The senate to a halt as the fight over obamacare state enters the key to week stretch. You can read more at the hill. Com today. The defense secretary james mattis and general Joseph Dunford chair joint chiefs of staff testify now about the president s 2018 budget for for the pentagon. The Senate Armed Services Committee Held at this hearing last week. Good morning. In the thin Arm Service Committee meets this one tracy testimony on the department of defense fiscal year 2018 budget request. We welcome secretary mattis and chairman dent for, secretary norquist, i thank you for your many years of distinguished service and your leadership of our men and women in uniform. Before we begin, i want to acknowledge the service and sacrifice of Sergeant Eric houck, Sergeant William bays, and Corporal Dillon baldridge. M these three soldiers from the armys 101st Airborne Division were killed this weekend in afghanistan. The thoughts and prayers of this committee are with their loved ones. The sac
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
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The Foreign Relations committee will come to order. We thank our witnesses for being here. All of our senators who cared deeply about this issue. Ur senators who cared deeply about this issue. Thank you for being here to testify. Your insight and experience will the helpful as we reengage on this difficult topic. It has been a decade since 9 11. There is an interest to revisit and refresh the authority we used to fight terrorism. 2014, we saw the rise of isis, which seized territory and has drawn for an fighters and conducted enabled or inspired repeated attacks against the United States. As a result of these types of threats multiple president s have used the 2001 authorization for military force by the necessity to conduct drawn strikes and put american troops on the ground in multiple countries. There are a multitude of terrorist groups operating today that pose a direct threat to the United States and have lesser connection to the 9 11 attacks. Many have questioned whether the amf
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