Hurlbert, director ofpolicy change program new america. Trevor and i are the coauthors of this book , fuel to the fire, helpful made americas broken Foreign Policy even worse and how we can recover. Copies are available for sale here for actually go for those of you in attendance and for allyour favorite booksellers, those of you watching from our. Im going to tell you a little bit about the book even though you can probably guess a lot of it from the subtitle. Includes discussions, this is not a spoiler, includes a discussion of Donald Trumps chief of us Foreign Policy. Includes why we think, why we the authors think americas Foreign Policy was broken and that there is a better alternative than what President Trump has offered. So its my responsibility today to sort of set the stage and that involves a little bit of history which is my forte and a little bit of strategic analysis which is all three of our expertise. I go back to trumps major Foreign Policy address the mayflower hotel,
And british forces. This is just over an hour. When we last met, you all declared independence. So that means we have to go to war. And so in order to do that, we need to refer to our troops, train them, drill them, arm them, all those sorts of good things. Before we do that, i want to talk just briefly about military history in general. Were going to set aside our political history for now. Next couple of weeks, its military history all full go. So heres the thing. Theres certain challenges that folks who study military history are going to encounter. Like what . What are things you can see them have problems running into . History being written by the witnesses. Yeah. I like to change it up and say to the winners goy to history because what they end up doing is they are the ones who are going to tell the story. Unless youre doing the civil war. But this is the way it usually works. So you usually get their perspective. Were going to see that a lot in this war where youve got a lot of
Years. The u. S. Has been without a defense secretary all year since the departure of former defense chief jim mattis in december. This is live coverage on cspan 3. Our meeting will come to order consistent with our policy to start on time. We will be doing that. Good morning. Today were considering the nomination of dr. Mark espy to be secretary of defense. We thank you all for being here today. We anticipate during your opening remarks, dr. Espy, that you will introduce any members of your family who are here and other support groups. It is standard we do have the eight required questions you will have to respond to audibly so we can get that in the record. Have you adhered to ethical regarding conflicts of interest. Yes, sir. Have you taken any actions which would prepare to presume the outcome of the confirmation process . No, sir. Exercising legislative and oversight responsibility makes it important that this committee, its subcommittees and other appropriate committees of congre
January. Mr. Esper, currently Army Secretary, was asked about u. S. Policy toward iran, cybersecurity, and Nuclear Deterrence, among other topics. This is just over 2. 5 hours. Requirede the 8 questions you will have to respond to audibly so we can get that in the record. If you would hear to the regulations of interest . Yes sir. Have you taken any actions that would appear to presume the outcome of the confirmation process . No, sir. Exercising your responsibility makes it important that this committee, subcommittees, and other appropriate committees if congress received testimony briefings, reports, recordings, records, and other information from the executive branch on a timely basis. Do you agree, it is confirmed, to testify before this committee . Yes, sir. Do you agree to provide records, documents, Electronic Communications in a timely matter when requested by this committee, subcommittees, or other appropriate committees of congress, and to results with the request or basis of
And all of todays program at cspan. Org. Well leave here. The u. S. House gaveling in shortly to continue debate on 47 billion next year for the treasury department, the judiciary and executive branch, as well as the district of columbia. About 6 more than this year than last. Live coverage of the house is herere on cspan. The speaker pro tempore t he house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Loving god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. Guide the members of this peoples house with the spirit of understanding which might lead them to their best judgment. We live in a world of human failure and broken promises. May they be tolerant of the faults of others because they are aarof their own shortcomings. Bless all with a quiet respect for the diversity of opinions to be found here. Through honest dialogue and contemplative listening may your servants search all the avenues open to them to meet todays challeng