instead of clean opinions, the department of defense has earned a long string of failing opinion, and these happen to go by the name of disclaimers. but it boils down to the fact that the books at the department of defense are unaudittable. now 20 years later after that 1990 congressional action, so now 2010, congress finally got fed up and passed a new law requiring the pentagon to be ready for audit by december 2017. the department was given seven long years to get its act together and to meet the same requirements as every other federal agency entrusted with the public money. well, obviously that deadline has come and gone like other deadlines have come and gone. according to the controller and the chief financial officer mr. david norquist, a clean audit is still at least ten years away. so ten years of not being able to follow the money, and if you can't follow the money, you don't know whether it's spent legally. there is a longstanding underlying problem preventing the pentagon from reaching the goal of a clean audit. this is the so-called feeder system. i won't describe a feed

that means the catalog will come out of the department of defense. now we have to push that into the department of commerce, into other places. we're going to look with open eyes at how we do that, what way is it that we do that. are there better ways to do that. i think you'll see things as we go through the coming year of different ways to do it. but, again, don't let go of the one strut until you get ahold of the next one. >> well, and i share that sentiment. let's hold on to that strut. let's think in a deliberative fashion what this looks like. think of all of the different scenarios and come up with the right decision. better to be deliberative about this as opposed to be hasty about this. >> administrator bridenstine and, jim, it's good to see you on that side of the podium. i know we share a mutual interest in allowing the commercial sector and recognizing the importance of space. i think we also share a value and all of us in this room share a value that the world is best served with american leadership. and that translates to the space as we

instead of clean opinions, the department of defense has earned a long string of failing opinion, and these happen to go by the name of disclaimers. but it boils down to the fact that the books at the department of defense are unaudittable. now 20 years later after that 1990 congressional action, so now 2010, congress finally got fed up and passed a new law requiring the pentagon to be ready for audit by december 2017. the department was given seven long years to get its act together and to meet the same requirements as every other federal agency entrusted with the public money. well, obviously that deadline has come and gone like other deadlines have come and gone. according to the controller and the chief financial officer mr. david norquist, a clean audit is still at least ten years away. so ten years of not being able to follow the money, and if you can't follow the money, you don't know whether it's spent legally. there is a longstanding underlying problem preventing the pentagon from reaching the goal of a clean audit. this is the so-called feeder system. i won't describe a feed

if we do that, then we can have the stability for the department of defense. i will well, it tell you if we're $22 trillion in debt, and the testifies is projected to be pretty close to $1 trillion this year and quickly north of $1 trillion going forward, we're going to have to deal with that problem or there is ot going to be as much money for defense, ke or infrastructure, or education, or anything. we have to address the fiscal irresponsible responsibility -- irresponsibility of our budgeting process across a very long period of time. certainly we can't keep cutting taxes. as far as what for defense, or infrastructure, or education, does that national security strategy look like? as was described we face an incredibly complex threat environment. i agree with that. i don't agree that getting rid of the iran nuclear deal so iran can can pursue nuclear weapons with no inhibition whatsoever is a step forward in the right direction. nor do i agree that sitting -- kim kim jeong une jong-un and agreeing to back off of a whole bunch of things and getting nothing in

we operate, we the department of defense operate in support of our national diplomatic in foreign policy agenda, not the other way around. when we sit at a table with secretary pompeo and our colleagues from the state department our job is to listen to what the strategic objectives of the nation are and apply our military power in the pursuit of those objectives and that does lead to the question that we got american leadership matters in american leadership in the policy matters an american leader ship in development matters because if those two legs of this new security still fail us i am all that is left. i don't like that world. i would much prefer the world we are equal partners in getting this done right and that is why i think our leadership is important in organizations like this matter to help us talk that very story. when you go to hell tomorrow i will not ask you to be advocates for taking away from the defense department budget to build up the state permit budget or usaid budget but what you can do is talk about balance and what is the right balance and where is the place we

but in this public posture, the department of defense, the urging of the president took a very strong and clear public line. secretary wineberger sent a letter to the editors of about 50 newspapers around the country in august of '82, saying we don't believe in fighting a nuclear war, we believe in preventing it. he participated in extraordinary exchange of letters, with theodore draper. the new york review of books, that addressed in quite great detail. why the administration believes deterrence was important. his testimony in december of 1982, the senate foreign relations committee, it makes clear all about preventing nuclear war, not fighting one. the annual statements of the secretary of defense to congress, which my colleagues have attributed somewhat to me, and i take some, but certainly not all credit for that. we're clear and concise statements on the purpose of u.s. nuclear forces have deterrence works and why we need a triad. they are the best public statement. the one issued between january '83, and january '89. that exist to justify existence of u.s. nuclear forces until t

