among our efforts to further enhance proficiency, the defense department has streamlined pre-deployment training, preparations, and medical requirements by returning those decisions to the military departments. in addition, we are integrating efforts to modernize training over the next 20 years. this is a vital step in our goals. -- this is a vital step toward fulfilling another one of our top 10 goals. -- additional training at multiple levels of war. we continue to strengthen the united states military readiness for the future, our imperative is to build upon the gains we have made in recent years while adapting to stay ahead of emerging challenges. we know adversaries and malign actors are attempting to attack and jeopardize the networks our platforms rely on to operate. the tremendous investments we have made in our most lethal capabilities will be rendered ineffective in a high-end fight unless we treat cyber capability readiness with the same seriousness we do material or personnel readiness. this is why the department has put cyber on par with the other elements of readiness i di

thanks to the witnesses from the department of defense and state for being here today. the issue of bio security is one of national importance. as i have stated previously, while the department of defense faces urgent challenges daily, we can never afford to lose sight of the critically important mission of countering weapons of mass destruction, in particular, biological threats. the unpredictable nature of these threats requires that we continue to adapt our approach and every response -- iterate a response. we must learn from the current crisis and adjust our strategy to more effectively and proactively detect and respond to the next event. this will surely not be the last biological creases this nation -- crisis this nation and world faces. i am interested in how your organizations and the federal government written large can more effectively use new data sets and artificial intelligence to truly modernize our buyers surveillance efforts. we must -- bio surveillance efforts. we must mature our capacity to measure when and where a biological event may occur and monito

i'm director of the department of defense environmental research program. and that's executed in partnership with the department of energy and the director of the environmental security technology certification program which is often called estcp. so these are d.o.d.'s environmental research, development and demonstration programs. and our mission is to improve d.o.d.'s environmental performance, reduce cost, and enhance and sustain mission capabilities. i like to thank congress for the many years of very generous support for these programs and i would like to thank this subcommittee for the opportunity to discuss the pfas problem we're going to talk about today. we're leading d.o.d.'s rnd response to these issues and we do that through research projects that are led by academics, people in industry, people at d.o.d. laboratories and other federal agencies. these projects range from small-scale laboratory studies up to large-scale demonstrations at the d.o.d. research into the remediation of pfos and pfoa. it became clear pretty early on this this that this

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and those having the department of defense in the state department again. underscores the importance of this. my focus and subcommittee chairman, under thee guidance of non- for inflation. we spent a lot of time talking about nuclear threats. but what we are seeing right now, the real vulnerability to biologic threats . and just to put that into context, we have not had an aircraft carrier process by kinetic force missile. missile. with that, we just saw an aircraft carrier brought to port because of the virus. it really does -underscore what i worry about. when i think about this, think about it in a couple of different ways hundred is very difficult to change nuclear capabilities andnd technologies. we dedicate hundreds of personnel and international organizations like the iea. and others to reduce the nuclear threats. that is totally appropriate. we want to make sure the nuclear technology and what bernie does not end up in the hands of bad actors. and if it went dahlgren scientists have found, the availability of technology to alter the viruses into gen

dtra spearheads the defense department's biological threat reduction program. from the state department we will hear from acting assistant secretary in the bureau of oceans and environmental scientific affairs, mr. jonathan moore and finally we will hear from the deputy assistant secretary at the bureau of national security, mr. philip doloff who oversees a range of programs, including cooperative threat reduction, export control programs which work to reduce nonproliferation threats worldwide. i will now recognize each witness for five minutes and without objection your prepared written statements will be made part of the record. i will call on mr. lasseter for his testimony. >> good morning, chairman langevin and bera, and all committee members. i too want to extend my thoughts and prayers to the president and first lady -- >> mr. lasseter is your microphone on? >> yes, sir, it's on. can you hear me better now? first want to also extend my thoughts and prayers to the president and first lady and all those impacted by covid-19. thank you for the opportunity to

