Good morning. So this meeting will now come to order. Today the subcommittee is holding a hearing entitled oversight of doe, during covid19 pandemic. Members will be participating in todays hearing finally in person or remotely via video conferences. And just as a reminder weve had some technical difficulties in making sure that our remote video was operating up to standard. As part of this hearing, the microphones of members participating remotely will be set on mute for the purpose of eliminating inadvertent background noise. Members participating remotely will need to unmute their microphones each time you wish to speak. For members and witnesses participating in person, i encourage you to wear your mask whenever you are not speaking. Dr. Monahan, our physician, stressed in attending physician covid19 guidelines that use of face coverings is meant to protect other people in case someone was unknowingly infected and does not have symptoms. But wearing our mask when we are not speakin
Boundaries, that become beyond the nation and become cosmopolitan and an example was Nuclear Power play plant explosions. I was writing on cosmopolitanism and at this time the Fukushima Nuclear disaster happened. And that altered how i was going to talk about cosmopolitanism in my research and i did work on publications feeling with fukushima and helping with the 35th anniversary conference here with three mile island and it was just an uncanny coincidence that i find myself working at a campus location close to three mile island having studied fukushima so thank you everyone for being here. And i want to at this point introduce our keynote speaker, Arnie Gundersen. So Arnie Gundersen is the chief engineer and a member of the board of directors for the nonprofit fair winds energy education, founded by his wife, maggie. An Energy Advisory with more than 47 years of Nuclear Engineering experience, mr. Gundersen earned his bachelor of science degree in Nuclear Engineering from polytech in
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We will bring to order the senate of Armed Services committee. We receive testimony on global challenges in the National Security strategies to meet those threats. It is my honor to welcome our distinguished witnesses. Farmers secretaries of state Henry Kissinger and george schulz, and the former deputy secretary of state richard armitage. Your careers of service have been unbelievable and great, we are so honored to have you folks here. I want to begin by reading a brief welcome from our chairman mccain, who regretfully is unable to be here for todays hearing. I am quoting him now. With the rising global challenges and increasingly complex and competitive strategic environment, America Needs leadership, wisdom, and experience that only statesman of this stature can provide. This committee and this nation thank you for your service and we are grateful for your continued voices of reason during these troubling times. We look to you for the lessons of history as we all seek to secure a s
Is unable to be here for the hearing. I am quoting him now. The greisinger rising global challenges and increasingly complex and competitive strategic environment, America Needs a leadership with wisdom and experience that only statesman of this stature can provide. This committee and this nation thank you for your service and we are grateful for your continued voices of reason during these troubling times. We look to you for the lessons of history as we all week to secure a safer, freer, and more prosperous world. World. One of the most enjoyable Committee Hearings i have experienced was three years ago when we had a hearing of the same come up with kissinger and schultz were here, a lot of the comments that you made were very prophetic. Here we are three years later and a lot of these things have happened. Speaking on behalf of the entire committee, we look forward to having the chairman back and im sure he will be. Now more than ever the challenges of todays world require strategic