all of this becomes artificial between two institutions of government and the defense department with the wherewithal to access space as an agency to develop those capabilities with comparable goals from a technology standpoint. >> the opportunities to collaborate are still there. even since the 1958 act between those two elements and in terms of sharing or technology and architecture. as well as launch capabilities. but yet there is a real difference of mission objectives there could be any opportunity of those broader elements of the defense department capacity into a more unified capacity so in that respect from the purely administrative bureaucratic standpoint just a reason do something like this but to provide a clear interface rather than clear missions. also focusing on a standpoint and to associate entirely with an operational issue and to that extent it is an issue it is a solution desperately searching for a problem there isn't clarity at all with any application or assessment by the latest defense department proposition coming with the nature of the debate if there is any a

the idea that the department of defense has been ignoring this development is laughable. we were well aware of the chinese and russian action and the department argued for more concrete responses. now, i can't speak authoritatively about the bush administration, but i can say that the obama administration did not want to hasten further militarization of space. they believed, president obama and the national security council, believed if we openly talked about space war fighting, that we would essentially make that a reality. so, they prescribed the department from even talking overtly about space war fighting and they were very, very caution about proving-- approving space controlled capabilities in the budget. now, the department pushed back throughout the time, saying, look, the situation is changing. the threat against u.s. space assets is becoming more dire. and in june, 2013 ash carter, who was then the deputy secretary of defense gave a presentation to the president and the full national security council, and the presentation was, here are the threats to our space co

department ofis a defense has been ignoring this development is laughable. we are well aware of the chinese and russian actions. the department argued for more responses. authoritatively about the bush administration but i can say that the obama administration did not want to hasten for -- further militarization of space. president obama and the nsa believed that if we openly talked about space war fighting, we would essentially make that a reality. departmentbed the from talking about it and they were very cautious about approving space control capabilities in the budget. the department pushed back throughout the time saying the situation is changing. the threat against u.s. space assets is becoming more dire. carter gave aash presentation to the president and the full nsa -- national , saying herecil are the threats to our space constellation. on, although the department was not authorized to speak in unclassified forums about space war fighting, we were given a green light to start to pursue in earnest space superiority. let me say that we did this in a va

was the joint interagency and combined space operations center, set up jointly between the department of defense and the intelligence community, to fight the u.s. constellation while under attack. to do that, we had to create new battle management and command-and-control, and the way we described it in the department was that it would look up, and fight the constellations, and the joint space operations center would look down, and provide space combat for allied forces. >>> john hyden, air force space command, and the director of the nro, agree to a common space enterprise, something that we haven't had in some time. it became the architectural framework, for the constellation. we established a space doctrine and tactics form, under then admiral cecil haney, they would look at the tactics and doctrines, and conducting experiments with those aspects. and the space defense counsel, we strengthen, providing better investment recommendations, we can talk about that. if you wish. and we pursued a variety of space control capabilities. classified and unclassified, and all of this, we received terrific

those that are veterans of the defense department annual program and budget reviews. i think this year is more so the case than in past years. in line with that national defense strategy we put forward. we have to ensure that our missile defense strategy enable us to meet the most dangerous missile threats we face today. we keep mace or exceed the capabilities of the threat. we don't want to be in a situation where we are dependent only on offenses, in order to provide deterrents. missile defenses are part of modern day deterrents. part of deterring someone from considering attack, pursuing capabilities and conducting it. they're also part of assuring your allies that you have the capability and means to fight. to assure them of the ability to meet your defense obligations to them. and if necessary, to defeat that attack. if you can postulate a case where a country like north korea might launch an attack the ability not only to defeat the attack but to follow up with offensive capabilities, all of these things as a whole strengthen deterrents. why don't we rely on dete

united states agrees to limit her own with no -- missile defense program. >> yes. >> anything you would like to add? >> i agree. and with the department of defense or to exercise the treaty because the world had changed and we felt the need to move forward with that initial deployment and also from that perspective as well with that. he is a threat and i thank you mr. chairman. >> and the ranking member menendez thank you for your service and the chance to explore these issues with you. we haven't talked about chemical weapons. the recent national security strategy the new great power competition with russia. i am wondering if this area effect that to large they have not yet declared the organization for the prohibition that is a despicable practice with the murderous regime heated use of chemical weapon does the administration believe in the lateral measures or should we work . . . . >> were referencing the statement with where we stand with russian actions in syria and the asad regime. >> to assess that russia may seek to reconstitute a large-scale chemical weapon capability? do you think the goal is a smaller program that allows it

