for e-mail return of voted ballots and from our standpoint at the department of defenset's really just to recognize that the risk is really borne by the states. in years past the department had been a little bit more engaged on this issue from various congressional requirements to investigate internet voting if you will or electronic return. at this point we recognize that that's really a state calculation and that's really where the leadership comes in to recognize,...
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population around the united states includes people who have served in uniform and when the defense department has a trillion and a half dollars to hurl at lockheed martin for unnecessary wasteful fraudulent weapons when veterans are sleeping on cardboard boxes in the rain i have a problem with that and i'm not willing to let that go down that's a big reason why i'm running to make sure that we get the money from the pentagon and divert it to rechannel it to the needs of working american people speaking of money i got to ask you the i think it should probably be the number one question of any candidate running for office do you take corporate money i don't you know we made a pledge not to accept contributions from corporate pacs and ultimately i mean to be fair i don't think most corporations would want to fund me anyway because i'm pretty explicit in my my aims and they tend not to overlap the interests of corporations there is one exception i don't take money from the biggest you know a set of corporations that share interests with some of the issues that our campaign is promoting when we ta
population around the united states includes people who have served in uniform and when the defense department has a trillion and a half dollars to hurl at lockheed martin for unnecessary wasteful fraudulent weapons when veterans are sleeping on cardboard boxes in the rain i have a problem with that and i'm not willing to let that go down that's a big reason why i'm running to make sure that we get the money from the pentagon and divert it to rechannel it to the needs of working american people...
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population around the united states includes people who have served in uniform and when the defense department has a trillion and a half dollars to hurl at lockheed martin for unnecessary wasteful fraudulent weapons when veterans are sleeping on cardboard boxes in the rain i have a problem with that and i'm not willing to let that go down that's a big reason why i'm running to make sure that we get the money from the pentagon and divert it to rechannel it to the needs of working american people speaking of money i got to ask you the i think it should probably be the number one question of any candidate running for office do you take corporate money i don't you know we made a pledge not to accept contributions from corporate pacs and ultimately i mean to be fair i don't think most corporations would want to fund me anyway because i'm pretty explicit in my my aims and they tend not to overlap the interests of corporations there is one exception i don't take money from the biggest you know a set of corporations that share interests with some of the issues that our campaign is promoting when we ta
population around the united states includes people who have served in uniform and when the defense department has a trillion and a half dollars to hurl at lockheed martin for unnecessary wasteful fraudulent weapons when veterans are sleeping on cardboard boxes in the rain i have a problem with that and i'm not willing to let that go down that's a big reason why i'm running to make sure that we get the money from the pentagon and divert it to rechannel it to the needs of working american people...
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speaker, creating domestic jobs is not the primary mission of the department of defense. our focus, the department's focus and our focus in this bill and when it comes to this congress, is to protect the nation and to support the men and women who risk their lives for us. we've got to give them everything they need to do their job. we should not do anything that would divert from that. so i again with all admiration for the gentlelady and from the gentleman from west virginia, i just say if we're going to tell d.o.d. where they have to buy their forks and knives and plates, where does it end? i have a manufacturer, i'm sure, in my district that would love too supply the department of defense with something or another. we cannot go down this road. we must let the department buy the best value. that's what i think all members should support. i oppose the amendment and yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentlelady from new york. those in favor say aye. hose opposed, no. in the opinion of the
speaker, creating domestic jobs is not the primary mission of the department of defense. our focus, the department's focus and our focus in this bill and when it comes to this congress, is to protect the nation and to support the men and women who risk their lives for us. we've got to give them everything they need to do their job. we should not do anything that would divert from that. so i again with all admiration for the gentlelady and from the gentleman from west virginia, i just say if...
