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we are honored to the chief of staff of the tiny army general james mcconville with us today. general i have been lucky to know you are a number of years and we have hosted you hear before it brookings. as you prepare to complete your two as chief of staff it's really a privileged people to host you yet again. i don't think of it as a farewell visit but i think of it is really an opportunity to honor and thank you for your service to me that i could ask anybody else to joinur in a roud of applause. [applause] >> today we will talk with the general up here a bit, first meath and melanie with questions of the you to round out the hour and first i like the couple more words about t this distinguished soldier making cryptor he's been in uniform for 42 years. actually 46 if you count all four years at west point. group in quincy, massachusetts, near another young man and promising future american named joe dunford. some of you may part of. pretty amazing group of individuals following in the footsteps of john adams and john quincy adams all from that same small town in the boston r

it's a discussion with general james mcconville about the army's modernization efforts and the war in ukraine. you could see that folks are starting to gather in that room. that conversation starts in 10 minutes but in the meantime, dr. joseph is the policy vice president, taking your phone calls as usual. go ahead and keep calling in and we will continue this conversation until the top of the hour. this is pennsylvania, good morning. caller: hi, the problem i run into is i've been on disability for the last 15 years. i turned 65 this year and i watched all of my insurance go away. all this stuff and i don't qualify for medicaid because they save make too much money. i believe in $1500 per month. that's a little disheartening there. you like to see what programs are out there to help you and there's really nothing there. guest: you have raised one of the fundamental points here. you can make very little money per my attitude not be eligible for medicaid depending on the state in which you live. most would say the $1500 per month can barely make the rent and the food and other bills th

. >> we are here on -- honor to have the chief of staff of the united states army general james mcconville. i have been lucky to know you for a number of years and we have had you here at brookings and as super -- prepared to complete the chore as -- tour as chief of staff, it is a privilege to host you and it is an opportunity to honor you and thank you for your service and i will think everyone -- asked everyone to join me in a round of applause -- ask any -- everyone to join me in a round of applause. [applause] >> i would like to say more words about this soldier. he has been in uniform for four -- 46 years if you count all four years at west point and grew up in quincy, massachusetts near another young man, a promising future american named joe dunford. and amazing group of visuals -- an amazing group of individuals on that same town in the boston reason and he went to west point and studied science and a master of science degree from georgia technology. he served in operation iraqi freedom and in afghanistan and he has been vice chief of the army. he has seen a lot. we have been talk

it is a discussion, this morning, with army chief of staff general james mcconville about the armies modernization efforts and of course the war in ukraine. you can see that folks starting to gather in that room at the brookings institution. again, about ten or 12 minutes till that conversation starts. until then, we are with avenel joseph of the robert wood johnson foundation doctor joseph is they policy vice president there. taking your phone calls on phone lines as usual. republicans 202748 8001 democrats -- independents, to throw 2748 8002. go ahead, keep calling in. we will continue this conversation until the top of the hour. this is sidney, slippery rock pennsylvania. good morning. >> hi, the problem that i ran into is that i have been on disability for the last 15 years. i turned 65 this year and i lost all of my insurance. i still go see my oncologist every six months, i have a -- on this stuff and i don't qualify now for medicaid, because they say i make too much money i don't even make 1500 dollars a month that is a little disheartening there when you go to try and see wha

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we are honored to have the chief of staff of the united states army james mcconville with us today. general i've been lucky to know you for a number of years and hosted you before at brookings and as you prepare to complete your tour as chief of staff it is a privilege to be able to host youou yet again and i don't think of it as a farewell visit but really an opportunity to honor and thank you for your service and maybe i could ask everybody else to join me in a round of applause, please, thank you. [applause] so say we're going talk with the general up here a bit. but first with melanie with questions and you to round out hour and first i would like to say a couple of more words about this distinguish soldier amazing career he's been in uniform for 42 years. actually -- 46 if you count all four years at west point grew up in quincy, massachusetts. near another young man and promising future american named joe dun ford someone you may have heard of pretty amazing group of individualing following in footsteps of john adams and john quincy adams from that same small town in the bosto

it is army chief of staff general james mcconville, discussing the war in ukraine. that should begin in a minute or two and if you need to run, you can catch it on the free c-span video app. we will catch you tomorrow on washington journal. >> we are left this morning on c-span, the brookings institution where we are awaiting remarks for -- from army chief of staff general james mcconnell and he will discuss military readiness and expected to touch on the war in ukraine. live coverage as it gets underway here on c-span. host: you can start calling in now and we