among our efforts to further enhance the proficiency of our force the defense department has streamlined pre-double training, operations and medical requirements by returning those decisions to the military departments. this april i i signed the joint operational training infrastructure strategy to integrate our efforts to modernize operational training over the next ten years. this is a vital step toward fulfilling another one of our top ten goals. that is, establishing realistic joint war games, exercises and training plans. in doing so we will ensure that joint force receives better training replicates operational condition in contested environments against our strategic competitors. the air force, for example, has migrated to a common similar platform to enhance operability in cybersecurity and integrate ultimo domains. this step was taken response to the insufficient capabilities of similar support designed to standalone devices, training cruise to apply specific aircraft. meanwhile, navy is developing an integrated live virtual constructive training environment which merges life an

and the department of defense. they had developed it will be critical early warning to have a collective response. programs like the cooperative threat reduction and the biological threat reduction program are essential to maintaining a global footprint in the building of the relationships that protect our national interest. the current crisis has served as an affirmation that biological threats have the biological response. with the health and human services homeland security and our state and local official. the strength of the partnership and the quality of these relationships you develop with our foreign partners and domestic agencies will underpin the effectiveness of our future efforts. thank you again for our witnesses. i go back into the chair. before i introduced the witnesses. i ask unanimous consent. after all committee members had have an opportunity to ask questions. is there objections? >> without objection we will recognize them at the appropriate time. let me reduce -- reintroduce our witnesses. mr.

a defense department employee involved in testing at the base is going on the record to help hundredsf suffering veterans. >> about 3/4 of the trip i don't have a sidewalk so i ride on the side of the road. so, i constantly have to check to make sure there's no cars coming. i had no idea at 40 that this would be my life. >> reporter: former air force mechanic doug wilson says he can no longer work or drive after a rare cancer caused brain damage. wilson, his wife crystal and their two children rely on disability payments and crystal's teacher salary. >> i think the biggest thing that breaks my heart is just the confidence he's lost in himself. >> reporter: wilson is one of nearly 2,000 current members. they believe it is linked to their military service at k-2, a remote base in uzbekistan. after 9/11, the va says about 10,000 troops passed through k-2 over a four-year period supporting missions hunting al quaeda. but while stationed there, some say they were surrounded by dangerous toxic waste at the running track and at this site nicknamed skittles pond. among the first to arrive at

often major defense acquisition programs have parameters. what can the government and department do better to develop new concepts? that's not exploratory. developing new concepts is really exploratory. what's the right activism to think about that to think about budgeting for that capturing learning and being more adaptable and how do we think about those things which is an exploration is not a specific requirement. >> it's a really good point. as bars the first recommendation that i read a little bit of requiring an ai alternative to every program that's just the start. the pentagon is not already doing that which they have operations to do so we have to force them to do it but additionally we need to, to your point and i recall the very first hearing we had on this task force senator jim talent in michele flournoy testified of creating an environment at the pentagon that is far less risk of death than they are now. why does the pentagon takes far too few risks in their investments in new technologies and emerging technologies and innovation? it's because congress beats up on t

some critics would argue that we already have a dedicated capability in the defense department to pay attention to space, but the creation of the space force, we will have to wait and see what happens. it's interesting to see what happens depending on the outco outcome. [inaudible] >> hypersonic vehicles alone would apply an intense focus on how in the world are we going to cope with that and it was the consensus that the air force alone had other priorities and were not really equipped in terms of technology to solve the problem right now so we needed a dedicated force in my opinion. however, there are limits to how often you can create a new independent force that will inevitably be at august for getting a bigger budget with the existing services so there are limits to how often you can keep creating a new space force. >> i think we have to be dominant in the space. it's a venue that will be increasingly important to see the initiative to other countries is definitely not in the interest. i would have kept this together not because i underestimate the priority quite the contrary but