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removing the 15% cap encourages the hiring of new graduates and only stands to benefit the department of defense, it's critical at that dod is empowered to hire the best and brightest who will bring new and innovative ideas to the department. unfortunately, this amendment would slow the growth in bringing new personnel into the department. it's for this reason that i object to the amendment and urge a no vote. i yield back my time. >> the gentleman yields. is there further debate on the amendment? if not, the question is on the adoption of the amendment offered by ms. murphy. those in favor aye. that's opposed no. nos have it and the amendment is not adopted. we will now consider amendment 221 r-2 for mr. bishop. for what purpose does the gentleman seek recognition. madam chair, i have an amendment at wherever the mythic mythical desk is. >> we'll accept mr. bishop to explain the reading of the amendment. >> this is not necessarily new to any of you here. we've talked about that in the past. there are changes taking place over in the senate which will make this significant again. the issue still
removing the 15% cap encourages the hiring of new graduates and only stands to benefit the department of defense, it's critical at that dod is empowered to hire the best and brightest who will bring new and innovative ideas to the department. unfortunately, this amendment would slow the growth in bringing new personnel into the department. it's for this reason that i object to the amendment and urge a no vote. i yield back my time. >> the gentleman yields. is there further debate on the...
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and other cryptocurrencies have become popular, particularly among the kind of workers the defense department to recruit. there were several questions. the defense security service came out with an official statement saying there is no official statement. they said we are looking at this and let everyone know what we decide. emily: what would it mean for the cryptocurrency market if the pentagon decided holding bitcoin is a security risk? dan: it's sort of speaks to the issue that everyone in the government is trying to figure out how to regulate cryptocurrencies or how they should be regulated. the fcc looks at them a particular way, the cfpc thinks of them in a particular way. the pentagon may think of them in a particular way. the pentagon is a large government agency and it could throw some cold water on the notion that these are harmless investments. if the pentagon were to take a particular stance on them one way or another. emily: we are actually going to be talking to a candidate that is very supportive of cryptocurrencies, but how are other lawmakers and candidates, as we are going t
and other cryptocurrencies have become popular, particularly among the kind of workers the defense department to recruit. there were several questions. the defense security service came out with an official statement saying there is no official statement. they said we are looking at this and let everyone know what we decide. emily: what would it mean for the cryptocurrency market if the pentagon decided holding bitcoin is a security risk? dan: it's sort of speaks to the issue that everyone in...
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defense strategy. in january, the department published that strategy, the first in a decade. framed within president trump's national security strategy, the 2018 national defense strategy provides clear direction for america's military to restore its competitive edge in an era of reemerging, long-term great power competition. the department next calls for america's military to call for a safe, secure and effective nuclear deterrent that is ready and appropriately tailored to deter 21st century threats and reassure our allies. in south asia and afghanistan, uncertainty in the region has been replaced by the certainty of the administration's south asia strategy. concurrently in the middle east, we have dramatically reduced isis' physical caliphate, using a coordinated approach that works by, with, and through our allies and partners to crush isis' claim of invincibility and deny them a geographic haven from which to plot murder. last month, thanks to the bipartisan support and political courage of congress and the dedication of this committee, president trump signed the om omnib
defense strategy. in january, the department published that strategy, the first in a decade. framed within president trump's national security strategy, the 2018 national defense strategy provides clear direction for america's military to restore its competitive edge in an era of reemerging, long-term great power competition. the department next calls for america's military to call for a safe, secure and effective nuclear deterrent that is ready and appropriately tailored to deter 21st century...
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useless additionally defense newsweek published with the slow provider with 20 minerals mixed with the strategic vulnerability so secretary mattis do you share any thoughts but the department of defense is doing with that strategic owner ability? and from the advanced weapons systems and also from the main table for those key subordinates. with the department of commerce and treasury and how we solve the problem to identify the problem and solve it. and looking together to put together that strategy to address all the ability and in other cases or other locations that are perhaps more costly they would work as a reserve certainly we can look at the stockpile as well so the process is underway. i don't think even if i had the work that they we would have the full answers. >> i had time please let the committee know how congress could assist you in that this is the long game but it is important to ensure to keep the homeland safe. >> i may just add that on this issue. >> thank you mr. secretary. so general dunford as part of last year's hearing i ask you for the record and what were the risk to the national security if the agreement were scrapped? we responded in 2017 in 201
useless additionally defense newsweek published with the slow provider with 20 minerals mixed with the strategic vulnerability so secretary mattis do you share any thoughts but the department of defense is doing with that strategic owner ability? and from the advanced weapons systems and also from the main table for those key subordinates. with the department of commerce and treasury and how we solve the problem to identify the problem and solve it. and looking together to put together that...
