With senator barbara of maryland. And tributes and speeches from Vice President joe biden. Then at 8 00 p. M. , christmas at the white house. Join First Lady Michelle Obama as she receives the official White House Christmas tree. Tour the white house and see this years decorations. Make christmas crafting projects with children of military families visiting the white house, and, finally, the tree lightening ceremony on the national lawn. At 8 40 p. M. , hear from former House Speaker john boehner on the trump president si and his time in the congress. At 9 40 p. M. Attend the portrait unveiling of harry reid. Speakers include hillary clinton, Vice President joe biden, and charles schumer. On sunday, at 12 30 p. M. Eastern, well hear from retiring member of Congress Representative Charles Rangel of new york. At 2 10 00 p. M. From the shakespeare theater on capitol hill, we take you to romeo and juliet wrongful death . Mock trial. At 6 30 p. M. A look at the career of Vice President elec
Weve done a lot of reform over the past two years, that includes acquisition reform, a new military retirement system, major changes in military healthcare, com satisfactory reform, reright of the military code of justice, as well as significant organization zational reform. While a lot has been done, a lot more needs to be done. The world around us is simply moving too fast for us to sit still and assume that the organizations and processes of the past will suffice for today and especially for tomorrow. Yes, we all have an obligation to see that taxpayers dollars are spent effectively, especially in the first job of the federal government which to is to defend the country, but we all know from the news and Intelligence Briefings that we face a wide diverse array of threats, and those threats change day by day as adversaries develop systems designed to deny us any military advantage. We must be prepared for each of these threats. We also know that the pace of technolo technological and
Weve done a lot of reform over the past two years, that includes acquisition reform, a new military retirement system, major changes in military healthcare, com satisfactory reform, reright of the military code of justice, as well as significant organization zational reform. While a lot has been done, a lot more needs to be done. The world around us is simply moving too fast for us to sit still and assume that the organizations and processes of the past will suffice for today and especially for tomorrow. Yes, we all have an obligation to see that taxpayers dollars are spent effectively, especially in the first job of the federal government which to is to defend the country, but we all know from the news and Intelligence Briefings that we face a wide diverse array of threats, and those threats change day by day as adversaries develop systems designed to deny us any military advantage. We must be prepared for each of these threats. We also know that the pace of technolo technological and
Conservative credentials. The Trump Campaign is playing it down expectations for tomorrows a summit with house because paul ryan. They told fox news and they dont think ryan will offer an endorsement after a single meeting. Sources also say ryan is support isnt all that important for trump. A two on a scale of one to 101 person told me. I have a lot of respect for paul and i think well have a good meeting. Hes a very good man and he wants was good for the party and i think well have a very positive result. To a mix of praise and criticism ryan has said hes not yet ready to throw his support behind trump. Sources say trumps proposed ban of muslims and is slowed denouncement of the kkk supporter david duke stuck in ryans craw. These are conversations were going to have. I dont know him. I met him once in person in 2012 2012. While the two differ on some significant issues trump says they share Common Ground on the principles of job creation Economic Growth and tax cuts. Stop ryan today s
And working on the problems that matter to them. Look around you. Just about everybody here in this whole town and whole country is doing the same thing, competing for the faces you see around this room that are bright, have a future, up to date. We have to do the same if were going to stay the best military. Lets take a concrete case, which is north korea. Not agility. No. Just checking. The Missile Defense system that the pentagon has been working on for many years is shall we see not perfect. So my question is when you think about what youre trying to do with diux and other acquisition, what do you imagine would be outcomes that would be applicable to the north koreans, frank . Well, first of all, north korea is just to be deadly serious about it for a moment, bill perry is someone who himself tried very hard to get on a different get us on a different path with north korea but it wasnt to be. They are what they are. Its not a game. Its not in the headlines a lot and so forth. But w