i promised when i was confirmed 90-8 in july 2019. >> host: doctor charlie stevenson of the national defense university wrote a book titled the nearly impossible job of secretary of defense, secretary austin now is the twentieth secretary of defense, you were the 20 seventh, charlie's book was written before your tenure so he covers a number of your. he talked about the job of running the largest, most complex organization in our own federal government, i would argue in the world, talking one. 3 million active-duty, 880,000 reservists, 750,000 civil service employees, 750,000 contractors, 5000 locations worldwide. he said that it is nearly impossible, you talk about how you had extraordinary circumstances you were dealing with beyond those your predecessors had to deal with, you have a global pandemic the likes of which we haven't seen in over 100 years and you had to put in place operation warp speed. i would like to get to that. you are still dealing with mores on the ground a, our troops in harm's way in iraq and afghanistan and other areas and some of these other concerns about withdrawi

we started with one defense agency the national security agency and now have 28. these agencies are large defense agencies with worldwide communications, worldwide grocery chains, worldwide a independent school system, defense missile agency. you l start to take that on because you say some of these things are big businesses yet they are not run like a business and the military support organizations and you try to bring reform to the defense agencies but left before you could get really what you wanted to get done. but talk about how we need to reform what we are doing and don't get me wrong. i'm making it a longer question because as you said in the beginning of the book you gave credit to the men and women active-duty guard and reserve, defense contractors, research development that come to work in the pentagon every day to do the very best job they can for the war fighter and for the taxpayers likely congressional staff yet the former secretary defense told me the process meets good people every day and in the dod we still have a lot of proliferation of the proc

sn the national defense strategy. thank you so much for joining us today.hen the atlantic council launched the series in 2009 our vision was to establish flagship speakers for the most important security challenges now and in the future. speakers for the most security challenges now and in the future. this series has been useful for defense companies like us to help us better understand challenges and priorities in order to inform our investments and partnerships, particularly when it comes to research and development, better preparing ourselves to meet huge research capability needs. today's event is the second installment in 2022. last year we were honored to kick off the series with a discussion on advancing army priorities with john whitley and general james mcconville. general mcconville has been a frequent guest at the commander series. the year prior he featured in a discussion on adapting army operations to prevail in competition for peers. today's events will add to our further track record on army leadership engagement. we are delighted again to h

there are three primary lines of effort in the national defense strategy. the first is campaigning or active campaigning. the next is integrated deterrence. the third is enduring advantages. the army has a role to play and all three pillars and i thought i would talk briefly about our role in each part of the strategies. first, the army is campaigning out in the world every single day. campaigning strengthens deterrents and enables us to give advantages against the full range of competitor actions. but really the core of campaigning is using operating forces and synchronizing them and aligning our u.s. government activities with other instruments of national power, nonmilitary instruments of national our all to underline acute forms of competitor coercion and complicate adversary's military preparation as we develop our own war fighting capabilities with allies and partners around the world. we in the army are campaigning every day in europe and the indo pacific and other regions all around the world. in europe, for example, the army invested $2.4 billion j

council of the national defense council of the national security service of ukraine. even some thingsbut we won't say it but i want the public to know that this is happening some things even happen faster and some fights are very fast within a week or a little more новая оружие it works that ukraine can protect itself, but our main geopolitical task now is the geopolitical task of all countries that understand what russia is like. well, how will the virus spread further? explain to our friends in america that there is no doubt. at the expense of providing you with a language well, that is, these long systems of any kind, like mars and so on, they must be provided much faster because this is only defense. that is, if someone thinks that it is impossible of this to do it so that ukraine does not attack russia, i would see what the reaction would be if america were to shoot their neighbor and someone would say listen and let's be careful so as not to damage the systems of the neighbor who is killing our people. thank you, mrs. shakalina, for your position and members of the national secu