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host: that's from the defense department and advising students to hide under their desk. guest: he was talking about this was right on money. because of nuclear weapons. sense a, i remember growing up, world war i and world war ii, many people had feeling that would happen. what happen is so different today, we're so easily lose sight of, actually war between nations has declined since 1940's. the attempt to create a more environment, has worked. that caller was saying his dads a newsman. sometimes it's pressure things are much more apocalyptic than they are. that's history is so important to understand what happened. we actually cooperate with the soviets in space now. progress needs to be appreciated and recognized. host: elizabeth cobbs is a senior fella at the hoover university. mark kramer is the program director at harvard project on the cold war. david is next from los angeles. go ahead please. caller: good morning and happy mother's day to all the ladies listening in. i would like to chime in with the assassinations as well as this cold war and the military indust
host: that's from the defense department and advising students to hide under their desk. guest: he was talking about this was right on money. because of nuclear weapons. sense a, i remember growing up, world war i and world war ii, many people had feeling that would happen. what happen is so different today, we're so easily lose sight of, actually war between nations has declined since 1940's. the attempt to create a more environment, has worked. that caller was saying his dads a newsman....
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these ladies men ages with different backgrounds and everyone was here like everyone went today defense department against the refuse of . the rain and all the easing on the celebration of the other patient of the u.s. embassy. the israelis have been reacting very violent against the policy protesters where they have a lot of logic munitions against the powder protesters and used a lot of tear gas and the there was a press conference for the palestinian minister of health and they said that there are at least fifty five policies that have been killed today two thousand seven hundred palestinians have been injured and one hundred but. always few critical condition and are expected to die in any minute where what happened today is the palestinians said that they have the right to reject those they broke the fence that separates gaza with israel and that at that time the israeli snipers as this is ready soldiers using their objects started to brandish you all these palestinian protesters. were grabbed on the other side and it was very very hard to reach them and leave our kids in the world to for jus
these ladies men ages with different backgrounds and everyone was here like everyone went today defense department against the refuse of . the rain and all the easing on the celebration of the other patient of the u.s. embassy. the israelis have been reacting very violent against the policy protesters where they have a lot of logic munitions against the powder protesters and used a lot of tear gas and the there was a press conference for the palestinian minister of health and they said that...
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why sblet the department of defense -- isn't the department of defense doing this? the majority seeks to say, why even ask the question? and we have to ask ourselves, what is oversight if we don't ask hard questions? now, i think that there's a reason why folks like the national taxpayers union, who have supported this amendment, and have said that they're going to score this amendment, have signed on to support. it's because we need to ask these tough questions. if we're going to genuinely offer oversite we need to ask how much these programs cost, we need to plan and we need to budget. it seems like a reasonable step to take. i appreciate my colleague's concerns and i would ask an aye vote of my colleagues. and with that i'll yield back, mr. chairman. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from alabama is recognized. mr. rogers: mr. chairman, i'm pleased to yield two minutes to my friend and colleague from colorado, mr. lamborn. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. lamborn: thank you and i thank the chair
why sblet the department of defense -- isn't the department of defense doing this? the majority seeks to say, why even ask the question? and we have to ask ourselves, what is oversight if we don't ask hard questions? now, i think that there's a reason why folks like the national taxpayers union, who have supported this amendment, and have said that they're going to score this amendment, have signed on to support. it's because we need to ask these tough questions. if we're going to genuinely...
