And we ask for your understanding and patience as we all work through this new way of working together. If we havent done so already, im going to ask all members of the board to mute themselves to minimize background noise. Board members will have to remember to unmute themselves to comment and when the roll call votes are held. Theres staff in the background who will be managing the technological functions throughout the meeting so we can move to whoever is speaking throughout the meeting. Again, we ask everyone for their patience as we make these adjustments. Lastly, we want to thank everyone who has made these meetings possible, including darlene, jay huish, and staff members, as well. The board appreciates [no audio] and we will begin the meeting. We will start with the roll call. [roll call] we have a quorum. Item number 3, communications. Item number 3, communications. Due to the covid19 and to protect the public, the meeting room is closed. However members will be participating
So. Than in the 1st. Step towards justice for thousands of victims. Welcome to the program. Again warned that the fight. Is far from over and that the country. For the long haul has been addressing the bundestag thats the German Parliament. Extra as the country begins to slow. Concerned about the extent of interest frictions have been eased in some states. With the crisis. But you also have these words of caution for everyone living in germany new month with the go nobody likes to hear it but the truth is not in the final phase of the pandemic instead were still at the beginning we will have to live with this virus for a long time and the question of how we can prevent our Health System from being overwhelmed and consequently costing the lives of countless people this question will remain a central issue for politics in germany and europe for a long time to come. August you pretty. Good average of Political Editor. Is in the German Parliament this morning for. Merkel has also criticise
Suspected of torture go on trial here in germany campaigners hope it will be the 1st step towards justice for thousands of victims. Plus wheels of fortune we just covered how life has changed for cyclists here in berlin since the outbreak of the current us. Im so misconducts good to have you with us chancellor Angela Merkel says germans must continue to show discipline in the face of the corona virus pandemic in a speech to parliament she criticised the lifting of some lockdown restrictions as true hasty she fears she fears that the country might squander the gains that its made so far if people become complacent about physical distancing she also called for a bigger European Union budget to support recovery in the block. Across germany more people of censuring out a week after the 16 german states agreed to relax certain restrictions on movement some shops slowly reopening opiate with restrictions. Placed and now obligatory on public transport as well as in stores in some state but ea
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The Committee Meets today to receive testimony from the department of defense fiscal year 2021 budget request. Welcome our witnesses and thank them for their service in both dr. Mark esper and general mark we have a pair of marks in this morning. This committees top priority is ensuring the effectiveness of the National Defense strategy. Thats our vote that we had heard, adhere for a long period of time now. About three years. Unfortunately, the last administration we ask our military to do more with less and that got us into trouble between 2012 and 2017 we lost 150 billion to sequestration. Our Defense Budget in the readiness of our forces were devastated. I think we all understand that. As a result, when President Trump came to office, he inherited American Military and crisis, thankfully he delivered on his promise to begin rebuilding the u. S. Armed forces. He negotiated the highest level of defense spending ever, a down payment toward getting our military back to where it needs t