this is "the big picture," an official television report to the nation from the united states army. w to show you part of "the big picture," here is sergeant stewart queen. >> all of us are well aware of the great and heroic achievements of our united states army nurses. in world war ii and during the korean war we heard, read and many of us saw how the army nurse went through great hardship in performance of her duty. the same dangers endured by the troops which she accompanied into combat. but relatively little has been reported of the army nurse in peacetime. yet she still serves not only in the states but all over the world. today, on "the big picture," we would like to give you some impression of the work of an army nurse overseas. and not only her work but how she spends her leisure time, and something of what she thinks and feels as she serves our troops and her country in the far flung corners of the world. >> korea is no longer on the front pages of the newspapers these days. it is a poor country now. very much like it was before the war. but with the mark of war upon it. am

united states of america. authorized by october of congress, march 3, 1863, has awarded in the name of congress the medal of honor to private first class james c mcluan, united states armyconspicuous gal len extra at the risk of his life, above and beyond the call of duty. private first class c mcluan distinguished him by act's email lan triat the rest of his life,off and beyond the call of duty from may 13th through 15th, 1969. while serving as a combat met kick with charlie company, third bit tallan, 21st infantry, 196 in light infantry brigade. the company air assaulted into an area, on may 13th, with complete disregard for his life, he ran 100 meters in an open field through heavy fire to rescue a comrade too injured to move and carried him to safety. that same day, second platoon was ordered to search the year -- area near the hill when they were ambushed and sustained heavy casual ties. private first class mcluan led two americans into the safety of a trench while being wounded by shrapnel from a robert propelled grenade. he ignored a direct order to stay back and braved an enemy assault while moving into the kill zone on four more occasions to extract wounded.com

united states of america. authorized by act of congress, march 3, 1863, has awarded in the name of congress the medal of honor to private first class , united mccloughan states armyfor conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity, at risk for his life and above kill for duty. private first class c. mccloughan fisting which himself by acts of gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call throughfrom may 13 15th, 1969. all serving as a conduct medic with charlie company third 196alion, 21st infantry, light infantry brigade. america held division. company air assaulted into an area near -- on may 13, with complete disregard for his life, he ran 100 meters in an open field through heavy fire to rescue a comrade too injured to move, and carried him to safety. that same day, second platoon was ordered to search the area when a platoon was ambushed by a large north vietnamese army force and sustained heavy casualties. with complete disregard for his life and personal safety, private first class mccloughan led to the evil >> he ignored a direct order to step back. he went to the kill zone on for more occasions to extract more comments. it prepared

to give you my view, one man's view of the security challenges that we the united states and as a subset we the united states army are being challenges with around the globe today. secondly i want to tell you a little bit about your army and the current state of readiness and talk about the future. lastly i want to throw out a couple of miss about military operations -- myths about military operations that i think, anyway, are worthwhile to discuss. i do want to reiterate one thing up front. it's this issue of the transgender news that couple out the other day. i want to reiterate what general dunford, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff dish know there are lot of questions but the military is the mail tear whoa has certain sets of orders and processes. so, to date, walking in here, have yet to simple implementation guidance, directives, from the department of defense, general mattis, and we grow up and learn to obey the chain of command and my chain of command, secretary of the army and the secretary of defense and the president. so, we will work through the implement addition guidance when we get it, and

, i just wanted to give you one man's view of the security challenges we as the united states and we the united states army are being challenged with around the globe today. i want to tell you about your army and the current state of readiness and what we prepare for. i want to talk about the future and lastly i want to throw out myths about military operations that i think are worthwhile discussing. i want to reiterate one thing. it is the issue of the transgender news that came out the other day. what the reiterate chairman of the joint chiefs of staff said. i know there are lots of questions. the military is the military. receivei have yet to implementation guidance, implementation directives from the department of defense general mattis. we learn to a baby chain of command and my chain of command is the secretary of the army and the secretary of defense. we will work through the implementation guidelines when we get it and we will move from there. to my knowledge, secretary mattis has not received written direction. there is a lot of turn out there by what was said the other day but that is where we ar

