madeline selected by the senate armed services committee jack reed. chair of the commission with vice chair and former u.s. senator john kyles from arizona. the experience expands the decades that the senate armed services committees and at departments of defense and national security administration. dr. matt kronig who expands across many departments of defense, as well as academia. he's talked and much about nuclear strategic deterrents. and the atlanta center for strategy and security and the council's director of studies. we will also hear, very fortunate to have them with us today, from two of the senate armed services committee staff that helped instigate this review and were the recipients last fall of the bipartisan and officially titled america strategic posture, the final report of the congressional commission on the strategic posture of the united states. dr. jonathan epstein is counsel for senator reed on the senate armed services committee, responsible for oversight over the department of defense and department of energy program as well as

states now as the head of the us central command of michael gorilla, as has told the senate armed services committee more about us, mandatory spending in the middle east. let's talk to heidi direct castro who's live in washington. dc. monitoring the story is how to tell us more about what career that has been saying a yeah, a he called the situation in the middle east, the most volatile security situation that the region has faced and a half century and much of his remarks focused on iran and he told senators in the senate armed services committee hearing that this war has allowed the wrong to quote, exploit what it has seen as a once and then generation opportunity to re shape the middle east to its advantage . as to how evidence of that. he said that in the past 6 months, iranian proxies across the region have operationalized. these are proxies, any rock in syria, lebanon, gods, of the west bank. and of course, yeah, and, and where we've been talking about these red sea attacks. and when pressed by senators, who said, how has you as intervention and you can't or vention done anything of these atta

. >> the chair of the senate armed services committee, jack reed expressed reservations how the war between israel and hamas is handled. the israelis had the right to defend themselves. he does not see an end israeli his comments a week after chuck schumer called for new elections in israel. this is 20 minutes. >> mr. president, to discuss the situation in the middle east in the war between israel and hamas. brutally attacked israel, killing more than 1,200 people and taking 240 hamas militants terrorized the israeli people committed unspeakable acts of mutilation against innocent, men, women and children. this tragedy was the single deadliest day in israel's 75-year history. and the deadliest day for the jewish people since the holocaust. the wake of these horrific attacks, the united states has stood by its democratic friend and ally, israel, as the very b harry truman stood up in the first world leader to recognize the state of israel. i personally traveled with the bipartisan group of my colleagues two weeks after the attacks to mourn with the people of and support the defense of israel

. >> the chair of the senate armed services committee jack reed expressed reservations about how the war between israel and hamma -- israel and hamas was being handled. the democratic lawmaker agreed that israelis had the right to defend themselves but said he does not see a clear end game of su his comments on the senate floor came less than a week after majority leader shuck schumer called for new elections in israel. this is 20 minutes. mr. president, rise today to discuss the situation in the middle east and between israel and hamas. five months ago, hamas brutally attacked israel, killing more than 1,200 people and taking 240 hostages. hamas militants terrorized peop unspeakable acts of torture and mutilation against innocent men, wo this tragedy was the single deadliest day in israel's 75-year history, and the deadliest day for the jewish people since the holocaust. in the wake of these horrific attacks, the united states has stoodts democratic friend and ally israel as it has since the very beginning when harry truman stood up and the first state leader to recognize israel. i

armed services committee. is that correct? >> testified before the house and senate armed services committees in both classified and open hearings. and then have testified about afghanistan and several other testimonies that weren't specifically into general mackenzie. that's correct. >> and is your testimony has anything changed from when you were in uniform and testifying to what you've testified today, has there anything that you didn't testify to before that you're testifying to now, is there any change of you thought of what took place today from what you testified to previously >> in general for me, everything that i testified before is still true and accurate today and in open testimony, that that would be correct. i have learned more from about abbey gate because of the investigations that wasn't available during previous testimonies for me, it wasn't but i have since read those investigations in the briefed on them, but they weren't available at the first time. >> so your testimony to date is still basically consistent in france very can just totally consist

so his words are significant and he was facing a major question from senators on this armed services committee. that being whether the u. s. military efforts to contain ended her these continued attacks upon us troops and against merchants in international waters by a ryan proxy groups, whether those efforts to contain them or working. and his answer was quite frank to this committee. he said that any rock and in syria that yes, there in fact have not been any detected attacks against us forces in those countries in the last 32 days that are significant. and given that before this, it was a near daily attacks facing us troops. one that even lots of the deaths of 3 us soldiers. what nathan, difference the top us commander said that it was the us air strike that killed the top commander of the cuts. i hezbollah group in syria, in iranian proxy militia. he so since then there have been no detected attacks, but he cautioned that this deterrence was likely temporary. and he also answered that efforts to deter the who seizing him and had been unsuccessful, as we have seen played out daily in these a

