kyrgyzstan prevented an attempt to violently seize power in the country, reports the state committee of national security. the destructive group planned to organize mass riots with the death of people to seize power, they said. five people were detained; during searches , homemade bombs, weapons, ammunition, bulletproof vests, walkie-talkies and even police uniforms were found. and in uzbekistan , social networks were blown up by a man who was already called ipman from kokand. ipman is a martial artist from the movies. but the master from kokand is quite real. someone filmed how a man who probably works as a loader demonstrates brilliant technique. the martial art of winchun as a projectile is its own cart. and we remain in uzbekistan. we already talked last week about a charity exhibition of paintings generated by artificial intelligence based on the impressions and fantasies of blind children. the exhibition ended with a charity auction. a total of 20 works were presented, and the exhibition was visited by thousands of people during this time. the concept amazed the guests. during the exhibition, psych

discussed a lot when i was... a minister, when i was the chairman of the state committee, he was the secretary of the national securityl, i am ready to explain a lot to pyotr oleksiyovych, what is the difference between the theories, especially in the communal house, in this magical condominium, because for some reason pyotr oleksiyovych thinks that the whole problem is somewhere, i listened very carefully to his speech , that it is necessary for the oms and the osb to contact each other, and then everything will work, and the osb must come somewhere, get it somewhere in the warehouse. windmills, batteries, inverters, this is what you can get and put on the roofs, and then it will all work, well, sorry, these are, unfortunately, such general phrases, they are in from a practical point of view, well, they have little value, i understand, but i don't want to continue, this absolutely does not justify the powerful mistakes of the authorities and inaction, and not during the last two months of three, no, these things are necessary. and a year ago, and two years ago, and now the decisions that are being made, they are in a

yes, we discussed a lot when i was a minister, when i was the head of the state committee, he i was the secretary of the national securitydy well, i have to explain a lot to pyotr oleksiyovych, what is the difference between the theories, especially in the communal system, in osb, this magical one, because for some reason pyotr oleksiyovych thinks that... the whole problem, i listened very carefully to this speech of his, what is necessary in order to the oms and condominiums were talking and then everything will work, and the osb needs to come somewhere, get wind turbines, batteries, inverters, etc., in a warehouse somewhere, that can be obtained and put on the roofs, and then it will all work, well , sorry, that, unfortunately, that such general phrases are of little practical value they have, i'm done, but i don't want to continue. this absolutely does not justify the government's powerful mistakes and inaction, and not during the last two or three months, no, these things are necessary. mother, and a year ago, and two years ago, and now the decisions that are being made, they are in a hurry, but they are at least a y

we discussed a lot when i was a minister, when i was the head of the state committee, he was the secretary of the council... national securityam ready to explain a lot to peter oleksiiovych about the difference between the theories, especially in communal housing, condominiums, this magical thing, because for some reason petro oleksiyovych thinks that the whole problem is somewhere, i listened very carefully to his speech, that it is necessary for the local community association and the osb to contact each other, and then everything will work, and the osb needs to come somewhere, somewhere in the warehouse you can get windmills, batteries, inverters, that's what you can get on the roofs. put it and then it will all work, well, sorry , these are, unfortunately, such general phrases, they are practically useless authorities and inaction, and not during the last two months, three, no, these things should have been done a year ago, and two years ago, and now the decisions that... are there, they are in a hurry, but they are at least a year late, these are simplified procedures, credit programs, well, you understand that petro ol

it was possible to play these games of struggle against ukrainian nationalism, because well, no one canceled moscow, the state security committeeddition to the state security committee of the ukrainian ussr. they just, well, they didn’t just terrorize, they horrified the local population, these people returned, clean, at the same time , the supreme leader aon, who was already in canada, decreed that that’s it, let’s end the terror, it is of no use, so to speak leads, at this stage, for now, our tactics - this is getting used to government bodies - the authorities of the ukrainian soviet socialist republic. these books were confiscated from school and district libraries in the liberated territories of the lugansk people's republic, researcher at the national center for information combating terrorism and extremism in the educational environment and network... ukraine is like this, like the inviolability of some kind of borders of the ninety-first year, here it is as if it has been going on since ancient times, but at the same time, if we look at a number of maps of the same ukrainian people's republic, which wandered in the late