you know, people say the department of defense took 40 years to actually become the department of defense, and they had far fewer departments -- army, navy, marines, etc. -- to merge. so that work continues, but i will say that the work of my two pred access sr.s, tom ridge and michael chertoff, you know, laid the foundation. we made progress, a lot of progress when i was secretary. my successor, jeh johnson, made progress. i can't report on it now. it's hard to tell. >> host: do you know kirsten nielsen at all? >> guest: i have not met her, no. >> host: what were your successes when you were there? >> guest: two that i will mention. one is tsa precheck which anyone who flies a lot will appreciate, and the other is daca. 700,000 young people brought to this country as children, the average age of 6, grew up here, know only this country as home, we were able to create a program where they could remain in the country, not be fearful of being picked up for immigration enforcement and get a work permit. >> host: what was your expertise coming in? you had been governor of arizona. >> guest: so

as you know the united states has four four military servicen the department of defense plus one more, the coast guard in the department of homeland security. the idea of creating a a space force would create a six military service, and you can see the argument why. space is a huge domain. in fact, if we think of where all our satellites are, just out what's going geosynchronous orbit were satellites stay at the same place continuously that's over 20,000 miles above the earth surface of the space where sound like sharon is far larger than the earth itself or all the other domains of the army, navy, air force and marine corps. you can see the logic for this come just basic geographical grounds. you can also see the logic for separate space force on physics grants. objects in space move much differently than objects anywhere else and even the atmosphere which seems close to space in some sense is governed by entirely different laws of movement, for airplanes, vis-À-vis satellites in orbit. also space is becoming a very, very important area of military activity. that's been true for 60 y

cameras and their equipment that they used to chronicle the official history of the war from the department of defense. they donated all this equipment and they donated lot of photographs and film mostly 16-millimeter film. some of that was sound track. it's an incredible set of historical materials. it's interesting from the standpoint of we have these guys who would jump on helicopters and run out and take videos. it was very little restriction what they could or couldn't shoot. it was open book of the film and photograph history of the war from the pentagon side. everything they did went back to washington. it was used in public affairs activities to educate and notify the american public about things. it was shared with media outlets so they had great photographs and films they can use. then, is what was sent back to washington in the national archives. it's all part of the vietnam war. i'm not aware -- we worked closely with the daspo guys. i'm not aware of censureship of thinking disappearing. our understanding all becomes part of the national archives. i think from the standpoint of contemporar

but the twenty one trillion number comes from the department of defense's office of inspector general the oh-i g. although as forbes magazine pointed out after mark skidmore began inquiring about the report the zero ideas web page was mysteriously taken down but luckily people had already grabbed copies of that report before it was taken down my favorite part is they have all fraud and ways top line. that you can call. you imagine could type of fraud and waste that they must hear on that hotline. hi i work here in the pentagon my name's patti lu and i mainly in charge a refill in the nk in the copy years because generals do not know how to use the copiers it's you know they can handle war but i don't know a copier and i wanted to report that someone here in my department gave taken the plans hold which are clearly partment plans and then. we must go through seven or eight times a week and it's ridiculous ok thank you patty ya'll write down the seven pens right below the section as to how you do. this. anyway here's more from the forbes article this past december the inspector general

the department of defense and department of homeland security have long enjoyed the cooperative partnership and cbp relationship with the national guard in particular is several decades long. the personnel support the border patrol office field operations and marine components. it increases the ability to detect, deter and respond to threats of all kinds including weapons and illegal aliens and possible terrorists all while helping facilitate legitimate trade travel. since the operations that began in april the national guard is contributed thascontributed to f apprehensions, the seizure of thousands of pounds of dangerous drugs and multiple resources. to be clear the national guard personnel do not conduct activities that while they equip additional personnel. for example, my home sector of tucson the national guard personnel assigned to the agent told mechanics complete an inspection and they identified it with yowithin 80 vehicles wih suspension issues that could have led to significant safety hazards patrolling in isolated areas. without the national guard and would have taken weeks to

