the transition of these functions to a civil agency will enable the department of defense to focus ourwork on the inherently military aspects of the space situational awareness and space domain awareness missions. the department of defense has worked together with our interagency partners to craft the administration's legislative proposal. that proposal accounts for our national security concerns including concerns for sustaining a space environment that enables national security space operations. it likewise accounts for u.s. treaty obligations and broader national interests. we urge your support, and thank you for your attention. i look forward to your question. >> great. thank you all for being here. chair cantwell would be back. she wanted to make sure that i said that she goes from one fire emergency to the next. let's start the questioning. i i will start with you, mr. dalbello. call about is a leader in the aerospace economies, and is going to rely on efficient, thorough, reliable approvals from the federal government to be able to do the innovations necessary to succeed in spac

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mitchell serves as deputy assistant secretary of defense for space and missile defense in the departmentof defense. he previously served as the printable direct for space policy and has held a variety of assignments at the department of defense. deputy assistant secretary hill, you are recognized for your opening statement. >> thank you. chair campbell and chair sinema, ranking member cruze and tragicomic disinvestment, on behalf of the office of secretary of defense it's an honor to testify today here alongside my distinguished lleagues. service delivered from space-based systems drive moder economies. the contribution of earth observation systems positioning navigation timing systems, select medications and data transport systems are essential to modern life. the same is true for national security. the national defense strategy highlits the indispensable contributions that these space systems make to the integrated ability of the joint force to defend the homeland, to deter strategic attacks against the united states, our allies and partners, and to deter aggression while being prepare

h.r. 2670, an act to thorz of authorize for fiscal year 2024 for military activities for the department of defense and for the department of energy to provide military strength shall be brought to a close? the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. the clerk: ms. baldwin. mr. barrasso. the clerk: mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn. mr. blumenthal. mr. booker. mr. boozman. mr. braun. mrs. britt. mr. brown. mr. budd. ms. butler. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cardin. mr. carper. mr. casey. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo. mr. cruz. mr. daines. ms. duckworth. mr. durbin. ms. ernst. mr. fetterman. mrs. fischer. mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy.

the box that is shown, 0.1 ° by 0.1 °, the department of defense, the location of this fireball but using we narrowed down the path of the meteor to the grid that is shown in blue and red and the red is simply the intersection with the department of defense ball, this represents a circle around the seismometer at fixed distance that we managed it to inver based on the data, the sound data from the explosion. so this is a team of 28 people on the deck of the ship, what you see behind the team is the a-frame that we had a cable go from the sp to a sled that we designed that included magnets onoth sides, the sled was lowered to the ocean floor which was more than a mile deep and this cable that connected it to the ship went through this a frame through one of the hoops there and the cable went three miles so it was a pretty long cable and we tried to skim the oceafloor and collect a magnetic particles that came from the surface of the meteor when it was exposed to the immense heat from the fireball so the surface was melted by that heat and drops of material range wn and settled on the ocean

tapped reason i say that, there's aspects of what we do on a defense -- department of defense to protectns systems but we also think of our national critical infrastructure that needs to bebo protected. that's not necessarily in part of the department of defense but we need to work closely with u.s. government of how we protect from cyber-attacks. we have seen with colonial pipeline and so for all of us, something we need to the pay attention to. >> so we talk about ai and that our survey respondents were worriedsp about china outpacingn that. we asked about cyber capabilities and whether we are superior or china is on that front, u.s. superior 24%, 32%. 33% largest group think china is superior to us when it comes to the cyber-attacks, how are we addressing that? >> we are going to always work to improve ourselves. i realize it's a survey but as i -' as i read the intel i feel pretty confident in our capabilities across not only cyber but ai and other technology, but we still -- we can't rest on laurels. we always have to continue to look at it and analyze where we sit and associate wit

white house sat and urge congress to approve it dis package by saying also by stating that the department of defense has use 97 percent of its funds. if you create in the state department has used all the funds that it has that that's something that junk kirby, the spokes person of the national security. and council also said earlier today saying that this will be a christmas gift for russian president vladimir putin. if it does not get past congress, no, but, and help us understand, considering the narrative recent because considering the conversations around and what's happening is in the wood between israel and a mass, it's not surprising that republicans are block on a package that mentions israel. this is a clear case of showing how domestic policies have international implications for many of the u. s. s. allies. and that's also why president biden mentioned that it's so important also for to re, to show the role that the, that the us wants to take a had a call with 27 leaders and said that it's role that the us wants to have. and also mentioning that allies could have questions saying if the

