Of expert witnesses joining us here today and want to take a moment to a knowledge that while i cannot imagine to be a better place to work and the subcommittee apparently somebody thinks there is a better job in washington d. C. So this is the last hearing steve bin his current position to go to the secretary of defense for space policy. And our loss is his game he does a great job i know he will do a great job there as well. [applause] so today we have witnesses general raymond Commander Air force Commander Joint command for space in director of National Reconnaissance office and the director of national guyots Spatial Intelligence Agency in the system for spays paula c. And after we finish this unclassified testimony we will adjourn to a closed session in a secure fashion. So with the confirmation hearing earlier this year stated what the military has capable airplane and anc forces to demand an increasing sheriff investment and i fully agree with the secretarys statement the leader
Command. This is hearing of fiscal year 2018 priorities and National Security Space Enterprise. Were honored to have a panel of expert witnesses in our Space Program to join us here today and before i introduce them, though, want to take a moment to acknowledge that while i cant imagine there being a better place to work and for the subcommittee on the House Armed Services committee, apparently somebody thinks theres a better job on washington, d. C. This will be the last hearing that steve can tell you will be in his current position. Hes going to work for the secretary of defense, assistant secretary of defense for space policy. Our loss is the secretarys gain. So were going to miss him. Hes been with us for a long time. I know hell do a great job for our country in his next capacity as well. So good luck, buddy. This committee does a great job for our country. Lieutenant general david buck, betty sapp, director of National Reconnaissance office and robert cardillo, spacial intellige
To join us here today and before i introduce them, though, i want to take a moment to acknowledge that while i cant imagine there being a better place to work than the Strategic Forces subcommittee apparently somebody thinks theres a better job in washington, d. C. We this is the last hearing that steve will be in the current position, he is leaving us to go to work for secretary of defense, to be the assistant secretary of defense for space policy. And our loss is the secretarys gain. So were going to miss him. Hes been with a long time. Did a great job and will do a great job for our country in the new capacity, as well, so good luck, buddy. Today we have some witnesses that are very familiar to this committee. General john jay raymond, Commander Air force Space Command. Commander ray buck for space. Betsy sapp, director of National Reconnaissance office and robert cardillo, director of national geospay shallintelligence agency. John heel for defense and space policy. And after we fi
Senate republicans putting the final touches on their plan to repeal and replace obamacare. More what we can expect when it is unveiled tomorrow. Among our fests this hour, third highest ranking republican in the senate, john thune, georgia congressman buddy carter, Foreign Policy expert walid phares and town halls guy benson. Well talk about the democratic loss yesterday as well. First back to the markets. The dow sinking for the second straight day with caterpillar, dupont and the biggest drags. Lori rothman on floor of New York Stock Exchange with todays biggest movers. First i want to go to phil flynn at the cme. Phil, oil getting crushed once again. Now ending at a 10month low. Every day i ask wheres the bottom and it never appears. I know. Its a bottomless pit, thats what it is. We are in freefall. This is the definition of what a freefall market is. We got a little support late in the day around 42 handle on crude. I dont know if that would hold up. You would think you get a bou
Father. Reporter we are outside the Christian School where Jerrod Tuckers wife heidi teaches, later this evening they are holding a vigil. Earlier, we did speak with his father who talked about what happened. Jerrod tucker and heidi nunez married a year ago but they delayed their honeymoon until this month. Dan tucker said this morning it was heidi who confirmed to authorities her husband was dead. He was 42 years old. They showed some pictures of the people that were killed during the attack. They recognized one of the pictures was jared. Reporter they were visiting las ramblas , thats him sitting on a statue the day before he died. He was a wonderful person. Reporter the family said that heidi wanted to look at julie, so they went off. They lost sight of each other and Jerrod Tucker was one of 15 People Killed and what Authorities Say was a terrorist attack. Im not angry, necessarily. Its hard to fathom how this could possibly happen or how anybody would want to do this to innocent p