of defense with respect to this statement? >> senator, my guess, the response would be most appropriately from the department of defense and not from the department of state but i -- i will humbly suggest to you to have more confidence in statements of general votel than the russian ministry of defense. >> i do have more confidence in general votel's statement and seems to me that our response to the russian ministry of defense ought to be very strong to say, they have nothing to say about what our generals are doing in syria. that's not their business. that's our business. and i would hope that that's a point that we make very strongly. i had the opportunity to visit syria. a little over two weeks ago. and i was very impressed with the work that our military has been doing in northern -- northeast syria along the turkish border. i was very impressed with the work of the syrian democratic forces. and what i heard over and over again both from the men and women who were serving and from the civilian, syrian civilians on the ground was, please don't leave us here to the fate of either assad or the russians or other forces that m

on april 4, 2018 president trump called on the department of defense to expand the existing mission. this has benefited us significantly. forces are supporting teachers pursuant to the order of the present and there ordered by the state governors remain under the command and control of the state governors. i would like to thank the governors who have deployed national guard personnel in support of the operation and our border security mission. i want to think the generals further coordination with cpp. solutions like operation guardian support are not new. the department of defense and homeland security have long enjoyed a cooperative partnership and our relationship with the national guard in particular for several decades long. national guard personnel supporter border patrol office and office of field operations in our area marine operations component. their assistance increases our ability to protect, deter, and respond to threats, including drugs, weapons, illegal aliens and possible terrorist all while helping facilitate legitimate trade. since operation guardian support begin,

or they're being told they ase security risks bec they have family abroad or because t the department of defense could not complete their background check. we talked to a department of defense person who said the trgovernment wants to fasack d ese people and wants to take a quick pathers aif given enough time they could do that. the army isn't comnting. in the meantime, i traveled to absalina, kansas, to report another group of young immigrants: recruits in limbo. john candidoroudly wears his army t-shirt, a gift from military recruiters who hope he might one day join their ranks.w >> i've alwaysted to enlist in the military. hi's just always been a dream. >> alcindor: but, dream has been delayed for three years and counting. john is a so-called "dreamer" and a recipient of daca. t at's the oba-eorpryoununmentht ts b to the country as phildren. thatgram is caught in political lio. from 2014 to 2016, daca recipients could earn a path to citizenship by enlisting in the military and completinbasic training through a program called mavni. that standfor "military accessions vital to national interest

his vision, there was a time before nasa was created where a lot of folks that believe the department of defense ought to be in charge of space development and exploration and of course all of the national security provisions of space eisenhower went to the civilian space agency where all of our friends or even competitors around the world could partner with us to have an opportunity for dialogue's vision was very different than others to be as part of the department of defense i want to be clear as part of the space for i voted on it three times in the house of representatives you mentioned that a little bit but this peace corps was very similar the way i see it and there hasn't been any specific what it might look like but from what i can tell the president once for separate from the air force about the last meeting so that means you are talking about the joint chief of staff and his own service secretary. that isn't guaranteed what might develop but that is what it indicates to me. but think about what it is. actually it already exists inside the airport. so all military service does is organ

>> i guess the response would be most appropriately from the department of defense and not from the department of state. i will humbly suggest that you want to have more confidence and statements from general votell than russian ministry of defense. >> i have more confidence. it seems to me that our response to the russian ministry of defense ought to be very strong to say they have nothing to say about what our generals are doing in syria. that is not their business. that's our business. and i would hope that that is a point that we make very strongly. i had the opportunity to visit syria a little over two weeks ago. and i was very impressed with the work that our military has been doing in northeast syria along the turkish border. i was very impressed with the work of the syrian democratic forces. what i heard over and over again both from the men and women who were serving and from the civilians on the ground was please don't leave us here to the fate of either assad or the russians or other forces that may come into that part of syria. and please just a little bit help for reconstruction e

it's still taking the department of defense a while to get tricare right. this is one of those problems that we will implement. i ask every nominee to answer the following two questions. number one cause since he became an adult if you ever made unwanted requests for sexual favors or committed any verbal or physical harassment or assault of a sexual nature? >> no. >> have you ever faced discipline or entered into a settlement related in this kind of conduct? >> never. >> i want to ask about his home in hawaii that we discussed briefly in the meeting with a terry options fo for veterans of the many islands including the va clinic. there are levels in the procurement process that my office has been monitoring including the patient healthcare access. >> i am very well aware of the unique challenges of both hawaii and alaska face. i would take you o and your invitation to come see those. >> as the under-secretary of thf defense, you implemented in a sexual harassment policy early in your tenure and i commend you for that. a few months ago the system protection b

