Gn morning. The Senate Armed Services Committee Meets today to consider the nominations of kari binge again to be principal under secretary of defense for intelligence, robert care ren to be International Secretary of defense for International Security affairs and Kenneth Rapuano to be the assistant secretary of defense for Homeland Defense and Global Security. I note the presence of several of our a couple of our colleagues here, including our distinguished majority leader who is here as well as represented by ra comstock and so if its akrieg to my colleagues, wed like senator mcconnell to make an introduction. I know he has a very heavy, busy schedule. Welcome, senator mcconnell. Thank you, chairman mccain. Senator reed, members of the committee. Exceedingly proud to be here today to introduce robert story care recommend and a very qualified person to be here for this position. Through hearing you will find and individual who has worked to address some of the major challenges confron
Sharing, cyber security, the iran nuclear agreement, and Russian Military actions. This is just over an hour. An h. Gn morning. The Senate Armed Services committee m well, good morning. The Senate Armed Services Committee Meets today to consider the nominations of Carrie Bingham to be principal secretary of defense under intelligence, robert karen for International Security affairs, and kenneth raparano for Global Security. I note the presence of several of our a couple of our colleagues here, including our distinguished majority leader who is here as well as representative barbara comstock. And so if its agreeable to my colleagues, we would like senator mcconnell to make an introduction. I know he has a very heavy, busy schedule. Welcome, senator mcconnell. I note the presence of several of our a couple of our colleagues here, including our distinguished majority leader who is here as well as represented by ra comstock and so if its akrieg to my colleagues, wed like senator mcconnell
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Refund to get your reaction. Did you watch and what did you think about that speech . Our phones are open. Democrats can call in at 202 7488000. Republicans at 202 7488001. Independence at 202 7488002. You can catch up with us on twitter or email us. A good Tuesday Morning to you. We begin talking about first ladys Michelle Obamas commencement address. She speaks of the emotional toll of being the first black, first lady. They wrote, mrs. Obama delivered the address to much applause but in intertwining her personal journey she if raised this question, how much has america progressed on Race Relations and can this generation prevent being defined here is a bit from the address in which she specifically talks about being the first black first lady. [video clip] back when my husband first started campaigning, folks at all sorts of questions for me. What kind of first lady would i be . What kinds of issues what i take on . When i be more like laura bush or Hillary Clinton or nancy reagan .
Thanks. Thank you k. T. Mcfarland. Next, the director of national intelligence, James Clapper, on the state of National Security. After that a discussion of congressional oversight. Then the white house medal of honor ceremony. On the next washington martin, toby harnden and klingst. And what remains on the legislative agenda for congress adjourns. Plus your phone calls and tweets. Eastern on0 a. M. Cspan. Michele flournoy is our guest on q a. If youre in government you are dealing with the tyranny of the inbox. Responsibility was representing the secretary of defense on the deputies committee, the senior level group that works through the issues, developing options for the principles on the president. A lot of Crisis Management focus. When youre in a think tank, your utility is not trying to secondguess problems you make around the issues of the day. Day, look raise their over the horizon to see what are the issues im going to confront a year from now. How do i think more strategicall