Beaks to Small Business owners in west virginia. At 8 00, q and a retired syndicated columnist thomas soul. Steve joining us on newsmakers on this is congressman adam sunday smith, democrat from washington. He is also the ranking democrat on the House Armed Services committee. Congress and thanks for being , with us. Rep. Smith i appreciate it. Steve joining me is John Donnelly of cq roll call and leo shane of military times. Leo will get the first question. Leo Congress Thanks for doing , this. The big news this week was the Health Care Debacle over in the house. Youve been focused on Defense Budget but with what you saw from that debate, how do you feel about how were going to move ahead with the Defense Budget talks and whether or not theres any chance to avoid a government shutdown. It seems like were at a point where nothing is going to move. Rep. Smith its going to be very difficult. I theorized a couple months ago that the republicans do not have 218 republican votes for anythin
Beaks to Small Business owners in west virginia. At 8 00, q and a retired syndicated columnist thomas soul. Steve joining us on newsmakers on this is congressman adam sunday smith, democrat from washington. He is also the ranking democrat on the House Armed Services committee. Congress and thanks for being , with us. Rep. Smith i appreciate it. Steve joining me is John Donnelly of cq roll call and leo shane of military times. Leo will get the first question. Leo Congress Thanks for doing , this. The big news this week was the Health Care Debacle over in the house. Youve been focused on Defense Budget but with what you saw from that debate, how do you feel about how were going to move ahead with the Defense Budget talks and whether or not theres any chance to avoid a government shutdown. It seems like were at a point where nothing is going to move. Rep. Smith its going to be very difficult. I theorized a couple months ago that the republicans do not have 218 republican votes for anythin
House. You have been focused on Defense Budget. I wonder with what you saw from that debate how you feel about how were going to move ahead with the Defense Budget talks and whether or not there is any chance to avoid a Government Shutdown at this point. Seems like were at a point where nothings going to move in the house. Congressman smith its going to be very difficult. I theorized a couple months ago that the republicans do not have 218 republican votes for anything substantive. As paul ryan acknowledged yesterday, they have been sort of the opposition party. They have been the party of no. They are angry and they are against everything. Getting 218 of them to agree on anything, i dont picture it. Whether its health care, tax reform. Look at the budget. The Freedom Caucus is going to be upset that it doesnt balance the budget in i dont know, two years, three years. Other people, other republicans are going to be upset about programs that get cut. You are going to have republicans wh
Improving military health care and a preview of the annual confererence and trade show. A welcome to defense news. Im vago muradian. Nato leaders agreed to arrangege measures to strenengthen the alliance andnd turn moscowow frm aggression in the future. That iludes a new Rapid Response forcef 5000 troops to respond whin days to a threat to natos borders. Will also bes improved. Many Alliance Members are cutting defense spending. That means nato will have to do more on a flat budget. Joining us today is the supreme allied commander, in charge of shaping nato training and coming up with new concepts and innovative ways to economically increase capabilities. Is chief of the French Air Force and is a Top Air Force member. Welcome back to the program. My pleasure. Charge ofmmand is in these future concepts for nato. What is the best way to deter russiaia which is provoking its neighbors . Missionhas a clear which is divided in three parts. Collected defensnse, according o article five of th