that is fundamentally something the department of defense will always do. we may gripe ingrown and say that someone else's job, but at the end of the day, the department of defense is there for the u.s. public, and it will support the public. this was an opportunity to say, given the responsibility from a war fighting perspective, abroad, and in partnership with our allies in a war fighting scenario, what is it that we need for them to be prepared for to be able to detect early on what is in the environment to be able to continue their mission and that was a singular focus that we had throughout the bpr review. like i like to bring it back to second to the formation of the bpr. and the council. if you could expand a little bit on how the council was put together, who is on it, and why. the perception is that the dod as an incredible skill and just about any area you want to mention in the biological world, and medication. and in epidemiology. you name it, they got it. if you and the deity to do something, they have the capability but everyone has a day job.

and that is fundamentally something that the department of defense will always do. you know, we may gripe and groan and say, somebody else's job, this and that, but at the end of the day, the department of defense is there for the u.s. public and it will support the u.s. public. but this was really an opportunity to say, given the responsibility from a war fighting perspective abroad and in partnership with our allies in a war fighting scenario, what is it that we need for them to be prepared for to be able to detect early on what is in the environment, to be able to continue their mission, and that was the particular focus that we had throughout the bpr review. >> if i could bring it back just a second to the formation of the bpr and the council, if you could expand a little bit on how the council was put together, who is on it, and why. the perception, as dr. george brought up, is the dod has incredible skills in just about any area you want to mention, in biological world and medical education, and epidemiology, and nuclear proliferation, you name it, dod has got

he said regarding the drone technology, he sold that technology to the department of defense because he has an individual was uncomfortable intervening with the request by the ukraine and moving forward with that, that he sold it to the department of defense. i was asking for clarity on that. host: james jacoby? guest: i hate to say this but the focus of my reporting announcer: leaving this program here, going over to president biden talking about the hamas attack in israel. pres. biden: there are moments in this life, literally, when the pure unadulterated evil is unleashed on this world. the people of israel live through one such moment this weekend. bloody hands of the terrorist organization hamas, a group whose stated purpose of being is to kill jews. it is an act of sheer evil. more than 1000 civilians slaughtered. that just killed, slaughtered, in israel. among them, at least 14 american citizens killed. parents butchered using their bodies to try to protect their children. reports of babies being killed. entire families slain. young people massacred while attending a musical fe

bodies that are either ad hoc or evergreen that will help shape that environment across the department of defense in the enterprise of biodefense within the department. and so that's going to be part of this level of effort. >> just by way of example, to take a little deeper dive on this, let's use research, development and acquisition for example. you point out there are many gaps and seems there. there's a lot of research going on in dod for lots of reasons, and protective stuff in centers and biologics. how does the cancel look at that area? how do you decide how, where the gaps are, where the overlaps are? can you dive a little bit into o that to show us how this works? >> yeah, so, you know, first of all, what i'll say from the bpr standpoint, we didn't take a, we intentionally did not take a specific view on developing an s&t or an rda pipeline or plan. we touch it from a very broad sense to say that these organizations, primarily the chem biodefense program in defense health program, needs to make sure that we are pivoting to look at not just the current threat, but what is the threat of t

winter and russia -- in a letter to congressional leaders last friday, the comptroller for the department of defense wrote that the department of defense has exhausted nearly all available security assistance funding for ukraine. under secretary -- under secretary mccord added, without additional funding now, we'll have to delay or curtail assistance to meet ukraine's urgent requirements, including for air defense and ammunition that are critical and urgent now as russia perhaps to conduct a winter offensive and continues its bombardment of ukrainian cities. we cannot let that happen. mr. president, i would ask at this point unanimous consent that the text of ms. mccord's letter be recorded in the record. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reed: knowing the need for our support, and i must point out our support is the leading edge of worldwide support, our nato allies have stepped forward, countries around the globe understand that this battle between democracy and freedom and atoc raisi -- atoc raisi and inhumanity must be won. president zelenskyy came to this building two weeks ago and

