Senate Armed Services Committee Meets today to receive testimony on the department of defense acquisition Reform Efforts and we welcome our witnesses, ellen lord undersecretary for acquisition, technology, and logistics. Mark esper, secretary the army. Heather wilson, secretary the air force and james geurts assistant secretary of the navy for acquisition, technology, and logistics acquisition reform is one of the most important and frustrating topics committee addresses. Four years we have been warned that america is losing its technological advantage. I hope you have seen the work on the topic. Thats why the department of defense needs acquisition reform not just for efficiency or to save money, simply put we will not be able to address threats facing this nation with the system of organized irresponsibility that the defense acquisition enterprise has become. I went to witnesses to pay attention. We are still dealing with a trillion dollar after 35 program that continues to operate i
Under secretary. And the civilian officials from the army. Air force and navy. They discussed military readiness and modernization efforts. This is about two hours. [ inaudible conversations ] Armed Services Committee Meets today to receive testimony on the Department Reform effort. We welcome our witnesses ellen lord under secretary of defense for technology. Mark es per. Secretary of the army. Heather wilson secretary of the air force. And james gerts assistant secretary of the navy for research and development. Acquisition reform is wup of the most important frustrating topics we address. For years, we have been warned that america is losing its technology advantage. I hope you have seen the work on this topic. That is why the department of defense needs acquisition reform. Not just for efficiency or save money. Simply put, we will not be able to address threats facing this nation with the system of organized irresponsibility that the defense acquisition enterprise has become. I wan
[ inaudible conversations ] Armed Services Committee Meets today to receive testimony on the Department Reform effort. We welcome our witnesses ellen lord under secretary of defense for technology. Mark es per. Secretary of the army. Heather wilson secretary of the air force. And james gerts assistant secretary of the navy for research and development. Acquisition reform is wup of the most important frustrating topics we address. For years, we have been warned that america is losing its technology advantage. I hope you have seen the work on this topic. That is why the department of defense needs acquisition reform. Not just for efficiency or save money. Simply put, we will not be able to address threats facing this nation with the system of organized irresponsibility that the defense acquisition enterprise has become. I want the witnesses to Pay Attention here. Okay . Were still dealing with a trillion dollar f 35 program that continues to operate in dysfunction. The air force still su
Rise and shine tampa bay, its sunday. This is a look at downtown tampa on this first day of spring. Im candace mccowan. Thank you for joining us. Lets start by checking on our forecast with debra shrills. Good morning, candace. As you said, its the first day of spring. Certainly some springlike conditions outside at least as far as the temperatures go. Were in the upper 60s to around 70 degrees around the bay area. Were seeing a few showers and a lot of clouds around. The showers are very, very few and far between. In fact, our rain chance is 30 orless per or less and will continue to drop throughout the day. Theres a cold front just to our north that will push through our area around the noontime. Then as we head into the afternoon all the rain clears out. The clouds will probably hang around for a will reach the mid 70s. The rain and winds will pick up as we head into the afternoon but we do have some big changes in store in the way of some cooler temperatures. Ill tell you all about
Washington, d. C. Is just over half an hour. Patrick odonnell is a military historian who has written eight previous books beyond valor operatives spies and saboteurs the brenner assignment, they dared return we were one, selected for the marine commandants reading list, give me tomorrow, and dog company. His most recent is first seals. His numerous awards include the colby award and the John Walker Laub were. He provides historical consultation for dreamworks band of brothers and for document is produced by bbc, the History Channel and fox news. He served as a combat historian in a marine rifle platoon during the battle of fallujah. Is into that as an expert speaker on world war ii to sabotage special operations and counterinsurgency on the modern battlefield. Over the past 20 years, he has interviewed more than 4000, now 5000 veterans who fought in americas wars from world war i to afghanistan, and specializes in unearthing Untold Stories that read like novels. Please welcome patrick