for the first time and a decade or so is actually an increase they gave them more than the defense department had wanted six hundred seventy four billion dollars only seven senators voted against it. six of those were republicans and bernie sanders voted against it so all the democrats are happy even though they say the commander in chief is. you know insane that there's something wrong with him that he's a threat to national security he just gave him six hundred seventy four billion dollars for his army it depends how you spend the money i mean having in the bank and then spending it are two separate things but the the initiatives that come out of the white house to scale back on the military in the korean peninsula scale back nato and scale back america's involvement in middle east politics suggests to me that they were prepping for a massive defunding of military operations as is inevitable inappropriate because the there's no other way to address the dead the two koreas look like they're going to have peace and part of that peace deal is that the u.s. has to get out essentially so that co

it certainly is the case and one of the things we have sought to do in the defense department with our new national defense strategy is really emphasize the growth of that complexity and security environment and the fact thatstrategic composition amongst the great powers in the world has returned . and whether we might like that to be the case or not, the reality is that countries china and russia are working to create a different international order and that which has existed since the end of world war ii and the post-world war ii structures and approach to international security at the united states and our allies constructed is increasingly under threat. and being challenged by these authoritarian regimes. you have to do that next what's going on in places like north korea and iran, in addition to this continuing threat that we face from terrorism. and you start to have a very dynamic environment and the department level we are making trades across those areas, the national defense strategy is a clear guide to that which prioritizes this great power competition, prioritizes and make

defense policy. he leads the coordination of policy within the department of defense. he oversees defense policies and plans to achieve the desired objectives. he is responsible for efforts to build partnerships and defense cooperation with u.s. friends and allies. ladies and gentlemen, welcome undersecretary john rood. >> thank you for those kind words. the real missile defense experts are to my left, michael griffin and general greaves. there are so many people over the years that have been involved in missile defense. i feel like we should be presenting them. they have been educating me on the topic, but i am grateful to be with you, here in this room. it has become an overused statement for people like myself to say the security environment in which we find ourselves right now is the most dynamic and complex in our lifetime. if you stop and think about that for a minute and what that means for a half-century or so, about the range of threats and the complexity of them. they are changing. one of the things that we have sought to do in the defense department with our

defenses? tonight i defer to the department of defense. >> no, senator does not. >> the arms control treaties in understanding predictability with russia thereby reducing the risk of misunderstanding and miscalculation? >> transparency and verification to the new s.t.a.r.t. treaty or benefit. >> okay. let me try one more time. france has expired. do you believe that it meets the standard permits the new s.t.a.r.t. treaty meets the standard put forward in our nuclear posture review? >> senator i believe it gives the requirements we have today. >> thank you here's >> i want to use the first minute of my time to say that having written the two amendments myself with those missile defense and modernization that there was a connection in the resolution of ratification we made sure that while we were going to reduce the amount of warhead and our ability to deliver them, we also wanted to modernize because it was a huge saving in not keeping this massive inventory spread throughout our country and not knowing whether they actually operate in huge savings in going ahead and modernize them said that to w

defenses? >> i would defer to the department of defense. >> do you agree the new start treaty meets the standard for arms control treaties in that it fosters transparency, predictability in relation with russia, reducing the risk of calculation? >> the transparency and verification requirements are neustar benefits. >> ok. believe it meets the standard, the new start treaty meets the standard port in a nuclear posture review? >> i believe it meets the requirements we have today. let me use the first minute of my time to say having written the two amendments myself, with both missile defense and modernization, that there was a resolution forhe ratification. we made sure while we were going to reduce the amount of warheads in our ability to deliver them, we wanted to modernize because it was a huge savings and not keeping this massive inventory and not knowing whether they actually operate or not, huge savings. the two works -- worked hand-in-hand. andassed those amendments give other people's names on them, trying to draw them onto the treaty. there was no doubt a tie between the two and it has b