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we have the deep state running the justice department, the fbi, the defense department. this man is here to disrupt. that's who he is, that's what he has done. and his record of accomplishment is so profound. he's not an unknown quantity. people understand we have a national leader who is already the story. charlie: so much of it seems ignorant of how things work around here. lou: i don't think i understood you. charlie: people think it ignorance of how things work around here is a liability. it's not. look at it with fresh eyes and coming up with solutions to fix things actually works. lou: the expression i think would be the fact they lack, well, any kind of knowledge of what the deep state does. it's really a superior advantage. and certainly a virtuous reward which this president has used to his advantage. charlie, great to see you. i hope the president gives them hell. thanks for being with us. train to the trump economic team has arrived in beijing for trade talks. will the chinese play ball? live to beijing for the latest details. gerri: investors watching stocks
we have the deep state running the justice department, the fbi, the defense department. this man is here to disrupt. that's who he is, that's what he has done. and his record of accomplishment is so profound. he's not an unknown quantity. people understand we have a national leader who is already the story. charlie: so much of it seems ignorant of how things work around here. lou: i don't think i understood you. charlie: people think it ignorance of how things work around here is a liability....
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where was his defense department in all of this? shakenjohnson was deeply not only by the assassination in june of robert kennedy, but two earlier, the assassination of martin luther king. mide was violence in the 60's that escalated in 1967 and 1968, including here in washington, d.c. johnson wanted to focus on , but he wasorities consumed early on by the war in vietnam, and that is why his final year in office he wanted to focus on whatever priorities he could do what time to bring a peaceful and to the war. was hubert humphrey initially not the favored was pute, but certainly forward by johnson as someone who could continue his program, could stand a reasonable chance at against richard nixon. like kennedy.t that is no secret. but he was deeply saddened by kennedy's assassination. whileat the same time, all of this was happening, the apollo program continued to grow. apollo eight, we saw that video moments ago, launched in december of 1968. guest: the curious thing about the cold war was it always brought out the worst and the be
where was his defense department in all of this? shakenjohnson was deeply not only by the assassination in june of robert kennedy, but two earlier, the assassination of martin luther king. mide was violence in the 60's that escalated in 1967 and 1968, including here in washington, d.c. johnson wanted to focus on , but he wasorities consumed early on by the war in vietnam, and that is why his final year in office he wanted to focus on whatever priorities he could do what time to bring a peaceful...
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department of defense should support other agencies such as the department of homeland security to achieve safety and security at our u.s. borders. i believe my substitute more accurately states what the position of this committee should be and i think it's in online with what i heard the gentleman from arizona say. i will say this but i have traveled in latin america, i know of his commitment that region and i share his commitment to that region and we have a lot of things we worked on there. i don't think his amendment gets to the actual nature of what we should be doing here today. the german yields back. let me just alert members that if there is a recorded vote on the substitute, we will have to take it in real time. we cannot roll a vote on a substitute amendment. we will have to go ahead and do it. the gentleman from rhode island is recognized for five minutes. we have to take a brief pause because it is not scanned into the system. even with the best technology we will just hold tight for just a minute for the recorder. i have an amendment to offer to mr. burns amendment. >> it was
department of defense should support other agencies such as the department of homeland security to achieve safety and security at our u.s. borders. i believe my substitute more accurately states what the position of this committee should be and i think it's in online with what i heard the gentleman from arizona say. i will say this but i have traveled in latin america, i know of his commitment that region and i share his commitment to that region and we have a lot of things we worked on there....