, they felt calm here, they could play these games of fighting ukrainian nationalism, because well, no one canceled moscow, the state security committeestate security committee, the ukrainian... and where they just, well, not just terrorized, horrified the local population, these people returned clean, at the same time, the supreme leader aon, who was already in canada, decided that that’s it, we’re ending the terror, it’s of no use, so to say, it does not lead, at this stage, yet, our tactic is to get used to the state authorities of the ukrainian soviet socialist republic. these books were confiscated from school and district libraries in the liberated territories of the lugansk people's republic, a researcher at the national center for information combating terrorism and extremism in the educational environment and... and the internet, sergei venzel tells how facts were deliberately distorted in history textbooks in ukraine for generation of russophobia. we analyzed the textbooks of the tenth and fourteenth years, the idea that the ancient russian state, kievan rus, was increasingly included. its only legitimate heirs are modern uk

state department during the clinton administration. over the years, he has held important roles of the national security council, as staff director of the senate foreign relations committeeer then-senator joe biden, as national security advisor to then-vice president biden, and deputy secretary of state during the obama administration. we are especially grateful to engage with secretary blinken at this time of immense international challenges, and just ahead of the 75th nato summit, to be held here in washington next week. there is a lot of ground to cover in the foreign-policy landscape -- the wars in ukraine and the middle east, strategic competition with china, and the influence of our very own elections this fall. in this discussion, we look forward to getting the secretary's perspective on how the u.s. can use diplomacy as well as other tools to build a more peaceful world and address threats to democracy and stability. to help us navigate these issues in the next 45 minutes, i'm delighted to have suzanne maloney moderate the discussion. . suzanne is vice president and director of the foreign policy program at brookings. as a former advisor to senior department offi

military is being attacked, a person who has leaker of state secrets, a person who lies under the guise of being a committee member. uh, national security, well, this, well, this, you know, in relation to any other, there would already be dozens of criminal cases, here somehow it somehow gets away with everything , so this is somewhere a sign that she is being covered up on bank street, well , you mentioned about zadorozhnyuko, you know, roman was given er, well, they demanded a bail of 9 million, and this briber, who er er... demanded that certain infrastructure facilities be returned to the border areas there, man, which is the chairman, listen, the chairman of the temporary special commission on fortifications, on the purchase of drones, rebs and so on, just three, but didn't he submit his powers to this commission. these commissions, by the way, it was very interesting what they were trying to do, if i am not mistaken, there was supposed to be a meeting of this commission tomorrow, well, and under the pretext that he was busy, the chairman of the commission wanted to call the meeting of the commission, the secretary of the commissio

a people's deputy and even a member of parliament many times. of the national security and defense committee. boguslayiv had access to stateit turned out, since 2000 he was the owner of a russian passport. in october 2022 , the security service of ukraine reported the arrest of motorsi's president. so that no one has doubts about collaborative activities boguslaev, the sbu released fragments of recordings of telephone conversations of the hero of ukraine at that time. i, you know, i am sending to you somewhere. by the dozen and everything is fine with us, we are ready to send you spare parts, just think about croatia, or wherever you were, montenegro, you had good ends somewhere, so i want you to think quickly, and as soon as possible we would conclude you have a big contract. even after the full-scale invasion, bohuslav continued to supply engines and other spare parts made by a ukrainian corporation to russian warplanes of helicopters from... the first days of the war ordered to disassemble the helicopters so that the ukrainian forces could not use them. on october 18 , 2023, the sbu completed the investigation and submi

he was a people's deputy and even a member of the parliamentary committee on issues of national security and defense. boguslaiv had access to stateecrets. but, as it turned out, he was the owner of a russian passport since 2000. in october 2022 , the security service of ukraine reported the arrest of motorsi's president. so that no one has any doubts about the collaborative activity of boguslav. the security service of ukraine released fragments of recordings of telephone conversations of the hero of ukraine at that time. i, you know, i'm sending dozens to you somewhere. and everything is going well with us. we are ready to send you the spare parts, just think through croatia, or wherever you were. montenegro. you had good endings somewhere. that's why i want you to think quickly and we would sign a big contract with you as soon as possible. even after a full scale invasion. boguslayiv continued to supply engines and other spare parts manufactured by the ukrainian corporation for russian attack helicopters. from the first days of the war, he ordered the dismantling of helicopters so that the ukrainian forces could not use them. o

