whether wiley. >> chairman hartzler and ranking members. i would like to thank you you for the opportunity to testify. t we appreciate the dod igs investigation and note that the investigation found no lack of integrity in the intelligence process. we the analytic possessions holding ourselves to a high standard. at dia across defense all sorts analysis and partnership with usdi, we have been aggressively investing trade craft and analytic processes. while many of these were initiated independent from and prior to the ig report, they aligned well with many of the recommendations contained there are. most worthy thus far is the implemented of analytic budget program and a common process for analytic process evaluations. we have expanded professional. we also believe that rigorous certifications is a essential component of the professional work force and continue to implement in advance of analysis program to demonstrate in analytic competence. we made considerable strides and implementing analytic standards across the enterprise. with our pa

. >> thank you, chairwoman hartzler. i would like to just take a quick moment to also recognize a couple new democratic members on the oversight investigation subcommittee, tom ohall r hao'hd tom s wazi. i make sure congress never flinch wlz it comes to the difficult questions of ensuring our national security. i believe we'll doen a excellent job working together in that spirit and in the bipartisan tradition of this committee. in the united states, our policymakers and service members rely on intelligence analysis to make critical strategic operational and tactical decisions every day. some life or death. so it is imperative that we have adequate safeguards in place to ensure they receive objective, empirically based reporting on which it is ground truth. for that reason, when allegations arose last year about manipulation of intelligence at united states central command, congress encouraged the dod inspector general to conduct a thorough investigation and report back with recommendations. the inspector general conduct

hartzler. >> thank you, mr. chairman. good to see you again, admiral. >> yes, ma'am. >> i would like to home in the questions on china some more. and also readiness. so china has been investing in several next-generation military technologies, including hypersonic missiles, directed energy weapons, autonomous weapons, systems and space-based weapons. are you concerned about the progress china is making in its development of these technologies and how can the united states maintain its edge? >> without going into classified, i'll answer yes to all of that. i am very concerned about their development -- their developments in these systems, particularly hypersonics. what we can do is to develop our own hypersonic weapons and improve our defenses against theirs. one of the problems we have, though, is -- is this inf treaty issue before us. so hypersonics, you know -- that can match the chinese weapons will be precluded by inf. so we're precluded from developing land-based weapons that can match the chinese land-based weapons