the fy2021 department of defense annual report on sexual assault in the military delivered catastrophic news, over 8% of active-duty women and about.5% of aive-duty men indicated experiencing some form of unwanted sexua contact. foromen this is the highest prevalence rate reported sin the annual studyas instituted. and the news does'tet better. in 2021, survey resultslso found that 29 pcent of servicewomen expienced sexual harassment. 29%. a 5% increase, and men and women ike experienced greater workplace hostility compared with findings from 2018. there have bn plenty of studies that have indicated that sexual harassment begets sexual assault. servicemembers sexual assault reports increased by 13% in 2021 compared to 2020, yet the overall rate of those who experienced sexual assault and came forward to report has decreased. so it's really the perfect storm, the worst of the worst because you have numbers going up and jeff reporting going down. finally, and alarmingly, the data also shows that trust in the military to protect privacy of ctims, ensure safety, and treat victims with digni

foreign militaries around the world, capabilities, doctrine, training, to bring that to the department of defenses era of strategic competition, what we've tried to do in accordance to your national real -- to realign dia to be able to better support that. last year we stood up and office called deputy director for global integration, think of that office as the operations function for the agency where that individual leading the charge can direct activities, realign resources and move to the sound particularly as relates to china and russia. >> speaking of china and russia the world is very unsettled given the russian invasion of ukraine, the recent saber rattling over taiwan. can you share your views on recent lessons learned that are starting to shape your strategy? >> it has been going on for a while now. the success the intelligence community had about the prediction of the russian invasion was really interesting, and all hands effort from every agency in the united states, what we brought to the table was foundational military intelligence perspective of the russian army at the time, sharin

that's really saying first, knowing first in providing information to the department of defense to actirst. so important and strategic competition. the other one is a culture of innovation. that's what we can get help from all of you on the programs i discuss and warming you to go on how we can innovate with technology. the third may be the most important and that is allies and partnerships. over the course of this latest conflict with russia and ukraine our allies and partners have been key and we need to foster that you need to nurture those relationships to the best of our ability so when we need help that help is there and we can call. and the last one is the adaptive workforce, and that is really about recruiting the right talent at the right time. and then giving them the tools that they need to be successful within the dia construct and model. if you think about what are the specific tools, training and expertise of cyber intelligence analysts needs we are working through that right now and we want to be able to deliver that and grow these folks inside the organization sought so

world , their capabilities, their doctrine and their training and be able to bring that to the department of defense. i think in this era of strategic competition what we tried to do in accordance with the national defense strategy is to realign dia to support that. last year we stood up an office called the deputy director for foreign integration. think about office as the g3 or operations function for the agency where that individual that's leading that charge can direct activities, realign resources and move to the sound that we need to move to as it relates to china and russia. >> speaking of china and russia the world is very unsettled right now given the russian invasion of ukraine and the prc's recent saber rattling over taiwan. could you share your views on recent lessons learned that's starting to shake your strategy? >> it's been going on for a while now and the success the intelligence community had about the prediction of the russian invasion was really interesting and it was an all hands effort from really every agency in the nic. from the d.i.a. perspective what we brought to the table

i requested this picture from the american department of defense. well, this is a relatively modern name for ukrainians. i want to say that these are modern complexes and complexes in essence replacement of those strista systems that were used before well, just one fact, he will tell you everything here in washington, where we are now , exactly those nasons complexes are used to protect the white house and to protect the pentagon itself, and now we are on from the american congress, yes. this is exactly how the building of the american congress is guarded, they are placed here along the perimeter. these are the complexes, the nesons complexes, as for the counteroffensive, there were those questions and they said that the pentagon monitors the situation, monitors it online, is constantly in contact with kyiv and notes significant progress in the kharkiv area and certain advance in the kherson region, but they say that this advance is met with serious resistance by the russian troops at the same time, and this is important, the pentagon fundamentally

