and department of energy program as well as the dod missile defense and space and nonproliferation committee. and served as the council for oversight for the department of energy's civil and nuclear science based program. and last line before my colleague, is a staff member also with armed services committee and his areas of responsibility include nuclear forces, missile defense, nuclear propulsion, threat reduction, arms control and counter proliferation countering weapons of mass destruction and nuclear cleanup efforts. most recent adam was principal or acting principal of nuclear matters when the office of the secretary of defense and before that served in several positions at the office of secretary of defense and joint staff and departments of state. adam served in our armed forces as an army abrams tank crewman. please join me in welcoming our distinguished panel and we'll turn to madeleine for her opening remarks. >> thanks. [applause] >> well, thanks, jeff, i appreciate it and appreciate the opportunity to be here today to say-- and congratulations to your hearty souls who

unfortunately, some senior officials within the department of the army and department of defense have sought to protect or promote gnn and piatt these senior civilian officials have excused, it condoned or overlooked the misconduct of these officers. as a former acting council of the department of the army and its chief legal officer i take these matters seriously. even if others don't. i'm glad the subcommittee has an open mind and is committed to the dogged search for the truth. by formal statement which i provided to the committee in advance of today's hearing, i detailed general piatt and to during today's hearing i hope to discuss with you how they lied, where they lied and in my opinion why they lied. in thank you very much for. >> thank you colonel mathis or recognize a brigadier general aaron dean for five minutes. >> good morning mr. chairman, ranking member, members of the subcommittee. good morning brigadier general retired aaron dean. let history record in this moment as i in my capacity as second in command of the district of columbia national guard entrusted with the sac

we were in support of the department. >> you know, that's not you, but to the department of defense and the secretary, that's disappointing. so i like to follow-up with both of you and the department on this to make sure that that begins giving up limited so we can begin stopping the illegal flow of deadly fentanyl and other drugs and the tragic trafficking of humans. you know, that's big business for the cartels and its continuing to instability in countries across our hemisphere. so what efforts beyond that plan since that is not yet been developed, what efforts are already underway with you or your parties to address human trafficking, general richardson? >> thank you, senator and i'm not aware that the report is not, the report could very well be, the well along its way. we are just not actively working on it from our levels. and a lot of times the joint staff and the osd will work those things to allow us to continue to execute our daily missions. but we are working very closely because i have the very end in my aor which is a huge human trafficking area. and you're exactly right i

we are in support of the department. >> not to you, but the department of defense and the secretary, that is disappointing so i would like to follow up with you and the department on this to make sure that begins to implemented so we can stop the illegal flow of deadly fentanyl and other drugs and the deadly trafficking of humans. it's big business for the cartels and it's leading to across the hemisphere. what other efforts are already underway with you or your partners to address human trafficking? general richardson? >> thank you, senator. i am not aware the report is not -- the report could very well be along its way. we just are not actively working on it from our levels and a lot of times staff and ost will work those things to allow us to continue to execute our daily missions, but we are working very closely because i have the dairy and in my ao are, a huge human trafficking area. you're exactly right in terms of the criminal organizations, they've only gotten more powerful. $300 billion annual revenue business. they traffic humans, drugs, gold , lithium, all kinds of counterf

unfortunately, some senior officials within the department of the army in the department of the defenseought to protect or promote generals flynn and piatt. these senior civilian officials have excused, condoned, or overlooked the misconduct of these officers. is a former acting general counsel of the department of the army and his chief legal officer, take these matters seriously, even if others don't. i am glad the subcommittee has an open mind and is committed to the dogged search for the truth. in my formal statement which i provided to committee in advance of today's hearing, i detailed general flynn's internal piatt misrepresentation to congress investigators. during today's hearing i hope to discuss with you how they lied, where they lied, and in my opinion, why they like. inc. you very much. thank you, i recognize brigadier general aaron dean for five minutes. >> good morning, mr. chairman, ranking member, embers of the subcommittee, i am retired. let history record this moment that i in my capacity as the second-in-command of the district of columbia national guard entrusted wi