and the enterprise of bio defense within the department. so, that is going to be part of this level of effort. >> just by way of example, to take a little deeper dive on this, let's use research and development acquisition, for example. there is a lot of research going on in dod for lots of reasons, sensors and biologic, how does the council look at that or how do you decide where the gaps are, where the overlaps are? can you just dive a little bit into that to show us how this works? >> first of all, what i was saying from the bpr standpoint, we intentionally do not take a specific view on developing an s&p or r&d pipeline. we touch it from a very broad sense, to say that these organizations, primarily the defense health program needs to make sure that we are pivoting to looking at not just the current threat, but what is the threat of the future and how do we get after that ultimate resilience, protection, and understanding the domain of the next 10, 15 years? and we will continue to have to do that. but we also recognize that multiple of

in a lettersi to congressional meetings last friday the comptroller for the department of defense wrote the department of defense has exhausted nearly all available security assistance planning for ukraine. mr. secretary mccord at the without additional funding now they would have to delay or curtail o assistance to lead ukraine's urgent requirements including for air defense and ammunition that are critical and urgent now as russia prepares to conduct winter offensives and continues itsti bombardment of ukrainian citizens. we cannot let that happen. mr. president i would ask at this point consent that the text of this report be included in the record. >> without overt -- without objection. >> going to need for our support i must point out that our support is the leading edge of worldwide support. our nato allies have stepped forward. countries around the globe understand that this battle is between democracy and freedom and autocracy and inhumanity must be one. president zelensky came to this very building two weeks ago to ask for our support.il he received overwhelming bipartisan prom

department of defense stands fully ready to deploy additional assets if necessary. president biden has said for any country or any group or anyone thinking about trying to take advantage of this atrocity to widen the conference or spill more blood, we have one word, don't. the world is watching, and so are we. and we aren't going anywhere. we will remain in close contact with our valued partners across the region and security assistance from the department of defense is already rapidly flowing into israel. that includes munitions and air defense capabilities, and other equipment and resources. if also includes more interceptors for iron dome to save israeli lives. and we will continue to ensure that israel has what it needs to keep itself secure. now, hamas attacked at a time of global challenge, but the united states is the most powerful country in the world. and we remain fully able to project power and uphold our commitments and direct resources to multiple theaters. so we will stand with israel even as we stand with ukraine. the united states can walk and chew gu

the us department of defense releases this footage. out its mission over the south china sea. theft of intellectual property for decades, mockery of our ships and planes. these are all strategic red lines and these strategic red lines have been crossed back in 2020. america is divided. foundations, like most of the free world, one politician who is part of the seven that governs china even wrote a book about it called america vs. america, which is why china is behaving so aggressively these days, because he is confident in his understanding that america is weak, we are overly dependent on china, and energy is a good example of this, we are focused on focusing this is an area where we cannot compromise, so we have there are export controls, we continue to work and consider a number of other restrictions on chinese investment. xizinping rules, not dominates, he rules the world, the chairman of china uses a number of tactics that mao showed the world at one time, and this is not strange, since xi admires mao, one of these tactics is to cre

requested by the white house , bloomberg reported with reference to the first head of the us department of defenseleen hicks. she admitted that the situation in the house of representatives puts funding at risk, but the us department of defense does not plan to collect money to support ukraine from other projects at the moment, because they do not see the need for it. that is, again, we have two opinions, one of which is that aid to ukraine will not stop, because , for example, the pentagon can take money that was not intended for but in certain cases, it can be used by it for aid in ukraine. the pentagon itself says wait, wait, wait, we 'll wait a little longer, see how it will be and maybe we won't have to take this money, but there are certain grants that we can use to help ukraine. well, at least the fact that, despite the turbulence, pleases me now is happening in the congress, they are trying to find possible ways about... continuing aid to ukraine. but the european union must necessarily expand in the future, but for this the candidates for joining it, in particular ukraine, must carry out

