Is unable to be here for the hearing. I am quoting him now. The greisinger rising global challenges and increasingly complex and competitive strategic environment, America Needs a leadership with wisdom and experience that only statesman of this stature can provide. This committee and this nation thank you for your service and we are grateful for your continued voices of reason during these troubling times. We look to you for the lessons of history as we all week to secure a safer, freer, and more prosperous world. World. One of the most enjoyable Committee Hearings i have experienced was three years ago when we had a hearing of the same come up with kissinger and schultz were here, a lot of the comments that you made were very prophetic. Here we are three years later and a lot of these things have happened. Speaking on behalf of the entire committee, we look forward to having the chairman back and im sure he will be. Now more than ever the challenges of todays world require strategic
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[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] our meeting will come to order. The Senate Armed Services Committee Meets this morning to receive testimony on global challenges in the united, in National Security strategies to meet those threats. Its my honor to welcome our distinguished witnesses, former sectors of state Henry Kissinger and george shultz, and the former deputy secretary of state richard on the taj. Your careers of service have been unbelievable, been great. We are so honored to have you folks here. I want to begin by reading a brief welcome from our chairman mccain who regrets that is unable to be here for todays hearing, and encoding him now. He says, with the rising global challenges and increasingly complex and competitive strategic environment, America Needs the leadership, wisdom and experience that only statesmen of this stature can provide. This committee and this nation thank you for your service and we are grateful for your continued voices of reasons dur
Minutes but we continue our coverage here on ars there with inside story do stay with us. Is north korea playing games with the Winter Olympics athletes from both police set to launch and a unified flag of the Opening Ceremony but as the south the red carpet the north on forces will paraded in pyongyang so can the honeymoon last this is inside story. And how this is inside a story south koreas president has been trying to sell the winter games in. As the peace olympics he may have got his wish with an axe and expect to thaw with the north the took korea decided to talk of the height of tension over the norths nuclear bomb and Ballistic Missile development the first face to face negotiations in two years led to the norths inclusion in the winter games and now young is on the charm offensive. From the north of the games but due to launch with competitors from the south and a unified flag that delegation from north of the border is being led by the ceremonial had of the sate team young no
Henry kissinger and George Schulz talked about the challenges facing the u. S. They were joined with former deputy or deputy secretary of state richard armitage. They testified before the Senate Armed Services committee, which is chaired by senator john mccain. He was not at the hearing as he remains in arizona battling brain cancer. [camera shutters] we will bring to order the senate of Armed Services committee. We receive testimony on global challenges in the National Security strategies to meet those threats. It is my honor to welcome our distinguished witnesses. Farmers secretaries of state Henry Kissinger and George Schulz, and the former deputy secretary of state richard armitage. Your careers of service have been unbelievable and great, we are so honored to have you folks here. I want to begin by reading a brief welcome from our chairman mccain, who regretfully is unable to be here for todays hearing. I am quoting him now. With the rising global challenges and increasingly compl