Branch. He is going to deliver his presentation, roll out the navys budget and then well go over some ground rules and take some questions. Good afternoon. As he mentioned im brian lute luther and i want to thank you ft. Opportunity to brief the fiscal year 2018 president budget submission in which i will address our portion of the second step of the department of defenses multiyear effort to restore readiness. The brief will be broken into four parts. The first will briefly review the current and evolving strategic guidance. The second, provides the operational context in which the naval forces operate in todays world. The third ill review historical challenges that underlie the requirement for the current readiness reset. And finally,ly provide a summary by appropriation group. The National Level guidance that provided us the mission sets which drove the operations of the last decade are under review. Earlier this month the department of defense began a defense Strategic Review. This
Thank you for your service. Liot carlson is a longtime , a graduate of the university of oregon and and the university, author of a book published in 2011 which explores the life and career of the officer carlson described as the most consequential shorebased actor. He also tells us code breaking at intelligence gathering pearl harbor was actually the work of many individuals, and to discuss the effort of these individuals who change the course of history, please welcome elliot carlson. [applause] mr. Carlson good morning. I want to thank the sponsors for having me in today. Appreciate it. Want to thank you all for coming. What was your right, sir . [inaudible] mr. Carlson ok. Very much an honor to have you here in the audience. Thank you. , midway and code breaking. When crypto analysis came of age. Might need a bit of an explanation. It suggests there was a time before midway when crypto was not of age, and this might seem odd because cryptanalysis, the art of breaking secret message
Be the next one, this spread. Wti versus brent. U. S. Oil versus european oil getting more negative as we go. That means brent is seeing a nice rally. David President Trump addressed the nation to lay out plans for afghanistan saying the United States will remain committed, but not engage in nationbuilding. President Trump America will continue its support for the Afghan Government and the Afghan Military as they confront the taliban. We are a partner, a friend, but we will not dictate to the Afghan People how to live or how to govern their own complex society. We are not nationbuilding again. David joining us now is bloomberg chief washington correspondent kevin cirilli. Give us a sense of what the president was trying to accomplish last night and did he get that done . Kevin the president facing intense scrutiny following his response to charlottesville. He no made no direct mention to it, but essentially said he hoped to unify the country and then he pivoted to Foreign Policy and sa
To comment on the valley of 215. But if confirmed i certainly intend to be able to do so. I believe one of the most important functions of the director of the National Security agency is to be able to articulate just that. What is the value of our effort so that we could make well informed and smart decisions. Do you have an opinion as to whether, yeah, and opinion, as to whether or not there has been an instance involving a threat to the United States in which the 215 program made a concrete difference . Do you have an opinion going in on that subject . Nothing specific. Ive not had a chance to sit down and red review the events. If my memory is correct, general alexander outlined a number of instances in which he thought 215 generated value. All right. And this is also for you, admiral or do you think the department of defense is doing enough to provide capabilities for our defense of cyber units by exploiting commercial technology . I would use my own experience right now as the Nav
I have not seen one of those yet, so i cannot give you a solid answer based on any criteria or facts. Why do you represent support representative thornberry as your successor . Did i write that one . [laughter] that is an easy question. Thornberry and i came on with the Armed Services committee at the same time. I was elected in 1992, but i did not get onto the covidien my first term. We came onto the committee at the same time, we sat next to each other for many years now. Ive had the opportunity to watch them, visit his victor, see how he relates to the people in his district. I see how he relates to the other members of the committee. He is very articulate, very smart. He has good leadership skills, very serious. He has also a member been a member of the Intel Committee for a long time. I think he would make an outstanding chairman for the house Armed Services committee, and i strongly support him. I could give you many more reasons, but if you know that copy you the facts, you know