items that belonged to first officer leroy homer, a patch from his military service with the united states air force. he was a graduate from the united states air force academy, his wings and his luggage tag from united airlines. also you have marian britton who was traveling with alexa martinez, they were traveling for the us census bureau. she was 21 year employee of the united states census bureau. the bronze medal she received for exceptional service. the other neat piece we have here is the congressional gold medal that was struck for flight 93, and in 2014 was presented here on september 11th to the site for the actions of the passengers through flight 93 and you have both sides represented there and it is important to say that each site, each of the september 11th sites, new york city and the pentagon also have congressional gold medals that represent their sites specifically but this is the one that represents flight 93. we turn around to the wall behind me. this captures how visitors, how people have been drawn to this site within hours after the time of the crash over the last 15 years. at

you have his patch from his military service with the united states air force. as a graduate of the united states air force academy. his wings and his luggage tag from united airlines. we also are have marian britain who was traveling with melesca martinez, they were traveling for the u.s. census bureau. marian britain, she was a 21-year mow of the united states census -- employee of the united states census bureau. but this is the bronze medal that she received for exceptional service. i think the other neat piece that we have here, this is the congressional gold medal that was struck for flight 93, and in 2014 that was presented here on september 11th to the site for the actions of the passengers and crew of flight 93. and so you have both sides represented there. and it's important to say that each site, each of the september 11th sites -- new york city and the pentagon -- also have congressional gold medals that represent their sites specifically. but this is the one that represents flight 93. so if we turn then around to the wall behind me, this captures how

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had a long, distinguished career in the united states military and as a federal and state law enforcement official. after serving in the united states air force, john worked with the f.b.i. before moving to the virginia alcohol control board where he spent the next 34 years. during this time he was a first responder at the pentagon attack on september 11. after assisting on site for seven days, john received the declaration of valor from the governor of virginia. john retired in 2003 and began an 11-year career at the federal law enforcement training center in brunswick, georgia. john serviced his country in georgia's first congressional district is extraordinary and never will be forgotten. my thoughts and prayers are with his family, friends and all who knew him during this most difficult time. madam speaker, i rise today with a heavy heart to remember and honor john robert pattieson of savannah, jr. who passed away august 159 the age of 98. bob dedicated his life to serving and loving his country and community. during world war ii bob enlisted in the united states air force and served as a pilot. he served in germany for 18 months, aiding

united states armed forces. he went on to serve our nation in the united states air force during the korean war and vietnam war retiring in 1970. he joined the federal service service becoming a special assistant to the under secretary in the u.s. department ofhealth, education and welfare before returning home to colorado where he and his wife continued their saoeufl rights advocacy. i should mention that edna was a trailblazer becoming aurora first african american-american city councilman. we have letters in support from colorado delegation colleagues, the american legion, the veterans of foreign wars and the disabled american veterans and i ask unanimous consent that they the speaker pro tempore: woeplt -- without objection. mr. takano: i would like to name the new clinic after lieutenant colonel john w. mosley and will ensure his helping asy lives on and continues to inspire future generations to break barriers and fight for justice and equality. mr. speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california reserves. the gentleman from illinois is recognized. mr. bost: i yie

today the united states military has 1 million fewer active-duty personnel, 35 to 40% fewer combat units such as army brigade combat teams navy battle force and united states air force combat aircraft than the u.s. had at the time of the reagan buildup. just since 9/11 active-duty military personnel have decreased by over 100,000 people while the civilian government workforce in the department of defense has increased by 130 six-fold. adding warfighters and adding bureaucrats does not put fear into our adversaries. no matter where you look this trend is the budget has grown has continued consistently both democrat and republican as it is today but is extremely alarming trend is the result of what i call it the ticking timebomb of national security for the department of defense is clearly not getting enough bang for the buck for the dollars and cents because of dod's mammoth size even with improvement in performance. therefore anywhere the department can be more efficiently managed improved our streamlined must be made to do so on a continual basis. the fighting force does not advocate reducing the defense budgets bottom line but urges the pentagon and congress

