there i talked to the civil that started the national defense forces and they spoke at length about how the village has been pummeled by missiles from terrorists and it's been on a daily basis over the past many years and they said you know they've been suffering nobody is talking about it and they're looking forward to the liberation of it because it will ease their suffering it will it will mean the sation of these terrorists. so these are the kind of things that the media which is busy talking about corporate media which is busy talking about it live are completely negating happening on a daily basis in my day. and what syrians i've spoken with around the country on previous visits and currently say they want a restoration of all of syria to peace and they want an end to the terrorism that's been plaguing them. or as we saw formerly in eastern before that in aleppo and it's their right to live in peace and it's also their right and the syrian government of syria's right to fight such terrorism because we're not talking about the mythical moderate rebels we're talking about al qaeda w

there i talked to the civil that started the national defense forces and they spoke at length about how the village has been pummeled by missiles from terrorists and it's been on a daily basis over the past many years and they said you know they've been suffering nobody is talking about it and they're looking forward to the liberation of live because it will ease their suffering it will it will mean the sation of these terrorists. so these are the kind of things that the media which is busy talking about corporate media which is busy talking about it live are completely negating happening on a daily basis in. what syrians i've spoken with around the country on previous visits and currently say they want a restoration of all of syria to peace and they want an end to the terrorism that's been plaguing them. or as we saw formerly in eastern before that in aleppo and it's their right to live in peace and it's also their right and the syrian government of syria's right to fight such terrorism because we're not talking about the mythical moderate rebels we're talking about al qaeda we're talk

less than seventy two hours later the us when i went there i talked to the civil sorry the national defense forces and they spoke at length about how the village has been pummeled by missiles from terrorists in the outskirts of the heart a just a few kilometers away and it's been on a daily basis over the past many years and they've said you know they've been suffering nobody is talking about it and they're looking forward to the liberation of it because it will ease their suffering it will it will mean the cessation of these terrorist attacks on the. commander told me that one hundred seventeen civilians in this small town have been killed by such attacks over the years and fifty two additional syrian soldiers have been killed and of course then on september seventh there was a major attack terrorist fired nine grad missiles i was told six of which were. fitted with cluster munitions and they fired at this village killing eleven people and injuring twenty some of whom were critically injured so these are the kind of things that the media which is busy talking about corporate media which is busy t

there i talked to the civil that started the national defense forces and they spoke at length about how the village has been pummeled by missiles from terrorists and it's been on a daily basis over the past many years and they've said you know they've been suffering nobody is talking about it and they're looking forward to the liberation of because it will ease their suffering it will it will mean the sation of these terrorists. so these are the kind of things that the media which is busy talking about corporate media which is busy talking about it live are completely negating happening on a daily basis in my day. what syrians have spoken with around the country on previous visits and currently say they want a restoration of all of syria to peace and they want an end to the terrorism that's been plaguing them whether it's live or as we saw formerly in eastern before that in aleppo and it's their right to live in peace and it's also their right and the syrian government of syria's right to fight such terrorism because we're not talking about the mythical moderate rebels we're talking abo

there i talked to the civil star the national defense forces and they spoke at length about how the village has been pummeled by missiles from terrorists and it's been on a daily basis over the past many years and they said you know they've been suffering nobody is talking about it and they're looking forward to the liberation of lives because it will ease their suffering it will it will mean the sation of these terrorists approximate the so these are the kind of things that the media which is busy talking about corporate media which is busy talking about it live are completely negating happening on a daily basis in my day. and what syrians have spoken with around the country on previous visits and currently say they want a restoration of all of syria to peace and they want an end to the terrorism that's been plaguing them whether it lives or as we saw formerly in eastern hour before that in aleppo and it's their right to live in peace and it's also their right and the syrian government of syria's right to fight such terrorism because we're not talking about the mythical moderate rebels we'

the air force is too small for what the nation expects of us. 312 operational squadrons is not enough. so what will it take? 386. the air force we need to implement a national defense has 386 operational squadrons. the needs five more bomber squadrons, the largest percentage increase, and seven additional space squadrons so that we can dominate in space where we have not been threatened in the past. aerial refueling will be the biggest shortfall in our mobility forces. we will need 14 more canker squadrons. we will need seven more special operation squadrons and nine more combat search and rescue squadrons to carry out the national defense strategy. 22 squadrons need to be added to our command and control, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance forces. finally, we need seven more fighter squadrons, two remotely piloted aircraft squadrons and one more airlift squadron. we will modernize our nuclear deterrent, but we don't see an increase in the number of missile squadrons. cyber would also not see an increase in squadrons, though we will develop new tools for the squadrons we have. but it's not just larger. the way we fight will be different. and tomorrow gen

