Yeah theres no theres no question about it ive been covering u. S. Politics for 22 years ive never had to cover anything like this and you know but you know the world hasnt dealt with a pandemic at this scale in those 22 years either so were really in New Territory in terms of trying to figure out what happens next im scratching my head im not exactly sure because the official white house guidance that came out just before the president indicated that his assistant had tested positive still had the president traveling to florida still had him holding rallies there was really no sort of adjustment for the possibility the president would be quarantining for 14 days as he had indicated he would be and this is even before we knew that he had tested positive so the white house needs to update all of that now in terms of how the president contracted that we cope with done team we assume it is from hope picked the question becomes. How did she get it and the president discussed this when he c
Gives us very clear procedures for transferring power from the president to the Vice President , when the president declares himself unable to discharge his unconscious,he is unable to declare himself unable , then the Vice President and the majority of the cabinet can make that declaration and transfer power. Things get murkier if the president contests the declaration by the vice thingsnt and cabinet and get really problematic if the president and the Vice President are both incapacitated. Because they are, we have a lot of gaps in our law. Host as you have watched this unfold since friday, what concerns you the most right now . Think, again, there is a murky area where the president might think that he is able and he is not. It is hard to know. We dont know exactly how the president is doing and what the side effects of his medication might be. He could be fine. The problem is that the president can be in pretty bad shape and still not incapacitated enough that the 25th amendment wo
Good morning. This hearing of the subcommittee on readiness and management will come to order. Subcommittee meets today to receive testimony from undersecretary defense for acquisition and sustainment, ellen lord concerning supply chain integrity fourth apartment of defense in the United States. Since her initial confirmation as the under secretary of defense secretary lord has oversensitive give acquisition reform at the department of defense and i am sure we will talk about some of that today. As the u. S. National armament director she has traveled to see the u. S. Throughout the u. S. And the to see our allies and partners with regards to the development and Manufacturing Activities around the world and unfortunately has seen how reliant the u. S. Defense Industrial Base chain has become particularly as it relates to china. With the rise of china and Great Power Competition and the Global Pandemic the vulnerabilities and gaps in our supply chain particularly as it relates to the Na
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Subcommittee meets today to receive testimony from under secretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment, ellen lord, concerning supply chain integrity for the department of defense in the United States. Since our her initial confirman as the undersecretary of defense, secretary lord has overseen significant acquisition reform at the department of defense, and a chill well talk about some of that today. As the u. S. National armaments director she has traveled to see the u. S. , throughout the u. S. And to see our allies and partners with regard to the development and Manufacturing Activities around the world, and, unfortunately, has seen firsthand just how reliant the u. S. Defense Industrial Base chain has become come to class relates to china. With the rise of china and Great Power Competition of the global covid19 pandemic, the vulnerabilities and gaps in our supply chains particularly as relates to National Security have taken on a new urgency. What you think Ranking Member k