. >> the chair of the senate armed services committee, jack reed expressed reservations how the war between hamas is handled. the democtic lawmaker agreed israelis had the right to defend themselves. he does not see an end game israeli government. his comments a week after chuck schumer called for new

. >> the chair of the senate armed services committee jack reed expressed reservations about how the israel and hamas was being handled. the democratic lawmaker agreed that israelis had the right to defend themselves but said he does not see a clear end game of su his comments on the senate floor came less than a week after majority leader shuck schumer called for new elections in israel. this is 20 minutes. mr. president, rise today to discuss the situation in the middle east and between israel and hamas. five months ago, hamas brutally attacked israel, killing more than 1,200 people and taking

now the head of the united states central c'mon has told the senate armed services committee that the middle east region is facing the vice tobin and security situation in half a century. michael corolla was discussing american ministry spending in the region and said the wrong iran was using the boy in gauze a to reshape its interest in the middle east. i let's speak to heidi to a customer who's live in washington dc. and how does tell us more about what we heard from chris? the general carrillo was asked by members of the senate armed services committee, whether he thought that the was military efforts to deter attacks from iranian back, militias has worked. and his surprise, perhaps his answer rather was to perhaps surprise that he said that any rock and in syria that yes, those militias have stopped attacking us forces at least for the last 32 days or have not been attacks, which is significant as compared to the near daily attempts to attempt to a service members, and in fact, showing 3 in the earlier days of the war. what is the general as, as us central command credit? this to,

michael carter has been discussing us ministry spending of the region before the senate armed services committee. one of the committees main responsibilities is controlling the military budgets digital. castro reports from washington dc. a major question for the top of us military commander of troops in the middle east was weather of these u. s. efforts to deter further attacks from a run back militias and the region was working. in the answer from general, michael carrillo was that in iraq and in syria that yes, these attacks against us forces had stopped at least for the last 32 days. that is significant when you consider the near daily attacks, that forces from the u. s. were facing in that region prior to this pause, but what accounts for it? the general said this was due to the us killing of a top syrian commander of the cut, the hezbollah forces there that occurred in early february. that was in retaliation to an attack that had killed 3 us soldiers. and he said, since then, there had been no further attack detected in that us intelligence supports at the turns in syria and any rock has th

congressional committees charged with oversight of military operations for the house armed services committee and the senatemittee. much of my testimony will be of necessity near the earlier transcribed testimony. as a theater commander iconfineo those matters that were under my direct operational control. specifically the withdrawal of u.s. military forces and the subsequent noncombatant evacuation operation. these were twowo distinct and we detailed constantly updated plans for each of them. we executed both of those plans. although separate in time and thanks to the valor and dedication, thousands of men and women from harm's way we completed bothut submissions but missions but notwithout loss of. thirteen brave americans who died a over 2400 other service members who lost their lives in this 20 year campaign. they arethere is sacrifice stane of the coalition partners and of course the afghans who fought beside us for so many years. i briefed president trump out a plan to depart afghanistan on three june 2020. this plan envisioned a complete withdrawal of all of our forces and our contemplated a possible