our second witness is dr.craig martel, chief digital nai officer with the department of defense. our third witness is mr. eric eisen, chief information officer with the department of homeland security. we welcome everyone and are pleased to have all of you here this afternoon. so pursuant to committee rule 9g, the witnesses will please, if you will stand and raise your right hand. do solemnly swear or affirm the testimony you're about to give is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you god? let the record show the witnesses all answered in the affirmative. we appreciate all of you being here today and look forward to hearing your testimony. i would like to remind the witnesses that we have your written statements and they will appear in full. please keep your oral seems to five minutes. press the button on your microphone so it's on the members can hear you. when you begin to speak, the light infantry will turn green. after four minutes, the light will turn yellow and when the red light comes on, your five minutes is expired and we ask you to please wrap i

research for the contracting organization, was directly involved in the implementation of us department of defense study bat-borne diseases. mikhail usaty, deputy head of the sanitary and epidemiological department of the armed forces of ukraine, has been in charge of the organization of work within the framework of the vditra project on the territory of ukraine since 2018. tatiana kiryazova, executive director of the ukrainian institute for public health policy, oversaw the joint us study pathogens on the basis of the ukrainian research anti-plague institute or mechnikov. in odessa, the information provided about the organizers and participants in military-biological activities will be transferred to the investigative committee of the russian federation. thus, questions regarding the military-biological activities of the united states and ukraine still remain, and they are becoming more and more numerous. since the russian side convened a consultative meeting on article five of the btwc, they have not received answers that could resolve situation. we will continue to analyze incoming documents an

we need to be focused not on the department of defense but department of offense. next wars are going to be artificial intelligence, cyber, and space. we need more modernized equip and. that doesn't mean you throw more money at the department of defense but will down the red tape, the bureaucracy and allow it to start moving forward where our men and women feel it and there were two things russia, china and iran never wanted us to have. they never wanted us to have a strong military. we will not be energy independent but energy dominant. we need to make sure no more going hat in hand to saudi arabia. number getting dirty oil from iran or venezuela. we know what we need to do to set ourselves up for success. when it comes to foreign policy, dealing with this for the next 10 to 20 years, remember america can never be so arrogant, we need friends. we needed friends on september 12th. stop acting like it is september 10th. so of all the solutions we have, we've got the solution but the biggest issue i worry about is this national self-loathing that's taking over our cou

security memo on the use of ai by our own military and by our adversaries. >> i'm directing the department of defense and department of homeland security, both of them, to develop game changing cyberprotections that will make our computers and our critical infrastructure more secure than it is today. >> the order also urges congress to pass data privacy legislation to protect all americans, especially children. >>> about 1,100 workers in the california state university system say they are ready to walk off the job. their union voted to authorize a strike if they can't reach a deal on a new contract. the union represents facilities workers, mechanics, electricians and others at 22 campuses. >>> the united auto workers strike appears to be coming to an end nearly seven weeks after it began. general motors and the uaw reached a tentative agreement on a new contract. that deal reportedly contains a record setting 25% wage increase with cost of living increases. gm is the last of the detroit automakers to settle. all three agreements must be ratified by the rank and file. >>> millions of americans have be

in october 2023, the us department of defense announced the launch of a training program for specialists for implementation. bioproduction strategies, biofab programs. former employees of military departments with experience in military biological activities will be considered as candidates as a priority. the project is overseen by the deputy minister of defense for research and development, and the technological base for training provide nine large manufacturing enterprises that specialize in genomic research, bioinformatics, and work with tissue cell cultures. the training consists of a two-month preliminary course and industrial practice, which, quote: gives participants the opportunity to take part in real experiments in the production of biomaterials. at the same time, as noted in the official press release dated october 11, the activities of the ministry of defense will be aimed at reviving the domestic u.s. manufacturing capabilities that enhance america's strategic competitiveness and build the military of the future. end of quote. similar formulations taken together. using a hig

