2017. Ashton carter and joint chiefs appearedjoseph dunford before the House Appropriation Committee and how other factors are part of the proposal. This is to in a half hours. This is two and a half hours. Good morning. Our committee will come to order. Especiallymembers, the chairman mr. Rogers. Im pleased to welcome the 25th secretary of defense, ashton carter. This is dr. Carters second appearance before the subcommittee, although we know him well from his many years of service to our nation. We also welcome general joe done for, the great marine, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, and dr. Michael mccord. Secretary, Prime Minister Winston Churchill observed 70 years ago, and i quote, what ive seen of our russian friends and allies during the war, i am convinced that there is nothing they admire so much as strength, and there is nothing for which they have less respect than weakness, especially military weakness. Churchill was referring to the postwar leadership in moscow, and t
Pretty explicit. Some of that i quote in my book, others you can find online. Now i say that with the caveat that sometimes in particular crisis appear washington keeps his own counsel things caps on profile. The Duties Committee is pretty quiet but more generally speaking he is talking about the mercantilist system. Kind of along the lines of what your doing. You mean in their financial efforts of the relationships with each other . Sharing information. Yes, we do. I have been operating from prince for a long time. About a decade ago the the branch at monticello. They do firstclass work and have uncovered a great deal about jefferson. I cannot claim any amazingly revealing new correspondence has been uncovered. I think some of revealing material i found has been jeffersons notes on conversations. Washington tended to hold informal cabinet meetings but to talk to members individually. Jefferson was the exception. As soon as the conversation was done. Particularly when washington starte
Command of Northern Command and commander of north American Aerospace defense command. We congratulate both of you on your nominations. We thank you for your decades of distinguished service to our nation and for your willingness to serve once again. Of course, we know today would not be possible without the support and sacrifice of your family and friends. Some of whom are with us this morning. As is our tradition, we hope you will take the opportunity to introduce your family joining you today. General scaparrotti, you seek to lead a command very different from the one your predecessor, general breedlove, inherited just three years ago. When Vladimir Putin invaded ukraine and annexed crimea, dismembering a sovereign nation in the heart of europe for the first time in seven decades, general breedlove led with clarity and purpose. He pushed ucom and nato to address the strategic reality we face in europe. That will be the urgent and unfinished task left to you, general scaparrotti, if
Literature, language, politics and history. Book tv will be covering that event. It begins at noon eastern time. Afterwards well have a live nationwide callin with shakespeare scholars so you can join in the conversation as well. Henry folger was the president of the Standard Oil Company and a shakespeare buff so he and his wife spent many years and many dollars collecting shakespeare artifacts, documents, memorabilia. Its the Worlds Largest collection of shacks peerrelated documents. So join us on saturday, april 23. Well be live beginning at noon from the Folger Library for 400 years of shakespeare on book tv. Now, agriculture secretary tom vilsack, he sits down with us to talk about the issue of hunger and Food Insecurity that affects Many American families. Former Iowa Governor discusses the impact of hunger, child nutrition and the challenges facing rural communities. From the brookings institute, this is about an hour and 20 minutes. Good morning. Im bob ruben and my sole assignm
Acres and continues to rage. The cooler temperatures and light rain have officials feeling more optimistic they may get a handle on the devastation in the oil stands region. More than 80,000 people have been evacuated in Fort Mcmurray. Officials say theres no timeline to return residents to the city. Its a pretty horrible devastation thats taken place there. Homes have been lost. But again, people evacuated and are out of the way. Oil prices are reacting as the wildfire has knocked out a Million Barrels as a result of the fire. Bp and oil firms warn they cannot deliver on certain contracts. Wti is up over a dollar gaining 2. 25 . And more big news over the weekend. Saudi arabia replacing longtime oil minister ali alnaimi with Khalid Alfalih, chairman of aramco. They are planning a threeway listing in london, hong kong and new york. The company is valued at more than 2 trillion. John kilduff is here with us. We have gotten so used to this guy, i thought it was an aappointment for life.