He is the chairman of the House Armed Services committee. The first texan to ever have that role and a texan whose family goes back to ranching in the 13th district as far back as 1881. Probably wondered what he was doing in a rainy washington up here dealing with the federal budget when he could have been back home in the texas spring time but we are grateful for your service and to all of you for being here today. District as 1881. Probably wondered what he was doing in a rainy washington up here dealing with the federal budget when he could have been back home in the texas spring time but we are grateful for your service and to all of you for being here today. It is a momentous time in American Foreign policy and defense policy. Well get quickly to matters of the Defense Budget, defense spending and where the entire debate may go with tomorrows release the president s budget and Congress Really gearing up in its normal hearing season on these subjects but i thought just to get us en
He is the chairman of the House Armed Services committee. The first texan to ever have that role and a texan whose family goes back to ranching in the 13th district as far back as 1881. Probably wondered what he was doing in a rainy washington up here dealing with the federal budget when he could have been back home in the texas spring time but we are grateful for your service and to all of you for being here today. District as 1881. Probably wondered what he was doing in a rainy washington up here dealing with the federal budget when he could have been back home in the texas spring time but we are grateful for your service and to all of you for being here today. It is a momentous time in American Foreign policy and defense policy. Well get quickly to matters of the Defense Budget, defense spending and where the entire debate may go with tomorrows release the president s budget and Congress Really gearing up in its normal hearing season on these subjects but i thought just to get us en
And then an examination of the culture and lives of africanamericans during world war i. There was a real year of conflict when africanamericans came home. They were welcome in their home communities. In terms of reforming how americans thought about race relations, i dont think it did. It didnt have the impact that africanamericans hoped it would. The story of Abigail Scott dunaway, an oregon pioneer and Political Rights activist t. Shes an example of one of the really great diaries. She describes whats happening between the people, she describes troubles that happen. She describes the landscape and the scenery and its clear i mean, you get a pretty good inkling here that shes a pretty good writer. That skill served her well later on in her career. Here, wayne morris from oregon. He was a bit of a curmudgeon. He was a man of high principle and if you didnt have the same level of principles and integrity as he did, he would be vocal about that. He was very critical of other senators. H
Trump administration is changing the outlook for defense right now . Their first shot was an increase, the 54 billion, but i think probably more important is ifhe actual numbers, they can repeal the budget control act, as they have suggested they would do. That, in my mind, is what produces the inns ability in the defense budget. We have to do one and twoyear deals to adjust that budget control act. Its almost impossible for the department to do any longterm planning. To see that reveal is the first priority. Are you hopeful that will happen . As you anticipate that happening, has that changed the outlook and some of the planning on your side . I think if it does happen, you get growth and you are able to plan theto invest, and i think administration is committed to doing it. Its challenging to balance domestic needs, defense needs, against the deficit to get that bca repealed, but that is their commitment, i think. Its been less than two months that he has been in office, and i think
Of the battle playing out. They cleared it completely of isis . They moved their headquarters forward. Reporter driving along in mine resistant military vehicles, standing ready to strike targets 20 miles away. They collapse back to mosul, and the question is how hard will they fight in mosul . Reporter the general and i walked the streets of mosul back in 2009 as the city was beginning then isis took over, and now the destruction isis is leaving in its wake is apparent. That is nothing compared to the human toll. Villages just south of mosul are also telling their relatives that militaryaged men are being rounded up and executed, and that some families are being taken to the center of these villages and used as human shields. Northern iraq. In this country, new information about the deadly bus crash in southern california. Investigators say there were no skid marks or other indications that the bus driver tried to brake before hitting the truck which was only moving at 5 miles per hou