. >> senator tom cotton serves on the senate armed services committee and he joins us now. it comes to what's going on there with gang members, potentially toppling the government there. but, also, what's happening is thousands of people have escaped prisons there. so, when people hear that and they think about our border situation here at home, they wonder how could the situation in haiti impact us here in the u.s.? >> carley the violence in haiti is tore risk. haiti has long been a troubled country. another embassy evacuation under biden. six or seven in nearly three years. a sign that president biden is overmatched by events, which again, you see at our southern border when we're having more than 300,000 migrants in some cases a month cross our border. to include gang members from places like mexico or potentially from haiti. you have reports of gang violence of chinese nationals who have crossed our southern border. this is why our national border is not just an immigration issue, it's a national security threat. >> todd: it's a violent world all over right now. so the

last year us central command where i serve as communications director, we inform the senate armed services committeeernal facing arm of isis would have the ability to attack inside europe and we saw this attack inside europe and eastern europe and that by the end of 2024 isis k would have the ability to attack inside the united states and so years, the intelligence community did see this. moscow was warned two weeks prior to this attack, the intelligence community did see this coming. stuart: in your opinion will isis attack inside america, from what you know is an attack likely here? >> isis has global aspirations, you know that. isis would like a spectacular check. i think there i is on paris. look at their social media yesterday, their social media purported an attack on paris. we got the olympic games this summer, that would be a big target on the global stage, global audience but isis k, they want to attack inside the united states, our intelligence community, customs and border protection, department homeland security, national security council all taking this very seriously. stuart: but we do

lieutenant colonel danny davis, senator joni ernst, army combat veteran and member of the armed services committeeones. you are neither one of those things. [laughs] those were your titles. although you are in the military. so that brought us all closer together. joey jones, retired marine bomb technician, and k.t. mcfarland is here come the former deputy national security advisor to president trump. i want to start with a special report from nate foy up on the mezzanine now. >> harris, after decades fighting terrorists in the middle east, the u.s. is now facing a more complicated military landscape. there is potential for war with china over taiwan, while an increasingly hostile russia and iran open the possibility of war on several fronts. >> russian president vladimir putin threatens nuclear war if nato troops enter ukr ukraine. while iran's proxy forces attack u.s. troops nearly every day in the middle east, recently killing three u.s. service members and jordan. congress debates additional funding for ukraine and israel, while u.s. readiness for the next war is in question. >> we wanted to be

senate rick scott from senate armed services committee will break this all down next on "the eveningh a quick commercial auto quote online. so you can get back to your monster to-do list. -really? -get a quote at progresivecommercial.com. new projects means new project managers. you need to hire. i need indeed. indeed you do. when you sponsor a job, you immediately get your shortlist of quality candidates, whose resumes on indeed match your job criteria. visit indeed.com/hire and get started today. >> the white house refused to listen to warnings about the situation on the ground, as the saying goes, if you fail to plan, you plan to fail, fail they did. to the families today and american people, i say, i will not rest until i get to the bottom of this tragedy. you deserve the answers. the american people deserve answers. david: we do, let's welcome from senate arm services homeland security florida senator rick scott, thank you. we had general jack keane on fox, a while ago he said you have to pin the rose on one person, for that disaster the debacle that is the withdrawal that is jo

v@ senate armed services committee what this is just under two hours. [inaudible] >> good morning. testimony from commander north american aerospace temp command and richardson. evtesential personnel. this involves both of your commands to various degrees and resources in support t respond. national security as principal command. outlined in the national defense strategy is defending the homelandt's posed by the people china. as we see threats from other competitors, unconfident the the defense policy guidance this challenge and when asked for an update and how it will transform the department from of the urgency estimates over the past year with the chinese surveillance balloons and other fied phenomena in this case. these events raise concerns they may have an awareness and it must be secured to protect citizens technologies to provide protection. i'd be no caps and what additional tools and resources are needed to ove1(rcome them. the u.s. law enforcement for cartels engaged human trafficking success security cooperation and the harm he had navy and working supporting the home a

member questioning general millie -- milley before his retirement in the senate armed service -- committeecan claim that this was a tactic -- tactical success because they removed a lot of people in a short period of time but it was a strategic failure and i think the more digging into the more mistakes to identify and he was a greater service to the men and women who served in afghanistan, our nato partners and allies who serve there, lost people there. the presidents really made an enormous mistake when he accelerated the exit from afghanistan and we're going to pay the consequences for decades. >> neil: we'll leave it there for a second, senator prima donna trump after folding -- going in for a further primary speaking to reporters were now in palm beach. let's listen in. >> mr. trump: that the weighted is. the pavery badly. >> well paul martin fort can back your campaign? >> mr. trump: have to think about it it but he was another person that was treated badly and he was a patriotic. let's see what happens with that. we have a lot of people involved in the campaign to have done a tremen