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kiev bulgaria head of the country's defense department said, yet. minister of arms ukraine will not be provided washington continues to actively supply kiev, the us senate has adopted a bill that includes more than $12 billion in additional pseudo-ukraine pentagon information. the new york times is preparing to deploy a command center in germany to control and manage support for kiev by the united states and its allies in the eu and nato in belarus, in accordance with the plan for training the air force of the air defense forces, a sudden check of the combat and mobilization readiness of the military unit has begun 0.6 752 it is planned that the monitoring will take place within a month, although the checks are being called up for military service so that they can restore their skills. at the same time, the armed forces stressed that the call has nothing in common with mobilization. recently, in the media space, including on the global internet, the topic of mobilization in the republic of belarus has been actively dispersed. planned activities are

software and we want to bring software and other tools we see in our day-to-day lives into the department of defense and air force in particular to make it easier. they have the skill set to do this, we just have to make it easier for them to bring in that capo -- type of capability and technology. whether it is for companies or small companies to bring that capability. >> do you agree you need a more -- more posture in the western pacific to fuel ammunition? [indiscernible] expanded, tested, pulled out everything, put it back in. cycled through it, then they were able to fall in. are you seeing similar needs in that region? >> that is the whole aspect. in past environments, we would disperse on an airfield. what we look at is how we disperse across airfields. the more you can operate from, the more options we have. it is places you have to pay attention to. not only do it ahead of a conflict, but how do we do it on a day-to-day basis so we do it like you described, to be able to have equipment capability we are able to use for exercise so allies and partners see it and we are not shipping equipment

the department of defense annual report on sexual assault in the military for fiscal year 2021 it is to be the prevalence of sexual assault behavior increase as of the total number restricted and unrestricted reports at the same time we know we have more work to do decreased by 10% compared to fiscal year 2018 data. significant measurable progress between sexual harassment sexual assault encumbrance of support and response services for sexual harassment sexual assault victims. as members of the subcommittee are aware, the irc on sexual assault made recommendations related to accountability, prevention, climate and culture and victim care and support. the issue the department of the air force continued implementing the recommendation including this tablet . . . this dedicated prevention force will lead, develop, plan and evaluate and coordinate integrated primary prevention across the department of the air force. when combined with new positions authorized and funded for 2022, we anticipate on board 227 full time dedicated prevention professionals by the end of 2023. the department of

withhat i welcome the firs panel the sretary of defse forersonnel and readinesst the department o defense. the distinguished members of the suommittee thank you for the opportunity to discuss the status of the dod implementation recommendations approvedy secretarylstonrom the 2021 indendent review cmission on sexualssault in the militar also known as the irc. madam cha, as i know youre departing congress at the end of this term, i want to begin by takinghe opportunity tohank you for your public service and dedicationo our armed rvices. your legislative accomplishments, passion and nstantyoic dedication to work wh the department hasta made us tter and improved the lives of countless servicememrs, so thk you. mostmp importantly, you've sto upor those who've often bee in the need of allies into support. your exceptional advocacy will forever appreciated by servicemembers now and in many years into t future. indeed at the histori and unprecedented nature ofhe reforms we are discussing today that lay the fndation for progress that will outlast each of uss an no sma part because ofoureadership.

we're talking close to a 5% real cut to the department of defense. madam president, in is outrageous. last year the president put forward almost a 4% cut to defense spending. in the interim period, we had one of the most dangerous wars that happened, serge in europe -- certainly in europe, maybe in the world in a generation, the chairman of defense comes before the senate armed services committee and says it is an incredibly dangerous time, a period of almost 50 years we haven't seen so many threats to the international order. and the president does what? he once again fryer advertises our defense -- prioritizes our defense almost dead last. almost dead last. adjusted for inflation a 5% cut. now with this posture hearing for the secretary of defense and chairman milley, i asked the question, gentlemen, with all due respect, you just said it is the most dangerous period in almost of last 50 years. how can you come before this committee and put forward a budget that's almost a 5% cut to the department of defense and our troops? madam president, they did

meeting of the contact group on the defense of ukraine of the rammstein format promised ukraine new weapons and help in the training of the military, this time the heads of the defense departmentsries have already gathered there where did it happen for the first time and where did the name of the format come from at the rammstein air base in germany according to the results of the meeting , it became known that great britain will hand over 120 vehicles to ukraine for the transportation, primarily, of the rssu and bmp-stormer systems provided by britain and earlier about this the minister of defense of the country, ben voice, announced at the same time that the us minister of defense, lloyd austin, said that ukraine would receive $675 million in military aid from the united states. the pentagon sent its the most accurate artillery projectiles are guided by excalibur with gps guidance; in addition, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff of the united states , general mark milley, said at the meeting that ukraine hit more than 400 russian targets with the help of himax rocket systems; it is possible to integrate and how it is possible to integrate the efforts of various element