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just for the record, can you say the department of defense paid to this confidential source could be for actual work in done for the pentagon and he was not being paid by the pentagon to be an fbi informant? thanks to both of you. ms. white: general, i will let you start. lt. gen. mckenzie: we always remain a high state of readiness when it comes to the korean peninsula. we have done that for many years because of the provocative capricious actions of dprk leadership. we are ready to go from a cold start to something more significant, if we are required to do so. --would not raise readiness we would not do that unless we had indications. right now we are at a level of good readiness, in a boxer stance, ready to respond. we will see if any provocative actions occur from dprk, we will act in concert with allies in the region and be ready for them. >> could i ask you to expand on the one point you made, that you need additional readiness money for issues such as north korea -- what is that? what is it for north korea you do not have? lt. gen. mckenzie: we have accepted reductions in mun
just for the record, can you say the department of defense paid to this confidential source could be for actual work in done for the pentagon and he was not being paid by the pentagon to be an fbi informant? thanks to both of you. ms. white: general, i will let you start. lt. gen. mckenzie: we always remain a high state of readiness when it comes to the korean peninsula. we have done that for many years because of the provocative capricious actions of dprk leadership. we are ready to go from a...
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injanuary the department published the 2018 national defense strategy framed within the national security strategy to have clear direction for military to restore its competitive edge in the air re: emerging competition. the department next release the 2018 posture review review calling for american military to provide a safe secure and effective that is modern and robust and flexible resilient ready and appropriately tailored for 21st century threats and to reassure the allies. south asia and afghanistan uncertainty has been placed in the south asia strategy currently in the least dramatically erased the caliphate with the whole government approach with and through that partners crush the claim and deny them geographic haven to plot to murder two months ago thanks to a bipartisan port and the political courage of congress president trump signed the only was still for the remainder of the fiscal year and this along with the two-year budget agreement past and the bipartisan act in february finally has the inefficient and damaging continuing resolution funding process now providing the pred
injanuary the department published the 2018 national defense strategy framed within the national security strategy to have clear direction for military to restore its competitive edge in the air re: emerging competition. the department next release the 2018 posture review review calling for american military to provide a safe secure and effective that is modern and robust and flexible resilient ready and appropriately tailored for 21st century threats and to reassure the allies. south asia and...
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where was his defense department in all of this? shakenjohnson was deeply not only by the assassination in june of robert kennedy, but two earlier, the assassination of martin luther king. mide was violence in the 60's that escalated in 1967 and 1968, including here in washington, d.c. johnson wanted to focus on , but he wasorities consumed early on by the war in vietnam, and that is why his final year in office he wanted to focus on whatever priorities he could do what time to bring a peaceful and to the war. was hubert humphrey initially not the favored was pute, but certainly forward by johnson as someone who could continue his program, could stand a reasonable chance at against richard nixon. like kennedy.t that is no secret. but he was deeply saddened by kennedy's assassination. whileat the same time, all of this was happening, the apollo program continued to grow. apollo eight, we saw that video moments ago, launched in december of 1968. guest: the curious thing about the cold war was it always brought out the worst and the be
where was his defense department in all of this? shakenjohnson was deeply not only by the assassination in june of robert kennedy, but two earlier, the assassination of martin luther king. mide was violence in the 60's that escalated in 1967 and 1968, including here in washington, d.c. johnson wanted to focus on , but he wasorities consumed early on by the war in vietnam, and that is why his final year in office he wanted to focus on whatever priorities he could do what time to bring a peaceful...
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two of the department of defense's top three acquisition priorities. but most importantly we have done this in a cost-effective manner. the mark authorizes multi-year procurements for the c-130 super hercules aircraft. e-2d aircraft, advanced amphibious ships. each one of these investments stand to save 10% over a conventional acquisition program. we have also accelerated the investment strategy for the next forward class carrier, an investment that alone will save almost $2.5 billion. overall the mark accelerates the 355-ship navy and the expected projection forces our nation so desperately needs. i want to particularly extend my special thanks to my ranking member joe courtney. joe has been a tremendous leader in these areas, and there's scarcely a thing that we don't agree upon, and i would say where there's any differences you could slide a loose-leaf sheet of paper between those differences. joe, thank you again for being a strong teammate on this journey, and we share our joint vision for the subcommittey, and i'm constantly impressed with what c
two of the department of defense's top three acquisition priorities. but most importantly we have done this in a cost-effective manner. the mark authorizes multi-year procurements for the c-130 super hercules aircraft. e-2d aircraft, advanced amphibious ships. each one of these investments stand to save 10% over a conventional acquisition program. we have also accelerated the investment strategy for the next forward class carrier, an investment that alone will save almost $2.5 billion. overall...