the national guard and reserve have long been low cost solutions for national defense. and, in fact, the air national guard performed 93% of homeland defense of our missions. my question, has the department made any attempts to seek cost savings by transferring force structure to the air national guard rather than eliminating them from the total for? >> i will let general brown offers views on that come to get we look at force posture all the time and i have a balance between the active guard and reserve which is sustainable over time and which provides us the mix of immediately available capabilities and given that was available and longer timeframe the role of the guard in particular homeland defense is really appreciative. that's a cost-effective mission for the guard. >> congressman, we do a couple things as we do our reviews. we look at the active guard and reserve mix but we also look at her overseas and stateside mix to ensure we maintain a healthy force because there is a dynami dynamic. as we do that i look at it from a tour de force perspective. our lay down is

for example, that the most important obligation of the federal government is to ensure the defense of our nation. [applause] and i believe that america must always maintain military forces that are second to none. i believe -- [applause] i believe we must be clear eyed about the threats we face, and must dedicate the resources necessary to ensure deterrence. our enemies must never think they can prevail if they attack. i served on the armed services committee, and i have differences, as i have said, with most democratic members of that committee, but we also share much in common. among my most competent, honorable, and serious colleagues are a group of women veterans i served with on that committee, like mikey cheryl from new jersey, chrissy houlahan of pennsylvania, elaine luria of virginia. we debate issues. we have big disagreements. we don't come out on the same side most of the time, but we respect each other, and i know that those women, those veterans love this country and are on that committee and end congress because they want to serve the nation and do the right thing, and for 61 years

in order to do so puts our ability to put the national defense strategy at risk. it puts solar tours, sailors, marines, and guardsmen along their allies are risk. it desirability to place air power anytime anywhere risk. the only way our air force in the nation will be successful, balancing risk between today and tomorrow is if we collaborate. in fact collaboration is the critical word in accelerator lose. we are beginning to successes of our collaboration efforts towards transition to the future. this year's budget brought substantial increases to research and development. it is focus on placing meaningful military capability into the hands of our -- . investments distance and consul our air force to penetrate dominate any scenario. this is important as our investments i've been successful in divesting systems that are increasingly irrelevant against today isn't tomorrow's threat. we did not do this alone. the support of congress is much appreciated. we accelerating changes the impetus between high and the department of our forces -- . this means moving with a sen

shelter or what should i take with me there, then i ask, everyone can take participation in national defenseto answer these questions, and of course the demand for training has increased significantly, volunteers are taught on the courses, behavior during the battle is introduced to various weapons, the theory is explained of military affairs, according to the latest survey of the ministry of defense of finland, 85% of citizens believe that russia negatively affects the security of their country, and 83% are ready to take up arms in the event of an attack on finland, including women, a few days after russia attacked ukraine, finnish businesswoman sisi moderns searched for military courses in finland on the internet, all the men did military service, i didn’t, but i want to be part of the defense, they went through a special course for reservists, learned how to handle weapons and moving on the battlefield now modern is completing another emergency survival training course in three days she and over 300 other women have learned how to set up camp not make a fire in the rain navigate the fores

on the cyberspace solarium commission, we recommended and it was approved in the national defense --onal defense authorization act -- which is continuity of the economy planning, or cote -- continuity of the economy planning -- which looks at how do we prepare for and recover from a major cyber attack that rolls across our economy, not just targeting one organization, one sector, but multiple at the same time. so how is it going? the act -- you know, legislated, as you know, that the administration was providing a plan by the end of 2022, which is rapidly approaching. chris: yeah, so i must admit that my horizons have been expanded a bit since i was on the solarium commission. now, when i first thought about that continuity of the economy assignment, i thought about it almost entirely through the cyber lens. of course, there are many hazards that kind of hold an economy at risk -- or many resources, both materiel and often digital infrastructure and virtual that are required to actually make a kind of an economy run smoothly. and so you have to actually have a broader kind of lens to

