u.s. department of defense spokesperson on condition of anonymity. today is ukrainian army day. holidays were invented in defiance of the russian on february 23, commander zaluzhny congratulated the military in a video message president zelensky personally came to the position, shook hands, handed out awards, was photographed. everyone sees our power, our skill, the high standard of ukraine, but for some reason i recorded the selfie in slavyansky. this is more than 40 km from the artyomovsky advanced. and there, of course, the soldiers noticed it. do you want to cut yourself vitanya, sir pledged. i want to say hello to mr. zaluzhny and our zelensky star. how warm is it with you, maybe you will come to us to take a picture on the video. you say that everything is in order with you, that the fighters have nothing, the lad needs nothing. so, maybe it’s just that everything is so bad here with such an assessment of the situation , american general wesley clark, former commander of nato forces in europe, i’m afraid that the surroundings of bahnuta can turn into a fire bag for the apu

u.s. department of defense. he said china is developing its capabilities to use military aggression against taiwan and that u.s. deterrence would make any such actions harder for beijing. he said the u.s. is carefully watching ongoing discussions in japan about strengthening its own defense capabilities. >>> vietnam has long relied on russia for the majority of its weapons. now it's shopping around, hosting its first international fair. among more than 170 vendors are defense firms from japan, russia, and the united states. they're showing off armored vehicles, drones, and small arms, hoping to find buyers and widen their influence. prime minister pham minh chinh also saw a chance. >> translator: this expo is an opportunity for us to welcome international friends as well as tighten relations with them. >> the socialist southeast asian country became close to the soviet union during the cold war. russia retained a major stake in its arms deals. now experts suggest it provides roughly two-thirds of vietnam's weapon

u.s. department of defense imposed sanctions against its head, pavel vovk, she was convinced by vovk and theunder his control made recommended decisions in their own interests and the political elites, in particular, the judge is accused of creating a criminal organization that had the goal of seizing state power, assisted the aggressor, the federal court in brooklyn in new york indicted five russians and two us citizens, all of whom are accused of creating a criminal scheme to illegally obtain technologies and weapons for the russian defense industry, among the accused, in particular, are employees of the fsb for according to the investigation, the perpetrators purchased and exported electronic components that can be used in the development of nuclear and hypersonic weapons and other military technologies a total of 15 charges have been brought against the defendants, the maximum punishment is 30 years in prison canada will help ukraine to repair the damage to energy facilities in kyiv, almost $85 million will be allocated for this , the country's government will take from the proceeds coll

u.s. department of defense and many other places around the country. in addition, and this is an important update as well, the code has not been changed since 1983. and does not reflect a general neutral terms that we used to. so, we would be making a much-needed change to the code to reflect the diverse city employees that we have in our workforce today. we have cecelia, karen, and our new ceo, cio, allyson to elaborate further on the legislation. before i hand it over to them, i want to thank richard and annette, annette is a current beneficiary who have advocated on behalf of her family member, so that their son would be able to benefit from this in the future and so, thank you to them for bringing this to our attention. i'll hand it over, through the chair, i'll hand it over to the spurs representation here today. i think that's karen bortnick. >> good morning, supervisors. thank you for inviting us here. i'm not sure i can add much more than what supervisor safai has already told you. but i can tell you how this proposed ordinance would work. when

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patriot who is dedicated last 35 years of his life teaching the children of the state department, the department of defense, u.srnment personnel as well as children of the double biotic core of our allies. brought # free marc fogel. obviously the wonderful testament from one of his students. your sense of marc and what our viewers can do? >> anybody that can reach out to secretary of state anthony blinken to let them know that you support the freedom of marc fogel would be greatly appreciated, his students have been absolutely outstanding and stepping up and creating facebook pages an instagram accounts and he's dearly dearly loved. he is an altar of history teachers. there is no question about that. eric: we nobody be put has used people like your brother as pawns. we certainly can help there will be a quick ending, successful one for him and you and your family and your mother. >> thank you for that. eric: of course. fogel sister of marc fogel, # free marc fogel as the #. thank you for joining us. >> thank you so much. alicia: outrage in arizona after senator kyrsten sinema is the democratic party and registe

