mr. shane: it is pretty close to the president's request. and looking at the at the same level of military end strength. and same level for the military pay raise, 2.6%. and generally the same level of funding. little bit lower than what the administration asked for. we have gotten a note from mick mulvaney saying he wants to see those accounts fully restored. but it is pretty close. the two places that we have seen the administration send over a note saying they would like it to be correct but this bill would purchase two extra literal ships with the administration we spent money offer and the j-star program and another $600 million. minor things in the larger scope and in line. host: reading some of your reporting, military, the headline -- more troops? here's what the appropriators want. you quote the chair of the appropriations subcommittee, last year, we took the first big step to rebuilding the military. what are the proposed improvements? mr. shane: she is talking about this idea of rebu

saying if you choose me you choose freedom if you choose mr abu and you choose fear so what he managed to do is making people believe that shane's is indeed possible that mr allen is not invincible really ahana covering the turkish elections for us thank you so much french president amount of i'ma call and his spanish counterpart has a sanchez have held talks in paris just a day ahead of a hastily config and convened migration summit in brussels both leaders said they favored a closed reception center at key a rival points in europe myron's or be held at the centers while their asylum claims were processed at their made them across also came out in support of financial sanctions against countries that refuse to accept migrants. i myself am in favor of mechanisms that take this into account you can't have countries that massively benefit from the solidarity the european union while pushing their national some push this when it comes to migrants. have some of the other stories making news around the world an explosion at a rally in the zimbabwe capital zimbabwe's city of bull a while has endured the country's vice president presid

mr. pratt's. and shane shuler from springfield, maerissouri and vo and has a job i once had. we'll have questions for both of you. >> thank you, charm blunt and ranking member klobuchar. i'm i'm mr. pratt and it's an on to be here. we help choik our elections reflect a trusted and true accounting of voter choices. that legitimacy must be secured. election officials have been working and securing votes and voter records for a very long time. when i started in the business, prior to 2000, we served mostly as logistics managers, like wedding planners, making sure they came together with the right stuff. after bush v gore and the help america vote act, a new era of rules was heralded in and we became legal compliance and i.t. managers. but the 2016 election and all since show that sophisticated attacks must be expected and we must become cyber security managers. spurred by the need to defend against for ten enemies, officials have been working successfully to find good balance of federal government in elections without tram blipling. good process has been making made. state offici

mr. strzok, as i understand, has lost his security clearance. >> laura: yay! was get out the sam shane.ost his security clearance, was marched out of the building. not clear whether he just lost his security clearance, like, today, or whether that happened when he left the building. how much jeopardy is he in? could he be in any jeopardy other than losing his job at this point, sol? we are thinking that documents might have been altered, that's another issue. we are looking at the 302 documents, not directly related to strzok himself. what else could happen here? >> i haven't heard that they are related to strzok. we have this very piecemeal news on that, that supposedly, according to congressman meadows, there was improper, potentially improper alteration of a 302, which, as you know, is what the fbi calls the reports of interviews with people who they question. but we have no idea what is meant by that. i read one account that andrew mccabe demanded that something be changed, but that is all total speculation at this point. you know, there are some ways in which 302s can be changed th

mr. schuler. >> good morning. thank you for the opportunity to offer testimony. my name is a shame schuler -- shane shuler and i work in greene county, missouri. the county clerk has many demonstrated duties for the county. is texanna straighter, the board of equalization, licensing and artery, county payroll and benefits administration, retention archival of county records, voter registration and election administration. election administration is clearly the most physical duty of all that i mentioned. it's a duty that me and other county clerks take seriously as we worked tirelessly to make sure that the correct the -- ballots are given and tabulated. is important in the context to recognize each state is unique and how their elections are administrated. it's an advantage to protect fraud and cyber attack on our election. the advantage is also a challenge as it relates to cybersecurity threats on data and results on election night. the majority of county clerks in missouri are depending on the efforts of the election service providers to provide voting service, the secretary of state office and t

mr. chairman, ranking member klobuchar hand distinguished members of the committee. thank you for the opportunity to offer testimony this morning. my name is shane schoeller and honored to serve. county clerk in green county, missouri. the county clerk is responsible for several administrative duties for the county. these duties include tax administration and licensing and notary issuance, county payroll and retention and archival county records, voter registration and election administration. election tracking is clearly the most visible duty of all that i just mentioned. duty that my fellow colleagues take seriously. as we work tirelessly to ensure the correct ballot is given to each voter and correctly tabulated. it's important in the context to recognize that each state is unique in how their elections are administered but not unique for several other administrative duties. this is decentralized state by state and county by county. which is advantage in protecting against cyber attacks on our elections. the advantage is also a challenge. as it relates to cyber security threats to electronic voter registration data and the electronic tabulati