During recent protests following the death of george floyd. Is a member of the joint chief of staff and nations top officer for overseeing the army and the air force National Guard. Combined total strength of nearly halfmillion airmen and soldiers under his supervision and command. He is a distinguished airmen and fire and formally of the air ghforce. In the early 1990s which the National Guards in a number of physicians in the United States and around the world. Sometimes in more of a guarded capacity or parttime capacity. Sometimes fulltime and for the last eight years has been at the leadership of the National Guard here in washington. Were really privileged to have him today be prepared for his very well earned retirement and getting back to the rotc great country into the air force in the graduation from the program and it was 1981 so hes been serving his country long and very well despite his youthful appearance, he has been it at it quite a while. We wish him well. And we look f
Rotc program from the university of texas was 1981. Hes been serving his country long and very well, despite his youthful appearance, hes been at it for quite a while. We look forward to a rich conversation today at the end of which well be able to handle some of your questions if you wish to email us. I will transmit some of those questions to the general. But, first, were going to hear from him with some opening thoughts on the state of the guard and on its health and admiral and much appreciated help in responding to the covid crisis in the United States. That will not be our only topic. This will be an opportunity to think more broadly about the guard and its role in the nations force at this very difficult moment in our history with the return of Great Power Competition and other challenges around the globe. General, thank you again for joining us. Without further adieu, over to you, my friend. Michael, thank you. Thank you to brookings for having me on today to talk about the Nat
Yv States Government is a cash flow budget. And the recapitalization of the Nuclear Triade is a capital investment. We are talking 40 and 50year assets. One of the problems we are facing in our budget is it all comes out, it looks like its in the Defense Budget. I call it the pigon. There is this bulk of nuclear phodendization that should be considered capital investment. I think thats important for people to realize when you look at the Defense Budget there is a piece of it that is really something that probably should have been done over the past 30 years that we are trying to do in a hurry. Is that your reading . General cotton it is, sir. The way like to describe it is am responsible for maintaining and the components under me are responsible for maintainin on behalf of the president of the United States. Senator king general whiting you talked about we have the best Space Capabilities and have for many, many years. Thats the good news. The bad news is, the dependency that we have
Word from the Nations Capital to whatever you are. It is the opinion that matters the most. This is what democracy looks like. Connect the commanders of u. S. Strategic command and Space Command testify about Nuclear Deterrence for the Armed Service committee and the need to modernize nuclear is based abilities russia, china and other nations close. This is just over two hours. Good morning. The committee receives testimono from anthony, commander of u. S. Teaching in general. Service to the nation and extend our thanks to the men and women who serve with you. As in the past we have asked the commanders the stratcomnd spacecom to testify together. Until 2019. Spacecom was a part of Strategic Command. Mr. Reed as continues as an independent command, its important to identify any gaps or seams that emerged during the transition. On the global stage, russi to b. Recent press reports state that russia is considering violating International Space treaties and endangering the global use of s
Front lines of our nation and bringing us together in this important fight. It was an honor to be with you today and thank you for the honor of joining us today. So good to be here. Good morning, everyone, i hope you are able to get caffeine in your systems, get your blood flowing. I do want to acknowledge all the media that has been with us the last four days. We appreciate all your coverage and everything you guys have done for us, so thank you guys for being here. We would like to follow that fireside conversation with the honorable and newberger by taking an indepth look at the future of cyber. For our next session, 2020 four and beyond, the hard road ahead, we have invited a distinguished group of experts to look at the topics through multiple listings. Moderating this discussion will be the former cio nasa. Our featured speaker for this conversation on the road ahead are dave frederick, assistant Deputy Director for china, National Security agency. Eric goldstein, executive assis