Normal. We cannot grow accustomed to this kind of disgraceful behavior. We cannot look at the poor behavior of already confirmed nominees and conclude that we should lower our standards when it comes to miss blanchards nomination. This is the United States senate, supposedly the worlds greatest deliberative body. We should examine the fitness and qualification of every single individual nominated to be the face of america in nations across the world. We should expect our ambassadors to represent the United States with dignity, respect, and sound judgment. And we should remember that americas role as a leader of nations rests on our moral standards and greatest values. Something is wrong if we willingly confirm people to these positions who repeatedly spread fake news, baseless slander, and the most despicable of conspiracy mongering. For these reasons, i will be opposing the nomination of Lynda Blanchard, and i urge my colleagues to do the same. With that, i yield the floor. The presid
Imagine that hundreds of thousands of miles away, to brave americans were sitting on the surface of the moon. Their comrades remained in lunar orbit. Above. I didnt quite understand what this development would mean for the future. I just remember thinking at that moment how proud i was to be an american. I looked up to these three men, and i still do, and i marvel add their courage, their intelligence, and their patriotism as well as that of tens of thousands of americans involved in getting them to the moon in the first place. We now know that this lunar trio had quite a sense of humor. Michael collins was once asked in an interview what he was thinking about in the moments leading up to the liftoff, and he joked, i was thinking of per deiem. We learned from buzz aldrin stepped off the ladder, he told them that he was being careful, not to lock the door behind him. When talked about the fact that most of the foes tows were of aldrin, Neal Armstrong joked, ive always said that buzz ald
Following the weather so first is getting weirder and wilder and greater extremes and second the forecaster is better at predicting what will get us. But their accuracy has definitely improved and so has the timeliness of their reports. These days not only one weather model but those simulating the future space of the atmosphere the north american model, european model and those over the next ten days. And then to get interested in this and then supercomputers with a knack of making complex systems accessible and he saw a similar kind of story. His new book, the weather machine is an engaging book behind the scenes International Collaborative effort to recount the forecasting to the Un World Meteorological Organization with a satellite in supercomputers to make up the conversation with one of the forecasters the editor of Washington Post in those fascinated by the weather growing up in the dc region and to recall this for year the chief meteorologist from the local nbc affiliate to stu
On cspan2. Next we hear from policy experts on the role of software in defense deptment systems and its use for innovation they also talk about the defense departments culture to enhance modernization and attract talent. This is held by the House Armed Services committee. The subcommittee will come to order. I ask unanimous consent that the chair be authorized to declare recess at any time. Without objection, ordered. Good morning, everyone, thank you for attending. We are here today to discuss one of the most critical enablers within the u. S. Arsenal, software. Software that the war fighter uses is krucial to our ability to conduct operations in the air, in the sea, on land, in spice and in cyberspace. Aircraft carriers will be able to leave you are pier, we expect that the systems and code that we rye rely on will work when needed. Despite this criticality we see a department that collectively struggles in procuring, operating, and prioritizing software. Congress do know when someth
Input, careen con, back in his place. And if the icpc is allowed to threaten israels leaders, we know that america will be next. The good to have your company today for the latest global news roundup. I wrote him on me and this is the international. The king of bob wright is currently in moscow for a summit with present by the inputs in mazda 2 countries, things of that size. And opposition to weston goldman is ultimately some degree fixed by praise for russia as well on a global scale. We are pleased to express great pride in the high position that the Russian Federation occupies on the international stage. Under the leadership of president Vladimir Putin playing a constructive role in maintaining International Peace and security, as well as helping the process of development and prosperity in various countries. We also do justice to the outstanding progress russia has achieved at the economic level. Well, thats cost, a lot of that is all st correspondent, marina customer rather than