we were first to report that the defense department accepted that request from the justice department was in fact sending jags to those three states to go help the justice department with immigration prosecutions. now there is been a bipartisan response. from united states' senators, and democrats from new york and democratic senator from vermont joined by the republican senator from iowa. the three of them sent a rare bipartisan request to secretary mattis at the defense department asking him to change his decision. we are deeply troubled by the department's decision to send reserve jags on the board to prosecute immigration cases. they're asking basically for the defense department to undo the decision that they made. quote, pulling 21 counsel. it is inappropriate application of personnel. we urge you to maintain these resources. i am singling out this response because there are so few bipartisan requests in american law making right now and let alone something that has a red hot lens on it. here is gillibrand. we'll let you know if anybody else joins this effort for if indeed secre

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defense department will discuss more whether u.s. russia relations have crossed a point of no return stay with us. the trump juggernaut continues on all fronts is he remaking the western world or merely isolating the u.s. also is north korea coming out of the cold and much much more on this edition of crossfire. i would hope to do something to. put themselves on the line. to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president and she. wanted. to do it. this is what. you want to get. interested always in the law. and we're back with robert english former policy analyst at the u.s. defense department talking about the current low point in u.s. russia relations welcome back robert know mitt romney when he was running for president he actually tried to play the russia foreign policy card in his presidential election and he was ridiculed by obama it was like oh my god that is so eighty's bringing russia back as a foreign policy car but then you know in twenty twelve the relations between us and russia started deteriorating slowly a

the defense department has agreed to send these military lawyers to those u.s. ffice basically to bolster the workforce that the justice department has in terms of working prosecutors who can bring all of these extra immigration cases. immigration prosecutions on the border. that's a very unusuals use of active-duty military lawyers. we were first to report last night that the defendant deposit accepted that request from the justice department and was in fact sending j.a.g.s to those three state to help the justice department with investigations. now there has been a bipartisan response. from three united states senators. kirsten gillibrand, democrat from new york. patrick leahy, democratic senator from vermont, joined by joni ernst, republican senator from iowa. the three of them have just sent a rare as hen's teeth bipartisan request to secretary mattis at the defense department asking him to change his decision. "we are deeply troubled by the department's decision to send active and reserve j.a.g.s to the border on temporary orders to prosecute immigration cas

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host: you find specific departments have the most regulations? guest: that is to be defense is very large. difrent things the rest of the federal government does. hundreds of billions of dollars are spent through dod programs. they have the largest numbers of recommendations, so that is one of the reasons we focus on them in this report. could -- how much could the defense department save? guest: id gi a number,, which is huge. we could say tends of billions -- tens of billions of dollars could saved, but individual actions could have tens of ionsllf dollars in benefits. host: i want to get to viewer calls in a second. if you have questions about to gernment, before get the calls, i wanted to ask about one of those specific regulations you had that you could point at saving potentially 527 going dollars over the next five years, defense distribution centers. guest: defense has the centers across the country to help provide supplies in its operations. some of those are runs -- are run by the logistic ageies, some are run by the services. what we found when we looked at it, an

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[inaudible conversations] >> the house next week take up 675 million-dollar defense department spending velvet 90. one of the main priorities of the house in the phil versus the vain attempt request? >> it's a close on the same issues but were looking at the same military strength as opposed of over 15000 and looking at the same level in military pay raise was up 2.6%. generally the same level of funding. it's lower than what the ministration asks more so we've already got a note from omb director, mick bailey, showing that he wants to see those operations maintenance fully restored. it is pretty clear that the two places that we've already seen the ministration send a note over saying they would like to see corrected this bill would purchase two extra combat ships of purchase of over almost a billion dollars saying it's not what we asked for but it's money better spent elsewhere. they also talk about reauthorizing the program and aircraft surveillance and it's another $6 million and minor things in the larger scope that is in line with what the administration is looking for. >> reading

