as far as where we are at with the deployment of personnel, the department of defense has been sending department of defense personnel out throughout the pandemic. we sent several teams out during the delta search and we started to evaluate what the path would be for the omicron variant earlier in december. that's where the announcement was made that we were going to send 1000 personnel from the department of defense. as we get requests from our state partners, these are the requests we have right now. we are filling them based on when they can receive them. >> thank you for the question. what's the point of sending 95 masks to americans if a lot of those are single daily use? somebody wears at once. then what? >> masks save lives. that's the important thing here. we want to make sure that everybody has the tools and resources that they need in order to protect themselves and their families. >> thank you so much for taking my question. is there any plan to set up [inaudible] is there any plan to do more in those hard state -- hardest hit states? >> we are working with our states to ide

as far as where we're at with the deployment of personnel, the department of defense has been sending department of defense personnel out throughout this pandemic. we've sent several teams out during the delta surge and we started to evaluate where we thought the impact would be for the omicron variant . earlier in december and that's where the initial announcement was made that we would send 1000 additional personnel from the department of defense. as we get secret requests, we are filling whentheycanreceivethem. >> what'sthepointofnowsending 3 3% 3 3%%3 3%% % 3 - 3%p % 3 3%% 3ö - % 3 3%% 3% p 33 p-% % % 3 3%-% ö - -%-%-%p -% 3% ö p3%p %-% %-- _p %-- p-%- % %-%--%-%p p-%-%-%-%-%-%-%-%-%-%-%-%-%-% % p -%-%-% % % _Ò-%-% -%% ö 3ö ö 3% 3 3 --p _p -% %%-p-%----%---%--%p-%-%-% _p -p- p-%--%-%-% %%-%-%-%-%--%-p %-Ò-%-% --%-%-%-%p -%-%-%p %-%-%-%-%p %-%--% p %%-%-%-% %-%-%-%p %- p p p p-%-%-%---%-%-%-%-%-%-%-%-%-%-Ò- %-%-%-%-%p--%-%-%p-p--%-%--% % >> you might've also seen nato's statement which says they are exchanging information with ukraine. that's where the status stands right now. i th

department of justice. i various organs of the u. s. government to include the department of defense, the central intelligence agency, as to what types of enhanced interrogation techniques would be authorized for certain types of detainees to when they began signing for pantano, they moved to having psychologists do interviews with patients, discover individual flaws, individual sources of trauma and security, and then they, they also discovered because they were germany with arabs and muslims. ah, the muslim males are uniquely upset by nudity, and also by female fiscal contact. and fear of dogs race has always played a role in american torture. it's the american torture techniques are part of old military punishments, punishments that were used on slaves and, and in you might find that strange, but there was one area where slaves were never whipped, but you use clean techniques on them. they didn't leave marks. and that was, if you're going to sell a slave, because a slave that had with marks means that they were not going to obey. and so a clean slave was so got a higher price in t

receives a separate appropriation is because veterans have requirements and needs that the department of defense does not address. when we give away our ability to manage contracts and programs to another department, you lose the ability to ensure that the requirements of veterans and the v.a. are the top priority. i look forward to hearing from all witnesses today and getting some answers on how to get this program and contracting at v.a. overall on track. notice i didn't say back on track, because i don't think it was ever on track. i'm not just dinging the last administration. this has been a persistent issue of not ever having been on track. my republican colleagues, i don't want you to take my first opening comments about the last administration as -- that that was the only administration that's had this issue. i'm hopeful in a bipartisan way we are going to get things on track. maybe for the first time. we can no longer be in a holding pattern of making the same blunder over and over again. i'm pleased that we are in agreement with members of the minority on the committee that this is an i

we've talked to the department of defense individuals, we have concerns that our military was part ofe on promoting that the election was false. so if you are using the military to potentially seize voting machines, even though it's a discussion, the public needs to know. >> reporter: so thompson there making a bit of news, a pretty stunning revelation that the panel already spoke to former attorney general bill barr, he resigned after publicly rebuking the false claims of election fraud. the executive order the committee has their hands on was never signed, but it names sidney powell, an attorney for the former president. she was named as somebody potentially to be special counsel to oversee this military operation, seizing voting machines in battleground states. we don't know who wrote the order, but chairman thompson says they don't know anything in terms of the operational plan, just the executive order and the existence of that draft. but we're sure to find more information as they go through the documents. >> joining me now, peter strzok, the lead agent on robert mueller's russi

