[ cheers and applause ] thank you very much. Thank you, john. Thank you. Thank you and congratulations to the class of 2017. Great job. And general kelly, i want to thank you for your leadership as the Coast Guards Service secretary. You have really been something very, very special to us as a country and to me and our administration. Youve done throughout your entire life an incredible job defending your country. Thank you very much, john. Thank you. [ applause ] and john and all of his folks are also doing an incredible job protecting our homeland and our border and im thrilled that my first address to the Service Academy is the Graduation Ceremony of the United States coast guard. Believe me. Its a great honor. N. Applause ] ive been here before and its a very, very special place. Every cadet graduating today as your commander in chief, it is truly my honor to welcome you aboard. [ applause ] and you should take a moment to celebrate this incredible achievement. Govern governor mall
[gunshots] ready, two. Please remain standing for our national anthem. And salute. [playing the national them] [applause] please remain standing. At this time, i invite professor janik leavy to the stage. She is a member of the faculty with the Longest Service at the Coast Guard Academy. The 136 commitment commencement exercises of the United States Coast Guard Academy are now convened. [applause] captain michael j parisi, chaplain of the Coast Guard Academy will now deliver the invocation. Us pray. Heavenly father, help us to be mindful of your presence in of your love for your people as we gather to see the class of 2017 graduate from this academy and commissioned in the United States coast guard. We thank you for the perseverance, strength of purpose that brings them to this happy day. For all who too offered them support and encouragement along the way. For parents, family and friends, for teachers and coaches. For the leadership of the foremy and of the nation, mentors, sponsors a
[gunshots] ready, two. Please remain standing for our national anthem. And salute. [playing the national them] [applause] please remain standing. At this time, i invite professor janik leavy to the stage. She is a member of the faculty with the Longest Service at the Coast Guard Academy. The 136 commitment commencement exercises of the United States Coast Guard Academy are now convened. [applause] captain michael j parisi, chaplain of the Coast Guard Academy will now deliver the invocation. Us pray. Heavenly father, help us to be mindful of your presence in of your love for your people as we gather to see the class of 2017 graduate from this academy and commissioned in the United States coast guard. We thank you for the perseverance, strength of purpose that brings them to this happy day. For all who too offered them support and encouragement along the way. For parents, family and friends, for teachers and coaches. For the leadership of the foremy and of the nation, mentors, sponsors a
[laughter] you can watch this hearing and all confirmation hearings on our website cspan. Org. We will leave the last few minutes to take you live to the pentagon. This is the Briefing Room as we await the start of everything by defense secretary james mattis and joseph dunford. This is the first joint news conference. They are expected to provide an update on the war against isis and counterterrorism efforts. It should get underway in just a few moments. Live coverage on cspan2. Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. I returned last week from a meeting in copenhagen with the ministers of defense from 14 nations to coordinate our political way ahead in the defeat of the isis campaign. Chairman dunford returned yesterday from a chief of defense meeting in brussels with 28 nato nations plus his counterpart in a dozen additional nations. They discuss the military aspects of that campaign. President Trump directed the department of defense to lead a complex overview of the campaign. We submi
Witnesses who are leaders in our National Space program to join us here today. Before i introduce them, i want to take a moment to acknowledge that while i cant imagine there being a better place to work than for the Strategic Forces subcommittee, apparently somebody thinks theres a better job in washington, d. C. We this will be the last hearing that steve cotay will be in his current position. Hes leaving to go to work for the secretary of defense, to be the assistant secretary of defense for space policy. Our loss is the secretarys gain. Mr. Rogers i know hell do a great job for our country in his new capacity as well. Ood luck, buddy. Today we have some witnesses that are very familiar to this committee and do a great job for our country. General j. J. Raymond, lieutenant david buck, ms. Betty zap, director of National Reconnaissance office and robert cardillo, director of the National Intelligence space agency, mr. John hill, acting secretary of defense for space policy. After we