that includes members from fema's urban search and rescue team, coast guard, department of defense, department of interior, as well as the state of florida. they will coordinate search and s -- search and rescue efforts by land, air, sea. we have pre-staged 120 800 gallons of fuel, moving a variety of generators of all types to help restore power in critical in the structure after the storm passes. the army corps of engineers has staged 300 personnel. we have 3.7 million meals and 3.5 million readers of water staged in alabama. there are multiple volunteer organizations that are prepared to support operations as soon as it is safe to do so. the red cross has established 29 shelters right now for evacuees. they are also prepared to open an additional 60 shelters if needed. we have 200 ambulances from our ima can't -- fima contracts working side-by-side local officials we have for federal medical teams on standby. while we are postured and ready to support florida, i want to make clear that fema's ongoing support to puerto rico as well as alaska's recovery is still ongoing. we remain focused on

. >> highest risk jobs in department of defense, combat control, members of security forces, rescuemen on to do jobs risk their lives over a miscalculation of $3 million on the part of the air force on the heels of pack act 400 billion in spending that didn't go to veteran issues. it would have been better spent giving to members, it is unfortunate and they will continue to see issues with people enlisting in the service especially when it seems like government politicians are using veterans and not taking care of us to include active duty service members, as well. >> ashley: lawmakers would have to -- signed by the president, what is likelihood of that happening? >> i think they should do it as soon as possible, as you know, things in dc are moving slow and so unfortunately, i think people for the next year might not see pay come back. >> ashley: your husband's form upper unit directly impacted by this cut, what does he say about this? >> he's furious, i've had a lot of people who are active duty reaching out on social media and these people are upset and feel abandoned by this admini

handouts to europe, sheer fraudulent cutting of money and unjustified loss of funds in the us department of defense. recognized corruption in providing assistance to ukraine and what will follow from this? draft budget for next year, the social focus will remain, special attention will be paid to all payments and benefits, as well as the growth of wages , the planned five-year schedule to increase the income of state employees will be adhered to. this is not the final calculation of the first big discussion, but it is known for sure that the volume of road construction , repair of the street network, infrastructure for housing will not be less than this year. bye previously. we can say that about 3 billion rubles. per pound wages will be added from them. uh, somewhere state employees, purely without civil servants and the military, more than 2 billion rubles. this will allow somewhere around 10 percent to increase the base rate. and it additionally provides funds for targeted payments according to our so far preliminary forecast . surcharge payments, uh, that exist today, they will grow somewhere t

name national cyber director strengthening along with some lower hanging fruit inside the department of defense. made of very willing agency wanting us to get changed on. we had a couple big wins coming up just next week the foreign relations committee will be looking at what is called the cyber diplomacy act which is the creation and action of the administration took the initiative on this after our recommendations to create in the department of state to deal the international aspects of cyber vetting norms, being engaged in that issue. i think of that is one of the biggest part recommendations that i am hoping, don't ever bet on it congress, but i'm hoping we have a shot at getting enacted and the administration has set the bureau. we want to establish a law seven ongoing presence. >> so with all of those recommendations and the big ones referred to here, are there some things that might escape notice that are near and dear to your heart? >> there are a number. there are number of recommendations on the continuity of the economy on the commission really impressed, one of the ones i am most in

the discussed reading in the west of the creations of the pole janusz bugai, a consultant to the state department and the us department of defensesia, and directly telling in detail about such an interesting state, the north caucasus will certainly turn out also withdrawn in moscow will be lightning. and look what the beautiful territories of sakhalin say, their uh, so, uh, the white house plans to give south korea japan khabarovsk, our khabarovsk is serious about such experts we interviewed. they say that it is impossible not to notice this. after all, literature, documents, plans and strategies, a huge number of people are connected to this, who set their goals on the very thing that seems unrealizable today and you know that they are preparing such a first step against us to ensure that these people could not approach our country even within a cannon shot. by the way, latvia, estonia, lithuania and poland, which joined them today, do not let russians in, including those who have schengen visas issued by third countries, which actually violates the territorial charter of the european union, which turns out to be unwritten for

that will be a miami and it includes -- the most search-and-rescue team, the coast guard, the department of defense, the department of the interior, and the state of florida. these teams will chlorinate search-and-rescue efforts by land, air, and sea. we pre-stage 120 8000 gallons of fuel for deployment and we have moved generation -- generators of all sizes and types to power up critical infrastructure after the storm passes. the army corps engine years has stage 300 personnel to conduct power and fuel assessments once the storm passes. and we have 3.7 million meals and liters of water better staged in alabama. we also have multiple volunteer organizations that are postured and prepared to support the operations as soon as it is safe to do so. the red cross, they have established 29 shelters right now for evacuees and they are also prepared to open an additional 60 shelters if needed. and we have 200 ambulances from our fema contract that are already in this a working side by side with local officials and we have for medical -- federal medical teams on standby. so, while we are postured and ready

