He left the law and joined as infantry officer. He was deployed to iraq and also to a provinnal reinstruction team. After his military career, senator cotton served briefly in the private sector and was then elected to the u. S. House of representatives in 2012. Last year, he was elected to serve in the United States senate and now serves in committees of banks, intelligence and Armed Services where hes chairman of the committee on air land. In his maiden speech on the senate floor last week, he warned we have quote system systemically underfunded our military. We look forward to the insights today and ask you to please join me in welcoming senator tom cotton. Sen. Cotton thank you, good morning. Thanks to fpi and the aaf for hosting me this morning for the important work you do. As the senate prepares to debate and vote on a budget resolution this week, i have a very simple message this morning. The world is growing ever more dangerous and defense spending is inadequate to confront th
Officer. He was deployed to iraq and served in the 101st Airborne Division and a Reconstruction Team in afghanistan. Between his tours, senator cotton served at Arlington National cemetery. After his military career, senator cotton served briefly in the private sector and was elected to the u. S. House of representatives in 2012. Last year, he was elected to serve in the u. S. Senate. Now serves on the Senate Committees on banking, intelligence, and Armed Services. He is the chairman of the Armed Services committee the subcommittee. His maiden speech delivered last week, senator cotton warned we have systematically underfunded our military. I look forward to the insights you offer on important issues today and ask you to please join me in welcoming senator tom cotton. [applause] tom cotton thank you. Thank you all. Good morning. Thank you. And chris, thanks very much for the kind introduction. Thanks to fpi and aaf for hosting me this morning for the very important work you do. As the
Varsity of al qaeda. Look how well they are doing now. I want to leave you with us. Remember correspondents, if isis can do it, so can you. Good night. Thank you. [applause] thank you calpine. Im sorry, that was my old Wishful Thinking script. Thank you, aasif mandvi. That was fantastic. Before we leave, i cant leave without exposing my gratitude. My amazing team on capitol hill, kelly odonnell, luke russert, and alex mo. [applause] i want to thank kinser glenn, tony kaplan, and the countless others of the peacock who make me proud to be part of the nbc team. Thank you to Allison Jaffe from the d. C. Comedy club forgetting our entertainment. Thank you to the marriott for hosting. And last but not least, she told me not to do this. I want to think someone who inspires me to be a better person, my beautiful and amazing wife jillian. You are my rock. You are the reason i am here today. I love you. [applause] it really has been an honor. I am deeply humbled to have been able to represent a
Until we come closer to the kind of system we all hope and need out of our department of defense. The bottom line goal is how to defend the country. That is what this is all about. Host we have come to the end of the hour. Thank you for being here this morning. A really great start. A continuation of the effort. We very much look forward to having the legislative language released on wednesday. I imagine there will be lots we will be interested in. Good luck in your efforts. Thank you. [applause] on our next washington journal, we we will talk to tend his congressman Michael Burgess about a bill that tries to solve the annual medicare doc fix. Congresswoman glewen moore will talk about the budget. Then jeff mauer will discuss world oil and gas prices. Washington journal is live every morning at 7 00 a. M. Eastern. Texas republican senator ted cruz announced he is running for president. Here is part of what he said and you can watch the entire remarks at www. Cspan. Org. Senator cruz i
"There is a reason technology is often called a 'force multiplier' it’s best when it helps our forces, not when it replaces them," write Rachel Hoff and Reed Kessler of the Reagan Institute.