to the department of defense and secretary, that is disappointing. i would like to follow up with both of you and the department on this to make sure that begins to get implemented so we can begin stopping the illegal flow of deadly fentanyl and other drugs and the tragic trafficking of humans. that is big business for the cartel, contributing to instability in countries across our hemisphere. what efforts are already underway with you or your partners to address human trafficking? >> thank you, senator. i am not aware that the report -- the report could very well be well along its way. we are just not actively working on it from our level and a lot of times, the joint staff and the oh sd will work those things to allow us to continue to extricate -- execute our mission. we are working very closely with a huge human trafficking area. you are exactly right in terms of the transnational career organizations. they have only gotten more powerful. $300 billion annual revenue in business. they traffic humans, drugs, gold, lithium, all kinds of counterfeit g

military aid to ukraine, is the inspector general of the defense department robert, rob thanks for reading >> good morning it is a pleasure to be here. >> so let's just start if you can explain the role of an inspector general for the defense department. b >> sure. happy to inspector general all over the federal government, there's 75 of them within the statutory group under the inspector general act and basically, t we do independent oversight over the programs, operations and personnel of the department and agencies we oversee. so basically that means two types of thing. one problematic so aduty that determine whether they're complying with the law and requirements and howow they migt achieve their mission better. then we make recommendations for for improvement and separate from that we do investigations so a dod -- lig administrative group that looked at conduct of senior department personnel and then we have the defense criminal investigative service with hundreds of law enforcement agents all overt world that do criminals and matters that impact the department. >> then specifically w

pump up the kiev regime with weapons, heads of military enterprises, contractors of the us department of defenseo not want to enter into long-term agreements when drawing up contracts for the purchase of weapons to replenish empty army warehouses; they are not satisfied with either the fixed prices for weapons or the requested production volumes. entrepreneur erik prince points to the pentagon's problems; the founder of the private military company black water noted that the reason for this is mistakes made by the country's leadership, in particular the aspirations of washington. jaana to wage extraterritorial wars. it seems more obvious to any sane, reasonable person that there is something seriously wrong with america's current military capabilities and our ability to project power in the world. they are losing the international one. reputation and advanced american technology. the us department of defense admitted that russian troops have found effective and inexpensive ways to counter precision weapons delivered to ukraine. experts note that russian specialists quickly adapted electronic war

the state department is the lead federal agency for planning and execution of the noncombatant operations, and the department of defenses in support of, and other departments are in support of. >> general mckenzie? >> i agree. >> is the state department responsible under law for requesting the emergency evacuation? >> that is correct. i think that is done at the ambassadorial level. i would have to check the law but i think the ambassador can make the decision to execute a neo but him or the secretary of state. >> did the state department specifically, embassy kabul, have an evacuation plan for afghanistan ? >> chairman, every embassy has an evacuation plan for afghanistan. kabul had a plan , a list, u.s. citizens and their families in the country we struggled to gain access to that plan and work with them over the months of july until we got the decision to execute the neo , which occurred on the 14th of august we work with the embassy before that, we did not have authority to move out and do the things you have to do to make a trend three happen -- neo happened until 14 august, and we were -- >> august 14th? days bef

i was concerned about the different pace of department of defense planning as compared to department of state planning. i took an opportunity, then, to make representations to the secretary about my concern over that. the fact that we were moving pretty fast on this, they were not moving fast, and i was concerned that we were going to arrive at different locations, just based on it, and i went to the secretary, and we spent some time talking about that, actually followed up with a written idea on some things that we could do, sent a letter with recommendations to the secretary of defense. >> and is that your recollection? general millie? >> absolutely. you know, without breaching things by executive privilege, et cetera, my incentive at the time and frank mckenzie's submitted assessments -- the general consensus from the military up to and including the secretary of defense was that the embassy should be coming out -- roughly speaking, does the same time it should be coming out, and then after the decisions were made to keep a diplomatic presence there, as the situation deteriorated,