. >> when president obama rescinded don't ask don't tell, department of defense created way for veterans discharged under it to correct the record and re-establish eligibility for full veterans benefits. but many don't know or can't even access this important process. >> setting up a program to help educate veterans about the changes. >>> climate in crisis. california coast a little bit cleaner tonight. thanks to international coastal cleanup day. about 100 volunteers gathered at ocean beach in san francisco. one we spoke to says it's way to socialize and protect oceans at the same time. >> just thought it was something interesting to do, and get yourself out in beautiful day, meet people, help the environment. >> studies show the three most common pieces of trash picked up on coastal cleanup day are cigarettes, food wrappers and bottle caps. 38th annual event. we're back in 90 seconds. >>> still ahead, caught in the act. story behind this video as thieves get away with another french bulldog. >> monster storm bringing intense rain and wind to alaska tonight before it sends it our way. >

and why does the us department of defense itself award medals to the nazis from the ukrainian team that came to the games, but there are no answers? moreover, it turned out to be worth paying attention to, also , to the scene of the state of orlanda. disneyland is the largest entertainment center in the world. and how from the account there turned out to be ultra-right. georgy podgorny dealt with more than 30 ukrainian military right in the midst of a special operation right in the midst of a special operation, it suddenly turns out in the usa that it takes part in warrior games. initially , the idea was that this was a sports competition for combat veterans who were injured in various conflicts. troops. true, among the foreign military, only ukraine and canada presented how they call her thyme crane here, they even got on the footage in the reporting video of the event on them, just visiting an amusement park. it is important to add here that these games are sponsored by the pentagon, in other words, american taxpayers pay for the vacation of neo-nazis. for the first time, probably on

janush-bugaisky, and a number of sources assign him the spectacular status of a consultant to the state department and the us department of defenset, a frequent guest of cheap tv shows is invited. when you need to justify frenzied russophobia , you understand a little, moscow’s weakness provides the west with huge opportunities. this can be used to our advantage. i don't mean intervention in russia we want to manage the process that the russians themselves initiate in our favor or in order to help the new state and new regions that will arise in the place of russia, a person with polish roots shares what will never be divided, which is interesting in his book, which describes the writer began to advertise the collapse of russian statehood so much desired by the author in july, and bugaisky assures that it is the conflict in ukraine that is the starting point of the collapse, that is, at that time only 4 months had passed from the beginning of the special operation to create such a fundamental work. already a very short time, apparently in a hurry while the topic is snapped up. true, for many years the bugaisky constantly rewrote

this is where the research laboratory of the department of defense is located. rns out that this ship should pass by the neptune captured by terrorists . quite right. i think not, or the main goal, especially since after the capture of neptune, everything navigation downstream was stopped, it turns out that the ship was stopped at a control point and it is much easier to attack them by land, and the special services and the police are not fully engaged in what makes life easier for terrorists. well, how do we calculate from here, if we don't have any information, okay, i'll try to contact. comrade outlines admiral let me ask you one idea. bravo 2 kyrgyz guards armed with machine guns get ready. contour admiral take a look at today's picture. and this is yesterday. note no coastal infrastructure sure it's a tugboat docked here after capturing the neptune crew that they're doing on deck. they went ashore or not cut? bagheera that we are getting ready as soon as the ship is equal to us. we can start before the connection, connect me with major belyaev. you, of cours

does the department of defense engage the head departments sergei shoigu and chief of staff valery gerasimov, the meeting is taking place behind closed doors, this was also announced by the presidential press secretary dmitry peskov at the training ground and today the main stage of the strategic exercises in vostok 2022 in sergeyevsky strikes more than 50,000 military personnel, including representatives of foreign armies, sergey is following the maneuvers ponomarev sergeevsky training ground near ussuriysk, it was here that the main events and exercises of vostok 20-22 unfolded, the rain that did not stop for two days, which brought a typhoon from the southeast, as well as a continuous veil of fog, is hard for us journalists to work with, who are simply observed from the side, what can we say about the fighters who are now in positions there. the conditional enemy is attacked by coalition troops, these are military formations from 14 countries. in addition to russia, this is gangster china in belarus, kazakhstan , armenia and azerbaijan sent their representatives to laos and nicaragua , it

