of different forms. i think there's a defensive and offensive component to it, as we think of it from the department of defense, we think of it in both contexts on your. question of special operations, they are the proponent, as we use the term for military information support operations by citing the joint missile web top center, was the entity that they built their to operate in the free-flowing nature of cyberspace for me so. but, so calm is supporting the global combatant commands and the global combatant commands are the ones actually ink executing missile operations in the far flexes of the world that we are operating in. so, done so in conjunction with the chief submission approval in the country teams in the particular countries they are operating in. does that answer your question? >> if you will get into it a little bit more in the classified. it might help me understand some of the examples on that. mr. sullivan, early on you said that russia sees the information domain don't differently than the u.s. is the information domain, is there any answer you can give us about what those differences are in

and the tweet that she sent attached a letter that she sent to the department of justice and the department of defensethat letter in turn read as follows, "as the law enforcement agency charged with protecting residence and visitors throughout the district of columbia, the metropolitan police department is prepared for this week's first amendment activities." mpd has coordinated with its federal partners, namely the u.s. park police, u.s. capitol police and u.s. secret service. all of whom regularly have uniformed personnel protecting federal assets in the district of columbia. this week, mpd has additional logistical support of unarmed members of the d.c. national guard who will work at the direction of and in coordination with mpd. the district of columbia government has not requested personnel from any other federal law enforcement agencies to avoid confusion, we ask that any requests for additional assistance be a coordinated using the same process and procedures. we are mindful that in 2020 mpd was expected to perform the demanding tasks of policing large crowds while working around unidentifiabl

the department of defense in support of civil authorities has been critical for delivering help to pandemictricken americans in their communities. the community is interested in hearing about the department of defense contribution to the whole of government response to the covid-19 crisis and what more the department can do to get the pandemic under control and allow americans to return to normalcy. the public-private partnership originally known as operation warp speed, mobilized defense department's contracting capabilities to accelerate efforts to develop covid-19 vaccines. the department's contracting capabilities include in-depth experience managing large dollar contracting with drug manufacturers through dod's joint program executive office for chemical, radiological, biological and nuclear defense. this office has overseen billions of dollars in congress -- contracts for various aspects of the response including helping support research activities, conducting clinical trials, increasing production of tests and manufacturing hundreds of millions of additional vaccine doses. general or

programming budget and execution process in congress has provided us or excuse me, provided the department of defense with an expanded toolkit of acquisition and contracting approaches in the department's efforts to adopt ai will be impeded by processes that are unsuited to digital technologies and the pace of development of ai right now. the department also increase its overall spending and increase ara and d2 a billion annually by 2025. we think that is totally appropriate within the size of the dod budget which is the largest in its history. third, we think ai adoption has to be accelerated and we think one of the ways to get these algorithms and models across the valley of death and into the hands of or fighters would create a dedicated ai fund specifically designed to speed operational prototyping and transition and overseen by the under secretary of defense for r and e. we think that apartment should prioritize adoption of commercial ai solutions, especially to its core business processes and administrative processes, as well as logistics and sustainment systems. technologies should be integrat

the secretary of the army met with the acting secretary of defense and other senior leaders of the defense departmentter this meeting the acting secretary of defense determined that all available forces of the d.c. national guard were required to reinforce the d.c. metropolitan police and the u.s. capitol police and ordered the full mobilization of the d.c. national guard at 3:04 p.m. during this period major general walker the commander general of the d.c. national guard recalled and made ready the d.c. national guard forces at the national guard armory for deployment to the capitol complex. after reviewing the d.c. national guard's commissions, equipping and responsibilities to be performed at the capitol complexion, in support of the metropolitan police, and capitol police, and conferring with the d.c. metropolitan police at their headquarters at 4:10 p.m., the secretary of the army received the acting secretary of defense's approval at 4:32 and ordered the d.c. national guard forces to depart the armory for the capitol complex. dod continued to deploy national guard forces through the evening to

