committee will come to order. i would like to welcome our witnesses today as the committee examines military cyber operations. i note that just about exactly two months ago, president obama confirmed for the first time that the u.s. is conducting cyber operations against isis. and as the leadership of the department of defense was discussing this, they said it was the first time that cyber command has been given the guidance to go after isis. just like we have an air campaign, we want to have a cyber campaign. and some of the press went on to discuss that secretary carter was pushing for u.s. cyber command to have greater freedom to launch attacks and to address tactical cyber threats against isi isis. the department defense capabilities to fight and win the country s wars and be prepared and ready to execute those missions remain on solid footing regardless of which domain we are talking about, including the cyber domain. the department has been developing organizations ca
british prime minister david cameron and labor party leader jeremy corbyn want the uk to to remain a member of the e.u. but some members of the party are part of the breck it is push, advocating for the uk to split from the european union. watch the simulcast on c-span 2 and cspan.org. smithsonian institution secretary david skorten briefed legislators on plans to renovate the national air and space museum. he explained that at least half of the museum will remain open while the work is in progress. this house administration committee hearing is about an hour. i now all call to order the committee on house administration for today s hearing on the smithsonian institution s national air and space museum revitalization. a quorum is present so we may proceed. i welcome our two witnesses, the secretary of the smithsonian and the undersecretary for finance and administration and chief financial officer for smithsonian, albert or vath. this is the first appearance of secretary
document. when secretary signed the document, he directed the department to focus its efforts on three primary missions in cyber space. one, defend the department of information, department of defense information networks to assure our dod missions. two, defend the united states against cyber attacks of significant consequence and, three, provide full spectrum cyber options to support contingency plans and military operations. another key part of our strategy is deterrence. dod is supporting a comprehensive cyber strategy to deter attacks on the u.s. and our interests. this strategy depends on the totality of u.s. actions, to include declaratory policy, overall defensive posture, effective response procedures, indications and warning capabilities and the resiliency of u.s. networks and systems. i am proud to say that the department has made important strides in implementing dod strategy since it was signed in 2015. my colleagues and i look forward to going into greater detail
join the discussion. on thursday, voters in the united kingdom will decide if their country should stay or leave the european union. british prime minister david cameron and labor party leader jeremy corbyn want the uk to to remain a member of the e.u. but some members of the party are part of the breck it is push, advocating for the uk to split from the european union. watch the simulcast on c-span 2 and cspan.org. smithsonian institution secretary david skorten briefed legislators on plans to renovate the national air and space museum. he explained that at least half of the museum will remain open while the work is in progress. this house administration committee hearing is about an hour. i now all call to order the committee on house administration for today s hearing on the smithsonian institution s national air and space museum revitalization. a quorum is present so we may proceed. i welcome our two witnesses, the secretary of the smithsonian and the undersecretary f