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We will and with a brief rebuttal from mr. Flynns counsel and the council of United States. Please proceed. Thank you chief judge, may it please the court, general flynn is a defendant without a prosecutor, and litigation without controversy between the parties to the case. Instead of granting dismissal as required as a matter of law, John Sullivan denied defense motions, appointed mr. Gleason to usurp the job of the prosecutor, raised perjury but as iter his head, was noted, the job of United States attorney is occupied. Adding the unconstitutional burdens of process to punish michael flynn, John Sullivan discarded any semblance of the adjudicator. As a cornerstone of any system of justice worth the label. Required. Gs are judge sullivans position for rehearing must be ....
Ms. Bashford, you have the con. Before we get started, apparently, in order to speak, you need to hit request, and when youre done, hit the part that says speak. In any event, mr. Sullivan, thank you and good morning. I want to welcome the members and everybody in attendance today on valentines day to the 16th Public Meeting of Defense Advisory Committee on the investigation, prosecution and defense of sexes yule assault Sexual Assault in the armed forces. Were going to given by taking attendance. General anderson. [roll call] judge bris boy and judge walton could not be in attendance today, but with 11 members present, we have a quorum. Created by the secretary of defense in 2016 in accordance with the ndaa for fiscal year 2016. Our mandate is to advise the secretary of defense on the investigation, prosecut ....
And once again, we are live here on cspan2 for the 16th Public Meeting of the defense Advisors Committee on prosecution and defense of Sexual Assault in the armed forces. This meeting is open. Before we get started, apparently in order to speak, you need to hit request. The green, and when youre done that seems odd, in any event, mr. Sullivan, thank you, and good morning. I want to welcome the members and everybody in attendance today on valentines day to the 16th Public Meeting of the Defense Advisory Committee on the investigation, prosecution and defense of Sexual Assault in the armed forces. Or da krchc. Miss cannon. Here. Miss garvin. ....
Little more complicated. The terrorist threat to the homeland from overseas that im concerned about is one that is making active efforts to recruit people in response to isils recruitment efforts. So weve been as you know very focused on that. I agree with the spirit of your question that violent extremism in this country can exist in a lot of different forms maam. Mr. Chairman may i ask to include these two documents in the record . May i put one sentence on the record . I thank you for your indulgence. As mr. Secretary, i implore you to consider domestic terrorism and i would like to work with the department to seriously add that to its broad agenda. I think it would be a vital and important step forward. Let me thank you for your service. A long runon sentence but well allow it. Thank you. Those two documents will be made a part of the record. The chair now recognizes the gentleman mr. King. I appreciate your testimony mr. Secretary. Listening to the testimony there we go. Listening ....
There must be whistleblower protection. Can you address how you feel about whistleblowers and retaliation within the department. I would be happy to. Should i be confirmed i would do everything in my power to make sure theres no retaliation. I feel whistleblowers are an important part of the way democracy functions and i was happily recently the president signed into law and other whistleblower due to efforts, but i believe within each department we need to ensure not only various environment of of trust and respect, but a safe place for voices to be heard. Its vital we understand concerns of employees. Let me also address contracting after disasters. We are all very worried about all of the americans. For the first time i believe, in my lifetime weve been unable to restore a sick living necessities to thousands of americans for weeks now. Im confident you will get other questions about puerto rico, but i want to hone in on contracting youve awarded more than 2 billion in contracts, tw ....