defense department will discuss more whether u.s. russia relations have crossed a point of no return stay with us. rather they did as he should be. one of the more so if you be in luck because. that's very much what i mean i well me and i don't know but that's mostly. what i was was a. double a few moves. in school i'm. only in the spirit in the prison instead of instead of a watchman of blood from a discipline of. faith when too timid is it and there have none he moved can you hear me shall i. most of the. guys are more my guide to financial survival this. is a device used by professional scallywags money. that's right simply not accountable and we're just getting more and more. totally destabilize the global economy to protect yourself and get in for its guys. and we're back with robert english former policy analyst at the u.s. defense department talking about the current low point in u.s. russia relations welcome back robert know mitt romney when he was running for president he actually tried to play the russia foreign policy card

but how is that a department of defense mission. and so we started a long time ago trying to figure out how do we do this differently? that shouldn't be the responsibility of the department of defense. we shouldn't be forcing our airman and soldiers to make that kind of decision. that is clearly other elements of our government. so we've gone back and forth where it needs to be. the administration has decided commerce is the place, secretary ross has jumped in and said i'm the guy. let's go ahead and do that. i'm all in with that. i'm all in. i think that's the right decision. we just ought to go. the administrator bridenstine said the same thing awhile ago. we had to just go now. it is the time. we can't waste anymore time. >> i concur, administrator. would you comment on that question. >> here is what i would like to share. i think it's an important philosophical debate. but when you look at the expansion of humanity, whether humanity is crossing the atlantic or crossing the continents from, you know, east to west or expanding into

of defense in the department of defense and essential -- i believe tradition is a good idea and i support the actions taken by the present on monday that doesn't eight the department of commerce as that lead the right move and i commit to work with the ministration and the department of congress and the congress to meet the management goals. thank you again for the opportunity to be here i look for to questions. >> thank you. we now recognize mr. bridensti bridenstine. >> [inaudible] [laughter] chairman rogers, ranking member cooper and it is great to be back. thank you for having me here nasa has important equity and when it comes to space situational awareness of space traffic management we have human spaceflight program and we have dozens of satellites that are delivering critically important science for our nation and in fact, for the entire world. we have a big stake in making sure we get right space situational awareness and space traffic management. for objects that are big enough to track, of course, we d

defense department talking about the current low point in u.s. russia relations welcome back robert know mitt romney when he was running for president he actually tried to play the russia foreign policy card in his presidential election and he was ridiculed by obama it was like oh my god that is so eighty's bringing russia back as a foreign policy car but then you know in twenty twelve the relations between us and russia started deteriorating slowly and then in his next state of the union speech he was on about russia and then you know the second thing we know that the pentagon says that russia is the biggest threat for america so maybe actually romney was ahead of this time. and why why why did this car play out so well now but it hadn't been for him. well what you really ask is what's gone wrong with our relations since the answer is that relations have deteriorated both sides bear blame for that and suddenly rodney's seems pression seems farsighted although well i think you said something like the greatest geo political threats. even in the pe

i know department of defense has done work with the faa on ssa. with respect to the space renaissance act from the last congress the one stop shop at the department of transportation at the department of commerce, what is your insight or your perspective where we are looking now? >> a great question. as you just recognize, in the past i have sponsored or authored legislation have a one stop shop especially moving it out of the faa to the department of transportation to the secretary. i ran that legislation a couple of years ago to force the conversation about this activity and how important it is. as a member of the science committee, space subcommittee specifically i voted multiple times on the americans face commerce free enterprise act which put that commerce. my views have shifted but more importantly than anything else that has to be done. and it doesn't matter so much where but the fact we don't have time to waste anymore and if we are caught if it is a parochial or jurisdictional and this thing is held up for a year or two, we are at risk if

it's not a mission of strategic command or the department of defense and i never believed the department of defense should have to perform space traffic management for the world. we do that because we need to do that. i've advocated to moving the space safety to another agency and in the department of defense, elements of the situational awareness needed for national security. i believe that transition is a good idea and i think the actions that president took on monday, it's the right move and commit to work with the administration, the department of congress and the congress, department of commerce and congress to meet the president's space traffic management goals. so thank you again, mr. chairman, for the opportunity to be here. >> i look forward to your >> i look forward to your questions. thank you, general. i recognize administrator bridenstine. mr. bridenstein: chairman cooper, chairman smith, chairman bowden ranking member-- or ranking member cooper and-- [inaudible] chairman rogers, i should say, ranking member cooper and ranking member barrett, it's great to be back. it's an h