department. the answer to that is yes. through all of the standing responsibilities that are there in the department of defense, those do not change. work with allies, work with academia. work with industry. all of that will continue and remain the same. what is exciting for us from a bio defense counsel perspective is that we can then share those insights with the leadership within the department of defense. coming out of this working group that was with the u.k. was with think tanks, etc.. this is what the global experts are saying about these issues. it becomes a way to inform senior leadership that they currently do not have today, and that knowledge is stove like. >> i am from the johns hopkins berg school of public health and security. i have two quick questions. one, i was really -- congratulations. and second, i was really heartened to hear about you talk about partnerships, real partnerships with allies and working to boost biosafety and bio security. the problem is, traditionally, that is hard to measure. as a result, it is easier to measure stuff like pieces of equipment that end up getting piled and broken and l

one of them, as far as we know, remains a chief of staff in the department of defense to in this day with access to classified documents. and yet the corporate media cannot be brought to mention that three iranian spies were brought into senior levels of government with access to classified materials while working directly for iran, the same iran that just murdered 31 americans and 400 israelis -- 1400, the same iran directed by an ayatollah who regularly leads mobs chanting death to america and death to israel. maria: and we knew this, senator. i mean, we knew that while they were negotiating on the iran deal. >> yes. maria: the ayatollah was saying death to america at that time. and this administration continued to pursue, to the pursue, to pursue. >> yes. maria: why? >> you know, they have an ideological obsession. number one, their approach to every enemy of america is appease ifment, and that's true whether it's russia, that's true whether it's china, whether it's north korea, that's true whether it's it's venezuela, whether it's iran. their response, i've got9 to tell you, they

the head of the us department of defense , lloyd osin, and his senior associates love to talk about neweats, measures counteraction and prices for the services of human hunters. it’s interesting that nllos fly to them as if on order. as soon as people begin to resent the exorbitant spending on foreign military companies, lo and behold, alien guests are right there. do you believe in such coincidences? so we decided. the man-in-chief secretary of defense and head of the pentagon , lloyd austin, and his team of crisp dollar hunters. these are the dolls of the heir of tutia and yamaria who flew away. i am very grateful to president-elect biden for inviting me to serve my country again. lloyd autin, acting. us defense, what was his previous position? after retiring from the army in 2016, he immediately moved to the chair of a member of the board of directors of reton, becoming a member of the board of directors. rayton is an american military-industrial company , one of the largest suppliers of weapons and military equipment for the us armed forces, exporting weapons to other countries, inc

. >> let me address the ongoing situation in the middle east and the department of defense response and i'll discuss the reports of drone attacks against u.s. facilities in iraq and syria. as you are all aware, secretary austin recently directed steps to strengthen boss bolster to deter the strike group to the eastern mediterranean with the uss eisenhower. we are advancing our fighter aircraft in the central command region to provide additional capabilities. our posture in the u.s. naval assets and advanced air fighter we send a strong message to deter a conflict. to bolster stability and we will protect and defend our national security interests. to that end, the crew of the uss carney operating shut down three land attack missiles and several drones launched by forces in yemen. this was air and missile defense that we built in the middle east and prepared to utilize whenever necessary to protect our partners and our interests in this important region. there were no casualties to u.s. forces and none that we know to any civilians on the ground. information is still being processed and

secretary of defense by michael mccord to the speaker of the house as well as to the senate majority and minority leaders. it is addressed to leader jeffries. i would like to express the department of defense's keep concern with the absence of security assistance funding for ukraine in the continuing resolution being considered in the house. or any similar continuing resolution proposed. the department of defense is anxious to avoid a lapse in appropriations but it is important that a c.r. support our security interests and uphold our commitments and values. the department has been providing security assistance to ukraine since russia's invasion in 2022. thanks to the bipartisan support of congress, it is just as vital today that we continue that support. today the dod has exhausted nearly all available security systems funding for ukraine. we are already out of funding for the ukraine security assistance initiative, one of the two tools we have. the other tool we need are those funds provided to replenish our military inventory for the weapons and supplies we provided to support ukraine in their fight. we have only one point $6 billion remaining of the $25.9 billion congress pr