i want to thank the witnesses for being here today and the department of defense and the state department again underscores the importance and my focus in those subcommittee chairman and under the guise of nonproliferation's what we're seeing right now iswe the real vulnerability to biologic threats and just to put that into context we not had an aircraft carrier brought to his knee by kinetic or anything like that but an aircraft carrier was brought to port because of the virus and that really does underscore what i worry about and when i think about this i think about it a couple different ways and it's difficult to obtain nuclear technology but we dedicate hundreds of personnel and international organizations like the iaea and others to reduce the nuclear threat and that is totally appropriate. we want to make sure nuclear technology and weaponry doesn't end up in the hands of bad actors and if i put my doctor and scientist hat on the availability of technologies to alter viruses into genetic editing and the capabilities are rapidly increasing and that is something that keeps me awake

other countries and how does this help defend us against biological threats. >> so from the defense department perspective. we are not responsible for the cdc and others operate overseas. so i would have i to yield to te state department are go back to the others in the department that does these kind of things. >> all right let's hear the state prospective . >> thank you sir. who would be pleased to offer more detail timeline of whone ws assigned under the authority of the chief admission in beijing and atar what time did i think e context for individual agencies sending staff there are reducing their staff there has a lot to do with what their needs in the budgets and of course the viability of the work they can actually do. one of the constraints we faced with regard to people's republic of china is that we still have not received all of the data with the need to receive initial samples. of the virus thatre have been sought since the beginning of the pandemic even at the end of thst year. that is extremely problematic as is the work of the people's republic of china at the world health orga

, some people -- some critics would argue that we already had a dedicated capability in the defense department to do the -- to pay attention to space. but the creation of the space force we'll have to wait and see what happens as we now have two departments in the pentagon that have two services, one is the navy department with the navy and the marine corps and now the air force with the space force as well. so it will be interesting to see what happens, very much dependent on the outcome of the election, i think. >> of course, yes.think. >> of course, yes. is no one else besides me. >> i think a one-liner, i am presenting vehicles alone with just an intense focus on how will we cope with that? and it was the consensus among the joint chiefs that the air force alone, and we're question qu equipped to solve that problem alone. >> there are limits they will inevitably be at odds with the existing services. you can keep creating a new space force, an x force, and you needed it but let's not get on this treadmill forever. >> i just say, a quick word, i think that we have to be dominant in space. i

it duplicates what the commerce department does, defense department, ustr in terms of trade and manufacturing and it is not clear what its precise mission is. because it is a recently established, it has no established expertise in the a large doesn't have come experienced staff, and has no formal policy role or authority, and no institutional standing and recognized by congress. the office could perform a coordinating role in terms of coordinating trade and manufacturing policy across various agencies, but the national economic council already performs that role. one person could be deputized to provide more coordination, but it's not clear that we need this office. -- of whatof whether the next administration decides to do with this office and regardless of the exact form it takes, there's no doubt that the new administration will have to deal with issues of bipartisan concern about the health and the state of u.s. manufacturing. there they concerns about the vulnerability of global supply chains. the desirability of having a domestic sourcing base in terms of manufactured products and othe

. >> and not the senate armed services subcommittee examines the defense department supply chain readiness and integrity. defense under sector for acquisition and sustainment ellen lord testifies. this is just over one hour and 20 minutes. >> [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> good morning. the hearing, this drink of the subcommittee on readiness and management will come to order. subcommittee meets today to receive testimony from under secretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment, ellen lord, concerning supply chain integrity for the department of defense in the united states. since our her initial confirman as the undersecretary of defense, secretary lord has overseen significant acquisition reform at the department of defense, and a chill we'll talk about some of that today. as the u.s. national armaments director she has traveled to see the u.s., throughout the u.s. and to see our allies and partners with regard to the development and manufacturing activities around the world, and, unfortunately, has seen firsthand just how reliant

among the first to arrive at k-2 defense department employee, mike. >> i served as part of a small team that provided support to our special operators going further down range into afghanistan. >> reporter: but just says into his mission, he says local workers hired to build a barrier were getting sick. >> they were fainting, and getting nauseous. >> reporter: he was asked to identify testing sites across the base. >> the first test site we dug a liquid substance up, gold in color and smelled like jet fuel, which made sense because they had tanks of fuel there that had probably been leaking since the soviet day. >> reporter: he was also asked to gather intelligence on the base's history. >> we learned that the soviets had had a chemical weapons decontamination unit adjacent to our camp. >> reporter: low resolution satelli satellite imagery shows the aftermath of a massive explosion in 1993 at the depot. he says the explosion scattered toxic material, including asbestos, and refined form of uranium ore called yellow cake. >> how high were the readings? >> seven to nine times higher norma

