Attack thems missiles and abrams tanks is russia losing crime . You the welcome to this weeks to the point im have you know. Yeah thats, its good to have you with us and im joined by this weeks guest. Catherine clue about ashbrook is a german american political scientist and a Senior Adviser for germany is that its my cell nation. To mass of eguard as a journalist, specializing an International Defense and security policy. And ben hodges, former commander, u. S. Army, europe, and chairman of the globe sex future security and defense council. So all of you welcome to thank you very much for being with us. And so was id like to start with you because were constantly trying to assess the state of this war. A claim yes, seems to be an increasingly frequent target for the ukraine in military, and they now seem to have hits the rushing lexi slate severely. How significant is that . Thats pretty significant. It shows the ability of ukrainians to hit targets in crime. Yeah. Especially the head
Witnesses who are leaders in our National Space program to join us here today. Before i introduce them, i want to take a moment to acknowledge that while i cant imagine there being a better place to work than for the Strategic Forces subcommittee, apparently somebody thinks theres a better job in washington, d. C. We this will be the last hearing that steve cotay will be in his current position. Hes leaving to go to work for the secretary of defense, to be the assistant secretary of defense for space policy. Our loss is the secretarys gain. Mr. Rogers i know hell do a great job for our country in his new capacity as well. Ood luck, buddy. Today we have some witnesses that are very familiar to this committee and do a great job for our country. General j. J. Raymond, lieutenant david buck, ms. Betty zap, director of National Reconnaissance office and robert cardillo, director of the National Intelligence space agency, mr. John hill, acting secretary of defense for space policy. After we
Command. This is hearing of fiscal year 2018 priorities and National Security Space Enterprise. Were honored to have a panel of expert witnesses in our Space Program to join us here today and before i introduce them, though, want to take a moment to acknowledge that while i cant imagine there being a better place to work and for the subcommittee on the House Armed Services committee, apparently somebody thinks theres a better job on washington, d. C. This will be the last hearing that steve can tell you will be in his current position. Hes going to work for the secretary of defense, assistant secretary of defense for space policy. Our loss is the secretarys gain. So were going to miss him. Hes been with us for a long time. I know hell do a great job for our country in his next capacity as well. So good luck, buddy. This committee does a great job for our country. Lieutenant general david buck, betty sapp, director of National Reconnaissance office and robert cardillo, spacial intellige
To join us here today and before i introduce them, though, i want to take a moment to acknowledge that while i cant imagine there being a better place to work than the Strategic Forces subcommittee apparently somebody thinks theres a better job in washington, d. C. We this is the last hearing that steve will be in the current position, he is leaving us to go to work for secretary of defense, to be the assistant secretary of defense for space policy. And our loss is the secretarys gain. So were going to miss him. Hes been with a long time. Did a great job and will do a great job for our country in the new capacity, as well, so good luck, buddy. Today we have some witnesses that are very familiar to this committee. General john jay raymond, Commander Air force Space Command. Commander ray buck for space. Betsy sapp, director of National Reconnaissance office and robert cardillo, director of national geospay shallintelligence agency. John heel for defense and space policy. And after we fi
Weak ahead of the jobs number tomorrow. A handful of ugly misses, store cuts and outlooks, macys, kohls, l brands all moving low sgl er. And market slipping away from 20k. A day of record auto sales. And trio of news to get to on apple, the app store and a new 1 billion investment from that company. Were going to fill you in. But first up in about a half hour from now the Senate Armed Services committee will hold a hearing on Cyber Threats against the u. S. Sparked by allegations that russia engaged in hacking to influence the u. S. Election. Committee chairman john mccain favors creating a special committee to investigate russia while president elect trump has expressed obvious skepticism about the russia hacking probe. Journal today reports the president elect is working with top advisors to revamp the office of the director of National Intelligence which is this nations Top Spy Agency created after 9 11, guys, to sort of coordinate intelligence from various officials. Question is wh