military aid to ukraine is the inspector of the defense department, robert storch. thanks for being here. guest: a pleasure to being here. host: what is the role of an inspector object or -- inspector general for the u.s. government. guest: there are 75 in the statutory group under the inspector general act and basically we do independent oversight over the programs, operations and personnel of the departments and agencies we oversee. that means one, audits and evaluations that look at department programs, determine whether they are complying with the law and requirements, and how they might achieve their mission better and then we give recommendations. and we do investigations. we have administrative investigation groups that looks at the conduct of senior personnel and the criminal investigative service which has hundreds of law enforcement officials that do investigations. host: with respect to ukraine, there has been a lot of discussion that we have sent a lot of money over there but we don't know how it is being spent and what is being done. what is your role in

us department of defense contractors do not want to enter into long-term contracts. agreements when drawingr the purchase of weapons to replenish empty army warehouses, they are not satisfied with fixed prices for weapons and unsolicited production volumes. entrepreneur erik prince, founder of the private military company black water, points out the problems of the rut, noting that this is due to mistakes made by the country's leadership, in particular, washington's desire to constantly wage extraterritorial wars. it seems more obvious to any sane, reasonable person that with america's current military capabilities, our ability to project power in the world is something seriously not like that. advanced american technologies are also losing their international reputation. the us department of defense admitted that russian troops have found effective and... expensive ways to counter the high-precision weapons delivered to ukraine. experts note that russian specialists quickly adapted electronic warfare systems for this purpose. however, the white house administration is not going to abandon

in this context, i would do for you to the department of defense and test space force's space command as to how we can more effectively respond or address. i think we are doing a lot already to address some of the challenges we have in space when you talk about these really diversified responsive architectures. they are already efforts that we are taking to address some of the space challenges, but certainly, with respect to how we change or how we evolve or even what we do to be more responsive and to defend against this, i would refer you to the department of defense. clayton: maybe we will do one more question from the audience here and then start to rap. asst. sec. stewart: ok. clayton: this is from "popular mechanics," as part of an effort in transparency and to urge russia, is the u.s. prepared to release more information about its own developing counterspace capabilities? asst. sec. stewart: it's an interesting questions because it assumes capacities that may or may not exist. certainly the u.s. has tried to be transferred as possible with regard to space programs, explaining e

of defense ministers and hold a number of bilateral meetings, well, with details from evgenia nit. russian defense minister andrei belousov arrived in almaty. a meeting of the heads of defense departmentsec will be held in kazakhstan. organizing a collective security treaty. currently, the organization is chaired by kazakhstan. andrei belausov met with his colleague, minister of defense of the republic ruslan zhaksylykov. andrei belousov noted that the allied relations between moscow and astana in the military sphere are the basis of stability in central asia. we have a very big responsibility, the situation in the world is extremely difficult, it tends to further complicate the central asian region. and you and i understand well that our strategic partnership with you is one of the main factors in maintaining stability in the entire central asian region. according to the russian minister of defense, the russian military department highly appreciates the achieved level of relations with the republic of kazakhstan, both on a bilateral basis and within the framework of international organizations, in particular csto lines. we need to develop, our cooperation is very... multifaceted, to d

like marjorie's evergreen said yeah, so you know, part of it is, all of these dies leave the department of defense of department state and they go right to work for these military contractors getting paid, preserving their security clearance so they can still say, hey, here's what's coming next, we need to do this weapon act. we need to do this way and that they get paid and keep their security clearance after they leave. and after they betray our country is, is bad on both parties and it's, it's intolerable if there's one thing we've recently learned. and i mentioned this earlier in, during my introduction to one of the segments that i just did with another was the more i looked into this boeing fiasco that we're going through. the more i see how the government just basically turned its back on boeing and literally said to them, do whatever you gotta know, inspect your own planes. tell us how the inspections are going. tell us what kind of equipment you're using, make them wherever that how you want. don't listen to your employees, bottom, everything on your pilots, etc, etc. without. i mean, i'm