see this as the only train leaving town and we have toan keep in balance this is about the department of defense. with the national security administration and other agencies in we like to open the floor to amendment that are closely connected to the department of defense and that is the adl. what you have spend the time to get to the bill but we will get it done and we hope toho be able to accommodate our colleagues as much as possible and then to be directed once again to the activity and the needs of the men and women of the armed forces. if we do that we have a very successful and productive debate as we did in the committee. thank you and with that i kneel before. >> i yield the floor. >> the senator from oklahoma. mr. president it is unprecedented to have the acting chairman and ranking member to be so close together and i think it is worthwhile to have the committee hearing on this and it is very rare that we come out as we did in one day. and here is hoping that would take care of today but now we will start discussing the bill it is more important now since he lost the opportunity for w

there are some individuals let's say the department of defense who have one orientation in the state department which is a revolving door who have another and so on no a coherent administration line has not emerged because they're fighting internally because trump started off as a pragmatic complainer a he wanted to make good with russia but then they stopped wishbone tat his hands does this mean that the american line towards russia is pretty termite no matter who the president will be no no this is a this is unique with trump no tied his hands in particular because the pass this legislation requiring sanctions right and that is certainly tied to trump personally because of the suspicion that he colluded with russia or that members of his campaign team. up to no good with russian representatives and that to who knows there's this anger because hillary clinton lost and blaming it on somebody who has this sort of outsized anger at russia that's why trump is uniquely tied with another president might not be so you feel like making russia u.s. adversary is partially part of the internal

defense. i have never believed the department of defense should have to perform that for the world. we do that because we need to do it. for a while i have advocated to move space traffic management to another agency while obtaining the department of -- retaining the department of defense for national security. i believe transition is a good idea and i support the actions taken by the president to designate this in the department of congress on monday. it's the right move and i commit to work with the administration, department of commerce and the congress to meet the space traffic management goals. thank you for the opportunity to be here and i look forward to your russians. >> the chair recognizes commissioner breidenthal sign -- bridenstine. thank you ranking member cooper and barrett. it's great to be back. thank you for having me here. it's an honor to represent nasa before the strategic forces subcommittee and space subcommittee. in the house of representatives. when it comes to space situational awareness and traffic management, we have the human a flight program and dozens of

governance, the way they operate and the policy development within the department of defense. and we should give the department the time it needs to implement these new proposals before we consider additional tasks for the department. in the area of acquisition and technology, i am pleased to see the bill e at acquisition streaining and reform and tries to strengthen d.o.d.'s stem and acquisition resource. we continue to take steps to improve the pentagon's ability to deploy technology systems and embrace modern commercialftware. we also include a number of provisions that will strengthen the u.s. defense manufacturing and industrial base which is so critical to our ability to deal with threats around the world. the committee's bill authorizes significant increases in funding for science and technology programs above the president's requesds, includi sung critical research areas like quantum computing, artificial intelligence, hyper sonics and directmaging. we are on a full sail technological race with china with impcaons for both our national security and economic success. a

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in the national defense agency and at the government-sponsored laboratories and the defense community and the department of defense in the government sector and there are possibilities that are being pursued that have great promise and great potential. and i think it would be the height of foolishness to cut it off all right now when there isn't any money being appropriated for this. it's just even the possibility that the gentleman is trying to cut off when we have potential for something that would be helpful to saving our homeland and making those who want to rain missiles on us suffer the consequences of the missiles coming back on themselves. we shouldn't shut the door. mr. chairman, i would urge a no vote on this amendment. and i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from illinois is recognized. mr. foster: how much time do i have left? the chair: 30 seconds. mr. foster: toss -- you must make a judgment call as to what things are just way out there and not go to go happen in our lifetime and things that have a realistic chanc