ladies and gentlemen, leaders of the department of defense, friends and officials from around the world, thank you for being here today. to mark the change of responsible and to celebrate the service of general mark milley. a combat infantryman, a master parachute, a green beret, a warrior. served a total of five years in the war zone, from panama to haiti bosnia to hey tee to afghanistan to iraq. a chest full of medals to show for it. a leader who once ran across a bridge booby-trapped with mines to stop two battle tanks filled with wounded troops from driving across it. a patriot, uncompromising in his duty, unflimpling in the face of danger. unwavering in his service to the country. and holly ann, none of us can say enough about you. you sevenned alongside every step of the way. that's not hyperbole. you served alisteningside him every step of way. you pulled double and triple duty to make sure you and mark were doing right by your family. supported your military community while maintaining your own career as a nurse. incredible what you've achieved, holly ann. the work you've done t

and ban the department of defense that contains pfas. in april, the c.d.c. launched the national firefighter registry to collect detailed data and the exposure in cancer among firefighters and proud to sign the federal firefighters act and giving 10,000 firefighters and their families critical workers' compensation and other benefits and making sure lung disease and cancers presumed to be caused by the job. and also know the sacrifices you make are physical. firefighters develop post-traumatic stress. and i don't know why that surprises anybody. firefighters die by suicide. i signed legislation extending the public safety benefit program not only to firefighters who are permanently disabled and families who die like ptsd on duty and can do more on the front end and help firefighters cope. you know, when it comes time to leave the job, he should be able to retire with dignity. and i was proud to sign legislation that disability retirement benefits remain tax-free. those are benefits remain tax-free and protect your right to collect. when the worse happens and

is actively implementing an emergency supply of weapons to israel , including ammunition from the air defense system, as stated by the head of the us departmentf defense lloyd osin, who promised support to tel aviv and us secretary of state blinken, who arrived in israel the day before. when you look at this in proportion to israel's population, this is equivalent to ten 9/11 attacks. that's how big and destructive this attack was. the number of victims of the escalation of the conflict. on both sides there were more than 2,800 people, about 10,000 were injured. three immigrants from belarus died in israel under tragic circumstances. this was reported at the embassy of our country. another belarusian has gone missing. in connection with the current emergency situation in the state of israel, the embassy continues to actively work to ensure the interests of belarusian citizens, both in israel and in the gas sector. in recent days , our diplomats have been contacted by emergency telephone number. more than 500 people. in the context of gas, we are in close cooperation with our russian colleagues, the belarusian embassy in egypt, and all other i

to this end , the us department of defense in october of this year even launched a program for trainingalists, giving priority to employees of military departments with experience in military biological activities. those enrolled in the program were promised participation in real experiments on the production of biomaterials. anna voronina, vesti. and now a series of urgent messages of statements from the secretary. in the background of nikolai patrushev, you can see the whole tape in red, nikolai patrushev made an extremely important statement, the usa blew up the nordic flows so that europe could not receive gas from russia, that is, this is practically an official announcement usa, in their sabotage of international infrastructure. further, the united states turned ukraine into a testing ground for military-biological experiments and prepared it for military operations against russia, and the secretary of the security council, nikolai patrushev, was at an off-site meeting. in tomsk, they act in exactly the same way in ukraine, the most important thing that nikolai patrushev draws att