money commissioned a study by halliburton to find out how much more of the defense department could be privatized proud to serve our troops palaver was he laid to get this $1000000.00 contract and of course returned a verdict that oh mr secretary lots more of it can be privatized. dick cheney leaves the defense department and goes and heads halliburton himself and he spends the entire 990 s. building up the how important war empire well if we're going to talk about star wars we might as well invite darth vader and i. am. happy to accept. that he comes back into power as vice president and then they start hiring halliburton to you know in advance even if u.s. troops going into iraq. an eloquent was being deployed to the gulf it's hard to look at this and not say these guys had a very long term plan for how they were going to increase the powerful infrastructure of private companies. what we've essentially done is to create a network of corporations that have the fire power of small nation states that could you know overthrow some small governments around the world. in essence we in the

that is when the first institution to claps was the defense department.by 1968, the trust, and there was trust in the defense department and it claps completely and that kind of frailty and worship of the generals of the trump white house want was a laughable concept in 1968. generals are being burned in effigy. we knew all their names. the guy that were running the war in vietnam. we believe that they were all incompetent. nothing knew anything about the military, and it still turns out we are all right. i don't think you should trust, i worked in the chest in the senate, i don't think you should trust senators. i think it is nice if you don't insult them but that is true with everybody on the bus. just don't do it. but that is the biggest mistake you can make with government, the press doesn't trust government that is the best thing, they should not trust government so you have to live with it. in the supreme court when they issue a supreme court opinion, we have to live with it. we don't have to respect, it we don't have to trust it, they have been hor

to make sure we can distribute to those american citizens who are overseas serving in the department of defense or state department, et cetera. so we to have coverage. those are the four four major s for our planet. the last thing i will leave you with before turning back over for questions, this is different as we distribute this vaccine than a normal routine execution of something like influenza vaccine. the distribution of influenza vaccine on an annual basis is a poll method. in other words, pharmacies, doctors offices, hospitals or register and request certain amount of vaccine and it will be delivered to them directly right industry. what we have done since we had purchased these doses from industry, what we're going to do is push. we're going to allocate vaccine doses to all of america simultaneously, and doesn't doses become available, we are pushing down and out through the united states of america. eventually this will transition to a poll, but probably not likely in the earlier than march april time frame. we must ensure that we have very intricate and integral distribution process t

the defense department around force protection. transportation around transportation issues. international commerce at the state department. international relations. the spread of disease globally. the cbc plays a vital role, but in a pandemic of this scope and this magnitude, it plays a role, not the role. i think some of the people who comment not actually having lived in and led this organization doing this type of crisis are failing to appreciate that. but make no mistake, the cdc is an independent organization. we respect their signs and conclusions. what comes out of the cdc at the end of the day is dr. redfield's conclusions around science and evidence with the support of his team. that is the way we operate and that is the way we will keep operating. yes. the cdc guidelines on contact now says it is being within six feet of someone for a total of 15 minutes or more. quarantine time for schoolchildren -- [inaudible] ?an you talk about that dr. redfield: sure, thank you very much for the question. the cdc is science-based and data-driven. as a consequence, as we get more

if you throwing the defense department spending, you get into the low billions being spent on cyber.ery smart people out there who work in the space will say, they recognize the realities of federal budgets and the battle for every penny you can get, the fact cyber is in competition with every other program. they like to match it up against the amount being lost in the global economy which runs into the trillions. cyber theft and damage. this is a multitrillion dollar cost of the global economy. it is in the high hundreds of billions. the amount spent by the federal government is a tiny fraction of the overall cost of this. because this is very much a government private sector issue, neither side can do it on its own, you look at what the private sector is spending. companies are spending a lot of money on this. particularly the larger companies. they devote a lot of their spending on security. it gets a little more complicated as you go down the scale and you look at smaller and smaller entities. that particularly with covid-19 have to make tough choices about where they are going t