if you go to the defense department, you will get a lot more affirmative findings, which is not whathors of these bills would like to have happen. shery: president trump's entire strategy -- his game book is to tear up the grim book -- game from multilateral trade negotiations and agreements. is there a chance we come out of this on the other end with them for global positives trade? bill: big question. i hope so. there are possibilities. it depends on whether the president is able to temper some of his more extreme impulses, and i think he has a lot of advisers telling him to be cautious, but he is not always cautious. we may end up potentially with a stronger wto. one of the things that happened here that is interesting is he has a lot more people talking about trade. he has a lot more people thinking about trade and understanding how it works. in the long term, that is probably a good thing. they do not agree with him. it's not necessarily good for him. the fact that more people are educating themselves about how the trading system works and the u.s. -- of thef world consumer are

the reason another one that involves the defense department. this is a very tricky thing. the house has passed a defense bill that has not passed the controversial labor health and human services bill. involved issues like planned parenthood and abortion and funding to administer obamacare. it's a difficult thing for the house to pass because it really divides the body. the senate has combined them to successfully pass. the question is, was going to happen? it looks like paul ryan is willing to go to conference with the senate on the package them in even the other house has not passed its version. this could cause consternation from conservatives. the final one involves all the other bills. that could probably be packaged with a stopgap measure, getting us through the election. >> president trump and his white house budget director have said they do not want another omnibus, another huge package together spending bill. how were they planning on dealing with the border wall? up, trumptting it would sign the first minibus package with the veterans affairs in september. then

the department of defense and army have deployed over 9,700 personnel. that's active and reserve component. and department of army, department of defense, civilians. in addition, key equipment has been positioned in the area. vehicles capable of transiting high water, fixed wing aircraft, rotary wing, both light and heavy helicopters are in position, in addition to amphibious vessels that are in the army's inventory. to date the department of defense has received over 25 mission assignments, 81 million. as far as the core is concerned, the corps is in position -- corps is concerned, the corps is in position and ready to respond now. all our key leaders are located within the carolinas. today our deputy commanding general for civil emergency operations is working his way to north carolina where he will link up with our district commander and they will engage at the state emergency operations center and meet with key federal, state, local, other federal agency partners. in addition, brigadier general diana holland from our south atlantic division, she will

vulnerable and also can we catch up even though the trump administration is saying, listen, defense department off some of the handcuffs that you might have had before and you can work defensively and offensively but how equipped are we to protect again ourselves against cyber attacks and also why are we so behind on this? >> yeah, that's a great question and arthel it's not for want of warning or as i say hard experience. part of it and it depends sector by sector, i think the defense has tried to make itself and its critical industrial base more resilient. even the joint chief of staff has been successfully attacked in unclassified testimonies. i think in other places and notably the electric grid, there simply has been a tendency to stay, well, it can't be that bad -- arthel: it is that bad and you're pointing it out. >> it is that bad. arthel: he was here with us every stunned and we pointed out that it's really bad and we need to be able to defend ourselves better and before we leave, frank, i'm wining down on time here and we don't know exactly what the administration has, you know, what

of those 180, 124 have never done business with the defense department before. these are the kinds of innovative companies in a very fast place -- fast paced market that can help u.s. air force. that consortium has been given up to $5 million for projects that might be done. we put out a solicitation. proposals come in and the average time between the solicitation been put out, and the contract award been signed, is 92 days. we are moving very quickly with small companies to get into innovation. likewise we are also changing some of the ways we engage in all businesses. like every agency we have certain goals that we do meet in respect to small business contracting. we wanted to see whether there was something we could do even better. we decided this year that we are going to start engaging small business in a way that the air force has never done before. in fact, i don't even know if any federal agency has done this before. if a small business has an idea and as much is a paypal account, then they should be able to do business with the u.s. air force. here is t

another one involves the defense department, labor, and hhs. this is a very tricky thing because the house has passed a defense bill but has not passed the controversial labor, house and human services bill. it is controversial because it includes things like planned parenthood, abortion, funding of obamacare. it really divides the body. the senate has combined them and successfully passed that as a second package. it looks like paul ryan is willing to go to conference with a senate on the package even though house hasn't passed its version. this could cause some consternation from conservatives. all ofal one involves the other bills, funding for the state department, commerce, justice, homeland security, and that could probably be packaged with a stopgap measure getting us through the election. >> you mentioned president trump and his white house budget director said they do want -- said they do not want another on that this, another huge all packaged together spending bill. how are they planning on dealing with the border wall and other contr

