The committee will come to order. The Committee Welcomes mr. David norquist comptroller as our witness today. The topic is the audit of the department of defense, which by law begins this fiscal year. And i would just say its not by accident that the committee will start our year on this topic. Requiring that the Department Conduct an audit has been a bipartisan priority of this committee for some time. The chief Financial Office of 1990 required all federal departments conducted annual financial audit and partly out of frustration with a lack of progress toward that end that the department of defense. The 2010 required the Financial Statements of the department be ready for audit by september 30, 2017. This committees panel on defense Financial Management and reform put close scrutiny on the departments efforts and issued a number of recommendations that have been enabled us to arrive at this point. The 2014 required a full audit be conducted of the departments fy 18 Financial Stateme
The committee will come to order. The Committee Welcomes mr. David norquist, the undersecretary of defense, comptroller, and chief Financial Officer as our witness today. The topic is the audit of the department of defense, which by law begins this fiscal year. And i would just say its not by accident that the committee will start our year on this topic. Requiring that the Department Conduct an audit has been a bipartisan priority of this committee for some time. The chief Financial Officer act of 1990 required all federal departments conduct an annual financial audit and partly out of frustration with a lack of progress toward that end at the department of defense, the 2010 required the Financial Statements of the department be ready for audit by september 30, 2017. This committees panel on defense Financial Management and reform put close scrutiny on the departments efforts and issued a number of recommendations that have enabled us to arrive at this point. The 2014 ndea required a f
Cspan. Org landmark cases. Earlier today u. S. Northern commander general Lori Robinson and Southern Commander testified on their operations including how they handled the threat of Ballistic Missile attacks and whats being continue to combat the opioid drug crisis. Speaking before the Senate Arms Services committee this is an hour and 50 minutes. We will call the meeting to order. Were going to receive testimony from two of my favorite people, general Lori Robinson. I have to say i taught her everything she knows from when she was Wing Commander at Tinker Air Force base in oklahoma, and from kurt ted, commander for the u. S. Southern command. I think there is a lot of overlap. Weve talked all three of us have talked about this between the north and the south command, and i think thats one reason senator mccain would want to have these meetings together. The new National Defense strategy and the nds identifies in protecting the homeland sustaining american advantages in the western hem
Nuclear weapons and u. S. National security policy. Hosted by the Brookings Institution its about 2 hours. Were thrilled to have you here today to discuss the Trump Administration Nuclear Posture review. An important document that came out on grounds hog day, february 2nd. And the National Defense strategy of january. So doing a nice job keeping the clock running smoothly. Prior to now the unveiling of the budget request. Were thrilled to have david beginning our discussion today. He has one of the longer titles but most important. The Principal Deputy under secretary for defense of policy. A job that jim miller had and well talk about that in the panel that follows with jim and others. But for now, i want to introduce david who has been one of the administrations important authors and framing and writing of the document that we have available and you can access on the internet. About a 70 page document, much longer than the unclassified version of the National Defense strategy. A lot
And minority whip limited to five minutes. But in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. The chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. Poe, for five minutes. Mr. Poe thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the president , quote, avoid the battle, complains, and misses opportunities. Those were the words of leon panetta president obamas former secretary of defense and c. I. A. Director in 2011. At the time panetta, along with military commanders and joint chiefs of staff, recommended that the United States leave 24,000 troops in iraq to prevent that country from falling apart and becoming chaos. According to panetta the administration was so eager to rid itself of iraq that it was willing to withdraw rather than lock in arrangements that would preserve american influence in our interests. So the president ignored the advice of his own secretary of defense and top commanders and pooled troops out of iraq in 2011. The timing just before the 2012 president ial leaks to me appe