Is not considering stop loss which is the involuntary extension of service to retain pilots. Held by the Heritage Foundation here in washington this is about 45 minutes. [applause] while ladies and gentlemen. Welcome. Its a pleasure to see these handsome faces out here heritage i will introduce a man who needs no introduction ive down and one for 25 years, 25 years ago this month we were in the throes of amateur a second phase of training and having the times of our lives. General goldfein has flown in combat air he has actually went in from into desert storm and had some Great Stories on that and if you have a moment after this event. He went on to several assignments, commanded a squadron in combat as a squadron commander, led to the highs and lows of that. He commanded a component, which is an air force level. And now we leave the United Force Air force in combat today. It is my pleasure to welcome my good friend and the chief of staff of the United States air force, general goldfei
General goldfein has flown in combat air he has actually went in from into desert storm and had some Great Stories on that and if you have a moment after this event. He went on to several assignments, commanded a squadron in combat as a squadron commander, led to the highs and lows of that. He commanded a component, which is an air force level. And now he leads the United Force Air force in combat today. It is my pleasure to welcome my good friend and the chief of staff of the United States air force, general goldfein. Lets see how long it takes us before were talking like this. Its broken down already. I am going to take a couple of minutes to ask the questions. About 45 minutes and and will open it up to questions in the audience and see where it goes. Ought to be a fun conversation. General goldfein is readiness, the first one on the docket and if one of the biggest conversations on the hill and throughout the United States. In testimony last spring during your confirmation testimon
Pilots in the air force. He spoke about military readiness and modernization earlier this month at the h heritage foundation. Its about 45 minutes. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome, and it is a pleasure to see all of these smiling, handsome faces out here at heritage. And i am going to take a moment to introduce a man who actually needs no introduction. Ive known general goldfein for 25 years. We went to Fighter Weapon School together. Actually, it was 25 years ago this month. We were in the throes of, im sure, the second phase of training. And having the time of our lives. General goldfein has flown combat aircraft. He went in from Shaw Air Force base into desert storm and has some Great Stories to tell on that, if you have a moment after this event is done. He went on to several assignments. He commanded a squadron in combat, as a squadron commander, led through the highs and lows of that. He commanded a component, which is an air force level in combat. And now he leads the United State
And right now President Trump on capitol hill and 00ling privately with republicans right now. Some of them have been publicly critical. And they may unload even more so in this meeting. One of the real tragedies of illegal immigration that kids are often the greatest victims. We can stop this. The zerotolerance policy could be changed. White house could change it in five minutes and they should. Meanwhile donald trump saying this when he arrived on the hill. This was moments ago. The system has been broken for many years, the immigration system. Its been a really bad, bad system. Probably the worst anywhere in the world. Were going to try and see if we can fix it. Were learning that it is now up to 13 member of the Senate Republican caucus formally asking attorney general Jeff Sessions to stop it, to stop separating these families at the border until at least they can figure out an alternative. Today Mitch Mcconnell at least claims on the record hes against separating families for any
Bolton called the Mueller Probe a witch hunt. As the secretary of state is put me he wi me pummelled by the senate committee. Ive listened to your political soliloquy. If you want to talk about politics, if president obama did what President Trump did in helsinki, i would be peeling you off the capitol ceiling. Please. And race against time. The Trump Administration has just 12 hours to get 1,600 kids back to their parents as confusion reigns over what rights these parents still have. Msnbcs Mariana Atencio spoke with one father who was lucky enough to be reunited with his daughter. Reporter all we want is to have our kids back. So they sold us youre going to have your kids back in 20 hours. Then it was more time. Good day, everyone, im Andrea Mitchell in washington where House Speaker paul ryan is answering questions about conservative Republican Caucus members trying to impeach the Deputy Attorney general. Their beef with trump appointee Rod Rosenstein, the man overseeing the Mueller