and carl levin, of course, was longtime chair of the senate armed services committee, i believe. did you work for us? did you work for him on the hill? well, i worked for him on the permanent subcommittee on investigations for nearly 30 years. now, doing that, can you imagine holding a hearing for days after a tragedy today that would be so difficult? i think back then this was very early in the country's history and they used hearings a lot more for fact finding. today, what we tend to do, the fact finding off stage, and then once we figure out what happened, we then convey that information to hearing. but back then, they had 18 days of hearings, usually we only have one or two days of hearings on a particular topic. in 1912, did congress have permanent committees on investigations at that point? well, they didn't have a permanent committee that did nothing but investigation. but all the committees back then then and now were authorized to do investigations. that authority is not recited in the constitution, but the supreme court has decided that if congress is going to do its j

congressional committees charged with oversight of military operations for the house armed services committee and the senatecommittee. much of my testimony will be of necessity and mirror that earlier transcribed testimony. as a theater commander, i will confine my opening remarks of those matters that were unde my direct operational control, specifically, the withdrawal of u.s. military forces and the subsequent noncombatant evacuation operation, two distinct and separate operations . we had detailed constantly updated plans for the■$ region. executed both of the plants, all but separated in time, and thanks to the valor and dedication of thousands of men and women in completed both missions, but not without loss of life. we honor the 13 brave americans who died at at the gate, joining the over 2400 other servicemembers who lost their lives in the 20-year campaign. their sacrifice stands with those of our coalition partners and, of course, the afghans who fought beside us for so many ■ years. i briefed president trump on a plan to briefly depart afghanistan on 3 june, 2020. this plan envisioned the complet

century, michael colorado has been discussing us military spending of the region before the senate armed services committee. one of the committees, main and responsibilities, is controlling military budgets. dro castro reports from washington dc. a major question for the top of us military commander of troops in the middle east was weather. and these us efforts to deter further attacks from me run back militias and the region was working. in the answer from general, michael carrillo was that in iraq. and in syria that yes, these attacks against us forces had stopped at least for the last 32 days. that is significant when you consider the near daily attacks, that forces from the u. s. were facing in that region prior to this pause, but what accounts for it? the general said this was due to the us killing of a top syrian commander of the cut, the hezbollah forces there that occurred in early february. that was in retaliation to an attack that had killed 3 us soldiers. and he said, since then, there had been no further attack detected in that us intelligence supports at the turns in syria and any rock has thu

southern command testify on security challenges affecting the western hemisphere from the senate armed services committeeis is just under two hours. [laughter] [inaudible] [inaudible conversations] the committee meets today to receive testimony from general gregory geo commander of northern command and aerospace defensee command and laura richardson of u.s. southern commands. hearing as commander and we welcome you sir. i would also note this is general richardsons alaska. before the committee and her current role. general, i would like to express my appreciation for your decades service to the nation including outstanding leadership for the forces, thank you very much ma'am. i like to take aoing crisis in haiti. the situation is very concerning and i understand the u.s. military forces have beenrfdeployed to augment security at her embassy in port-au-prince and evacuate nonessential personnel. this crisis involves both of your command to varying degrees and i would like to know what resources or support you need to respond? u.s. northern command is key to our national as a principal command for protecti

peter doocy thank you. >> for more on this whole story, bringing in senator roger wicker, a ranking member of armed services committeeow, there are threats out there to from schumer, some people say biden some not. some of your senate colleagues on the other side deny israel weapons and ammunition, make them stop this invasion of southern gaza and rafah, what do you make of this, why are democrats turning against israel. >> i tell you, you have asked the writ right question. we have no business whether from congress or from president of united states to tell an ally. how to conduct their politics. the very idea of the democratic leader, the leader of the united states senate, suggesting a new election in israel is outrageous, israel is our friend, is under attack. from iranian proxies and they are threatened by them, they have every right to defend themselves from a hamas group which uses hostages as a mines of war, there -- means of war, there is a reason they took the hostages so that people in israel, people in the our side of freedom and democracy, and rule of law, will go easy, will let up a bit, in hopes that t

