core inside the united states military where i cool from has been one of the strongest nco core in the history of militaries. so i have a lot of faith in how the traditions in the foundations of our military have been established. but that doesn't mean we relax and silt back particularly with new crisis we have to evolve asking questions about promotion systems that's absolutely appropriate it should be done in the context of what's worked well in the past. >> peace and "newsweek" find it online american lives are at stake if nato doesn't set a better course. our guest services senior coalition advisory for concern veterans for america. thanks for your time. >> thanks pedro. >> coming up 2024 gop presumptive presidential nominee former president donald trump is holding a rally in florida. less than a week before the republican national convention in mil milwaukee watch live cove when it gets underway on c-span. ♪ ♪ >> c-span washington journal, our live forum involving you to discuss the latest issues and government, politics and public policy. from washington, d.c. and across the coun

are losing very badly in terms of not so much recruitment as retention of experience , particularly ncoticularly nco level people who are vital to maintaining the strength of and the quality of training of any service. that's where we're all falling down. but no one ever talks about this. it's all, oh well, we support trident, so we must be good on defence. and yet when trident is tested, the most recent two times it's tested, one of the rockets went wild and shot off in the general direction of the united states from the waters off florida. and the other one just rose into the air briefly and then plopped into the sea and not even sure that it works. >> we'd be less safe without it. >> we'd be less safe without it. >> well, we i don't think that it keeps us safe any safer than it keeps us safe any safer than it would be for to us maintain. we are, after all, we're capable of building nuclear weapons to maintain a few which we could put in in aircraft. some submarine launched cruise missiles, something much more modest than what we have. the thing about nuclear weapons is they're not ac

he always insisted on speaking to the junior nco and junior service members. we all get a briefing by the general about his situation. he wanted to get down and talk to privates and specialists and seamen and airmen and say what is going on? how are things going are you getting adequate rations? l be v. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. welch: mr. president, one year ago this very week rain started to fall in vermont, and for days on end it did 23409 stop. the -- did not stop. the rain turned into catastrophic flooding. we had our entire usual rainfall in just days. the damage was immense. we experienced landslides. vermonters were stranded, had to be rescued. three people tragically died. homes, farms and businesses were damaged and destroyed. the infrastructure and services that we take for granted and depend on, the wastewater plants, our dams, our bridges and even our capital city's post office were damaged by the flood. some have not yet been repaired, many in fact. the statistics from vermont are astounding. there were 214 swift water rescues

i went and we we researched nco fantastic moment there.e were at the the american cemetery just off the italian beaches. and we were there just at reveille, you know, in or taps at the end of the day. and there were they were taking on the flags and this guy said to my wife, i are you americans? and we yeah, sure. and he goes, hey, do an elvis take down the flag. so we got to take down the flag and fold the flag is that you know, they played taps it was wonderful so but at some point the battle for rome gets overshadowed. you know, we took rome on june 5th, 1944. what happened on? june 6th. so like we even when churchill went to tell pala about rome, nobody to hear about rome, they wanted to hear about what happened on d-day. he didn't tell them till two or three in the afternoon. so? so i switched from rome. i went into paris because i didn't know much about the occupation of paris. other than the movie casablanca. so that, you know, that's the gateway drug. that's that's how you into something it's like the battle of britain got me into

he always insisted on speaking to the junior nco's and junior servicemembers.w, we all get a briefing by the general about here's the situation, sir. but he wanted to get down and talk to privates and specialists and seamen and airmen and say, what's going on? how are things going? are you getting adequate rations? is this working from your perspective? again, adding to the quality of his service was this sensitivity. he truly understood the people who serve in the uniform in the united states. he made sure to support those troops. he sponsored critical legislation to improve their lives, whether by overflowing barracks or creating new benefits for military families. he and i worked together on countless efforts to provide better pay, health care and equipment to our servicemember and women. this nation and our military is stronger today because of jim inhofe, and safer today because of jim inhofe. he had a way to look ahead. i remember when i was serving as ranking member with john mccain, and we were thinking about what's going to face us, and jim was there w