of defense. and then to issue a statement and with that way to find than department of defense. d then for the testimony of the consistency that what in fact occurs when we engage in continuing resolutions? and not mean to slight the others but thank you for your authorship that we must change so we do not go backward and then that time is now to do that and i appreciate the witnesses and the distinguished leaders of the military coming to explain the consequences of congress is failures. madame chair you and i have worked closely to enact the defense appropriation bill 2022 that i to would agree that the members of the subcommittee and with that defense appropriation bill. with a republican colleagues. that leadership has not even and operate on —- for the proposal of their own. just to clarify the record the fact of the matter is the history of appropriations whether you call them policy writers are legacy writers that has been debated at the end of the process that there has been a willingness on the part of democrats and republicans to come together to say does talk about the

point, to have a series of public hearings showing the use of federal assets, department of justice, department of defenseto actually stop the duly elections of a president. we'll do it in due time. >> brennan: quickly, stewart rhodes was charged with seditious conspiracy about the department of justice this week. as part of that, it became public he was apparently stashing weapons, waiting for the white house to invoke the insurrection act. is any part of that connected to what you just laid out? >> well, stewart rhodes is one of the persons that we identified as someone we wanted to talk to. we'll see what happens. we're not part of the criminal indictment. that's a separate investigation. >> brennan: okay. i understand. chairman, thank you for your time this morning. >>> and next up, we'll have more on the situation in ukraine and what can be done to stop russia. done to stop russia. ♪♪ there can be some not-so-pretty stuff causing vision loss or even blindness. so remember this: now is the time to get your eyes checked. eye care is important to your long-term diabetes management. see a path forward wi

full-yearal continuing resolution would lock the start of new projects and reduce the buying power of the defense department lock the pentagon into last year spending for war in afghanistan we are no longer fighting. finally i'm deeply concerned about the impacts of the full-year cr when millions of jobs in the defense industry across united states and i ask unanimous consent to put into the record a letter j from 11 defense trade association with puts the harmful consequences consequences of the full-year cr and started some quote the defense industry are subject to endless stop and start contracts creating inefficiency and disruption the ripples through the supply chain with disproportionate effect on smaller companies end quote. the consequences of the full-year cr are simply unthinkable. to protect our national security the same american strength seemed to be and russia and further american leadership around the world. we ended government funding agreement and we need it now and at this time for our republican colleagues to join us to negotiate a bipartisan bicameral funding agreement. thank you madam c

six longest crs history of the defense department --. this should be unacceptable and not the new normal. it is hard to see this full impact was a -- and the inefficiency from looking from outside because the organization has of course adapted to its circumstances just as organisms do. nobody plans to enter into contracts in the first quarter of a fiscal year now because the odds we would actually be able to do so are so low. therefore no significant contract delays to report to you when we're under a cr. in addition to direct consequences of a cr, including the inefficiency and disruption to our people, and operations and reduction in the resources i have described, we should not forget that inflation is also eating into our funding while our funding remains on hold as mr. calvert noted. for example, i've had to approve two increases in fuel price this is year already. first on october 1st and second on january 1st forward to keep our working capital fund solvent. this has created a buildup billion and a half dollars to services for fy 2

>> well, ecohealth alliance approached darpa, which is a division of the department of defense, for thisand it was rejected on, over safety concerns which was in direct opposition to anthony fauci's testimony. so so we had a source come to us with these documents written by a a marine corps major. joe murphy, is his name. we reached out to that marine corps major for comment, and all of this was mentioned in the hearing. fauci mentioned project veritas by name, but darpa rejected the proposal because it was too risky. they cited safety concerns. so the question remains why did fauci proceed with that gain of function research under niaid when the department of defense thought it was too risky? paw chi seemed to corroborate the authenticity of the documents in the hearing, but he sort of changed the subject and defrequented. obviously -- deflected. so there are a lot of questions here, and fauci's in the hot seat after this story came out on monday. maria: so how can he sit there urn oath and say that the documents -- under oath and say that the documents were distorted? connect the dots