joining me now eric schmitt, missouri senator, member of the armed services committee. s your reaction to this biden attempt to turn his re-election campaign into a defense of democracy and portray himself as the layer is of shrinkflation and junk fees? >> well, the first thing is i think for the state of the union turn it into a drinking game. every time joe biden says extreme or maga republicans, i think washington, d.c. will be drunk in the first five minutes. he's the most divisive president we have ever had. and i'm tired of hearing lectures about threats to democracy when this is the guy that's literally trying to throw his political opponent in prisoner for the rest of his life, take him off the ballot and, by the way, started the largest censorship enterprise we have ever seen in the history of the country. the real threat to democracy is joe biden. but he is going to try again to cast a lot of blame for the problems that we see as a country that are of his own making, take immigration and him undoing all the success under president trump and try to shift that bl

we'll ask ranking member of the armed services committee, senator roger wicker.lus breaking news right just now, texas razor wire wins according to the supreme court. we're going to have senator john kennedy weigh in own that and some other things. and then why inflation is much worse than folks think. we'll discuss why with steve forbes and mike falkander. but first up president trump says he can't secure a bond for his 464 million judgment. our own lydia hue has the details. lydia, what can you tell us? >> larry, time is ticking for the former president. the deadline for that bond now less than a week away. as you mentioned his lawyers tell the court he has encountered insurmountable difficulties securing that bond. without it, attorney general letitia james says she will seize his property. she already specifically mentioned 40 wall street. but that is not the only piece of real estate she could target. in new york city alone she could go after trump tower, trump park avenue, the trump international hotel among others and james could also go outside of the sta

today as chairman of the armed services committee of the united states senate, as a friend and long-timeupporter of the israeli people, it is my duty to say clearly that this war has veered off course. .. ..■lf, strategic decisions. in a week, mistakenly invaded another country, iraq which had no role in the attacks on that horrific day of september 11. national grief and political fury can cloud the thinking of the shrewdest military tacticians. i the mistakes of the war in iraq of being made again by israel and gaza. similar the u.s. created when it dismantled tucson hussein's government iraq israel's widr gaza in 2005 contributed to the extremist violence we see today. the rise of hamas, a terrorist group whose stated goal is the destruction of israel and the israelipl people assume controlf the gaza but instead of using that opportunity to buildeo lifelines for the people of gaza, hamas built a 500-mile tunnel network to terrorize israel. instead of providing education and healthcare basic services for palestinians, hamas stockpiled and unleashed thousands of rockets against israel f

joining me now eric smith, a member of the armed services committee, senator, what is your reaction totion d campaign into a defense of democracy and portray himself as the slayer of shrinkflation and junk fees? >> well, the first thing is thes state of the union turned into a drinking game every time biden says extreme or maga republicans, washington, d.c., will be drunk and the first 5 minutes. he's the most divisive presidene i havemo ever had appeared and m tired about hearing about threats of democracy when this is the guy throwing hisff political opponents in prisont for the rest of his life, take him off the ballot. by the way, start of the largest censorship and a price we've ever seen in the history of the country. the real threat to democracy is joe biden. but he will try to cast a lot ow blame for the problems we see an a country that are of his own making taking immigration andpo seundoing for success under d ship thatrump an blame. that will be the w purpose of this be but when the whoppers are told the american people will be left with the reality which is they are muchi.

watching it all grady trimble this morning, joining me right now oklahoma senator markwayne mullin a member of smart armed services committeebeing here i know voters in oklahoma are also headed to the polls what are your thoughts on the super tuesday? >> well i think trump is going to absolutely close the door on nikki haley here he will win also a southern coins in oklahoma sitting at ranch in oklahoma as soon as finished here to polls voting headed to d.c. they love it here you will see, they love president trump when you see polls close only victory nikki haley will get the one she has already you know washington, d.c., doesn't surprise me don't trump, trump not inside politicians washington, d.c., likes i expect trump will sweep super tuesday hopefully nikki haley get out of the race unify the party look forward to who we should fight next that is joe biden in this administration. maria: and part of the issue here open border shock photos showing smugglers handing out bundling of drugs to alleged gotaways, are texas department public safety spokesperson, said this is all happening pg in-between the ports of entry on pri