but certainly what the department of defense is considering a useful tool in light of this pathway that has been provided by the us department of justice. i think so much. we'll leave it that. kimberly how could so heading out this era 3 times, this are a lot of the chemistry nobel prize. so they work on tiny particles known as quantum dogs. that bunk beds of them in paris, french sizes, look to keep the pos, sites that they had of the 2024. let me fix the route to you by visit, cut off, hello type food, coin name. it continues to make its way towards the taiwan and see the system here . the eye has reappeared. winds of around 210 kilometers per hour. gusting to around to 60. it will start to week and now, so it's about to add to its maximum intensity. it continues to just drive its way further, westwood, as we go through with the stable wet when the weather coming it staggering along. this is already going at about 6 or 7 kilometers per hour, so really is moving at a slow pace that will be some while you rifle titles. as a result is that eventually it'll push its way towards the south

for this purpose , the us department of defense even launched a training program in october of this year is given to employees of military departments with experience in military biological activities. those included in the program were promised participation in real experiments on the production of biomaterials. anna voronina, news. the period of adaptation of the russian economy has largely passed ; growth is expected by the end of the year, russian prime minister mikhail mishustin said at a meeting on economic issues. anna lazareva has all the details. the russian economy will show growth at the end of the 23rd. according to mikhail mishuskin, preliminary estimates by the ministry of economic development indicate that the country's gdp grew by 2.8% in january-september of this year. if we take september separately, the figure was almost twice as high, more than 5% in annual terms. among the lagging industries is the oil and gas sector, but from the beginning of the year to mid-october, non-oil and gas budget revenues increased by almost 30%, compared to the same period in 2022. from j

in the us department of defense stands fully ready to deploy additional assets if necessary. it's present by and has said for any country, for any group or anyone thinking about trying to take advantage of this atrocity to try to widen the conflict or to store more blood. we have just one word don't the world is watching. and so are we. and we are going anywhere we will remain in close contact with our value partners across the region. and security assistance from the department of defense is already rapidly flowing into israel. that includes munitions in their defense capabilities and other equipment and resources. it also includes more interceptors for aaron, don't to save is really why is really large. and we will continue to assure that israel has what it needs to keep itself secure. now how mos attacked at a time of global challenge. but the united states is the most powerful country in the world. and we remain fully able to project power and uphold our commitments and direct resources to multiple theaters. so we will stand with israel, even as we stand with ukraine, that

came together, when we force the appropriation bills to the floor we were able to pass the department of defensetions in the homeland security legislation. the only what they did not pass was agriculture we lost 27 votes. it was not what you would call the hard right of the party there was different members for different reasons that voted against agriculture. >> a question i appreciate that mr. jordan would be able to herd the cats of the republican party, what about the cats on the other side of the aisle. is he able is a freedom caucus member to cross the aisle and get a consensus when the house or is that pie-in-the-sky. >> i think that depends on hakeem jeffries and what their agenda is as we move forward. i don't think that is dependent upon what jim jordan is able to accomplish. i think jim jordan lays information on tries to bring people together based upon facts and data and tries to take the rhetoric and push it aside. i believe it depends upon what is hakeem jeffries agenda. is it for publicity organ policy. maria: we know all of the democrats voted against kevin mccarthy and the prob

department of justice. and the department of defense has been finding a pathway to do this for some time. and this isn't the works. the, this is the only alternative they have and they're doing this to reassure allies that the versus keeping its commitments. but then again, this is something that not everyone agrees is perfectly legal. in fact, the united nations is having an issue with this, saying that this may be in violation of international law. so this is controversial . so the white house is defending the action. in spite of the fact they say that this is something but so many of their allies were even raising an eyebrow about okay, complete many things. indeed, wayne slaves is that from the white house. let's talk about this little more with alexandra and both of us. he's of security and defense policy. alas, i mean as to and chief of the swiss minute treat view and he joins us now live from geneva. so what do you think is the human rights and thinking that this might be in violation of international okay, those are my lead dimensions to all of this discussion. first of all, the u