to gi you my view, one man's view of the security challenges that we the united states and as a subset we the united states army being challenged with around the globe today. secondly i want to tell you a little bit about your army and the current state of readiness and what we prepare for. thirdly i want to talk a little bit about the future and lastly i want to throw out a couple of myths about military operations that i think anyway are worthwhile discussing. but i do want to reiterate one thing up front, it's this issue of the transgender news that came out the other day and i want to reiterate what general dunford the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff had said. i know there's lots of questions out there, but the military is the military, we operate off of certain processes and sets of orders, et cetera. so to date walking in here i have yet to receive implementation guidance. implementation directives from the department of defense, general mattis and we grow up and learn to obey the chain of command and my chain of command secretary of army and the secretary of defense and the president. so we will wo

zwicker was quote, not said to wear the uniform of the united states army. eisenhower on vacation was incensed when he heard about the attack. but as usual, he said nothing to the press. when ike returned to washington on february 24th, he did not note the army secretary robert events that very day had not easily agreed to a secret luncheon meeting with joe mccarthy and the other republicans on his subcommittee. stevens went to that meeting to confront mccarthy and how he treated zwicker and other army personnel and instead talk stevens into signing an agreement that the newspaper quickly labeled you surrender. stevens arrived back at the pentagon that afternoon and bluntly told him, bob, you've been had. the next morning "the new york times" had a devastating photograph of mccarthy whispering and stephen fear. newspapers also settled on another false conclusion that because eisenhower had arrived back at the white house the same day as stephen's infamous lunch with mccarthy, they must still orders stevens to surrender. in his diary, press secretary advocate

but i want to give you my view on what the united states army is being canalesed with around the globe today. second, i want to tell you a little about your army and the second of readiness and what we prepare for. thirdly i want to talk about the future and lastly i want to throw out a myth of the obligation that i think are wort while of discussing. but i do want to mention up front, the transgender news that came out the other day. i want to reiterate what was sa said. and i foe know there's a lot of questions out there. the military is a military that operates -- today to date of walking in here i have yet to receive implementation guidance and directives. we grow up and learn to obey the chain of command and mine is the secretary of army and the secretary of defense right, and the president. so we will work through the implementation guidance when we get it and then we'll move from there. and to my knowledge of the department of defense secretary mattis haven't received direct orders yet. i know there was a opportunity over of what was said. we'll act when we receive directives th

after the attacks of september 11st, he decided to change his career path and join the united states army. served five years as an infantry officer in the united states army and earned a really in such a short time, an awe inspiring number of decorations including the bronze star and the ranger tab. after leaving the army, he spent a short amount of time in consultanting work and won a seat in the house of representatives and was chosen by the citizens of arkansas to serve as a senator. we appreciate you joins us this morning and the podium is yours. >>> thank you for the warm welcome and the kind introduction. i albefore i get to the russia threat in europe, i want to express wreefly what i know is everyone's best wishes for a speedy recovery to my friend, john mccain. i was as startled as any of you to learn about his hasty surgery over the weekend. but also as grateful as any of you to hear about the prediction of a full recovery. in the meantime, i guess this means i'm going to have to start raising twice as much hell in the senate as i normally do to make up for john mccain's absence

of the united states of america authorized by act of congress march 3rd, 1863, has awarded in the name of congress the medal of honor to private first-class james c. mclewin, the united states armyfor conspicuous gallantry at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. private first-class, acts of gallantry at the risk of his life, above and beyond the call of duty from pay 13 through 15, 1969. while servesing as a combat medic with charlie company 3rd battalion 21st infantry 196 light infantry brigade. amer cal division. the company air assaulted into an area. on may 13th, with complete disregard for his life, he ran 100 meters in an open field through heavy fire to rescue a comrade too injured to move, and carried him to safety. that same day the second platoon was ordered to search the area near the hill when the platoon was ambushed by a large north vietnamese army force and sustained heavy casualties. with complete disregard for his life and personality safety, private first-clays mclewin led two americans into the safety of a trench while being wounded by shrapnel from a rocket-propelled grenade. he ignored a direct order to stay back and braved an enemy assaul

