u.s. space command as a four-star position under u.s. strategic command, and its leader would be a member of the joint chiefs of staff. the joint chiefs of staff is now four generals. it would add a fifth? guest: there's already a fifth from the national guard. host: don't want to forget the national guard. guest: congress added that a few years ago so there would be a 61. it would be the commander of the space corps. host: is there any potential conflict? you talked about potential missile launches. these are already being spotted by our air force command i would assume. any potential conflicts with creating the separate branch and usurping or at least taking responsibility away from previous units? guest: it would take that part of the air force doing the functions and realign them under a new organization, the space corps. they really would not be any misalignment or duplication. it would be moving things in the order of the chart. the real purpose of this is looking forward. 5, 10, 20, 50 years down the road how our space capabilities are deve

u.s. strategic command but what they ended up doing is it was just to sort of defend its own networks and those used by. forces and battle will begin the science of all beginnings it gets really bad now it's grown to about seven hundred military and civilian employees. and the idea of one of the splitting why they want to split what they want to do so the goal is to give cyber command more autonomy for a get up to use all these constraints now. this is a point of concern for a lot of people. is this within the government because according to pay a piece or a says the concerns of splitting it off are you know sweating for the n.s.a. is not going to be all sort of rainbows and butterflies. right now imagine that so specifically that cyber command. access to the intelligence agencies resources which you know as this person as this source told the a.p. you got three hundred of the one of the country's best top mathematicians and there already is a supercomputers that they say they have absolutely all they can say is. literally gigantic super computers would be limited because they wouldn't ha

u.s. strategic command, to ensure integration of command. i can't stress enough the urgent necessity of these reforms. our society and our military are enormously dependent on space. meanwhile, our adversaries continue to grow their counterspace capabilities. these adversaries have already reorganized their space forces toward the goal of neutralizing our advantage in space. multiple studies going back almost two decades have recommended space -- a space force to fix our space acquisition and management problems. regardless, the d.o.d. and the air force have yet to fix the problem. decision making authorities for space acquisitions remain fragmented across over 60 organizations. this bill would consolidate acquisition authority and inimprove our ability to jointly operate in space. earlier this week i returned from asia where i got to meet with our troops on the korean peninsula. i was in theater when north korea conducted their intercontinental ballistic missile. we must be vigilant when it comes to our missile defenses and this year's ndaa

u.s. strategic command, to ensure integration of command. i can't stress enough the urgent necessity of these reforms. our society and our military are enormously dependent on space. meanwhile, our adversaries continue to grow their counterspace capabilities. these adversaries have already reorganized their space forces toward the goal of neutralizing our advantage in space. multiple studies going back almost two decades have recommended space -- a space force to fix our space acquisition and management problems. regardless, the d.o.d. and the air force have yet to fix the problem. decision making authorities for space acquisitions remain fragmented across over 60 organizations. this bill would consolidate acquisition authority and inimprove our ability to jointly operate in space. earlier this week i returned from asia where i got to meet with our troops on the korean peninsula. i was in theater when north korea conducted their intercontinental ballistic missile. we must be vigilant when it comes to our missile defenses and this year's ndaa

u.s. strategic command has pointed out that our testing schedule lags behind the pace of north korea's aggressive missile testing. tuesday's thaad missile defense against a simulated ballistic missile attack was a timely demonstration of this critical defense capability and i hope that we can see further deployment of this promising system. placing thaad, or the assured missile defense system, would bolster front line defenses against future north korea launches. we should have military cooperation in the area around the kreern peninsula to en -- korean peninsula. the military marytime self-defense force are a good example of this cooperation. mr. president, we must also examine how we have gotten to this state. for a so-called hermit kingdom, north korea has made significant advancements while evading economic sanctions. those advancement have been facilitated by north korea's ties to iran and a passive china providing north korea with an economic lifeline. not all the blame rests with china, but we know that president xi has proved largely unwilling to curtail north korea's agenda. last month t

