Congressional hearing held during the extenuating circumstances of a pandemic. We have a sparse crowd and an expanded dais reflective of the committees adherence to guidelines put forward by the rules committee and attending physician. We thank our members and staff are there patience and understanding as we work through the logistics involved in holding this hearing, which is a critical part of the committees ongoing oversight of the Intelligence Community. Members will be joining us on a rotating basis throughout the morning. Again, this afternoon, as we move to close session. Their absence now is not a reflection of the importance they place on this matter. We have asked members to watch as much of the hearings as they can from their offices, only coming into the hearing room to ask questions. I would also like to thank the press corps for your accommodation of the restrictions we are placing as we seek to fulfill our requirements to hold this nomination hearing in an open setting,
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Cspans q a. Cspan, your unfiltered view of government. Created by cable in 1979 and brought to you today by your television provider. Defense secretary mark eer and mark milley were on capitol hill to testify for the 2020 request for the pentagon. They were also asked about military moderation efforts and defense funds for border wall construction. The Committee Meets today to receive testimony in the department of defense fiscal year 2021 budget request and our witnesses we thank them for our service and both dr. Marques per and general mark. We have a pair of marks this morning. This committees top priority is ensuring the effectiveness adjacent to a National Defense strategy thats our vote we had heard in hearing for a long period of time now, about three years. Unfortunately, the last administration we asked our military to do more with less. That got us in trouble between 2012 and 2017, we boost 150 billion to sequestration. Our Defense Budget in the redness of our forces were dev
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