during the next first quarter, you can supply the equipment that is in the stocks of the us department of defensegnificant enough, in particular bradley , abrams and m-113, these things can be supplied, the question is only now in the amount, first of all, of ammunition, which we desperately need, this is already connected with the production of new samples of artt ammunition and the strengthening of air defense systems. we saw extreme packages from the united states, where there is a significant component related to ammunition and anti-aircraft defense, well, we have seen publications that now both the americans and the ukrainians have reached, let's say, a certain technological solution related to the creation of such adaptations of soviet models in order for them to be used by american missiles to create new frankenstein samples there pppo in order to strengthen the ukrainian pppo by the end of the year. well, yes. i ask, shuigu said that russia is, in principle, ready to sit down at the negotiating table with ukraine to end the conflict, does it mean anything at all, in your opinion? well , t

is now offering a show of support, the department of defense moving the uss gerald ford strike group, the entire group several thousand sailors into the eastern mediterranean closer to israel as a show of support. at this one it is yet to be seen whether the military apparatus is going to be engaged to any sort of use, we also know the department of defense is going to be sending additional munitions, and weapons to israel to aid in whatever effort to decides to execute in the gaza strip. >> matt bradley, the significant development today is something security officials and certainly israeli american officials in the region are watching. the possibility of another front opening. today there was concern of that situation where there was an exchange of rocket fire between israel and hezbollah. give us an update on how tense the situation in southern lebanon is right now at this hour, and whether or not there are any indications that hezbollah is willing to engage israel in confrontation at this moment. >> this is something with lots of anxiety, everybody was focused on gaza and israel w

we bought man and us fighter aircraft squadrons and them, at least in the us department of defense, stands fully ready to deploy additional assets if necessary. it's proven by and have said for any country, for any group or anyone thinking about trying to take advantage of this atrocity to try to widen the conflict. dr. still more blood, we have just one, we're don't the world is watching. and so. busy are we and we aren't going anywhere. we will remain in close contact with our valued partners across the region. and security assistance from the department of defense is already rapidly flowing into israel. that includes munitions in air, defense capabilities and other equipment and resources. it also includes more interceptors for aaron, don't to save is really is life is really large. and we will continue to assure that israel has what it needs to keep itself secure. now how mos attacked at a time of global challenge. but the united states is the most powerful country in the world. and we remain fully able to project power and uphold our commitments and direct resources to multiple theate

of the $850 billion in total u.s. national defense budgeting right now, $100 billion is the intelligence budget. hidden within the defense department. sort of hidden in plain sight, because the number $100 billion is now public in unclassified. every other detail about the intelligence budget is classified, more or less. about $100 billion of that is overall defense spending. much of it is in the air force to put up satellites and otherwise maintain technical capability. the navy budget includes the marine corps, because the department of the navy includes the marine corps. the department of the air force includes the space force, which is tiny, but still expensive given all the satellites. the army used to be the biggest budget service back when it was bigger and very active in iraq and afghanistan. it has now become the smallest of the big three departments. a lot of activities have been essentially shared across the whole defense base and represent almost $150 billion worth of total spending themselves. finally, if you're wondering functionally how with ben, this is called the breakdown by appropriations title. we spend almost $

and the concern here for the department of defense is but we are pre really needs to push through the russian defense of lines, particularly before winter sets in. and so we know that there has been and has reported, there's been a shortage of equipment in ammunition. this is what the white house thought would be, the best of the bad options if you will, in terms of trying to help you frame the by the ministration. the said and jo, by the commander, chief of the us military, is said the united states will be with you crane for as long as it takes. and this is what the bible administration has come up with in terms of helping to supply a cray in it's ongoing fight against russia's invasion. and the bottom administration has been weighing the legality of this for a while. what the combination has it made in the end as well. it's made a controversy all determination. and there is some differing of legal opinion about whether or not the us has the legal justification to do what hits done in terms of transferring these weapons, what it's done. is it's using what's known as civil forfeiture

