Primary. We will talk calls and look for comments on facebook and twitter. Washington journal is live every day at 7 am eastern on cspan. President obama released his 2017 budget request this week. It provides for continue support of afghan nationt Security Forces. Several Defense Department officials gave a status at a House Armed Service subcommittee hearing earlier today. This is an hour and 45 minutes. Welcome. I am delighted to convene this hearing. This is a very important topic and one i know Ranking Member speier finds concern. I know the gentlemen from north carolina, mr. Jones, is attending the hearing with us today and i unanimous consent mr. Jones and any other members not assigned to the committee be allowed to participate with the understanding that all members sitting on the subcommittee will ask questions first. Without objection so ordered. The oversight began last week with the foundational testimony that general campbell laid out testifying about the evolving securit
Welcome. Im delighted to convene this hearing. This is a very important topic and one i know the Ranking Member finds significant. Im happy to partner with her in exploring this subject. I also know the gentleman from North Carolina mr. Jones is attending the hearing with us today, therefore i ask unanimous consent that mr. Jones and any other Committee Members not assigned to this committee be able to participate in this hearing with understanding all members will be regulared for questions prior to those not it is tongue subcommittee. Without objection so order. This morning we continue the committees oversight dialogue with the department that began last week with the foundational testimony that general campbell laid out before the full committee. General campbell testified about the evolving security situation in afghanistan and the policy, strategy and posture required from our nation in toward develop, sustain and support the people and unity government of afghanistan well into t
Tragedy or strife. Were strong because we are resilient. Because in a decade after decade we have stood together to defend our security, our prosperity, our values. And because we have resisted attempt after attempt to divide and make us turn on one another, and above all we are strong because of the core beliefs that hold us together. We need to heed the advice of president kennedy on his trip to berlin, the year of this Munich Security Conference began. Lift your eyes beyond the dangers of today, he said, to the hopes of tomorrow. And if we do that, if we remember the values at the heart of our partnership, if we take the lessons of history that we have been able to accomplish and what this Incredible Alliance means, i have absolutely no doubt whatsoever were going to get this right, were going to get through this moment, and were going to build the prosperity and the security and the stability that every single one of us wants. We are going to do just fine. Thank you. [applause] it
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Clear and precise and to get the pentagon to react in in doing so before it is too late. It to succeed to make that offset strategy real so it is more satisfying. You are up. Give us another perspective. And that terminology of spoiler alert with that budget request to throw cold water on it. And the perspective of the budget that came over recently. And what we will have with the new administration in place. The reality is and looking at the house of representatives of the of budget of 30 billion debate with the defense hawks and speaker ryan to see that budget expressed in oco which is roughly 23 billion higher. So even with the budget deal have not seen the debate to go beyond more than 10 or 20 year 30 million despite having the majority to put in for that last budget request the us senate announced a hearing or a budget that is essentially for them. We have a of a great discussion of the architecture of deep and important thinking that they probably will not have Appropriations Bi