Recently, you know, a month and a few days from now, the people of boston are going to take some boxes of perfectly fine tea and throw it into the water. It will be the 250th anniversary of the boston tea party. So thats one of the reasons we wanted to have these conversations on the eve of the beginning of the anniversaries of this great experiment, because once the tea party happens, you know, some mistakes get made, people start doing things, people react and the next thing you know youre at war and going to see that in our nation. Were going to see these anniversaries coming fast and furious. 2024 will be here in virginia. The of the fairfax results 2025 the 250th anniversary of George Washington becoming the commander in chief and of course, 2026 to 20 fifth anniversary of the declaration of independence. And so it is an apropos time to take the pulse of the nation which we did with our poll and to have a chance and an opportunity to be together to think together, to about ways in
Boxes of perfectly fine tea and throw it into the water. It will be the 250th anniversary of the boston tea party. So thats one of the reasons we wanted to have these conversations on the eve of the beginning of the anniversaries of this great experiment, because once the tea party happens, you know, some mistakes get made, people start doing things, people react and the next thing you know youre at war and going to see that in our nation. Were going to see these anniversaries coming fast and furious. 2024 will be here in virginia. The of the fairfax results 2025 the 250th anniversary of George Washington becoming the commander in chief and of course, 2026 to 20 fifth anniversary of the declaration of independence. And so it is an apropos time to take the pulse of the nation which we did with our poll and to have a chance and an opportunity to be together to think together, to about ways in which we collectively strengthen this experiment and move together. So we got a great panel this
I want to call this hearing to order. Good morning, i want to begin by welcoming our witnesses, secretary austin, general milley. We appreciate your willingness to be and found this committee this morning. General milley, this will be your last appearance before the subcommittee. I want to go off script here a little bit. Youre the ultimate professional. You are somebody that has been very good for me. I think i can say this for the whole committee. Youre a straight shooter, youve done a good job. I appreciate that and i just hope that the senate will be able to find some common sense to be able to confirm your successor so the department isnt forced to rely on the place holder for your position because its simply too important for that. This is an unprecedented indefinite hold on military promotions thats frozen over 60 nominations and can affect as many as 60 by the end of the year. I will tell you, the people on this committee know what the threats are in this world and we need to b
We are just getting started. Building 100,000 miles of new infrastructure to reach those who need it most. U. S. Defense secretary austin and joint chiefs of staff mark meli testified before the Senate Appropriations subcommittee on the 2024 defense budget. The military leaders discussed the need for him on time budget approval. This is about one hour and 40 minutes. [inaudible conversations] want to call this hearing to order. Good morning. I want to begin by welcoming the witnesses. We appreciate your willingness to be in front of the committee this morning. This will be your last appearance before the subcommittee. I want to go off script here a little bit. You are the ultimate professional, somebody that has been very good for the whole committee to work with. You are a straight shooter and youve done a hell of a good job and i appreciate thatc and i jut hope the senate will be able to find common sense to be able to reform your successor so that the department is enforced to rely
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