The Senate Arms Services Committee Meets today to receive testimony on the acquisition reform efforts. We welcome our witnesses, ellen lord, mark esper, secretary of the army, heather wilson, secretary of the air force, and james gerts, assistant secretary of the navy for ak we ziglaskk acquisition. I hope you all have seen the work by rand on this topic. That is why the department of defense needs acquisition reform, not just for efficiency or to save money. Simply put, we will not be able to address the threats facing this nation with the system of organized irresponsibility that the defense acquisition enterprise has become. We will be watching closely to make sure you do business differently and use that authority wisely. Second, while we have empowered the services, that doesnt mean you can go and do whatever you like. The Services Must let osd set strategy and policy and do real oversight. That means being transparent, providing data to and following the guidance set by osd. Agai
The Reagan Library in simi valley, california. Thank you and welcome to panel six, assessing the rebuild, will we have the strategy and resources to rebuild the military in fiscal year 19 . On this panel we will evaluate president trumps desire to rebuild the military, and we will look at the problems they see as. Like to introduce our distinguished panel. Honorable eric adelman at the income for secretary of defense for policy from 20052009. Independent gun, a former ambassador to turkey and finland. Ms. Marillyn hewson, chairman, president and ceo of Lockheed Martin. She joined lockheed 30 years ago as an engineer and rose all the way to the top. In 2016 Fortune Magazine for can magazine identified her as 50 of the most powerful women in business runs will dr. Kathleen hicks, director of International Security program for csis. She was appointed to the National Commission on the future of the army by the president pictures a former principal undersecretary of policy at the pentagon.
History tv on cspan3, working with our cable affiliates as we explore america. Deputy defense secretary Patrick Shanahan delivered keynote remarks at the Reagan National defense forum. He discussed National Security threats, Defense Innovation and military readiness. Following remarks, mr. Shanahan was interviewed by cnn pentagon correspondent barbara starr. This is a half hour. [applause] how are you . Good. I say those 30 years were a good warmup act. John, thank you, and im going to make sure to get a copy of your book on the way out of town here. So thank you for that warm introduction. Distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen,gu in todays Dynamic World strong leadership is more critical than ever. I can not picture a crowd more in tuned with the importance of good leadership than this one. It is my first time here but many of you have been coming to this event for years. The beauty of the forum is its ability to draw together such invested, y knowledgeable and diverse leaders fr
Good morning. I am peter lewis. We are at the John Hopkins International school. Before making my introductory remarks, i think we will start by asking everyone to silence or turn off your cell phones. We just finished our Holiday Season and i got an opportunity of going to a couple of movies so i am very mindful. It is a great honor to welcome you to todays presentation of the National Defense strategy. The nds is the foundational document that determines how the department of defense will contribute to the president s whichal Security Strategy was released in december of 2017. A first in a decade. It is highly anticipated not only because of the amount of time that has passed, but also because its author is the 26th of defense, our guest, jim mattis. As many of you know, before he became secretary, secretary mattis had a long and distinguishing career and the United States worrying core. United states marine core. Secretary mattis was a distinguished sick that visiting fellow at the
And followup with a little good discussion here between him and me and then let your questions. All that by 230. It will be a crisp, boom boom session. Mr. Mccarthy is a native of chicago. A bachelors degree in history which seems appropriate given what i have around vmi and all of the traditions and history that it holds and sustains our country. Then joined in an Operational Army unit was deployed in afghanistan during his 1997 and two 2002. As a soldier. With combat with rangers in afghanistan. I think secretary mattis was there as well. Since that time has done all of the additional things that you want someone to do so as a kind of job he is today. Because he is worked on capitol hill. He has worked as a special assistant to both secretary gates and also the under secretary of defense for Acquisition Technology and logistics and he has been in the Defense Industry most recently prior to coming to the pentagon when he was with lockheed martin. Many of you know that after his confir