it duplicates what the commerce does, defense department, u.s.r in terms of trade and manufacturing. it's not clear what its precise mission is. because it's so recently established, it has no established expertise in the area. it doesn't have large staff.nced it has no formal policy role or uthority, and no institutional standing that's been recognized by congress. could perform a coordinating role in terms of coordinating trade and across uring policy various agencies. but the national economic performs that role. one person could be deputized to but it'se coordination not clear that we need this office. -- regardless of whether what the next administration decides to do with this office, of the exact form it takes, there is no doubt that administration will have to deal with issues of bipartisan concern about the the state of u.s. manufacturing. there has been concerns about of global bility supply chains. the security of to these concerns. one is the pandemic, which gives us a public health rationale for ensuring that we have a strong domesti

department of defense can play an important role in that regard. reagent, vaccine work are my two questions. secretary lord: testing reagents that we are working industry, on expansion, and through-put. act moneyesting cares the input from a team that we are sitting with at prioritize. doctor with asper, the at h.h.s., and we place those industry th for expansion as well as the assisted acquisition for the production of those. take a question for the record and get back to you with some specifics around that. there is a lot of momentum area and quiteat a few awards being made. in terms ond question of distribution on vaccine, we working on operation warp speed that's looking at that distribution. we have many military ndividuals detailed to that effort. so operation warp speed is leveraging our military know-how infrastructure. the white house right now is exactly how that distribution plan will work, but we stand ready to support that. thank you.livan: i believe senator jones is on the line. senator jones. senator jones: thank you, mr. chairman. a

there's the selling off of government contracts, the idea that the defense department is pushed by thedent to rush through a contract to give away a huge part of spectrum to a connected firm. that's corruption 101, that's the way it worked. this is the oldest, most flagrant stuff and we've built up decades of rules and sis tempts in the government to prevent it from happens. >> right. i think you know sort of trump's original sin was not to divest from his company, sending a signal that it is fine to mix government and business interests, and that is exactly the way his government has been conducted. there is no shame, there is no compunction. it is hard to even cover it as corruption because it is so obvious and in plain sight. i think, unfortunately, you know, one of the things we know from transitions is they are times when should trump lose this election, when it is a time to give extra amounts of favors. >> right. >> that happens during a normal government. so i am not entirely sure what to expect during a trump transition, should it happen, but i would expect -- and one of the th

i think what would happen as a result of this at the defense department and future administrations as they go back and revisit the combat records of these other black gis, the record of the black soldier in world war ii will be amended to include other medal of honor recipients coming from this generation and that is going to of thehe resistance black experience in the war altogether. i'm going to wrap this up. wereprevious wars that fought earlier, the lessons of world war ii in the combat record have taken place on america's path for racial equality. as the face of battle changes, new criteria will be developed to determine how to assess combat during this period as well and with that, we can point battles can where be better understood. i think the black combat experience provides just that. thank you very much. dr. morrow: thank you. those were marvelous presentations. , i have aurn it over minor correction that has to do at thee viewing public national world war ii museum, which i have dealt with in the past. jefferson, when you look at that photo of the airplane behind the tuske

united states marine band as part of it, caused a bit of controversy, if you were running the defense departmenttroversy for you? >> it would. this is the kind of thing that i think we need to be very careful about. i would as secretary of defense be extremely careful about our military is apolitical it needs to be that. it needs to because we need to be the best, and you can't change out the military every four years, like we change out our politicians, so we need a professional military. we need it to stand apart from politics, and as secretary of defense, i was certainly very vigilant about that, but i never had any difficulties with presidents from ronald reagan, right up through president obama. i have not worked for president trump. all the presidents that i have worked for showed a respect for that division between the institution of the military, which must be professional in order to protect us, and politics, which does change every four years so there's an important wall there, and it needs to be respected. >> mr. secretary, we appreciate you joining us this morning. and hope to see yo