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week takes upext the 675 billion dollar defense department spending bill. leo shane with "military times". what are the main priorities of the house in this bill versus the president's request? >> it is pretty close to the president's request on a lot of different issues here. we are looking at the same level of military end strength. a boost of over $15,000. we are looking at the same level for the military pay raise. about 15%. and generally the same level of funding. it is a little bit lower than what the administration asked for. we have gotten a note from mick mulvaney and wants to see those operations and maintenance accounts fully restored. but it is pretty close. the two places that we have see note administration send a over saying they would like to see corrected, this bill would purchase two extra lit oral ships with the administration we saying it's not what they asked for, and it's money better spent elsewhere. minor things in the larger scope of this and pretty much in line with what the administration was looking for. host: reading some of yo

. >> petra kelly considering the defense department spending bill. one of the main is the house. bill in many ways exceeds what the pentagon and president asked for. funding will approve the chair of the opposed toe has said the pentagon's request to track down the cost. they also happen to be assembled at a lockheed martin facility. also, the bill -- in the bill, the appropriators have funding or two. communitieshat the in wisconsin and alabama >> what has been the view on the associations process so far? >> this year, probably a bit easier. back i believe it was in march. really fluffed up the funding for the pentagon. mores allowed them to get of what they wanted. as the debate is underway and there are over 130 amendments , what are some of the key ?ssues you're looking for >> they have in a minute that would decrease the overall funding. it is probably not going anywhere. the amendment i'm interested in american -- an arizona republican to be winning the a-10 warthog. cinnamon wants to fleetorate the existing and that is something like $65 million over what the pentagon had

of concern to the defense department and china's industrial power. he cites academic research and stories, and my personal opinion as a skal or in scholar in this field, he seems to be information that has not been declassified before. so i thought the report was quite important, a new state-of-the-art finding. but it goes back to something that the obama administration issued in january of 2017. the obama administration issued a white house study of chinese industrial policy as it focused on the semi conductor industry, and many of the same issues, of intellectual property theft, use of investment, use of companies, coercion of firms. they were first raised in the obama report, but it, too, didn't get much press attention because it was already january 2017. so i think dr. navarro's plan today is to go over the contents of the report that is unknown to the chinese people. so we have media reach into china. , it will continue the notion that china really owes an answer to these concerns that have been so carefully documented in this report. and, by t

mean the congress thinks it knows what it's doing there are some individuals let's say the department of defense who have one orientation in the state department which is a revolving door who have another and so on no a coherent administration line has not emerged because they're fighting internally because trump started off as a pragmatic question complainer right he wanted to make good with russia but then they stopped wishbone tat his hands does this mean that the american line towards russia is pretty termite no matter who the president will be no no this is and this is unique with trump no tied his hands in particular because the pass this legislation requiring sanctions right and. that is certainly tied to trump personally because of the suspicion that he colluded with russia or that members of his campaign team. up to no good with russian representatives and the two who knows him there's this anger because hillary clinton lost and blaming it on somebody who sort of outsized anger at russia that's why trump is uniquely tied with another president might not be so you feel like making russia

the defense department is in fact confirming that this request has been made.not clear how that is going to be carried out. there is a question, though, of how you actually house these families as they are waiting for deportation hearings or a -- asylum hearings or what have you. >> such an emotional debate. thank you, doug. we will continue to update that story throughout the morning. >>> 4:26. nonstop donations are flowing to a texas rest station for immigrants who are seeking asylum in the u.s. amazon boxes filled with short -- shirts, pants, and personal hygiene items. migrants are transferred from federal facility to a central station in mcallen and volunteers are helping them with bus tickets, medicine, and other necessities. they are also trying to give them hope. >> this is not my america. when we came in 1975, we were welcomed with open arms. and we were not separated. >> each one of these boxes is for one person who wishes they were here. >> organizers say donations really surged on father's day. more than 100 asylum seekers are released from centers

on -- more work on 2019 defense department spending.y are expected to work on immigration station this week. the senate continues to debate on the farm bill. on c-span3, housing and urban development secretary ben carson testifies at an oversight hearing. afternoon, the ceo of delta airlines speaks at the national press club. then president trump's pick to