committee. excuse me, she is the deputy chairman of the parliamentary committee on national security, defense and intelligence in times of war. this is a very serious position, this is access to state secrets, this is leverage influence, the ability to push draft laws, speed up their adoption, and the ability to artificially slow them down. and by the way, please note that some military draft laws under consideration in the parliament are stalled for 15-2 years, and i am not exaggerating. well , a clear example for everyone, the bill on mobilization, many military bills on the import without duties, without vat of certain military products, the last of them was adopted literally a few days ago, not a year ago and not two years ago, that is, the position is very important, i think , that after all that maryana bezugla did, but for... less, what should have happened to her is her removal from the position of deputy chairman of the committee, and here, by the way, the responsibility of the monomajority, if they do not remove her from this position, then she continues to remain team members, they should be responsible, well, ideally, what should happen is the matter of the security ser

of likes on social networks, but law enforcement agencies considered that their creativity violated traffic rules. kyrgyzstan's special services prevented an attempt to forcefully seize power in the country, the state committee for national securityoup planned to organize mass riots with the death of people and seize power, the department said. five people were detained. found during searches. cart. and we remain in uzbekistan. we already talked last week about charity exhibition of paintings generated by artificial intelligence, based on the impressions and fantasies of blind children. the exhibition ended with a charity auction. a total of 20 works were presented, and the exhibition was visited by thousands of people during this time. the concept amazed the guests. during the exhibition, psychologists and journalists compared the created paintings with the stories of the children themselves. on june 29, an auction was held at which all the paintings were sold, in total more than 150 million sums were collected. the most expensive lot was the painting "lost fairy tale", which was purchased by a guest from china. this painting depicts high mountains and waterfalls, symbolizing friendship and the eternal flow of time. that's all f

committee on veterans affairs. as a member of the ways and means committee and intelligence committees, congressman is working to address the issues here in the united states while strengthening the national security's long been a voice of support for the community and also serves as a cochair of the gop doctors caucus. he graduated and at the university of cincinnati. he went on to earn a medical degree in chicago -- after completing his surgical residency, he established the private practice treating patients for 26 years. the congressman served in the u.s. army reserve from 19982022 retiring with a rank of colonel. 2005 to 2006 he served a tour in iraq as a surgeon and was awarded a bronze star in combat action for his service. in 2018, the colonel was awarded for heroism. during his time in congress, congressman wenstrup filled his duties by serving as a medical policy advisor with of the chief the army reserve as well as seeing patients at walter reed medical center in bethesda. the congressman has a wife and they reside with their two children. welcome. [applause] thank you for that kind introduction. i am thrilled to be here and the work taking place here at heritage, and i also want to say

of likes on social networks, but law enforcement agencies considered that their creativity was in violation. traffic laws . kyrgyzstan's special services prevented an attempt to forcefully seize power in the country, the state committee for national securitygroup planned to organize mass riots with the death of people to capture authorities, the department said. five people were detained. during the searches, homemade bombs, weapons, ammunition, bulletproof vests, walkie-talkies and even police uniforms were found.

was a people's deputy and even a member of the parliamentary committee on national issues on several occasions. security and defense. boguslayov had access to staterets, and, as it turned out, since 2000 he was the owner of a russian passport. in october 2022 , the security service of ukraine reported the arrest of president motorsichi. so that no one had doubts about boguslaev's collaborative activities, the sbu made public fragments of phone conversation recordings of the hero of ukraine at the time. i, you know, i'm somewhere over there with you i send dozens, and we have everything. it's coming, we are ready to send you spare parts, just think through croatia, or wherever you were, montenegro, you had good ends somewhere, so i want you to think quickly and as soon as possible we would conclude a big contract with you. even after the full-scale invasion, boguslavov continued to supply engines and other spare parts made by a ukrainian corporation to russian attack helicopters. from the first days of the war, he ordered to dismantle. helicopters for the ukrainian forces could not use them. on october 18 , 2023, the sbu completed the investigatio

