Topics include readiness, modernization and how to meet the demand of the future. This is two hours and 20 minutes. Good morning. Today to receive testimony on the plans and programs of the department of the navy, fiscal year 2018. I want to thank each of our witnesses for their distinguished service to the nation as well as the sailors, marines and civilians they lead, who are serving around the world today. In recent months our nations senior civilian defense and military leaders have testified to this committee about the severe threats we face around the world. Theyve reported shortfalls in readiness that our military advantage over our potential adversaries is eroding and the dire need for new, modern capabilities. As secretary mattis testified here on tuesday, the greatest immediate threat that our military faces is right here in washington, because uncertainty, continuing resolution, arbitrary and inadequate caps on defense spending, more years of the budget control act and the t
Good morning, everyone and welcome to the Atlantic Council and to this event on implications for nato and the United States. I know its already getting muggy out there and were happy to share our ac with you in here. Im magnus nordegren and im the director of Transatlantic Initiative at the Atlantic Council and it is so great to see a big crowd for this event and i want to add a special welcome to our guests who have traveled far to be here today. Michael mickelson who is with the Foreign Relations committee and christian prick who is the undersecretary for defense policy at estonias ministry of defense. As some of you may know we served previously at the embassy in washington and its great to see him back in town. So im just going to say a few words before before we let our experts and leave the representatives loose, and i want to say a couple of things and why theyre important in the Atlantic Council. This is a big summer of exercises in europe. Two major nato exercises just wrapped
Of building the russians into this 10foot tall man that they are not today. The russians have also admitted they are increasing their operational tempo. Of the previous head of the russian navy stated in 2015, their submarine activities had increased 50 in 2015 compared to 2014. As part of the study the Team Productivity to travel throughout the region, stopping in uk, sweden, finland and warsaw. We conducted another workshop here in dc. These were ultimately helpful in building out our findings and making sure we were tempering the report conclusion correctly. This is a useful image, actually taken from a study that looked at nato, any submarine more pair, science and Technology Cooperation during the cold war, so there are some things about it that are a bit off, notably the Breakout Group of russian subs from the baltic sea into the north sea. Might not be the operational construct of the day, but this really captures sort of the scope of the problem. For us looking to the north, yo
Period. Good question, curt. I guess were through. Tonight on cspan3s American History tv in primetime, the start of two weeks of our series the contenders. At the ran and lost but changed political history. Programs about henry clay lead off the series. Well show you a profile of the former House Speaker from kentucky known as the great compromiser in the early 19th century. Well also tour his ashland estate in lexington. Also, senator Mitch Mcconnell talks about the legacy of henry clay as a member of the house and nat for overfour deckeds and then a look at the compromise of 1850 and the impact of slavery on the compromise that preserved the union. All of this. Coming up on American History tv on y span 3 begins at 8 00 p. M. Eastern time. Now, British Embassy defense material minister Steve Mccarthy and others examining russias underwater warfare capabilities and intentions. They also talk about a report titled under sea warfare in northern why you were. It was released by the cent
Declared a state of emergency. It follows 2 days of violent protests sparked by a fatal officerinvolved shooting there. Fox6s Ben Handelman is live in the newsroom with this developing story. Today the National Guard is in charlotte. 44 people were arrested last night as protesters and police clashed. At least four Police Officers were injured and one person shot. Last night began with a prayer vigil for keith scott the man shot and killed by police tuesday. Then. A group broke off and marched downtown. Someone in that group say it wasnt an officer who pulled the trigger. That man is on life support in critical condition. After that shooting police began firing tear gas to try to break up the crowds. I would encourage you to exercise your right to protest but to remember that there is a right way to protest. And destruction of property and violence does nothing but multiply it. Police and protesters were out early hours of the morning. Protesters broke windows. And attacked reporters a