Years. The u. S. Has been without a defense secretary all year since the departure of former defense chief jim mattis in december. This is live coverage on cspan 3. Our meeting will come to order consistent with our policy to start on time. We will be doing that. Good morning. Today were considering the nomination of dr. Mark espy to be secretary of defense. We thank you all for being here today. We anticipate during your opening remarks, dr. Espy, that you will introduce any members of your family who are here and other support groups. It is standard we do have the eight required questions you will have to respond to audibly so we can get that in the record. Have you adhered to ethical regarding conflicts of interest. Yes, sir. Have you taken any actions which would prepare to presume the outcome of the confirmation process . No, sir. Exercising legislative and oversight responsibility makes it important that this committee, its subcommittees and other appropriate committees of congre
January. Mr. Esper, currently Army Secretary, was asked about u. S. Policy toward iran, cybersecurity, and Nuclear Deterrence, among other topics. This is just over 2. 5 hours. Requirede the 8 questions you will have to respond to audibly so we can get that in the record. If you would hear to the regulations of interest . Yes sir. Have you taken any actions that would appear to presume the outcome of the confirmation process . No, sir. Exercising your responsibility makes it important that this committee, subcommittees, and other appropriate committees if congress received testimony briefings, reports, recordings, records, and other information from the executive branch on a timely basis. Do you agree, it is confirmed, to testify before this committee . Yes, sir. Do you agree to provide records, documents, Electronic Communications in a timely matter when requested by this committee, subcommittees, or other appropriate committees of congress, and to results with the request or basis of
[inaudible conversations] welcome to new america with a policy forum accelerating 5g for all americans. I direct the wireless feature program here at new america as part of the open Technology Institute and they see quite a few familiar faces so i will talk about this new exciting Wireless Environment we are in the process of creating right now. The race to 5g is increasingly the number one policy priority at the sec. And to influence others as well for example, President Trump calls the race the economic imperative but not using huawei citing security of the 5g networks and the devices that will connect everything in our society. But the 5g Wireless Networks would be characterized in general so with those gigabit fast speeds the delay between less than five seconds and the ability to connect a much larger number in a small area everything in your home or office from appliances to your cars so this is the real game changer. We are here today from the nexgen Wifi Networks with the same
Part of the open Technology Institute and they see quite a few familiar faces so i will talk about this new exciting Wireless Environment we are in the process of creating right now. The race to 5g is increasingly the number one policy priority at the sec. And to influence others as well for example, President Trump calls the race the economic imperative but not using huawei citing security of the 5g networks and the devices that will connect everything in our society. But the 5g Wireless Networks would be characterized in general so with those gigabit fast speeds the delay between less than five seconds and the ability to connect a much larger number in a small area everything in your home or office from appliances to your cars so this is the real game changer. We are here today from the nexgen Wifi Networks with the same 5g capabilities. And the ability look at those prices and those that our missioncritical. It is an essential complement of the 4g networks. This is a spectrum crisis
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