the air force is too small for what the nation expects of us. 312 operational squadron is not enough. so what will it take? 386. the air force we need to implement the national defenseategy has 386 operational squadron and seven additional space squadron and aerial refueling will be the biggest shortfall in the mobility forces. we will need 14 more tanker squaw rons and we'll need seven operational squadron and nine more to carry out the national defense strategy. 22 squadrons need to be added to our command and control, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance forces. finally, we need seven more fighter squadron, two remotely piloted aircraft squadrons and one more airlift squadron. we will modernize our nuclear deterrent, but we don't see an increase in the number of missile squadrons. fiber would also not be an increase in squadron, but we'll develop a new tool for the squadrons we have, but it's just not larger. the way we fight will be different and tomorrow gema goldstein will talk more about how we organize and present forces, how we will train in order to create multiple dilemmas for our adversaries. we are not naive about how long it will take us to bu

force. and that is chair at the national press club member. thank you for much. the national security correspondent and alley morway. chief of staff to the u.s. air force. & defense tremble at aviation week. max ledder publisher at star and stripes and finally mike mcmurray representing the national press club and retired naval officer. [applause] >> please also join me in acknowledge additional members of the headliners team responsible for organizing today's event. fisher martin and laurie russo. cameron henton and phil lord. danny sonic and lindsay underway and laura cooker and william mckaren. >> as president trump travels the country promoting candidates for the upcoming midterm elections. one topic he mentions is a plan to establish a sixth branch of the u.s. armed fores. two weeks ago, the united states air force hed by heather wilson delivered to the pentagon detailing the structure of the space force military department which is to be included in the administration's fiscal 2020 budget. to establish the new combat command will require estimated $13 billion over five years in added funding. they there will be a new service secretary. secretary wilson asse

in the air force where it is to fly and win, it will rely on a healthy ecosystem to maintain readiness and lethality in order to meet the national defense strategy. the u.s. air force is currently over 2,000 pilots short of requirements. in the face of increased demand for industry, pilot retention has steadily decreased over the last five years. additionally the air force reserve and the national guard have failed to meet the full-time affiliation goals in the past several years. the decline in aviation professionals is a result of several factors caused by the nature in how we attract, produce and retain pilots. in increased operations tempo, a shift in resources from the conventional aviation and budgetary pressures tloed an underproduction of new pilot combined with the commercial aviation hiring. in the face of the current pilot shortage the air force must work to retain current pilots while growing and producing a great number of new pilots at the same time they're competing to find, attract or grow or risk grounding plane, closing routes and losing market share. the current pilot shortage is a challenge that our panel is exceptio

force we need and the chiefs assessment of how we will fight that force someone to talk about the airmen we need, the national defenseegy tells us we need a lethal resilient and rapidly adapting joint force. so i believe the enemy and when you today should have four distinct character issues. they should be well-trained. john creasy and men on fire said there's no such thing as tough. it is either train or untrained. i would say the foundation operators and lethality is that every airmen is really good at their job, whether you're a bomber pilot, and avionics tech, a maintainer, an analyst, defender, , aviator, you name i. i think our cfm is looking after such of the right type of training, or supervisors and commanders are executing and i think we're doing a pretty good job across the full spectrum of military training from bmt to reflect the training is getting really good. they also need to be well that their university general cotton is in process of revamping each level of our enlisted pme. at a more readiness lethality, more joint operations. improving the ecosystem for some of these programs reside. still some

the air force where a job is to fly, fight, and win, the nation's national security relies on our healthy ecosystem of pilots to maintain readiness and lethality in order to meet the national defense strategy. the u.s. air force is currently over 2,000 pilots short of requirements. in the face of increased demand from industry, pilot retention has steadily decreased over the last five years. additionally the air force reserve and international guard have failed to meet their full-time affiliation goals in the past several years. the decline in aviation professionals is the result of several factors caused by the cyclical nature in how we attract, produce and retain pilots. an increased operations tempo, shift in resources from conventional aviation to stand up new capabilities and budgetary pressures led to an underproduction of new pilots combined with the boom in commercial aviation hiring. in the face of the current pilot shortage, the air force must work to retain current pilots while growing and producing a great number of new pilots. at the same time, the commercial airline companies are competing to find, attract or growing more -- or grow more pilots or risk grounding plan

