Multiply indicted the last few minutes. First of all, before we do anything else, im going to ask unanimous consent that nonsubcommittee members be allowed to participate in the hearing. After all subcommittee members have had an opportunity to ask questions, is there any objection . If not, so ordered. So subcommittee nonsubcommittee members will be recognized at the appropriate time for five minutes. Welcome to our hearing and thank you, witnesses, for being here. We have mr. John hill, the Deputy Assistant secretary of defense for space and Missile Defense policy. Joining him Lieutenant General thomas james, the Deputy Commander of the u. S. Space command. Lieutenant general heath kohler, of the Missile Defense agency and sean gainey, commander of u. S. Army space and missiles command. And meeting to review the fiscal year, and i have concerns, the overall level of funding is inadequate given the threat environment. The fiscal year 25 budget asks 10. 4 billion dollars for the Missil
Multiply indicted the last few minutes. First of all, before we do anything else, im going to ask unanimous consent that nonsubcommittee members be allowed to participate in the hearing. After all subcommittee members have had an opportunity to ask questions, is there any objection . If not, so ordered. So subcommittee nonsubcommittee members will be recognized at the appropriate time for five minutes. Welcome to our hearing and thank you, witnesses, for being here. We have mr. John hill, the Deputy Assistant secretary of defense for space and Missile Defense policy. Joining him Lieutenant General thomas james, the Deputy Commander of the u. S. Space command. Lieutenant general heath kohler, of the Missile Defense agency and sean gainey, commander of u. S. Army space and missiles command. And meeting to review the fiscal year, and i have concerns, the overall level of funding is inadequate given the threat environment. The fiscal year 25 budget asks 10. 4 billion dollars for the Missil
Morning. I am jane harman, happy to welcome a lot of experts and smart people and also to give a shout out to the swiss ambassador, a dear friend of ours and interested in history, among other things and i note that we are having swiss day on november 9th. A tradition we have long observed. This event is for our friend bruce bruce hoffman, the very first expert on modern terrorism period. He may have been the very first expert on modern terrorism. He surely was a valuable resource to me when he headed rands office in washington and i was a member of the United States congress. With his bushy beard, at the time, i thought he might be a terrorist and i thought his job at rand might just be cover. Bruce tried to help me create a commission to make recommendations to congress on how to intervene before an individual who is radicalized, having radical views is protected by the First Amendment but how to intervene before a person with radical views turns to violence. Violence is a crime. The
Uniform to the Veterans Administration is as seamless as possible and i think we owe them that. One last question general. Your predecessor, general dempsey, stated repeatedly, and i am quoting we have the capability to use a military option if the iranians choose to stray off the diplomatic path end quote. My question to you is are you satisfied our nation has done enough to prepare militarily for the option and the president has said all options should be on the table if necessary to use a military option there as much as we all may wish that the negotiations should succeed. Senator, my understanding today is that we have both the plans in place and the capability in place to deal with a wide range of things in iran. Thank you very much. Thank you, mr. Chairman and general. Congratulations on your nomination and thank you for your 38 years of distinguished service and your leadership. Our nation is fortunate to have a military leader such as you serving at a time in great peril. I wa
Question is the word we. How is this counter messaging going to be organized . To what extent is it going to be spontaneous . Does it represent the youth of the region . My friends from the arab world keep insisting to me that as powerful and intimidating as is i. S. Messaging is, what is dominant in arabic is what i call the freedom spirit, the square statement i am connected and i am not going to take it anymore, and i wont take it from an authoritarian leader and i am going to live in my own world. Somehow that message that spirit of connectiveness, i think, of free citizens, which is still there and we get too depressed about the arab winter sometimes, and its still there and that has to become more of the dominant narrative. It probably needs help from governments, but i worry in the post snowden age about swallowing the poison pill. I worry about steps that seem sensible in terms of messaging that end up limiting the message, or undercutting it. I think this is an area where its