Yes, we are one minute late. The Committee Meets to consider the nomination of mrs. Barbara barrett to be secretary of the air force. And miss Ryan Mccarthy to be secretary of the army. Thank you for being here today. We have the standard questions that whether you like it or not, you have to answer, answer audibly so it can be heard. I would appreciate it very much. If you adhere to the applicable laws and regulations governing the conflicts of interest. Yes,. Yes, sir. Will you ensure that ur yo staff complies with deadlines established for requesting communications, including questions for the record in hearings. Yes. Will you cooperate in providing witnesses and briefers in response to congressional requests. Yes. Will those witnesses be protected from reprisal for the testimony and briefings. Yes. Do you agree if confirmed to appear and testify upon request before this committee . Yes senator. And do you agree to provide documents including copies of electronic forms of communicat
Yes, we are one minute late. The Committee Meets to consider the nomination of mrs. Barbara barrett to be secretary of the air force. And miss Ryan Mccarthy to be secretary of the army. Thank you for being here today. We have the standard questions that whether you like it or not, you have to answer, answer audibly so it can be heard. I would appreciate it very much. If you adhere to the applicable laws and regulations governing the conflicts of interest. Yes,. Yes, sir. Will you ensure that ur yo staff complies with deadlines established for requesting communications, including questions for the record in hearings. Yes. Will you cooperate in providing witnesses and briefers in response to congressional requests. Yes. Will those witnesses be protected from reprisal for the testimony and briefings. Yes. Do you agree if confirmed to appear and testify upon request before this committee . Yes senator. And do you agree to provide documents including copies of electronic forms of communicat
Questions on the backgrounds and priorities. Many members i asked about military training, readiness, Technology Implementation as well as the state of military bases and specific projects in their home states. This is two hours and 20 minutes. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] i guess we are one minute late. The Committee Meets today to consider the nomination of mrs. Barbara barrett to be secretary of the air force, and mr. Ryan mccarthy to be secretary of the army. Thanks for being here today. We have the standard questions, whether you like about your to answer. Would you answer audibly so it can be heard . And appreciate it very much. Do you adhere to the applicable laws and resolutions governing topics of interest . Yes. Yes. Will y
Doctor subcommittee will come to order at ask unanimous consent the chair could declare recess in a timer that objections order. Good morning everyone thank you for we are here today to discuss one of the most with the u. S. Arsenal. That is software. It is crucial to our ability very in the air, the sea come , onlinein space anderspace. Aircraft carriers will be able to leave our pier they can deliver a payload over its target we expect the system and code we rely on work whenâ– j needed. Despite this was seo dartmenterg and prioritizing software. Congress do know when something is wrong and something is right or in something is working or w. We read the studies repeatedly noting the department struggles with software findings that are remarkably consistent the 1980s untilin today. Its fundamentally amiss. My hope is for the witnesses to not only describe the problem but contextualize where possible what is being done to date with the largest barriers have been to address these issues
Bradley salzman testified that a confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Forces committee. Live coverage here on cspan three. Your parents, randy and belinda salts men who are watching from home, im sure. And i know theyre very proud of her nomination. Recognizing the increasing importance of the space to maine and the growing threats to our critical space assets by china and Russia Congress established the space for us in the fiscal year, 2020 National Defense offers a shun act. The first shiva Space Operations, general raymond, then the commander of the u. S. Air force base command, was legislated to transferred in 2020 to be the chief so you are the first to be nominated in have a hearing for this position. Given that the space force is only two years old its still becoming institutionalized within the department of the fence and there are many challenges in that process. First the space force must develop its ability to train and equip guardians. Space is a remote domain at on