and going across government, you know, if you throw in the defense departments spending you get into the low billions being spent on cyber. some very smart people out there who work in this space will say they recognize the realities of federal budgets and the battle for every penny that you can get and the fact that cyber is in competition with every of the program, but they you like to h it up against the amount being lost in the global economy decide which ones into the trillions that cyber, this thia multi-trillion dollar cost to the global economy. it's in the high hundreds of billions for the united states in terms of data theft and liability in all of these things. the amount being spent by the federal government is just a tiny fraction of the overall cost of this. and then because this is very much a government private sector issue and in the this i can don its own, you look at what the private sector is spending and companies are spending a lot of money on this in general, particularly the larger companies. they devote a lot of their spending tens of billions of dollars on s

united airlines teamed up with the department of defense for a six-month study looking at passengers wearing masks in their seats. here is abc's gio benitez. >> reporter: as americans prepare for holiday travel in the midst of a pandemic, researchers for the department of defense say masks on a plane seem to make the transmission of the virus unlikely. using a mannequin simulating breathing and coughing along with 40 sensors on a plane, the study says with a mask on, only .003% of particles made their way into another passenger's breathing zone. study spanning six months on board united planes did not simulate whether someone was walking around or eating during a flight. researchers say the plane's air filters removed 99.99% of particles every six minutes. they say the study, which is not yet peer reviewed, is just the beginning. >> now we can apply that to somebody standing outside of the bathroom instead of sitting in the exact seat that we tested. >> reporter: medical experts are encouraged by the news but caution -- >> the big issue, of course, is it's not just the airplane. it's

officials have now tested positive including the president the virus has also spread to the defense department and a number of senior commanders are in isolation. there's been fierce fighting of a nice as armenia and azerbaijan continue basso over the disputed nickel mccotter back region people in the territories main cities took shelter to avoid shelling from asa by jon yes by johnny saeed say media has also launched attacks on several regions. facebook is removing accounts and pages promoting annan a us conspiracy group online post started 2017 the group claims u.s. president donald trump is battling an alleged child trafficking ring run by celebrities and government officials. say you have lies news continues hinault is there to inside story. not just the republican party but america needs 4 more years of president donald trump in the white house then the outcome of this election will determine i believe the poorest of our country for generations to come live coverage of the vice presidential debate on a. 3 virus hunting scientists win the nobel prize for decades of research into hipaa to s

defense, dr. mark esper. dr. esper search will use in the u.s. army on active duty and end-users as an army infantry officer earning award such at the department ofdefense medal for distinguished public service in the combat infantry badge. after a a career on both the public and private sector, dr. esper became the 23rd secretary of the army on june 19, 2017. just a little over two years later on july 23, 2019, he became the 27th secretary of defense in our nation's history. the number two person in our militaries chain of command. i would like to think of the secretary for providing these remarks for the summit here today. we are grateful for his commitment to military families, and making it a priority as secretary of defense let's hear what he has to say. >> hello. i am secretary of defense mark esper, and it's an honor to join you for this year's military family caucus summit. thank you to your founders and cochairs, congresswoman cathy mcmorris rodgers and congressman sanford bishop, for hosting this important event. for more than a decade you have supported our servicemembers and their families by calling attention to the unique challenges

i wrote this in to the defense department's budget through my role in the armed services committee is to look at an identification of those very specific supply chains with national securitypl importance d once we identify that list we look at more production here at home but we have got to agree upon that list. we have to have a common understanding and then review it every few years but certainly energy storage is a big one that we would be loath without. >> representative elissa slotkin i appreciate your insight in what you're doing to the thing through the ecosystem and how to be smarter than perhaps they have been so i'm grateful for your time could i know how busy you are so thanks for joining us on today'sks program. >> thanks so much. >> my next guest has been a pharmacist for 30 years and the only pharmacist in congress but he thinks the coronavirus is the wake-up call america needs to bring back a participle of the -- pharmaceutical supply-chain united states. buddygr carter a republican up r election in a few days and thank you for taking time to talk to us about it. i just

