[ cheers and applause ] thank you very much. Thank you, john. Thank you. Thank you and congratulations to the class of 2017. Great job. And general kelly, i want to thank you for your leadership as the Coast Guards Service secretary. You have really been something very, very special to us as a country and to me and our administration. Youve done throughout your entire life an incredible job defending your country. Thank you very much, john. Thank you. [ applause ] and john and all of his folks are also doing an incredible job protecting our homeland and our border and im thrilled that my first address to the Service Academy is the Graduation Ceremony of the United States coast guard. Believe me. Its a great honor. N. Applause ] ive been here before and its a very, very special place. Every cadet graduating today as your commander in chief, it is truly my honor to welcome you aboard. [ applause ] and you should take a moment to celebrate this incredible achievement. Govern governor mall
Asked james comey to shut down federal investigation into mr. Trumps former National Security adviser Michael Flynn the report was later backed up by a number of news outlets. Here is a look at speaker ryans comment. Theres a lot of reports lately. Let me tell you what i told our members. We need the facts. It is obvious and there are some people out there who wants to warm the president. We have obligation to carry our over sight regardless of which party of the white house. We get all the pertinent information. The House Government Reform Committee appropriately requested this memo, i am sure well hear from mr. Comey about why this happens as he allegedly described why he did not take action at the time. There is a lot of unanswered questions. Now is the time to gather all the pertinent information. Our job is to be responsible and focus on gathering the facts. Thats what conduct does in conducting the over site of the branch. Just remember there is an investigation occurring at the
[laughter] you can watch this hearing and all confirmation hearings on our website cspan. Org. We will leave the last few minutes to take you live to the pentagon. This is the Briefing Room as we await the start of everything by defense secretary james mattis and joseph dunford. This is the first joint news conference. They are expected to provide an update on the war against isis and counterterrorism efforts. It should get underway in just a few moments. Live coverage on cspan2. Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. I returned last week from a meeting in copenhagen with the ministers of defense from 14 nations to coordinate our political way ahead in the defeat of the isis campaign. Chairman dunford returned yesterday from a chief of defense meeting in brussels with 28 nato nations plus his counterpart in a dozen additional nations. They discuss the military aspects of that campaign. President Trump directed the department of defense to lead a complex overview of the campaign. We submi
Hours ago from his trip to syria , iraq, and jordan to does this was our first opportunity to get together. Which of events of that for this conference. Today is a good day to describe what has happened. President trump directed the department of defense to lead al departments in comprehensive review. We submit that report and after his review, he then ordered an accelerated operation against isis. What does that mean question . Two significant changes resulted. First, he delegated authority to the right level to aggressively in a timely matter matter, move against vulnerabilities. He directed a tactical shift drum serving isis out of locations in an attrition fight to surrounding the enemy in their strongholds so we can annihilate isis. The intent is to prevent a return home of escaped foreign fighters. Isis nervously endangering innocent lives by refusing to allow civilians to alluate and we continue possible efforts to protect the innocent, you are aware of the human costs isis has
Hours ago from his trip to syria , iraq, and jordan to does this was our first opportunity to get together. Which of events of that for this conference. Today is a good day to describe what has happened. President trump directed the department of defense to lead al departments in comprehensive review. We submit that report and after his review, he then ordered an accelerated operation against isis. What does that mean question . Two significant changes resulted. First, he delegated authority to the right level to aggressively in a timely matter matter, move against vulnerabilities. He directed a tactical shift drum serving isis out of locations in an attrition fight to surrounding the enemy in their strongholds so we can annihilate isis. The intent is to prevent a return home of escaped foreign fighters. Isis nervously endangering innocent lives by refusing to allow civilians to alluate and we continue possible efforts to protect the innocent, you are aware of the human costs isis has