Secretary of state Rex Tillerson testified last month before a Senate Appropriations subCommittee Hearing on his departments 2018 budget request. The Trump Administration wants to get 30 of the budget for the state department. South carolina senator Lindsey Graham chairs this twohour hearing. The subCommittee Hearing will come to order. Id like to welcome secretary of state tillerson. We need to increase defense spending. But once you do that, then if youre not going to deal with entitlementeds, you have to go to nondefense discretionary funding to find the off sets. And this account gets pretty much devastated. Im not blaming you. Im not blaming anybody. I just want the country to know i think this budget request is in many ways radical and reckless when it comes to selfpower. And i look forward to working with you, mr. Secretary, to find a better budget but also to find a better state department. You just got there, been there for a few months. A year from now, i think youll have a b
Secretary of state Rex Tillerson testified before a Senate Subcommittee about his departments budget request. Sanctions against russia, cuba policy, and the north Korean Nuclear threat. The hearing was chaired by South Carolina senator lindsey graham. Subcommittee hearing will come to order. The hearing today is on the president s fiscal year 2018 funding request and budget justification, department of state. Like to welcome our witness, secretary of state tillerson. After Opening Statements from myself and Ranking Member we will hear from the secretary. Well accept your written testimony and anything you would like to tell us personally. So this is going to be a little bit longer than normal. This is a very important issue for the country, a passion of mine. Number one, secretary tillerson, i like the way you represent our country. I think you have a style thats pretty good for the world as it is today. You are a man of few words. I think when you talk, people listen. Your view of qat
Situation very closely. He will have to make the final decision on what to do next. But he did admit the french authorities did know ta these attacks, attacks like this were a possibility. Well continue to update you as things progress. All right, hadley, thank you very much. We will continue to follow in this morning. Obviously, this is a rapidly developing situation. Michelle Caruso Cabrera is back at cnbc headquarters and following these developments as well. A little more we can add to hadleys reporting is we believe they are holed up in some kind of print works. Thats what reuters is reporting that large building that we see there, its not quite clear what that is. It is a small town of only 8,000 people, but its an industrial down. One of the wires interviewed a plumber who lives several doors away from apparently where the situation is unfolding. He said this morning, he did not go to work because he heard gunfire and then the municipality has posted on their website that everyo
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Kristin fisher at the white house looking at the president s response to the big jobs report. A good evening. Good evening, mike, for the first time as many months President Trump is taking a victory lap after a better than expected jobs report, but the 2020 opponent is accusing him from spiking the football. With a lot more time left on the clock. Our economy is roaring back. The u. S. Economy added 4. 8 million jobs in the month of june and the largest monthly job gain in history and the Unemployment Rate from 13. 3 to 11. 1 . The Hospitality Industry led to job games by hiring back to. 1 Million People as restaurants and bars across the country reopen. Retail generated 740,000 jobs. These are historic numbers. Theres one number President Trump did not mention during the surprise appearance in the Briefing Room were speaking at the spirit of america showcase. 50,000 to come on the number daily coronavirus is cases in te United States. This is a worse intern in the virus. The presiden