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Of ther the nomination ambassador to be the secretary of the navy. And Charles Brown to be chief of staff of the air force. And dr. Anderson to be deputy undersecretary of defense. We thank you all for being here. Appreciate the contributions you have made. All three of you have impressive careers and we appreciate the fact that you are coming back again. Things arese necessary. I have to ask you the required questions. I would like an audible yes or no on each question. Have you adhered to the laws and wrecked lesions governing thelations governing nation . Yes. Will you comply with requests for communication . Yes. Will you cooperate in providing witnesses in response to congressional requests . Yes. Will those witnesses be protected from reprisal for their testimony . Yes. Do you agree if confirmed to give honest testimony to this committee . Yes. Do you agree to provide documents including email in a timely manner when requeste ....
Staff, and deputy secretary of defense. Our hearing will come to order. The Committee Meets today to of ther the nomination ambassador to be the secretary of the navy. And Charles Brown to be chief of staff of the air force. And dr. Anderson to be deputy undersecretary of defense. We thank you all for being here. Appreciate the contributions you have made. All three of you have impressive careers and we appreciate the fact that you are coming back again. Things arese necessary. I have to ask you the required questions. I would like an audible yes or no on each question. Have you adhered to the laws and wrecked lesions governing thelations governing nation . Yes. Will you comply with requests for communication . Yes. Will you cooperate in providing witnesses in response to congressional requests . Yes. Will those witnesses be protected from reprisal for their testimony . Yes. ....
Our views online and those watching on cspan today. Im the founder and president of fdd and im a pleased to welcou to our event today, ruthless prioritization, the armys realization of the National Defense strategy. We are honored today to host acting secretary of the army ryan mccarthy. Thank you so much for coming again. Working overtime to the road americas military power, to threaten our interests and those who are our allies. In the light of these challenges and to support the National Defense strategy the army has achieved commendable progress on readiness, minimization and reform over the last couple years but the threats remain significant and the budgets remain finite. There is much more work to do, and we are ready to reform this effort. As many of you in our audience know we are focused exclusively on Natio ....
Discussion on defense spending. You are watching live coverage here on cspan. How do we decide how much the u. S. Should spend . I know about the federal budget but i am more confident comfortable talking about things like Social Security, the opportunity tax incentive, state local Tax Deductions and the Defense Budget. I called my colleague at brookings and put the question to him. How much should the u. S. Spend on defense . He said i just finished a 20,000 word answer to that question. So here we are. You can read all 20,000 words on our website but he has promised he will not try to read them all here. I want to start with a question i cant answer, how much does the u. S. Spend on defense . Can we get they wind up . The short answer is we spend a lot. There are a lot of ways to measure this but lets start with a few ....
Discussion on defense spending. You are watching live coverage here on cspan. How do we decide how much the u. S. Should spend . I know about the federal budget but i am more confident comfortable talking about things like Social Security, the opportunity tax incentive, state local Tax Deductions and the Defense Budget. I called my colleague at brookings and put the question to him. How much should the u. S. Spend on defense . He said i just finished a 20,000 word answer to that question. So here we are. You can read all 20,000 words on our website but he has promised he will not try to read them all here. I want to start with a question i cant answer, how much does the u. S. Spend on defense . Can we get they wind up . The short answer is we spend a lot. There are a lot of ways to measure this but lets start with a few ....