deputy chairman of the committee on national security and defense, this is a key committee, this is a really key committee, and people, who are in this committee, they have access to statewell, of course, there is a certain level of access to state secrets. to which, say, the president of ukraine, the head of the security service of ukraine, the head of the main intelligence department of the ministry of defense of ukraine, the chairman of the verkhovna rada of ukraine, er, and the ministers have their own levels of access to this or that information, in any in any case, here i never like to say, well , you can write it on facebook, and if you value your reputation at least somehow, you don't always you will write what comes to your mind, you always need... facts and evidence, and mr. oleksii very correctly said that regarding ms. maryana, whom i know personally, we talked about what is going on, we need to check whether this, but you know, the conflict with the commander-in-chief, so there was the conflict with general valery fedorovych, and now the conflict with colonel-general oleksandr silsky, well, the combat general, the defense of kyiv, the kharkiv zyum operation

of the investigative committee is investigating the case, the suspect was taken into custody. russia and the association of southeast asian nations deepen security coordination. this was statedrov, speaking today at the ats ministerial summit, it is taking place in laos, what else is being discussed there? report by alexey petrov. the key political event is the annual ministerial meeting. the heads of foreign affairs agencies, among them sergei lavrov, manage to exchange assessments on the sidelines and join hands. traditional part of the protocol ceremony. there are already the first statements by the head of the russian foreign ministry. moscow has consistently advocated strengthening the role of osian in regional affairs. we are convinced that asian-centric architecture. based on inclusiveness and equality, taking into account the interests of all participants and respect for their identity, must remain the foundation of security and sustainable development of the asia-pacific region. it is known that lavrov’s program includes a meeting in the russia-asian format; the minister also participates in the meetings of the east asian summit and the ocean regional forum on secur

answers today, the commissioner of the pennsylvania state police and the national president of the fraternal order of police testified before the house homeland security committee two main responsibilities a motorcade operation for the transportation with the secret service of former president trump, as well as manning and staffing security posts inside the secure area. >> also today, house speaker mike johnson and minority leader hakeem jeffries announced a bipartisan task force to investigate the assassination attempt on the former president and the congressional committee on homeland security has launched hearings into that assassination attempt. >> committee members getting a tour of the shooting scene yesterday in butler, pennsylvania. today, the hearing included testimony from police officials about how the secret service and local law enforcement split up security responsibilities at political events. >> a massive security failure by the secret service and the department of homeland security. the closest someone has been to taking the life of a president or a presidential candidate since ronald reagan was shot in 1981. more than 40 years ago. we must be

committee on veterans affairs. as a member of the ways and means committee, the congressman is working to address the national health and systematic poverty issues in the united states while strengthening national security. he's long been a voice for ohio's veterans community and serves as a cochair of the gop office but a cincinnati native, congressman wenstrup graduated from xavier high school and the university of cincinnati pretty earned a medical degree in chicago -- and after completing his surgical residency he established a private practice in cincinnati, treating patients for years. congressman wenstrup served in the u.s. army reserve from 1998 to 2022 retiring with the rank of colonel. in 2005 to 2006 he served in iraq as a combat surgeon and was awarded a bronze star and combat action badge for his service. in 2018 he was awarded the soldier's medal for heroism. during his time in congress, congressman wenstrup fulfilled his reserve duty by serving as medical policy advisor for the army reserve. the congressman has a wife monica, they reside in southern ohio with her two children. welcome congressman. [applause] rep. wenstrup: thank you very much for that kind introduction and i'm thrilled to

the state security committee of belarus, together with the television news agency bel telestov, just the hair of the cruelty that he showed, their newspaper spoke of him exclusively as a nationalero. 150 volumes of crimes, criminal cases of punitive officers, they literally said that the more we went out on punitive operations, the more impudent we became, the more we reveled in the authorities. who burned belarusian villages? one rose to the rank of deputy head of the german government. a film from a series without a statute of limitations. derly vanger's punishers. part one. on the air belarus-1 and belarus 24. watch right now. how many people were shot in the approximate unit? they literally said that the more we went out on punitive operations, the more impudent we became, the more they reveled in power. yes, it probably could be. the criminal received a short sentence, was often released under an amnesty and continued to live as a law-abiding citizen, confident that the facts of his participation in punitive operations would never come to light, but the search work to find traitors to the motherland did not stop, the officers of the authorities, they are in sight, under c