objectively estates air force and related affirmative defense as a whole and that is the restoration of the readiness of the forces. when i returned to federal service, i have been away from national security for time. i worked on it in the congress, and that it was a president of the university. i was focused on young adults is that of setting national security. one of the things -- there are number of things that surprised me coming back to the service. one was the decline in readiness levels of our forces. it was clear to me as it is to most people in the pentagon that restoring the readiness for the force had to be our number one priority. last spring the chief of staff and i asked a group of people from across the service to come together. 50 people spent six weeks together in a windowless basement room in the pentagon looking at things and not just any superficial way, but really doing a deep dive on readiness. what are we measuring? how do we resource? what are the changes we need to make? what are the barriers to improve readiness? they developed a pretty comprehensive understanding and also a plan to move forward. it is the resources that congress has provided and that we

force we need and the chief assessment of how we will fight that force so i want to talk about the airmen we need. the national defense strategy tells us we need a lethal resilience and rapidly adapting joint force. so i believe airmen we need today should have four distinct characteristics, first and foremost well-trained . john griese and madeleine fire said there's no such thing as tough, it's either trained oruntrained . i would say the foundation of readiness and lethality is that every airman is really good at their job. if you're a bomber pilot, and avionics maintainer, an analyst, defender, current aviator, you name it. i think our cfm's are getting after proctoring the right type of training, our supervisors and commanders are executing and i think we're doing a good job across the full spectrum of military training from bmp to red flag, the training is good. we also need to be well led. university general cotton is in the process of revamping each level of our enlisted pne. anymore readiness, lethality, more joint operations, we're improving the ecosystems where some of these programs reside. still, some cha

on the first line of effort, building a more lethal force, it is fundamental to our mission and anchors a national defensetrategy to the essence of war fighting. it is our lethality that deters our adversaries. enhancing it should drive everything we do. enhancing lethality has two parts. we storing readiness and modernizing capabilities. readiness is about being combat credible, having the capabilities and capacity to win and -- to fight and win. generating that capacity to nigd win. many different elements, people, training, mu in additions, equipment and sustainment. strong work is being undertaken. the air force has accelerated acquisition. maintained the shortage from 4,000 to 400. and begun to explore ways to leverage big data, 3-d printing and other technologies. i'm encouraged by your progress, but there's so much more we can do. we know similarities between operating and maintaining aircraft in the military and commercial worlds are remarkably high. the similarities and performance are not. much like the nfl compares running backs and test athletes performance on the 40 yard dash. we should compa

aim calling on the air national guard, the air force, and of course our secretary of defense o unblock this impediment to protecting the lives of our people with u.s. military equipment that can do the job. with that i thank you very much, mr. speaker. and submit these letters for the record. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. fitzpatrick, for five minutes. mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize a small business in montgomery county, pennsylvania, that was recently recognized by the landsdale economic development committee s business of the month. other wise gifts has been a fixture since its opening in 1979. the owner describes his shop as containing unique gifts for everyone. indeed, otherwise gifts sells everything from antiques, wood working times, lamps, furniture, and nearly everything else to help beautify homes. a philadelphia native, john previously worked in construction and in the nuclear industry before deciding to follow his passion and open his own store. at age 77, john con

the 2018 national defense strategy sets clear guidance, we'll field more lethal and ready force, we will build new and stronger partnerships, and we will account for every resource that the congress authorized and appropriated. multiple challenges must be dealt with aggressively from the return of great power competition with russia and china, to threat networks of criminals and violent extremists that traffic and terror, drugs, weapons, humans, illegal immigrants, and illicit goods that undermine our sovereignty and security at home and those of our partners. internationally the 72,000 drug-related deaths last year is is a crisis. if confirmed, i'll remain committed to doing our part to deny, degrade, and destroy this scourge. let there be no doubt, we, as a military, must compete and win. there's no other choice for our nation's security. team work wins. just as nations with allies and partners thrive, our combat and commands must work together with all parts of the dod team, our interagency partners, and congress. my aim is to strengthen and enhance those relations and our team work.

