john harper with national defense magazine. the missile defense review called for beefing up existing capabilities and investing in new capabilities. but in this budget it seems that the prokurmtd and rdt and e in the acquisition portfolio would actually see a decrease in missile defense and defendant. can you explain the seeming discrepancy between sort of the new strategy our outlook versus what's in the budget. >> i think two things are probably making it appear that which. the first is that we surged our missile defense and defeat capability in '18 and '19 with reprogramming and budget amendment. we are basically maintaining the tail. we are not continuing to maintain what we surged in the years. that brings the program profile down. what you also see is we invested about $1.3 billion in specifically mdr related technologies that are not inside the missile defense agency budget but are part of the missile defense and defeat program. >> and can you explain what some of the technologies are? >> i think i'd rather do that maybe

does it make sense of the force and to allow us to accomplish the tasks as spelled out in the national defense strategy. >> the next three slides are some of our major investments in the categories of aircraft, shipbuilding, space, ground, munitions, nuclear, and missile defense. we won't go through every line but i would like to highlight a few. for aircraft of the total 522 aircraft we have in our '20 budget request we have 78 f-35s plus significant resources for f-35 modernization. we also have 12 kc 46 and eight f 15x. on the next slide, for space we have four launch services budgeted under the national security space launch. our ground system investments include over 4,000 jltv which is in low rate initial production and expected to go to full rate production decision later this year. we have also supported maximum production rates for key munitions such as the joint direct attack mission, guided multiple launch system, and the hell fire missile. switching to nuclear deterrents we continue strong investments at all three legs of the triad in the total of 14 billion including 3 billion for

general dunford, the similar question, the national defense strategy commission listed several capability gaps which would be china and russia such as long-range fire, additional air defense units and others that i mentioned in my statement, which of these capabilities, capability gaps do you think the 2020 budget addresses? >> chairman, thank you. the budget actually addresses all of the challenges you identified and what i can assure you is that the national defense strategy really has been the basis for our heard a station for capability and development so we did careful analysis of china and russia in particular, the capabilities developed over the last couple of years, limited ability to operate freely in space, cyberspace, land, sea and air and the capabilities we have identified in this year's budget are designed to allow us to project when necessary interest in the context of an emergent threat to china and russia . >> i appreciate that. i am concerned about one other area and neither one of you has personally been responsible for this but i am disturbed by the idea that we are go

for reform, in support of the national defense strategy the defense budget operation plan across the different business areas is amines to drive greater efficiency. this is focused on getting the most out of every dollar that we get and this is another area we are doing a lot of good work on, for our budget request this year you find that between the navy and marine corps we identified 1.9 billion in reform savings and 9.4 billion in addition to $25 billion of savings we are tracking and identified and laid in and continue to be tracked. we track the reforms in five main categories, for example, in the acquisition process, improvement would capture savings some efforts under policy reform. the point here is that audit and reform do go hand in glove and we are trying to be more efficient. next slide. so i think just to summarize we are focused and driving towards a bigger ready naval force we know that competition is on. there is a lot going on out there. we need to be bigger and better and more ready. we align this program to the strategy and deliver on program wholeness to sustain s

end of the day the efforts we do here will turn into greater readiness. , in support of the national defense strategy, the defense budget operations plan a prescribed reform across the business areas as a means to drive greater efficiency. this is focused on getting the most out of every dollar we get. this is a another area that we are doing a lot of good work on. for our budget request, you will find between the navy and ring core we identified $1.9 billion worth of reform savings. $9.4 billion across -- that is in addition to the $25 billion worth of savings across that we are currently tracking that were identified and laid in and continue to be tracked across the current. we track our reforms. acquisition process improvement, we will capture savings. my point is audit and reform do go hand in glove and we are trying to be more efficient and get the most out of the dollars we get. next slide. i think to summarize we are focused and driving towards a bigger, better, more ready naval force. we know competition is on. there is a lot going on out there. we need to be bigger and better and mo

force to accelerate next generation capabilities required to counter threats outlined in the national defense strategy. now let's take a look at the phi lights of our fy '20 procurement appropriations. next slide, please. our procurement appropriations remain relatively stable adds we continue buying aircraft, space assets, launch services and munitions at a steady pace. in future years some of these accounts will increase as rdt & e investments we just reviewed move into production. looking specifically at our aircraft procurement account our fy '20 request funds $5.7 billion to procure 48 f-35-a aircraft continuing our commitment to the f-35 and its game changing capabilities. this budget also adds $1.1 billion to purchase eight 15 exs to replace aging 15 cs. it continues recapitalizations for tankers, providing $2.2 billion to procure 12 kc 46 as and rotary assets funding $884 million for 12 combat rescue helicopters as well as eight mc 130. our basically budget funds three additional mx 9s in addition to the nine aircraft funded for a total of 12 procured in fy 20. our fy '20 space procur