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senator warner. as a m armed services committee, i'm well aware of the line activities that we see from our foreign adversaries still worry about worry about the ince that we see from cybersecurity threats, and whether it is threats to the infrastruct itself or government websites or voter registration data bases, the poll books. sotary allen, can you tell us about how alabama has worked to mitigate potential cybersecurity threats and whether you have encountered any unique challenges in this process? and whether you see some of those changing over time as well? >> yes, ma'am. thank you. closely with our office of informational technology that will oversee the statewide agency in the back of our i.t. department. we have an in-house i.t well the collaborating with these agencies, with the fbi, with the dhs quite frequently, especially over the last several months, getting prepared for the primary that we would have last week and obviously getting prepared for the runoff that's coming up in certain parts of alabama in april. and then to the general election in november. so we have many thing we take vy seriously

senator from missouri, which time he was a member of the senate armed services and energy and national resources committee. he was vice chair of the bipartisan commission of the prevention of wmd proliferation and terrorism. it has concluded that unless action is taken, a biological event in the united states is likely. he has criticized the federal government's readiness to deal with major public health crises. so have i, senator. mr. kenneth wayne steen serving as the undersecretary of intelligence and analysis at the department of homeland security. he was confirmed by the united states senate in june 2022. the office of intelligence and analysis, he's a member of and the department liaison to the u.s. intelligence community. he serves as the chief intelligence officer for dhs and reports directly to the dhs secretary and director of national intelligence. he also previously served as a commissioner on the bipartisan commission on bio defense as a member of the public interest declassification board, and several other national security organizations. he previously spent over 20 years in law enforcement

armed services committee. you probably are democratic senator tim kaine saying he would encourage president biden to use an executiven to take care of the problem at the southern border. it seems a little late now congresswoman. >> that is right. my question for joe biden tonight is how many times do you have to get all of these wake-up calls before you stop hitting the snooze button? what is going on on our southern border be just for the vice president on your program a few minutes ago saying they may or may not consider executive action. what they are doing, they are partners in crime herewith they are doing is illegal they are allowing all these people to come across our border day in and day out. we know under joe biden's tenure we have had over 400 terrorists on the terrorist watch list. come across our southern border, and capture these are the only ones that we know of. what else is happening at the southern border? it's totally out of control. jon: witness what happened in moscow and some guys came in and opened fire and that concert hall. more than a wonder to 30 people are dead. >> right. these terrorists

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gavel us to a waiting in those two minutes of money, we had an armed services committee hearing right before ce of theenator ernst and senatorene act which was v on security agreements with the culmination of this cosponsor that. senator van hollen i think you as w was hard to include in the ndaa. when i told senator hirono that is comingpa up to this hearing that was focusing upon the pacific islands and strategy and that it was to my recollection the first time that we fÊted on this topic in this committee during the time i been on a, ylad and said it's about time. there was some have the armed services committee members knowing that this was happening today, two,ent up patiently wait for now i think it's 62 seconds now now to see if senator cruze [inaudibleversations] [inaudible conversations] >> as were counted down i will do the homework, which is there may be members of the committee of what is a bit questions in writing including senator cruze. we will keep the record of the ring open until the close of business on friday, march 15. if images of the question we promptly and thoroughly.espond there is a vote on going o

senator warner. as a member of the arm ad services committee -- armed services committee i'm well aware of the malign activities that we see fromf our foreign adversaries. i know that election officials also still worry abouttill worry about the increase that we see from cybersecurity threats. and whether threats to the infrastructure itself or government with web sites or voter registration databases the poll secretary. alex: eleven, could you -- allen, could you tell us about how alabama has worked to mitigate potential cybersecurity threats andke whether you've encountered any unique challenges in this process and whether you see some of those threats changing over time as well. >> yes ma'am. thank you. we work closely with our office of informational technology that oversees our statewide agencies and the backbone of our i.t. department. we have an in-house i.t. department as well that we collaborate with these agencies, with the fbi with the dhs quite frequently especially over the last several months getting prepared for the primary that we had last week. and obviously or getting prepared for