department of justice. again, when we look at these of purchasing decisions by the department of defense. when we look at the promotion of the backs. uh, and the lives that were told in that, and you know, like you mentioned at the outset, we have to avoid some of these foreign entanglements. as george washington warned us about. we don't have to get involved in every country around the world. and george washington, our founders for so why so should don't get involved with these foreign countries. and we've got kind of an attitude in america of isolationism. we've got a balance that because the world's a big place, we want to sell stuff. we will have peace. yeah. but we don't be very careful, but i'm gonna, i'm gonna, i'm gonna push you a little bit. you change the subject on me. i just ask you a question. there's times when we need government oversight and we need government regulation. would you not agree? i absolutely do edits on the big things, and the main thing is to preserve our borders to secure our country. that's one of the few things the constitution gives to the federal governm

then secretary of defense, donald rumsfeld in the department of defense almost 20 years later. do you believe you were actually given a true look at the facility at that time? or were you just showing the image the di or do you want it? americans to see i think i saw exactly what was there and you know what we were seeing from the media at that time. were these pictures of, of the grassy stance lines in and out door facilities. but in reality, it was the most modern and present in facility in the world. so what the media was showing was dramatically different and then what we were actually seeing in terms of the, the conditions is the treatment of the, of the chinese and others. i do think that it's a moral ethical conundrum of what you do now that you've had them. how do you let them go and nobody wants to take them? how do you let them go when they are our highest of likelihood of recidivism back because of the terrorism, the activities that got them there in the 1st place and, and the challenges. you can't really bring them to the united states where they are going to be sub

detention facilities and the guantanamo bay naval base has been the facility where the us department of defense has detained and interrogated. what is redeemed extra ordinary dangerous people, and to prosecute them for more crimes? i'm sure i know who use it. on this edition of $360.00 view, we're going to look at whether the united states can justify the continued operations of the military prison at get. now let's get started. the united states presents in guantanamo bay, begin in 1898, following the spanish american war. and in 19 o. 3, the united states designated its land in cuba as the name of station, the following, the terrorist attacks in new york city and washington d. c. on september 11th, 2001. the united states opened a military prison in guantanamo bay. cuba to hold suspected terrorist now since 2002, 779 men had been brought to the detention facilities, had guantanamo bay. the largest group were for afghanistan, with saudi arabia and germany's running the top 3 of the 50 nationalities represented. now currently, many of the $779.00 men have either been released, transferred or di

, the heads of the defense departments began negotiations, it was stated that issues of militaryd, but before the start of the negotiations, the chairman and host of the meeting, the head of the ministry of defense. welcomed his russian colleague andrei belousov and the minister of defense congratulated him on his appointment. let me congratulate andrei ramovichav on his appointment to the post of the russian federation. i will remind you that today a wide range of issues are expected to be discussed, primarily related to strategic stability. in the region, the udkb plays a big role in ensuring security from the six countries that are members of the organization, and it was also stated that the heads of the defense departments intend to discuss issues of planning joint training of the csto troops, as well as equipping them with modern weapons and special equipment, it is also planned to discuss issues of strengthening the borders of the states included in this organization, it should be noted that on on the sidelines... of today's meeting, the russian defense minister will also h

um, google hires contracts with the us department of defense. and there has been a, a history of anti militarism organizing amongst workers. and maybe google hasn't been directly in the business of war in the past, but they have tried and it's only been because of employee pushed back because of employee organizing that that hasn't happened sooner. and what we're seeing now is a response to, to, to our efforts to say no, no tech for genocide, no tech for a part. they know tech for warfare, no tech for oppression or surveillance. and at this point, i think like google has completely lost the idea of building for everyone at this point. they really are just building for profit, even if that means at the expense of human lives. paul, i read a uh, a post that you wrote, very powerful, one called i can't sleep, i recommend people look for it and read it. and it's, it raises something i've been struggling with myself cuz i have many, many contacts and friends in silicon valley. and the truth is that most of my friends think they are working on things t

the legislation that the republicans have put on the floor today parts of the department of defense, defund parts of the d of state and defund parts of th. it's not rponsible bill. it is not a serious eor at legislating,s which is why s ths of the house demti caucus will be voting no. with respect to the situation that exists right now in the middle east, there are a variety of different the country and the world with. here's my perspective.that israo defend itself marley against the brutality of hamas as was on october 7th. hamas has to be decisively defeated. the hostages need to be returned safely. we need surge humanitarian assistance into gaza to make sure we can aleeuate and pri vent -- alleviate and p suffering of palestinian civilians who are in harm's way in theater of war through no fault of their own. we also need a path toward a just and lasting pce peace -- peace, moving forward that allows for the of gaza, the identification ofleste partnerships that can exist in the region with moderate arab states like jordan and egypt and a robust blueprin. with isrg in safety and sec

