Our meeting will come to order consistent with our policy of starting on time and say good morning to the Committee Meets today to consider the nomination of general mark milley to be chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. We thank you for being here today and are grateful for your decades of distinguished service to our nation, we also welcome why you are family and friends and invite you at the appropriate time to introduce those that you feel are appropriate. Its standard for the committee to ask certain questions. These are the required questions, we will ask them fast and if you would audibly respond to them i would appreciate it very much. First if you adhere to the applicable laws and regulations governing conflicts of interest . Yes. Do you agree if confirmed to appear and testify upon request before this committee . Yes, chairman. Do you agree to provide documents including copies of the forms of communication in a timely matter when requested by a duly constituted committee o
January. Mr. Esper, currently Army Secretary, was asked about u. S. Policy toward iran, cybersecurity, and Nuclear Deterrence, among other topics. This is just over 2. 5 hours. Requirede the 8 questions you will have to respond to audibly so we can get that in the record. If you would hear to the regulations of interest . Yes sir. Have you taken any actions that would appear to presume the outcome of the confirmation process . No, sir. Exercising your responsibility makes it important that this committee, subcommittees, and other appropriate committees if congress received testimony briefings, reports, recordings, records, and other information from the executive branch on a timely basis. Do you agree, it is confirmed, to testify before this committee . Yes, sir. Do you agree to provide records, documents, Electronic Communications in a timely matter when requested by this committee, subcommittees, or other appropriate committees of congress, and to results with the request or basis of
Our meeting will come to order consistent with our policy of starting on time and say good morning to the Committee Meets today to consider the nomination of general mark milley to be chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. We thank you for being here today and are grateful for your decades of distinguished service to our nation, we also welcome your family and friends and invite you at the appropriate time to introduce those that you feel are appropriate. Its standard for the committee to ask certain questions. These are the required questions, we will ask them fast and if you would audibly respond to them i would appreciate it very much. First if you adhere to the applicable laws and regulations governing conflicts of interest . Yes. Do you agree if confirmed to appear and testify upon request before this committee . Yes, chairman. Do you agree to provide documents including copies of the forms of communication in a timely manner when requested by a duly constituted committee or to co
As it should and so that russia does not defeat ukraine, and now the coordinator of the National Security council for strategic communication, john kirby, during an interview with abc, it seems yesterday, talked about the fact that they, that is, we are running out of ammunition in donbas, now they are already retreating there to second and third lines of defense, as the russians continue to try to advance westward said kirby, i dont know exactly which lines kirby meant by the second and third, but. I understand that this rather interview was aimed specifically at an american audience, at american politicians, because now the Us Administration is conducting this dialogue or discussions with the speaker of the house of representatives and his associates in order to approve such allocations of aid to ukraine and accelerate this allocation. At the same time, there is some progress from the europeans, and i think there will be scaled in ramstein, it is primarily about projectile initiative
had gathered to help family and meet. one man arrested and a suspect in another killing. more news in the don mar-a-lago search. trump commenting on the documents take. and that federal action, not the only investigation that the former president is facing. we will look at the georgia case that could spell even bigger trouble for trump. we begin with some breaking news, nbc news has learned that the fbi and dhs have issued a bulletin, describing a spike in threats to federal law enforcement in the wake of the mar-a-lago search. senior law enforcement officials tell nbc news that the bolton as dated august 12th and was sent out in an abundance of caution and its sights reads in a recent attack on an fbi office in cincinnati, urging law enforcement to take precautions. we ll have more on the story coming up. msnbc national security analyst clint. we also breaking news from washington, we want to stress there is no information on what motivated this but a man after crashes