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
Half. Good morning, we are going to call this committee to order. Thank you all for being here to discuss your fy 2024 budget priorities, i think this is your last appearance before this committee, we extend a particularly warm welcome to you and wish you the best in your upcoming retirement, and we dont really care whether you retire in maine or montana. [laughter] but either place will work. You can move back and forth, rather than kansas. [laughter] at any rate, i want to say thank you for what you guys do. The National Guard has all has always done more with less. The Weapon Systems in vehicles and aging i. T. Infrastructure and facilities. The men and women that you lead have one foot in civilian life and the other foot in the military. They juggle their homes, families, duties. While serving their countries here and abroad. The workload is not decreasing and the Ongoing Mission on the southwest border and your support to military command demonstrate exactly that. Over the last fi
Talk about the partnership between australia and the u. S. About partnerships sharing. It is expected to start shortly. This hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will come to order. In march, President Biden stood alongside leaders of the United Kingdom and australia to announce an opportunity to enhance u. S. Security interests by transforming our alliances and deterring aggression from the peoples republic of china. Xi jinpings hyper nationalist government has been laying claim to territory in International Waters and have built islands with runways for military aircraft and ballistic missiles. At the same time they are trying to influence australian politics, buying Critical Infrastructure like port facilities and making political donations. Even hacking the Australian Parliament and Major Political parties. This is a critical moment in which the United States needs to show that we are serious to our commitment to a free indo pacific. Congress has a vital wrote role to
Talk about the partnership between australia and the u. S. About partnerships sharing. It is expected to start shortly. This hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will come to order. In march, President Biden stood alongside leaders of the United Kingdom and australia to announce an opportunity to enhance u. S. Security interests by transforming our alliances and deterring aggression from the peoples republic of china. Xi jinpings hyper nationalist government has been laying claim to territory in International Waters and have built islands with runways for military aircraft and ballistic missiles. At the same time they are trying to influence australian politics, buying Critical Infrastructure like port facilities and making political donations. Even hacking the Australian Parliament and Major Political parties. This is a critical moment in which the United States needs to show that we are serious to our commitment to a free indo pacific. Congress has a vital wrote role to
Talk about the partnership between australia and the u. S. About partnerships sharing. It is expected to start shortly. This hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will come to order. In march, President Biden stood alongside leaders of the United Kingdom and australia to announce an opportunity to enhance u. S. Security interests by transforming our alliances and deterring aggression from the peoples republic of china. Xi jinpings hyper nationalist government has been laying claim to territory in International Waters and have built islands with runways for military aircraft and ballistic missiles. At the same time they are trying to influence australian politics, buying Critical Infrastructure like port facilities and making political donations. Even hacking the Australian Parliament and Major Political parties. This is a critical moment in which the United States needs to show that we are serious to our commitment to a free indo pacific. Congress has a vital wrote role to