approximately 2:30 p.m., the secretary of the army met with the acting secretary of defense and other senior leaders of the defense department after this meeting, the acting secretary of defense determined that all available forces of the d.c. national guard were required to reinforce the d.c. metropolitan police and the u.s. capitol police and ordered the full mobilization of the d.c. national guard at 3:04 p.m. during this period, major general walker, the commanding general of the d.c. national guard, recalled and made ready the d.c. national guard forces at the national guard armory for deployment to the capitol complex. after reviewing the d.c. national guard's missions, equipping and responsibilities to be performed at the capitol complex in support of the metropolitan police and capitol police and conferring with the d.c. metropolitan police at their headquarters at 4:10 p.m., the secretary of the army received the acting secretary of defense's approval at 4:32 and ordered the d.c. national guard forces to depart the armory for the capitol complex. dod continued to deploy national guard forces through the evening to s

the department of defense is one of a whole of government oy approach to this challenge and other civilian departments and agencies have critical roles and responsibilities which demand close interagency coordination and clear authority. coordinated interagencies affects can affect thesques of each department and agency to defend against disinformation and reach and engage global audiences. as we strive to leverage d.o.d.'s information operation capabilities in competition with malign actor we must first acknowledge as reiterated in the recently published interim national security strategic guidance, that we will actively support elevating diplomacy as our tool of first resource. d.o.d. directly supports the department of state, public diplomacy teams and global engagement center and complements the u.s. agency for global media. within d.o.d. we organize efforts to combat disinformation, misinformation and propaganda in four broad lines of effort all supported by a foundation of intelligence support, interagency collaboration and partnerships. these four areas are countering propaganda by

from your point of view, what are the most important things that congress or the department of defense could do to strengthen the prevention of military sexual assault? >> these skills that victim advocates develop, they develop over time, the longer a person does their job the better they are at the job. my best asset stepping into the job was my victim advocates who have been doing the job for three or four years already. so the problem is we train them, we give them this experience speaking, we give them these tools and assets, and in two years most likely, that servicemember goes somewhere else. so you have to start the cycle of that relationship again. with our retention in the military, we made retention its own mos. recruiters are their own mos. they get to build upon those skills and they take those skills with them to the next unit i think we should do the same thing when it comes to victim advocates. so when we give them that experience and the skills that they need, even if they go to another unit, down that unit can benefit from the same thing. >> that is really helpful. ms

long sense taken control of the department of justice, the fbi, the department of state, and the department of defenses last bastion where conservatives maintained a substantial amount of influence and they are trying to strangle out right leaning folks who are in the military by monitoring their social media and what troubles me is that this discussion in congress is gaslighting exactly what the biden administration is doing. i they are worried about wokeness, not winning, and our country deserves better and our military deserves better. >> tucker: well, we need better. i mean, flat out. we have a guy with hitler memes on his facebook page and garbage blm propaganda overseeing hiring for the navy seals? why is there not some red alert going off among republicans in congress like this is very serious? >> the left is always food at designating the umpire which is what they're doing at the senior levels of the military right now. do you know who we had testifying in front of us on this issue in congress the southern poverty law center. we literally had a hate group lecturing us about hate the southern p

approximately 2:30 p.m., the secretary of the army met with the acting secretary of defense and other senior leaders of the defense departmentfter this meeting, the acting secretary of defense determined that all available forces of the d.c. national guard were required to reinforce the d.c. metropolitan police and the u.s. capitol police and ordered the full mobilization of the d.c. national guard at 3:04 p.m. the secretary of the army received the acting secretary of defense's approval at 4:32 that ordered the d.c. national guard forces to depart the armory for the capitol complex. >> immediately after that 1:49 call, i alerted the u.s. army senior leadership of the request. the approval for chief sund's request would eventually come from the acting secretary of defense and be relayed to me by army senior leaders at 5:08 p.m., about 3 hours and 19 minutes later. >> garrett, they're zeroing in on this because these are the officials who were involved. the riot was make taking place by 1:30, 2:00. we were watching them in real time breaking through and getting to the chambers. >> reporter: general walker said, you know, he a

at 2:30 p.m., the secretary of the army met with the acting secretary of defense and other senior leaders of the defense department. after this meeting, the acting secretary of defense determined that all available forces of the d.c. national guard were required to reinforce the d.c. metropolitan police and u.s. capitol police, and ordered a full mobilization of the d.c. national guard at 3:04 p.m. major general walker, the commanding officer of the d.c. national guard, made ready the d.c. national guard forces at the national guard armory for deployment to the capital -- capitol complex. after reviewing the mission and responsibilities to be performed at the capitol complex in support of the metropolitan police and capitol police, and conferring with the d.c. metropolitan police at their headquarters at 4:10 p.m., the secretary of the army received the acting secretary of defense's approval at 4:32 and ordered the d.c. national guard forces to depart the armory for the capitol complex. dod continued to deploy national guard forces through the evening to support the u.s. capitol. by 9:00, on january 7, 1100 nation