the ministry of defense of the national guard of other law enforcement agencies to those who, at times risking, sacrificing themselves, provide medical assistance under shelling at the forefront. low bow to you, saved by the life of our comrades who are taking part in a special military operation among new hospitals, not only modern huge centers. in st. petersburg, after a major overhaul , a polyclinic opens in novosibirsk , a department for adults and children has just been built the president unexpectedly asks to be invited to the microphone of patients in general. how do you assess the situation in the healthcare system of the novosibirsk region in novosibirsk as an ordinary citizen who lives in novosibirsk and uses the services. in medical institutions, the child is special and therefore, well, we really count on the help of this clinic to work, but in general work with special children. and you feel that there is some kind of support, and some kind of attention from the relevant authorities. uh, the authorities, of course, definitely get in touch doctors from a village in half of

at the beginning of the release of information from the national defense control center, i will quotegime is preparing another inhuman provocation in the city of shostka, sumy region, as the ministry of defense said, the delivery of long-range missiles and the united states of america is expected in shostka in the near future, and information was obtained as a result of interception.

according to him, western supplies cover only 15% of everything with details varvara nevskaya national defensee, although he called this interview of the deputy minister of defense of ukraine a message to the us government it sounds more like prayer of karpenko recognizes the loss of weapons in the ukrainian army as fatal and no land lease is enough to compensate for them today . we have about 30-40, and sometimes even up to 50% of the loss of equipment as a result of active battles. so we lost about 50%. lost. about 1,300 combat. infantry vehicles 400 tanks 700 artillery systems the statement of the ukrainian general suddenly surprises with its frankness about 50% of the military equipment at the disposal of ukraine before the start of the special operation was destroyed, and armament supplied from the west barely covers 15% of the true needs of the armed forces, ukraine is begging the west for bmp artillery , air defense tanks and rea. multiple rocket launchers, but it still receives javelins that are useless against heavy russian weapons and m-77 howitzers not intended for towing in rough t

for this conversation is growing pilavets, a military historian and associate professor of the national defenseshields, no news. together, we are strong. the unconquered cities of ukraine are cozy kherson, the pearl of protected areas, in which ukrainian tv channels are required to be returned to the digital airwaves in order to sign the petition first you need to register, it's very simple go to the website petition.kemu.gov.ua there go to the registration tab and enter all your data, say your phone number and email, confirm all your data enter the code that will be sent to your mobile create a password that will certify that you are not a robot give consent to the processing of personal data check all your data again and click the register button to complete the registration go to your specified email address where the site letter will come click on the link in the letter that will return you to the petition site, be your email, password, enter , return to the main page of the petition site, open the petition for the return to the digital air of the ukrainian tv channels espre fifth and direc

i am quoting from the white paper on national defense of 2017, as for the other aspect, it is the rhetoricleadership, we see that it is quite aggressive. well, it has been straight-forward for a long time i will remind you that, for example, last year, the chairman of the people's republic of china, xi jinping, during the celebration of the centenary of the proclamation of the communist party of china, said that china would break its head in anyone who tries to build a wall will try to divide china and so on , so the rhetoric itself is nothing new, and we see the actions of the people's republic of china, they are also aimed at returning taiwan under my leadership, but i do not think that it will be a military way, despite the fact that the military component is developing quite intensively, as for the marines, as for the naval forces, especially in the eastern fleet of the people's naval forces of the chinese liberation army, so my so far is such a summary of what it is. so far, the rhetoric is real, military , military actions, war, it is so far unlikely, but it certainly does not rule o

tomorrow the armed services committee will mark up the national defense authorization act. this is a key opportunity to show that both parties are serious about the real growth in defense spending that it will take to keep us on the cutting edge. the biden administration's defense budget request was woefully insufficient. the the president has proposed a real-dollar cut for defense spending after president biden's own inflation. our colleagues on the committee must help congress deliver an ndaa that provides for real robust growth above inflation so that we can modernize our forces, ensure adequate inventories of weapons and keep america safe.