united states merchant marine academy. specialist david zane ledbetter, a united states army from victoria, texas, who graduated from victoria west high school and will attend the u.s. military academy at west point. kayla also from corpus christi no a 2017 graduate of avia high school and will be attending the air force academy. caleb of sinton, texas, is a 2016 graduate of flower bluff high school who will be attending the air force academy. john mcniff, a 2017 graduate, will attend the united states coast guard academy. calista from corpus christi, a 2017 graduate of richard king high school, will attend the u.s. military academy at west point. clayton daley thompson from corpus christi, texas, was a graduate of flower bluff high school and will attend the u.s. naval academy. christina hammer from corpus christi, a graduate of king high school, will attend the u.s. coast guard academy. and josh smith from victoria, another graduate of victoria west high school, will be attending the air force academy. each of them brings great pride to all of us in the 27th district of texas and i wish them the best of luck in their acade

>> i'm staff sergeant ryan, united states army. >> jimmy: all right. you say it so fast. d. everyone knows here that "the bachelorette" has started this week. if you were a contestant trying to sell yourself for a date -- [ light laughter ] what would you say is your best quality? >> not my bank account. [ laughter and applause ] >> jimmy: not my bank account. not my bank account. all right. and if you had a catchphrase, for example, the waboom guy. waboom! what would be your catchphrase? >> that's a hard one. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: "that's a hard one" is your catchphrase? [ cheers and applause ] that's a hard one. there you go. all right. you're never going to live this one down. [ light laughter ] we have staff sergeant ryan from the united states army. his best quality is not his bank account. and if he were on "the bachelorette" his catchphrase would be, "that's a hard one." [ laughter and applause ] for this last one, we hope everyone has fun this weekend so can you guys do like a a "party in the usa" kind of song? [ light laughter ] like a little miley? yeah. come on

>> i'm staff sergeant ryan, united states army. >> jimmy: all right. you say it so fast. everyone knows here that "the bachelorette" has started this week. if you were a contestant trying to sell yourself for a date -- [ light laughter ] what would you say is your best quality? >> not my bank account. [ laughter and applause ] >> jimmy: not my bank account. not my bank account. all right. and if you had a catchphrase, for example, the waboom guy. waboom! >> that's a hard one. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: "that's a hard one" is your catchphrase? [ cheers and applause ] that's a hard one. there you go. all right. you're never going to live this one down. [ light laughter ] we have staff sergeant ryan from the united states army. his best quality is not his bank account. and if he were on "the bachelorette" his catchphrase would be, "that's a hard one." [ laughter and applause ] for this last one, we hope everyone has fun this weekend so can you guys do like a a "party in the usa" kind of song? [ light laughter ] like a little miley? yeah. come on. ♪ for the country and the army t

navy, air force and marines. -- you get to the goal and the size of your army, navy, air force and marines. it is the united states that has been the leader with that system. the status of the army as part of military force that works to maintain the stability of the world, we are a global military and a global army. we've got 180,000 soldiers in the united states army, active duty, reserved and national guard that are employed to 140 countries around the world to help stabilize the system or it that is a significant amount of u.s. forces --around the world to help stabilize that system. that is a significant amount of u.s. forces. the active army is less than 500,000. based on the tasks required, i believe we need a larger army. i know others on the joints chief of staff, they also believe that of the navy and marines. it is not just some arbitrary number. we have done the analysis. we need to be stronger and more capable which brings me to the future. there are a couple of drivers, you are never going to know what the future brings, we are changing in the character of war. the nature of war is political. war is

traditions of the military service and reflects great credit upon himself, his unit and the united states army, end quote. mr. speaker, i salute sergeant kusick for his selfless bravery and i support the passage of this bill. i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the chair recognizes the gentleman from florida. mr. duncan: i recognize mr. kelly from pennsylvania for 10 minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. kelly: mr. speaker, i rise today in strong support of h.r. 2210. this bill will designate the community living center in high hometown as the sergeant joseph george kusick living center. i want you to understand something and if we could look for a minute outside the people's house and who we are as a people, this is a young guy 22 years old. at the very beginning of his life, at a time when most of us are looking forward to so many great things happening to us, he put himself in harm's way. now when you think of what sergeant kusick did, it is incredible that this young man on a hillside in vietnam under heavy fire a