u.s. department of defense and many other places around the country.ion, and this is an important update as well, the code has not been changed since 1983. and does not reflect a general neutral terms that we used to. so, we would be making a much-needed change to the code to reflect the diverse city employees that we have in our workforce today. we have cecelia, karen, and our new ceo, cio, allyson to elaborate further on the legislation. before i hand it over to them, i want to thank richard and annette, annette is a current beneficiary who have advocated on behalf of her family member, so that their son would be able to benefit from this in the future and so, thank you to them for bringing this to our attention. i'll hand it over, through the chair, i'll hand it over to the spurs representation here today. i think that's karen bortnick. >> good morning, supervisors. thank you for inviting us here. i'm not sure i can add much more than what supervisor safai has already told you. but i can tell you how this proposed ordinance would work. when a member

of the u.s. bureaucracy. the defense department, sidelining laird sideliner, secretary of state roger sidelining, -- i mean it's really quite extraordinary, the way that they approach the sold process, and that is tabling whether those elements of the deal would be, and then explaining it as well. so personally, and i guess all of us as students of the presidency, this is just a fascinating episode. so maybe we can, we can talk a little bit about that. and it's open to anybody who wants to jump in first on nixon and the bureaucracy. here >>, yeah go ahead ken, what did you want to say? >> are you sure? okay we're to begin. i'm, -- certainly in the past -- season diplomat named -- and you know others, i think lbj was more collaborative, the gill patrick committee was inter agency committee body that developed options for how to deal with nonproliferation. -- to me it's more about exclusion, so the white house often dominates but nixon dominated to the extent, and kissinger, to i think ken and i both often use the term nick singer fo

of those elements the u.s. bureaucracy, the defense department sidelining sidelining secretary of state rogers, sidelining george smith as head of the arms control disarmament agency. i mean, it's really quite extraordinary. the way that they approach. the salt process that is tabling whatever those elements of a deal would be, and then explaining it as so personally and i guess all of us as as students of the presidency, this is just a fascinating episode. so maybe can we can talk a little bit about that. and it's open to to anybody who wants to jump in first on nixon in the bureaucracy here. go for it. no, go ahead, ken. what you. no, no. you sure? okay. oh, to begin. i think nixon was not the first president to try to send realized control in the white house. i mean certainly in the past before him jfk had in the pursuit of a limited test ban treaty, had relied heavily on his own special emissary. a seasoned diplomat, avery harriman and, you know, others. i think lbj was collaborative. the kilpatrick committee was an interagency that developed options for how to deal with nonproliferation. but so it's not so

u.s. military in the country including the defense attache, security forces and doing the accountability mission and we learned that the department ofside of kyiv to check on these weapons stockpiles and see exactly how the ukrainian stockpiles, making sure everything is getting to them and getting to the front lines. so the u.s. military leaders are now looking to shore that up with a very small number of additional troops. we're talking single digits here. so it's less about this being some large influx of troops. that's not the case at all. in fact, they wouldn't be going anywhere near the front lines. but it's more about the fact that the pentagon is cognizant of the fact that in january there's going to be a new -- the republicans are going to be in charge of the house of representatives and there's a real concern that there are going to be a lot of questions about weapon accountability in ukraine. you'll remember that at the beginning of this war, right after the invasion, the u.s. started putting billions of dollars of weapons. there was concern at the time there wasn't a lot of tracking of those weapons once they crossed the

u.s. official tells me she is headed to san antonio. the department of defense has a post isolation support facility there, and we've seen other americans who have been detained abroad and brought back to the united states go to that facility. we don't know when exactly she is landing. we don't know how long she will stay there. that will be dependent on what kind of support she and her family feels that she needs. but we should also say tonight, wolf, that victor bout is back in russia. that's according to russian state media. and his lawyer told me today he'll be reunited with his family, his wife and his daughter. of course shaving off about ten years from his 25-year prison sentence due to this swap. wolf? >> kylie atwood reporting for us. kylie, thank you very much. let's discuss what's going on with the state department spokesperson ned price. ned, thank you so much for joining us. what changed in the final weeks and days to actually make this deal a reality and get brittney griner home? >> well, wolf, this is something that we had been working assiduously