>> i have been told by the department of defense, there will not. protesting was successful. >> there we go. democracy in action until the mid-term elections. congressman mark. let's take a look outside at the weather. >> all right. we do have some changes in store, but still going to be a hot one inland and we have extended the red flag warning for today. this is just for the higher elevations. napa and east sonoma counties are going to see dry and gusty conditions out there. be mindful of that. here's a look though over the east bay right now. you can see our double cam, blue skies and then heading to the bay area. yeah, we are socked in. lots of fog this morning. that shows the distinction between the coast and inland temperatures today. we are starting off warm in concord, 62 in livermore. 60 in san jose. cooler in the 50s for oakland and san francisco and up north. 54 in santa rosa. future cast shows that we do see that marine layer beefing up today. enhancing the marine layer and enhanced that marine cooled influence and we will see more of th

of defense with respect to this statement? >> the response would be perfect the department of defense and not the department of state. but i will humbly suggest you ought to have more confidence in statements from general votel than the russian defense. >> i do. it seems to me that our response to the russian ministry of defense ought to be very strong to say they have nothing to say about what our generals are doing in syria. that's not their business. that's our business. i had the opportunity to visit syria a little over two weeks ago. and i was very impressed. i'm impressed what they're doing with syria along the turkish border. i was impressed with the work of the democratic forces. and what i heard over and over again, both from the men and women who were serving and from the civilians on the ground was, please don't leave us here to the fate of either assad or the russians or other forces that may come in to that part of syria. please just a little bit in help for reconstruction efforts would go a very long way. that part of syria has stabilized. they are in to reconstruction. they are sending back people that

but the twenty one trillion number comes from the department of defense's office of inspector general the oh-i g. although as forbes magazine pointed out after mark skidmore began inquiring about the report the zero i.d.'s web page was mysteriously taken down but luckily people had already grabbed copies of that report before it was taken down my favorite part is they have all fraud and ways taught lie. that you can call. it was bachchan good type of fraud and waste that they must hear on that hotline. hi i work here in the pentagon my name's patti lu and i made me a charger refill in nk in the copy years because generals do not know how to use the copiers it's good you know they can handle war but i don't know a copy or any i want to report then someone here in my department gave taken the plans hold which are clearly partment plans and then. we must go through seven or eight pens away it's ridiculous ok thank you patty ya'll write down the seven pens right below the section i have to tell your dad. yeah. anyway here's more from the forbes article this past december the inspector gen

charles: a major announcement from the department of defense. it could mean for the proposed summit between vladimir putin and president trump. and now for the rings. (♪) i'm a four-year-old ring bearer with a bad habit of swallowing stuff. still won't eat my broccoli, though. and if you don't have the right overage, you could be paying for that pricey love band yourself. so get an allstate agent, and be better protected from mayhem. like me. can a ring bearer get a snack around here? charles: breaking news, the pentagon reaffirming their longstanding defense relationship with the ukraine announcing the department of defense will provide $200 million in military aid for the country, this as plans for the trump/putin summit ii have begun. we want to discuss with this kelly jane torrance, and gayle trotter's back with us as well. before we start, ladies, moments ago president trump tweeting, i want to put it up there for the audience, i got severely criticized by the fake news media for being too nice to president putin. in the old days, they woul

it is our responsibility that the department of defense receive appropriations for fiscal year 2019 by this october 1. the house has already passed our version of the defense appropriations bill and i hope our colleagues in the senate will act swiftly to ensure the department of defense is funded on time. we need their help to make this happen and we owe it to our sailors and our servicemen everywhere. time is running out. we have the opportunity to get this right. and i urge the senate to act swiftly and quickly. thank you. i yield back. mr. taylor: i would like to thank the gentlelady from missouri who is a strong voice on house armed services and huge supporter of our national security. thank you for your service and your good work. i would like to yield to the gentleman from michigan as much ime as he may consume. >> thank you, madam speaker. and thank you to my colleague . d my next-door office mate the south wing of cannon is well guarded. mr. berg: the third stance of the marine hymn says when all the rest of us get to heaven, they will find that the gates are guarded by the uni