is in complete control of the administration and i think we are going to see this. >> the department of defense, a good relationship, let's talk about that with the armed services committee and how is that going? >> a great relationship, he came with this out of the military and the number one question was referenced to the national defense strategies with the predecessors that had supported them and he said it was going to be a recommendation. >> it is something like that. >> things that i have to keep in mind is that his position, he works for the president. and if he says it's not going to happen, follow his orders. >> my guess is that he will be under tremendous pressure, kind of a middle and lower funding. >> you have mentioned a few times in this conversation the national defense strategy, which we will get to in a minute and then that requires the level of investment. talking about his commitment to the national defense strategy. >> i think that he is genuinely committed to it. but there are those who want to revisit the national defense strategies and that's not going to go over really

approximately 2:30 p.m., the secretary of the army met with the acting secretary of defense and other senior leaders of the defense departmentthe acting secretary of defense determined that all available forces of the d.c. national guard were required to reenforce the d.c. metropolitan police and the u.s. capitol police. and ordered the full mobilization of the d.c. national guard at 3:04 p.m. during this period major general walker recalled and made ready the d.c. national guard forces at the national guard armory for deployment to the capitol complex. after reviewing the d.c. national guard's missions, equipping and responsibilities to be performed at the capitol complex in support of the metropolitan police and capitol police, and conferring with the d.c. metropolitan police at their headquarters at 4:10 p.m., the secretary of the army received the acting secretary of defense's approval at 4:32 and ordered the d.c. national guard forces to depart the armory for the capitol complex. dod continued to deploy national guard forces through the evening to support the u.s. capitol. by 9:00 on 7 january, 1,100 national guard pers

at 2:30 p.m., the secretary of the army met with the acting secretary of defense and other senior leaders of the defense department. after this meeting, the acting secretary of defense determined that the forces were not needed to -- were needed to reinforce the u.s. capitol police. during this time, general walker, the acting general recalled and made ready the d.c. national guard forces at the national guard armory for deployment to the capital complex. -- capitol complex. after reviewing the response abilities to be performed at the capital complex in support of the metropolitan police and capitol police and conferring with the d.c. metropolitan police at their headquarters at 4:10 p.m., the secretary of the army received the acting secretary of defense's approval at 4:32 and ordered the d.c. national guard forces to the tart -- to depart the armory for the capitol complex. by 9:00, on january 7, 1100 national guard personnel arrived at the capitol. soon after, 1800 arrived. by january 10, 6000 national guard personnel were there providing security. dod continues to provide support to the safety and security of

seven across facilities to maximize production output at the direction of the president the department of defense providing daily logistical support in the administration a team of global experts and equipment manufacturers to support faster ramp-up across all facilities. i want to be clear both of these companies johnson & johnson and merck deserve credit for this approach, they have stepped up as good corporate citizens with the spirit of cooperation the president has called for during this crisis, thanks to everyone's selective actions we are now on track not only to catch up but to have enough vaccine supply for every american adult by the end of may. over the course of the year these actions will double johnson & johnson u.s. capacity to produce drug substance and increase the u.s. capacity for filling finish. finally, i want to credit the execution for the many women in government and the private sector who came together to work as a team to move this vaccine so rapidly from authorization into arms with incredible efficiency this vaccine was approved on saturday the cdc reviewed on sunday t

at the direction of the president, the department of defense is providing daily logistical support and they employed equipment manufacturers to support faster ramp-up. i want to be clear, both of these companies, johnson and johnson and merck deserve credit. they have stepped up as good corporate citizens with the spirit and cooperation that the president has called for during this crisis. thanks to everyone eel collective actions, we are now on track not only to catch up but to have enough vaccine supplies for every american adult by the end of may. over the course of the year, these actions will double johnson and johnson's capacity and increase the u.s. capacity for fill and finish. i want to credit the execution of the men and women in government and the private sector who came together to work as a team to move this vaccine from authorization into arms. this vaccine was approved on saturday. the c.d.c. reviewed it on sunday. the same day they were packed and shipped. monday, the vaccines arrived at fed ex hubs and yesterday, the first vaccines were administered in states across th