o >>> former united states air force officer who serves on the house foreign affairs committee, congresswomany blinken noted that the biden administration inherited a deadline but not a plan. so then why leave? >> so first of all, thank you for having me. i will give a little bit of a push back. i found the hearing to be contentious certainly in places but a lot more bipartisan than i thought it would be. i thought that there were good questions on both sides, some that were obviously pretty provocative and deliberately so but most that were thoughtful. i think we were all trying to get to truth, reality. i would say it's somewhere in between the narrative that came out of secretary blinken and what you described as a full throated defense of being handed a time line and the narrative that comes out of the democratic side which is, hey, listen, this administration was handed a fully baked plan but no execution -- time lines with no execution. so there's something in between that's truth and that's our job in terms of oversight, to be able to understand where the truth is and to be able to ask

telling us a fib that is just not true about why they elected to go with kabul as opposed to a united states air forcee we were in total control. the other point i would make, julie, about this is that what really matters even though i care about it, it makes my heart so sad and you cry over this, it is what those families felt like. i saw two gold star fathers with sean hannity in a gut wrenching interview and they talked about how the president on more than one occasion was looking at his watch. when they did have a chance to talk to him joe biden was talking about his own son who unfortunately did die but he didn't die in combat. >> julie: it has nothing to do with this. >> it had nothing to do with this and instead of talking about them and the sacrifice of their daughter and their son, guess what? he wanted to talk about his own family. that's what matters to me most are those 13 families. >> julie: right. jen psaki as you saw the news conference we played there didn't deny that the president looked at his watch during the ceremony. many parents said it happened more than once, multiple times loo

topic when we turn to establish from a narrative and statement starting my career in the united states air force at the time turning information warfare for more than 20 years i worked in cyberdefense operation cybersecurity consulting incident response in the government and commercial sectors including us department of justice in my current role i lead a global team of cyberexperts with that functionality and solutions to protect infrastructure and national security interest worldwide the employees are on the frontlines of the cybersecurity battle responding to over 150 intrusions at the largest organizations and companies in the world. over the last 17 years we have responded to tens of thousands of securities and it is important we receive calls almost daily from organizations that have suffered a cybersecurity reach for each we respond to to determine what organizations can do to avoid a similar instance in the future. is located more than 20 countries speaking 30 languages to pursue attribution andnd identification and more detailed informationnd about actors and their motivation and intent

our partner with the united states air force joining us or offering bases on our behalf just as the civil engineers and others have for decades. they are our responsibility in terms of climate change that verse about as you noted, space bases or power projection platforms. so the resiliency is pretty important to us. in conjunction with the air force and especially lesson learned over the past several years as we examine our infrastructure our facilities in our power infrastructure is because of the modernization statement and sustainment activities. we look by means we can take the current facilities today and improve their energy and their installation on the face of it many of the climate issues. in the case of ours it's often hurricane on the florida coast earthquakes and other natural disasters to include blizzards on the front range. look for all of them, especially from the standpoint of a power resiliency linked to the powers clean, its condition, and sustainable across any sort of natural disaster and in fact that to sustain ourselves for 20/seven mission we build that into our c

proud to be joined by the air force brass quintet performing the air force song in front of the uss intrepid because we are serving the 70 fourth birthday of the united statesis. it is a-year-old. we should celebrate the one year birthday of the space force. ainsley: that would be awesome. >> i bet the space force has amazing food. earlier in the show we ranked the best mess halls among the service branches. >> because their force gets the highest ranking. >> the marine corps and navy, and my buddy laid it out better than any fellow veteran could, a navy guy said air force, navy, marine corps, prisons homeless shelters, that is the food ranking. if you disagree let us know. >> if you remember the space force, where do you sit. >> we will be doing a tour of different branches. we are lobbying for it. happy birthday to the air force from a fellow air force brat, me, and to my dad, sergeant the goal can post, it is your day. we begin with a fox news alert, desperate search for 22-year-old gabby petito in its seventh day. >> now she's not the only one missing. carley shimkus is life outside her boyfriend, brian laundrie's florida home of the shocking new twist.

i start my career in the united states air force as an officer in what was at the time information warfare. more than 20 years i've worked in cyber defense operation come cybersecurity consulting and incident response services and both the government and commercial sectors including ties of his department of justice. in my current role at fireeye mandiant i lead a global team of cyber experts who deliver our capabilities and security functionality and solutions to protect critical mission infrastructure and national security interests worldwide. as i testified today, fireeye mandiant employs on the frontline of the cybersecurity battle really, responded to over 150 active computer intrusions at some of the largest organizations and companies in the world. over the last 17 years we've responded to tens of thousands of security incidents and it's unfortunate but we receive calls almost daily from organizations that if suffered a cybersecurity breach. for each incident response to its our objective to determine what happened and what organizations can do to avoid similar incidents in future.