>> congressman, i'll speak for the department of defense. within our organizations we're focusing more on behaviors and group representation if you will. if someone is a member of a group, that may not necessarily indicate that they are actually doing things that are detrimental to what we consider to be the mission or our readiness or their ability to serve. we are trying to focus on those behaviors that we are concerned about and less on what somebody's past affiliation or association with a group might be. mr. carson: thank you, i yield back. mr. schiff: mr. wenstrup. mr. wenstrup: i want to associate myself with the concerns about michael ellis from there, the intelligence community's need for diversity of talents and characteristics are very clear. as well this work requires a common thread of selfless, apolitical, patriotic service with honesty, honor and integrity along with a willingness to uphold and defend our constitution. i think that's pretty clear. but nothing has been as diverse and incluesive as covid-19. killing and affecting

level, just among the civilians in guantanamo itself, they were getting pressure from the department of defense and they have these meetings. and in the meetings they screened the 2nd season of $24.00 and use that as a jumping off place to decide what tortures what methods they were going to propose to donald rumsfeld that they would use against the people they were holding in. guantanamo, i think, was very influential on the people that i worked with. i i know that some of the techniques that people wanted to use they had, should they had seen on television programs. for instance, i mentioned to you our leaders wanted us to mock and mock executions and also using electricity. and these were things that they had seen on television this . i mean, no, no one trained us on that. that wasn't, that was simply from colored here in the united states. we have this picture of torture as something that is done by the lonely person, the lonely sarah, the man who does it more in sorrow than in anger because he is absolutely forced to because so many lives depend on it, is willing to take the moral stain an

with the department of defense since the nineties. and then planning those d commissions in two years. and then to make matters worse. and those that mean 40 percent of the high-priority business requirements. and with those successful operations. and then to have the challenges that the system is providing staff. the gao witness can attest to today it has historically struggled to successfully manage the programs. in 2015 management of acquisitions were added to the gao high risk series. and then the supply chain is a perfect example of contracting gone wrong. and those that stated the defense logistics agency contracts is because the v.a. is that it contracting. and then every it modernization effort and with that chief acquisition officer to fix it. and with those symptoms and then to allow that silent decision-making for far too long. it's for those legislative solution to address the partnership with mr. parrish i want to think the witnesses for being here today and thank you for their testimony and with that ill yield back my tim

remember what was going on at the department of defense in the last moments of the trump administration. you know, he had fired the secretary of defense. he put in an aide to congressman nunes as the chief of staff in the department of defense. the idea that this never could have happened gosh, i mean, you know, fortunately, michael, you know, you're right, it didn't happen but i have a little less confidence that this was somehow outside the realm of possibility and one of the things we'd learned about president trump and his people is whenever he said things outrageous, he said, you know, it's right, let's follow along. you're confident it never happened. >> respond. >> would general milley and the joint chiefs have gone along with seizing election ballots in the united states? so far beyond what they're supposed to do, the idea they would get involved in absolving elections pretty crazy, yes, they were thinking about it at the white house, yes, people were pushing it but, you know, thankfully, we'll never have to resolve those questions. >> i just need you to find me these 11,000 --

of adversity across defense intelligence enterprise. i want to convey the importance of work force diversity to the department of defense. it's a mission imperative. it's through our people we achieve our greatest accomplishments, over come our greatest challenges and ensure we maintain a competitive advantage. our personnel must be able to serve anywhere in the world, understand the culture, speak the language and blend in into the environment. we must understand our partners and allies concerns. we need all hands and all perspectives on deck to protect our national security interest. analysis of the last census predicts by 2030, one if five americans will beyond retirement age and our population growth will be tied to international migration. people who identify as two or more races will be the fastest growing ethnic group. a diverse work force provides us with an advantage that other nations do not have. we must find the means to appeal to them and set conditions where they want to remain within our government. the data scientists, artificial intelligence and machinelearn ing analysts, engineers, linguists and other s

of defense, development and diplomacy. this means looking at how all of the systems interact where armed extremists were. we need the department of defense because we cannot ignore the security aspect. we speak with the leaders as part of our constant and collaborative dialogue but militaries and security services alone cannot succeed. in the 2017 report on extremism in sub-saharan africa the un found a majority of subjects who joined violent extremist groups, cited negative interactions particularly with military and security forces. this warns us of the dangers of security action alone. i fully believe that assistance has a role to play preventing expansion of the violent extremism in africa. usaid's programs and express these challenge the legitimizing violence and we know the programs trust between the communities, state authorities and security forces. programs can improve governance, create economic opportunity and allow for the freedom of religious expression. the programs will require the right funds with the right flexibility and also requires the abilities around how and with whom you can work. but still it will come