mean the congress thinks it knows what it's doing there are some individuals let's say the department of defense who have one orientation in the state department which is a revolving door who have another and so on no a coherent administration lie has not emerged because they're fighting internally because trump started off as a pragmatic rush a complainer right he wanted to make good with russia but then they stopped wish one tatt his hands does this mean that the american line towards russia is pretty termite no matter who the president will be no no this is and this is unique with trump no tied his hands in particular because the pass this legislation requiring sanctions right and. that is certainly tied to trump personally because of the suspicion that he colluded with russia or that members of his campaign team. up to no good with russian representatives and to who knows there's this anger because hillary clinton lost and blaming it on somebody there's this sort of outsized anger at russia that's why trump is uniquely tied with another president might not be so you feel like making russia u

. >> the house next week takes up the defense department spending bill. leo shane with "military times" what are the main priorities versus the president's request? >> it is pretty close to the president's request. and looking at the at the same level of military end strength. and same level for the military pay raise. and generally the same level of funding. little bit lower than what the administration asked for. we have gotten a note from milk mulvaney and wants to see those accounts fully restored. but it is pretty close. the two places that we have see the administration, this bill would purchase two extra lit ral ships with the administration we spent money offer and j-star program and another $00 million. minor things in the larger scope and in line. host: reading some of your porting, military, the headline. here's what the appropriators want. you quote the chair of the appropriations subcommittee, last year, we took the first big step to he rebuilding the military. what are the improved improvements? >> she is talking about this idea of rebuildin

for those of you that don't know, it is a smaller mission in the department of defense where we are charged with assisting our military and overseas citizens making them aware of various resources so they can exercise the right to vote from everywhere in the world. i'm improving the process for overseas voters, active-duty members and both from a technical standpoint and a policy standpoint and also an outreach standpoint. just for some background, in terms of the military population, that represents 1.7 billion potential eligible family members and active duty sponsors who are looking to make sure they can exercise theht to vote from anywhere in the world. there are complexities that come from being in the military. we know the age is 21. and they go through career milestones whether they are changing duty station and whether they're getting ready for pre-deoyment, post-deployment and active duty and all of those milestones really are trigger moments for ensuring their voting rights are being maintained, whether they are updating their voter registration information, updating their absente

governance, the way they operate and the policy development within the department of defense. and we should give the department the time it needs to implement these new proposals before we consider additional tasks for the department. in the area of acquisition and technology, i am pleased to see the bill continues efforts at acquisition streamlining and reform and tries to strengthen d.o.d.'s stem and acquisition resource. we continue to take steps to improve the pentagon's ability to deploy technology systems and embrace modern commercial software production practices. we also include a number of provisions that will strengthen the u.s. defense manufacturing and industrial base which is so critical to our ability to deal with threats around the world. the committee's bill authorizes significant increases in funding for science and technology programs above the president's requested levels, including supporting critical research areas like quantum computing, artificial intelligence, hyper sonics and direct imaging. we are on a full sail technological race with china with imp

there are some individuals let's say the department of defense who have one orientation in the state department which is a revolving door who have another and so on no a coherent administration line has not emerged because they're fighting internally because trump started off as a prick matic complainer a he wanted to make good with russia but then they stopped wishbone tat his hands does this mean that the american line towards russia is pretty termite no matter who the president will be no no this is a this is unique with trump no tied his hands in particular because the pass this legislation requiring sanctions right and that is certainly tied to trump personally because of the suspicion that he colluded with russia or that members of his campaign team. up to no good with russian representatives and the two who knows him there's this anger because hillary clinton lost and blaming it on somebody who has this sort of outsized anger at russia that's why trump is uniquely tied with another president might not be so you feel like making russia u.s. adversary is partially part of the int

and the defense department is going to be extremely painful. i wonder if fear of all those deadly chemicals in our household items is the real reason behind e.p.a. chief scott pruett's reported security bills clocking in over clocking in at over four million dollars scotty boy all right let's find out by watching the hawks. at the bottom. like you know that i got. it's. rather on the watching the hard sciences are over and that's and nothing every every single thing to show you. these these that are currently bills are while and now they're only kind of scratching the surface they're still all the experts are saying we need to study these things deeper because like the effects they're having a lab rats and things like that. are going to be just as bad as humans we've seen these and i mean this is gross stuff and this is a thing that you can't kind of quite understand because so many other countries and places around the world even in the united states before there is this idea of studying something before you allow it to be put all over the pla