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republican and believe deeply in the policies of limited government, of low taxes, of a strong national defense. i believe the family is the center of our community and our lives. i believe those are the right policies for our nation. also not -- i also know at this moment we are confronting a domestic threat we have never faced before. and that is a former president who is attempting to unravel the foundations of our constitutional republic, and he is aided by republican leaders and elected officials who have made themselves willing hostages to this dangerous and irrational man. some in my party are embracing former president trump. and even after all we have seen, they are enabling his lies. many others are urging we do not confront donald trump, that we look away, and that is certainly the easier path. one need only --. --path. one need only look at the threats facing the witnesses who have come before the january 6 committee to understand the nature and magnitude of that threat, but to argue the threat posed by donald trump can be ignored is to cast aside the responsibility that every citiz

russia and china with our resources for tomorrow the armed services committee will markup the national defense authorization act, this is a key opportunity to show both parties are serious about the real growth and defense spending it will take to keep us on the cutting edge. the biden administration defense budget request was both woefully insufficient. the presidents proposed a real dollar cut for defense spending after president biden's own inflation. our colleagues on the committee deliver nda that provides for real robust above inflation so that we can modernize our forces, ensure adequate inventories and keep america safe. >> the generous six committee public hearings continue as they release evidence gathered in their investigation. tune in thursday as the committee examines have been president trump may have pressured vice president pence to not certify president biden's election. watch live thursday at 1:00 p.m. eastern time on c-span three. c-span now our free mobile video app or any time online at c-span.org. you can also visit our website c-span.org/january 62 watch previous hearin

need a kim jung and has met with top military officials to discuss national defense policies. thus came outline plans that included smaller nuclear bombs and hypersonic missiles while, while abroad is install with mall on this. and obviously there's a great deal of significance about what's being discussed. that's right. these statements have come out of a meeting of north korea's top military hierarchy meeting until young chaired by kim junglin, where apparently we are told they were discussing key military organizational matters, and also the operational duties of front line units. now they didn't elaborate on any of this, but it thought that this could be linked to hints that north korea gave a couple of months ago about deploying a tactical nuclear warheads to frontline artillery units. now these are they a small kinds of warheads that we know north korea has been trying to develop that has been speculation that it is preparing for another underground nuclear test. they are also the kind of a smaller warheads that are carried by short range missiles and rockets that north

, the national defense of china is the white paper, but still , technologically, china is notdy for this, that's why that despite the military construction that is being carried out, including in relation to the marine forces of the missile forces and in relation to the nuclear deterrent forces and the naval forces, according to a number of estimates , china is not yet ready to conduct such a military operation technologically, it will be ready in about 5 years and in 5 years this means that if we evaluate his readiness for a military operation by such indicators, then in 5 years he will be ready for this from a military point of view, and china currently also understands the use of nuclear weapons, he looks at how the russian federation is trying to blackmail the west with the use of nuclear weapons, and china sees that a number of those statements that were made, for example, by the russian leadership in the russian media, regarding the fact that if the west supplies ukraine with long-range weapons and so on, this will cross red lines -e and you will force the russian federa

direction to the city of svatovo, luhansk people's republic republic - said the head of the national defensetrol center of russia mikhail mizintsev guaranteed the safe evacuation of all civilians without exception and their movement in the composition humanitarian convoys to temporary accommodation points. today in moscow the council of the vtb united basketball league was held, which approved the composition of the participants in the format and the regulations of the championship 22-23 years. our correspondent alexander abramov was present at the council he gets in touch with us directly alexander greetings what changes were adopted today as a result? yes alexander good afternoon. well, what is the vtb united basketball league getting ready for the new season ? after this meeting, the innovation was officially announced for the next year. the meeting of the council of the united league took place exactly one week later. i'll remind you after the end of the previous season, so next year starts next year, and the format and composition of the vtb united league participants will change - thes

