He was serving as the d. O. D. , secretary norquist completed the first d. O. T. Audit ever, soon thereafter secretary norquist was audited and confirmed as secretary of defense with all of senate support, he has a wealth of knowledge on these issues and i thank him for being here today. To a lot of people aside from my good friend senator purdue who im hopeful will be here a little bit later, the d. O. T. Audit might not coming across as most interesting topic of the world however the Ranking Member cain and i take our oversight responsibilities seriously and are happy to have the support and timely hearing, another responsibility we take seriously is one of providing the funding needed to rebuild our military with the specific focus on restoring readiness. Conducting an audit of this magnitude is a massive undertaking, in fact until secretary norquist arrived it had never happened, the pentagon had never completed an audit, let me repeat it in its history the department of defense an
Norquist completed the first dod audit ever. Soon thereafter secretary northwest was nominated and confirmed as deputy secretary of defense with Overwhelming Senate support from both sides of the aisle. He is a wealth of knowledge on these issues and i think him for being here today. To a lot of people aside from my good friend, senator purdue, who im hopeful who will be here later the dod audit might not come across as most interesting topic in the world however, Ranking Member kane and i make our oversight responsibilities seriously and are happy to have this important and timely hearing. Other response bullies we take seriously has been one of providing the funding needed to rebuild our military with specific focus on restoring readiness. Conducting an audit of this magnitude is a massive undertaking, as i am sure we will hear. In fact, until secretary norquist arrived it had never happened. The pentagon had never completed an audit. Let me repeat that. In its history the department
Good morning, this hearing on the subcommittee of ready miss and management support will come to order. Today, this subcommittee will receive testimony from deputy secretary of defense david new york was concerning the department of defense is 2018 and 2019 audits. Last, year when he was serving as the gop controller, secretary northwest, completed the first d. O. T. Audit ever. Soon thereafter, secretary northwest was nominated and confirmed as deputy secretary of defense, with Overwhelming Senate support from both sides of the aisle. He is a wealth of knowledge on these issues and i thank him for being here today. To a lot of people aside my good feel my good friend, the d. O. D. On it might not come across the most interesting topic in the world. However, Ranking Member cain and i think our oversight responsibility very seriously and are happy to have this important time here. In the responsibility we take seriously has been one of providing the funding needed to rebuild our militar
Good morning, this hearing on the subcommittee of ready miss and management support will come to order. Today, this subcommittee will receive testimony from deputy secretary of defense david new york was concerning the department of defense is 2018 and 2019 audits. Last, year when he was serving as the gop controller, secretary northwest, completed the first d. O. T. Audit ever. Soon thereafter, secretary northwest was nominated and confirmed as deputy secretary of defense, with Overwhelming Senate support from both sides of the aisle. He is a wealth of knowledge on these issues and i thank him for being here today. To a lot of people aside my good feel my good friend, the d. O. D. On it might not come across the most interesting topic in the world. However, Ranking Member cain and i think our oversight responsibility very seriously and are happy to have this important time here. In the responsibility we take seriously has been one of providing the funding needed to rebuild our militar
Albany. He spent his career preserving military history with the National Park service, new york state government. Rensselaer. Civil War Preservation trust. Kentucky state parks and u. S. Arm. Hes written books on various aspects of military leadership from 1775 to the present. Published to books with the civil war at perryville and stone river and Tullahoma Campaigns and studied the 1941 and 42 entitled last day in bataan released in 2016. In september of 2016 the arm published his volume on virginia campaigns as part of the series on the civil war. Last year at this event friday night i bought this book and i spent all night reading it. Highly recommended. Last about chris he is a great researcher, he knows an amazing amount of almost anything military, havent writer and, most importantly he is a really good guy who will share anything with you which i think is the most important thing. He is also getting ready to get married. So without further ado, chris kolakowski. [applause] good