the united states army is ranked 17th in the world behind romania and portugal. if we go to war it will be a problem. woodrow wilson who for political and ideological reasons, have long been a proponent of constriction, automatically has a road to the masses moment. in late march, the 28th of march, 1917, woodrow wilson does an about-face. he is a progressive. he realized if the united dates goes to war we will be up against an army. if you look at britain, it mirrored the situation in 1917 for america. the regular army is small. they do not have a long history of inscription. when the british go to war, we get to watch them stumble and make mistakes. the british first try to rely on fighting the war with the regular army but the war has changed. it will be a massive, total war. it requires immobilization of every segment of society. when the regular army melt away into the mud in 1914, early 1915, they were going to volunteer. these were very intimacy asked young men. go to war with your friends. the problem is, in a massive total war, the state now has to balan

the united states army will have to optimize to conduct combat operations in urban areas. that is significantly different when it comes to the size of your organization, how he moves, what are the weapon systems, what are the explosive powers of the rockets to fire. all of those characteristics change when you shift the terrain. when you go from desert or forest to urban areas. that is an example. there are a lot of other factors driving change in the character of war for. things like technology. we are witnessing, we are on the leading edge of a significant revolution in robotics, i believe. i believe we are seeing those in the commercials they are more and more. we see them and limited use in military operations. vehicles, seel vehicles, the land is much more complicated to deal with. thetually we will see introduction of white guilt robotics. beingall areas are impacted very, very rapidly right now by technology unlike speed and scope. unlike anything with seen in history. combination of terrain and the combination of technology is significant and leads to a fundamental

prior to world war i the united states which makes it small army of volunteers to head into mexico.o one ever expected that they would actually head out to europe. on this 00 years ago six years after the u.s. declared war against germany the congress passed the selective service act giving the u.s. president the power to draft soldiers. by the end fl world war i in november of november of 1918 some 24 million men had registered under the selective service act. some of those arguably not enjoying the full extent of american citizenship. of the almost 4.8 million americans who eventually served in the war, including many women, some 2.8 million men had been drafted. so we went from a volunteer army to a conscripted service and back to a volunteer army again. the selective service act has deeply affect the american military and our role on the global stage. enjoy our conversation. mark. >> thank you, lora. thank you to the museum for putting the panel on tonight. i have from england originally but have been living in kansas city about 20 years. one of my former colleagues in the kansa

traditions of the military service and reflect great credit upon himself, the division and the united states army. [silence] [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] . liz: and that concludes the medal of honor ceremony. it is president trump's first medal of honor, and it is awarded to former army medic james mccloughan for risking his life to save many, many people. many of his fellow military bros during the vietnam war war. we have some breaking news on venezuela. the united states has just handed down sanctions as the region spirals into total chaos and dictator -- i guess you could call him a dictator. madura. he has tried to finagle the latest election. let's bring in retired u.s. navy captain chuck gnash. we also have cristy and kevin paul scott. captain gnash, let us just first honor james mccloughan. just hearing his bravery is unbelievable, so we want to segue from that to so much breaking news. but what a hero. >> you know, and that word hero is so grossly misused in our society when you start talking about heroes of hollywood or of sports or anything. the onl

but after the attacks of september 11th he decided to change his career path and joined the united states army. served five years as an infantry officer on active duty in the united states army. and earned a really in such a short time, a really awe-inspiring number of awards and decorations, including the bronze star, the combat infantry badge and the ranger tab. after leaving the army, he spent a short amount of time in consulting work for mckenzie rand and won a seat in the house of representatives and did such a good job, was chosen by the citizens of arkansas to serve as his senator and we really appreciate you joining us this morning, sir, the podium is yours. >> thank you very much. thank you for the warm welcome and andrew, thank you for the kind introduction. also want to thank the center for strategic and international studies for hosting us. before i get to the topic at hand, the russia threat in europe, i also want to express briefly what i know is everyone's best wishes for a speedy recovery to my friend, john mccain. i was as startled as any of to you learn about his hasty surger