maneuvers with entire battalions will be trained in germany from january, the department of defense announces that we will expand u.s.-led training for the ukrainian armed forces to include joint maneuvers and general wax operations, building on the specialized equipment training we already provide to ukrainians combined arms maneuver exercises are a logical next step in our ongoing training efforts that have begun in 2014 to build the potential of the armed forces of ukraine well , ukrainians. it doesn't seem to like it very much. the head of protruding zaluzhnaya in an interview with the publication is so much and said that kyiv needs more weapons. he even gave concrete figures of 300 tanks, 500 howitzers, 700 infantry fighting vehicles and ask them. the us general’s moderate mile mark not to mention the smart bombs and air defense that the us is now thinking of giving ukraine the alleged last word for biden, but as fox news journalists are confident, the us president by and large does not make the decision himself sad fact. joe, we think that you don't know how old you are and don't know where you are, what are y

ises that i present do not reflect the official position of the united states army, the department of defense or the u.s. that said, hearing that the judge granted an injunction to protect us from being separated from the if army, it was the greatest christmas present we could have asked for this week. so so knowing that our jobs are safe for the time being, it's a huge blessing. carley: so, wendy, congratulations, first of all, on the success of this case so far. and the president signed this, the military defense spending bill into law which rescinds the vaccine mandate. does that mean that this fight is over for you? >> hi, good morning. thanks soften so much for -- thanks so much for having us on today. it doesn't, actually. it does not change our case. the army has still not agreed to rescind all of the pubive and administrative actions that they've taken against soldiers prior to the rescission of this mandate, and they have also not agreed to stop further punitive administrative and separative actions against these soldiers who have had denials of their a religious accommodation request. carrie:

u.s. industry and see what kind of vehicles we can use to try to get that over there, working with the department of defense in terms of the transport of equipment, etc. it's a multifaceted, multicountry, multiagency effort. it's incredibly inspiring to see colleagues within the u.s. government elsewhere working incredible hours to get this done. and it will be a big deal. this social resolve. another data point of resolve it from democratic countries helping each other. katty: two quick questions. then let's move to clean energy which you have worked a lot on. a quick follow-up on that. was it anticipated that the russians would use this tactic. if so what was done to anticipate that and help ukrainians short up? do you think you will be able to assist the ukrainians in what would have to be a short period of time. the coldest setting in and get them the energy they need, the civilian energy. >> we have been planning in the u.s. government, i feel proud to be part of this administration who has done phenomenal work, even before many people thought russia would invade ukraine and our intelligence experts sa

of feet in the sky. how these window washers and the tangled. 25 floors up high. >> and the frigid winter storm battering the u.s. may be icing out flights but not santa. how the department of defense says we'll be tracking saint nick as the braves, the elements to deliver gifts. >> take a look at this. a frightening situation. this was the scene with 2 window washers after there were trying to get rescue their trapped outside a high rise and downtown los angeles here stuck on a movable platform at the 25th floor after a rig motor broke. rescuers had to open a window and use a rope to pull the workers to safety. both of the window washers were able to crawl back inside the building. and the good news is they were not hurt. >> we've been talking a lot about the weather this week, but don't you worry santa will still get to bomb cyclone or not? that's according to norad, the u.s. military agencies as saint nick is perfectly at home with freezing temperatures and heavy snowfall since he lives in the north pole. of course, the colorado springs based agency allows children to track santa's christmas journey online by calling norad and through social media every year in or the tenant exp

of syria. moving forward, the defense department says that the u.s. ewer joint patrols with the syrian democratic forces. this, in order to reduce the threat of harm to u.s. service members who are in the area. bret? >> bret: gillian turner at the pentagon. thank you. as mentioned tomorrow "special report" will be live from the ronald reagan presidential library for the start of the arresting national defense forum. >> we will have a preview of what military experts are saying about big national security issues. saturday, you can watch the panels and speeches streaming live on fox nation. up next, this week's "common ground" segment takes a look at consumer protection and big tech. first, under what our borders tonight. spanish police detonate a suspicious envelope at the u.s. embassy in madrid. it comes one day after a similar package sent to the ukrainian embassy ignited as employee opened the letter. authorities in spain say other explosives were sent throughout the country. they have not determined who is responsible. >> cities in china are pulling

