Sharing this space with us today and also to begin, i would like to thank our cosponsors, the gender equality and initiative affairs and the studies program, the National Securities program and the g. W. Military and veteran services for making in event possible. Thank you for your support. I would lining to begin this like to begin this event by saying is it is on the record and questions at the end are welcomed so today our conversation will center on the role of little and of in National Security and the role of women in National Security and interNational Security and ican think of no one more qualified to share her thoughts on this topic than secretary christine wormuth. Please allow me to share some of her career highlights. She is the 24th secretary of the army. She was worn in on may 27, 2021 following her nomination by President Biden and her confirmation by the United States senate. As the civilian leader of it have United States army, secretary wormuthover sees the services
Have on our minds and in our prayers senator mccain. Hes going through some recovery right now and wont be able to come back this week. So that will change the way were doing business a little bit. But nonetheless, hell be back with us very soon. And our Committee Meets this morning considering the nomination i should say, the renomination of general sell have f selva. Since weve already been through this drill on the eight required questions, were going to forego that. Im assuming you havent changed your mind since the last time we asked you the eight questions. Is that correct . That is correct. Any family youd like to introduce . I do. Ill do that in my opening statement. Thats good. Your record of service to our nation is well known to this committee. Your first two years a the joint chiefs of staff have been marked by great challenges in our National Security, the advance of isis in the middle east, russian aggression in ukraine and actions against others in that region, north kor
Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by aj fathom travel. Carnival corporations small ship line. Offering seven day cruises to three cities in cuba. Exploring the culture, cuisine and Historic Sites through its people. More at fathom. Org. Lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your financial future. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. S ssoranio woodruff the days major headline in the president ial race came far from the campaigns front lines. As the candidates stumped for votes, the spotlight shifted to a man who insisted he wont join the hunt, now or later. I do not want, nor will ill accept the nomination for our party. The declaration came from House Speaker paul ryan, in washington hes not running for president , under anywa circumstances. Count me out. I simply believe that if you w
Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by aj fathom travel. Carnival corporations small ship line. Offering seven day cruises to three cities in cuba. Exploring the culture, cuisine and Historic Sites through its people. More at fathom. Org. Lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your financial future. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. S ssoranio woodruff the days major headline in the president ial race came far from the campaigns front lines. As the candidates stumped for votes, the spotlight shifted to a man who insisted he wont join the hunt, now or later. I do not want, nor will ill accept the nomination for our party. The declaration came from House Speaker paul ryan, in washington hes not running for president , under anywa circumstances. Count me out. I simply believe that if you w
here is a live look at philadelphia. Big changes are coming. Lets look at radar. See the green band there off to the left . It looks like its past east of cincinnati . That system is going to bring rain to our area. Nbc 10 first alert meteorologist Brittney Shipp is tracking the system that could affect our weekend plans. Right . Its going to affect weekend plans as we head into saturday. Keep that in mind. A closer look at headlines. Cloudy conditions today. A rainy start to your weekend. A rainy saturday morning. And then cooler temperatures in store for us as we head into sunday. Our right now conditions at 68. A mix of sun and clouds. Humidity at 70 . Wind at 11 miles per hour. Satellite radar shot knows clouds throughout most of our area, in allentown, philadelphia and right along the shore. We are going to look to the west. This system will bring us rain as we head into your overnight hours tonight. Dont expect any rainfall until after midnight. Lingering as we head into the r