Sunday night at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan q a. Next a look at 2020 defense spending and how it relates to strategy. Hosted for the center for strategic and budget assessments. This is 45 minutes. Evan im going to say couple of quick words before turning things over to travis to highlight his report and field your questions. Two things i want to mention. First, this is an important event here for at csba. Defense corps analysis is something we have done for decades, uniquely well, and travis, the author of this report, is the latest in a long line of talented Defense Budget analysts who have spearheaded these efforts for us over the years. I think it is important to note the Defense Budget analysis we do here is not just about defecting Defense Budgets, not just about going line by line to understand precisely what is in the budget, but assessing and analyzing budgets whether budgets match strategy or they dont. Right now, we have an interesting situation where 18 months ago the depar
Im going to say couple of quick words before turning things over to travis to highlight his report and field your questions. Two things i want to mention. First, this is an important event here for us at csba. Defense corps analysis is something we have done for decades, uniquely well, and travis, the author of this report, is the latest in a long line of very talented Defense Budget analysts who have spearheaded these efforts for us over the years. I think it is important to note the Defense Budget analysis we do here is not just about dissecting Defense Budgets, not just about going line by line to understand precisely what is in the budget, but assessing and analyzing budgets whether budgets match strategy or they dont. Right now, we have an interesting situation where 18 months ago the department of defense released its National Defense strategy which called for a significant reorientation on the part of dod. Focused on highend conventional warfare against great power competitors i
This was produced by the center for strategic and budgetary assessments. Montgomery, here at the center for strategic and budgetary assessments, and i want to thank you for joining us as we rollout our latest report, due dollars follow strategy, by travis sharp, a Research Fellow here who also directs our budget studies program. I will say a couple of quick words. Travis can highlight the findings of his report and field your questions, but two things i want to mention. First, this is an important event for us here at cspi. Defense budget csba. Defense budget analysis is something we have done here for decades and something we have done extremely well, and travis hayes the latest in a long line in a travis is the latest long line of analysts who have spearheaded these efforts over the years. It is important to note that the Defense Budget analysis we do here is not about dissecting Defense Budgets, not just about going through line by line to understand what is in the budget. It is abo
More than 10 billion people are transferred to russia by buses, trolleybuses and trams. Plus 3 billion on the metro and more than a billion on suburban Rail Transport and this despite the fact that in the last decade we are experiencing a real boom in the growth in the number of private cars and the popularity of public transport. Mostly in big cities. Decreased noticeably, but this trend is now gradually changing. More and more people prefer public transport, as it is faster, more affordable and more economical, of course. This occurs predominantly in cities where all modes of transport are competently linked into a single system of a convenient , demanded life, such an example, even a standard , can certainly be said to be the capital of russia , moscow Russian Railways must be said that this is the exhibition itself. Well, what is being done in moscow is unconditional. All this impresses and not only with largescale prospects, but most importantly with the real visible achievements
Preparedness response and communications will come to order. The subcommittee is meeting today to receive testimony on the state of First Responder communications. I now recognize myself for an Opening Statement. I want to welcome all witnesses here this morning on an issue that is vital to our Homeland Security. The ability of our First Responders to communicate. As noted in the 2006 national interoperable baseline survey, there is a, quote, direct correlation between effective communications, interoperatedability and First Responders ability to save lives, end quote. In my hometown of new york city we know this all too well. Both the first both the office of Emergency Communications and First Responder Network Authority were established in the wake of the communication failures of 9 11 and later in hurricane katrina. We have made a great deal of progress since those fateful disasters. States and localities have invested billions of dollars in their Communications Networks, including