next slide the national security defense strategy prioritize military capabilities that counter challenges to the free and open international order and reemergence of long term strategic competition between nations. through intimidation these remain the regional neighbors undermine the allies. these great power competitors look to challenge u.s. dominance and confront us to information warfare and denied proxy operations and diverse actions. we must compete, deter and win across the five missions of the national defense strategy. those five missions are defend the homeland, two provide a safe, secure and effective nuclear determent, deter aggression and disrupt violent extremists. each mission requires a combination of capabilities and the air force is integral to everyone of them. the air force is unique in that we must be ready everyday to accomplish all five missions multily. with these missions we developed the budget request to build a more lethal and ready force while focused on fueling tomorrow's air force faster and smarter. the air force has 312 quadrants and they they continue to

these reorganizations all tied to our national defense strategy and the overarching need to posture for great power competition in space. but beyond this reorganization, the president's go defense budget request also includes a 15% increase in our investment in space-based capabilities. the space development agency roadmap in the 1601 report has eight increments of capability and provides a path for biting down risk and delivering capability so we can scale and take action. the roadmap stop starts with hypersonic, tracking and warning against adversary hypersonic missiles with a next step to provide targeting for our hypersonic missiles. roadmap delivers an alternate so we can operate in a gps jammed environment. these are just a few of the investments in our 2020 budget request. the institutional changes and many increase demonstrate our resolve to move out and find a solution. 18 months ago was a phone call. 14 months ago, it was the rollout of the national defense strategy. nine months ago, we received presidential guidance. last month, it was a space force proposal. this month, it i

maintaining reasonable and appropriate group national defense budget is needed to safeguard our national security and is in line the transformation program of china's military. the united states actually has been going in great lengths to show to the world chinese military might and how to impose is dangerous to the rest of the world. we face growing threats from revisionist military tools as well as propaganda to advance its influence in the united states trying to to modernize and expanding authority considerable nuclear forces. but as we said earlier comparing the two countries the united states and china the united states the chinese actually military spending is the second in the world just behind the united states the united states last year in two thousand and eight actually spent up by about six hundred eighty billion dollars in their national defense and this year president trump is actually pushing for an increase of that to over seven hundred and two thousand and nine. he bonnie and china's defense spending accounted for one point three percent of its gross domestic product in

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the national defense strategy and the underlying budget. this year the president's budget request is for $450 billion. which is the the highest adju adjusted for inflation. to the pentagon, which is the absolute highest that we have seen since the height of the iraq surge in 2007 and 2008. and this is occurring at the same time that the national defense strategy is talking about a pivot away from the counterterrorism fight. not abandoning that fight but pivoting away as we focus more on great power competition and with china and russia. it's important for congress that we are open and transparent to the american public and the department of defense is as well. that we can demonstrate to the american people we're faithful to the original design and intent is. so a few items to shed some lying on what's being requested in the president's budget request. i'm reading $8 billion for ship level maintenance as we move from the navy-based budget. to my knowledge, this is not a single dollar for maintenance in the base budget. is that accurate? >> i

and for your leadership for our national defense. onppreciate the focus strategic competitors in the national defense strategies. specifically china. i want to start asking some questions about that. as we know they've utilized economics, military and political influence to extend their reach and shift the balance of power across the globe. beijing's whole of government efforts are particularly apparent in places like the indo-pacific, but they can be seen in places like south america, europe, even the arctic. so countering the influence and actions requires a whole of government strategy of our own and so my first question, who is leading the u.s. government response effort, and where does the defense department fit into this plan? >> i would say fundamentally, i feel like the department of defense is leading significantly in the whole of government, that -- but i have strong partnership with the secretary of secretary -- secretary of commerce secretary of treasury and , secretary of state. so, we continuously discussed this subject

at how do we ensure we authorize and appropriate for the entire national security strategy which includes defending the homeland, defense and nondefense spending in there, american prosperity, a lot of nondefense spending in there, and projecting american values. in fact, if you look at the national security strategy, it talks about vocation nal training. it talks about diversifying the energy portfolio. it talks about a forward presence of the diplomatic core and our development activities throughout the world. so, let me turn, though, to the focus of this committee, the national defense strategy and the underlying budget. this year, the president's budget request for $750 billion, 718 to the pentagon and which is the highest adjusted for inflation since the height of the iraq war. and overseas contingency, includes oco funding of $164 billion to the pentagon which is the absolute highest that we've seen since the height of the iraq surge in 2007 and 2008. and this is occurring at the same time that the national defense strategy is talking about a pivot away from the counterterrorism fight, not abandoning that fight, b

