Pandemic that are incredibly helpful for us and we continue to move. Weve the problems we are having with the doctrinal Base And Supply chain and the chairman mentioned we have the Task Force and critical Supply Chain with a number of issues whether its semi conductors. One of the things that was somewhat of a surprise was the workforce and that goes hand in glove with the industrial base. What is the department doing or plan on doing and we dont get caught shorthanded during the pandemic. Let me say up front i absolutely agree with you making sure we have the sound and protected Supply Chain is critical and the vulnerability winds up being in national security vulnerability. I certainly appreciate the president s leadership in this as he emphasizes over and over again in this budget you will see we are investing 341 million to partner with u. S. Companies to make sure we are doing our part to boost the defense industrial base activities and onshore some of the Supply Chain activities.
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A number of issues that have been eliminated in the pandemic is our industrial base certainly to all those that work on the pandemic that are incredibly helpful for us and we continue to move. Weve the problems we are having with the doctrinal Base And Supply chain and the chairman mentioned we have the Task Force and critical Supply Chain with a number of issues whether its semi conductors. One of the things that was somewhat of a surprise was the workforce and that goes hand in glove with the industrial base. What is the department doing or plan on doing and we dont get caught shorthanded during the pandemic. Let me say up front i absolutely agree with you making sure we have the sound and protected Supply Chain is critical and the vulnerability winds up being in national security vulnerability. I certainly appreciate the president s leadership in this as he emphasizes over and over again in this budget you will see we are investing 341 million to partner with u. S. Companies to make
Youve got different levels of maintenance as you well know with the organizational maintenance, operational Level Maintenance we can do, we are doing some of that on a daytoday basis. We may be able to contract other types of capabilities going forward. Thats still a work in progress. Ideally wed like to have the ability to conduct maintenance in one of the neighboring countries or some of the higherLevel Maintenance but again, a work in progress not yet solidified. I just wanted to express my Appreciation Chairman Milley for your Leadership And Courage on how you continue to speak out on behalf of what is an increasingly diverse force of men and women. Ideal back. Mister green is recognized for five minutes. Ranking member rogers thank you for holding the hearing and i want to thank our witnesses for being here today. We appreciate your combined service to this country. The war on terror has continued and the military has taken rests to maintain readiness during budget increases of th
[national anthem] [national anthem] [national anthem] will: we start this morning off with a fox news alert, the u.s. and u.k. carrying out a new wave of airstrikes yesterday, this time targeting sites in yemen occupied by the iranian-linked houthi rebels. pete: the pentagon confirming strikes on at least 36 targets and more than a dozen different sites including weapon facilities, missile launchers and air defense systems. that s what we re today. while the british with military says it struck a ground control station near yemen s capital. rachel: the u.s. and coalition forces are putting out a joint statement saying we will not hesitate to continue to defend lives and commerce in one of the world s most critical waterways in the face of continued threats. will: meanwhile, the houthis are vowing to respond saying, quote, the american-british aggression with against yemen will not go unanswered, and we will meters calculation wees calculation. pete: the