of the united states of america authorized by act of congress, march 3, 1863, has awarded in the name of congress the medal of honor to private first class james c. mccloughan, united states armyfor conspicuous gallantry at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. private first class c mccloughan distinguished himself by acts of gallantry at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty from may 13-15, 1969 while serving as a combat medic with the charlie company 196th light infantry brigade, americal division. the company air assaulted into an area in new yong hill. on may 13th with complete disregard for his life, he ran 100 meters in an open field through heavy fire to rescue a comrad too injured to move and carried him to safety. that same day, second platoon was ordered to search the area near new yong hill when the area was ambushed and sustained heavy casualties. with complete disregard for his life and personal safety, private first class mccloughan led two americans into the safety of a trench while being wounded by shrapnel from a rocket-propelled grenade. he ignored a direct order to stay back and braved an enemy assault while moving to the k

then they see the reality where the army at the front cannot do its job without a tremendous amount of resources it may seem mundane that coming from the united states they have to unload the material from the ship and in the united states army which was completely segregated 80 percent are assigned to those noncombatant positions so this is an interesting picture as it encapsulates justice hall complex that logistical operation becomes as they come off of the ship almost the assembly line system and the of black soldiers doing the heavy lifting and the whites officers supervising over the uniform is work coveralls of the even put on the worker they were not a real soldier. so bad and that being the reality of their service. so of that image of lower projection going to war vs. reality of those that will serve the war effort but those of the more non-traditional roles. but a positive eight for african americans going to france overall there are 400,000 soldiers drafted or that in list and half of those go to france. one of the images -- ca vintages they have opportunity to have contact with french civilians these are black soldiers held the his own

president of the united states of america, authorized by act of congress, march 3rd, 1863 has awarded in the of congress has awarded to private first class james c. mick clong, united states armyor conspicuous gal lan i at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. private first class c mcclun distinguished himself by acts of gal lan tri and intrepid it at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty from may 13th through 15th, 1969, while serving as a combat medic with charlie company, third battalion, 21st infantry, 196th light infantry brigade. ameasure i cal division. the company air assaulted into an area near tam kie and newian hill. on may 13th with complete disregard for his life, he ran 100 meters in an open field through heavy fire to rescue a cam rad too injured to move and carried him to safety. that same day second platoon was ordered to search the area near newian hill when the platoon was ambushed by a large north vaet that mees air force and sustained heavy casualties. with complete disregard for his life and personal safety, private first class mcclun led two americans into the safety of a trench while being wounded from shrapnel by a ro

are practicing law but after september 11th he decided to change his career path and join the united states army, served five years as an entrance to the officer. a really awe-inspiring number of words and declarations including the bronze star, infantry badge and the ranger tab. after leaving the army spent a short amount of time and consulting work for mckinsey ran and the house of representatives and did such a good job and was chosen by the citizens of, and we really appreciate you joining us this morning. the floor is yours. [applause] >> thank you fair match. andrew, thank you for the kind introduction. the strategic and international studies for hosting us. the russian threat in europe, i also want to express greatly what i know is everyone best wishes for beauty recovery to my friend, john mccain. i was a struggle it is any of you to learn about his hasty surgery over the weekend, but also as grateful as any of you to hear about the condition of full recovery. in the meantime this means i'm going to have to start raising twice as much in as they normally do to make up for john mccain's a

representing the united states army is captain jean guan. she is company commander in support of old guard where she oversees the 120 soldiers who protect the tomb of the unknown soldier. it's beautiful. captain guan is joined today by her husband captain james falwell. thank you both for your service and thank you to every soldier here with us today and serving our nation and serving us all around the world. you're truly the army of the free. from the marines we have marine sergeant yanek tunokundi. he's with squadron 1, a company i've come to know very much since arriving at the white house. sergeant tunokundi is senior technician and the sole chief martial arts instructor and trainer for the entire squadron. thank you, and thank you for being here, and also we lay claim to a very special title. you are a united states marine. that is a special title. thank you, sergeant. from the navy, we have lieutenant commander allison y maybury. a navy oceanographer. what she does is so incredible having to do with sensing, monitoring and predicting t

