In afghanistan, military readiness, and the importance of emerging defense technologies. This is an hour. Ladies and gentlemen, good morning. It is a sincere pleasure for me to welcome our featured an honored guest today, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff general mark milley, United States army. Since becoming the 20 the chairman of the joint chiefs in 2019 general milley has worked to realize the u. S. National Defense Strategy which prioritizes competition with china and russia, and American Defense plenty. Chairman milley has worked tirelessly with civilian and uniformed leadership towards developing the u. S. Armed forces into a truly modern armed force, capable of deterring and heading off the threats of all types that we may be facing today including those emanating from nearpeer competitors that have now really pronounced once again the idea of Great Power Competition. He has kept a close and careful eye on the perennial defense issues associated with iran and north korea, v
Sorry to say, with cspan, what you are do we take you live that at the lgbtq vtory institute is honoring nancy pelosi as part of anvent marking the tenth anniversary of the repeal of the dont ask, dont tell law. Also want to take a moment to thank coach price price winr blues and devoted member of this Community Also differentnd lets face it bestdressed man and ten, Jonathan Capehart for taking theime to moderate todays very impornt conversation we are so grateful to Jennifer Pritzker, founder of the 20 foundation of saud and chairwoman of the Pritzker Military museum and library for serving a executive sponsor of todays Historic Panel issued international lgbtq leadership council. She regrets she could be with us today and absent im honor to share her followinghoughts on the importance of this topic. Todays panel [inaudible] thank you for jning us for the 2020 international ltq leaders conference. Close caption is a fatal b clicking the letter cc in the toolbar below the webcast windo
Climb to glory and command the third corps and the commanding general of u. S. Army forces command. One accomplishment that is not in his bio and one he is very proud and he is a proud son of a marine and the picture is the Fourth Division going over the jima. At iwa general, we are proud to have you with us today. A difficult duty is coming up for you and remain neutral at this years armynavy game. We have Great Expectations for your neutrality. Thank you what you have done for our country and allies around the world. I would like to turn it around senior fell oove who will kick off the conversation about the defense challenges that you face and we face as a nation and hell conclude with questions and answers. The session is on the record today. If you have questions, send them. Edu. Nts ooth brookings over to you, mike. Mike thank you, john. And i add my personal gratitude not only for you joining us today and for the men and women in the military families and veterans who have sacri
A discussion with the brookings institution. Topics included operations in afghanistan, military readiness and the importance of emerging defense technologies. This is one hour. John ladies and gentlemen, good morning. It is a sincere pleasure for me to welcome our featured and honored guests today. The chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general mark a. Milley, United States army. Since becoming the 20th chairman of the joint chiefs in 2019, general milley has worked to realize the u. S National Defense strategy, which prioritizes competition with china and russia in American Defense planning. Chairman milley has worked tirelessly with civilian and uniformed leadership towards developing the u. S. Armed forces into a truly modern armed force capable of deterring and heading off the threats of all types that we may be facing today, including those emanating from nearpeer competitors that have now really pronounced once again the idea of Great Power Competition. He simultaneously kep
Potts and, tracie, the president seems to be all over the place when it comes to getting americans another stimulus check. Where do we stand on it this morning . Reporter so the latest is the president says im ready to sign off on the stimulus check but not the other that comes with it. The more popular parts he wants to take care of the election. The other stuff theyre still trying to negotiate the president wants to push those negotiations until after november 3rd. Stimulus deliberations shut down by a president recovering from covid19. He first tweeted negotiations are off until after the election. The stock market took a nose dive. Clearly a huge shock to the system. Millions are out of work. Reporter in an apparent reversal the president said hes ready to sign off on stimulus checks and billions for airlines and Small Business loans. The white house explaining the big deal is off but the president wants to deal with each issue separately. Still contagious he says hes planning on a