you are going to be marking up the national defense authorization act. efense spending is going to go higher as we also have the threat of china? secretary lloyd austin was just with his counterpart in china last week, again we another dressing down of u.s. officials. tell me about the national defense authorization act. what happens in congress next week? >> the president sent over a budget that does not adequately fund what we need to do reinvest we lent to ukraine or replenish our own stores. looking back to modernization, make certain we have the advanced weaponry necessary to defend the united states. his budget was over 770. the senate already marked that up, they added nearly 50 billion more into the budget. i think you will certainly see that from the house as we take up the defense national authorization act. next week the news how will we respond to new threats of russia aggression, support for ukraine, the threat from china, itsing a agressiveness, all of those mean we'll have to make different choices how we invest in our military. maria: how

near the firing point, a kindergarten boarding school was also equipped, as the head of the national defenseol center reports. mikhail nizintsev, a provocation is being prepared in the kharkiv region shelling residential areas, while preparing fake videos and photographs to distribute them through western news agencies and accuse the russian military of non-selective strikes. tests your strength. penoplex materials provide a comfortable temperature in the house at any time of the year, a heat-conducting house. deposits are a delicate matter, sometimes you trust the bank, but the rate is small the rate is higher, but there is little trust, and there are financial services where the benefit is incredible and the reliability is guaranteed bonus plus 5% farm deposit in any bank online on fings all deposits are insured. hi friends. let us treat you to a mix of tele2 50 gb movie music and discount smart devices complement the perfect ingredients. in one subscription already without overpayments at a bargain price, and the first connection is free. try the tele2 mix subscription. the recipe of natu

territories continue to place firing points near civilian objects, this was reported in our national defense control center nikolaevka strongholds and a liner with ammunition arranged in schools. including in a boarding school for children. orphans nearby in the yard artillery people are kept in basements in the city by golden radicals equipped sniper points c. the tenant's houses were forbidden to leave the apartments. in the kharkiv region, the engineering troops of the western military district are clearing mines, freed from militants, settlements , agricultural roads, fields, and even household plots. local residents ask about it. fighters daily find several dozen anti-tank and anti-personnel mines, if the ammunition can be transported from it, they are delivered to the landfill and undermine there. well, the biggest front is the work of sappers in the now liberated mariupol operation, unique in scale and complexity of azov industrial steel, ukrainian militants turned the city into one continuous minefield, report by oleg shishkin territory of 11 m² here, mines and unexploded ammunition

controlled territories continue to place any points near civilian objects , this was reported in our national defense control center, nikolaevka strongholds, ammunition depots were arranged in schools. including in a boarding school for orphans next to the yard, artillery keeps people in the basements in the city . in the newly liberated mariupol, russian sappers are conducting a unique operation, the scale of the work is huge and must be done with pinpoint accuracy calculated. every step matters every second in this matter, there are no trifles, because azov became a real industrial city, the ukrainian militants turned the city into a continuous trap. our correspondent oleg shishkin is watching how everything happens. 11 m². there are mines and unexploded ordnance everywhere. this road has already been cleared of mines, so nothing is dangerous here, but in these houses, where ukrainian nationalists have equipped firing points, it is better not to enter gangster banners. there may be at every turn first of all, on the basics of steel, it clears access roads and bridges. this is a huge city within a c

in fiscal year 2023, military construction budget requests a arson 2022, national defense strategy in my investing in our airmen and their families, accelerating the recapitalization of the nuclear enterprise, and supporting combatant command and across european and indo pacific theaters in fy 22 request is consistent with foster's request, lifting great strides in process to improve to create a more stable military construction that wheeled increase in the number of projects awarded in the year of appropriations, have better define process and reducing project delays for these requests and however we continue to work for numerous external influences affecting this portfolio the increased mobile and commodities and ongoing impact from the covid-19 pandemic from the effect of a change in climate. in the face of the challenges on the air force continues to balance risk and installation of investment with the to modernize and meet our most critical mission needs and overtime though this is resulted in natural facilities and infrastructure in order to mitigate some of this risk we optimiz