of defense for intelligence and security and director for defense intelligence at dmi. the office of the director of national intelligence. he's held many other positions within the department of defense. he began his career in government at the defense intelligence agency where he held several roles, including as deputy defense intelligence officer for south asia. he holds a bachelor of arts degree in history from the university of pennsylvania. ezra, as a member of the -- the board has spoken quite elegantly about it this problem and increasing scale of classified information and we could collect the rate of change is increasing peer classified information is piling up ever faster than before. you also spoke about the role that technology can play and the solution but you can start with the problem. why is the technology creating such a mountain of classified information? >> right, i think with the advent of the digitization of federal government, really is basically come belated in the late '90s. it produces mountain of digital records, all classification levels that need to be processed. and of course, we heard on the previous panel that email has really added to that p

but the reason i say that there are aspects of what we do on the department of defense to protect hereapon system but we also think about our national critical infrastructure the needs to be protected. it's not necessarily in the department of defense but with willwork very close with other s of the u.s. government of how we protect that capability from cyber attacks we've seen that with only a pipeline in other cases of ransom were attacks done by either state or nonstate actors. on so for all of us at something we need to pay attention too. >> we talk about ai and our a survey respondents worry about outpacing on that so we asked also about cyber capabilities and whether we are superior or china is on that front u.s. appeared about 24% about the same 33% the largest group thanks china is superior to us whenyb it comes to cyber attacks are we addressing that? >> were going to always work to improve ourselves i realize it's a survey but as i read our intel i feel pretty confident in our capabilities across not only cyber but ai and other technologies. but we cannot rest on laurels. ag

of the board. previous to that, he in senior leadership positions at the department defense and intelligence community, most recently as the acting under secretary of defense for intelligence and security he and director for defense at dni, the office of the director of national intelligence. he held many other positions in the in the department of defense, too numerous to name here. he began his career in government at the defense intelligence agency, where he held several roles, including as deputy defense intelligence officer, south asia. he holds a bachelor of arts degree in history from university of pennsylvania. so ezra, a member of the idb as the former chair, the idb, the board has spoken quite eloquently about this problem, about the increasing scale of classified information and we could call it the rate of change, increasing classified information piling up ever faster than before. and you've also spoken about role that technology can play in the as a solution. but perhaps you can start with the problem. why is technology creating such a mountain of classified information right? so i think

the department of defense, department of state. defense contractors, employees, department of energy facilities throughout the united states victims include politicians, civil servants, journalist, ngo's and other civil society organizations. although these individuals are not currently in custody as u.s. attorney ramsey said the fbi's along regional member. >> criminal hackers will not evade our investigation. we will find them and we will hold them accountable. >> prosecutors think the 2 russians used fake emails basically to fool people into handing over account information. there were co-conspirators. they say they stole information, used to influence the 2019 elections in great britain. and as that posters indicating the reward for tracking them down is huge, 10 million dollars, a low. that will probably be really hard to do because the man are believed to be in russia. and since they were, prosecutors say working on behalf of russia, nobody expects them to be handed over. ken and vicki. all right, catherine, thank you for that

joining me right now with analysis are former department of defense chief of staff and attorney kashnd harvard law professor emeritus alan dershowitz who is the author of the new book, "war against the jews: how to end hamas barbarism." it's available right now. thank you so much, gentlemen, for joining us. alan, i want to kick this off with you. what do you make of jack smith making -- taking in the supreme court and waiting on this? if what does this do to all of this for trump? what's your analysis? >> well, it's hypocrisy on steroids. the trial judge said she's going to treat donald trump's case as if he was an ordinary citizen not running for president, and then smith comes in and says but he's running for president, so so we have to deny him the right to have an appellate court analyze the problem and skip right to the supreme court so that we can get a conviction before he runs for president. it's a complete politicization of the criminal justice system in a partisan way, and it denies trump a basic right to have a two-step appellate process. first, an appeal to the united sta

victims included current and former employees of the department of defense and ag, as well as privatetor defense contractors and the department of state. >> the group uses spear phishing or a tricky way to get unauthorized access by sending emails by whom you think is a trusted sender, like someone within your organization. but the goal is to get confidential information or access to a network by the hackers. >> we will find them and we will hold them accountable. >> national secrets regarding energy, technology and research at non-governmental organizations have been the targets, according to the feds. the case filed here in the northern district of california, due to the density of technology and intellectual property located here and in silicon valley. the fbi reports they believe these suspects are in russia thanks to the state department. there is a generous reward of up to $10 million for information. russian and the arrest and conviction of these suspects in san francisco, alice wertz, ktvu fox two news, oakland international airport saying today it projects more than a half a