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but the twenty one trillion number comes from the department of defense's office of inspector general the oh-i g. although as forbes magazine pointed out after mark skidmore began inquiring about the report the zero i.d.'s web page was mysteriously taken down but luckily people had already grabbed copies of that report before it was taken down my favorite part is they have all fraud and ways taught lie. that you can. you imagine could type of fraud and waste that they must hear on that hotline how high i worked here in the pentagon my name's patti lu i'm mainly in charge a refill in the nk in the copy years because generals do not know how to use the copiers it's good you know they can handle war but i don't know a copy or any i wanted to report that someone here in my department gave taken the plans hold which are clearly partment plans they. really must go through seven or eight pens away it's ridiculous ok thank you patty ya'll write down the seven pens right below the section i have to tell your dad. anyway here's more from the forbes article this past december the inspector gener

now, that document is the presidential document that basically tells the department of defense how to handle its nuclear targeting plans. that document retained the focus of the presidential direct '59 from the last year of carter's presidency, 1980 after the scales dropped from carter's eyes on the russian invasion of afghanistan. what this change did was to move away from something that prevailed during the 1970s which was u.s. deterrent policy was based on mirror imaging. we thought about what was valuable to us and we projected those set of values onto the soviet leadership, which was completely wrong. and the pd-59 work, which was carried forward by president reagan said focus on what the soviet leadership thinks and values and look where they spend their money and that will tell you what is important to them. it was such a good document, it was so properly, broadly written at a presidential level that it guided u.s. nuclear weapons policy until 1996. that's an extraordinary run, 15 years, for targeting policy. one of the things that it did was to kick start a program of continui

prague and say he wants to think about a world without nuclear weapons and then i saw the department of defense in the department of energy close in on him even behind his back with our own allies at nato even when he was going around saying we're going to have a nuclear free world and we're going to make some great fantastic nuclear free deals and i'm going to leave my footprints in the hands of you know in the sands of history is the great disarm or didn't happen because his own people from d.o.d. and dio we were going around nato to the capitals of countries that were interested in maintaining the nuclear status quo and saying don't budge an inch we've got this obama will be gone sooner or later don't give in on any concessions on nuclear policy and k. and that's exactly what happened now why i disagree about donald trump is that he's not a politician he's a businessman he didn't write a book called the art of the status quo he wrote a book called the art of the deal and he's in the process of making deals in a lot of different ways now one of the deals he's making right now is with the deep

his vision, there was a time before nasa was created where a lot of folks that believe the department of defense to be in charge of space development and exploration and of course all of the national security provisions of space eisenhower went to the civilian space agency where all of our friends or even competitors around the world could partner with us to have an opportunity for dialogue's vision was very different than others to be as part of the department of defense i want to be clear as part of the space for i voted on it three times in the house of representatives you mentioned that a little bit but this peace corps was very similar the way i see it and there hasn't been any specific what it might look like but from what i can tell the president once for separate from the air force about the last meeting so that means you are talking about the joint chief of staff and his own service secretary. that isn't guaranteed what might develop but that is what it indicates to me. but think about what it is. actually it already exists inside the airport. so all military service does is organize an

the pentagon was quick to dispel those rumors there has been no change the assistance the department of defense provides to cameroon as a direct result of violence in the angle friend regions of cameroon the united states constantly tells us that its foreign policies are about defending freedom it accuses geo political rivals of violating human rights but it looks like cameroon past friend of the pentagon has anything but a clean record they would mop and r.t. washington d.c. a lot of other good research goes to international who's examined cameroonian military abuses so that their human rights violations are systematic and go unpunished it is indeed one of the most shocking and despicable be just ever watched in my entire year career we spent a lot of time at amnesty two on the lies we have collected to steal money sent in from our sources hundred ground we have compounded these testimonies with the analysis of our experts who include in military experts we have been surprised and shocked by the fact that the minister of communication s dismissed the d.d.s. fake even before launching an invest

that correspond with the kills they acquired with the department of defense. second, the bill will also are require the v.a. to implement a program to train and certify former department of defense health care technicians as intermediate care technicians, i.c.t.'s, to address the large demand of health care providers at the veterans health administration. these technicians trained by d.o.d. have difficulty gaining employment in their field after separating from the armed forces due to the lack of a certification. at the same time, the v.h.a. has a significant shortage of providers. the i.c.t. program has a high satisfaction rate and helps fill this void. service members are a remarkable asset of -- on transitioning from the department of defense. we should do everything we can do to foster this position and facilitate opportunity to our men and women in uniform to serve our veterans. i need to thank again chairman roe for his leadership. for me it is an honor to serve on this committee with this man that has this commitment and working in a bipartisan manner wi