not change its tactics and places weapons next to civilian objects, this was reported in our national defenseenter in kharkov. artillery in the courtyards of residential buildings does not allow people to leave their apartments . schools, and heavy weapons and armored vehicles were installed on the territory of the plant. in kharkov areas liberated from militants, settlements, our military brought another batch of humanitarian aid, products, basic necessities, more than 40 tons of boxes for someone. our fighters bring directly home, special attention to veterans of the great patriotic war. for them. there, among other things, gum delivers gifts from russia on a regular basis, constantly compiling lists of what else the place needs, first of all, it helps families with disabled children and the elderly, and this is how warmly people welcome our fighters. most importantly, hold on, god forbid. the lugansk republic in the field hospital, which was deployed on the basis of the district of hospitals, work does not stop for a minute, russian doctors save both military and civilians. for this, there

today we will talk about our national defense industry and public and private in wartime, how and withr defense industry helps the armed forces and why we increasingly mention foreign models of weapons and very little about our own. serhii zgurets, i am the director of the information consulting company defense express, which, with the espresso channel, tries to highlight the current trends in the life of our armed forces and the defense industry complex my interlocutor today is the general director of the league of defense enterprises

national defense strategy and the army's top three priorities during remarks at the atlantic council. she also noted

aligned with the national defense strategy. our navy reporter sure pro platforms to be capable of supporting both black spectrum, multi domain platforms with pure competitors. while also protecting against, responding to, you and recovering from attacks of destructions intended to degrade operations. the strategy provides a roadmap for identifying and resourcing osha operations, activities, investments, enabling fleet war fighting capabilities that are aligned today cnn as a cable platform. in the united states in around the world are central shore platforms from which naval forces train, deploy, and maintain force presence to enable geographic combat company commanders to meet operational requirements. a modernized and video or industrial base is about a component of readiness. the navy is leading the efforts to take an enterprise wide approach, to optimize infrastructure at the shipyards, depots, and logistic complexes, that repair, and modernize our ships, submarines, and aircrafts. the shipyard infrastructure optimization p

at the same time, as reported in our national defense control center, the ukrainian side is going to the weapons that it received from the united states and are being transported to the sumy region. in the near future, the delivery of long-range missile systems from the united states is expected from the united states, with the help of which militants of the armed forces of ukraine by order of the sbu, they plan to strike at the border territory of the russian federation directly from the residential areas of the city with these actions. ukrainian non-nazis are counting on provoking the russian armed forces to return fire. then accuse them of selective strikes on civilian infrastructure and the destruction of the ukrainian civilian population. and today, the ministry of defense showed the work of our anti-aircraft gunners, the safety of not only military units, but often civilians , depends on their timely and coordinated actions. on them mainly and on youtube ukrainian nazis , our air defense system reflects both missile attacks and enemy air raids. and here is a big load on our pro

ukrainian militants are preparing provocations along the entire front the national defense control centerat the krivoy rog tpp could be under attack, the plan of the nationalists to blame the russian military for the attack, despite the threat of a food crisis, ukrainian armed formations continue to use food industry enterprises for military purposes , deploy armored vehicles and equip firing positions on the territory of an agricultural enterprise. slavyansk , kramatorsk and kharkov today, details of the feat of senior lieutenant alexander popov, the title of hero of russia, he was awarded by presidential decree on the eve of the posthumous price of his life, alexander prevented a breakthrough by ukrainian nationalists and kept a strategically important boundary, reporting. anton stepanenko kisses the twenty- seventh year of his life, senior lieutenant alexander popov lived less than a week on june 18. he answered the birthday celebrated at the front line in the southern sector of military spices. and on the twenty-third he accepted his last fight. coming out of it, the heroes in russia