of the world combined. china's arsenal designed to make the u.s. think twice before defending taiwan and to keep u.s. ships away. a defense departmentiship missiles with a range of 1200 miles. a chinese estate owned aerospace company even created a propaganda animation showing its missiles destroying an aircraft carrier. christopher: i think about it every second. when i left the." told my wife the only thing i care about is -- when i left the pier, i told my wife the only thing i care about is bringing sailors back safe. i don't just sit in one spot in the ocean, it is a big ocean and hard to target something in the ocean. i hear that a lot, the carriers at risk, they don't move that fast. that is sort of a joke b not. nick: that is a reference to u.s. air force bases. the air force plans to use more small bases in the future because a more distributed footprint could complicate chinese war plans. this colonel is the lead in a plan to execute that. >> i think everything is vulnerable. no bones about it, we are tied to the ground. if you only have so many main operating bases forward, especially with host nations and partners, that

we also made a conservative effort to assemble subject matter experts from the department of defense and other u.s. communities -- academic research labs that we've brought many allies and international partners into our discussions on uap. additionally, subject mother as forced from a wide variety of fields, including physics optics, meteorology have been brought to expand our understanding in areas where we may not have organic expertise. in short, we endeavor to bring in all hands on deck approach to veteran status phenomena. so what have we learned so far? any given observation may be fleeting or longer. it may be recorded or not. it may be observable by one or more multiple assets. in short, there's really an easy answer. for example, let me share with you the first video that we have here today. which shows you an observation in realtime. there was. that's, in many cases that's all that a report may include and in many other cases we have far less than this. as we detailed in both the unclassified and classified -- it is often limited amount of high quality data and re-recording hampers our

not reflect th official policy or position of the united states army, the department of defense, or the u government. as for the u.s army, there is also a class action that we filed. the federal court judge has directed that while the class action is pending in the decision is pending, if the u.s army intends to separate anybod for refusing to get a covid 19 vaccine, they are to notify the court at least a week before ha with the name of that servicemember so they can get notice and seek an injunction. >> i've got to move on to josh were here because the whole thing is if you have a choice between a military prison in taking this shot, what would yo decide to do? >> i have sincere religious objections to the vaccine because of the fetal cells that accused in it. research development and testin of the basque scene process and i would rather go to jail for the rest of my life with a clea conscience that violate the law that is written on my heart right now. >> it is amazing. a lot of military members have said the very same thing. if i can get a very quick answe for you, where do we. >> to go next in this fight? >> w

u.s. state department approved a $1 billion sale of arms to qatar during tuesday's match between the u.s. and iran. the sale would include 10 defensive drone systems, 200 interceptors and related equipment. the u.s. team won against iran 1-0. former chinese president jiang zemin has died at the age of 96. jiang became president in 1993, and is credited with mending china's ties with the international community and overseeing its economic boom following the country's isolation after the bloody 1989 crackdown on the tiananmen square protests. jiang's passing comes amid a series of rare public protests against the government, triggered by beijing's stringent covid-19 policies. in afghanistan, at least 15 people, including children, were killed and several others wounded wednesday after a bomb exploded at a religious school in the northern samangan province. no one has claimed responsibility for the attack. in missouri, 37-year-old black father and grandfather kevin johnson was executed tuesday evening by lethal injection. the u.s. supreme court denied his last plea for a stay of the -- stay. a special prosecutor had pleaded the missouri

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is what would come to be known as the pentagon papers, which was the secret department of defense study that looked back at u.s. relations with vietnam from 1945 through 1967. and it takes apple to focus richard nixon's attention on this. which he doesn't this phone call that sunday morning. >> hello. >> general. >> hello. >> yes, sir. >> what about the casualties last week? you got the figure yet? >> no, sir, but it's going to be quite low. >> yes. >> it should be last week or bitter. >> it should be less than 20. i wod think, 20. when do you get that? do you -- >> we don't get it officially till monday afternoon. but we can get a reading on. it >> right, well, monday afternoon officially? well let's wait till then. fine, okay. nothing else of interest in the world today? >> yes, sir, very significant. this darn new york times exposÉ, of the most highly classified documents of the war. >> oh that. i see. i did not read the story. but you mean that was leaked out of the pentagon? >> sir, the whole study that was done for mcnamara and then carried on after mcnamara left by clifford and the peace mix over there.