there is another one involving the defense department and waiver hhs. becausea tricky thing the house has passed a defense bill but has not passed the controversial labor health and human services bill. it is controversial because it involves abortion, obamacare. thes a difficult thing for house to pass because it really divides the body. and the senate has confined them and successfully passed the second package. it looks like paul ryan is willing to go to conference with the senate on the labor hhs package even though the house has not passed the version which could cause some consternation for conservatives. the final one involves all of including thes state department, commerce, and homeland security. that could be packaged with a stopgap measure. you mentioned president trump and he and his budget director and have said they did -- his budget director have said they do not want another omnibus. how do they plan to deal with the border wall and other controversial issues? the idea would be to have the president signed the first package with the vete

engineers' commanding general todd seminite. >> first of all, on behalf of all of us in the department of defenseyers really go out to those great people in the carolinas that are dealing with. over 670,000 people are without power, unfortunately already four deaths. whatever we in the department of defense can do, we certainly want to be able to step up. i just came from the pentagon with a meeting with the northcom commander, and he told us anticipate the requirements, get ahead of them and lean far forward. so the northcom commander, navy, army, air force, marines, we're doing that. we've got probably 10,000 people already on the ground ready to support. things like these high-water trucks so we can get in, there are 300 of them on the ground, about another 1,000 on standby. and 83 helicopters at least right now, it's all a back to what can the department of defense do to step up and help out. elizabeth: are you using the helicopters to push people off of the rooftops? is that what's going on? is. >> well, first of all, all of those requirements come up through those local and state officials.

>> typically in a disaster, the department of defense provides no title 10 law enforcement. that's provided by national guard and state active duty status, local police, federal law enforcement will augment disaster areas if requested by the state. department of defens, law enforcement -- of defense law enforcement would require very special legal considerations. >> you don't expect title 10 forces to be serving in kind of a law enforcement capacity? >> no, we don't. >> air force magazine. ,> last year during harvey there was a coordinated response. the national geospatial agency is providing imagery to fema to support their assessment in the most affected areas to direct their resources and that need it most. it is also provided to the states so they have that awareness as well. >> we have time for one more question. >> i knew coast guard doesn't d.o.d. any longer, but are you still the point man? can you reach out to the coast guard assets? >> it does and we do. we talk regularly. this particular collaboration -- this particular search and rescue effort is in collaboration

they directed the defense department to establish the branch of the armed forces for space.rica is the best in the world in space and our adversaries know it. and the threat to our space capabilities is growing, and we can no longer view space as a function and it is a war-fighting mission, and they have been charged with making sure america dominates in space and that is just what we are doing. last friday the air force delivered a proposal to our colleagues and the department of defense on the responsibilities and structure of the new space force, as airmen, we have a responsibility to develop a proposal for the president that is bold and that carries out his vision. in february when the president sends the fiscal year 2020 budget to the congress, and it will include a proposal for the new military department. that proposal must contain all of the elements needed for space to be fully successful as a department. it must maintain a close connection between acquisition and the war fighter, and it must deepen the already close connection between military space and the space e

>> typically in a disaster, the department of defense provides no title x law enforcement. >> that provided by national guard and stay active duty status, local police, federal law enforcement will often augment disaster areas as requested by the state. so the department of defense law enforcement would be a very unique circumstance and it would require specialty consideration. >> i'll expect federal title x forces to be serving in a kind of law enforcement. >> last year during party and during the fires over the summer, m.d. nine coordinate response. are there any plans use military if needed, or any on standby? >> the national geospatial intelligence agency is providing imagery through fema to support their assessment that particularly their journey and post assessment of the most affected areas so they can direct their resources to the areas that need it most. it's also provided to the states so they have awareness . >> we have time for one more question. lucas tomlinson. >> i hope this card doesn't fall under dod any longer but are you still man? can you reach out the coast guard assets