in fy '20 mda will continue to strengthen and expand the employment of defenses for our nation, deployed forces, allies and international part of nurse against increasingly capable missile threats. the missile defense program will support our war fighters and the needs of the combatant commanders by developing, integrating, testing and deploying intercepters, sensors and improvements to the ballistic missile defense system. next chart. mda's priorities for missile dense are nested within the national defense strategy priorities and are as follows, first, we must continue to focus on increasing system reliability to build war fighter confidence. we need to increase engagement capability and capacity and also rapidly address the advancing missile threats. our budget request maintains operational missile defense capabilities for existing homeland and regional defense forces, continues to increase interceptor inventory and will use existing technologies to improve sensors, battle management, fire control and kill vehicle capabilities to address the evolving threats. next chart. the current b

the reason that was because it was quote maintaining a reasonable and appropriate growth in a national defense budget is needed to safeguard national security and its line with the trance transformation of chinese military with chinese characteristics this is pretty much what the chinese officials were saying about the spending and why it was that it's there to do so but it's very interesting the americans now the united states government is kind of accusing of this military spending of the chinese defense of how it actually poses threats the rest of the world. we face growing threat from revisionist powers as different as china and beijing will use its military clout to expand its footprint beijing is employing a whole of government approach using military tools as well as propaganda to advance its influence in the united states trying to modernize and expanding authority considerable nuclear forces. well it's interesting what there is the talking about and what they're saying about the budget will of the chinese military didn't spend as much as the united states the united states government

that part of the world, a little bit outside your area, but the national security strategy, and national defense strategy does talk about reorienting ourselves, including china, military to military engagement, i was curious i've been reading some reports about china having military to military cooperation, national government, the relationship in pakistan, one road, there are ports in iran if figures largely that region -- and it figures largely in the region, just thought and what kind of a footprint do you hope to see, and how important is it to your area of responsibility that the u.s. has a strong relationship with the afghan government? off >> we are in afghanistan, first and foremost to protect americans, if the ambassador is successful, it is expected that it would be a terrorist threat that would remain, sufficient for the terrorist threat, in a post reconciled environment, we would expect the afghans themselves to deal with a terrorist threat, we surely don't want that on their territory, the government in kabul, conditions based, that will be reflected in the negotiations.>>> if i cou

there are new national defense program guidelines when compared with our national defense strategy reveal there's nothing but open space for us to build this alliance out. i am not aware that the distinction between reinterpreting versus changing the constitution is an impediment right now but if it were to become one we would raise that with our japanese friends. >> okay. with the time i have remaining, admiral, how does the latin-american angle in terms of the 17 nations that you mentioned participating, signing agreement, one belt one road, how is that affecting your force laydown or force posture? is it significant? what do we do going forward? >> all those countries are actually in south com area of respon responsibility. i talked to admiral fowler just last night to make sure i understood and he wanted to understand my concerns as well. you're not seeing profound military action in the southcom aor right now. last year china did run a hospital ship down there with medical capability -- >> with my time remaining i understand they put a satellite tracking system in argentina on land l

their new t national defense program guidelines when compared with our national defense strategy revealedght now. if it were to bm one we would certainly raise that with our japanese friends. >> in the time i haveis remaining, admiral, how does the latin american angle in h terms of their -- the 17 snagssnations that you mentioned, participating signingni agreements one belt one road how is that affecting your force laydown or forced posture, is it significant, what do we do going forward? >> all those countries are actually in south com's area of responsibility. i talked to admiral faller last night to make sure i understood and he wanted to understand my concerns asla well. i think you're not seeing pro found military action in the south-co m aor right now. last year china -- >> i do understand they put a satellite tracking system in argentina on land lease so it's a road that -- it's a trend we're seeing. >>>> and we've seen other, you know requests across the endo pacific aor. but the net result of which is the potential for more bases, placesia for china to operate out of base airpla