ryan goodman, former special counsel at the department of defense and co-editor of chief of just security >> up next, a mega aligned republican running for a house seat appears to have lied and now he is paying a political price. no, really. that is actually happening. stay with us. really that is actually happening stay with us good luck. td ameritrade, this is anna. hi anna, this position is all over the place, help! hey professor, subscriptions are down but that's only an estimated 15% of their valuation. do you think the market is overreacting? how'd you know that? the company profile tool, in thinkorswim®. yes, i love you!! please ignore that. td ameritrade. award-winning customer service that has your back. >>> if i'm elected, i'm going to not work with power hungry radicals. america stands independent and strong like the country that i fought for. >> that was an ad for j.r.mijuski trying to unseat marsy captor. a pillar of the campaign self promotion as a combat veteran. he served a tough combat tour in afghanistan. there is just one problem. the air force has no record of it. yest

miami to include teams from our fema urban search and rescue program, the coast guard, c.b.p., department of defense, department of the interior and the state of florida. these teams will coordinate search and rescue efforts by land, air, and sea. we have 128,000 gallons of fuel, remained ready for rapid deployment. we have moved in a variety of generators of all sizes and types to restore power to critical infrastructure and medical facilities as needed. the army corps of engineers is prestaging 350 personnel to conduct power and fuel assessments as soon as the storm passes. and just yesterday, i spoke with the president and c.e.o. of the american public power association to discuss some of their emergency preparedness actions and the mutual aid agreements they have in place. we have 3.7 million meals and 3.5 million leaders of water staged in alabama. and there are multiple volunteer agencies that are staged and prepared to perform feeding operations as soon as it is safe to do so. we have provided florida with 300 ambulances as well as expert federal medical teams. these are the same teams, the s

and at my direction, the department of defense is providing search capacity on multiple fronts in support of fema's efforts and i want to say again to everyone in ian's path, the danger is real to state the obvious. please obey all warnings and directions from emergency officials. it's risky and impedes first responders from doing their job. to the oil and gas executives, do not, do not use this storm as an excuse to raise gasoline prices or gouge the american public. the price of oil has dropped in recent weeks. the price of gas should be going down as rapidly. it's not. my experts informed me the production of only about 160,00s impacted by this storm. that's less than 2% of our country's daily production. >> the the people of puerto rico, i've not gone away and i'm committed to you and the recovery of the island and we'll stand by you for however honing it takes to get it done. the folks here atrophy ma and the federal -- at fema and the federal government will work around the clock nonstop. i want to thank the fist responders, national guard, coast guard and first responders and servi

and fox news digital did not immediately hear a response of the department of defense. ey are waiting brettl breathlessly. here is louisiana senator john kennedy. he's up for re-election. we're enthusiastically supporting that re-election. i think the good people of louisiana know that he's done a good job for them. senator, welcome back. great to have you. >> thank you, sean. you -- first, you mentioned electric vehicles. if electric vehicles are so swell, why does the government have to pay people to drive them? food for thought. number two --. >> sean: you know what. >> i? i wish i thought of that. >> it's true when you think about it. number two, you mention inflation. conf inflation made in washington since president biden was inaugurated 540 days ago. prices are up 13.2%. here's another way of looking at that. $1 is now worth in purchasing power about 88cents. so what is president biden doing about it? you might be thinking, you know, people make mistakes. what's he going to do about it? well, the president has decided to drink himself sober. first, he passed a $75

in addition, this legislation would allow department of defense -- the department of defense to adopt the successful open topic solicitation process pioneered by air force. attract new businesses into thel sbir program, accelerate the development of emerging technologies, broaden program access to young startups, and increase the potential for commercial impact. the sbir and sttr programs are important tools for small businesses to research, develop and commercialize innovative technologies and help create good paying jobs. as we all know, the c.c.p. is taking concerted steps to bridge the innovation gap with the united states and knock us down as the world leader in innovation. we must never relent our country's position as the leading innovator and creator of emerging technologies. i want to thank our ranking member luetkemeyer and lucas and chairwoman velazquez and johnson for your leadership in bringing a successful, bicameral negotiation to re-authorize sbir and sttr programs. and i urge my colleagues to support this underlying legislation and continu our country's support for ou