pulled the wool over the eyes of the department of defense, the pentagon, and he was used for approximately 140 flights of bringing in logistical supplies for the u.sle he used that cover in order to supply weapons to the enemy that we were fighting at the time. so we are talking about a very maniacal and a very sophisticated arms dealer. and he is one that being on the loose again should cause us all -- should cause a lot of concern. from a national security perspective. but from a human rights perspective as well. amy: and the u.s. government paying him? he is very clear about this. he said, if they are going to put me in prison, you should understand how many millions of dollars i have been paid by them. >> well, he was, as i mentioned, on the employee and he was an arms trafficker, a profiteer working for many, many different sites of conflict wherever he could make money. but the important thing now is that we need to use the release of viktor bout as a lightning rod. we need to use this as an opportunity to mitigate any national security threat that viktor bout still poses to the u.s. and its allies, and for the u.s. to be more proactive in p

department and u.s. president want to create here because in the background, there is of course china and russia. we heard the defenseretary speak of pressure trying to destabilize the continent. that is something you will not hear from the president, that this is all about strategic interest. it isn't. it is a lot about business. there was an announcement that there should be a memorandum of understanding for a joint trade area. for now, that is a pie in the sky. brent: what is certain is what china has been doing, pushing its ties with africa, offering investments with no strings attached. is the u.s. in a power struggle right now for natural resources on the african continent? >> yes, it is. but that is not what the american side wants to talk about. i spoke for instance to the president of tanzania here earlier. he told me that they don't want to be exactly that, just a place where the rest gets their resources. they want to be partners at eye level. that is exactly what u.s. president biden is promising here. the fulfillment is a host of agreements. many bilateral agreements that were signed here to paper. if yo

of course, griner on her way back to the united states, according to u.s. officials headed to san antonio. we don't know, jake, exactly when she's going to land there, but there is a department of defense facility there that provides support for those who are out of isolation. we've seen other american detainees who have returned to the united states head to that same facility. we don't know how long she'll stay there, though. that's up to griner and her wife in terms what she needs in terms of medical and any mental support. jake? >> just a, underlines this, the biden administration says the only deal on the table was viktor bout for brittney griner. paul whelan was not on the table. is that right? >> reporter: saying that's the only deal russia would accept at this time. so, of course, what they're hoping, that russia will accept another proposed deal for whelan down the road. they just can't be assured when that will happen and wanted to take the opportunity to seize this deal while they could. >> thanks for clarifying. >>> some republican lawmakers are criticizing the decision to trade viktor bout back to the russians considering the serious crimes leading to his nickname. the merc

u.s. military, period. it is unfortunate that we've seen under the biden administration with him as our commander-in-chief, we have seen some in the department of defensepreparedness. that is the senator's point. we need to get back to the basics of what the u.s. military needs to be doing. it's about preparedness. it's about making sure we can step up and defend our country in a time when our adversaries who do not have our best interests at heart are continuing to advance and focus on the military. that is what the senator and i are calling for with our military here in the u.s. >> joey: there's two issues at play. one has to do with how effective our military is as it exists. the other one has to do with our ability to get people to join to serve in it to begin with. we've got a graphic here just talking about how bad our recruiting is. the army is 15,000 soldiers short for the national guard, 7500 service members short with the nephi met 10% of its goal for the marine corps met 30% of its goal. when i joined in 2010, there was no way the marine corps was going to miss out on its goal just by its nature. this week we have a headline where the marine

