At csis. Just a few points of order for housekeeping purposes. Well be taking a transcript so as best you can use the microphones when youre asking questions. That would be great. Well go through the first rtion of the trip p followed by our Department Deputy director will take us through the remainder. Following that well open it up for questions. Hopefully we can get to everyone here. Okay. Without further ado ill hand it over to tony. Thank you very much. Normally when a president goes to israel you have a very pleasant public profile and usually an announcement of some new form of u. S. Aid or assistance to israel. The problem you have here is there are also a lot of underlying issues and how many of these will actually either be dealt with publicly or during a president ial visit is pretty hard to estimate. Some of them are fairly obvious. There is the question of what will happen about moving the u. S. Embassy to jerusalem. There are all the issues relating to the settlements. Wi
It is set to begin. Thanks to everyone who came on time. Brief wanted to give instructions. I am the fud director of Strategic Communications here at csi. We will be taking a transcript. If youre like to ask questions, that would be great. Left, our chair of strategies will take us through the first portion of the trip. And our Deputy Director will take us through the remainder. After that, we will open up for questions. Without further do, i will turn it over to tony. Anthony there are a lot of underlying issues. How many will be dealt with is hard to estimate. Some are fairly obvious. The question of what will happen about moving the u. S. Embassy to jerusalem. Issues relating to the settlements. Will be u. S. Take a stand on the twostate motion and if so, what . Will follow sequel the visit and how will he be discussing what is a very tense situation at least at the underlying level between israel andpalestinian authorities what is happening in gaza. For israele problem of what is h
Fellow will take us through the remainder. Following that well open up for questions so hopefully well get to opens. Without further ado, ill open it up to tony. Tony thank you, colm. Normally when a president goes to israel, you have a very of pleasant public profile and usually an announcement of some new form of u. S. Aid or assistance to israel. The problem you have here is theres also a lot of underlying issues and how many will be dealt with publicly or during a president ial visit is pretty hard to estimate. Some of them are fairly obvious. There is the question of what will happen about moving the u. S. Embassy to jerusalem. There are issues relating to the settlements. Will the u. S. Take a stand on the twostate solution . If so, what . What kind of sequel will follow the abbas visit and how will he discussing a tense situation between israel and the Palestinian Authority and what is happening in gaza . There is the problem for israel of what is happening in egypt which is equ
Witnesses who are leaders in our National Space program to join us here today. Before i introduce them, i want to take a moment to acknowledge that while i cant imagine there being a better place to work than for the Strategic Forces subcommittee, apparently somebody thinks theres a better job in washington, d. C. We this will be the last hearing that steve cotay will be in his current position. Hes leaving to go to work for the secretary of defense, to be the assistant secretary of defense for space policy. Our loss is the secretarys gain. Mr. Rogers i know hell do a great job for our country in his new capacity as well. Ood luck, buddy. Today we have some witnesses that are very familiar to this committee and do a great job for our country. General j. J. Raymond, lieutenant david buck, ms. Betty zap, director of National Reconnaissance office and robert cardillo, director of the National Intelligence space agency, mr. John hill, acting secretary of defense for space policy. After we
Held a hearing on u. S. Military space assets and potential National Security threats. Hyten raymond be, commander of the air force Space Command, was among those testifying. This is an hour and 15 minutes. [inaudible] fiscal year 2018 priorities and posture of the National Security Space Enterprise. Were honored to have the panel of expert witnesses who are leaders in our National Security Space Program to join us here today. And before i introduce them though, i want to take a momento to acknowledge that while i cant imagine there being a better place to work than for the Strategic Forces subcommittee on the House Armed Services committee, apparently somebody thinks theres a better job on washington d. C. We, therell be the thisll be the last hearing that steve will be this his current position. Hes leaving us to go to work for the secretary of defense, be the assistant secretary of defense for space policy x. Be our loss the secretarys gain. So were going to miss him. Hes been with