you were backed up by the inspector general, department of defense in terms of you taking the right actions. my question to you, what is in that timeline that people need to know? >> no, fantastic question. it is backed up by writing. mayor bowser written refusal, the communication between the leader in the capitol police and chain of command to the dod refusing our request to allow national guardsmen and women to stage january 4, january 5, before january 6. repeated refusal and they followed and i will leave you with this, sean, the dod is not only no fail mission on gods green earth. we were proven right that we acted lawfully on january 6th under the law and under president trump's authority. and the timeline as well. >> sean: it sounds like they were not interested. is it fair to conclude that donald trump's request for national guard troops two days before the sixth, had the mayor of d.c. approved and nancy pelosi approved it, is it a safe assumption that what happened on january 6th wouldn't have happened? >> well, i believe it to the viewers, 10,000 to 20,000 military officers train

paul stockman, former assistant secretary of defense for homeland definance and america's security affairs in the department of defense. and a senior fellow of john -- of the john hopkins university's applied dissics did shall did-physics lab toamplet we are privileged to be joined by my colleague, a.e.i. senior fellow, elizabeth. dr. stockton's service as an assistant second for president obama put him on his current path of support to industry and government to meet emerging challenges and infrastructure resilience, cybersecurity, and strategy planning. >> now that he's left office he provides strategy advice to major electric utilities, trade associations, and the electrical subsector coordinating council to help them strengthen preparedness against cyber threats. he chairs the grid resilience subcommittee of the department of energy's electricity advisory council, and serves on the national association of regulatory utility commissioners task force on emergency preparedness. miss elisabeth braw's work focuses on defense against emerging national security challenges, specifically focusing on hybrid and g

and at sites across the country in the united states the spite the department of defense rejecting theresearch. james o'keefe is the founder of project he's committed to exposing corruption at the highest levels of government and media his latest book hits bookstores on generate 25th and we are happy to have him ahead of that release, james good morning to you thanks very much for being here. >> good morning maria. maria: tells about the documents that were just referenced in the hearing. what do they tell us? >> well, eagle health alliance approached the departmenthe of defense for this funding on the gain of function. and it was rejected over safety concerns which flies in direct opposition to anthony fauci she's a testimony. so we had a source come to us with these documents written by a marine corps major joe murphy is his name. he reached out to that marine corps major for comment and all of this was mentioned inon the hearing, fact sheet mention the project by name but was rejected the proposal because it was too risky for they cited safety concerns. the question remains why it d

defense contract. so under the freedom of information act, i made 3 requests, one to the environmental protection agency, one to the department of defense, and one to the nuclear regulatory commission to see where the uranium was going in there was being tracked. and so i was told by the nuclear regulatory commission that there are no violent, i was told by the p a they would get back to me. and i was actually called by the department of defense, a meeting with eric crowns. i'm calling regarding a point in a website. i have a few additional questions you can give me a call back. my number 703699. so 76, i appreciate it. thank you. i call them back and they wanted to know why i was interested in mosaic and what i wanted to know about mosaic. they told me to stop that line of questioning and that they were going to delete my request from the database. and i needed to get information on them and nobody would talk. so i decided to go ask my son to stop by the office. i says we closed at the moment. i very may not be here yet. so we're gonna head up like i was just gotten some of the pictures around the area. i thought i'd stop by

paul -- former assistant secretary of defense force homeland events and american security affairs and the department of defense. and a senior fellow of -- of the john hopkins universities applied physics laboratory. we are also privileged to be joined by my colleague, senior fellow, elizabeth -- doctor stockton service as an assistant secretary for president obama put him on his current path of support -- industry and government to meet infrastructure resilience -- cybersecurity, and strategic planning. as an assistant secretary, he was responsible for assuring the defense department could confirm its critical missions. even if adversaries launch cyberattacks -- on which military bases and operations depend. to build resilience against such threats, he developed unprecedented partnerships with electric utilities, regulators, and the department of energy. paul also led the department's response to super storm sandy and other national catastrophes that sparked our cascading failures across infrastructure sectors. now that he has left office, he provide strategic advice to major electric utilities, tra