among our recommendations are the department of defense joining with additional funding from congress to inceo investment of recruiting resources in under represented markets, expanding youth citizenship programs and encouraging broader use of tools such as the armed services career exploration program. we were pleased to see the fy 21 ndaa adopted our recommendation to include an introduction to military national and public service opportunities in existing programs. these and other recommendations would increase awareness of the realities of military life and engagement between the military and broader american public, enhancing the military's ability to attract and retain qualified personnel. moving to public service, we recognize the necessity for public servants. with more than a third eligible to retire in the next five years, agencies must attract the next generation of public service yet hiring processes are d dysfunctional. flexibility and benefits is not competitive with the private sector and piecemeal special hiring authorities have proliferated without fixes to the system

appointments, commission on the naming of items of the department of defense that commemorate the confederate states of america or any person who served voluntarily with the confederate states of america. signed, sincerely, gloria j. lett, deputy clerk. the speaker pro tempore: the chair announces the speaker's appointment pursuant to 15 u.s.c. 1024-a and the order of house -- order of the house of january 4, 2021, of the following members on the part of the house to the joint economic committee. the clerk: mr. trone of maryland. mrs. bay i have to ho. mr. pocan of wisconsin. mr. peters of california. mrs. davis of kansas. mr. lahood of illinois. ms. herrera beutler of washington. and mr. estes of kansas. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, notwithstanding the requirement of clause 11-a-1 of rule 10, the permanent select committee on intelligence shall be composed of not more than 23 members, delegates or the resident commissioner and the chair announces the speaker's appointment pursuant to clause 11 of rule 10, clause 11 of rule 1, and the order of the house of january 4, 2021, and

making them come to fruition will require detailed work on the department of defense is part, such as an implementation plan of a new spectrum superiority strategy. if a plan is going through the staffing process and will eventually come out and be acted upon, it needs to be managed by an organization that's able to really make direction and decisions regarding resourcing and operational concept development, as opposed to being turned into another pentagon staffing exercise that doesn't result in real change. i just want to highlight a couple of technology areas we will need to focus on. adaptability will be very important and we can talk about that, and also technologies that allow us to be able to maneuver the spectrum in realtime and use ai and cognitive systems to manage that maneuver, involving electromagnetic management and the use of new support systems for operators. we will have to make a shift in how we manage our operations in the spectrum and move away from traditional methods of controlling the spectrum for new approaches. if we don't do that, we will have our capabilitie

of the u.s. dollar to depart u.s. department of defense is the largest energy consumer in the world all of that is intertwined with the existing financial system so because energy consumption relative to that is quite efficient if we look at the corn is this new financial system now at the core root of this argument ultimately is that people don't like it because energy consumption because they don't think it's doing something valuable i think that is easily debunked but corn is doing something very valuable for folks across the world you can store value in it transmitted to anyone else and that is a great utility so because energy consumption is doing something good and now that somebody is kind of close to my heart because this crypto prices have gone up there's been an and credible shortage of actually computer hardware related to mining mostly consumer grade graphics cards often used for gaming and high consumption power supply which is really upset consumers looking to get their hands on say a new nvidia 3000 series g.p.u. or the high

emergency management agency, fema, and the commissioned health corps at the department of health and human services, and the defense department, including the national guard. we've sent millions of vaccines to over 7,000 pharmacies, to make it easier for folks to get their covid-19 vaccine shot like they would their flu shot. the federal government is also working with states to set up hundreds of mass vaccination centers in places like stadiums, community centers, parking lots that vaccinate thousands of people per day. my wife, jill, and i just visited one in houston last week. it's incredible. with this increased production of three safe and effective vaccines, we have an opportunity to help address the urgent national need more quickly and getting our schools back open safely. right now an entire generation of young people is on the brink of being set back a year or more in their learning. you can ask millions of parents, they understand. we're already seeing rising mental health concerns due in part to isolation. educational disparities that have always existed grow wider each day that our schools remain close