that is nothing but being very proud of. >> other people every day trying to get into the department of defense every day. it is a big target. every big federal agency is a big target, and it is our mission. we have a sizable research security team. that is telling us what kind of communication is happening out there before any breaches happen. reconnaissance goes on. we are able to see a lot of that put together and try to identify where the bad guys are coming from. this network effect meeks zscaler better than most of the other companies out there. >> is probably one of the reasons why you have been able to buck the trend. thank you, and good to see you again. >> same. i appreciate it. always fun to be on your show. >> you are very kind. "mad money" will be back. >> no application fee if you apply by may 31 at university of maryland global campus, offering online and hybrid courses and lifetime career services. learn about our more than 125 degrees and certificates at umgc.edu. [busy hospital background sounds] this healthcare network uses crowdstrike to defend against cyber attacks and prot

in addition, the us department of defense entered into a contract with lock hiem martin for the productionigh-precision missiles, which... are also used in ukraine, the issue price is $332 million. and the european union has agreed on a draft agreement to provide ukraine with security guarantees, reports the german publication welt. it is noted that the agreement does not provide for the direct participation of eu soldiers in hostilities. the security guarantees discussed concern political, military and economic assistance. at the same time , brussels plans to provide them no later than the beginning of july. the presidential elections in lithuania are at the finish line, tomorrow in the neighboring republic there will be a referendum on dual citizenship, who will choose and how, what course will the country take for the next 5 years. that it would be better for them, well, let’s say, a populist, yeah, that’s what he knows how to say populistically, but to do things so that these people would be better off, indeed, this was not the case, this is a painful topic, i would like to say, before

when we reached out to the department of que defense, we dt hear back. den's department of defense is going to hate the book of. when they're exposed and we give example after example, units are told well no, no, that training is cass fide. classified. if you share that to the media, you're in trouble. west point, that curriculum is classified, if you share it, you're expelled. they don't want to be discovered. like the teacher's unions. they know what they're doing. rachel: it's so interesting, the leftists, the markists, they need captive audiences. they have students, they have to be in school. that's when they get them. they pennish them if they have a -- punish them if have a different point of view. they won't get promoted. why are we having a discussion about allowing marxism, communism into the military? why are we letting communists write the rules in our military? >> we know politicians, left wing politicians are going to push ideologies. my issue is with generals that allowed it to happen, to say i'm done, i'm not going to let you poison my uni

health and wellness act, a bipartisan signed into law by president obama which directed the department of defense, the department of veterans affairs and d.o.j.'s affairs of orienting police services to report on mental health practices and services that could be adopted by law enforcement and the programs already available to t expanded the availability of grant funds for law enforcementw educational resources. building on thisk, president biden issued a 2022 executive order on advancing effective accountable policing and criminal justicees to enhance public trust and public safety. thecu oer required the attorney general to develop and publish a best practices to address law enforcement wellness and make recommendations regarding the of law enforcement officers.de the attorney general has already complied this executive order, so we know much more about the mental health resources and the needs of law enforcement. rather than retread our steps, we should be moving forward to help our law officers implement this important work so more officersy need. last congress under democratic controlled, th

government capacity at risk, but in this context, i would definitely defer you to the department of defensece how we could respond or address. i think we're doing a lot already to address some of the challenges we have in space when you talk about sort of these really, you know, diversified responsive architectures. i think there are efforts we're taking to address some of the space challenges, but certainly with respect to how we change for evolve to do more responsive i would reach for the department of defense. >> maybe we'll do one more question from the audience here and start to wrap up. >> okay. >> this is from the popular mechanics, as an efforts in transparency and nudge russia to provide more information about this weapon is the u.s. willing to disclose more about its space capabilities? >> it's an interesting question because there are

