Admiral michael gil roys confirmation, he has been nominated to become chief Naval Operations. Conflicts of interest . There we go. Yes, senator, i have. Will you ensure your staff complies with deadlines for request of communications including questions for the record and hearings . Yes, sir, i will. Will you cooperate and provide witnesses in response to the congressional requests . Yes, sir, i will. Withl those witnesses be protected for their testimony and briefings . Yes, sir, they will. Testify upon request of this committee . Yes, sir, i will. Do you agree to provide documents, including copies of electronic forms and communications in a timely manner when requested by the constituted committee or to consult with the Committee Regarding the basis of any good faith delay or denial in providing such documents . Yes, senator. And have you assumed any duties or undertaken any actions which would appear to. The outcome or the process . No, sir, i have not. Directs our nations militar
Of our destiny. Watch sunday night 8 00 on cspans q a. Michae Navy Vice Admiral l appearing at his confirmation hearing today to be chief of operations. He took questions and was asked about some of the challenges facing the u. S. Including russia, china, and iran. This is chaired by senator jim inhofe of oklahoma. Good morning. Thank you for being here, also extending a welcome to your family and want to invite you to introduce anyone at the time that you are recognized for an Opening Statement. Have our eight boring questions that are required so if you would please audibly respond to them so that we can have them in the record. Have you adhered to the regulations governing interests . Yes, senator. Will you ensure that your staff complies and including questions for the record and hearings . Yes. Will you cooperate and providing response to congressional requests . Yes. Will those witnesses be redacted for reprisal . Yes. Do you justify upon the request before the committee . Yes. T
Through on the president s policy. We serve as a central junction box for the government. Every dollar that goes from treasury out to the agencys flows through this office. Every regulation that comes from the agency ends up coming through this office. We handle procurement for the federal government. We handle a lot of personnel issues. A lot of i. T. Issues. We work with the inspector s general at all of the agencies. We dont do anything, but we oversee everything. And thats been kind of neat. Host how much of it is policy and how much of it is numbers . Mr. Mulvaney same thing. Our policy is numbers. When we wrote the budget, every line item of the budget is a policy for the president. If the president wants to spend more money on School Choice, we would go into every line item in the budget that touches on School Choice and make sure there is Adequate Funding to support the president s initiatives. And then assuming that is approved by congress because they still appropriate we mak
Doneford testifying on a military strategy on south asia that includes india pack tan and afghanistan. This hearing is just getting underway. These fundamental issues do need to be discussed openly for the American People and for those who have sacrificed over the last 16 years. Thats the reason we are here today. Mr. Smith. Thank you mr. Chairman. And i think the chairman raised all the questions that need to be raised. This is offense a revery difficult part of the world. We clearly have National Security interests in how afghanistan is governed and pakistan as well. Going back to 2001 when the then Afghanistan Government led by the taliban allowed al qaeda to have safe haven to plot and plan terrorist attacks against the u. S. , including 9 11. Making sure we dont return to toes days is clearly in our National Security interests. What is not as clear is how we do that and what the cost is of our current effort. Afghanistan is a very difficult place to govern. I think one of the thin
Plan to return to normal. Is city approving income tax only on the wealthiest residents of seattle and bad news for snap investors this morning, the stock stumbling again below ipo price, first time after to crack ipo price, whether he tell you about it. Goldman says crude oil could fall below 40 a barrel. 44 and change right now. Right now down twothirds of a percent. Thats weighing on equity. Fractional moves, of course, 5 points low ner the dow, 4 and a half points lower in nasdaq. In europe ibdics look like this, the markets are mixed. The ftse in london down three quarters of 1 right now. In asia overnight stocks closed mostly higher with the exception of china. Best performer was hong kong up 1 and a half percent in hang seng index. Baseball biggest stars gear up for algame in miami tonight and bryce harper is stepping up his name with a pair of cleats, we will tell you about it. Joining me to talk about about it president of maslansky partners lee carter and Jason Chaffetz and J