also asked the department of defense to have daily logistical support to strengthen johnson & johnson's efforts and we want to thank johnson & johnson and merck for stepping up to be good corporate citizens. we are now on track to have enough vaccine supply for every adult in america by the end of may. let me say that again. when we came into office with a prior administration had contracted for not nearly enough to cover enough in america. we rectify that in three weeks ago we can say we would have enough supply by the end of july i'm pleased to announce today as a consequence of a stepped up process the country will have enough vaccine supply for every adult in america by the end of may that is important progress but that's not enough to have a vaccine supply we need vaccinate or's people to put the shots in the arms. today we brought back retired doctors and nurses who deployed more than 1500 medical personnel you normally see during national disasters from fema and the commission health court at dhs and defense department including the national guard with thousands more to come barr

at the direction of the president, the department of defense is providing daily logistical support. the administration deployed a team of global experts and equipment manufacturers to support faster ramp-up across all facilities. i want to be clear. both of these companies, johnson & johnson and merck, deserve credit for this approach. they have stepped up as good corporate citizens with the spirit of cooperation that the president has called for during this crisis. thanks to everyone's collective actions, we are now on track not only to catch up but to have enough vaccine supply for every american adult by the end of may. over the course of the year, these actions will double johnson & johnson's u.s. capacity to produce drug substance and increase the u.s. capacity for fill and finish. finally, i want to credit the execution of the men and women in government and the private sector who came together to work as a team to move this vaccine so rapidly from authorization into arms with incredible efficiency. this vaccine was approved on saturday. the cdc reviewed it on sunday. the same

the department of defense as i know you're aware of surrounding communities including 14 of those installations in my home state of michigan could be affected by highly toxic chemicals known as p5 that is why i'm concerned about the lack the progress that has been made by the dod to address this public health, and environmental crisis, and i understand that gao is reviewing the military's response to contamination so my question to you sir is can you give us some more information on that review and what can we expect? >> we are looking at how dod is approaching this issue both identifying the existence of chemical lings theseof are mosty fire fighting foams that installations to put out fires. but they can get into the ground water, contaminate things so it is very serious so we're looking at the prevalence of how dod is going about o identifying these dangerous chemical and remediating action that has been placed we'rebe looking at the ct estimative cost of attending to this issue. and we're also going to be looking at dod efforts to identify products to provide these important services that d

nuclear deterrence is the number one mission of the department of defense. we have had the past four secretaries of defense say that, and secretary austen has agreed with that. that means union -- means when you are putting together a budget, it is the first thing that goes in. i think many times we see this discussed in the opposite way and to me that is backward. funding for everything else is assumed necessary and at the end of the day, the only choices we have is either to raise the defense topline spending or cut nuclear weapons. sometimes you hear about how we have to cut nuclear weapons in order to fund increases in other capabilities. what both of these humans are essentially saying is we need to cut our top irony to fund everything. to fund other things out there. that is exactly the opposite of what it means to prioritize. if you prioritize something, that is the first thing you fund. nuclear modernization is not cheap, but it is necessary. another secretary mattis saying is america can afford survival. patty-jane: you also hear some argue the capab

despite this plate ant fraud, department of defense inspectors kept certifying the planes and the governmentept making payments, but here's the catch. the inspectors later admitted that many of the documents and manuals they reviewed were in italian, and none of them spoke italian. the final count, out of 20 aircraft, four never even made it to afghanistan. it's unclear why the department of defense continued making payments despite these flagrant violations, but by 2013, it became clear that continuing these programs was unfeasible and the government tried to sell the remaining 16 planes. well, you can imagine nobody wanted these planes. so the obama-biden administration sold them all for scrap metal. you can see the scrap metal right here. so to recap. the government bought 20 airplanes for $549 million, and in less than five years sold them for $40,257 worth of scrap metal. the photos next to me show what we bought compared to what it was actually worth. a literal pile of garbage. it's clear that the actual condition of planes and lack of parts were very material components of this contra