thanks for all that you've given to the department of defense including your 28 years of service in the united states army. trustees, distinguished faculty, dedicated staff, thanks for doing so much for south carolina state. i know you've already paid a special tribute to your parents. i want you to give them another round of applause. [applause] i know that everyone knows that tomorrow is mother's day, right? sunday is mother's day. i'm living in the future guys. sunday is mother's day. don't forget. let's give our mothers and grandma's around of applause. [applause] that brings me to you, the class of 2024. 2024, let's make some noise. [applause] graduates, we are here to celebrate you and your achievements. your class had an especially challenging road to graduation day. in 2020 as a pandemic erected, your pet -- freshman class was less than half the normal size. it was unprecedented and it was hard. but you dug deep to get you stuck by each other. you made it to today. now, many of you are the first in your family to graduate from college. [applause] that's a phenomenal achievement.

the department of defense and emerging biotechnology. there's only another practice. most recently weapons of mass destruction threat very prolific on biology and biotech and china so thank you and i'll turn it over to you. >> will together and resurgent foreign policy really does help with the and how we respond. thank you for hosting. i was given to tasks, to return to the committee back to focus on national security accomplishment got through reinstalling bipartisan committees and redundant. all members of the committee, it does take every individual to work in a bipartisan manner. the second, people who went to the basement of the capital but the intelligence given to congress is done so it can impact decision-making are heartily translate intelligence products? we reconnected so we could say what intelligence we have that is relevant and also look out side of the intelligence committee itself to guide individuals who can help us fashion our to do list of things we need to incorporate so thank you for being part of that. the second he's have is here about. but from

the minister appointed to the position in march of 2024 and previously served on the national security and defense security of the lithuanian department. it's our distinct pleasure to host him on his first visit to the united states. the floor is yours. welcome. [applause] >> thank you very much. lithuanian minister of defense is looking forward to the council and looking forward to a deeper one. so, about upcoming summits, about russia and about the eastern flanks. first of all, i would say a few words about russia's capabilities as potential now to challenge n.a.t.o.'s eastern flank. i think last year we had some movement in the proceedings. and underestimating russia's ability to adapt. what we need to say, two things, russia with their economy and their war both, and many examples when they are moving forward. for example, before the war in ukraine, they produced 3, 400,000, now producing 2.2 million. it is despite sanctions and despite our attempts. so, we are on the war mode. sometimes we are hearing the questions, okay. but it cannot last long in that such kind of mode, but i think sometimes we apply western criteria, western t

we have prevailing wage issues with the department of defense. environment came in. i said what does army navy air force marines has to do with it? the department of defense has a bigger environmental budget than the epa. i had no idea. in mental health and addiction, we need every committee in congress to be doing something. i guarantee you many of my colleagues on the housing committee did not recognize they are perhaps on the most important committee in congress to address the mental health and addiction crisis because if you do not have stable housing, none of the rest of it works. but how many mental health and addiction advocacy groups have focused on hud? on the labor committee? what does labor have to do with it? that is where we get support of employment so we can reorganize the way we have the workplace set up so people in recovery can be supported at work. we are not organized to meet the huge public health crisis we have as a nation. we do not have our issues mapped out, i tried to do this, i put a 1.0 together but i am working on filling it in. we do not

opportunity to testify in support of president biden's proposed fiscal year 20 2025 for the department of defense. i'm pleased to be joined by our outstanding chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general cq brown and the departments comptroller, michael corr. let me thank you for supporting everything we do -- and our military families. -- and succeeding through teamwork. are budget request for fiscal year 2025 will advance all three of these priorities. first, the presidents request will invest in cutting-edge capabilities across all domains. that includes $48.1 billion for naval and shipbuilding capabilities, $61.2 billion to reinforce u.s. air dominance, and $13 billion to reinforce army and marine corps combat capabilities. our request will also -- to strengthen our space architecture and $14.5 billion to develop and field advanced cyber security tools. it will direct $49.2 billion to modernize and recapitalize all three -- of our nuclear triad. it will sharpen our tech edge through $167.5 billion investment in procurement and $143.2 billion in r&d. second, this budget request will support