Vote vote vote vote vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . Hearing none, the yeas are 64, the nays are 24. The nomination is confirmed. Under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table, and the president will be immediately notified of the senates action. Mr. Thune madam president . The presiding officer the senator from south dakota. Mr. Thune i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to legislative session and be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Thune madam president , i have four requests for committees to meet during todays session of the senate. They have a approval of the majority and minority leaders. The presiding officer duly noted. Mr. Thune madam president , before i begin, i want to acknowledge the tremendous news released yesterday that early
He received his undergraduate and masters degrees in history. I got to know david when he was running on Hillary Clintons campaign. He is a distinguished fellow, National Security and board of law school. Scholar of the university of texas. He spent many hours together in the situation room and previously served president home and security and counterterrorism. Middle Eastern Affairs and counterterrorism, john received several awards for his contributions including National Security panel, Public Service medal and fbi director medallion. Please join me in welcoming david and john. David, congratulations on the release of the book before we get to the specific aspects, can you give an over view of what the book is about . Why you wanted to write about this topic. I want to say thank you for being here and i am excited to talk about these issues. I would say i wrote this book because after 2016 after russia attacked our democracy, i found bizarre, dangerous the operation was treated as u
Please welcome drew horn, office of the Vice President of the United States. Thank you so much for joining us here today. Im really excited to speak to this for a few brief moments. So first off i would like to say that space is a top priority of this administration and through the leadership of the president and the Vice President we see a remarkable progress in this critical area. The United States was founded by brave pioneers and their spirit continues today as america leads humanity into a new chapter of space expiration and scientific discovery. By combining efforts of the United States government with the leaders of private industry we will reach new heights that until recently we couldve only dreamt of. As the chair of the National Space council, the Vice President is leading an executive Branch Policy of to sustain u. S. Leadership in space and also open doors to u. S. Private sector growth. Before president president ial space policy directives generated by the council are sp
Please welcome drew horn, office of the Vice President of the United States. Thank you so much for joining us here today. Im really excited to speak to this for a few brief moments. So first off i would like to say that space is a top priority of this administration and through the leadership of the president and the Vice President we see a remarkable progress in this critical area. The United States was founded by brave pioneers and their spirit continues today as america leads humanity into a new chapter of space expiration and scientific discovery. By combining efforts of the United States government with the leaders of private industry we will reach new heights that until recently we couldve only dreamt of. As the chair of the National Space council, the Vice President is leading an executive Branch Policy of to sustain u. S. Leadership in space and also open doors to u. S. Private sector growth. Before president president ial space policy directives generated by the council are sp
[applause] thank you so much for joining us here today. Im really excited to speak to this for a few brief moments. So first off i would like to say that space is a top priority of this administration and for the leadership of the president and the Vice President we see a remarkable progress in this critical area. The United States was founded by brave pioneers and their spirit continues today as america leads humanity into a new chapter through space expiration and scientific discovery. By combining efforts of the United States government with the leaders of private industry we will reach new heights that until recently we can only drink up. As the chair of the National Space council, the Vice President is leading an executive Branch Policy of its existing use leadership in space and also open doors to u. S. Private sector growth. Before president president ial y directives generated by the council are sparking u. S. Whole of government efforts to put americans back on the moon, unlea