U. S. Troops and the debate against military bases named after confederate soldiers. Chairman smith i call the meeting to order. I welcome our witnesses, secretary of defense esper and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff milley. We appreciate you being here today. I do have to read an Opening Statement here about procedure in light of the fact that we do have members who are participating remotely in his in this hearing, in accordance with house rules. So i will do that and then a couple other programming notes and we will get started. I would like to welcome members who are joining todays markup remotely. Those members are reminded that they must be visible on screen within the Software Platform for the purposes of Identity Verification when joining their andeedings, establishing maintaining decorum, participating, and voting. We will not be voting, but participating members must use the Software Platform video function while attending the proceedings unless they experience connecti
They are showing all of the connections happening in this exchange and all of those people are you and you can see the thoughts that have been entered and all of those lines are the stars that have been assigned. And well just give a few more minutes to participate and please move to the star step and then in about 20 seconds, we will start reviewing the top thoughts and the exchange. speaking Foreign Language . With that, we can turn it back to dr. Matthews. If any panel wants to answer or join in, please feel free if this is a thought we agreed to and its not just a question, ill just say that and well keep moving. So, ill start with the top and start rolling down and i feel the childrens safety is most important. speaking Foreign Language . So well start at the top and go down. But the one that was there, i feel, safety is most important. speaking Foreign Language . As we are determining what fall learning will look like, we are also looking at childrens safety and want to make sure
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U. S. The global focus. Ines surged cases surged california and texas. Walmart demands customers wear masks. Knowing green. New south wales has a new plan for renewable power, energy and the environment. Quick check of the markets, u. S. Futures opening flat. This after u. S. Stocks climbed to a fiveweek high in the regular session. We have 10 of 11 s p 500 sectors closing up. He had vaccine developments bringing this rush of optimism to financial markets. This, despite escalating tensions between china and the u. S. Moderna and astrazeneca are rising on the optimism. More positive ecodata, u. S. Industrial output rebounding in june. Pickup in Economic Activity. Take a look at what oil is doing. Under a little pressure, headed towards the 40 per barrel level. This after jumping to a four month high. We had strong ecodata and we have President Trump indicating he doesnt want to add more sanctions against chinese officials for now, not to mention a report on a drop on u. S. Crude stockpi
Monday, the house wrapping up a brief pro forma session. We will head back live to the Defense Department hearing on civilian Law Enforcement. Your recognized for their maker of the time. You are recognized for the remainder of the time. I am looking for a yes or no if you dont know the answer, please let me know you will take it for action. You have both testified that you have taken else to the constitution of the United States. That includes question mar oath yes. Yes. Are you aware that the executive power shall be vested in a president meaning one or a single president . Yes. Yes. That theu aware constitution makes the president the commanderinchief of the army and navy . Yes. Yes. Are you aware that the president s power is undisputed . Aware that the president s power to remove from office key cabinet officials especially National Security positions including the secretary of defense is undisputed . Sec. Esper yes. Are you aware that the uniform code of military justice criminal