Committee will come to order. Mr. Secretary, thank you for being here today. Let me start by saying we all here wish you a full and speedy recovery. We understand you are still recovering and sitting too long is not the best thing for your help, so in consultation with the Ranking Member, we have agreed to limit your appearance today to two hours. To get to as many questions as possible, i ask unanimous consent to reduce the time for questions to 4 minutes. Without objection, so ordered. Members, if we cannot get to you today, please submit your questions for the record, and the secretary assures he will get answers to those back in a timely fashion. , also the secretary will be back in about a month to testify again, so you will have another opportunity in that time. The reason we have asked you here today is not to discuss your health. We are here today to determine why the president was not immediately informed of your incapacitation. The timeline, as we understand it, is this. On t
House Armed Services committee on cspan three. Is the hearing will come to order. We wish you a full and speedy recovery. We understand that you are recovering and sitting for to long, and sitting is not good for your health. We agreed to your request to limit your appearance today to two hours. To get to as many questions as possible, unanimous consent to reduce comment to four minutes. So ordered. If we cannot get to you today, please submits your questions for the record and the secretary has sured us that hell get answers to that in a timely fashion. The secretary will be in about a month to testify again. So youll have another opportunity to at that time. Mr. Secretary, the reason that weve asked you here today is not to discuss your health. Year here to determine why the president was not immediately informed of your incapacitation. The timeline as we understood it is this, on the evening of january 1st, secretary austin was transported to the hospital via ambulance for complicat
U. S. Defense general lloyd austin testified before the House Armed Services committee on his failure to immediately notify the white house about his december 2023 hospitalization. Secretary austin faced criticism for neglecting to inform the president about his cancer diagnosis and treatment. This is about two hours. Is the hearing will come to order. We wish you a full and speedy recovery. We understand that you are recovering and sitting for to long, and sitting is not good for your health. We agreed to your request to limit your appearance today to two hours. To get to as many questions as possible, unanimous consent to reduce comment to four minutes. So ordered. If we cannot get to you today, please submits your questions for the record and the secretary has sured us that hell get answers to that in a timely fashion. The secretary will be in about a month to testify again. So youll have another opportunity to at that time. Mr. Secretary, the reason that weve asked you here today i
Testified about the attack thon u. S. Consulate in benghazi, libarch that killed ambassador stevens and three other americans. The pentagon never received the request from the state academy for security, and did not have the resources to get support on the ground in time to thwart the attackers. Leon panetta is stepping down. This hearing is four hours and 15 minutes. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] good morning, everybody. Today the Committee Welcomes secretary of defense, leon panetta, and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general martin dempsey. To testify about the department of defenses response the deadly terrorist attack on the u. S. Temporary Mission Facility in benghazi, libya, last year. And the findings of its internal review following that attack, including Lessons Learned from benghazi. We will be receiving testimony next Tuesday Morning on the impact of sequestration and or a fullyear continuing resolution on the department of defense witnesse
The u. S. Senate preparing to say goodbye to one of their own. I have admired him, like i said, my entire life. Its tough to imagine the Senate Without him. Its tough to imagine politics without john mccain. But, we need to go on. Reporter senator john mccain, a tribute to three decades in the senate will line state in the u. S. Capitol rotunda. Funeral preparations are under way from arizona through washington and a final resting place at the u. S. Naval academy. Courage and loyalty. I can think of no better description of the man we are honoring tonight, my friend john mccain. Reporter former Vice President and long time Senate Colleague joe biden. Biden lost his son, beau, to the same cancer that claimed mccains life. A service at Washington Cathedral where the maverick, who planned his own funeral to ask the man to speak for him, former president , george w. Bush and barack obama in a private burial next to his navy classmate and best friend. For members of the u. S. Senate, a chan