And we are pleased to have with us senator tammy duckworth. Needs nouckworth introduction. She is an iraq war veteran, former assistant secretary at the department of Veterans Affairs and now u. S. Senator for the state of illinois. Illinois. And i think for those of us working and National Security, certainly for those of us who are women and National Security. We think about people are breaking down barriers, et cetera duckworth is at the top of the list. One of the first handful of women in the army to fly combat missions during Operation Iraqi freedom. First u. S. Energy given birth while in office. And particularly in todays event the first member of congress he was born in thailand in the first asianamerican he was elected to congress and the state of illinois. So in addition to the work shes done on defense and Veterans Affairs, et cetera duckworths spent a lot of time thinking about the military challenges we face in the pacific. She has really been an advocate for the alliance
Mr. Obrien thank you for having me, and thank you to the Atlantic Council for hosting again. Always great to be back with such a Distinct Group of policymakers and academics and public intellectuals. It is nice to be here with you, and especially with you, a former colleague. Look, what we have seen with china over many years now, something i have been writing about for well over a decade, is an increasing assertiveness and aggressiveness in the world. Some of it is very malign. You talk about the South China Sea. China has made the decision with a ninedash lie to annex a vast swath of the western Pacific Ocean and claim as chinese territorial waters, almost like it was talking like lake tahoe being there, internal waterways or something. It is ridiculous. It has been rejected by all major countries, seafaring countries. And now china is engaged in military exercises in these waters that they consider domestic, which no stretch of the imagination or domestic. The United States reserves
General Charles Brown currently the Pacific Forces commander has been nominated as air force chief of staff and James Anderson is the nominee for Deputy Defense undersecretary for policy. The hearing will come to order. The Committee Meets today consider the nominations to be secretary of navy and us chief of Staff Air Force and deputy undersecretary of defense for policy thank you for being here. We appreciate all the contributions you have a made me appreciate the fact you are coming back again. Some of these are necessary we have to ask you the required question i would like to have an audible yes or no on each question please. Have you adhere to the ethical laws regulations . Yes or. Yes sir. Yes sir. Do you ensure you will request communication deadlines for the record it hearings . Yes sir. Yes or, yes sir. Will you cooperate. Yes sir. Yes sir. With those witnesses be protected from reprisal of testimony . Yes sir. Yes or. We agree to testify before the committee. Yes sir. Yes or
When you play on select videos. This timeline makes it easy to quickly get an idea of what was debated and decided in washington. Scroll through and spend a few minutes on cspans points of interest. Pentagon and state Department Officials testifying now on the Security Partnership between australia, the uk, and the u. S. And how the alliance can improve security in the Indo Pacific Region, u. S. National security and investments and a submarine production and maintenance held by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. This hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will come to order. In march, President Biden stood alongside leaders expect this hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will come to order. In march President Biden stood alongside leaders of the United Kingdom and australia to announce the agreement. A generational opportunity that will enhance u. S. National security interests by transforming our alliances. Deterring aggression from the peoples republic
Pentagon is state Department Officials testifying now on the Security Partnership between australia, the uk and the u. S. How the alliance can improve security in the Indo Pacific Region and u. S. National security and investments in submarine production and maintenance. Its held by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. This hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will come to order. You ready . Okay. This hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will come to order. In march, President Biden stood alongside leaders of the United Kingdom and australia to announce the aucus agreement. A generational opportunity that will enhance u. S. National security interests by transforming our alliances. Deterring aggression if the peoples republic of china and fostering a more peaceful and stable indo pacific. Beijing today has the Worlds Largest navy. Pings hypernationallist government has been laying claim to territory and international borders. They have built artificial isl