Of Naval Operations John Richardson and comidant robert miller. Good morning. The committee is meeting today to receive testimony on the plans and programs in the department of the Navy Fiscal Year 2018. I want to thank each of the witnesses for their distinguished service and is civilians they lead who are serving around the world today. In recent months, our nations senior civilian defense and military leaders have testified to this committee about the severe threats we face around the world. They have reported shortfalls and readiness that our military advantage over our potential adversaries is eroding and the dire need for new capabilities. And yet, as secretary mattis testified here on tuesday, the greatest immediate threat that our military faces is right here in washington. Fiscal uncertainty, continuing resolutions, arbitrary and inadequate caps on defense spending, four more years of the budget control act and the threat of sequestration. We desperately need a new approach. U
To see the American Economy under default and with all the consequent impacts on the Global Economy and on the american middle class. In order to do that and was enormously damaging to consumer confidence. We were downgraded famously and it is a testament to the American People and the American Economy and the American Business and some of the success we have had working with the congress that we have been able to rebound and the economy continues to grow and create jobs but that was a selfinflicted wound and we cant have that nonsense anymore. Ok for people to engage in that kind of nonsense i appreciate the question and i refer you to my comments back then. People voting the way obama did. What happened in 2011, republicans in Congress Demanded and said they would let america default if they did not get the items on their agenda. That was consequential and unprecedented and the result was bad for everyone. Two weeks ago, the committee for responsible federal budget, which includes de
Created with no agenda. The idea that there was a an agenda, that it was somehow a midwife to a Public Policy on the course of interrogation was absurd. It is absurd. Which is to say that which is not to say that if there was an issue, is our content was affecting the behavior of interrogators in the field, even if it was 0. 05 of interrogators taking their cues from jack bauer, it was a systemic problem and i suggest that we try to intervene on behalf of those people. But to suggest that this is a television show. I may be pollyannaish about this, but the fact that 24 became the political football that became for a while was a very valuable thing. Tonight at 8 00 p. M. On c span, how movies and television portrayed policy and policy making. Politics and policy making. And i 10 50 p. M. , singer songwriter james taylor. The taping was top secret. It seems the only people who knew for certain of its existence for my father, the secretary, and the secret Service Agent who installed it. T
Tree. Merry christmas, everybody. Its great to see you all. Happy holidays. Happy holidays to you mr. President. Sit time . I think its time. For the big button. Lets count it down. I hope everybody is ready. Weve got to do the count do you know. Starting the 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. [applause] Merry Christmas everybody. Please welcome director of washington st. Johns church. Let us bow our heads in prayer. Let us pray. Gracious god who has blessed us with this good land for our heritage, we pray that we may always prove ourselves to be a people mindful of your favor and glad to do your will. We pray that you will save us from violence, discord and confusion, from pride, arrogance and fear of each other, defend our liberties and fashion into one nite people the multitudes brought here out of many nations and languages. We pray that you will shower with your life giving spirit those to whom we have entrusted the authority of our government, that there may be justice and peace at home and that we
That will not sit well with other people or they may not agree at the time and i believe, based on my knowledge, my experience that that is the right thing to do, i will keep with it. A will continue to work down that path and help to explain to other people why i believe that, if there is any fax, if there is a new reasons why my belief is so strong. It is hard to get there but once you get past that, people will tend to respect you. I think that helped me in a particular matter when there was a major emergency disaster that took place in a imine a couple of years ago and folks said you did not need to go out there. Hello . 29 people just died. Your advice was that you dont need to go there . I felt that i cannot save their lives but i can talk to the spouses and our field staff and find out what happened and where our resources were. Why in the world would they tell you not to go . For whatever reason. I went against the advice and i went. It was the best thing i could have done beca