joined by representative steve russell republican of oklahoma he's a decorated veteran of the united states army retired as lieutenant colonel after twenty one years of service he serves on the house government oversight and on services committees and he joins me from oklahoma city a steve north korea in that ballistic missile the secretary of state tell us that descends this represents a new escalation of the threat to the united states what should have no question what's interim do well there's no question it is an escalation but i think it would be a mistake for the united states to make any concession that would reward bad behavior . on our part what would that entail halting exercises or troop stationing anything dealing with our defenses on the peninsula or halting our anti-missile defenses we cannot negotiate good behavior against bad we cannot go that direction do we go further do we make threats to north korea i think that we have to put every sanction on the table we continue to partner with our friends china they no more want a volatile peninsula than we do their approach to it is a l

he's director of national security studies at the association of united states army. "globalauthor of counterinsurgency." to his right is doug bush. former colleague of mine. member.onal stab a former national security officer.nd former army heidi, start with you, if you start us out. obviously have thought a lot about this the strategy for army modernization. if you can give us your thoughts on the strategic approach that beough i is most likely to effective? >> absolutely. did ak you guys have great job in term of covering the back of the bca. do want to emphasize, i want to second what you have said. budget, ityd decreased by 15%. and procurement decreasedhe rda pot by 33%. modernization can't happen when your budget is cut that significantly. the last five years, i want to emphasize one other thing. annual cr create even bigger realize.han people if you can't get the budget october 1st, you're sitting waiting. you can't spend, you can't start new programs. up production. programs. turmoil on during the sequestration, plus annual cr what the army had ,o do was scrat

. >> a united states army helicopter brought yasser arafat to the united nations, flying him in fromse of threats against his life. >> arafat's coming to the u.n. was huge because he was a terrorist. i mean, he was behind munich. so for somebody that would kidnap and murder israeli was a surprise to us. >> to many people in that room, he was a terrorist. but to an equal number of people, he was a freedom fighter. >> in the 1970s, this kind of rhetoric made perfect sense. people could identify with arafat, and they could see israel as the oppressor. >> while the palestinians hadn't by 1974 got the palestinian liberation that they were seeking, they'd certainly put themselves on the agenda at a very high level indeed, and this had happened fast. >> in a historic vote today, the united nations general assembly supported the palestinian claim to statehood. and a second resolution also passed that would give the palestinian liberation organization a formal place at the u.n. as an observer. >> when the plo were given observers status, it seemed to encourage the idea that violence would get

real story i once to know is i am the proud man buried in arlington, a warrant officer in the united states army. it was the only job he ever loved. when he had to retire, that was the saddest day in his life. my daddy taught me that the only his countryasked of is the very best. today, the so-called commander-in-chief has denied 15,000 soldiers the very best. attemptingng them or to deny them the opportunity to serve our country, to do something he did not have the hisage to do, whether unholy embrace of vladimir putin or now this, donald j. trump has proven himself to be a clear and present danger to america's freedoms. we will push back for our transgender brothers and sisters. hold on. love will conquer all. we will beat this back. agoere here 40 some years when african could not serve with white troops. we prove that wrong. we will prove this wrong, as you have already done. god bless you. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, thank you for coming, a huge thank you citizens whost have been leading this fight day in and day out year after year, decade after decade. thank you for coming. thank you

in the united states army, they only had 356. very service chief has told the congress this year that if we were in the high-end war against a great power like russia or china, the united states could be at risk of losing not war. >> a sort of brings me to my next question and certainly we don't need to get into the nuances because those developments within what actually get to the president's desk, but our lawmakers focus on the right thing, looking out what is appropriated and this is what we need in case there's a conflict with our biggest threat did not include with your opinion russia, china and the cybersecurity. >> one has to take place. we need to put money into operation meat and account so we can train properly, that money has to be in there and it is. then we have to give future readiness, which is fighting new equipment. that is future readiness. the five ships, for example. missile defense as well. that is got to be there. let's be frank to where viewers understand the reason you can get a vote of 27 to nothing out of