defense department and he says north korea was the country he was most concerned about.joining us. we have these talks happening in pyongyang. how confident are you that they will be fruitful, three months on from the singapore summit between kim jong-un and president trump, where it seems not much has happened? >> i'm not very confident that they will be fruitful, but that doesn't mean they are not important. here's why. kim jong on always needs a little bit of attention, so the personal diplomacy the president is willing to give by going to pyongyang's important for keeping progress billing. there will be a long-term things that require a lot of effort and if you don't give him attention he becomes unpredictable. >> you say when you were working for the u.s. defense department north korea was a country you are very concerned about as a potential cyberattack. are you still concerned about that, and why is president trump in gauging with kim jong-un? >> i think it is important to remember that north korea's the most unpredictable country in the world, that is what kept m

last friday the air force delivered a proposal to our colleagues in the department of defense on the responsibilities and structure of a new space force. as airmen, we have a responsibility to develop a proposal for the president that is bold and that carries out his vision. in february, when the president sends the fiscal year 2020 budget to the congress, it will include a proposal for a new military department. that proposal must contain all of the elements needed for space to be fully successful as a department. it must maintain the close connection between acquisition and a war fighter. and it must deepen the already close connection between military space and the space elements of the intelligence community. a new department will require legislative action and funding from the congress. if approved by the congress, it will mean a new service secretary with all of the needed authority to organize, train, equip and development space forces as a separate and successful department. but we don't need to wait for legislation to continue to accelerate defendable space. there are action

prior to joining the department of defense i spent 30 years as was mentioned building airplanes, helicoptersmissiles -- i loved my job. i have been in the department for roughly 400 days. i use days as a reference because time passes quickly and each day matters. i have gotten a glimpse of the missions, a taste of your commitment to your values, integrity first, service before self, excellence in all that you do. and exposure to your devotion to the nature. i see those values reflected in the excellence displayed by the 12 outstanding airmen of the year. and in the service exemplified by the medal of honor recipient master sergeant john chapman. i'm often asked about the transition to the department with an undertone, is it what you expected? i tell people it's like breaking up with your longtime girlfriend and finding the love of your life. [ laughter ] it really is. let me start today by saying thank you to all the airmen in the audience today, active, guard, reserve, civil service. thank you for your service. i'm honored and humbled to serve with you. it has been just over a century since

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defense department estimates that thirty thousand to currently in that area despite the donald trump warned the syrian leader and his allies against launching an attack on the cause of potential human tragedy the fate of it libya's also on the agenda of u.n. security council on friday. more babies in italy and that terrorists when russia and the assad regime say they want to counterterrorism they actually mean they want to bomb schools hospitals and homes and lives. we are firmly under the impression that the west impotence the stoking hysteria around it live and in any case are attempting to prevent the food of the last major terrorist stronghold in syria the assad regime and its enablers russia and iran have a playbook for this for every man woman and child becomes a target this eerie an army has incurred enormous casualties and its efforts to make sure that as few civilians as as possible are killed it is the terrorists who make it their policy to go out and deliberately kill civilians history does not show that the syrian army has caused widespread civilian deaths unlike the situ

the defense department reminds us they have 13,000 military personnel down here ready to assist with search and rescue efforts. . >> so much water, so many neighborhoods inundated with rising floodwaters. have you seen a lot of water rescues and are they still going on? >> reporter: they are at this point. i was spoking with the coast guard and they have two rescues. one with helicopters and another with small boats. they are not even using a motor on them. they are walking through the water and whenever they get somebody they will put them in the boat and push them because the water isn't deep enough to have an engine on the boat. >> in wilmington, north carolina, thank you. >>> many homeowners may be in for a shock. the storm will trigger a lot of insurance claims but real estate developments may be under insured. 134,000 policies in place in north carolina at the end of july. there has been a drop as well as in south carolina. >>> santa rosa police are investigating a hit and run crash that killed a padellas night around 9:30 p.m -- pedestrian last night around 9:30 p.m. a man was

but it's just, let's do it, let's print money.cr robert: ary jim mattis in the defense department, chief of staff, john kelly, are they getting toot much cre for keeping president trump in line? because he still seems to be going his own way on every front. bob: that's a rea question.ting where's the credit? i think it happens at lots of levels. there are some people who've read the book who say you know,e hasn't started a war. which is quite true. he's talked about let's assassinate or let's go after, let's kill the syrian leader assad. he has -- someone was telling me today, hugh hewitt, said he wants t air-drop copies of the book to every embas in washington because this will tell you how he's working. it tel y a lot that's new but there is tysry of the trump personality which persists. robert: and the mystery of the republican party persists. dvisers andl these officials in the book trying to aing president trump in different direction. but where are the republican leaders? speaker ryan,eaajorityr mcconnell. they seem to barely figure in the effort to keep trump moving towardhe cente