the department of defense has moved the uss gerald r. ford carrier strike group and also boasted our fighter aircraft presence in the region and we stand ready to move additional assets as needed. let me say again that any country any organization anyone thinking advantage of this situation, i have one word, "don't"! don't! our hearts may be broken but our resolve is clear. yesterday i spoke with france, germany, u.k. leaders to discuss the latest development with our european allies and coordinate our united response. this comes on top of days of steady engagement with partners across the region. we are also taking steps at home in cities across the united states of america, police departments have stepped up security around centers for jewish life. the department of homeland security and fbi are working closely with state and local law enforcement and jewish community partners to identify and disrupt any domestic threat in connection with these horrific attacks. this is a moment for the united states to come together, to grieve with th

and the department of defense so that is the1/3. the house and the senate have been working on the 12 bills that the senate has marked up on a bipartisan basis. the house has marked up 10 of their 12 bills and they passed three of them and of given up on one and they are going ahead on this and it's useful to talk about what's going on. host: go ahead. guest: one of the backdrops behind all this is coming out of the -- we almost defaulted early in the year and out of that we passed a responsibility act and in there, we had a bipartisan agreement on what level we were going to fund the government. people still have to decide how it was broken down and how much of it would go to epa or nasa and that sort of stuff but the top line that was agreed to. folks were supposed to begin writing bills at that level. part of the reason we are in such a difficult place now is the senate on a bipartisan basis started writing stuff slightly higher but the house wrote stuff significantly low the deal. when we say yes, they are going through the those

of defense has information about the creation in the united states of a secret strategy to counter weapons of mass destruction. according to the developers, the priority areas of activity of the us departmente: ensuring the protection of the national territory from external aggressions using weapons of mass destruction. unconditional deterrence of potential adversaries from using it against their allies, as well as the creation of specially trained units capable of conducting combat actions to win in conditions of arhab infection. the kremlin is extremely concerned about the situation in israel and calls on the parties to the conflict to transfer the situation to a peaceful direction as soon as possible, this is how moscow’s position was outlined by presidential press secretary dmitry peskov. we are extremely concerned, we believe that this situation needs to be brought back to a peaceful channel as soon as possible. the continuation of such a spiral of violence certainly risks further escalation and growth of this conflict. this is a great danger for the region. very energetic the effort, as far as we know, is being made by our embassy on the spot. diplomats are working around the clock,

and i would reiterate that our own department of defense, some think that i believe my colleagues on the other side of the aisle have great regard for, listen to, support their efforts, increase funding for defense, care deeply about this issue of our national security and our ability to be able to defend our allies overseas. you all have a great affinity for this effort and i applaud that. but that seems now to be being abandoned and that the department of defense view, in the words of the undersecretary, says that they cannot do without this funding. and i would remind you that they, in a very, very specific and poignant letter, lay out the bottom line is we cannot sustain adequate levels of ukraine assistance with transfer authority only. and the delay to additional funding would be perceived by ukraine as a sign of wavering u.s. support and likely as a betrayal of our previous commitments. the united states betraying our commitments to ukraine is essentially the bottom line on this continuing resolution. with that, mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro

that is why i am directing the department of defense and the department of homeland security to develop game changing cyber productions that will make our computers more secure than it is today. that is why our administration is taking decisive steps to prevent cutting edge ai chips from being used to undermine our national security which is possible. second, the order is about making sure that ai systems can earn the american people's trust around the world. all too often, it has already happened, ai devices are being used to deceive people. deepfakes. using ai generated audio and video to smear reputations, and commit fraud. with ai fraudsters taking three seconds and you will know this, rate second recordings of your voice, i have watched one of me on a couple of occasions! when did i say that? [laughter] three seconds and it can generate an impersonation good enough to fool your family, fool you! [laughter] i swear to god, take a look at it. they can use it to scam loved ones into thinking you are in trouble. thanks to this order, the department of congress will help develop standar