Senator mccain well, good morning. The Senate Armed Services Committee Meets to receive testimony on the department of defenses fullyear 20 budget request. We welcome secretary matus, general dunford, thank you for your leadership of our minimum and in uniform. Before we begin, we all want to acknowledge the service and sacrifice of Sergeant Eric howe, Sergeant William baze, and corporal dylan aldrich. These three soldiers were killed this weekend in afghanistan. But thoughts and prayers of this committee are with their loved ones. The sacrifice of these heroes is a painful reminder that america is still a nation at war. That is true afghanistan or after 15 years of war. We face a stalemate and urgently need a change in strategy and an increase in resources if we are to change this situation around. We also remain committed to a campaign to defeat isis in libya, yemen, iraq, in syria where u. S. Troops are helping to destroy isis and reclaim muscle and rocked up. Meanwhile, threats aro
This past week, secretary of defense James Madison and Joseph Dunford testified on the 2018 budget request for the pentagon. U. S. Were also asked about strategy in afghanistan. Well, good morning. The Senate Armed Services Committee Meets to receive testimony on the department of defenses fullyear 20 budget request. We welcome secretary matus, general dunford, thank you for your leadership of our minimum and in uniform. Before we begin, we all want to acknowledge the service and sacrifice of Sergeant Eric howe, Sergeant William baze, and corporal dylan aldrich. These three soldiers were killed this weekend in afghanistan. But thoughts and prayers of this committee are with their loved ones. The sacrifice of these heroes is a painful reminder that america is still a nation at war. That is true afghanistan or after 15 years of war. We face a stalemate and urgently need a change in strategy and an increase in resources if we are to change this situation around. We also remain committed t
Good afternoon, everybody. Welcome to the gaithersburg book festival. My name is mark corpsman, im ab state legislator from district 16. Gaithersburg proudly supports the arts and humanities. Were pleased to bring you thiss fabulous event thanks in part to the generous support of our sponsors and volunteers. A few announcements. First, please silence your devices. If youre on social media today, and we sure hope you are, pleasc use the hashtag gbf. Your feedback is also really valuable to us. Surveys are available here at the tent and on our web site. Youll be entered into a drawing for a 100 visa gift card. Our author will be signing books immediately after this presentation, and copies are on sale in the politics prose week tent just to your right book tent just to your right. This is a free event, but itbo does help the book festival if you buy a book, and the more books you buy, the more books the festival sells, the more publishers will want to send their authors here to speak wit
Cspan. Org or listen using the cspan radio app. Now, sender tom cotton talks about u. S. Priorities following his remarks, spending and technology. This event was hosted by the center for the national interest. Time is short. Good afternoon. I serve as the director of at the center Port National interest in washington, d. C. Welcome. Those joining us on Facebook Live in cspan3. Today we present not a one part but a twopart discussion. Part one will be the gentleman sitting next to me senator tom cotton from arkansas, part two will be what i hope is a lively with two others. I will keep my remarks brief. Obviously, goes without saying that washington is faced with severe challenges. Obviously, north koreas for a much in the news. The development of its short, medium, and long grange missiles. Senator cotton is at the forefront, advocating for the best strategy. His remarks will be around 20 minutes or so. After that, questions for about 25 minutes. Please remember to state your name int
All right, why dont we get w started since time is short. Good afternoon, everyone. My name is harry kazianis. Welcome to our friends here in the flesh as well as thosese joining on Facebook Live and ast well as cspan3. Today we present a real treat, not one but twopart discussion on u. S. Missile defense policy. Part one will be the gentleman sitting next to me on my right, senator tom cotton from arkansas, part two after senator cottons keynote address as well as q a session a lively debate on Missile Defense with joe and rebecca from the hudson institute. Now im going to keep remarks very brief as we want to spend as much time as possible with senator cotton, obviously it goes by saying that washington faces severe challenges when it comes to missiles and proliferation of missiles throughout the world. Obviously north korea is very much in the news and the abilities to actually at some point hit the homeland. Senator cotton has been at theue forefront of advocating for a robust Miss