two sanctioned by the department of the army and department of defense. one by the speaker of the house. those events and in those days were big events. participation by senate and house members, i -- at the last one the only thing i did was introduce a fellow named maxwell the produce of the famous movie, gettysburg. i think president obama for his support of an event that celebrated america's veterans. union and confederate president obama brought, had a wreath delivered by the old guard of the army. the broader issue of the flag to address with the "washington post" said. i stopped doing many of those things at a time when that issue became and i do believe and i will say it, i heard this on memorial day. at this capital, at the memorial day concert. i think it was gary sinise pointed out 150 years ago, the first declaration to pay the most ferocious warrior in the union army said what this committee is not responsible for. we honor all veterans and we order flowers and wreaths place along the graves of union and confederate soldiers. our last statemen

and the second thing is that you do the war games, and in the department of defense we would do war games and call in the people who understand the department of defense, and understand the platforms and how all of this comes together and fought wars together and the part about the good politics. you call in people from both sides of the aisle. so f so, for example, when i was in the department and had to come up with a new strategy, i wanted not just expertise, but buy-in, and when i went up to congress to the explain what we are doing, they would say, this is just the demt tr-- democratic plan, because i wanted seniors to be in the plan, and give their opinion and also to be validator s f validators for the policy. we did not want to make a political policy, but good american policy. >> and who does this hurt, the person holding the security clearance or the agency they have just left? >> primarily the agency they have just left. and evelyn is just right. it is petty and vindictive and no other reason to do that than to send the signal you are angry with them or disappointed that they a

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of defense with respect to this statement? >> my guess the response would be most appropriately from the department of defense and not from the department of state. but i will humbly suggest to you that you ought to have more confidence in statements from general votel than the russian ministry of defense. >> i do. but our response should be they have nothing to say about what our generals are doing in syria. that's not their business. that's our business. and i would hope that that's a point that we make very strongly. i had the opportunity to visit syria a little over two weeks ago. i was very impressed with the work that our military has been doing in northeast syria, along the turkish border. i was very impressed with the work of the syrian democratic forces. what i heard over and over again, both from the men and women that were serving and from the civilians on the ground was please don't leave us here to the fate of either assad or the russians or other forces that may come in to that part of syria. please just a little bit in help for reconstruction efforts would go a very long way. that part of syria has stabilized. t

tomorrow's show will only be for department of defense card holders and their families but the drones will be able to be seen up to three miles away. intel is putting on this display and meant to replace the typical fireworks show. the rest of tonight's events will happen as planned. >>> there are more than 60 legal fourth of july celebrations happening all over the bay area. you find a link to every one. >>> president trump and the first lady will once again host a picnic for military families at the white house to celebrate the day. this is video from last year's events. >>> now to the race to get the soccer team and coach out of a k cave in thailand. it's turning into a high stakes operation. we have more on this dangerous rescue. >> reporter: smiles and eve an trapped deep within a cave now have hope wrapped in mylar blankets all are in good leheal but medical experts warn. >> you want to know their air quality, hydration, temperature control, psychological state. >> reporter: as doctors monitor the boy's health, the race is onto get them out of cave and back with their anxious fa

for -- look, there was a time before nasa was created when a lot of folks believed that the department of defense ultimately ought to be in charge of the space development if you l and the space exploration and space development and all of the national security provisions of space. president eisenhower specifically did not want that. he wanted a civilian space agency where all of our friends and even competitors around the world could ultimately partner with us to have an opportunity for dialogue. his vision was very different than some others who wanted nasa which of course was not nasa at the time, but they wanted it to be as part of the department of defense. i want to be clear about the space force. i support it 100%, and i have always supported it, and i have voted on it three times in the house of representatives and at the time, you mentioned it is different called the space core, and what the space core is similar to what the space force is the way i see it, and of course, there is not any specifics released on what the space force might look like, but from what i have heard the president

they're being told they are security risks because they have family abroad or because th the department of defense could notmplete their background check. we talked to a dtepartm of defense person who said the government wants to fast track these people and wants to take a quick pathers and if given enough time they could do that. the army isn't commenting. in the meantime, i traveled to salinakansas, to report about another group of young immigrants: recruits in limbo. john candido proudlyears his army t-shirt, a gift from military recruiters who hope he might one day join their ranks. >> i've always wante enlist in the military. it's just always been a dream. ea>> alcindor: but, his drhas been delayed for three years and counng. john is a so-called reamer" and a recipient of daca. that's the obama-era effort to protect young undocumented immigrants brought t country as children.s that program icaught in political limbo. from 2014 to 2016, daca recipients could earn a path to citizenship by enlisng in the military and completing basic training through a program called mavni. that stands fo"milita

