[inaudible conversations] good morning, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the second hearing of the u. S. China economic and security review commissions 2020 annual report cycle and thank you for joining us, especially to our witnesses for the time and effort that they have put in to the testimonies. Youre going to be treated to some really, really good things here today. Wed also like to thank the House Foreign Affairs committee for securing this room for our use today. Todays hearing examines chinas ability to project military power and influence beyond its shores. And the implications of these growing capabilities for u. S. Interests. In january, 2016, after communist Party General secretary and Central Military Commission Chairman xi jinping reorganized the Peoples Liberation army, this commission explored the push toward making the pla a force more capable of conducting Global Operations and i think commissi commissioner was the cochair for that, too. And four years later were exam
Contracted report for the commission on chinas expeditionary capabilities. Were really looking forward to that. At james, he specializes in emerging technologies, threat assessment, forecasting and data science. Much of his work analyzes chinas Armed Forces Modernization and u. S. Longrange strategic planning. Before joining james he was an extra Research Assistant for Yale University department of medical science where he did research on chinas naval modernization. Mr. Peltier has a master of arts in International Science from university of chicago. Good political real school. We will next year from kevin mccauley. Hes an independent analyst and was formally the scene Intelligence Officer for the soviet union, russia, china and taiwan during his 31 years in the u. S. Government. Hes senior china analyst for the armys National Ground Intelligence Center and he served on Advisory Board and working groups supporting the intelligence community, the National Intelligence council and the u.
Our final panel today will examine how China Growing military presence and influence in south or Southeast Asia and africa Furthers Development of expeditionary abilities. We will start with greg pulley, he is the rector of Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative and at the center of Strategic International studies. He oversees research on u. S. Foreign policy in the asiapacific with a particular focus on the maritime domain and the countries of Southeast Asia. He is the author of the South China Seas and focus clarifying the limits of maritime dispute. Coauthor of multiple other works. He will focus on chinas activities in south, Southeast Asia. Next we hear from [inaudible], am i pronouncing it [inaudible] Research Associated at the African Center for strategic studies at the National Defense university. He is an expert on china africa relationships partnerships between the africa and east asia and the African Security issues. His forthcoming book, manuscript examines the influence of
Good morning. This hearing on the subcommittee on readiness and management support will come to order. Today the subcommittee needs to receive the testimony from deputy secretary of defense David Norquist concerning the department of defense as 2018 and 2019 audit. Last year when he was serving as the dod comptroller secretary norquist completed the first dod audit ever. Soon thereafter secretary norquist was nominated and then confirmed as eckert deputy secretary of defense with Overwhelming Senate support from both sides of the aisle. He is a wealth of knowledge on these issues and i thank him for being here today. To a a lot of people aside fromy good friend senator perdue who im hopeful well be here a little bit later, dod audit might not come across as the most interesting topic in the world. However Ranking Member kaine and i take our oversight responsibilities seriously and are happy to have this important and timely hearing. Another responsibility we take seriously is one of pr
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