Was a grandmother from indiana. What was the charge. One count of parading in the capital. Shes here exclusively to tell us how long she was locked away in the effort to deprogram her thoughts but first the militarys woke makeover is the focus of tonights angle. If you were chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and Secretary Of Defense or any top Military Leader today there is a lot that should keep you up at night . Put yourself in the role. Most all of it is coming from china. Threats to our ally taiwan, our strategic allies in the pacific, china is itching to invade them, threats from China Hackers and intel agencies, their Growing Presence in africa plus china is threatening is in space but our current chairman of the joint chiefs general mike millie is spending a lot of his waking hours worrying about what he thinks is wrong with the United States. Yesterday when republican congressman raised reasonable questions about whether it is a good idea to expose our soldiers to antiameric
Was a grandmother from indiana. What was the charge. One count of parading in the capital. Shes here exclusively to tell us how long she was locked away in the effort to deprogram her thoughts but first the militarys woke makeover is the focus of tonights angle. If you were chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and Secretary Of Defense or any top Military Leader today there is a lot that should keep you up at night . Put yourself in the role. Most all of it is coming from china. Threats to our ally taiwan, our strategic allies in the pacific, china is itching to invade them, threats from China Hackers and intel agencies, their Growing Presence in africa plus china is threatening is in space but our current chairman of the joint chiefs general mike millie is spending a lot of his waking hours worrying about what he thinks is wrong with the United States. Yesterday when republican congressman raised reasonable questions about whether it is a good idea to expose our soldiers to antiameric
Climb to glory and command the third corps and the commanding general of u. S. Army forces command. One accomplishment that is not in his bio and one he is very proud and he is a proud son of a marine and the picture is the Fourth Division going over the jima. At iwa general, we are proud to have you with us today. A difficult duty is coming up for you and remain neutral at this years armynavy game. We have Great Expectations for your neutrality. Thank you what you have done for our country and allies around the world. I would like to turn it around senior fell oove who will kick off the conversation about the defense challenges that you face and we face as a nation and hell conclude with questions and answers. The session is on the record today. If you have questions, send them. Edu. Nts ooth brookings over to you, mike. Mike thank you, john. And i add my personal gratitude not only for you joining us today and for the men and women in the military families and veterans who have sacri
A discussion with the brookings institution. Topics included operations in afghanistan, military readiness and the importance of emerging defense technologies. This is one hour. John ladies and gentlemen, good morning. It is a sincere pleasure for me to welcome our featured and honored guests today. The chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general mark a. Milley, United States army. Since becoming the 20th chairman of the joint chiefs in 2019, general milley has worked to realize the u. S National Defense strategy, which prioritizes competition with china and russia in American Defense planning. Chairman milley has worked tirelessly with civilian and uniformed leadership towards developing the u. S. Armed forces into a truly modern armed force capable of deterring and heading off the threats of all types that we may be facing today, including those emanating from nearpeer competitors that have now really pronounced once again the idea of Great Power Competition. He simultaneously kep
I am proud to say it led to the first bipartisan package in decades. It took time and a willingness to acknowledge that no party has a monopoly on good ideas. M proud of what we are what we created together. Although we were already holding these hearings in our committee, we require that others hold them also so that all members have a chance to be heard in front of congress. Hopefully, more good ideas have the chance to see a light of day. I couldnt ask for a better partner than our Ranking Member, tom cole. We come from different parties, but we share the same dedication to this institution. What this is really all about, a wellfunctioning house allows us to tackle the issues that can make a positive difference in peoples lives and that is why we already for prep congress and the first place. Before i turn to our ranking on the job to for the house of new parliament parliamentian. Mr. Jason smith. Mr. Cole and i have said a lot about him to his predecessor. And he and his predecesso