janush-bugai, a number of sources assign him the spectacular status of a consultant to the state department and the us department of defense, in fact, a frequent guest of cheap tv shows is invited, when you need to justify the rabid russophobia, but you say you are their present. you see, moscow's weakness presents a huge opportunity for the west. this can be used to our advantage. i don't mean intervention in russia we want to manage the process that the russians themselves initiate in our favor or to help the new state and new regions that will arise in the place of russia a person with polish roots shares what can never be divided, what is interesting is his book, which describes the much-desired the writer began to advertise the collapse of the russian statehood to the author in july, and in it bugaisky assures that the conflict in ukraine is the starting point of the collapse, that is, at that time only 4 months had passed from the beginning of the special operation to create such a fundamental work. already a very short time, apparently in a hurry while the topic is snapped up. true, for many years the bugaisky const

sent its most accurate artillery shells to ukraine, the ex-caliber with a gps dream the us department of defenseional funds for the purchase of additional m982 excalibur ammunition in order to transfer them to ukraine as part of support for international efforts to counter russian aggression. such information, previously unpublished, was presented in a budget document released last month. and indeed now the position of the ukrainian army. the most brilliant and more advanced weapons are needed. they throw the last reserves into battle and the biggest issue is precisely related to the artillery.

>> gives a contract with the department of defense were google was intended to develop custom ai fortage. thousands of google employees sign petitions against it. critically, a team of engineers close to the project threatened work stoppage. huge employee pushback on this project. in response to that, google developed ai principles. google has since taken many steps to avoid the responsibilities it publicly commits to through those principles by claiming cloud contracts are neutral technology and the ai principles do not apply to these contracts. because it is extremely powerful providing that power to estella military and government is not a neutral act. amy: gabriel, are you concerned about your job, speaking out? have the palestinian google workers, said jess in the last day of come out come out publicly?ariel is already out but you still work there. if you could talk more about specifically project nimbus and why this cloud computing contract is most alarming to you? >> definitely. yeah, i mean, there is a possibility for retaliation but find a lot of strength and solidarity and

the department of homeland security, justice, the department of defense, the national guard, the fbi, the intelligence community and even the weather bureau at one point. and so it's going to take years for us to recover. you know there was a time in the eisenhower years in the early 60s when over 70% of americans trusted their government to do the right thing and that's just simply not true anymore. it's down somewhere in the 30s and 40s. the last six years i'm sure have caused those numbers to take a tailspin. so it's going to be a long time before we can recover, and i think that's one of the top priorities of those in office right now or at least it should be. >> there's been some reporting that suggests over time the president, former president was collecting documents, moving them into the residence and it's not been clear whether that is some component of what was taken but if it turns out that what we are looking at is a systematic sectioning off or copying or sending a set of documents that over the course of this whole administration he's been trying to keep for personal pur

he is confident that us support will allow him to head the department of defense after the war. an government. apparently, someone important has arrived, they are warned. yeah i see, keep watching. i examine the perimeter of the patrol, the formal ones go for themselves, they don’t really look around. i read six extra tents people for a 30 kitchen block, two shooting ranges are completely obstructed, but i don’t see anything more stationary yet. your suggestion i don't want my trip to be wasted. just tell the further developments . as you can see? and what's next in the future can not sign a contract for the development of the field? the russians will wait a lot of time for you to fight, and get up business. i can't figure out what is needed. live wire damn, that was just not enough. 2 get your mother out of there, how do you understand? heading towards master master they are 200 meters from you. just don’t poke your head here, here, dear around. you somehow got through. respect to your director . hmm thank you, but i have to get to the embassy as soon as possible bad news, the d

of defense is in no way tries to hide those problems that arise in a number of places with the implementation of partial mobilization. open information bots arrive information information arrives at the departmentense today. uh, sergey kozhuget shoigu went and looked for himself, how the preparations are going on at one of the training grounds. moreover, the preparation goes on even at night. so the secretary of defense decided to personally inspect to see how the skills are restored. how they are dressed, what is there what is not, and now the civil authorities have finally begun to play a big role. governors regions do not stand aside, so in the crimea more than 400 unsuitable men were helped to return home. under the age criteria of magadan, the head of the military commissar was dismissed due to mistakes. with partial mobilization, 62 governors in their regions have already introduced special chatbots to track such errors and help those who were mobilized in violation of the criteria announced by the ministry of defense. . and what about them immediately they are preparing to send it, kherson immediately the ministry of defense drew attention to this, a cruel disassembly is underway, findin

and previously as general counsel to the department of defense among other important.

