Of ther the nomination ambassador to be the secretary of the navy. And Charles Brown to be chief of staff of the air force. And dr. Anderson to be deputy undersecretary of defense. We thank you all for being here. Appreciate the contributions you have made. All three of you have impressive careers and we appreciate the fact that you are coming back again. Things arese necessary. I have to ask you the required questions. I would like an audible yes or no on each question. Have you adhered to the laws and wrecked lesions governing thelations governing nation . Yes. Will you comply with requests for communication . Yes. Will you cooperate in providing witnesses in response to congressional requests . Yes. Will those witnesses be protected from reprisal for their testimony . Yes. Do you agree if confirmed to give honest testimony to this committee . Yes. Do you agree to provide documents including email in a timely manner when requested, or consult with the Committee Regarding any basis fo
General Charles Brown currently the Pacific Forces commander has been nominated as air force chief of staff and James Anderson is the nominee for Deputy Defense undersecretary for policy. The hearing will come to order. The Committee Meets today consider the nominations to be secretary of navy and us chief of Staff Air Force and deputy undersecretary of defense for policy thank you for being here. We appreciate all the contributions you have a made me appreciate the fact you are coming back again. Some of these are necessary we have to ask you the required question i would like to have an audible yes or no on each question please. Have you adhere to the ethical laws regulations . Yes or. Yes sir. Yes sir. Do you ensure you will request communication deadlines for the record it hearings . Yes sir. Yes or, yes sir. Will you cooperate. Yes sir. Yes sir. With those witnesses be protected from reprisal of testimony . Yes sir. Yes or. We agree to testify before the committee. Yes sir. Yes or
Staff, and deputy secretary of defense. Our hearing will come to order. The Committee Meets today to of ther the nomination ambassador to be the secretary of the navy. And Charles Brown to be chief of staff of the air force. And dr. Anderson to be deputy undersecretary of defense. We thank you all for being here. Appreciate the contributions you have made. All three of you have impressive careers and we appreciate the fact that you are coming back again. Things arese necessary. I have to ask you the required questions. I would like an audible yes or no on each question. Have you adhered to the laws and wrecked lesions governing thelations governing nation . Yes. Will you comply with requests for communication . Yes. Will you cooperate in providing witnesses in response to congressional requests . Yes. Will those witnesses be protected from reprisal for their testimony . Yes. Do you agree if confirmed to give honest testimony to this committee . Yes. Do you agree to provide documents in
Wouldnt suffer the system as much as they do so there is a resistance from people on the left and progressive often making its progressive because it progressive because they worry that it would undermine support. Is that a fair representation tracks it undermines the support but i think that on the question of the progressivity i guess that you could look at and i agree with your point that it makes sense for the system to be progressive and it also makes sense that not everybody will get back what they put in or more but if we want the progressivity that in a clear way one could look on the revenue side and let everybody pay all year long and in terms of solvency that does a whole lot more trying to track down a few millionaires to make sure they dont get their Social Security benefits so just as the progressivity you get much more bang for the buck than on the benefit side. That makes one of my plants which is one of the interesting things if your objective is to make it more progre
Well tell you why this is the center of one of the worlds biggest security flash points. How robots and Computer Games are helping stroke patients on their road to recovery. In breaking news, the Israeli Foreign minister liner man has resigned. The two term top diplomatic said he will not be part of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus incoming government. He will join the opposition. The latest now with mike hanna in jerusalem. Whats happened here, mike, why has this turn of events come about, do you think . Significant developments, in deed. I understand from sources president at the Coalition Talks between lieberman and Benjamin Netanyahu said lieberman insisted not only on retaining his portfolio of foreign minister but being responsible for relations with the United States something that had been carried out by the former justice minister. The significance of this is that netanyahu had been relying very strongly on liebermans participation and the success in election to get a Strong