. >> senator cruz is on his way, i will give him two minuteses play quietly at if not i'll gavel a close, i will say, the we had an armed service committee members, this been involved in was very much focused on security agreements with cofa nations. i was a cosponsor of, that i think you are as well, that was included in ndaarc, i told senator that i coming to this hearing focus on pacific islands and strategy, and it was to my recollection first time we had a hearing on this t this cor glad said it was about time, there was happy armed services committee members knowing this hearing was happening today. ranking member and i will wait for now, i think 62 seconds now. to see if senator cruz arrives■) >> i'll do the homework, there may be manage members of committee that want to submit questions in writing, we'll keep record of hearing hope until close of business -- open until close of business friday march we would encourage you to respond promptly and thoroughly there is a vote on senate floor right now, an important won't one with respect to our nominee to ambassador of haiti, with that, and with ranking members. okay. with we will be

office responded saying senators will be sworn in as jurors on the following day, joy to be virginia congressman the vice chairman of the house armed services in china select committeemorning, first the letter from james comer do you know if the oversight committee has gotten a response and the expect joe biden to testify in this impeachment inquiry. >> again chairman, has done an excellent job in seeking out the truth getting to all the different places where we need to get information of president biden's activities that could rise to the level of an impeachable offense. the high standard. it's high crimes and misdemeanors, trees and bribery i think that takes two diligence from the house and i think chairman comer has done that. i will make sure the president has opportunity to come in and provide information to the congress and the american people of these allegations they're very serious and we deserve to get to the truth. maria: this letter says that all this is an incredible letter that james comer has sent president biden, the committee's investigation has proceeded in phases and began with a review of suspicious activities in the department of treasury and

yesterday was exactly the same as their testimony when they testified before the armed services committee on the house and on the senateence is yesterday they were not in uniform and they were in uniform then. and they came, you know, initially at the threat of a subpoena by the committee, but they ultimately came on a voluntary basis. the fact 69 matter is what we are supposed to be doing is trying to find a way to look at what we did successfully and what we didn't do, what we can improve on. and that as the general said, it is a 20 year look at what our fighting in afghanistan. and that you could not take two days, three days to look at that. in fact he said the foundation of evacuating was really formed with the doha agreement which was a bilateral agreement between the united states and a terrorist organization basically led by pompeo. it didn't include the afghan government. and he also said the decision that we have to make leading up to what took place, and here is where judgments, and we want to look at these things, but we have to get the facts completely, so -- and i remember this very clearly. because about

the house armed services committee, about seeing the possibility of seeing in the very near future chinese aircraft homeland. i thank you for bringing that to our attention. >> thank you, senator. chairman. thank you both for being here. general guillot, , i remn missile-defense posture, and that dod's us not have a plan to address the current and future missile-defense needs of hawaii. it's an issue i have brought up with just about anybodys to tes. in in the 2024 ndaa directs a n or the missile defense of the wife which indopacom is leading. general, your predecessor tony last year that northcom is responsible for protecting hawaii againstthreats from nortf course, we also need to concern ourselves with the missile threats, cruise missiles and hypersonics. have you been coordinating with indopacom regarding the development of the missile-defense plan? >> senator, i have. we work very closely with indopacom on all defense of our entire homeland. i also agree with the characterization that general hcnherck did on our specific role in that. >> so i have some concerns that there are so many different commands involved in the missil of hawaii. missile-defense in general. so we ha

armed services committee congresswoman, i know you were very much in support of this bill. help us parse this out for the viewers. what happens next? do you think it's going to pass the senate? i mean, that is a big question mark at this point. >> well you know, i was working very hard to make sure we had a big vote today, whipping the votes very hard. we had the intelligence community come in, yes. mr. day, to brief the entire house of representatives to make sure people understood the threat posed and had the details of that because we've been moving quite quickly with the you're standing that this is something that tiktok is going to move against rapidly. we've all ready, seen that many of us have received thousands of calls in our office that's because tiktok is directing people to call the congressional offices before they can get to their feed. we know the ceo of bytedance is over on the senate side, the parent company of tiktok, working hard to kill this bill in the senate. but when you see an overwhelming vote like this, a huge bipartite it doesn't vote like this which is rare in these partisan times. i think that's something the senate has got to take notice of. an