of defense and is spearheading efforts in the department of defense and throughout the government, to really compete more visit -- vigorously with china and southeast asia, to build out new relationships, with respect to vietnam, and indonesia, and the philippines. he has already done some excellent work with his team here as well. and, we will do a lot more in the future. and we are thrilled to have him to open the session with his remarks. without further ado, let me call up shriver. whenever you are ready. thank you. >> dan, thank you. it is great to be back, and really nice to be introduced by my friend dan blumenthal, one of the leading strategic thinkers of this generation. he does great work here on asia , let me add my relations, i didn't -- add my congratulations to mike, i had a chance to look at the report which is now public and i want to congratulate you on that work. there are many aspects that i would commend. certainly, just the project itself, acknowledging the importance of this region, 635 million people accounts, that matters. but, your report id

the state department would be leaking on the defense department because somebody at the state departmentidn't like somebody at the defense department. it wasn't helpful. they were all trying to make themselves look bigger ultimately at the expense of the president of the united states. so i get this. this has been carried to a level we've never seen. but again, everybody has to deal with this. and, it is just this one is worse by a factor of magnitude of 10 than anybody has before. trish: do you -- [inaudible] >> no, i don't. at end of the day, 10 years from now maybe we'll find out who the author of this op-ed was. between now and then, fine, let people figure out if they can identify who this person is. the president's time is valuable and his megaphone is valuable. use both his time and megaphone advancing his cause 60 days from now when people turn in their ballots to figure out who controls the house and the who controls the senate. trish: pretty lousy for "the new york times" as well, to publish this anonymously in my view as a journalist. let me talk to you about president obama.

defense. is legislation fulfills this constitutional responsibility. the department of defense is now set to receive its full funding on time for the first time in over 10 years. providing this stability and predictability to our military leaders is a necessary and welcomed step as we rebuild our armed forces. for far too long, their dedication to duty has been weakened by declining and uncertain budgets. congress just turned that around, beginning with significant investments in last year's omnibus and continuing this year with an additional $17 billion in base funding for the department of defense. in total, the conference report our des $674.4 billion for armed forces, consistent with levels that are authorized. this funding ensures our troops have the resources they need to defend our nation and succeed in their global missions. this includes funding to sustain ongoing overseas contingency operations and to support increased troop levels. it also ensures our war fighters have the training, readiness, and other resources needed to prepare for their missions at a p

us defense department estimates that up to thirty thousand terrorists are in the province right now as security analysts we spoke to says their major threat to civilians not just regime forces the major threat against civilians is a terrorist threat they have the major threat against civilians comes from the. groups that are terrorist groups and i think it's absolutely ridiculous why would the syrian regime and the russians use any chemical weapons or allow the use of any chemical weapons for the last stronghold of these terrorist organizations i mean there. although you are right that the syrian army and the russian army were able to control most of the syrian territories. to magazines hosting high profile festivals have received a strong backlash for inviting donald trump's former chief strategist steve bannon but while the london based economist stood by its invitation the new yorker dropped balun from its gathering in october he was due to be a keynote speaker but his appearance was called off after several other guests threaten to pull out in protest if steve benen is that the new

i think there was notice taken, at least in the u.s., the defense department, the white house. suddenly those are not on there, although we never know what could be happening next. alix: china will respond in kind and maybe put their own tariffs on exporting their rare earths. thank you so much, good to see all of you. coming up, florence's aftermath. hurricane florence's rainfall has stopped, the destruction is far from over. we have the latest. this ratio caught my eye, gold 85 times more expensive than one ounce of silver. a premium not seen since 1995. this is "bloomberg commodities edge." ♪ alix: i'm alix steel. this is "bloomberg commodities edge." time for the data dig, where we go into the trends of the week. oil inventory numbers, it was a bullish read. crude exports soaring after the wti brent spread blew out to about $10 two weeks ago. we saw a lot of oil coming out of the gulf coast and being exported. let's dig into the permian, because there are some problems. oil production is higher, but decline rates are an issue. this is legacy well monthly production declines