u.s. an edge in the growing military rivalry with china, as the defense department warns beijing is rapidly expanding its own nuclear arsenal. six of the new bombers are currently in production but the military has said it plans to order at least 100 in all. the first test flight is expected next year. the b-21 named after the raider from world war ii, whose surprise attack on japan after pearl harbor helped restore america's military morale. >> this isn't just another airplane it's the embodiment of america's determination and it's a testament to our strategy of deterrence, with the capabilities to back it up. >> and josh joins us now from the white house. what do these bombers cost >> reporter: well, the air force has estimated each one would cost $692 million. but inflation is clearly going to affect those costs and so the final price per plane is likely to be well over $700 million. jose >> josh lederman at the white house, thank you. >>> coming up next, the fedex driver accused of killing a little girl. what the delivery company is saying now. >>> also, the new warning about tiktok from the nation's top intelligence office. >>

u.s. department of agriculture. welcome. -- the president and direction at the acp legal defense and education fund -- she was associate dean for -- civil rights and economic development at st. johns university school of law. miss walton -- miss rice, please begin your testimony. >> chairman brown, ranking member, and other disk bangladesh members of the senate ranking committee, i am so appreciative of you for inviting me to testify today. the national their housing alliance is the nation's only national civil rights organization solely dedicated to eliminating all forms of housing and lending discrimination. and creating well resourced healthy vibrant resilient communities. i can empathize with people like ryan cochlear, who although being one of the world's most award-winning and -- falsely accused of being a bank robber by police when -- from his own bank account. i too personally have experienced differential and humiliating discriminatory treatment when trying to access services from financial institutions. no one should have to experience these types of indignities. discrimination and financial services is built on o

u.s. has proposed selling taiwan as many as 100 of his most advanced patriot air defense missiles. a state departmentrg news as to the sale from back in 2010 with the potential total value of 2.8 one billion. the earlier packaging infuriated beijing and led to it to spending some military contracts with washington. australia meanwhile one of the world's largest wheat exporters is poised to harvest yet another record crop this season. according to government forecasts, farmers were set together around 36 point 5 million tons this year. that is an almost 40% drop from the september forecast. more week from us should help ease concerns over time global supplies. to south africa now where lawyers are preparing a court challenge against an advisory panel report that said there may be grounds for his impeachment. at issue is the way that he handled the theft and at least $580,000 at his farm. he said he will not quit and will seek a second term as leader of the governing african national congress. to the u.k. now. the country is set to announce a package aimed at boosting growth in financial services and t

u.s. of many afghans that were known at the time to have potentially significant security concerns. both homeland security and the department of defense igs found that information used was not complete, reliable, always accurate. we understand it was a fire drill, we know understand we had to practice that help us. we have to do better with vetting refugee. is almost wrong support -- because i think they are properly vetted by a large. we must also not lose sight to the challenges at our virtual borders. state sponsored cyber actors continue to use -- for espionage, suppression campaigns, the spread of disinformation and to steal intellectual properly and technology to bolster their own defenses at the expense of industry, government, every day americans. we must remain vigilant in efforts of china, russia, iran, north korea just to name a few who seek advantage and tactical capabilities in the virtual environment and bring rests to our security. in addition to state sponsored adversaries, organize criminals and cyber these devised formidable attacks and fraud scams, -- 100 88% in 2021 costing businesses an estimated 1.2 billion dolla

we also made a concerted effort to assemble such experts -- the department of defense and the intelligence community, and other u.s. government agencies and departments beef -- with a research development and acquisition communities, with industry partners, with academic research labs, and we brought many allies and international partners into our discussions on uav. additionally, subject matter experts from a wider variety of fields, including physics, optics, metallurgy, meteorology, just to name a few, have been brought in to help expand our understanding in areas where we cannot have organic expertise. in short, we've been devoured to bring an all hands on deck approach to better understand this phenomena. so what have we learned so far? given observation may be fleeting or longer. it may be recorded or not it. it may be observable by one or multiple assets in. in short, there's really an easy answer for. example, let me share with you the first video that we have here today, which shows an observation in realtime. there it was. that's, in many cases, that's all that a report may include. and in many other cas

