memphis saturday at 7:00 p.m. eastern and sunday at 2:00 p.m. on american history tv on c-span 3 as we explore america. air force secretary heather wilson testified recently about air force readiness. joining her were general david goldfein and john pendleton of the government accountability office. issues addressed included equipment and infrastructure maintenance, technology and cyber security, and the anticipated needs of the air force to meet the goals of t202 strategies. this hearing is 90 minutes. good morning. this hearing on the subcommittee on readiness and management of our u.s. military will come to order. the subcommittee meets today for the first time since the passage of the john s. mccain national defense authorization act for the fiscal year of 2019 to receive the testimony on the current readiness of the united states air force. i do want to begin by noting a obvious significant loss to the country, to the senate. i m the new chairman of this subcommittee
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goes forward, will the congress u.s. congress have any role any further role in this agreement number one? number two can any president alter this agreement or refuse to abide by it in the future? well, congress will always have a role, obviously, and you ve made that crystal clear in the context of what we re doing here now. so, yes, there will be an ongoing role with respect to the enforcement, the implementation, our do we have to vote on anything? afterwards? to repeal sanctions or ultimately, yes. ultimately the iran sanctions act itself. there is the lifting of sanctions. ultimately you would have to vote. if we don t do that pursuant to the agreement are there any penalties on our part? actually, iran is fry to break the agreement because we will have broken it and then all bets are off in terms of compliance. can a future president refuse to abide by the agreement? absolutely. a future president can but it s our judgment if the agreement is f
i call this joint hearing of the subcommittee of the house of armed services committee to order. we are here in honor of memory of the seven uss fitzgerald .enate sailors and the 10 uss john s mccain sailors. we are very grateful we have a mother here with us today. we send to you our give his sympathies and profound sorrow for your loss and appreciation for your son s service to our nation. i want to welcome our members to today s hearing. recognizeespecially that we have with us the committee chairman, donald mac thornberry. he has been the leader of our ongoing efforts to mitigate our military readiness challenges and i want to thank him for his leadership and for being here today to hear about the challenges in limited by the tragic collisions in the pacific. to send a warm welcome to congresswoman elizabeth este from connecticut and congressman rodney davis from illinois. that ananimous consent member not a member of the committee be a lot to participate in today s h
we are very grateful we have a mother here with us today. we send to you our give his sympathies and profound sorr for your loss and appreciation for your son s service to our nation. i want welcome our members to today s hearing. i want tespecially recognize that we have with us the committee chairman, donald mac thornberry. he has been the leader of our ongoing effortto mitigate our military readiness challenges and i want to thank him for his leadership and for being here today to heaabout the challenges in limited by the tragic collisions in the pacific. i also want to send a warm welcome to congresswoman elizabeth este from connecticut and congressman rodney davis from illinois. i ask unanimous consent th a member not a member of the committee be a lot to participate in today s hearing after all subcommittee members and then full committee members have had an opportunity ask questions. is there an objection? without objection, such members will be recognized the appropri