Has gotten us into trouble, or at least has inflicted injustice around the world and therefore restrained and diminished. Ive come up with nine words which i think describe his doctrine. Embolden our enemies, undermine our friends, and diminished our country. When you look at what has been done to our military most especially, but a really other insurance of national power, and our alliance relationships, and what has been done to really encourage our enemies to think that this is a moment this is a year of living dangerously for the united states, it really as up to a fundamental transformation he inherited from his predecessor. A lot of colors. A lot of callers. Grant, good morning. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for being here. Announce a to significant Law Enforcement action regarding north securitys privacy and act also known as health of bill two. It passed health bill to in march 23 of this year. The bills authors write down an antidissemination provision and pa
By the end of 18, well in the army be down to about 233,000 of civilian employees. I havent done the exact math, but its roughly equivalent to the percentage reduction we have in our instrength as well. We cant do what we need to do as an army without these civilians doing it. You were very gracious in noting that, but do have to be in balance. When it comes to the operational force, youve stated it very correctly. Were challenged on all three of those legs right now, frankly. But particularly given the environment that were seeing across the globe and the likelihood of that next unforeseen thing, which is another thing that keeps me up at night, readiness has to be our number one concern at the moment. Weve managed our developmental programs. We have set aside our major acquisition programs for major developmental programs for the 2020s and beyond not because we think thats the best thing for our soldiers, but because its required by this fiscal reality. Rather what wed like to have f
Has been the policy of the committee to tonight putting anything in the record of whatever of any evidentiary value. So i understand that tradition and it is not my intention in the end to object. But i would like to note that if we are going to agree with this, we must also include the forensic report by the fusion group that analyzed the video showing that it has no evidentiary value. If the gentle woman wishes to offer that, i would be happy to put that in the record as well. That would be my request. Without objection both of those documents can be made a part of the record. And now recognize the gentleman from rhode island. Thank you to the witnesses for being here today and offering your differing viewpoints on this difficult issue, and i know the passion that accompanies both sides as well as passion from high colleagues. Im still struggling with what exactly this hearing is about. Issues have been raised with respect to the fetal tissue research. Its clear that there are establ
Purpose. Bunker buster bombs, im not sure how that contributes to that. An arms race, thats hard to measure. Im not sure the provision of military hardware contributes to the arms race. There are tons of scholarship about that, we will not get into that. If, with your permission it is only fair that i respond very briefly to these assertions that nasser made earlier that i quite respect. T is just useful to provide a counter argument to it. It is important for the debate here and over there as well. I think the central theme of what he is saying is that iran is misunderstood and if only be better understood it, it would be primarily defensive posture in the region things could be so much better. Fair enough we have a lot of misperceptions about that country. Some are failing. It is quite a notoriously opaque system over there. It is becoming increasingly easier to read through the long negotiations between the United States and iran. We know much better about iran today but there is st
The other name for the Kurdish Forces, are you bubble are a capable fighting force. Necessary is support from the American Military to enhance their fighting position or to take out key targets that would allow them to have greater success. Again, there are a couple of factors that are important. The residence determination not to send american and to ensure that this is being done in a way that is coordinated with the Security Forces and have an inclusive iraq government. The reason for my question is the Iraqi Government is not currently relevant in the fight. That is all that is relevant right now. As seems to be a potential turning point. The fighters are fighting right might have an opportunity to regain facilities. That. Like what im curious about is the u. S. Says, dont do that. We want help you with that even though it is cushy to iraqi even though it is crucial to iraqi. What is overall direction going to be if they do get back in the fight . They aree seen that prepared to ge