In your view over the long haul, is it in Americas National security interest to do things. To do things necessary to degrade and destroy isil . Gen. Dunford i do believe thats in our National Interest to do that, senator. Do you agree whatever Regional Army we may form theres certain american capabilities that would be outcome determinative and it would be for us to provide those capabilities . Gen. Dunford i agree particularly in Aviation Reconnaissance and special operations. Finally, if a soldier or member of our military false falls in iraq or syria trying to destroyed isil, would you agree with me that they died protecting their homeland . Gen. Dunford i would, senator. And thats the reason some of them may have to go back . Gen. Dunford senator, no question. Those men and women are protecting our nation. God bless them. God bless you. Best of luck. Thank you, senator. General, let me thank you for your service. On behalf of the chairman, i will now adjourn the hearing. Gen. Dunf
Talked about threats to the United States. His remarks are 20 minutes. Good afternoon, i want to thank the brave men and women who wear the noble uniform of the u. S. Air force for having us here today. I had the privilege to visit with some of your wonderful children at the youth center here on base. I enjoyed our time together getting to know them and want to thank everyone who helped make this visit possible. Every child whose parent serves in our great military should be enormously proud because your mom or dad is a true american hero. In the wake of two devastating hurricanes the world has witnessed your courage and compassion and you have made every american proud. Americans have trust in the United States air force because we know you will never quit. You will never yield, and you will never fail. We know that we are free because you are brave. I know i speak on behalf of myself and my husband when i tell you we are grateful for your service. I also want to take a moment to reco
Melania good afternoon, i want to thank the brave men and women who wear the noble uniform of the u. S. Air force for having us here today. I had the privilege to visit with some of your wonderful children at the youth center here on base. I enjoyed our time together getting to know them and want to thank everyone who helped make this visit possible. Every child whose parent serves in our great military should be enormously proud because your mom or dad is a true american hero. In the wake of two devastating hurricanes, the world has witnessed your courage and compassion and you have made every american proud. Americans have trust in the United States air force because we know you will never quit. You will never yield, and you will never fail. We know that we are free because you are brave. I know i speak on behalf of myself and my husband when i tell you we are grateful for your service. I also want to take a moment to recognize the families of those who serve. You endured the time ap
Thank the brave men and women who wear the noble uniform of the u. S. Air force for having us here today. I had the privilege to visit with some of your wonderful children at the youth center here on base. I enjoyed our time together getting to know them and want to thank everyone who helped make this visit possible. Every child whose parent serves in our great military should be enormously proud because your mom or dad is a true american hero. In the wake of two devastating hurricanes, the world has witnessed your courage and compassion and you have made every american proud. Americans have trust in the United States air force because we know you will never quit. You will never yield, and you will never fail. We know that we are free because you are brave. I know i speak on behalf of myself and my husband when i tell you we are grateful for your service. I also want to take a moment to recognize the families of those who serve. You endured the time apart, accepted to move when new ord
The us State Department. That wouldnt normally be headline news. But lets talk to Barbara Plett usher and she can explain, hi barbara, that this is an event of note. Yes, its the first briefing that the State Department has had in six weeks. We used to get them every single day. Even in between transition administrations, theres been a hiatus of a few days. The place was packed. As you can imagine, there were questions about why the State Department had been silent for so long. The Spokesman Mark Toner put it up to the administration finding its sea legs, he said. Presumably that means that the Secretary Of State was coming up to speed with the department and coming up to speed with the white house. Mr toner said he contacted white house regularly and was building relationships with his foreign counterparts etc, so he was busy. He didnt really address the glaring lack of public diplomacy. Even more so, there were a lot of questions about the State Department budget, because mr trump wa