activities of mill taeitaries a the world to maintain the readiness of their force in connection with their national defense strategies. the exercises scheduled for this spring, the naval exercises, to my knowledge they are proceeding with planning. that's a huge decision to be made by alliance leaders. >> thank you very much. again, thank you for your service to the nation, and you've been given a challenging job that you have the skill to do. thank you. >> thank you, nor veed. senator cotton? >> gentlemen, thank you for your appearance, for your years of commitment. general abrams, north korea has not agreed to denuclearize. we hope for a good deal. we must be prepared to handle the consequences of no deal, one of which is north korea's growing missile and nuclear threat. we recently passed a bill fully authorized, $284.5 million, a request for the missile defense agency for missile defenses on the korean peninsula. we've also asked for them for defense capabilities and the department is investing $500 million for the peninsula for the next three years. can you explain why these efforts are necessary and

punch, three being the day here, the secretary first laid out the air force we need for the future to be able to educate the national defenseategy. yesterdays discussion was how article to prepare and present that force? activate chief wright will talk about, how do we tell our airmen from the ground up? and so as we set the stage where we we're going in the future, i will tell as chief, this all-star team that we have assembled here is among the most combat proven team of warriors that we as a serbs have ever assembled. in the important work that we have ahead, i can't imagine a better, more talented team and this one. and so as we kick it off with questions and start to get those questions to start rolling in, i'll start with the world's greatest vice chief the fall the world's greatest vice chief -- [laughing] and ask you if you would, i mention that there's a vice chief challenge coming up. so if you would certainly out for us what's coming. >> so vice chief challenge him this is where the chief says he has the vice chief, and i'm a challenge. [laughing] what it really about is to take something that afl are did over th

three being the third day, the secretary first laid out the air force we need for the future to be able to execute the next -- national defense strategy. yesterday's discussion was how are we going to present that force. today, the chief will talk about how do we develop our airmen from the ground up. so, as we set the stage for where we are going in the thise, i will tell you, all-star team that we have assembled here is among the most combat proven team of warriors that we as a service have ever assembled. the important work we have ahead, i can't imagine a better, more talented team than this one. off, questionsit and start to get those questions rolling in, i will start with ice-t.ld's greatest and ask if you would, i mentioned that there is an ice-t challenge coming up. if you would lay out for us was coming. >> the challenge. i am a challenge. something that they have done of the past couple of years on their challenge. scale that. until -- to let our airmen focus on our hardest problems. this case, we will focus on what the chief talked about yesterday. multi-demand operations. we are going to go out the whole air forc

mattis, there needs to be approval to move military forces to do defense support of civil authority. so he is cutting any of that red tape. national guardsmen, active duty, navy, air force folks can immediately respond. that is encouraging. secretary mattis is fully involved be the department of the defense team. all the agencies, all the federal agencies support the state and the local agencies here. go ahead. >> martha: no. finish your thought. somebody must have cut in. >> i was going to say it's a strong sign. you have the heft of the entire federal government here to support the state and the locals. this is a em sport. >> martha: thank you so much. you do an unbelievable job up and down the coast and all over the country. we are grateful for the help for the people out there tonight. thank you so much. good to see you. thank you. >> good to see you. good night. >> martha: you bet. florence battering the east coast and president trump is tweeting. standing by the controversial comments this week that the u.s. response to hurricane maria in puerto rico was unsung success. that is despite findings of the new report that nearly

national anthem. defense secretary mattis led a task force into afghanistan shortly after to fight the taliban.the first marine division in 2003 invasion of iraq. >> we remember the beretry and sacrifice of those who fell here in america and then on far-flung battle fields declaring proudly that americans do not scare. and we followed to the end of the earth those who sought to break our spirit. >> even before the smoke cleared, and the fires were put out, americans began to answer the call. step forward to serve this nation. >> a quarter of all americans were born after the 9/11 attacks. the fight continues today. this year, the u.s. military has bombed six different countries, iraq, syria, afghanistan, some i can't, yemen and libya. shep? >> shepard: lucas, in lower manhattan, thousands of victim's relatives, survivors and first responders gathered on this rainy morning where the twin towers once stood that beautiful blue day. our senior correspondent eric shawn was there that morning and he is there for us again today. hi, eric. >> hello, shep. it was another tortured morning of remembrance

three being the third day here, the secretary first laid out the air force we need for the future to be able to execute the national defense strategy. yesterdays discussion was how we going to prepare and present that force? and today chief right will talk about and how do we develop our airmen from the ground up? and so as we set the stage where we going in the future, i will tell you as chief, this all-star team that we have assembled here is among the most combat proven team of warriors that we as a service have ever assembled. and the important work that we have had i can't imagine a better, more talented team and this one. and so as we kick it off with questions and start to get those questions start rolling in, i'll start with the world's greatest vice chief of the world's greatest vice chief, and ask you if you would, i mentioned there's a a vice chief challene come up, so you would certainly out for us what's coming. >> so vice chief challenge, this is where the chief says he has a vice chief and i'm a challenge. [laughing] but what truly, take something afl are did the less copiers and air challenge scale that and

