Subcommittee meets today to receive testimony from under secretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment, ellen lord, concerning supply chain integrity for the department of defense in the United States. Since our her initial confirman as the undersecretary of defense, secretary lord has overseen significant acquisition reform at the department of defense, and a chill well talk about some of that today. As the u. S. National armaments director she has traveled to see the u. S. , throughout the u. S. And to see our allies and partners with regard to the development and Manufacturing Activities around the world, and, unfortunately, has seen firsthand just how reliant the u. S. Defense Industrial Base chain has become come to class relates to china. With the rise of china and Great Power Competition of the global covid19 pandemic, the vulnerabilities and gaps in our supply chains particularly as relates to National Security have taken on a new urgency. What you think Ranking Member k
President s promise america 1st policy triggered a trade war that morphed into a technological war continues on al jazeera. Is china backing up its growing power with economic and Political Coalition thats an accusation being leveled in australia europe and washington so is there a line between acting like a great power and taking things too far this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program i mean ron can i just rent bide your time that famous phrase from chinas communist leader Deng Xiaoping governed its Foreign Policy for decades but not anymore and its current president xi jinping beijing has become an active some would say aggressive player on the global stage when china banned pork imports from germany the official reason was african swine fever but it was also seen as a warning to the German Government to not join u. S. Pressure on china australias products were also blocked after the fish was there called for an investigation into beijings handling of the corona virus a
Their owners while americans will be the majority and by dance will have no ownership in to talk global meanwhile by dans put out a statement of their own theyre claiming to dismiss these groundless rumors and said the company would retain 80 percent of the newly formed tiktaalik despite trump saying it would have nothing to do with china wont buy dance also denied president trumps claim that a 5000000000. 00 fee would help set up an Education Fund many remain skeptical the deal does not sufficiently address National Security concerns will uncertainty remains as the 2 Companies Continue to battle over ownership whether chinas government will even approve the deal or prevent it. Just one week after new rules kicked in on the bar to ban u. S. Companies from working with chinas Telecom Giant wall way well things have changed quite a bit the move against wall way is part of a broader International Campaign that includes many countries banning wall way from participating in their 5 g. Netwo
Ms. Lord so senator, this is a key area of focus for the department. Fact, every monday, senior leadership, military, and together for a National Defense strategy implementation meeting. Topics we are focusing on here in the near logistics forsted reason. Y employment. This becomes much more of a challenge. One would say the number issue is planning to understand do. Were going to and we need to look at our make sure we to are there in a time of need. We have warfare plans. Detailed logistical plans to go along with that. Just as were sending aircraft little notice th and perhaps surprising some. Places, ding aircraft surprising others. We have a lot of work going on n logistics that we dont talk about. But to be there for the very reason you state to support the war fighter wherever they might be. Senator duckworth are there any should ar procedures we be considering to address these challenges . You,tary lord i will tell very important question and offer. Id like to take that for the
Republican party hack and trump yes mad in the acting Homeland Security director chad wolf well hes under fire this week as n. B. C. News reports that the Consulting Firm where his wife works has been awarded more than 6000000. 00 in contracts from the department of Homeland Security since september of 2018 and then although the company has a long history of federal contracts her company did not do work for b h s until after will become the will became the t. S. A. Is cheap to step in 2017 now naturally chad deflected these accusations as chads often do with they did show a spokesperson saying quote at no time and in any of his positions since joining the department of Homeland Security has acting secretary will been involved in any awarding of contracts sorry chad sorry pentagon but actions my friends will always speak louder than words. When it comes to how tax dollars are used and that my friends is why were always watching the. New cd. You want to. See. This joyce state. Great city