Of ther the nomination ambassador to be the secretary of the navy. And Charles Brown to be chief of staff of the air force. And dr. Anderson to be deputy undersecretary of defense. We thank you all for being here. Appreciate the contributions you have made. All three of you have impressive careers and we appreciate the fact that you are coming back again. Things arese necessary. I have to ask you the required questions. I would like an audible yes or no on each question. Have you adhered to the laws and wrecked lesions governing thelations governing nation . Yes. Will you comply with requests for communication . Yes. Will you cooperate in providing witnesses in response to congressional requests . Yes. Will those witnesses be protected from reprisal for their testimony . Yes. Do you agree if confirmed to give honest testimony to this committee . Yes. Do you agree to provide documents including email in a timely manner when requested, or consult with the Committee Regarding any basis fo
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
Staff, and deputy secretary of defense. Our hearing will come to order. The Committee Meets today to of ther the nomination ambassador to be the secretary of the navy. And Charles Brown to be chief of staff of the air force. And dr. Anderson to be deputy undersecretary of defense. We thank you all for being here. Appreciate the contributions you have made. All three of you have impressive careers and we appreciate the fact that you are coming back again. Things arese necessary. I have to ask you the required questions. I would like an audible yes or no on each question. Have you adhered to the laws and wrecked lesions governing thelations governing nation . Yes. Will you comply with requests for communication . Yes. Will you cooperate in providing witnesses in response to congressional requests . Yes. Will those witnesses be protected from reprisal for their testimony . Yes. Do you agree if confirmed to give honest testimony to this committee . Yes. Do you agree to provide documents in
Unit. Her book, rule number 2, is about her experience in iraq. Today she is a consultant for the navy and the marines posttraumatic stress Disorder Treatment programs, please welcome dr. Heidi squier kraft. [applause] good morning. So i have been doing a fair amount of speaking over the last few years and i have to say i am quite certain this is my first talk in which the Vice President warmed up the audience for me. It may not be the last but it is the first and i wish he was here to hear me say that and and respectfully say thank you, sir, for such a good job. It is an honor to be with you today. How many veterans of the countrys military do we have in the audience today . Thank you very much for your service. [applause] i was sharing with my terrific sponsors last night doing this many speeches sort of become desensitized but sometimes it is still emotional and the reasons for that emotion are sometimes obvious like memorial day. Other times it can be things that are upcoming that
Good evening, im jim axelrod. This is the western version of the broadcast. We officially welcomed winter today and had just about every type of weather to mark the occasion. They were shoveling snow in arizona where it was in the 30s. Runners were in shorts in washington, d. C. Where it was in the mid 60s. But the headline tonight is a massive and potentially very dangerous storm system that stretches from the texas panhandle all the way to maine. Freezing rain gripped swaths of oklahoma and missouri as the massive front pushing across the heartland disrupted travel on roads and in the air. The storm knocked out power to 8,000 in oklahoma. Police say icy roads were responsible for at least two traffic related deaths. Unseasonably warm air across the south spurred severe thunderstorms that caused flooding in parts of kentucky. There were reports of tornadoes in tennessee and louisiana. More than 5,000 flights were delayed or cancelled, according to flightaware. Com. Dallasfort worth an