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three being the third day here, the secretary first laid out the air force we need for the future to be able to execute the national defensetrategy. yesterday's discussion was how are we going to prepare and present that force? and today, chief wright will talk about and how do we develop our airmen from the ground up? so as we set the stage for where we're going in the future, i'll tell you as chief, this all-star team that we have assembled here is among the most combat-proven team of warriors that we as a service have ever assembled. and the important work that we have ahead, i can't imagine a better, more talented, team than this one. so wz as we kick it off. start to get the questions rolling in. i'll start with the world's greatest vice chief that followed the world's greatest vice chief. and ask you, if you would, i mentioned that there's the vice chief challenge coming up. so if you would sort of lay out for us what's coming. >> so, vice chief challenge, this is where i read, and the chief says he has a vice chief and i'm a challenge. what it's really about is to take something that afrld did over the past couple y

the air force where a job is to fly, fight and win the nation's national security relies on our healthy ecosystem of pilots to maintain readiness and lethality in order to meet the national defense strategy. the u.s. air force is currently over 2,000 pilots short of requirements. in the face of increased demand from industry, pilot retention has steadily decreased over the last five years. additionally the air force reserve and international guard have failed to meet their affiliation goals in the past several years. the design in aviation professionals is the result of several factors caused by the cyclical nature in how we attract, produce and retain pilots. increased operations tempo, shift in resources from conventional aviation to stand up new capabilities and budgetary pressures led to an under production of new pilots combined with the boom in commercial aviation hiring. in the face of the current pilot shortage the air force must work to retain current pilots while growing and producing a great number of new pilots. at the same time the commercial airline companies are competing to find, attract or growing more pilots or risk grounding planes, closing routes and losing m

. >> exercises in training to maintain the readiness of their force with the national defense strategies. those that are scheduled for the spring to the best of my knowledge proceeding with planning and with alliance leaders. >> thank you for your service to the nation. you have been given the jobs that you have the skill to deal with that. >> congratulations on your nnominations. general abrams and with the ability to achieve a good deal from the united states. and and the consequences of no deal with a nuclear threat but recently fully authorized $284 million for the missile defense agency and with the intercept systems and faith-based intercept. the department is investing $500 million to enhance eymissile-defense could you explain why these efforts are necessary from the korean peninsula? >> so there still remains despite the diplomatic efforts that we applied there still remains a significant conventional and strategic capability on behalf of the dprk. and with a strong deterrent and integrated to advanced capability as part of that deterrent. and with that capability that is and th

national guard personnel. the secretary of defense has activated commanders in north carolina, south carolina and virginia to provide command and control over active guard and response forces. i'm in constant dialogue with the the chief to ensure their efforts are seamless. along with fema, state governors and the national guard, d.o.d. is responding robustly. national guard commanders will lead our forces and they have my complete confidence and support. while i can attest to the capability that resides based on the magnitude of this storm, these actions are ensuring our forces are positioned for immediate response. you may have heard me say, homeland is the number one but we in d.o.d. are leaning forward to provide capabilities in support of fema and our state and local partners while defending the homeland. the same capability that make the u.s. armed forces lend themselves well to disaster well and we are ready to support fema to assist our communities. i would like to take this opportunity to give you a snapshot to respond from the north, to the south, from the east and west across the full spectrum of d.o.d. by air sea and by land. d.o.d. is providing fema the follow

national defense. saw the rescue and recovery personnel working diligently through the debris. i will never forget what i saw that day. i saw heroism. i saw strength. there were firefighters, nurses, forcesallur armed working together. in the hopes they might be more to rescue. in the work to recover and to ,ebuild not just this building but to rebuild and re-strengthen our nation. worked just as it does today, our flag was still there. the stars & stripes were hung spontaneously from this west wall. sign of america's strength and our commitment to freedom. we honor the fallen by remembering them. said, weary mattis honor them by ensuring that we do everything in our power as a nation to prevent the evil radical islamic terrorism from ever reaching our shores again. even before the smoke cleared, the were put out, americans began to answer the call. to step forward to service nation. they did so by the millions. the lines outside recruiting stations across this country reached around the block in big cities and small towns. think in the 17 years since that day, nearly 5.5 million americans have volunteered to serve in the armed forces of the united states. womencourageous men and turned