there are aspects of what we do at the department of defense to protect our weapons systems what we think about our national critical infrastructure that needs to be protected. we need to work closely with other parts of the inner agencies on how we attack that from cyberattacks. we have seen that with the colonial pipeline and other cases of ransomware attacks done by either state or nonstate actors. for all of us it is something we need to pay attention to. shannon: we talked about ai. the survey respondents were worried about outpacing on that. we asked about cyber capabilities and whether your superior -- u.s. or china is superior on that front. the large group think that china is superior to us when it comes to cyberattacks. how are we addressing that? general brown: we will always work to improve ourselves. i realize it's a survey but as i read our intel i feel confident in our capabilities across not only cyber but ai technology. we can't rest on laurels. we have to continue to look and analyze where we sit and associate with these various technologies and the things we're doing to

peace and mutual recognition. >> with respect to the two state solution, the position of the department of defense is to support our colleagues at the department of stay. there's a difference between hamas and the designated foreign terrorist organization and the palestinian people who absolutely deserve a state of their own, which would enable israelis to live in a secure state, as well as for palestinians. it is an area that we are constantly engaged in with our colleagues in the israeli ministry of defense. >> the state for quite a long time. there are many others like her >> certainly respectable from the u.s. perspective, if i could go back to -- congressman, this has been a years long effort and it's something that we continue to apply ourselves to to bring to attention to clear out anti- semitic or any other incitement language in education materials. i also underline that right now, especially at this moment crisis, it is the backbone of the strong u.n. coordinated humanitarian response to the crisis in gaza. and any post-conflict setting, it will serve that. >> the textbooks and all the r

the department of defense, the department of state. defense contractors, employees, department of energy facilities throughout the united states victims include politicians, civil servants, journalist, ngo's and other civil society organizations. although these individuals are not currently in custody as u.s. attorney ramsey said the fbi's along regional member. >> criminal hackers will not evade our investigation. we will find them and we will hold them accountable. >> prosecutors think the 2 russians use fake emails to people into handing over account information they s and say they stole information used to influence the 2019 elections in great britain. the poster indicates the reward for tracking those 2 men down is 10 million dollars we'll probably be very hard to do. the men are believed to be in russia and since they were apparently working on behalf of russia, no one expects them to be handed over. well, the time here we take a live look outside on this thursday night, almost to the weekend. there's the san mateo bridge is. >> f

understand the department of defense is hesitant to share information that could undermine national security by revealing information on the cape release of our own aircraft, sensors and other sensor -- sensitive material. at the same time many people believe we are withholding information from the man that is dangerous also. i believe in openness and transparency that is also the role of congress and i want to trust the american people to way the evidence and make up their own minds. we have incidents with sensors, multiple sensors that detect things we cannot explain. uaps whatever they may be may pose a serious threat to our military or civilian aircraft and that must be understood. my career and training as a long-time career educator and teacher and researcher tell me we should never rule anything out. we know that our space is vast and undiscovered. i also note mr. sean kirkpatrick of the anomaly resolution office, the component of the dod office of investigation of uap data has testified before the senate this year that his unit has found no evidence of extraterrestrial activity. nasa

the world single, largest institutional, consumer, petroleum and the planet is called the department of defense? us military, united states, military is more, more polluter then, more local danbury than sweden and hungry then feeling, i mean, sweden, i'm talking about a very highly industrialized country, the department of defense. what's more carbon in the air in the planet. then sweden, the whole sweden, together. so this is what's, what's, what's happening, i mean, there's a documentary, i think it's, it's about to be launch. i've seen the trailer from every morning, which is fine. but as a journalist, she's been doing a documentary on that. how much the u. s. military is cruelly up with the planet climate. so, i mean, this is the kind of thing i mean, and you know what? all the military's in the whole planet they are. what is it called? i mean, they, they are, they don't have to comply with all these pairs agreements keel to agreements, the military, they have a free pass. they can do whatever they want. and many of the meet the charities of western countries as well. they don't even publis

clearly, from a department of defense standpoint, we have a mission to do and we require senior leaders in key positions to help lead and conduct the operations of the department of defense. so, i'll just leave it at that. >> can you be more specific about the impact it actually had in terms of the officers and their families? what impact it have? >> clearly, again, as evidenced by everything that is going on in the world right now, we have a very important mission in terms of defending this nation. anytime you add a level of uncertainty into the chain of command, it creates an unnecessary friction and has an impact on readiness as we try to stay focused on the mission, which we are going to do. this department is very focused on a daily basis on getting that mission done. when it is unclear whether or not your senior leaders are going to be in place at the time and place they are needed, that of course creates unnecessary friction and does have impact on readiness. >> reporter: was any agreement made with senator tuberville? what changed? >> i would have to refer you to senator tubervi