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now this legislation passed by the house is part of a much larger defense department budget bill it would have to go to the senate to be then sent on to president trump for his signature to become law the senate just recently voted to approve gina haskell as director of the cia his haskell was allegedly involved in activities including torture at u.s. black site prisons in earlier years. according to u.s. law it is illegal for u.s. personnel to be involved in torture however those protections are much less stringent when it comes to surrogates or u.s. allies actually carrying out brutal acts the u.s. has been supporting the u. the u.a.e. and saudi arabia in their battle against who the rebels in yemen for about the past three years andrea scrag is an assistant professor at the defense studies department at king's college london he says more needs to be disclosed about u.s. anx accents in yemen. it is significant in that the american public needs to know what what the role of the united states troops in that area is at the moment because nobody really knows on the other hand in terms of br
now this legislation passed by the house is part of a much larger defense department budget bill it would have to go to the senate to be then sent on to president trump for his signature to become law the senate just recently voted to approve gina haskell as director of the cia his haskell was allegedly involved in activities including torture at u.s. black site prisons in earlier years. according to u.s. law it is illegal for u.s. personnel to be involved in torture however those protections...
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and satellites, the air force runs 90% of what is in space for the defense department. and we have 77 satellites, so it is not a lot, but they are very vulnerable. satellites don't like to be rattled or shaken. they are fragile things and are not robust. but we are now in a situation where we have to try to make that architecture survive if somebody is trying to mess with it. so we canceled some of ourig, slow-target kinds of satellites for missile warnings. we canceled them, and we are accelerating a new missile warning, our infrared satellite is what they are, that are maneuverable, that have the ability to defend themselves to some extent. we are also moving to the next generation of gps satellites that are jam-resistant. different satellite constellations have different challenges are potential vulnerabilities. mostps, which is what americans are familiar with because it is the blue. on your phone, it is a constellation of 30 satellites. if you can see four of them at any one time, you know where you are in the world within about a meter, or a yard. so the biggest c
and satellites, the air force runs 90% of what is in space for the defense department. and we have 77 satellites, so it is not a lot, but they are very vulnerable. satellites don't like to be rattled or shaken. they are fragile things and are not robust. but we are now in a situation where we have to try to make that architecture survive if somebody is trying to mess with it. so we canceled some of ourig, slow-target kinds of satellites for missile warnings. we canceled them, and we are...
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if our defense department is banning these phones, why are we allowing them to come into the country and do industrial espionage and steal our intellectual property from our companies? here's what f.b.i. director chris wray, appointed by president trump, told the senate intelligence committee in february. he said, he was saying that we shouldn't use z.t.e. products or services, period. here's what he said, quote, we're deeply concerned about the risks of allowing any company or entity that is beholden to foreign governments that don't share our values to gain positions of power inside our telecommunication networks. that provides the capacity to exert pressure or control over our telecommunications infrastructure. it provides the capacity to maliciously modify or steal information. and it provides the capacity to conduct undetected espionage. the head of the f.b.i. says letting z.t.e. in here will provide the capacity to conduct undetected espionage. so after all those statements and so many more, every american should be alarmed by the reports that president trump may allow z.t.e. i
if our defense department is banning these phones, why are we allowing them to come into the country and do industrial espionage and steal our intellectual property from our companies? here's what f.b.i. director chris wray, appointed by president trump, told the senate intelligence committee in february. he said, he was saying that we shouldn't use z.t.e. products or services, period. here's what he said, quote, we're deeply concerned about the risks of allowing any company or entity that is...