committee of the national people's congress spoke about unanimity on the sidelines of the forum. representatives. under your leadership, the people and government of russia are protecting state stability and security. your country is confidently moving along the path of its own development. we are pleased with these achievements and express our strong support for russia. in general, the president today had a marathon of meetings with the chairman of the inter-parliamentary union, the speaker of the national assembly of tanzania, to discuss strengthening the legislative framework of the brix countries. we spoke with the chairman of the assembly of the islamic council of the islamic republic of iran, mahammad bagher ghalibaf, about the start of the country's work in brix. iran became full-fledged. member on january 1, but about the development of bilateral ties. their prospect is especially interesting given the recent death of moscow’s great friend, president risi. relations between our countries are developing very successfully. just recently , presidential elections were held in your country, i want to express hope and have no doubt that the development of relations between iran and the russian f

of former president donald trump. right now, the pennsylvania state police commissioner and the national president of the fraternal order of police are testifying before the house homeland security committee're looking at live images there, there is the ranking member bennie thompson giving some opening statements. also new today, house speaker johnson and minority leader jeffries have announced they're creating a bipartisan task force to investigate the assassination attempt. that, one day after secret service director kimberly cheatle appeared before the oversight committee and both top republican and the top democrat on that committee say she should resign. joining us now, nbc news capitol hill correspondent ryan nobles. ryan, walk us through what is happening so far in today's hearing. >> reporter: well, this is an interesting development, ana, because the house homeland security committee just got back from a site visit to butler, pennsylvania, where they were actually on the scene of that rally venue where the former president was almost assassinated. and many of these members actually got up on the roof of that building, where the shooter was perched and learned a lot about the dyn

states really is. people recall that in 2016 it appeared that the democratic national committee was actively working to secure the nomination of hillary rodham clinton and prevent prevent bernie sanders from being the democratic nominee. there were questions raised about the democratic primary and 2020. and now we have a situation where the candidate to the over whelming majority of democratic party party, you know, voters voted for in the primary will not be the candidate who ends up getting the nomination. he has dropped out. so that raises the questions, who will be deciding who the democratic nominee is, and that will be alternately up to the democratic party. the delegates and the super delegates. they will make the decision in chicago. it's what's looking to be a pretty historic convention coming up because at this point, it's not clear. harris seems to be who joe biden wants, but there's a lot of other voices in the party saying they want someone else to be there. nominate the trump camp is jubilant days the old in light of the aftermath of the attempted assassination of donald trump on which you survived. in light of a

committee on veterans affairs. as a member of the ways and means committee and intelligence committees, the congressman is working to address the national health into systematic poverty issues here in the united states while strengthening the national security. he's long been a voice and support for southern ohio's veteran community. he also serves as a cochair of the gop doctors caucus. a cincinnati native, congressman wenstrup graduated from saint xavier high school and the university of cincinnati. he went on to earn a medical in chicago as a cardiac physician, i'm sorry congressman. and after completing his surgical residency, established private practice in cincinnati treating patients for 26 years. congressman wenstrup served in the u.s. army reserved from 1998 to 2022, retiring with a rankrof colonel. in 2005 to 2006, he served a tour in iraq as a combat surgeon and was awarded a bronze star and combat action badge for his service. in t 2018, colonel wenstrup was awarded the soldier's medal for heroism. during his time in congress, congressman wenstrup filled his duties by serving as the medical policy advisor for the chief of the army reserve as well as seeing patients at walter reed medical military center in bethesda. congressman