case in point, the drinking water source for the united states air force since 1959. and drinking water source for the captains association and their whaling crews with the national glacier ice. that's a contaminated lake now, recentlyto reported. sorry for my emotions.mi this land that they transferred to my people without clean why you and a removal of contaminan and debris are a life threatening condition. this land where we hunt fish, gather resources, butcher our whales, the most precious activity thatt we have, are contaminated and needs to be cleaned up. the cost to clean up the contamination is astronomical. we cannot put a price on the health of families. not even on one human life that could be saved. i know for a fact that 80% of the familiess i know, i personally know, subsistence on contaminated sites from the national petroleum reserve of alaska f legacy wells, and 80% their family passed away from cancer. this iss a fact. this is a very devastating fact. anc's are the largest private landde owners in alaska. but some regulatory challenges impede our eco

case in point the drinking water shortage for united states air force in 1959 and a drinking water source. that is the contaminated -- recently reported. sorry for my emotions. this land was transferred to my people without complete cleanup and removal of contaminants and debris and are life-threatening condition. this land were behind fish gather resources butcher our wales which is the most precious activity that we have our contaminated and need to be cleaned up. the cost to cleanup the contamination is astronomical but the impact on when human life i know for a fact that 80% of the family i know, i personally know subsist on contaminated sites from the national petroleum reserve of alaska and 80% of their families have passed away from cancer. this is a fact. this is a very devastating facts. the largest private landowners in alaska and challenges impede our environmentally sound economic development plans. we need to find a way to get rid of contaminants to allow us to primly disposed of -- it cost millions of dollars to ship them out of alaska. c mr. rexford kenny wrap up ear? the i

and graduate of university of notre dame and united states air force veteran. thank you for taking time away from running your bank to join us today. and thank you for your service to our nation. thank you very much. >> thank you all. ms. ward you are recognized for five minutes. >> thank you krarwoman velazquez. ranking member luetkemeyer. thank you for the opportunity to provide testimony today. at the start of the pandemic congress came together to create the paycheck protection program delivering urgently needed funds to small businesses to limit mass layoffs and business closures. congress designed ppp as a forgivable loan with the explicit promise that funds spent properly would not have to be repaid. today we're asking for several fixes to ppp forgiveness to ensure that promise can be kept. sba implementation of this unprecedented program was remarkably fast but it came with a complex and constantly changing set of rules and congress placed the burden of understanding these rules on the small business borrowers. quite a challenge for small businesses in

united states senate. i always like to add that. an author and podcaster with the global guerrilla's report, alumnus of the united states air force academy and yale university. he previously served in uniform as a pilot and with the special forces. he is also the author of the book "brave new war." charlotte slaiman has been with us in the past the director at public knowledge a nonprofit dedicated to promoting freedom of expression and open interfillet and access to affordable communications. prior to joining public knowledge she served as an attorney with the ftc and here in the senate as a legislative aide. we thank you. if the witnesses could please stand and raise your right hands. including our remote witnesses. do you swear that the testimony o you will give before the subcommittee shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you god? >> i do. >> thank you. you may be seated. i will now recognize the witnesses for five minutes of testimony each. why don't we begin with you, mr. satterfield? thank you. >> thank you. chairwoman klobuchar, ranking member lee, and members of the subcommittee, good afternoon

but that morning aboard air force one there was no e-mail, no cable, no satellite tv. and so the president of the united states relied on the rabbit ear antennas to pick up local tv coverage as air force one is flying around the southern united states and it would fade in as they got closer to an urban area and then fade out as they flew past it. so over the course of the day you are left with an incredible realization that for most of the day the president of the united states actually knew less about what was transpiring in the country below than the average american sitting at home watching cnn. it's these type of observations and emotions and sentences and things that i think end up being so critical to understanding 9/11 not in the way we tell it in history but in the way that we actually live it because the confusion of that day is what we most remember as individuals standing around. and again this is true if you are the president or a schoolchild or one of these first responders. one of the other breathtaking quotes in the book is denise miller, a police sergeant in indian lake pennsylvania. one of the

