And hes written a terrific book on the end of the cold war the bri principal author of the 9 11 Commission Report and hes writing a book on decisions for war in ways that illuminate old crises and old decisions like going to war in 1898 or wilson going to war, reassessing these decisions so were looking forward to phillips next book. At the same time hes doing about a dozen other things none of us can keep track of and sometimes we dont know about. So phillip. Thank you. Thank you. Im sorry to say we need to wait for james wilson to show up and so hes probably out there somewhere having a good conversation. If we can send the search party out. The state department is always late to the table. [ laughter ] one of the messages of this. So far its been a great panel. [ laughter ] its rather intimidating when youre sitting next to somebody who can refer to his book. We had grandchildren here they could sit on it. [ laughter ] oh, here he is. Glad you could join us. Thank you. All right, le
Henry kissinger and George Schulz talked about the challenges facing the u. S. They were joined with former deputy or deputy secretary of state richard armitage. They testified before the Senate Armed Services committee, which is chaired by senator john mccain. He was not at the hearing as he remains in arizona battling brain cancer. [camera shutters] we will bring to order the senate of Armed Services committee. We receive testimony on global challenges in the National Security strategies to meet those threats. It is my honor to welcome our distinguished witnesses. Farmers secretaries of state Henry Kissinger and George Schulz, and the former deputy secretary of state richard armitage. Your careers of service have been unbelievable and great, we are so honored to have you folks here. I want to begin by reading a brief welcome from our chairman mccain, who regretfully is unable to be here for todays hearing. I am quoting him now. With the rising global challenges and increasingly compl
Life on cspan. Listen live with the free cspan radio app and available live on your desktop, phone or tablet as cspan. Org. Cspan. Org. Former secretaries of state Henry Kissinger and George Schulz talked about the challenges facing the u. S. They were joined with former deputy secretary of state richard armitage. He served under resident george w. Bush. They testified before the Senate Armed Services committee, which is chaired by senator john mccain. He was not at the hearing as he remains in arizona battling brain cancer. We will bring to order the Senate Armed Services committee. We receive testimony on global challenges in the National Security strategies to meet those threats. Tional Security Strategies to meet those threats. It is my honor to welcome our distinguished witnesses. Farmers secretaries of state Henry Kissinger and George Schulz, and the former deputy secretary of state richard armitage. Your careers of service have been unbelievable and great, we are so honored to h
Bri principal author of the 9 11 Commission Report and hes writing a book on decisions for war in ways that illuminate old crises and old decisions like going to war in 1898 or wilson going to war, reassessing these decisions so were looking forward to phillips next book. At the same time hes doing about a dozen other things none of us can keep track of and sometimes we dont know about. So phillip. Thank you. Thank you. Im sorry to say we need to wait for james wilson to show up and so hes probably out there somewhere having a good conversation. If we can send the search party out. The state department is always late to the table. [ laughter ] one of the messages of this. So far its been a great panel. [ laughter ] its rather intimidating when youre sitting next to somebody who can refer to his book. We had grandchildren here they could sit on it. [ laughter ] oh, here he is. Glad you could join us. Thank you. All right, lets go ahead and get started then. This is a panel thats just co
Waiting for Democrat Members of the Senate Budget comttee to arre here for this oversight hearing for the Congressional Budget Office. It appears they are arriving now. We should get underway in a moment. Hopefully this will be a really critical hearing and i think it has the potential to give us a lot of really good information. Good morning, welcome to the oversight hearing at the Congressional Budget Office. Im proud to say this is the third such installment of this committees continued oversight of cbo under my chairmanship. Im glad the House Budget Committee will hold additional meetings. The active 74 provides the Budget Committee to review continuing basis by the Congressional Budget Office of the functions and duties. The present of the committee with the opportunity to review as a performance and serve forum to discuss the way in which cbo could be more effective and intending to the needs of congress. They should also work in clarifying the office while improving its operatio