received 69 percent of its funding over $7000000.00 australian dollars from the australian department of defenseand federal government another $1890000.00 came from overseas government agencies including the embassies of israel and japan the us department of defense and state department and the nato strategic comm center another 1100000 dollars came from defense industries and the private sector including lockheed martin and northrop grumman setting the groundwork for a new cold war with china will ultimately make billions of dollars for these weapons contractors think about that return on investment it's incredible they spend a few measly $1000000.00 to fund a think tank in australia it pumps out propaganda garbage c.n.n. and the new york times breathlessly tell their child like readers about what the super official report said the u.s. government successfully manufactured consent for cold war with a nuclear power and then not only does the us military turn to lockheed martin northrop grumman for all the weapons that they need to be ready to fight china but so do australia and japan and israel

christopher, former senior intelligence official from the department of defense and joining us tonightk you both are coming on in making the film, i want to ask the intern about the two strange things from the documentary. the question of the nuclear facility, how often do you think they visit and why? >> that's one of the big bombshells harry reid job during the production of the film that caught me off guard. it was the first time a government official of thee magnitude and his level had revealed that the ufos were not only seen over super secret nuclear weapons facilities, but they were interacting and shutting on and off some of the missiles. he went as far as saying that if the president had called uponn o launch the missiles in several locations, they could not have done it.pr the missiles were deactivated and this is also been happening in russia. we document those cases very thoroughly with high-level military officials testifying about those incidents. >> tucker: quickly to you, physical evidence of ufos, metal from the craft? where? >> well, my congratulations to james, this

since her initial confirmation as the under secretary of defense secretary lord has oversensitive give acquisition reform at the department of defense and i am sure we will talk about some of that today. as the u.s. national armament director she has traveled to see the u.s. throughout the u.s. and the to see our allies and partners with regards to the development and manufacturing activities around the world and unfortunately has seen how reliant the u.s. defense industrial base chain has become particularly as it relates to china. with the rise of china and great power competition and the global pandemic the vulnerabilities and gaps in our supply chain particularly as it relates to the national security has taken on a new urgency and i want to thank the ranking member for his interest in this topic as well and remember, we recognize how important the defense industrial base is torn nation's security and economy and we are pleased to have this timely hearing. secretary lord has been a prominent voice sent sounding the alarm on this important issue and i would like to personally thank her for being here today. in july 201

menstruation in terms of their abuse of power, just buying into this abuse of power by the fbi, the defense department, the state department . the white house, to use a political opponent. i'm concerned about the country. i'm concerned that we have this casual corruption in washington dc and if they don't like you, the rules don't apply. they'll come after you read they'll try gail you. they'll make up material and we get about you read they'll break the laws to try to protect our nations national security and leaking classified information. when you reclassify information improperly a, you are placing american lives and others at risk and that's been almost a modus operandi on a weekly basis out of this the state and we've got to be concerned about it because our country is being put at risk by this attack on as i say our republican form of government where the role of law doesn't matter if you're the wrong political strike. >> host: mister fitton one more topic to address as we let our colors talk as well about the confirmation . process for amy coney barrett. what was the takeaway last week from wh

your definition of national strength is to throw money at the defense department. my definition of national strength is to maker certain that a dollar spent buys us a dollar's worth of defense. there is a big difference between the two of us. a president must manage that budget. i will keep us strong, but you'll not do that unless you command that budget and make certain we get the strength that we need. when you pay $500 for a $5 hammer, you're not buying strength. >> i would ask the audience not to applaud. all it does it take up time that we would like to devote to the debate. mr. condraki, your question to mr. mondale. >> mr. mondale, earlier this year you said before the country admits to defense, the country should be militarily feasible, internationally defensible, open to independent scrutiny and alert to regional history. aren't you setting up such a gauntlet of tests here that adversaries could easily suspect that as president you would never use force to protect american interests? >> no. as a matter of fact, i believe every one of those standards is esse