say that i'm speaking to you not just as a form term obama campaign director but a veteran united states armyher remarks as incendiary. we are talking about the budget. and i think she is us from crated' the day before yesterday donald trump held a brunch to talk about healthcare, and not a single democrat was invited. nancy pelosi extended the olive branch saying we stand ready to work with donald trump. trish: you think there is an olive branch being extended? i haven't gone the that sense from the likes of nancy pelosi or chuck schumer. my question is, what is it that she doesn't get about americans need and want to protect ourselves and money is going to have to be spent on the military? >> absolutely. that's a non-partisan issue. we are all americans and want america to thrive. i can't decipher what her remarks were. i think they were taken out of context out of frustration because democrats aren't being invited to the table. trish, you said it yourself, americans are sick that the party isn't working to get things done. that's what gave rise to donald trump, the outsider. trish: i agree

he's had a 22 year career in the united states army in several combat zone, former republican congressman from florida, fox news contributor and he obviously specializes in all things military and politics. lieutenant colonel allen west is here. i want to start with you. we had a conversation piece for -- before the press briefing. chain of command or this interview scaramucci gave to ryan lizza, which one of these things. >> it is the chain of command. one of the things to understand, when the announcement was made to have general kelly as chief of staff, you have to understand what that title means. it means that's the person that everyone on the staff goes through in order to get to the commander. it was evident donald trump, in giving this position to general kelly, general kelly has said these are the terms. president trump brought into it. anyone will tell you when you take over, there's going to be one person that tries to bite it and says i'm going to go around it. one thing i believe his anthony scaramucci believed he had a better relationship with president trump and i will cont

but after the attacks on september 11 and he decided to change his career path and joined the united states army. he served five years as an infantry officer. in a short time coming he earned an awe-inspiring number of awards, including the bronze star, the combat infantry badge, and the ranger badge. after leaving the army, he spent a short amount of time in consulting work with mckinsey, ran and won a seat in the house of representatives and did such a good job and was chosen by the citizens of arkansas to serve as their senator. we appreciate you joining us on the podium. [applause] sen. cotton: thank you. thank you for the warm welcome and thank you for the kind introduction. i want to thank you for hosting us. before i get to the topic at hand, i want to express briefly what i know is everyone's best wishes for a speedy recovery to my friend john mccain. i was as startled as any of you to learn about his hasty surgery over the weekend but also was grateful to hear about the protection of a -- about the prediction of a full recovery. in the meantime, i guess this means i'm going to have to s

she gets a pension from the united states army, but not because she served in the army, but she comes -- but because she married a man who had been in the army. so she gets a pension as a widow of an army man even though she had served in the army. the unusual ways in which women go into the war. path, orbeaten-down the path we have records of many women attempting work through the more traditional routes. prewar groups that had been working on solving moral problems in their communities easily became local soldiers relief organizations when the war began. they collected supplies and sent them to the front in pretty much every town and village south.out the north and in the south it becomes increasingly difficult for these societies to sustain themselves. they got to collect food and supplies at home. they can't send them off to the troops. in the north these soldiers aid societies will continue throughout the whole more. -- the whole war. throughout that soldiers aid society is born the precursor, the 19th century precursor to the american red cross. that organization was called the

rather mundane but all the stuff from the united states and one of the huge jobs you have to unload this material from the ships and in the united states army, which is completely segregated during the war, 89% of african-american soldier are will be assigned to noncombatant positions and that will be very problematic, especially people hoping to use military service as a way to advance the civil rights movement. this is an interesting puck tour, again, not easy to see right here, but it kind are encapsulates a lot of how complex the logistical operation becomes. you have these boxes coming off of the ship, and they have a sort of maybe niced -- mechanized system and the black soldiers doing the lifting and the who it officers supervising them. the black soldiers are wearing uniforms but over that a coverrals. and for a lot of people that's going to end up being the reality of their service. so, again, yet another sort of image or projection when you go to war, it's a fight, it's to defend your country, verse reality which is that a large number of people with serve the war effort but in more nontraditional rolls. one positive thing for afr