operation against the yemeni houthis, as the media report citing representatives of the us department of defense, the purpose of the operation. prosperity with the participation of multinational forces, ensuring international maritime safety. the united states made this decision after the interception of fifteen drones by american and british destroyers yesterday. they were released by the yemeni houthis on commercial ships in the southern red sea. now from the babel-mandeb strait due to attacks by the yemeni group after the beginning of the conflict in the middle east , the largest logistics companies leave. these include container shipping giant danish merc. which accounts for almost 15% of world trade. not only israel, but also europe, egypt, saudi arabia, and jordan will suffer from the suspension of navigation. as the pentagon prepares for a costly naval operation, nearly half of americans with credit cards are struggling to make ends meet. as newsweek magazine reports, citing a recent opinion poll, more than 46% of credit card holders in the united states they fear that they will not be ab

of the intake from you allies in the region, have you requested military assistance from, from your regional allies, including the us. ok. we have tremendous uh, defense cooperation. uh with the united states department of defense. we have uh, we hosted the trade winds exercise up to this year. so there's any laboratory defense cooperation with the united states that is ongoing and we have brought this . so come we have brought the department of defense to a broad brazil. gary, come come on. well, the o s we have brought all of them in the loop as to what ben isabel is doing. we're to try and think upon international law, direct us behavior present, but the world but important. they want the correct statement or the the borders between diana and venezuela was settled in 1899 with a full participation of venezuela and for this guy out of both of them signed up on the bar to ben. it's really been a mess, an accidental clause, the board as, as establishing 1899. the board is where then stands for them produce venezuela worth and the brand has been raised the conspiracy. the geneva reman provided that the 2 parts is it not resolved the controversy? then the united nations secretary general would determin

the world single, largest institutional, consumer, petroleum and the planet is called the department of defense? us military, united states, military is more, more polluter then, more local danbury than sweden and hungry then feeling, i mean, sweden, i'm talking about a very highly industrialized country, the department of defense. what's more carbon in the air in the planet. then sweden, the whole sweden, together. so this is what's, what's, what's happening, i mean, there's a documentary, i think it's, it's about to be launch. i've seen the trailer from every morning, which is fine. but as a journalist, just been doing a documentary on that. how much the u. s. military is cruelly up the planet climate. so, i mean, this is the kind of thing i mean, and you know what? all the military's in the whole planet they are. what is it called? i mean, they, they are, they don't have to comply with all these pairs agreements keel to agreements, the military, they have a free pass. they can do whatever they want. and many of the media charities of, of western countries as well. they don't even publish how

one degree is the error box of the department of defense for the location of this fireball. but using this moment data, we narrowed down the path of the meteor to the strip that is shown in blue and red. then the red is simply the intersection of the strip with the department of defense arrow box. the strip represents a circle around the seismometer at the fixed distance that we managed to infer based on the data, the sound data from the explosion. so, so this is the time 28 people on the deck of the ship. and what you see behind the team is what is called the a-frame that we had the cable go from the ship to a sled that we designed that included magnets on both sides. the sled was lowered to the ocean floor, which was morthan a mile deep. and this cable that connected to the ship went through this a-frame through one of the hooks there. and then the cable went to this about three miles. so it was a pretty long cable. and we tried to skim the ocean floor and collect any magnetic particles that came from the surface of the meteor when it was exposed the immense heat from the

ukraine attacked the tax system of russia , the cyber unit of the main intelligence department of the ministry of defense of ukraine conducted a special operation, the press service of the department informs. intelligence agents managed to break into the central server of the russian tax service and gain access to the regions. our experts also harmed the leading moscow it company that serves tax officials. restore the russian system. has been unsuccessfully trying for the fourth day in a row, according to experts, to solve the problem they got at least a month. the cyber attack was another serious blow to the regime in the kremlin, which for a certain time lost control over taxes and fees, the main intelligence department of the ministry of defense of ukraine claims. laying a brick, taking a gun at the construction sites of the temporarily occupied crimean peninsula, the russians are actively handing out summonses to naturalized migrants. local public reported about... such raids in yevpator. earlier, the head of the investigative committee of the russian federation, bastrykin , proposed to deprive the r

