We are one minute late. The Committee Meets to consider the nomination of misses Barbara Barrett to be secretary of the air force. And Ryan Mccarthy to be secretary of the army. Standard questions, whether you like it or not. You have to answer audibly so it can be heard. Do you adhere to the laws regarding conflict of interest . Yes sir. Staffl you ensure your complies with questions . Yes, senator. Will you provide witnesses in response to congressional requests . Will they be protected from testimony . Yes, senator. Are you under taking actions which would appear to have presumed the outcome of the confirmation process . No, senator. I really believe we are in the most dangerous situation we have been in in this world in my lifetime. Thought id say i would look back wistfully at the days of the cold war, i would say things are bad. Problems. Rious we have a National Defense strategy. I cant believe that. This is kind of unique. Total agreement. We are locked into that. They are catc
In lexington, kentucky. You served as an its a advisor to mitch mcconnell. Give us a sense how that background informs or doesnt your approach at approaching policy. Absolutely. Thank you for having me. Its a pleasure to be here today. Yes, i did spend a good chunk of my youth in lexington, kentucky, and had the opportunity to serve the senior senator and party leader from kentucky in United States senate, senator mcconnell. In terms of how that informs my work at the commission, you know, i cant quantify how much i learned from senator mcconnell just about his work ethic and his discipline and his leadership style, his approach to governance. His approach to bipartisanship. Ofmy working for him, most if not all the legislative initiatives are worked on, they didnt pass the senate with 60 votes. They passed with 85 plus votes. Often times, and were talking substantial legislation on the energy front, multiple form bills, multiple highway bills. These are consequential pieces of legisla
If you live in the eastern or central time zones, call us at 202 7488000. If you live in the mountain or pacific time zone, 202 7488001. You can also send us your thoughts on twitter. You can leave a comment on our facebook page. This fight between president elect donald trump and the labor unions started after what appeared to be a victory last week. He had negotiated a deal with a factory in indiana to keep jobs from moving to mexico. That deal became controversial after these comments from a union leader in indiana. Here is the story in the cannotgton. washington post. The story says that chuck jones, the president of united fuel workers, which represents carrier employees have felt optimistic when donald trump announced he had reached a deal until thee 1100 jobs union leader heard that only 730 of the projected jobs wednesday and 550 Union Members would lose their livelihoods after all. Jones hoped donald trump would explain himself. When he got up there, and for whatever reason he
Recruitment is down in all four branches. What is going on and tell us the scope of the problem for the military. Guest this is the worst year the military has had in recruiting since 1973 when the draft was done away with. They had some hiccups, they miss their goals some years. This year all services are having a hard time in the army will miss their goal by tens of thousands of soldiers. The labor market, it is hard to hire people. There are many other contorting causes as well. Host the New York Times cover this last week, with few able, and fewer willing it is difficult to find recruits. Finding the pandemic, tight labor market and demographic shifts, the armed forces may fall short of enlistment quotas this year. How do they set there quotas each year . Guest they have models based on their size of Service Based on what they can reach. That was 485,000 activeduty soldiers. They set their models in how many soldiers they needed to recruit. Ever since then, they have been strugglin
Documentary writer and producer talks about her new pbs film about evictions during the coronavirus pandemic. You can join the conversation with your text, calls and tweets. Host schedule d. C. On the same day. Former President Trumps first return to the capital. Yesterdays speech at the Heritage Foundation was postponed, but it is one of a series of events that mike pence has been using testate his vision and clarify his purpose in the Republican Party in 2020 beyond. Good morning. Welcome to washington journal. The lines to use for democrats, republicans, independent and others, and you can always text us. Make sure you include your name and where you are texting from. We would love to hear from you on twitter or instagram. That speech last night was postponed because of serious weather issues. It is going to be rescheduled. We will show you some of the recent comments by the Vice President and tell you about a speech he is giving today and an event at the America First policy confer