thanks, congressman. >> pleasure. >> neil: we're talking about how the defense department is interveningo set up facilities for 20,000 kids. a lot of people say why is the government doing this? defense is great at, this but isn't there a simpler solution? i want you to meet the guess who says let the markets handle it. the way this guy is thinking it, it could do a world of good for everybody after this. table: one is cash, three are fha, one is va. so what can you do? she's saying a whole lotta people want to buy this house. but you got this! rocket mortgage by quicken loans makes the complex simple. understand the details and get approved in as few as eight minutes. by america's largest mortgage lender. almost $800 when we switched our auto and home insurance. with liberty, we could afford a real babysitter instead of your brother. >>hey. oh, that's my robe. >>is it? when you switch to liberty mutual, you could save $782 on auto and home insurance and still get great coverage for you and your family. call for a free quote today. you could save $782 when liberty stands with you. libert

about 24 states that allow for e-mail return of voted ballots and from our standpoint at the department of defenses 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 mi

the executive order the president signed last week ordered the defense department to find spaces and now james mattis is saying they're going to identify some places at military bases here in the united states. now, we don't know exactly where they're going to be, but we do know that in recent weeks health and human services officials have been touring bases in texas and in arkansas, and those sites could potentially house what mattis is calling camps. they have been used in the past by previous administrations as temporary housing i, and now wee hearing this is likely where they'll be setting up a place for the families to stay in the coming weeks and months. >> thanks so much. abby phillip from the white house for us. concrete, cages and crying. that's how democratic lawmakers are describing the immigration detention centers they visited over the weekend. outside of those centers, protests at the border. those are growing as the crisis that abby is laying out has no quick fix in sight. let's get to the border. what are you seeing there? >> reporter: the -- the democratic lawmakers

this goes to the issue of sequestration and budget caps and how much the defense department has felt restrained and so, we are going to see a big boost in purchases and in things like the f-35 and combat vehicles. lawmakers are hoping they will get another deal around those spending caps. host: the lines have been drawn in terms of the provisions in the bill but there are 100 amendments that have been filed in the rules committee and two days for floor debate. what are the issues you are focused on? mr. shane: the biggest debate on the house floor is immigration. quite a few of the amendments are dealing with money being used for national guard restrictions and money that may be connected to housing migrants on military bases. questions about whether or not jag officers will be assigned to some of these immigration cases. so we'll have to see whether or not those amendments are ruled in order and how much this immigration debate spills over into defense appropriations. there are a couple of other interesting issues including transgender policies. there are a couple of democrats who a

a bipartisan amendment, along with senators grassley and lee, to end the absurdity of the department of defense being the only federal agency that has not undergone an audit. i don't think it is too much to ask when we're spending $716 billion to have the department of defense give us an audit, tell the american people how that money is being spent, tell us about the fraud, tell us about the cost overruns. madam president, according to a gallup poll a few months ago, 65% of the american people oppose spending more money on the department of defense, but that is precisely what we are doing right now. not only spending more money, spending a lot more money. madam president, as a point of comparison -- and it's important that we do this -- the increase, the increase in military spending that is in this bill is larger than the entire budget of china. i'm just talking about the increase in military spending. china spends about $150 billion a year on defense. we are going to be increasing military spending by $165 billion over a two-year period. russia spends about $61 billion a year on defense. this

and the defense department is going to be extremely painful. i wonder if fear of all those deadly chemicals in our household items is the real reason behind e.p.a. chief scott pruett's reported security bills clocking in over clocking in at over four million dollars scotty boy all right let's find out by watching the hawks. want to. get the. feel that this would. be good for the bottom six. with the like you know that i got. this week. that he. exists. rather on the watching the hard sciences are relevant and that's a lot and nothing every day every single thing to show you. these these that are currently bills are while announcing they're only kind of scratching the surface they're still all the experts are saying we need to study these things deeper because like the effects they're having a lab rats and things like that. are going to be just as bad as humans we've seen these and i mean this is gross stuff and this is a thing that you can't kind of quite understand because so many other countries and places around the world even in the united

