Armed Services Committee on their respective commands. This is an hour and 45 minutes. We will call the meeting to order. Were going to receive testimony from two of my favorite people, general lori robinson. I have to say that i taught her everything she knows from when she was the Wing Commander in the ticker air force base in oklahoma, and from curt tid, commander for the u. S. Southern command. I think there is a lot of overlap. Week talked all three of us have talked about this between the north and the south command, and i think thats one reason that senator mccain would want to have these meetings together. The new National Defense strategy, the nds identifies protecting the homeland and sustaining american advantages in the western hemisphere as key priorities, even as the d. O. D. Focuses on the rising challenge of great power competitors. As we have seen from increasing economic and military efforts by china and by russia to gain a footholds in the americas, the boundaries be
In ad jigs general tidd talked about combating the Opioid Crisis and improving elicit drug interdiction. The Senate Armed Services committee hosted this four and 45minute event. We will call the meeting to order. Were going to receive testimony from two of my favorite people, general lori robinson. I have to say i taught her everything she knows when she was the Wing Commander at teeinger air force base in oklahoma. And from kurt tidd, the commander for the u. S. Southern command. There is a lot of overlap. We, all three of us talked about this between the north and the south command and i think that is one reason that senator mc cain would want to have these meetings together. The new National Defense strategy, nds, identifies protecting homeland, sustaining american advantages in the western hemisphere as key priorities even as the dod focuses on the rising challenge of great power competitors. As we have seen from increasing economic and military efforts by china and russia to gain
Were going to receive testimony from two of my favorite people, general lori robinson. I have to say that i taught her everything she knows from when she was the Wing Commander in the ticker air force base in oklahoma, and from curt tid, commander for the u. S. Southern command. I think there is a lot of overlap. Week talked all three of us have talked about this between the north and the south command, and i think thats one reason that senator mccain would want to have these meetings together. The new National Defense strategy, the nds identifies protecting the homeland and sustaining american advantages in the western hemisphere as key priorities, even as the d. O. D. Focuses on the rising challenge of great power competitors. As we have seen from increasing economic and military efforts by china and by russia to gain a footholds in the americas, the boundaries between great power of competition and unconventional threats are increasingly blurred. I think thats one reason when genera
Secretary devos thank you for your introduction and for the opportunity to be here. I want to thank president cabrera for his leadership at George Mason University and to the students and faculty with us today, thank you for making time to be here on this busy day of classes. Its a great honor for me to be here today to address a very important topic. Earlier this year marked the 5th anniversary of title 9, the landmark legislation passed by congress that seeks to ensure, and i quote, no person in the United States shall on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of or be subjected to discrimination under any Education Program or activity receiving federal financial assistance. The amendment to the Higher Education act was initially proposed by democrat senator bayh and signed into law by republican president nixon and renamed for patsy minching, a. Ctim of sexbased and racism minchings law has served an Important Role in shaping our environment. Tle
, whichtions are in cash makes it hard for the governments of those states to people arech money making, to tax it, to regulate it, etc. This started from the vigor issue bigger issue in congress. They want to do something about the banking issue because they realize it is a Public Safety issue. Delay in all caps makes them a magnet for robbery. Dealing in all caps makes the magnet for robbery. From Police Officer staff to show up to a scene, theres possibly armed robbers, it is not at all necessary. In fact, it may stop states from legalizing marijuana. I suspect that will be changed in the coming years. Host lets head to california on the line for democrats. We have gus. Thanks for patiently waiting. Caller can you hear me . Host we can hear you just line. Fine. Caller i am wondering how exactly the removing of legalization of marijuana will affect the mandatory minimum sentences for other drugs such as cocaine. How will it affect officers ability to do Asset Forfeiture when they can