We have quite a few more. This is the time of year, and we have general todd walters, and i appreciate very much the time we spent together last week. And general stephen lyons, so i appreciate you two, the years of service that you have donated and given to your country. As stated many times before, the Armed Services committees top priority is to ensure the effective implementation of the National Defense strategy. We have that. Yeah. We have it pretty much surprised me, senator, how we have really stuck with the from the very beginning. With that from the very beginning. It means that we must ensure that in this era of great power and competition with russia and china, that our military services are resourcing commands to address the challenge of strategic competition. This is especially true of our two combatant commands that are here today, ucom is focused on deterring vladimir putin, who has repeatedly shown his willingness to use force to achieve his political objectives, and th
And i appreciate very much the time we spent together last week. And general stephen lyons, so i appreciate you two, the years of service that you have donated and given to your country. As stated many times before, the Armed Services committees top priority is to ensure the effective implementation of the National Defense strategy. We have that. Yeah. We have it pretty much surprised me, senator, how we have really stuck with the from the very beginning. With that from the very beginning. It means that we must ensure that in this era of great power and competition with russia and china, that our military services are resourcing commands to address the challenge of strategic competition. This is especially true of our two combatant commands that are here today, ucom is focused on deterring vladimir putin, who has repeatedly shown his willingness to use force to achieve his political objectives, and then there is transcom, focused on fullspectrum mobility operations. Both of which face
Chairman inhofe our hearing will come to order. We meet today to continue receiving the posture statements. We have quite a few more. This is the time of year, and we have general todd walters, and i appreciate very much the time we spent together last week. And general stephen lyons, so i appreciate you two, the years of service that you have donated and given to your country. As stated many times before, the Armed Services committees top priority is to ensure the effective implementation of the National Defense strategy. We have that. Yeah. We have it pretty much surprised me, senator, how we have really stuck with the from the very beginning. With that from the very beginning. It means that we must ensure that in this era of great power and competition with russia and china, that our military services are resourcing commands to address the challenge of strategic competition. This is especially true of our two combatant commands that are here today, ucom is focused on deterring vladi
You start to ask yourself whats next . How about a usmca deal, a trade deal . Could that send the markets even higher than they are now . There is a meeting underway today, in washington between trade reps from the u. S. And mexico. Well talk about that. Start real clear markets editor, author of a new book, theyre both wrong. John tamny joining us now. Talk about your book in a second, john which i started reading. It is great. Often times they are both wrong but lets start with this market and whether or not a trade deal on, usmca may be combined with some start with china. Does that send stocks even higher than they are now . What do you think . My sense that is why you have seen some of this uptick in stocks for quite a while. That has been a anticipation of a deal, usmca, and then also quieter talk, happier talk between the u. S. And china. Something happening there. I would add a third thing that probably soothes eninvestors minds is, all these, all this fighting over impeachment
Bolton and mike pompeo as folks who were complicit in these arrangements the testimony of Gordon Sondland had been widely anticipated because hes one of the only witnesses being called who has spoken directly with the president. There is uncertainty over how many times he spoke with the president , but hes someone who appears to have the president s thinking and now in his Opening Statement he will say that he believes there was a quid pro quo. Guys, back to you. Really quick, the times this morning also adding another layer that he kept the secretary of state mike pompeo perhaps more informed than we were previously led to believe. Any sign of that in the testimony that you have seen reporter the testimony itself is 19 pages long for his Opening Statement. So were still digging through it and, of course, well hear him deliver it in just a few minutes. But one thing we also do know is that he largely confirms the account of a state Department Aide who says he overheard Gordon Sondland