force ships in fiscal 2020 reflecting a critical role of the navy and marine corps play in our national defense strategy. funds 55 battle force ships within the each year defense program that results in a smooth and continuous rampant to achieving the 355 ships in 2034, a twenty-year acceleration from last year's plan. this ears should building plans continue to reinforce the powerful combination of a strong and stable industrial base and predictable funding. as well as provides our initial estimates on the enduring cost of sustaining a larger navy after 40 years of progressively smaller navies. recognizing that affects an efficient statement of the fleet is absolutely critical, we have also submitted the first ever thirty-year long- range plan for the maintenance and modernization of the fleet. this complements our 30 year shipbuilding plan. it outlines the growing menace requirements and many initiatives the navy is executing to improve the on- time completion of maintenance activities. it complements the many other actions the navy and the marine corps are taken to improve the readiness of t

the chinese telecom firm claims that the national defense also known as the n.b.a. is in on constitutional legislation the united states government has long accused wall way of sealing certain secrets and spying for the chinese state but whenever they were asked if there was any evidence they cannot provide any us as you know on the british street if. you. find these cus. you think this. is easy. joses this these. there is no. charge. but it's not only the wall weighs on the counterattack it's. the company's c.e.o. fall after she was announced that she would face extradition to the united states she filed a lawsuit against comedian the forty's claiming that her constitutional rights have been violated and the one she claims the washy was all detained none of her constitutional rights of an advisor and another is that her luggage have been searched even though she had no idea she was under arrest now this the united states have been pressuring a lot of the employees and the people that are dealing with while we in the tour last month all u.s. top officials michael pa

the outline the reasons why that happened maintaining reasonable and appropriate group of the national defense budget is needed to safeguard national security and is in line with the transformation program of china's military the u.s. has been going to great lengths to show to the world how china's military might pose a danger we face growing threats from china and beijing will use its military clout to expand its footprint using military tools as well as propaganda to modernize and expanding authority considerable nuclear forces but when you compare the two countries and how much they've been pouring into arms it's quite of gap between china and the united states the u.s. last year and vest that about six hundred eighty billion dollars in their national defense were china has been nothing close to that end it's that's not even enough this year president trump has been pressuring congress to increase that to over seven hundred billion dollars. china's defense spending accounted for one point three percent of its gross domestic product in two thousand and eighteen were doing the same period som

pence: but over my lifetime, the support for liberty, a strong national defense, free enterprise, inenable rights has principally full to our party into this movement. democrats openly advocate an economic system that has impoverished millions of people around the world. under the guise of medicare for all and a green new deal, democrats are embracing the same tired economic theories that have impoverished nations and stifled the liberties of millions over the past century. that system is socialism. remarkably, a leading candidate for the democratic presidential nomination is an avowed socialist. it is not just him. bernie has been joined by a chorus of candidates and newly elected officials who have papered over the failed policies of socialism with bumper sticker slogans and slick social media campaigns. what they are actually offering is just more of the same. more taxes, more spending, more government, and less freedom. it was freedom, not socialism that gave us the most prosperous economy and history of the world. [applause] vice pres. pence: it was freedom, not socialism that e

. >> senator, the national defense strategy requires us to answer this question. mattis says by with and through any time he was with by with and through other nations i heard him say that many times i know that's an important part. >> since there must be resource allocation we must look at number one the nature of the threat, local forces who do not demonstrate intent or capability do not deserve the same resource allocation as do those enemies with the capability and the public declaration they will strike us. number two, as general thomas said, what are the odds of success of training this force? how long will it take? and how well connected are they to the people and government? >> general, nakasone, how about the cyberrealm? talk about the partner capacity activities and engagement with them. >> i would add to the importance of building partnerships as our national defense strategy indicated. my perspective in terms of what i've seen in the cyberspace domain is it provides three critical elements. first of all intelligence we may or may not have by ourselves.

pentagon will still have an obligation to report on civilian casualties in compliance with the national defense authorization act of twenty eighteen and twenty nineteen that was very clear in trump's executive order now this is certainly not the first time that donald trump has indicated frustration with the level of information related to military activities that has been made public with fighting wars and they're doing reports and releasing it to the public so the public believes the enemy the enemy returns reports a study every line of those reports should be part of the reports let him do a report. but they should be private reports it's also important to note that that we have a statement that is reportedly coming from a spokesperson for the white house security council now it was given on the condition of anonymity it's being widely reported we cannot confirm it what it is saying is that apparently this was the activity of the intent of this executive order is minimizing to the greatest extent possible civilian casualties and acknowledging the responsibility when they unfortunately occur