continue to be used by the united states to transfer to us the military equipment of the us department of defensei think that this will be such a certain bridge to the already real package for the whole of next year, which is estimated there in the range of 61 billion dollars. for what will this money be directed? i think it's primarily about artillery as always, ammunition for the artillery, ammunition for the highmars, maybe some equipment there... techniques, but in any case, those are the things that are currently being used on the battlefield and are the main need , this is precisely the segment of expendable elements, missiles, ammunition and partial armored vehicles. the russians have released pictures, including medvedev, the russian head of their national security council, the former president, that they have put into mass production a new a drone, what a termite, which is based on this type of helicopter and... loudly announced that it will be controlled by artificial intelligence, what kind of drone is it, how dangerous can it be? well, in fact, the russians have been carrying this dro

that's a letter that whitehouse has sent by saying also that as of mid november, the department of defense has use 97 percent of the more than $62300000000.00 us dollars it received. and also that the state department has use the entire 2 military assistance that he already a guard. we have housing congress that are divided on whether the us should send more a to, to ukraine over a needs indeed a different focus. we have republican lawmakers who want to tie the funding to ukraine to type the immigration law. so we have a u. s. domestic dispute. in this case, immigration in spending cuts that could eventually invest no agreement stole this national security package in congress. and with that also store additional support not only for ukraine and for israel, but also for taiwan and being the pacific region. so we can expect this discussion to continue it developing further not only in house, in the house of representatives and incentives also on the streets. i'll see you as well. many people are wondering where the us should send weapons and how it should deal with this security concerns to

of a sector for defense, intelligence issues probably managed by the department of ed, as they do the defense industrial base that subsector and then i think you need a subsector for communications because the fcc's already got a very strong relationship in there. so i think with that, you could do it. if i could say one other thing. the government has to do, they've got to set up a supporting ligature around that and that's the the gtc, the government coordinating and the center for training councils and they sound boring and bureaucrat and they are a critical the sectors that are run well and i put the department of the energy sector have great sex and gcs where the participation or the ceos of companies no tom fanning you know for years was the chairman of the electrical sgc deeply involved with the government and brought, you know, a commitment from his company and got the commitments of the other ceos that were there alongside him. and so, in my mind, you know, setting up naming in a sector is a national infrastructure, putting nasser in charge of the sector

we'll post a readout of the meeting to the defense department website afterwards. earlier today, principal deputy secretary of defense for international security affairs joined the u.s. department of state to lead the department of defense delegation to the 50th anniversary session of the u.s.-portugal standing bilateral position, to discuss key defense priorities, including trans atlantic security and recognize 80 years of defense partnership at lodges field. finally, more than three dozen national guardsmen from the arkansas air national guard are in guatemala to work alongside physicians to provide free medical care for civilians in guatemala city. these guard airmen have been treating as many as 500 patients a day, dental, optometry, family medicine and orthopedic care. >> sandra: all right, so we are going to continue to monitor the pentagon. head to tel aviv now, prime minister benjamin netanyahu is now briefing, let's listen here. >> our generation is a continuation of the macabes. today as in the past, fighting with tremendous courage and determination and t

the white house to day send out a letter saying that as of mid november, the department of defense is using 97 percent to almost all of a $62300000000.00 us dollar did receive that the state department has used the entire to military assistance i did receive, now we have housing congress that are divided on whether sending more a to, to ukraine or if it in different approach is needed. and we have republican lawmakers want to tie the funding to ukraine to type in the immigration laws. so there is indeed a possibility that we have now that you as domestic disputes, and in this case it will be immigration in spending cuts would eventually stall the national security package and congress and with that additional supported with it. still holding this additional support not only for the 2 countries that we just spoke about ukraine as well, but also for taiwan and be in the pacific region. so we can expect this discussions to continue both in the house of representatives and also in the 2nd venue men of our group it there in washington. thanks so much benjamin. so let's take a look now at s

let's put it this way, while the procurement of the ministry of defense is still the same , the departmentce provision and the collegial body for rear support are also engaged in the same way, and the newly created operator of the rear was created, to date, which has not yet... conducted any procedures, all procedures are carried out by the state department social security, but how all procedures have been transparent for six months already, hello, hello, hello, yes, we hear you, all procedures have been launched until the end of the year, we are waiting for the results, some procedures are opening , we announce the winners, conclude contracts, everything is as usual, well, just how long is december it will end in three weeks, and accordingly, will they have time to launch this whole process this year? you know, i can't answer this question for you, it seems to me that there are a lot of unknowns here, as far as i understand, there are such plans, but to what extent they will be implemented, so far for me it's not even clear, but ms. dano , i would like to ask you about this innovation: on