. >>> a former defense department attache to russia, also the author of "swimming the vulga u.s.ia" and my guests, general, every time russia sends a wave of guided missiles to ukraine they are firing tens of millions of dollars worth of weapons. at the same time ukraine state energy providers activated their emergency mode after a 50% deficit in power. how much longer can russia keep up attacks like this and can ukraine's power grid continue? >> first of all, i think that the russians, some folks are a bit surprised. they keep having waves of cruise missiles and higher tech systems beyond their drones. they've got to be wearing out. they are coming down and when they do this, in my mind it signifies there is a -- they're worried. this seems to in their mind work but, anderson, i go back and look at pictures of london in 1940 during the nazi air blitz. and while different view, same type of spirit and tenaciousness we see in the ukrainian defense and the perseverance of the population. the more the russians do this it is jufrt hardens the ukrainians and the defense across the ent

defense department's intelligence agencies, the defense intelligence agency, the national security agency -- the national reconnaissance office. she's now the director of the aerospace security project at csis. jane harmon served as the u.s. congresswoman from california. during which time, she was also ranking member of the house intelligence committee. she brings a lot of expertise to this. and after her time in congress, she led the wilson center as president, and is now a distinguish fellow there. joining us virtually, i think matt kroenig you are new orleans right? >> that's right, >> so that's on mission for the atlantic council in new orleans. we're really glad you're here. and acting director of scowcroft center, he started his career at the cia. he now focuses on u.s. -- great power competition, strategic deterrence. and then finally, we glenn nye, served as u.s. congressman from virginia, including membership of the house armed services committee. he now leads the center of the study of the presidency -- that's a lot of firepower. i know we're gonna get some great insights we from the super panel. we this panel is public and on the record. we encourage our audience on zoom to ask questions using the q&a tab at

the defense departments and advanced research arm putting a lot of focus on how to verify the chip you put in a military works as intended u.s. military relies even more on the chips produced abroad. i think the scale of vulnerabilities in a lot less than youin get in software. the real mess i worry about is not that the chips we worry about compromises the chips and some sort of emergency or war in asia. >> yep. yep. okay. so let's set the stage for that conversation and this conversation ends with the line and two ways of thinking about innovation and calls of american or western way and comes through with the story loud and clear. it's incredible cast of characters including like an idaho-based potato farmer and disgruntled software program as we get angry at each other in pal lo alto and it's -- pal aloe and out of the chaos, you get -- i should point out chaos supported by research and development funded by the federal government and other programs and the pentagon out of thede chaos and out of a hollywd movie, you get the very best,t, even today get the very best innovation bar none. >> if you're behind in trying to ca

work darpa, the defense department event research arm is putting a lot of the focus, it's on how to verify that the chip you put in military system actually works as intended especially as u.s. military relies even more on chips produced abroad.t the scale of vulnerabilities and hardware is less than you get in software. the real vulnerability i worry about is notbu the chips we get will be compromise but we won't be able to access the chips in case there some sortwa of emergency or war in east asia. >> host: okay, so let's setrs the stage for the conversation, and this conversation spins with the of question of what do we do now? but let's set the stage for that. there's sort of two ways of thinking about innovation, right? there's sort of let's just call it sort of an american or a western way, which comes through in your store loud and clear. it's an incredible cast of characters including like an idaho-based potato farmer, you know, a disgruntled software programmers get angry at each othe' in palo alto et cetera. it's chaotic, totally chaotic of this chaos you get, and i should point out, chaos supported by research and development funded by the federal government, dar

of weeks ago, the u.s. army corps of engineers. they said, they've got projects they're putting out to bid, a lot of the department of defense contracts, that are not being that upon because they don't have the ability to get the contractors adjustments on material pricing on long jobs. so contractors are granted or saying, we can't do, that it's too much risk. so we've got to get inflation down. the only way i know to do that is to increase supply and increase the ability of people to get things done quickly and easily. >> do i get to cheat just a little bit? >> just a little bit. >> any of the other witnesses who want to add on to that, mr. barry brought it up originally. >> yeah, the theme of your question is the time value of money. it's just the longer it takes, the more it's going to cost. and you are right, that doesn't get considered enough and it's very hard to create policy, to capture the time value of money. but what they have described with their businesses in the last couple of years, it just puts a blast rocket on a typical time value. everything costs more, and i wish i would have said this when senator capito was aski