Political level, as a result of recent documents that were approved at the political level, we are seeing greater cohesion. For the first time in over six decades, we at nato approved the first nato military strategy. It is a document that is classified, nato secret, that codifies the threat and codifies the activity we need to embrace to more comprehensively defend all 29 nations agreeing to the nato military strategy. I think that is a reflection at the political level, the military level, of improving cohesion. We talked about the shipbuilding program, can you give us a quick summary of where we are at and where we have to go . Gen. Lyons yes, senator. On toow, we depend carry 90 of our Cargo Capacity in a wartime scenario. Our readiness of the fleet is below where we needed to be. It is rapidly reaching the end of useful life. We are working closely with the nato the navy. I anticipate we will purchase two in 2021 working closely with the navy. My view is we should have the first v
Live at 2 15 eastern. That on cspan as well. The Senate Energy and National Resources Committee Held a hearing on Wildland Fire Management programs. We hear from officials with the u. S. Forest service and the interior department as well as state officials from california and alaska. Good morning. Committee will come to order. Discuss thetoday to outlook for the 2019 wildfire season. We know it is underway, certainly in my state. I know its underway in washington state, california, most certainly. Westall received virginia, you are ok right now. But if you look at that map, the red in the southwest is something to Pay Attention to as well. Last week, the National Interagency fire center released its potential outlook for june through september and despite relief from the oppressive Drought Conditions this past winter, analysts addict elevated wildfire activity in california, oregon, and washington, among other areas in the country. Some of the some believe the stage is set for fire act
Who serves on the judiciary and commerce communities. The text that opposition to the merger. This was hosted by the georgetown law institute. Good afternoon. Welcome im so excited to see this crowd, to talk about the merger of the future media ownership. My name is gigi and im a fellow with the Georgetown Institute for technology. I want to thank a couple of folks, the institute for public representation which is part of georgetown law center, the Benton Foundation the mozilla foundation. Also senator blumenthal of connecticut who your be hearing from soon and jamie was a Research Fellow at georgetown and alexander who is head of the institute for you may have heard she broke her leg when she and her son or daughter were shopping. A shoplifter knocked them over. I was in there the day before. Anyway if you could send well wishes to her. Also the other georgetown students gathered by andy, panelists helping today with logistics. The me set the stage. In may Sinclair Broadcast Group ann
The global marketplace, and deep concerns about whether and when other places that violate the rules start to really undermine our ability to deliver on that promise Economic Freedom, both here and abroad. Yes, sir. Tv ofn stand with cpi taiwan. While the volatility of the chinese stock market have any negative impact on the president s position when he comes here for a state visit next month . Acceptablee him more or easier to make deals or concessions to the u. S. . Taiwan, we allth know that taiwanese economy is so dependent on the mainland. Where will the volatility of the chinese stock market and slower than expected growth, and potential financial crisis have any impact on taiwan . Is there anything taiwan can do to prevent that . Thank you. Lots has say this, changed in six years. Brazil is in recession, rusher is russia is entering a deep recession. As recently as four years ago, china was growing at almost 10 . It is probably half that now, and grinding down slowly. When the p
Can we adjust to that new world. He served as the special master of the redistricting plan for many states and his current work examines the impact of changing technology for Political Communications and andtion administrations that is what he will be talking about here today. That, welcome nate. [applause] thank you so much. Its an honor to be here and on this panel. The table andset they will break the china. I will talk about the issues and they are going to does this is a deep dive anyway. They will dive deeply into it. Topic. S is a big the question of how the internet affects democracy. What are the unique challenges that the internet poses for democracy. , what would reforms look like . I want to start with a few caveats, which there are several always get these objections whenever i talk about democracy and the internet, which is we have all seen this before. That is the first academic disagreement. And the answer is, yes. Some of these problems we have seen before. Yes, we hav