Were going to talk about the considerations and possible implications moving forward. So we are lucky to have with us today three exceptional panelists, youll notice there is one empty seat and that belongs to trish riley. Unfortunately because of the crazy weather we had d. C. Trishas not going to be able to get into town. So she will not be with us. Fear not, our three other panelists here watch whats happening in the states very closely and will be able to give us a full picture of whats happening. So first to my left, we have diane roland, executive Vice President of the Kaiser Family foundation. Diane was also the inaugural chair of mac pac which advised congress on medicaid policy. To her left is josh archambault. He spent time here in d. C. With the heritage foundation. Hes up in massachusetts where he also worked for former governor mitt romney. And at the end of the panel, we have judith solomon, judy is Vice President for Health Policy at the center for budget and policy prio
Up next, the chiefs of the army, air force, navy and marine corps testify on their budgets and the impact of repeated continuing resolutions in place of more longterm appropriations for the military branches. Held by the House Armed Services committee, this is about two hours, forty five minutes. [ banging gavel ] the committee will come to order. After having explored the next steps of defense reform in yesterdays hearing, we now turn to what is needed to repair and rebuild our military, and im grateful to each of the distinguished Service Chiefs for being with us today. Theres widespread agreement that funding cuts under the budget control act, plus a series of continuing resolutions, coupled with a pace of required deployment have damaged the u. S. Military. I believe that damage has gone far deeper than most of us realize, requiring more time and more money to repair than is generally expected. Theres plenty of responsibility to go around for the current state of affairs, with both
War. This is 20 minutes. Well tart with opening remarks from mr. Lieberman then secretary mattis. Thank you. Thank you. Secretary of defense, general james mattis, i would like to express my appreciation for your friendship for your sincerity for your support and for your understanding of complexity of all challenges that we are facing here in israel. No doubt the main problem not only for us but for entire world, its an excess of evil from north korea to tehran to damascus and hezbollah. And no doubt the same, the main link in this chain, it iran. Iranians, they are trying to undermine stability in all middle east, in yemen in iraq syria, lebanon, and of course the activity against israel. We were sharing the same views and i hope that with your support we will be able toover come all these threats and of course to bring peace and stability to this part of the region. We appreciate your success your operations against terror, in mosul in its a great step forward to overcome the terror
War. This is 20 minutes. Well tart with opening remarks from mr. Lieberman then secretary mattis. Thank you. Thank you. Secretary of defense, general james mattis, i would like to express my appreciation for your friendship for your sincerity for your support and for your understanding of complexity of all challenges that we are facing here in israel. No doubt the main problem not only for us but for entire world, its an excess of evil from north korea to tehran to damascus and hezbollah. And no doubt the same, the main link in this chain, it iran. Iranians, they are trying to undermine stability in all middle east, in yemen in iraq syria, lebanon, and of course the activity against israel. We were sharing the same views and i hope that with your support we will be able toover come all these threats and of course to bring peace and stability to this part of the region. We appreciate your success your operations against terror, in mosul in its a great step forward to overcome the terror
Right now were focused on the moving pieces of the trial. We know the argument that will be made. The previous arguments called the argument flimsy. 17 times they used the word unconstitution a. What we did not know until this moment is how publics intend to actually structure the trial, the rules. Not just whether witnesses could be called but how long both sides will have to make their arguments. A short time ago, Mitch Mcconnell provided some much needed clarity. Literally hours before the trial was set to begin. So what have we learned from Mitch Mcconnell . Hes setting up a fast fraction could lead to the pressess acquittal potentially as soon as next week. If the republicans dont break ranks, if theres to bipartisan agreement to get witnesses, we could see this happening pretty quickly and this is why. Under the resolution, it will be focused exclusively on the resolution. Then amendments to the resolution. Once it is documented, it lays out the parameters of the proceedings. The