Speaker who we aree so honored o have with us, senator tammy duckworth. Senator duckworth probably needs no introduction to most of you watching. She is an iraq war veteran, a purple heart recipient, former assistant secretary of the u. S. Department of Veterans Affairs and napa yes, senator for the state of illinois. For both of us working in our security, certainly for those of us who are women in National Security, when you think about people who are breaking down barriers ahead of you, store duckworth is the top of the list when the first handful of women in the army to fly combat missions during Operation Iraqi freedom cup first u. S. Senator to give birth while in office, and particularly relevant to todays event the firsts member of congress was born in thailand and the first asianamerican who was elected to congress from the state of illinois. In addition to the work shes done of defense and Veterans Affairs, senator duckworth spent a lot of time thinking about the military cha
In afghanistan, military readiness, and the importance of emerging defense technologies. This is an hour. Ladies and gentlemen, good morning. It is a sincere pleasure for me to welcome our featured an honored guest today, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff general mark milley, United States army. Since becoming the 20 the chairman of the joint chiefs in 2019 general milley has worked to realize the u. S. National Defense Strategy which prioritizes competition with china and russia, and American Defense plenty. Chairman milley has worked tirelessly with civilian and uniformed leadership towards developing the u. S. Armed forces into a truly modern armed force, capable of deterring and heading off the threats of all types that we may be facing today including those emanating from nearpeer competitors that have now really pronounced once again the idea of Great Power Competition. He has kept a close and careful eye on the perennial defense issues associated with iran and north korea, v
Whether or not at this point in the economic pandemic cycle they need to spend that bullet. They will be doing some things that are more accommodative. It will be difficult for them to reverse that policy somewhere down the road. Jonathan mike swell of Goldman Sachs is with us. On treasuries, on bad news being bad news, is that your view of things, how high can we take 10year yield . Mike great to be with you, jonathan. On the there is a cap treasury market, and its really the result of looking away from the slow term where there are certain instances where people think about growth postcovid. We see significant vaccine implementation. The jobs report, it will take a long time to get back to normal. The fed will be on hold for the foreseeable future. As a result, you will not see a 50 basis point increase in the 10year. People should sit tight and recognize that rates will stay low for the foreseeable future. Today proves that we will be in this odd situation where markets will look fo
Safe and conducting what we believe is essential work for the American People. Additional of Coronavirus Relief is on the minds of lots of our members. You have spoken to probably senator collins, senator romney and others meeting with democrats about a possible way forward. Proposal through a pelosi and speaker senator schumer last night. Let me tell you where i think we are. Leader mccarthy and i have been in discussions with the secretary of the treasury and the president s chief of staff to ascertain what the president would actually sign into law. I think we have a sense of what that is. A call we hadt in just a little while ago. We will send that out to all the offices and get some back to see how our members react to a proposal we can say for sure would be signed into law. I think the one think we agree on is we dont have time for messaging games. We dont have time for lengthy negotiations. The issue is do we want to get a result . I would like to remind everyone the way to get
A double blow for afghanistan. A deadly bombing coincides with International Donors cutting aid. Pandemic pain for londons iconic black cabs. More than a fifth of them off the road. A new team with a very different vision and a renewed commitment to lead the world again. That is the message from u. S. President elect joe biden as he unveils top members of his administration. The president elect spoke surrounded by the men and women he has picked to be his Foreign Policy and National Security chiefs. It comes as bidens margin of victory continues to grow. Pennsylvania and nevada have become the latest states certify the president elect as the beginning as the leader. The latest from wilmington. President elect biden was unequivocal as he presented his National Security appointments and nominees. It is a team that reflects the fact america is back, ready to leave the world, not retreat from it. Once again, sit at the head of the table. Ready to confront our adversaries and not reject our