Strangle the Nuclear Program in the cradle as often as we could, including throughout the 1990s and beyond that. From the iranian perspective, they could not sign onto a deal that didnt enshrine their deal to have an indigenous Nuclear Energy Program Including enrichment. While that certainly would not have been my preference going into this conversation, i started my job as the guy going after iranian enrichment efforts. The practical reality is we faced a country that was not relinquishing this capability. Address the idea, is there an ail telternative to what were now . If we dont agree with this deal, do we have an alternative . If we dont agree to this deal, the iranians are going to start installing more centrifuges and if we get pack back to the table were going to be doing with centrifug centrifuges. What sanctions unilaterally have impact . I do not believe u. S. Sanctions would not stop irans original program. Senator, i think u. S. Financial power and influences is enormous
In a natural relationship. But that being said, you dont want to create the government has a responsibility to the taxpayer to be fair and to be transparent. You have to do that. The question becomes how can you do that but at the same time give industry the flexibility to do what they need to do . I dont know there is a good answer which is why acquisition reform has been a buzzword for decades and continues to be something we continue to strive for and continue to struggle with. But i would say that is probably the hard problem of the century. But nevertheless it is something we have to continue to strive to get better because there is a balance between letting industry innovate and letting industry take responsibility and put goods into the hands of the war fighter that meet the war fighters needs and making sure that the responsibility to the taxpayer is upheld. So before i go, let me follow up with a specific question. Is there one word, based on your current understanding of wher
Hamiltons vision is alive and well because his letter to those commanders resonates with each and every person in the coast guard. Ill now read my notes no, actually im done with that. And what id like to do is open it up to question and answer. [ applause ] and now the fun part. Some of the questions have been quite interesting, admiral. Lets see. Senate Armed Services Committee Members are concerned that russia has 40 arctic icebreaker ships and america has one. Is that going to change and when . I know you addressed that a bit earlier. Yeah. So as i stand before you today, i have one of my vice admirals is with the National Security staff up in the arctic to see firsthand what some of the challenges are up there. When youre up in barrow, alaska, you now see berms being built because you used to have a natural berm, a barrier, if you will, by all of the ice. So youre seeing a lot of coastal erosion. Youre seeing a nearly threefold increase in human activity up there, but you look at
Are moving away from a hardwareladen approach to more software to having digital things early in the cycle. Thats kind of like maybe a crude summary of what you said, but can you elaborate on what you need by that and implications for how the u. S. Does business in that field . Because the three questions were put so succinctly. There was one more hand and ill bring that into the mix and then well just wrap up. Hi. My name is steve barron. Im a soldier and defense fellow though my remarks are my own here. Would i like to see if i can get remarks specifically as they relate to 3d printing and energetic materials. As we look forward we head a lot of discussion about cold. Ry and carts i was wondering with airdrop munitions so they can be more tailored and adapt adaptable and more efficiently placed in the hands of the war fighters. To kind of zero in, opportunities and efforts, whats going on right now that you know of merits of this kind of research and effort and lastly Defense Industr
Resignation earlier today and the president accepted. The president intends to have john j right as acting secretary. This raises serious questions about other Administration Officials using private planes. Including epa and ministry are scott pruitt, and treasury secretary steve managing nguyen we are talking about people making decisions about spending millions of taxpayer funds. Carey price offered to repay some of the cost for his private troubles. His second apology in less than 1 week was not enough to save his job. There will be no private air charters at hss going forward. The second is cooperate fully with the inspector general. Theres a review going on. Prices the first cabinet official to leave the administration, his departure asked adds to a long list of the president inner circle who had left on something other than their own terms. In washington, fox news. The trumpet ministrations antedating the states will not rest until puerto rico recovers from hurricane maria. Actin