force ships in fiscal 2020, reflecting a critical role the navy and marine corps play in the national defense strategy. it funds 55 battleships in the defense program and results in a smooth and continues way of achieving the 355 ships in 2034. this year's ship building plan continuing to reinforce the powerful accommodation of a strong and stable industrial base. all and predictable funding. as well as provides our initial estimates on the enduring cost of sustaining a larger navy after 40 years of progressively smaller nave yis. recognizing that sustainment of the fleet is critical, we have submitted the first 30-year long range plan for the modernization of the fleet. this complements our 30-year ship building plan and outlines the growing maintenance requirements and the many initiatives the navy has executed. it complements the many other actions the navy and marine corps have taken to improve the readiness of the entire force. finally, the department of the navy continues to mace a priority on fielding new technologies and capabilities, those needed to compete and win if the future. the

deal of time in particular as many and as we did as well but european nations where they rested and they did in the best of their defense. another having to invest heavily to quibec up on step. >> thank you general and thank you. >> thank you thank you janitor hawley. to >> i want to discuss the national security threat that can't be addressed by traditional military power at all. and that is climate change. the unclassified worldwide threat assessment by the director of national intelligence said and i'm quote here, global environmental and ecological degradation and climate change are likely to fuel competition for resources, economic distress, and social discontent through 2019 and beyond." that assessment also said quote, damage to the communications, energy, and transportation infrastructure could affect low-lying military bases, inflict economic costs and cause human displacement and loss of life. i've asked this question to other combatant commanders so i want to make sure that i get this on the record. general scaparrotti and general alliance, do you agree with the intelligence community's assessment of the clim

coast guard has corecommendations across the region particularly for the nations that don't have military but they have defense forces or even less and some instances where it's law enforcement forces. if helps with key challenges that some of the nations have, whether it's illegal unreported and unregulated fishing, narcotic or human trafficking, maritime domain awareness. they're an important contributor across the whole of the region. i've got a good relationship with linda fagan, the coast guard pacific area commandeder. >> real -- i want to thank you for putting the spotlight on that. during the shutdown there was this view that, you know, this was not part of the dod fabric. and obviously what they're doing out there really rebuts that narrative. >> thank you very much. the gentleman's time is expired mr. turner >> thank you, mr. kmarm admiral i'm going to ask a question concerning china's nuclear forces. and i'd like the two prior questioners does the as the chairman said i'm very much aware we have a classified session. but i'm looking for a full non-classified answer in this session. as you know as yo

european nations where they rested and they didn't invest in their defense. now they're having to invest heavily to get back up on step. >> thank you. >> thank you. senator warren? >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to discuss a national security threat that can't be addressed by traditional military power at all. that is climate change. the unclassified worldwide threat assessment by the director of national intelligence said -- i'm going to quote here -- global environmental and economic degradation as well as climate change are likely to fuel competition for resources, economic distress and social discontent through 2019 and beyond. end quote. that assessment also said, quote, damage to communication, energy and transportation infrastructure could affect low lying military bases, inflict economic costs and cause human displacement and loss of life. i have asked this question to other commanders. i want to make sure i get this on the record. do you agree with the intelligence community's assessment of the climate change threat? >> i do. i believe that as you

it requests $750 brillion for national defense. this is not funding for endless wars but for research and development and procurement to fund the awe aspiring military. in addition, federal resources and front line defenders are overwhelmed at the southern border. in the fiscal year 2020 budget, provides sizeable funding $8.6 billion for full completion of the wall and other security resources. in terms of other major resources, work requirements for medicaid, tan if and certain housing programs. we can end dependency by strengthening work requirements. the administration wants to lower drug costs. it proposes a drug pricing strategy that promotes generics and redustes out of pocket costs. this administration has identified a number of wasteful inefficient programs. for example, we can save hundreds of millions of dollars by right sizing and reforming the underperforming programs like job corps, a youth training program for the number of security incidents at the facilities. or take the $600 million that we spend at 85 different cu

but i think it is important to our national defense. would you agree? >> absolutely, sir. >> thank you. maybe i can ask you whether in your view there is likely to be a loss of faith among the general public when they see a carrier like the truman, which has another 30 years of life, forgive me, scrapped. to put resources into other programs that may be worthwhile. and yet we are building more carriers. i have trouble explaining that s in connecticut who say we drive our cars until we can't use them anymore. and we don't just trade them in because we like the looks of another car, another ship. basically when we're spending billions of dollars, what would you say to those folks? >> yes, sir. so the new carrier does provide additional survivability, capability, flexibility for the 50 years going. >> assuming it's not survivable. is that the message? >> no, sir. i would say that the image class are absolutely awesome carriers that are doing a great job. what i would say though is we are committed to the four class carrier and over time replacing the fleet