>> senator, you have to ask the department of defense or chairman dunford. >> but you don't dispute that that was -- you have no knowledge that there was a briefing of general dunford to today about the helsinki discussion, do you? >> senator, you just read me a piece from the washington post. >> i'm asking your knowledge. do you have any knowledge that the administration has shared discussions about u.s./russia military issues with the united states head of joint chiefs of staff? >> i was with him yesterday in a series of meetings. we had a chance to have a conversation about it, yes, absolutely. >> so yesterday may have been the first time he was briefed about it. >> it is possible, yes. >> i was going to ask about general votel, but the information that jean shaheen -- senator shaheen mentioned earlier, he expressed wariness about working with russia and the russian defense ministry. this is an interesting statement. they went after general votel ahead of cencom who over sees middle eastern syria. he not only discredited the official position of his supreme commander in chief -- are y

prague and say he wants to think about a world without nuclear weapons and then i saw the department of defense in the department of energy close in on him even behind his back with our own allies at nato even when he was going around saying we're going to have a nuclear free world and we're going to make some great fantastic nuclear free deals and i'm gonna leave my footprints in the hands of you know in the sands of history is the great disarm or didn't happen because his own people from d.o.d. and dio we were going around nato to the capitals of countries that were interested in maintaining the nuclear status quo and saying don't budge an inch we've got this obama will be gone sooner or later don't give in on any concessions on nuclear policy and kay and that's exactly what happened now why i disagree about donald trump is that he's not a politician he's a businessman he didn't write a book called the art of the status quo he wrote a book called the art of the deal and he's in the process of making deals in a lot of different ways now one of the deals he's making right now is with the deep s

in this public posture, the department of defense at the urging of the president took a very strong and clear public line. secretary wineberger sent a letter to newspapers around the country saying we don't believe in fighting a nuclear war, we believe in preventing it. following that he participated in an extraordinary exchange of letters with a left of center gentleman named theodore draper that addressed in great detail why the administration believed deterrence was important. and his testimony in december 1982 in front of the senate foreign relations committee, it makes clear this is all aboabou about preventing nuclear war, not fighting one. the annual statements of the secretary of defense to congress were clear and concise statements on the purpose of u.s. nuclear forces, how deterrence worked and why we need a triad. they are the best public statements that exist to justify the existence of u.s. nuclear forces until the nuclear posture review of 2018. very clear statements as to why we need these kinds of systems. at the same time, the administration published for eight years a

unanimous consent for his current position as under secretary for personnel and readiness at the department of defense. during the hearing mr. wilke not only demonstrated he has the leadership and experience to lead the v.a., he also spoke in depth about how he shares the president's vision to put veterans first. senators isaacson and testor, the committee chairman and ranking member respectively, have expressed their support. the white house expects the senate to move quickly to confirm robert wilke as the next v.a. secretary upon his return. with that i will take your questions. >> sarah, you call on me before my husband? >> it's a tough battle. i did. yeah. record, let the record show. >> ok. >> i will say i'll take a question. >> you got it. >> i think this is a big moment. so i had to give it to -- yeah. >> if the president would tweet about it then it changes the whole dynamic. i digress. during the campaign, the president said i am pro life and i will be appointing pro life judges. is the president still committed to appointing pro life judges? >> as the president said last week he is not going

i was privileged to be part of this grand experiment at the beginning, first in the department of defense then in hhs and now state department, many of you will wonder why i still don't a regular job, but it's a privilege to be with pepfar and everyday i'm reminded that our collective success and impact comes from the brilliance of those two principles -- clear goals and objectives linked to active coordination of a program that separates and is above any one agency. we provide assistance to more than 6.4 million orphans but it's more than that because it allows these families and communities to thrive now. not just free of disease but in economic opportunities and progress that can be made everyday. importantly, we also launched dreams, prevention programs focused on young women and girls and young women, focused very much on preventing infections in a group that is very vulnerable. we've decreased the new infections by 40% to 60% in many of these communities. this is what possible when agencies come togethering in a new way. but more than that, pep far a smart investment. we are continu