united states relied upon individuals to undertake military service, and the u.s. army used a small army of volunteers to head into mexico. no one actually expected they would had out to europe. 100 years ago, the u.s. congress passed the selective service act, giving the u.s. president power to draft soldiers. by the end of world war i, november of 1918, some 24 million men had registered under the selective service act. some of those arguably not enjoying the full extent of american citizenship. most 4.8 million americans who eventually served in the war, including many women , some 2.8 million men had been drafted. we went from a volunteer army to a conscripted service and back to a volunteer army again. deeplyected service act effected the american military and our role on a global stage. enjoy our conversation. mark. lora, and thank you, thank you to the museum for putting this on tonight. one of my former colleagues from the kansas museum is here, too. also, i'm a former high school history teacher. if we can get past the accent, we've got some great questions lin

to her right is colonel retired dan roper, director of nasa's good he studied at the of united states army, former managing director of strategic solution at the author of counterinsurgency, strategic clarity for the long war. and to his right is doug bush, former colleague of mine on houshouse armed service committe staff, professional staff member, for menasha skaneateles at ausa and a former army officer heidi, i want to start with you. if you could start us out. you have thought a lot about the strategy of army modernization. eat you could just give us some of your thoughts on the strategic approach that you think is most likely to be effective. >> absolutely. i think you guys have, did a great job in terms of covering in 2011. i do want to emphasize, i want to to second what you said. when i look at the army budget, hit decreased by 15%, the top line. but the rdt&e procurement funding, decreased by 33%. so army modernization can't happen when your budget is being cut that significantly. during the last five years, i want to emphasize one other thing, the annual cr creates the even big

not too long ago a very brave lawyer came to us after having served 24 years in the united states army. he served and tackled some of the most sensitive and difficult tasks. with a group with which he was eminently well-qualified. he brought a sterling military record. had a great career. he was among the best. he stood out for sure. intellect, character, great, and courage. his physical fitness, and marksmanship. most importantly he had an uncanny knack for getting the job done, however difficult the task. the cia and was thrilled to have him join our team. his first shift overseas was in afghanistan serving and counterterrorism. after only a few weeks it was a predictable routine. they planning to gillis. the execution precise. the objective would be achieved. he was asleep one morning having just vanished a mission the night before when an explosion shook the walls of his room, jolting him awake. together to his equipment and met up with his colleagues. yards away, had exploded. it was at the main entrance of the compound. he climbed in his armored truck and headed to the fight. jus

not too long ago, a very brave warrior came to us after having served 24 years in the united states army. he served with an office in the director of operation that tackles the most sensitive and difficult tasks our agency undertakes. a group for which he was imminently well qualified. he brought with him a sterling military record, he had been a ranger. he was among the best and he stood out, for sure. he had character, intellect, grit and courage, excelled at battlefield techniques, physical fitness, and marksmanship. he had an uncanny knack for getting the job done, however difficult the task, and the cia was thrilled to have him join our team. his first overseas, like today for many of our officers, was in afghanistan, working on counterterrorism. after only a few weeks, missions predictablelowed a routine, the planning meticulous, the execution precise. the objective would be achieved. he was asleep one morning, having just finished a mission the night before, when an explosion jolted him awake. he quickly gathered his equipment and met up with his colleagues. several hundred yards

law after the attacks on september 11 and he decided to change his career path and joined the united states army. he served five years as an infant surely officer -- as an infantry officer. in a short time coming he earned an awe-inspiring number of awards including the bronze star, the combat infantry badge and the ranger badge. after leaving the army, he spent a short amount of time and mckinseyg work with rand and won a seat in the house of representatives and did such a good job and was chosen by the citizens of arkansas to serve as their senator. we appreciate you joining us on the podium. [applause] >> thank you. thank you for the warm welcome and thank you for the kind introduction. i want to thank you for hosting us. before i get to the topic at hand, i want to express briefly what i know is everyone's best wishes for a speedy recovery to my friend john mccain. i was as startled as any of you to learn about his hasty surgery over the weekend but also was grateful to hear about the prediction and full recovery. in the meantime, i guess this means i'm going to have to start raising twice a