committee on national affairs of security, defense and intelligence, mrs. iryna, glory to ukraine. glory to the heroes, good morning. the government's permission to increase the armor against mobilization for officials and employees of stateed enterprises. we talk about it a lot. the question is how much it can actually solve. problem, because we often say that we need armor for truck drivers, and for farmers, and for other sectors, so that, on the one hand, mobilization is not blocked, and on the other hand, so that other state structures work, and on the third side, they do not raise the degree of social tension, this is also very important, you know, in the country, a large-scale invasion has been going on for the third year, and it would be very desirable if our executive branch... of power, that is, the government, would analyze the situation and clearly delineate those areas of industry and enterprise, that require reservations, determined the number of employees needed to ensure the operation of these enterprises and ensured their reservation. unfortunately, you and i are still faced with absolute chaos in the regulations of the cabinet of ministers regarding reservations, which leads to misunderstanding and create

correspondent committee hoggard has more or the call between the us president and the as really prime minister totes about 30 minutes and was attended by the national security advisor, secretary of state and vice president. now, the purpose of the call, according to the white house, was to work out the final details in terms of trying to get the captives that were captured on october 7th release, as well as to finalize ceasefire negotiations. so the prime minister president were walking through the draft agreement of the proposal that was put forward by president biden back in may. the framework deal according to us officials, is now in place, but there are still some outstanding issues that need to be overcome. the president and his national security team has been reviewing the response put forward by him us in the last day or so. and so far, the response by the united states has been that as the what has been put forward by how moss has been constructive. but there are some issues that still need to be overcome. now, what we do know is that the president is very much uh, welcoming the decision by the is really prime minister to send a delegation to dell. hard to engage with us to ta

state of war. absolutely zero in foreign policy, and this despite the fact that as a senator from california she served on the congressional national security intelligence committeesworld already as vice president. however, joe biden may still prove useful in this election campaign full of surprises, for example, by announcing his resignation a month before the vote, especially since this idea is already supported by more than half of the voters, then the presidential powers are at the finish line, along with them the entire resource will go to the same kali haris, and looking at how the democrats. they have already treated biden, it is possible that they can repeat the successful experience of sacred sacrifice. dmitry melnikov and pavel kostrikov, news from washington. if the white house has turned into a lame duck's nest, the migratory world leader from washington has a direct route to the american south. trump already had orban in florida, now. it’s with biden, with goldumeyr at hand, at dinner in maralaga they talk about the future, and it’s gloomy, if everything works out, if we win, everything will be very simply, everything will work out very quickly, if no

states senate to be strong against people who take gold bars from foreign country it's. or chairman of the foreign relations committee of the united states senate. >> access to classified information. >> all of that. >> a threat to our national security all of that. all of that. >> congressman you're very clear about that. let's get you on another topic you've been talking about this morning, president biden wants to stay on top of the ticket. there's no push for a virtual roll call to officially nominate in a week or so. well ahead of the chicago convention. do you agree with that? many lawmakers, many of your colleagues have spoken out sharply against it saying why are we rushing it, we're still having a debate whether or not he's the best to lead the party? >> yes, the question is what is necessary, given the time lines out there. as far as ohio goes, we've seen the resolution to that issue, in terms of what ohio has done. so, the point here is, when we move forward as a party, we have to do so with unity. right now, we're certainly having our discussions and our debates. and to try to force something right now, push something that's premature, that's not needed given what we've seen with the resolution, i don't think that's the r

committee on the national assembly of belarus graduated from the minsk state pedagogical institute of foreign languages, candidate pedagogical sciences, associate professor, author of scientific publications on the issues of political culture, international relations and national securityry, work at the national bank of belarus, diplomatic service in the system of the ministry of foreign affairs in a number of international organizations, has the gratitude of the president of belarus, was awarded a medal for labor merits , diplomas and medals of the interparliamentary assembly of the cis member states, the csto parliamentary assembly. sergey anatolyevich, let me start with congratulations, after all, there is a new status, there are many tasks in the union parliament, and we will also talk about this, but about this instrument. true alliance and partnership - this is truly a forum of regions of belarus and russia, your impression and your assessment of how effective this tool and this format of work are. thank you for your congratulations, the forum of regions of belarus and russia is always the largest event in belarusian-russian relations within the framework of the union state. this was also the case for the eleventh forum, which... for the first time took place in