when i served active duty in united states air force, i participated in operation pacific haven where we air lifted thousands out of northern iraq because hussein was going to kill them. it was a very difficult mission. i want to commend you and the state department and the u.s. personnel who executed and an evacuation over 12,000 people over danger nap was a remarkable feat that all of you did. what i'd like to ask you about is the document that started all of this. the february 2 9 document, 2020. that document was negotiated by the trump administration with the taliban, correct? >> that's correct. >> under the document, it had a very specific date for withdrawal of u.s. force, isn't that right? >> that's correct. >> i'm going read what that document says because i think my republican colleagues need to hear this and the american people. on the very first page of the february 29th, 2020 agreement that the trump administration signed with the taliban it states the united states is committed to withdraw all military forces of the united states if allies and coalition partners, includi

the united states biggest humanitarian air lift is finished. foreign forces have left and the taliban is surveying territory. it hasn't house in to dicker today without any doubt was the day of f. ganeth dan's independence when we don't see a single foreign soldier and whoever invaded this country without permission. we got rid of them and this was a proud historical moment for us. but the celebration return fell flash cobble international when we drove from the civilian to the military side of the airport. we are very sad, believe me, after we saw the situation where hurt. this is where the americans vacated from last night. you can still see their planes, equipment helicopters here. the tele bond was us here. and last night they moved was one of the joy celebration they were shooting in the sky. there were, there were fireworks that were very happy that the americans had left. then they saw what was left behind disable planes and helicopters after the last c, 17 transport plane took off. so layman, aka was the 1st to enter the former us space. on. the 1st thing was they were panicki

and according to president trump, no matter what, the united states would maintain control of bagram air force perpetuity. we built for it, paid for it, we keep it. then came joe biden, self-proclaimed foreign policy expert, and his clueless advisors, pushing the withdrawal date to august, pete taliban fighting season. biden did nothing as the taliban terrorist began what was a full-scale assault on our allies, and they began a march that led them to taking control of kabul. april, then may, june, july, then august, and instead of fighting back at any point, pushing back on the taliban and put holding them accountable, as donald trump said he would, bidn ordered a full-scale retreat, abandoning base after base in the middle of the night, leaving weapons and aircraft and military gear, important biometrics data behind, all for the taliban's taking. he has now armed them completely. in private, joe biden knew his afghanistan policies, well, they were rapidly collapsing, but instead of being honest with the we, the american people, instead of warning americans that were there while we had control

, my internal grandfather and mother and my paternal grandfather served in the united states military. two in the air force and engineering. i knew my grandfathers to have trembling hands and hairtrigger timbers from traumas suffered during their time in service. with the withdrawal of afghanistan and the current state of the american systems treatment of veterans and care of veterans, i am deeply worried for these new traumatized soldiers. i am wondering what this bill does to reform the veterans care? sen. sanders: please, think your grandparents for their service. >> i do, every day. [applause] >> the point you made, and i speak to you as a former chairman of the u.s. senate committee on veterans affair. we did our best to bring billions of dollars into v.a. health care system. i think people do not appreciate what many of our veterans have gone through. see what they see, in a sense, is what human beings should not be forced to see. they have the scars physically and emotionally. this would put $19 billion into improving the v.a. facilities around the country. at the very least, it will be the provisio

air force base said there was an unidentified aircraft heading toward your rants. even at an air force base in nebraska, there were reports of two international flights coming toward the united states. we had a report that said, it was using the codename for air force one, "angel is next." your reporting antennas go up so high, you cannot afford to make a mistake or miss an important detail. it is that ability in the immediate crisis to sift through what is fact and what is wrong. it will always test every government and every reporter because there is no right answer, no right approach other than case-by-case and bit of data and bit of data and then figure it out. it will always be confusing and conflicting information, especially in the immediate aftermath of a crisis. >> andy? >> the misinformation is considerably greater then the real information. it is a challenge because the president does not have the luxury of allowing time before making a decision. he has to make the decisions. it is a very challenging experience to advise the president knowing the clock is ticking or the threat is imminent and what should be done. in terms of the first 48 hours, i would say the failure of