force, heather wilson, for an exclusive interview. take a listen. >> what we had to lay out and what we were asked to lay out is what do we need to implement the national defensetrategy given the return of great power competition. in the past really for the past two decades the air force has designing a budget year by year and it was the air force we could afford, not the air force we need. we need to set out for our countrymen what is the air force we need to do the job that the nation has asked us to do. >> and now in terms of how you are building and fortifying the air force right now and given also the fact that there is a focus on cost throughout the broader department of defense, how are you looking to do this >> well, the congress has given us some new authorities for prototyping experimentation and to move things faster and weaver doing that across the board. in space we have a half billion dollar consortium where we have 188 companies, 124 of them have never even done business with the air force before we put out a solicitation and we're going from solicitation to contract to award in 93 days we're about to change the way we engage small business wher

when i talk about the space force, number one nasa to science, discovery, exploration. we don't do national security or defense and that has been the design since its inception in 1958. he was intentionally designed so we could partner with the international community in ways the dod might not be a little partner because they don't do national security. we don't do defense. that's an important thing we need to maintain. it is also important to note that when i was in the house of representatives who voted on the racecourse. i was on the armed services committee and then on the fallen service to many we voted on the space force in each case passed strong bipartisan support in on the full floor of the house it was in the national defense authorization act and pass the full floor of the house for 344 votes. again it shows strong bipartisan support. now it didn't pass in the senate and so it doesn't exist as of yet. but i'll share with you kind of what we were thinking at the time and you were on the intel committee so back in 2011 i think is when you were tired and things were active then as they are now. when yo

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breakthrough, the germans rolled across the defenses on a river stretching , to raz, in a driving, relentless force, which struck panic into the french nationde had reached a river and was less than 40 miles from paris. pershing moved the second and third u.s. divisions in the area to help stem this onslaught. both divisions responded with spectacular spirit and success. the third division, in its battle for the crossing, wrote one of the most brilliant pages of our annals, said the general. -- said general pershing. the 38th infantry earned the marne.itle, rock of the the second division, holding the road between paris, began pushing the germans back. u.s. mariners reclaimed important ground in a fierce contest known to history now as the battle of belleau woods. the allies pressed the counterattacks but word. -- counterattacks forward. by the end of july, the entire force was removed. the tide had now turned. the initiative had passed to allied hands, where it would remain. ♪ eight u.s. divisions had participated in the successful counteroffensive and their performance had met their commander's expectations and exceeded all others. bravo,

three hundred missile defense systems after a recent accident with the israeli air force which caused the deaths of fifteen russian airmen so as the united nations general assembly kicks off and leaders from around the world site.

strategic forces to meet our decisive national security objectives and provide a broad range of strategic capabilities and options for the president and the secretary of defensewe also are honored today to hear from chief master sergeant patrick mcmahon, the senior enlisted first leader for the united states strategic command where he's the senior enlisted adviser to general hyten. each speaker will provide opening remarks and open up for will begin with my dear friend, general john hyten. welcome. >> welcome. thank you. so, good afternoon, everybody. if you saw on the agenda, sitting to my left was going to be my friend, general shag oshanessy. he was diverted by a hurricane so he did not make it. i had to look around and find a combat and command representative who would be the same intellectual import. i didn't have to look far. i had to look at my office next door for chief master sergeant patrick mcmahon. we're going to talk about stotcom's multidomain areas. i want to talk about what our priorities are and start with the most important thing in our command. my priorities are pretty straightforward. they're published in my vision and intent. you can pull

three hundred missile defense systems after a recent accident with the israeli air force which caused the deaths of fifteen russian airmen so as the united nationsgeneral assembly kicks off and leaders from around the world cite the war of words the innocent victims of war never stop watching the hogs. you. want to go to. the playing field with this would. be for the plot of. the day like you let down our guard. which we. would. welcome everybody to watch i am top of the lalas and joining me from minnesota is my fearless co-host tyrrel ventura and from here in d.c. i'd like to welcome former pentagon official michael maloof to help us make sense of the hawking going on welcome both and michael maloof. you know i got a.

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