Defense secretary lloyd austin and joint chief of staff chair answered questions from lawmakers regarding the biden administrations decision to pause weapon shipment to israel amid the countrys ongoing war with hamas before appropriation hearing in the senates 2025 budget request. This is about two hours ying on conflict between israel and hamas and the russiaukraine war. Appointing before a Senate Appropriations on the 2025 budget request. Youre watching live coverage on cspan3. I want to call this hearing to order. Good morning. I want to welcome our witnesses, secretary austin and general brown. We appreciate you being with us here today. General brown, this is your first appearance before the subcommittee. Your position today, and i want to thank you for your commitment and Longstanding Service to our nation. Secretary austin, lester, when you testified before this committee, we discussed the default. Thankfully, cooler heads prevailed and we were able to come together with a bipar
Conflict between israel and hamas and the russiaukraine war. Appointing before a Senate Appropriations on the 2025 budget request. Youre watching live coverage on cspan3. I want to call this hearing to order. Good morning. I want to welcome our witnesses, secretary austin and general brown. We appreciate you being with us here today. General brown, this is your first appearance before the subcommittee. Your position today, and i want to thank you for your commitment and Longstanding Service to our nation. Secretary austin, lester, when you testified before this committee, we discussed the default. Thankfully, cooler heads prevailed and we were able to come together with a bipartisan matter to avoid a catastrophic Government Shutdown but we have failed miserably in getting the budget down on time. Here we are, more than halfway through the fiscal year and you just got your budget, albeit six months late. These repeated delays have real impact and i hope you will illustrate for us the im
Conflict between israel and hamas and the russiaukraine war. Appointing before a Senate Appropriations on the 2025 budget request. Youre watching live coverage on cspan3. I want to call this hearing to order. Good morning. I want to welcome our witnesses, secretary austin and general brown. We appreciate you being with us here today. General brown, this is your first appearance before the subcommittee. Your position today, and i want to thank you for your commitment and Longstanding Service to our nation. Secretary austin, lester, when you testified before this committee, we discussed the default. Thankfully, cooler heads prevailed and we were able to come together with a bipartisan matter to avoid a catastrophic Government Shutdown but we have failed miserably in getting the budget down on time. Here we are, more than halfway through the fiscal year and you just got your budget, albeit six months late. These repeated delays have real impact and i hope you will illustrate for us the im
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