we also heard from the department of defense, and the department of homeland security's component officials, that capability gap analysis and the radiological and nuclear space are unique and of great value, but no longer conducted by cwmd. we revisited the low employee morale, the office has faced, since its establishment five years ago. this type of change takes time and sustain attention to effectively manage it. we understand from acting assistant secretary gary rasicot that we are actively working from our last report to strengthen its efforts. the legislation this committee recently introduced to reauthorize cwmd shows promise to help address these and other issues gao has previously identified. specifically, the emphasis placed on clarifying mission responsibilities and building in greater accountability, or positive steps forward. we hope that this legislation along with cwmd's continued efforts, will increase the level of engagement and with greater mission understanding, by its employees. finally, with yesterday's establishment of the office of health security, we ask doctor gandh

transportation issues in the physical infrastructure team, and served in various roles in the department of defense. previously, dr. sherman -- along with g.a.o.'s annual duplication and cost givings report, and by annual high-risk update. the new america foundation, a bipartisan think tank that focuses on a range of public policy issues including national security studies. doctor sherman, welcome to our committee, you may proceed with your opening remarks. >> chairman peters, ranking member portman, distinguished members of the committee, i am pleased to be here today to discuss the reauthorization of the department of homeland security countering weapons of mass destruction office, alongside acting assistant gary rasicot and dr. pritesh gandhi. -- against chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear threats is most critical. one as we have all witnessed, responding to even a single one of these threats can be a significant challenge. an effective in coordinated effort is needed to combat the threat landscape that has become increasingly complex, highly dynamic, and potentially more catastrophic

of homeland security in the obama administration and previously as general counsel of the department of defense. secretary johnson is called upon -- called upon to testify in security matters and shares in a global law firm. he is a recipient of an award and an honorary member of the board. thank you so much for joining us, mr. secretary. and for initiating today's event. this was your idea and we commend you for that. thank you so much. and we are also very honored to welcome back michael morel, who served as the former acting director of the central intelligence industry under president obama. he has worked at the cia for 33 years and has received multiple awards including the cia's highest ranking award, the distinguished intelligence medal. he continues his efforts to keep our nation secure and studies national security at the kennedy school of government, west point center on combat and terrorism and the madison policy forum. he is currently senior counselor and global chairman of the geopolitical global strategy. we are so happy to have you two, michael, thank you for joining us. let's ge

continue to provide the kiev regime with material assistance to the headquarters in the us department of defenselso expressed the opinion that the announcement of the referendum could be a special information operation, the kremlin which is allegedly designed to divert attention from the military failures of russian units in the special operation zone. the german chancellor echoes his overseas partner, he said today that his country does not recognize the result of the referendum , the french president called the organization of the vote a cynicism and a provocation. well, and their very unusual reaction to the upcoming referenda from the ukrainian authorities sharply increased the shelling of peaceful neighborhoods in the luhansk republic. a family of six became victims of artillery strikes . including three children died, also their neighbors it happened in the village of krasnorechensk, where shells completely destroyed two residential buildings. in the same place in lnr. vyso fired from rocket launchers haim, the city of svatov was damaged, the volchevsky hospital was damaged, 11 apartment b

from the pentagon will study the effectiveness of arms sales to other countries in the us department of defense created a separate team of high-ranking officials, the wall street journal reports, it is secretly called the tiger team. a list of friendly countries that will be able to transfer the necessary weapons, equipment and military equipment to ukraine, american heimers, british howitzers, polish howitzers self-propelled art installations in service with the ukrainian army, there is now a lot of equipment from our foreign partners, but many tasks at the front are performed by combat vehicles of domestic production, our next story was created together with colleagues from military television about a real armored cossack who is not afraid of the cult of mines , is able to overcome off-road conditions and mercilessly beat the enemy. now we are advancing to the combat positions of our airmobile units on armored combat vehicles cossack 2m1 cossack-2 m1 has been on the weapons of the ukrainian army, the reviews of our fighters about this domestically produced armored combat vehicle are extremely

well done department of defense. now. i know that the first deputy minister of defense is there.for him where everything is broken according to complaints. where that what they work out the information instantly. here's the cruelest way, so here i'll take the data and for the deceased payment. this is no longer the department of defense. i'll still get it. that is, it should not be so yet it is not clear. why do we record the cause of death in such a way. here it is, too, so as not to pay. i'll tell you this. here, i know people who deal with financial issues there, there is no such issue for them. i understand how their chewers go when they are watching this now, because they allocate money. zhilovaki, like people walk from hatred, because she looks at yourself, the task began to come to the family and give money started in some period of time. so, the dead heroes wanted to name a school in novosibirsk after him, someone there allowed himself to cancel this idea. i called the mayor. anatoly elbow, did everything. they all returned the school back, that is, everything is memorial