we felt that the standards are best designed and vetted through the department of defense. what we concentrated on was how can we get more individuals interested in serving in the military. if more are interested, regardless of the standard more will meet the standard and participate. >> i recognize that. i think one of the comments you made, today there are some militaries especially much different when i was serving, to be a drone operator doesn't require some of the same physical capacities that it took. and i think that you are right to point out it should be considered and we will look to them for their advice. the question that's been raised by the commission and again in the testimony how do we increase the young people to serve in the military. we have a shrinking cohort so we have to do much better. so, your ideas as a commissioner. >> we look at how we can better engage with the communities across the country and what we believe is that integrating all three lines of service would open up opportunities to engage with young americans today. there are many communitie

we felt that the standards are bus designed and vetted through the department of defense. what we concentrated on was how could we get more individuals interested in serving in the military, would be belief that if more are interested and regardless of what the standard or meeting the standard or more participate. >> i recognize that. i think one of the comments he made, and it tracks my thinking today, there are some yuck parts of the military that are much different than when i was serving. to be a drone operator doesn't require some of the same physical capacities that it took to be an infantry officer or a naval officer, etc. i think you are rightful to point out it should be considered. the question that has been raised by the commission is how do we increase the propensity of young people to serve in the military? dairy shrinking cohort and we have to do much better. >> we are looking at how we can better engage with communities across the country and we think integrating all three lines of service would open up opportunities to engage with young americans today. ther

obviously microsoft is key importance in the country and department of defense. it's a great partnership and look forward to continuing to work with you but i want to thank meridians for hosting this event. there are a lot of challenges in the world is we all know. never been more important for people across the world to confront those challenges and what our priorities for this year's defense bill on the armed services committee? i would be the place to start. how can we play a role in bringing countries together so we can work together to confront those challenges we are facing. an overarching desire in the biden of the stretch and in the congress to reengage with the rest of the world and build new partnershipsps and work with our alliances where it can for the challenges we face and that will be in overarching theme for national security but also the armed services committee in the house and how we can work together to do that. and when the biggest things that our community does his work in a bipartisan fashion to pass legislation that would help this country.

at the department of defense measures everything, there's got to be extensive research on this question pentagon can show regnant pilots are the best, we will be the first to demand an entire air force of them. we're pretty confident joe biden has an to see those numbers. we bet money he hasn't even thought to ask. the rest of us depend on the u.s. military to protect our families and the country itself. joe biden doesn't see it that way. finding the most effective military pilots were infantry officers or seal teams is not his priority, it's not even close to his priority. identity politics is joe biden's priority, it's all that matters. you see this attitude throughout the u.s. government as well as in the corporate world. key positions based on the basis of the school appearance. if you can get by that if your citibank, which cares more about wokeness than thinking. it is not fine if you are only job is to protect the united states from people who want to kill the rest of us. if that's the worst kind of dereliction of duty. yet, it's happening right now on and then. just the stomach

there's a very robust investment by the department of defense and all of our services to allow was todo best practices wherever they may be to get after this scourge and make it go away from our caddies, ma'am. >> and ma'am, i don't know if -- this is general clark, i don't know if i know our time is up, i don't know if you'd like me to make a short statement. >> yes, if you could please. >> yes take 30 seconds. >> yes ma'am, i'll just say that we are in the same mode of thinking has both navy and west point. and we look at a sexual assault prevention framework where we can actually address this issue with our cadets both preadmission through programs that we have been involved in, we work with parents on alcohol related issues so that parents can work with their young high school graduates before they come, we worked during their time here throughout. we have great programs that address healthy relationship training, that address personal skill and that also address bystander intervention skills for our hold cadet wing so that nobody stands by just a let these horrible events happen.

department of defense has identified more than 600 military installations and surroundingom communities including 14 in michigan that could be affected by highly toxic chemicals known as p-letter foss - - p-phos so can you give us more information and what can we respond - - expect? >> we are looking at how dod is approaching the issue to identify the teethree chemicals mostly firefighting chemicals but they can get into the groundwater and contaminate. we are looking at the prevalence how dad on - - dod identifies these dangerous chemicals and remediating the action placed. were looking at thema estimated cost of attending to this issue and also dod's efforts to identify products to provide the services that do not have teethree or other dangerous contaminants. that report should be out later this year. >> thank you for the question one we are deeply concernede about near the air force base thank you for your leadership and we look forward to working with jay on - - gal them better ways to deal with it. quickly on the high risk list the drug misusee question, this has been going on for