Committee meets today to consider general Charles Brown to be chief of staff of the air force, the undersecretary of defense. Thank you for being here. All of you have brilliant careers. Some of these things are necessary. I have to ask you the required question. I want to have inaudible yes or no. You have conflicts of interest, will you ensure your staff establishes requested communications including questions for the record in hearings . Yes, sir. Yes. Will you cooperate in providing witnesses and briefs in response to congressional requests . Yes, sir. Will those witnesses have to do with testimony and debriefings . Do you agree in the affirmative you testify for this committee . Yes, sir. Do you provide documents for forms of communication in a timely manner when requested by duly constituted committee with the committee in the basis of the delay or denial in providing the occupants . Yes, sir. Have you assumed any duties or undertaken any actions which appear to be presumed outco
Of ther the nomination ambassador to be the secretary of the navy. And Charles Brown to be chief of staff of the air force. And dr. Anderson to be deputy undersecretary of defense. We thank you all for being here. Appreciate the contributions you have made. All three of you have impressive careers and we appreciate the fact that you are coming back again. Things arese necessary. I have to ask you the required questions. I would like an audible yes or no on each question. Have you adhered to the laws and wrecked lesions governing thelations governing nation . Yes. Will you comply with requests for communication . Yes. Will you cooperate in providing witnesses in response to congressional requests . Yes. Will those witnesses be protected from reprisal for their testimony . Yes. Do you agree if confirmed to give honest testimony to this committee . Yes. Do you agree to provide documents including email in a timely manner when requested, or consult with the Committee Regarding any basis fo
Staff, and deputy secretary of defense. Our hearing will come to order. The Committee Meets today to of ther the nomination ambassador to be the secretary of the navy. And Charles Brown to be chief of staff of the air force. And dr. Anderson to be deputy undersecretary of defense. We thank you all for being here. Appreciate the contributions you have made. All three of you have impressive careers and we appreciate the fact that you are coming back again. Things arese necessary. I have to ask you the required questions. I would like an audible yes or no on each question. Have you adhered to the laws and wrecked lesions governing thelations governing nation . Yes. Will you comply with requests for communication . Yes. Will you cooperate in providing witnesses in response to congressional requests . Yes. Will those witnesses be protected from reprisal for their testimony . Yes. Do you agree if confirmed to give honest testimony to this committee . Yes. Do you agree to provide documents in
We discussed more trade more china. We discussed afghanistan where the australians helping us and were slowly reducing in afghanistan as people know. Weve been very effective in afghanistan and if we wanted to do a certain method of war we would win that very quickly but many many really tens of millions of people would be killed. And we think its unnecessary but theyve been an australia has been a great help to us in afghanistan but were reducing in afghanistan where reducing in syria where we had you know weve taken over 100 percent of the caliphate we have 100 percent when i came into a smaller but it was a mess it was all over and now its its in a position and i want to repeat what i said before with the prisoners but we have thousands of. Isis fighters from our work in capturing 100 percent of the caliphate and were asking the countries from where they came whether its germany or france or other countries to take those people back put on trial do what they have to do with them but
Maria senator ted cruz will join us. Coming up live ted cruz here in the studio. Shocking footage out of the Mediterranean Sea after a major earthquake strikes off the coast of turkey triggering a tsunami, the latest at least two people were killed and 100 others injured. The trouble continues for chipotle this morning as the number of people sickened at virginia restaurant climbed. The company hit with a report of rats at one of its locations. It is not all good news for amazon this morning, why the federal trade commission is reportedly looking into the companys discount pricing policy, what does the ftse want to know. Markets look like this this morning, we are waiting on a number of highprofile earnings for the Second Quarter. Markets are looking mixed. S p 500 up. Earnings driving the action including General Electric, set to report before the bell that may well set the tone for markets. We will give you before it hit it is tape. Cac quarante and dax index going to negative territ