Thanks, everyone, for making the time to come over here in this first day of congress being back in town, which i assume is a busy time for everyone. First, im just going to introduce our guests and then explain to everybody a little bit. If youre here by accident and you dont know what brack is to my left is the assistant secretary of defense for energy and installations of environment at d. O. D. He also served as a professional staff member at the House Armed Services committee. A brac round involves establishing a cry tie criteria evaluation of possibly closures. Th the first round of brac took place in 1988 followed by three consecutive rounds in 1991, 1993 and 1995. The fifth round take place in 2005. 12 years later, a new round of brac is part of the political discussion. The need is paced on estimates that we currently have over 20 of excess infrastructure. To talk about why we need a brac n now, the secretary is going to be able to inform us on that. I appreciate it. Thank you
Good morning. Welcome to the Heritage Foundation and our auditorium. Of course welcome those who join us on our heritage. Org website as well as those joining us on the kprrks spcspan network. Mike sure that your mobile devices have been silenced or turned off simply to avoid any unnecessary sash distractions. Those watching online, youre welcome to send questions or comments at any time, email speaker at heritage. Org. Well post the program on the heritage home page for your future reference following the presentations today. Leading our discussion the fred. Hes in the center of National Defense here at the Heritage Foundation. Please join in welcoming him. Fred. Thanks, john. [ applause ] thanks for making the time to come over here on a day of congress being back in town which i assume is a busy one for all of us. Im going to introduce our guests and explain to everyone if youre here by accident and you dont foe what brac is, im going to give you a twominute introduction to make sur
Senator chris murphy spoke at the council on Foreign Relations about Foreign Policy and National Security. He is the top democrat on the subcommittee and talked about proposed Trump Administration budget cuts and the impact on National Security. This is about one hour. Good afternoon everybody. Welcome to todays council on Foreign Relations meeting with senator chris murphy. Im the Washington Bureau chief and i will be presiding over the conversation. In addition to the Council Members in washington i want to welcome those around the country who are watching on cspan this afternoon. Honestly todays meeting is on the record. Our speaker is connecticut senator christopher murphy. He was elected in 2012 after representing the fifth Congressional District for two terms in the u. S. House of representatives. He serves on the appropriations committee, the Health Education and Labor Committee and most appropriate for today, serves on the senate Foreign Relations committee as the Ranking Membe