in this bill -- yet this bill eliminates a number of requirements congress had put on the department of defense in previous years. it streamlines some decision making. it begins to put in some sort of comprehensive -- comprehensible order all the laws related to acquisition. it requires there be savings of overhead expenses, of a number of government, of d.o.d. agencies that have not been addressed before. i could go on and on. . there was a secretary of defense who wrote a book a few years ago who complained about this bill. who said it's too much that congress is doing to tell us what to do. and yet i would remind all of us, mr. speaker, that the constitution puts that exact responsibility on our shoulders. it says it's congress' job to raise and support, provide and maintain, make the rules and regulations for military forces of the united states. and this is the bill that -- by which we carry out that responsibility. it's our job to do it. and this bill is the product, as you have heard, of members of both sides of the aisle throughout the process. here have been approximately 1,005 amendme

still cameras, and their equipment they used to chronicle the official history of the the department of defenseite. they donated the equipment, photographs and film. mostly 16mm film, and some of that was soundtrack. it is an incredible set of historical materials. interesting from the standpoint of we have these guys who would jump on helicopters or run out intake video footage. there was very little restriction on what they could or could not shoot. it was an open book of the film and photograph history of the war from the pentagon side. everything they did went act to washington. and it was used in public affairs, activities to educate and notify the american public about things, it was shared with media outlets so they had great photographs and film they could use in the production of news and inkling that. -- and things like that. the awesome thing is what was sent back to washington in the national archives. it is part of the available history of the vietnam war. daspok closely with the guys, and i am not aware of any censorship of anything disappearing or that the government did not want

. >> i'm hereby directing the department of defense and pentagon to immediately begin the process necessary to establish a space force as the sixth branch of the armed forces. that's a big statement. >> we are going to have the air force and we are going to have the space force. separate but equal. there is no place like space. the space force. >> trevor: space force. i don't even know, i dobility even know where to start, right? >> he just cancelled military exercises on the korean peninsula because they are too expensive and now is blasting that money into space. and at the same time, separate but equal in why would he say that, it's almost like trump is sneaking racist easter eggs into his presidency, and intoa drowtion the mascot for space force, jim the crow, everybody. everybody give it up for jim. (applause) all right, let's move on to our main story. >> immigration. from the start of trump's time in office his administration has been working hard to shut that shit down. they cut down on visas. they kicked out refugees, they screwed over the daca kids and even ramped up deportations

it is the responsibility of the department of homeland security and the federal government to provide for the national security and national defense of this country. there is a discussion that needs to happen between those two things. what i think needs -- we need to do in the very near future is rather than just say we need money, give us money, it's we need x amount of money to address x threat and buy down x amount of risk. we have to be much more precise. >> we have to be much more precise? >> i think so. if the state needs money, they need to say what they need it for and how much they need. that will help drive the conversation on the hill. other than a general statement of i need a billion dollars. for what? >> uh-huh. >> so we have -- we work closely with states to help them understand what -- they know what the risk is. these secretaries of state, election directors, they are natural risk managers. even before the russians came knocking, they were dealing on a daily basis or on election day with power outages, tornadoes, hurricanes, in the southeast, civil unrest happens on primary days. so they manage risk. they work thr

the department of defense announced army corporal joseph macial from southgate near l.a. died in afghanistan this weekend. u.s. military leaders are calling what happened an insider attack. two others were wounded. >>> a brush fire that broke out between pittsburg and antioch had fire crews scrambling this fire. the fire started north of highway 4, burnt up to a waste water treatment plan and behind the plant is a hazardous materials facility and, yes, there was a risk. several commercial buildings and roads were threatened. firefighters say the fire started next to small homeless camps and that's becoming a dangerous trend. >> well, this is a growing problem that we're seeing as with e get further and further into the fire season. there are a lot of homeless camps around our district. around the county. and we've fought several fires, five or six in the last few days, that have originated in or near homeless burned 20 acres before firefighters were able to knock it down. they stayed on the scene for hours making sure that hotspots did not flare up. >>> details tonight in