Likely drive the focus of our planning, programming and budgeting processes. The first two challenges were considered to be the most significant shift in the future security environment and that is to return to an era of great power competition. Today we are faced by a resurgent russia and rising china. Both are nuclear powers. Both are fielding advanced capabilities at a rapid rate. Both are permanent members of the u. N. Security council and both take issue with some aspects of the principled International Order that has preserved stability and enabled the peaceful pursuit of prosperity for decades. Both are becoming more aggressive along their peripheries. Russia on its western borders, and china and its near seas, as a consequence even as we continue to cooperate on issues of mutual interest to both countries, we concluded the Department Must be prepared for a period of increased competition over the next 25 years. Now, the third strategic challenges are more unpredictable and dang
The presiding officer without objection. The senate will proceed to the measure. Mr. Cassidy i ask unanimous consent the bill be read a third time and the senate proceed to vote on passage. The presiding officer without objection. If there is no further debate, all those in favor say aye. All those opposed say no. The ayes appear to have it. The ayes do have it. The bill is passed. Mr. Cassidy i ask unanimous consent the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Cassidy i ask unanimous consent that the Armed Services committee be discharged from further consideration and that the senate now proceed to s. Res. 136. The presiding officer the clerk will report. The clerk Senate Resolution 136, expressing support for the designation of may 1 2015, as Silver Star Service banner day. The presiding officer without objection, the committee is discharged and the senate will proceed to the me
The yield us up at i think 2. 73 , 2. 74 . In europe now the major averages are all higher as well. See right now that the cac is up in franch by 1. 8 . J nermny the dax higher by 2. 2 . Ftse up by better than 1 as well. A lot of green arrows as we begin things on this monday. Andrew, over to you. Hey, beck. Nice way to start the week off. As joe was mentioning that little bit of news this morning, Thompson Reuters now saying its going to be suspending the Early Release of its Reuters University of Michigan Consumer sentiment data at the request of the new York Attorney general. The news of the Information Company has agreements to allow some of its clients to receive that data two seconds before other clients. You might remember this news was broken by eamon javers about two weeks ago. Investment group Perry Capital filing a lawsuit against the Treasury Department over the bailout terms for mortgage firms fannie mae and freddie mac. Saying they violated a 2008 law that put the two Mor
Officers investigated for craft activities of one of them committing suicide. More on the prescribed to dc later in the show. Its wednesday december eleven fight here in washington dc on same and youre watching art it. Today on capitol hill that sheep of the nsa general Keith Alexander fielded questions from lawmakers on the Senate Judiciary committee. The focus of an era is continued oversight of U S Government surveillance up gordons its hearings like this one of a common staple in capitol hill since june since edwards thirty million spilling us these secrets out on to newspapers around the world. The latest accra published today the Washington Post reveals that the nsa is using the same techniques that corporate online advertisers use to pinpoint surveillance targets in to gather intelligence on peoples locations. Essentially the essays using google cookies. No cookies or little packets of data and allow Online Outdoor advertisers to uniquely track you and me and what web sites we v
Certainly taken a turn backwards. Am i depressed . No. I am energized to move forward and to be sure to see the gains that we have encountered and had to come to us, that we have had to work so hard for, are not lost. So i do ask you, one of our next steps, we created a framework, but there is so much work to be done. Many of our civil rights leaders, including my husband and dr. Martin luther king, were still of an age when they took the lead. With that question and mind, i challenge you to get back to community building. It is your problem, it is our problem, it is our neighborhood. These are our children, you are the parents. But in that same breath, and victory will be a collective one. It is with a clear conscience, knowing what we have done and can do, that we will reach that mountaintop, and we will overcome. But it will take each and every one of us, in unity, in unison, letting those who say that they managed this country of america know that it is the people. It is the voice