and the department of defense must compete for this very small pool of candidates. so these funds will assist in alleviating the challenges the department of defense is experiencing in recruiting and retaining cybersecurity personnel by providing additional opportunities to develop a qualified cyberwork force and expanding awareness at public educational institutions. so mr. chairman, last year's national develop authorization act we reinvigorated the funding and expanding to for students pursuing associates degrees to tap into a larger candidate pool. so the committee has made in order a similar amendment in last year's appropriations bill to ensure the newly reauthorized and expanded program would be appropriately funded. it was passed by the whole house during amendment consideration, and we aim to do the same this year to finally get this critical program back off the ground. cybersecurity, mr. speaker, is a -- national security and economic security challenge of the 21st century. in every armed conflict today and the future will include a battle in this domain.

people say took the department of defense 40 years to become the department of defense. they had far fewer departments to merge. that work continues. but the work of my predecessors laid the foundations. we made a lot of progress one of secretary. my successor made progress. i can't report on it now, it's hard to tell. >> host: to know kiersten nelson at all? >> guest: no. >> host: what were your successes when you're there from 2009 till 2013? >> guest: one is tsa free check. the other is daca. 700,000 young people brought to this country of as children at the average age of six. they grew appear in only know this country is home. we created a program where they could remain not be fearful of being picked up for immigration and get a work permit. >> host: what was your expertise, dennis governor of arizona? >> i had expertise with the border and with immigration enforcement. i had expertise in relation with fema because the fema relationship was primarily the state local government. while i was governor of arizona we had floats, major forest fires. i had all of those cap

acting on behalf of our camera a us based military company they get billions of dollars from the defense department for intel operations around the globe looks like they were doing government dirty work and not just for washington and i know that many other governments work with them as well it's not just the united states government i believe the brits work with them in other countries and that's just the tip of the iceberg. when you look under the surface of these campaigns the private sector is creating a gray area risk free and where international law does not apply one of the more disturbing passages and it was sort of language that was written in a sort of passive tense very euphemistically in the project titanic documents that i gathered from an internal company source is reference to eliminating. the young male target population if they can't be deterred from jihadist activity the language wasn't exactly eliminating but you know resorting to other means and that tends to refer in my mind to drone assassination what my investigation demonstrates is that there is this gigantic web of firms wh

that revealed what the department of defense was doing in terms of what we thought then was going to be the next generation of lethal drones. in 2012, the u.s. dod followed up with this directive and in 2013 a dramatic new development occurred. that's when the un special representative for extradition killing issued a report autonomous weapons. he called for a moratorium on further research on these weapons because he was not convinced they were going to meet international law standards. from there the developments moved to geneva where the rule of state parties are to review new technolog to make sure they comply with international laws that new weapons or means of weapons of warfare are able toiscriminate on the battlefield, discriminate between civilians and combatant combatants. they do not have indiscriminate effects and that they do not cause unnecessary suffering to combatants or civilians. lethal automous weapons went on to the agenda and their entering their fifth year of review. with these two meetings scheduled of the group of governmental experts, next weekend in august.

actually said we are in close communication at the white house with the defense department of defense of the department of state that this mission will be part of the dialogue and i think what's interesting about this as people don't think about our report that was that was a major issue that he ran on and that's a big issue is bringing people ending that war and bringing people home and to me is is one good thing it doesn't erase any of the other things it doesn't mean i'm here whatever but. you know i don't want to forget before we before we run out of time on this story is that something else is not being talked about while we're kind of talking. i want to just real quick before we had that going is that this there's a joint military partnership between the u.s. an addict i'm sorry it was not a dictatorship i'm sorry it's a monarchy and saudi arabia that they both the u.n. and the red cross have announced the this week that they'll be evacuating staff from the yemeni port. in advance of what they know is going to be saudi and united arab emirates led coalition invasion they're plan