of that, you have an open senate seat in that state, right? mike rogers is a former congressman who chaired the house intelligence committee, running against a democratic congresswoman who has a similar national securitykground and is really emphasizing that in her race. i found it fascinating that mike rogers was trying to hit on some of the same names to make the national secured a against biden and against his democratic opponent. that is a state that is must-win for both candidates, but particularly now, republicans feel very confident about it, more so than they did even a few weeks ago, because of the concerns democrats have been expressing both publicly and privately about president biden's ability to win. quick switch seats among democratic incumbents do you think are most challenge now? >> two states have always been the most difficult for democrats on this year's senate map. donald trump is going to win those states by double digits, by massive margins, so it's going to be difficult for both sherrod brown and jon tester to out run joe biden by the number of points that they need to outrun him by in order to win their races. that is something publicans are banking on, but at the same time, we

committee. i reviewed his plan that outlines where the united states military most needs of defense dollars exist. as it stands, the united states is ill-equipped to meet the emerging global threats to our national securitysenator wicker's blueprint would put us back on the right path to secure peace through strength. the plan estimates that the annual defense budget needs to grow to 5% of gross domestic project. our defense spending as a result of gross domestic product has been falling and is nearing an historic low. meanwhile, many of our european nato allies have been dramatically increasing defense expend turs because they ee -- expenditures because they see how dangerous the world has become. another key nato metric is the percentage of defense funds going towards equipment. in other words, war-fighting capability. the united states is in the bottom of the pack among our nato allies on this very score. it's no coincidence that the united states became the leader of the free world by leveraging its commitment to peace around the world through unassailable military power. in the first quarter of the 21st century, and a key period in history, america stands at the crossroads. we cannot buy -- we canno

the united states senate is providing for our national security, and we do that through our national defense authorization act. we passed the ndaa out of the senate armed services committee last month with bipartisan approval. it includes provisions that will benefit our servicemembers and that will bolster our national defense. i supported a pay raise for members of our military and secured funding for several nebraska military construction projects. this year's ndaa also included important provisions to address issues within the munitions industrial base, contributing to thousands of good-paying jobs throughout the country while providing for our national security. the bill incorporated elements of my restoring american deterrence act to foster a skilled nuclear manufacturing and vocational trade workforce. we heard about the importance of that need at our hearing yesterday when members received the report from the commission on the national defense strategy. i'm hopeful that the full senate will recognize the bipartisan importance of passing the ndaa, just as we did on the armed services committee. but before we can do that, majority leader schumer must prioritize bri

of our country's most sensitive secrets including information from the national nuclear security administration that oversees the nuclear stockpiles. he provided testimony to the senate intelligence committee in which he stated that the flaw that allowed that to occur only became known to cyber security professionals when published in a public paper in 2017. it has not been widely reported former employee harris discovered it a year earlier and alerted his superiors and other executives and proposed a series of solutions that were rejected. can you agree the testimony that you offered about what they knew about the flaw and when was incorrect? >> the first thing i would say is i know that came out this morning. i have not had a chance to read the article yet. >> i will just note that they cited numerous sources inside the company. if you are not prepared to say that we can move on. i agree with what chairman said early about the importance of incentives. i welcome the news that cannot i believe yesterday that one 3rd of the individual performance element of bonuses for senior executives would be tied to cyber security performance. how much of the total compensation package for senior executives is the indivi

committees on oversight action. the incident in pennsylvania has understandably led to questions about updates or changes to the security of the republican national invention in milwaukee. the secret service in conjunction with federal, statelaw enforcement and safety partners designed operational security plans for national special security events to be dynamic in order to respond to a connecticut security environment and the most up to date intelligence from our partners and the confident security plans of our partners to put in place, which we have reviewed and strengthened in the wake of the saturday shootings. security plans for these national events are designed to be flexible. as the conventions progress and in accordance with the direction of the president, secret service will continuously adapt operations as necessary in order to ensure the highest level of safety and security for convention attendees and those in the city of milwaukee. you can find the whole secret service website. here is dan, independence, oregon, democrat. caller: hello. that's all great but i think that we are getting exactly what we are supposed to get. all of these years we have been watching shooters shoot children and people all across th