And it takes teamwork to get this done. This is not something that we normally do. As you all know, this is what were faced with. We said from the beginning, we will Work Together and get things done. And this is another good example of that. Thank you very much, mayor, breed. So, madam clerk, lets go ahead and go to our special order. Clerk okay. Special order at 2 00 p. M. The appearance by the honorable mayor london n. Breed. There being no questions submitted from the representatives of districts 1, 2, 3 and 4, the mayor may address the board for up to five minutes. President yee okay. So, welcome, madam mayor, mayor breed. Mayor breed thank you. President yee topics submitted by supervisors today. We welcome you to share your remarks. So go ahead. Mayor breed thank you, president yee. And i truly really appreciate your partnership, especially on the Economic Recovery Task force, which you know that well be releasing a report on the work that you all did in october and im really ex
Good afternoon. And welcome to the september 15th, 2020, regular meeting of the San Francisco board of supervisors. Madam clerk, will you please call the roll. Clerk supervisor fewer . Present. Clerk fewer present. Supervisor haney . Present. Clerk supervisor mandelman . Present. Clerk mandelman present. Clerk p clerk supervisor mar . Present. Clerk supervisor peskin . Present. Clerk supervisor preston . Present. Clerk preston present. Supervisor ronen. Present. Clerk supervisor safai . Present. Clerk safai present. Supervisor stefani . Present. Clerk supervisor walton . Present. Clerk wallton present. And supervisor yee. Present. Clerk yee present. Mr. President , all members are present. Thank you. Please place your right hand over your heart. Mr. You please join me in rerighting the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america. And to the republic to which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Thank y
Chairman inhofe our hearing will come to order. We meet today to continue receiving our hearing will come to order. We meet today to continue receiving the posture statements. We have quite a few more. This is the time of year, and we have general todd walters, and i appreciate very much the time we spent together last week. And general stephen lyons, so i appreciate you two, the years of service that you have donated and given to your country. As stated many times before, the Armed Services committees top priority is to ensure the effective implementation of the National Defense strategy. We have that. Yeah. We have it pretty much surprised me, senator, how we have really stuck with it from the very beginning. With that from the very beginning. It means that we must ensure that in this era of great power and competition with russia and china, that our military services are resourcing commands to address the challenge of strategic competition. This is especially true of our two combata
Appreciate you two, the years of service that you have donated and given to your country. As stated many times before, the Armed Services committees top priority is to ensure the effective implementation of the National Defense strategy. We have that. Yeah. We have it pretty much surprised me, senator, how we have really stuck with it from the very beginning. With that from the very beginning. It means that we must ensure that in this era of great power and competition with russia and china, that our military services are resourcing commands to address the challenge of strategic competition. This is especially true of our two combatant commands that are here today, ucom is focused on deterring vladimir putin, who has repeatedly shown his willingness to use force to achieve his political objectives, and then there is transcom, focused on fullspectrum mobility operations. Both of which face capability shortfalls. I just returned from the security conference with several others here at th
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