u.s. strategic calculus in the region north korea now has the capacity to target the heart of the u.s. pacific command which is located in hawaii as well as the west coast of the u.s. continent this means that u.s. policy of basically intimidating countries through military might and collapsing and cooperate of regimes as it has done in the middle east for decades this is not going to work these are the north korea and if this encourages other countries around the world just follow the example of north korea it threatens the nuclear nonproliferation regime which is instead essentially intended to ensure that only the permanent five countries of the u.n. security council can have and its allies like israel for example can have nuclear weapons and no one else north korea obviously is not a party to the n.p.t. it's not a u.s. ally but now appears to have the capability to threaten nuclear attack on the united states this is why today's missile test is a big deal and it makes washington very nervous but you know if north if us wants north korea to stop then the path is very clear it has to stop its provoc

u.s. pacific command that is located in hawaii and so what that means is that the united states can no longer threaten north korea with regime collapse and believe it around and that actually changes u.s. strategic calculus in the region so for that reason washington is very nervous number two if north korea's missile program becomes an example for other countries to follow in the future that actually challenges the nuclear nonproliferation regime which let's face it is essentially. guaranteeing that only the five permanent members of the u.n. security council and nobody else can have nuclear weapons that's the real reason why washington things north korea's i.c.b.m. is a threat to its interests all of that hasn't worked out so well i mean you've got. is really. i mean these are not permanent members of or maybe the army i don't feel. all right nuclear proliferation seems like it's gone beyond just the un security council. yeah you know the united states accuses north korea of violating un resolutions and then urges the u.n. to punish north korea by piling on more sanctions but let me explain a few reasons why that's a hypocrisy number one there is actually no international law that says that pr

u.s. strategic bombers ended up flying over the north korean peninsula saturday in a direct response to that launch, and just moments ago the commander in chief addressed north korea's growing threat. >> we're going to be able to -- it will be handled. we handle everything. expressed his frustrations on twitter calling out one country he says isn't helping matters. >> he writes i'm very disappointed in china. our foolish past leaders allowed them to make hundreds of millions of dollars in trade yet they do nothing for us with north korea. just talk. we will no longer allow this to continue. china could easily solve this problem. >>> russia is ripping up its retaliation against the united states. russian president vladimir putin told the u.s. yesterday to slash its diplomatic staff by 755 people. his order comes in response to expanded sanctions passed by congress. through an interpreter putin explained his reasons behind the sanctions during an interview over the weekend. >> we waited for quite some time for something to change for the better he said referring to relations with washington, but it became clear it wouldn't be soon. >>

u.s. central command says u.s.-backed syrian forces have now breached a wall surrounding raqqah's old city. that's key because isis militants have been using the wall as a strategicighting position. u.s. president donald trump is expected to talk about syria when he meets with the russian president, vladimir putin, in just a few days. more from our correspondent barbara starr. >> reporter: u.s. marines in syria firing artillery at isis positions. unprecedented video, much of it shot from a drone overhead underscoring the growing danger for more than an estimated 700 u.s. combat forces on the ground. the u.s. war against isis in syria is at a critical stage. u.s.-backed forces including snipers are now inside raqqah, trying to end the islamic state that abu bakr al baghdadi declared three years ago this month. but tens of thousands of civilians are still at risk from isis and syrian president bashar al assad. president trump is to be meet with russian president vladimir putin for the first time. and the white house says the war in syria is likely to be discussed. the u.s. goals? >> the need to de-escalate the syrian civil war, to defeat isis there, and to end that

strategic patience is over. then you also have the commander of u.s. troops in seoul. this was a pretty stunningly scary statement, i find, that self restraint is all that's keeping the u.s. and south korea from going to war with the north. the question becomes how long can that self-restraint last if the era of strategic patience is over? >> what focuses the mind is that virtually every simulation of a hot conflict between our side and north korea, and our side could mean japan and south korea results in about a quarter million deaths at minimum and many, many more at maximum. and so that focuses the mind. this has been a decades-long problem. if it was easy to solve, we would have solved it long ago. what's changed the game is north korea's nuclear and technical capabilities have grown dramatically as gordon said. i'm very respectful of gordon but disagree that there's any punitive measure that moves china to be our agent of interest in this. we do not share the same into of north korea, we are not strategically aligned. while we can come together and support each ot

