Secretary matus and general dunford, i hope you will provide insight on what the strategy may be. What are we getting ready for . What are the priorities . That is not a hard question an important question if we are being asked, it is a Readiness Package the department is wont improve readiness and it is disconnected from strategy the administrations package proposes 18 billion in cuts to nondefense programs to offset military spending. The administration provided no detail on these cuts but we know what is on the shopping the block. There are extremely reckless cuts for agencies in the state department for next year. Jeopardizing the nations ability to deal with crises without resorting to arms. I wish the white house listens to then general jim matuss views on the state department. As commander of Us Central Command general matus stated if you dont fund the state department fully, there needs to be more ammunition ultimately. The harm will go beyond hurting National Security. Some of
The Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee on the militarys readiness and the upcoming fiscal budget. It was on the income overseas offensive and defensive abilities. Many of them related to the 2011 budget control act. This is about an hour and 45 minutes. The subcommittee on defense appropriations on the United States senate will come to order. Today we are receiving an update on military readiness and Defense Budget matters. Were pleased to welcome to the committee the honorable james m. Mattis, secretary of defense. General Joseph Dunford jr. , chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. The fiscal year 2017 department of defense appropriations agreement has been approved by the other body in the house of representatives. And i look forward to our completing work on that bill in the coming weeks. Were well into the fiscal year and members of the subcommittee understand the poepimportance o enacting appropriations. As we complete our work on the 2017 defense agreement, we also recogn
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Shocked for the moment but then again i am not surprised by th this. You know, i figure its going to would come to this point. Police say they do have good idea of who theyre after. A lot of businesses in in that busy shopping and restaurant area. Means a lot of surveillance cameras. Officers say one of the people they believe was involved they know already quite well. To our other breaking story on very busy night. Skyfox over a tragic scene in philadelphias wynnefield heights. This is where a fouryearold boy fell from the seventh floor balcony of his Apartment Building tonight. The child is dead. Its not clear how any of this happened. Good evening, im lucy noland. It is just a heartbreaking story with no clear cut explanation right now. Our Dave Schratwieser has been on this since it broke. Live now near the scene. Dave. Reporter lucy, investigators and police still on the scene here at the imperial Tower Apartments in wynnefield heights. Investigators from southwest detectives the
And comey went on to say this, quote, based on our review we have not changed or conclusions that we expressed on july with respect to secretary clinton. With that, cryptic statement, combmy did not say whether his investigation into clion emails is algeer closed combmy letter days after reopening the email investigation and over that had time, well compare those nine, ten days to the nearly year long initial investigation into her emails and her server. Her private server. Extraordinary. The whole mess plays into Donald Trumps claims, however, that the election is rigged. The republican nominee is expected to address the fbi decision that is this latest one, that at a rally in a detroit suburb tonight bringing that you when trump takes stage among my guest Rudy Giuliani will take a plot in the world is going on with the fbi and Justice Department giuliani, of course, a noted and highly respected former prosecutor. And Trump Campaign manager Kellyanne Conway joins me want to on these f