[inaudible conversations] the meeting of the ways and this meeting of the committee will now come together. We want to welcome everyone and thank Secretary Yellen for being with us to day. We want to take notice that this hearing is taking place in with members. And our witness permitted to attend with compliance of the come remote committee proceedings, pursuant to House Resolution eight. Before we begin, we have a u. S. House keeping matters consistent with the recently updated guidance from the office of the attended physician. President Hearing Room are not required to wear a Face Mask or press this social distancing. As long as theyre fully vaccinated. Those not fully vaccinated to continue to use a mask and socially distance or opt to participate remotely. Second, consistent with regulations, the committee will keep the microphones of those on the Webex Platform muted, to limit background noise, members both in the Hearing Room or via webex are responsible for a meeting themselve
Order. This morning, our full Committee Hearing is on the fiscal year 2022 national Defense Authorization Budget request for the department of the army, and we are joined by the honorable christine wormuth, who is the Secretary State of the army, not an accurate Acting Secretary. This is a moment [inaudible] for us. Appreciate having you there and congratulations on your confirmation and your appointment, and general james mcconville, he chief of staff of the u. S. Army. We are still doing a hybrid here in, which means some members, as you will see, are participating virtually. And we have roles for that, so i will read those roles and then well get started. Members who are joining remotely must be visible on screen for the purposes of identity verification. Establishing and maintaining of quorum, and voting, those members must continue to use the Software Platform and Video Function while in Attendance Experience Connectivity issues or other technical problems. Further if there are ni
lecture series which we do so in partnership with the general command and staff college department of military history. we ll have another lecture in december and continue into 2021. so we hope that you continue to stay tuned. for our lecture this evening it will run 45 minutes and whether you are watching on youtube or you are watching on facebook live, we hope that you are encouraged to ask questions and unlike being here in the auditorium, you can actually ask them during our presentation and once dr. babb wraps up, we will ask him those. so hope you are feeling creative tonight. it is now my pleasure to officially introduce dr. geoff babb. dr. joseph g.d. babb is a retired u.s. army special forces lieutenant colonel currently serving as an associate professor of history at the u.s. army s command and general staff college. dr. babb served as a china foreign officer where he studied in hong kong and beijing and in washington, d.c., at the defense intelligence agency and on
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