Commands you support as well. I have been concerned reductions across the services are going to impact the conventional source enablers that our specialop guys work with. How will you work with them on the reductions having on their capabilities . We are closely tied with the special operation committee. 80 of u. S. Special operations come from the army. So we are tightly closed. We are joined at the hip. One of the big Lessons Learned from the last 1015 years is conflict has been the synergistic affect. We will continue to work with them very, very closely. We have them integrated in the major exercise at the training center. We provide a wide variety of enablers that support special operation. We will keep the linkage that will not break. Thank you sir. I appreciate your commitment to making sure our military men and women are able to perform the missions they are given. Thank you, mr. Chairman, and thank you general for your service to our country and your familys support of the ser
That we made. Among the most contentious issues over the past two years involved the armys restructuring initiative. I understand the army has been put in a difficult position by budget reductions and over the past several years has been exploring a number of option to maximize come pat power while at the same time trying to combat costs. Congress has similarly been taking a hard look at this which is why the commission of the structure of the army was established in the ndaa. If confirmed will you comment to thoroughly reviewing the armys Aviation Restructuring Initiative and working closely with congress once the Commission Report is delivered next year to help us figure out the best path forward on Army Structure issues . Absolutely will and i look forward to reviewing the Commission Report. And what do you think are the biggest threats that should you be confirmed youll have to prepare the army to address in the coming decade . I think the armys fundamental mission of engaging in g
Good morning. Welcome back to squawk alley. Im Carl Quintanilla with jon fortt and sara eisen at post 9. The deal of the day, intel buying mobileye, and shares of mobileye soaring 30 . Well talk to intels Brian Krzanich later in the hour. Meantime, the Trump White House firing u. S. Attorney Preet Bharara after he refused to resign at the request of the white house. Bharara was asked to step down along with 35 other attorneys appointed by president obama. We have Team Coverage this morning. Eamon javers is in eesht, leslie picker. No comments across the board this morning from the white house and the department of justice about their reaction to Preet Bhararas tweets from over the weekend. He had that conversation with the department of justice at about 2 30 on saturday afternoon. After that phone call, Preet Bharara took to his personal twitter account to put out this message i did not resign. Moments ago i was fired. Being the u. S. Attorney in the Southern District of new york will
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