Host a conversation on military readiness and the threat we face. Od, served two decades in the marine corps. Assessing military strength is a major undertaking. How does the Heritage Foundation try to do that . Gather all Public Information we can come across. Thecial testimonies from pentagon, acquisition reports on major programs. General news reporting from the community and our personal contacts in the services and pentagon. We gather all that all year long, go through analysis and writing processes, prepare last years information and this years and then issue a report card on the military. This year on a scale of one to five we would give it a marginal. We feel the u. S. Military at large is marginally able to meet the demands of National Security requirements. Meaning they can handle one major conflict in one part of the world, but not much more than that. We think it needs to be more than that because the u. S. Has global interests and responsibilities. Host the u. S. Military
Grea fort bragg and oth installations and call North Carolina home, eve for a thanks to our colleague for joining us today. Madam president , thanksgiving dinner has become the single most sell grated celebrated meal of theay. With tens ofmericans gathering with family and friends to give thanks for their bleings and of course for one another. Folks, i know that this yr its a lot different. While we sti have so much to be thankful for, the covid1 paemic means folks will be traveling less and might not be celebrating in larger groups. And as a result, many will be separated from their loved ones on this very special day. Bu folks, this is a very familiar feeling for anyon who has ever served in our Nations Armed forces. Protecting our nation. Rom at any given moment, thousands of men and women,oms and dads, brothers and sisters, are stationed arnd the world standing vigilant in the defense of freedom. Those wearing the uniform arent the only ones making a sacrifice either back home ther
The First Time Since the nationwide state of Emergency Declaration was lifte in may. 40 of hospital beds allocated for serious covid19 cases are occupied. Officials plan to double the number of such beds from 150 to 300. But its not clear how quickly hospitals can do that. Translator were on the verge of a serious situation, where ordinary Health Care Must be sacrificed. Strict measures should be taken immediately to prevent the spread of infection. Experts are requesting people take basic preventive measures. Theyre also cautioning against nonessential travel to and from areas where the virus is rapidly spreading. Tokyo officials have asked bars and restaurants that serve alcohol to close earlier starting this weekend. Local officials are making the same request for businesses in osaka, sapporo, and nagoya. More than 140,000 people have tested positive in japan since the outbreak began. More than 2,000 have died. Many restaurants in the capital are now facing a difficult decision abou
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee will come to order. Welcome everyone, good morning. We will have senators participating both live and virtually. Since it is difficul the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will come to order. We will have senators participating live then virtually as a result of that its difficult to determine to go in ty, seniority and we both come three witnesses the assistant secretary of state and the bureau official for the European Eurasian Affairs and Principal Deputy assistant for western hemisphere fears. We appreciate you being here. We will be talking about china obviously that presents us with manyy challenges and opportunities. There has been a lot of legislation introduced and there is a bill we introduced earlier this year to bring together as many as possible so the minority introduced ase bill senator schumer is the lead sponsor but this is not a partisan issue that is an American Issue. When i put the bill togetheren originally come i did so to
End and a Pacific Region and they also discuss china handling of coronavirus pandemic. This is just over two hours. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee will come to order. Welcome everyone, good morning. We will have senators participating both live and virtually. Since it is difficult to figure out when they showed up virtually, we will go on seniority. If that is agreeable with everyone, that is what we will do. Today, we welcome three witnesses to talk with us. Julie chung is here. We appreciate you all being here this morning. Will be talking about china presents us with many challenges. Opportunities as well but right now, challenges. There has been a lot of legislation introduced as far as china is concerned. There was a bill that we introduced earlier this year. That as early as today or yesterday, the minority introduced a bill of which senator schumer is the lead sponsor of the bill. In any event, this is not a partisan issue. This is an american issue. When i put the bill