u.s. embassy. so, this is a dramatic escalation. phillip? >> it's a bold move and strategic timing on putin's part. matt, thank you. >>> this morning one of the nation's longest serving commanders will take over the white house when retired four-star general john kelly is officially sworn into his new role as chief of staff. there's been widespread positivetivety to his new post. with white house figures like anthony scaramucci and kellyanne conway and steve bannon having their own avenue to the president, showed by "the wall street journal," when they wrote an article. >> the president airs his frustrations after republicans' failed attempt to repeal obamacare. the president calling for a complete overhaul of the senate, telling republicans if they don't go to a 51-vote majority, they'd look like fools and are just wasting time. while threatening to withhold vital insurance payments to keep insurance affordable for low-income americans. still his health and human services secretary, an obamacare fix is needed. >> well, our -- as i said, our responsibility is to follow the law and, again, we take that responsibility seriously and we will continue to do so. but remember that the

u.s. central command says american-backed syrian forces breached a wall surrounding the old city. isis militants have been using it as a strategic fighting position. the group is suffering heavy losses in raqqa as coalition forces drive their way in. syria is likely to be top of the agenda when the u.s. president meets with russian president vladimir putin in a few days. and as barbara starr reports, the battle for raqqa is just one of the many challenges both sides are facing. >> reporter: u.s. marines firing artillery at isis positions. unprecedented video, much of it shot from a drone overhead, underscoring the growing danger from more than an estimated 700 u.s. combat forces on the ground. the u.s. war against isis in syria is at a critical stage. u.s.-backed forces including snipers are now inside raqqa trying to end the islamic state that abu bakr al baghdadi declared three years ago this month. but tens of thousands of civilians are still at risk from isis and syrian president bashar al assad. president trump is about to meet with russian president vladimir putin for the first time. the white house says the war in syria i

served as a senior fellow at the center for strategic and budgetary assessment after which had he was a strategist for the u.s. marine corps. special operations command. join me and welcoming dakota wood. dakota. [applause] a real pleasure enhave dr. krainl from carlisle we took the fastest run he's ever made to d.c. so we're glad that -- to have a lesson interruptful but biographical information and take just a moment of has time to are go over his background. it's -- it's remarkable. currently serves as chief of historic services at the army heritage education center up in carlisle bareic and you can see a trend here served as strategic studies institute for several years from work college from 2000 to 2003 where he also held the general douglas macarthur chair of research. also held vandenberg chair for college so interested to have somebody's both an expert historian and land power and air power and being able to talk about intersection of both. all of this followed a 6-year career in the u.s. army. concluded with nine years as a professor of history of u.s. military academy and hold bachelor degree from military academy and then masters in degre

subcommittee with those strategic forces which includes those key provisions to ensure parterres station this will be a separate as part of the civilian leadership. also with the u.s. space command and with those satellite services and that they are provided by satellite. what me be clear but it doesn't unspecified which one anybody needs to use. end to apartheid is the specific requirement to end the reliance. and then to build new launch vehicles for those companies. with some strong oversight process to make sure the nuclear command control are reversed and secure. and be authorized the funding level for a national nuclear security administration and then to modernize that stockpile. this authorizes new is a dollars for co-production and including the iron dome. and finally one last chance to modernize the schedule with the of legacy to support the legislation to do so. >>. >> in view of the late hour we look forward to that amendment process thank so i yield back my time. >> i appreciated is there any further discussion of the subcommittee? are there any amendments?. >>. >> i am concerned about the current balance of the funding levels of the purpurin for the israeli missile