taken from them on september 11, 2001, i offer my deepest condolences and so does the entire department of defensenow that these moments of tribute are not easy. and we know the resilience that you have shown over these long years. it gives us all strength, so thank you. today we stand together to remember a day of horror and loss, a day when al qaeda terrorists murdered 2, 977 innocent souls, including 184 people here at the pentagon. but we also remember a day of monumental courage and compassion, a day when people responded to evil and fan as cities him -- fanatacism with goodness and generosity and a day that calls forth the heroism that dwells in americans across this land. many of those acts of bravery happened right here where we're standing. our colleagues at the pentagon risked their own safety to rescue their teammates. they moved rubble with their beahr hands. they with their bare hands and cleaned wounds and used facemasks to shield against the smoke so they could keep on helping just a little longer. one woman was crawling across the second floor trying to escape when she came across

health service, aspirin and the departments of defense and state to coordinate a dynamic nimble federal public health response rooted in clinical best practices to safeguard the health and well being of the american people in the health and well being of our afghan guests. we held countless briefings with state and local public health, met with hospital leadership in all safe haven states and had daily medical briefings with the clinical experts across the federal government. this was truly an all of nation public health and medical effort and one that reflects the very best of what a coordinated federal public health response should look like. i stand in awe. and i'm humbled by the commitment of my colleagues who on a moment's notice left their families and their loved ones for weeks on end as a part of this mission and so many others. during the last 18 months, i've had the privilege to lead these same individuals as we mobilize in partnership with the v.a. to vaccinate the dhs workforce to stand up our domestic public health measures in response to the to the ukraine russia conflict.

department of defense and state program. the goal? to help foreign military develop what is called best practice and his to know how to work within a democracy. the california and ukraine partnership has paid off. military experts initiallydged russia would own the skies just days after the invasion. against all odds, russia is still unable to ground ukraine's air force. as to why, listen to the ukrainian pilot named andre. >> we have our tactics. we conducted the clear skies exercise with our american friends. we now are using some of the tactics we learned from the americans. >> reporter: in 2018, the clear sky exercise was a joint and multi-national operation that involved personnel from nine nations, including ukraine and the united states. on hand, the 144th from fresno. they brought their f-15 eagle fighter jets to ukraine for exercises. a year later ukrainian pilots came to the 144th here in fresno. >> this gives them an opportunity to see another organization to compare and contrast their own to look for ways to improve the uk

that includes members from fema's urban search and rescue team, coast guard, department of defense, department of interior, as well as the state of florida. they will coordinate search and s -- search and rescue efforts by land, air, sea. we have pre-staged 120 800 gallons of fuel, moving a variety of generators of all types to help restore power in critical in the structure after the storm passes. the army corps of engineers has staged 300 personnel. we have 3.7 million meals and 3.5 million readers of water staged in alabama. there are multiple volunteer organizations that are prepared to support operations as soon as it is safe to do so. the red cross has established 29 shelters right now for evacuees. they are also prepared to open an additional 60 shelters if needed. we have 200 ambulances from our ima can't -- fima contracts working side-by-side local officials we have for federal medical teams on standby. while we are postured and ready to support florida, i want to make clear that fema's ongoing support to puerto rico as well as alaska's recovery is still ongoing. we remain focused on

possible and we will do that, and if that requires additional resources, even from, say, the department of defense in support of medical services, then obviously the federal government will be there to help. >> john, just before we help, just wanted to go off of hurricane topic for a second and ask you what's expected to happen in russia tomorrow, vladimir putin is expected to officially announce the annexation of four regions in the eastern part of ukraine, donetsk, luhansk, zaporizhzhia and kherson, that would in his mind make them a part of russia, could change the calculation of using weapons against what he will say is russian territory. how will the u.s. respond to this? >> i beg to differ with the premise there, john. we are not going to recognize the sham referendum, the fake votes. this is another effort by mr. putin to put a fig leaf of legitimacy on areas of ukraine he has not been able to possess through military means, and we are not going to recognize that. most of the international community will not recognize that, and certainly president zelenskyy will not recognize that. what it