Day of pay. Watch book tv on sunday at 4 45 p. M. And at 11 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan2. The Senate Armed Services committee met to consider the nominations of lieutenant daniel to be chief of the National Guard bureau and army general good morning. The Committee Meets today to consider the nominations of the Lieutenant General hokanson to be chief of the National Guard bureau. And general perna to be chief operating officer of the project warp speed. I think both of you for being here today. What we are facing now we are doing things differently. I know you are down there but i can barely see you but anyway, we enjoyed meeting the families and all of that. We will not be able to do it the same way that when you do your Opening Statement you may want to introduce the families that may be looking on, if that sounds all right. You both were nominated for positions at the forefront of the current challenges and as we consider your nominations we will consider to ensure that you can provide
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Brose is a former staff director for the Armed Services Committee Prior to that is a senior policy advisor for senator john mccain and previously held other positions in the government. Right now he is the chief Strategy Officer build capability for the military and the department of Homeland Security i believe. We can talk about that as we go to the interview. But welcome chris thank you so much for being with us today. Thank you brian its great to be here. To start off with what led you to do this book. And ive been thinking about these issues for a while at something youve encountered a lot several years on the Armed Services committee and. [inaudible] guest i would say it basically was two things. Both of these are a product of the many years i spent working on these issues when i was in the senate and just kind of thinking about the stuff on a daily basis. Its a growing realization in the years but the fundamental problem i felt was underappreciated. Not the people didnt appreciat
The Senate Armed Services committee met to consider the nominations of the Lieutenant General to be chief of the National Guard bureau and an army general to lead operation warp speed which is tasked with developing a coronavirus vaccine. In his testimony, he told lawmakers it was likely the u. S. Will have a vaccine by the end of the year. Their confirmation hearing is almost 2. 5 hours. Good morning. The Committee Meets today to consider the nominations of Lieutenant General David Hokanson to be chief of the National Guard bureau, and general Gustave Perna to be chief operating officer of the project warp speed. I think both of you for being here today particularly under the current circumstances of what we are facing now, we are doing things differently. I know you are down there but i can barely see you. Anyway, we enjoyed meeting the families and all of that. We were not going to be able to do with the same way. When you do your Opening Statement, you may want to introduce family