Carl levin chairs the Armed Services committee and makes the Opening Statement. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2013] good morning, everybody. The Committee Meets today to consider the nomination of former senator chuck hagel to be secretary of defense. Before i begin, i want to first welcome senator inhofe as the new ranking republican on our committee, succeeding senator mccain. Senator mccain has been a great partner over the past six years, and i thank him for all the work he has done to get bills enacted, his leadership on a host of issues, his support for the work of this committee, and for always keeping our hearings likely. Lively. Senator inhofe has shown his strong commitment to the National Defense over his 20 years on this committee. And i know that we are going to work well together and continue the bipartisan tradition of the committee. We are also pleased to welcome the eight senators who are join
United states. We are here today to discuss matters of vital importance to us all. Americas security, prosperity, and standing in the world. I want to talk about where weve been, where we are now, and finally, our strategy for where we are going in the years ahead. Over the past 11 months, i have traveled Tens Of Thousands of miles to visit 13 countries. I have met with more than 100 world leaders. I have carried americas message to a grand hall and saudi arabi saudi arabia, a great square in wausau, assembly of the united nations, into the seat of democracy on the korean peninsula. Everywhere i travel, it was my highest privilege to represent the American People. Throughout our history, the American People have always been
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Hello to wherever you are. And the Republican Debate is only hours away, and the candidate candidates will be arriving this hour for the walkthrough throughout the stage, and 11 candidates will meet in the main event starting at 8 00 p. M. Tonight here on cnn. And lindsey graham, the senator from South Carolina is there and he is getting a chance to feel the stage, if you will, and set the scene for us, athena. Hi, wolf. Yes, that is right. We saw senator graham pull up, a and this is where all of the candidates are pulling up, and walking past us, and we are asking them, how you are feeling, and if you are ready, and i asked that of senator graham what he did this morning to prepare. And he said, i got up, and took a shower and went on by. There you are, you can see the picture of him up there on the main debate stage, getting the lay of the land, and each of the candidates has a chance to stand by the podium, and find out where the moderators are going to be sitting and get a sense o
One, an overwhelming victory in his home state of new york right here and ten months into the campaign an Actual Campaign operation with traditional things like a strategy and budget that are in the context of this campaign downright novel. As expected trump won new york by a huge margin last night with 60 of the vote. John kasich came in second with 25 and ted cruz in third with 15 . At a Campaign Rally in maryland trump refled in his wide margin of victory. We had a great night last night. I want to tell you, was something. The media was saying you cant get over 50 , very hard to get over 50 , even if youre really against two guys that dont have what it takes. Trump failed to sweep the states 95 available delegates ending up with 89, while kasich picked up four and cruz came up empty handed. Two are unallocated. In the race to 1,237 every delegate counts. A Senior Campaign source told mbc news that Paul Manafort has stepped into a larger role and Corey Lewandowski has been under fire
President ial campaign. Trump, ted cruz and john kasich refer to president reagan and his legacy. Will we hear it again today . Joining us is michael reagan, president reagans son who wrote the book lessons my father taught me. Good to see you again. How uncomfortable are you and other republicans about donald trump appropriating your father . No matter what happens, the Republican Party has been changed forever. If donald trump gets the nomination, if he doesnt get the nomination, in fact, it has. And its going to be a tough sell all the way across the board because youve got to be able to unite all these people together to win in november. My father did unite people because he wasnt demeaning. Donald trump, on the other hand, is demeaning. Can he bring the cruz people and everyone else in to defeat Hillary Clinton . And, michael, Donald Trumps Foreign Policy vision, i mean, we remember Ronald Reagan for standing up to Mikhail Gorbachev and for helping to bring about the end of what u