Well, good morning, Senate Armed Services Committee Meets this morning and receives testimony on the department of defenses fiscal year 2008 budget request. We welcome you and thank you for your many years of distinguished service and leadership of our men and women in uniform. Before we begin we all want to acknowledge the service and sacrifice of Sergeant William beas, william balanced ridge. These three soldiers were killed this weekend in afghanistan. The thoughts and prayers of this committee are with their loved ones. The sacrifice of these showers a painful reminder that america is a country at war. We face a stalemate and need an increase in resources if we are to turn the situation around. We ought to defeat isis where u. S. Troops are helping to destroy isis and retain mosul and raqqah. North koreas closing in on the development of a Nuclear Capable Ballistic Missile that can target our homeland and iran continues to destabilize the middle east and seek to drive the United St
We remain in a campaign to defeat isis where u. S. Troops are helping to destroy isis and reclaim mosul and raqqah. Meanwhile threats around the world continue to grow more complex and severe. North korea is closing in on the development of a Nuclear Capable Intercontinental Ballistic Missile that can target our homeland and iran continues to destabilize the middle east and seek to drive the United States out of the region. At the same time, weave entered add new era of power competition. Russia and china, despite their many differences, are both modernizing their military it is, developing advanced capabilities to undermine our ability to project power globally. Russia continues to occupy crimea, destabilize ukraine, threaten our nato allies, falls to the murderous regime. And pursue a campaign of active measures to undermine the integrity of western democracies. Thousands of our soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines deployed in harms way around the globe, those of us charged with the
We remain in a campaign to defeat isis where u. S. Troops are helping to destroy isis and reclaim mosul and raqqah. Meanwhile threats around the world continue to grow more complex and severe. North korea is closing in on the development of a Nuclear Capable Intercontinental Ballistic Missile that can target our homeland and iran continues to destabilize the middle east and seek to drive the United States out of the region. At the same time, weave entered add new era of power competition. Russia and china, despite their many differences, are both modernizing their military it is, developing advanced capabilities to undermine our ability to project power globally. Russia continues to occupy crimea, destabilize ukraine, threaten our nato allies, falls to the murderous regime. And pursue a campaign of active measures to undermine the integrity of western democracies. Thousands of our soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines deployed in harms way around the globe, those of us charged with the
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I should say it is a raging debate in the United States are virtually alone, almost everywhere else, the dust greeted with relief and optimism and without even parliamentary review. This is one of the many striking examples of the famous concept of american exceptionalism. Amy noam chomsky weighs in on the 2016 president ial race and donald trump. I think we should recognize that the other candidates are not that different. Todays democrats are what used to be called moderate republicans. The republicans are just drifted off the spectrum. They are so committed to extreme wealth and power, that they cannot get votes. Amy professor noam chomsky on power and ideology. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Pope francis arrives in washington, d. C. , today for the start of his historic u. S. Tour. The pope will meet with president obama on wednesday and address a joint session of congress on thursday. On friday,