We are one minute late. The Committee Meets to consider the nomination of misses Barbara Barrett to be secretary of the air force. And Ryan Mccarthy to be secretary of the army. Standard questions, whether you like it or not. You have to answer audibly so it can be heard. Do you adhere to the laws regarding conflict of interest . Yes sir. Staffl you ensure your complies with questions . Yes, senator. Will you provide witnesses in response to congressional requests . Will they be protected from testimony . Yes, senator. Are you under taking actions which would appear to have presumed the outcome of the confirmation process . No, senator. I really believe we are in the most dangerous situation we have been in in this world in my lifetime. Thought id say i would look back wistfully at the days of the cold war, i would say things are bad. Problems. Rious we have a National Defense strategy. I cant believe that. This is kind of unique. Total agreement. We are locked into that. They are catc
Questions on the backgrounds and priorities. Many members i asked about military training, readiness, Technology Implementation as well as the state of military bases and specific projects in their home states. This is two hours and 20 minutes. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] i guess we are one minute late. The Committee Meets today to consider the nomination of mrs. Barbara barrett to be secretary of the air force, and mr. Ryan mccarthy to be secretary of the army. Thanks for being here today. We have the standard questions, whether you like about your to answer. Would you answer audibly so it can be heard . And appreciate it very much. Do you adhere to the applicable laws and resolutions governing topics of interest . Yes. Yes. Will y
Leading usbased efforts. You can find all of the results including the findings on american attitude toward space force. You can find that at cspan. Org. Six, five, four, three, two, one, 0. Lift off, we have a liftoff. 32 minutes past the hour. Liftoff on apollo 11. 50 years ago this morning at 8 32 a. M. Eastern time apollo 11 launched from pat a 39 at the Kennedy Space center important. It began its journey to the moon, four days later Neil Armstrong will be the first man to walk on the lunar surface. The remainder of the program we will hear from you about the legacy of theil apollo 11 missin and talk to you as members of congress of space and Technology Committee about amicus priority for space expiration in the future of nasa. Heres how you can get in touch with us. Share your thoughts with our phone linesur by region if youe the eastern or central time zone its two at 27,488,000 phone back or mounds or pacific, 202 7488001. As we take you up to Capitol Hill Office building we ar
[applause] break singing military music [ [singing military music [singing military music ] [choir singing military music ] [choir singing military music] [choir singing military songs] [choir singing military songs] [applause] as we were getting ready to start the ceremony, captain yellin was asking me, die stand nor army . Or die stand for the air force . He was in the army air force. I said, sir, youre 93 years old. You can stand for anybody you want to. [applause] captain jerry yellin is an armia air forces veteran who served in world war ii between 1941 and 1945. He enlisted on his 18th 18th birthday. Just two months after the bombing of pearl harbor. After graduating from Luke Army Airfield as a Fighter Pilot in august of 1943, at the ripe old age of 19, he spent the remainder of the war flying p40, p43 and 551 combat myths in the pacific with the 78th 78th fighter squadron. Par tis pated in the land based fighter mission over japan in 1945 and has the eunuch distinction of heali
[applause] this attack is back [applause] [applause] downstairs getting ready to start the ceremony, he was asking do i stand for the army or for the air force because he was in the army airce force. I said you are 93yearsold q. Can stand up for anybody that you3ol want to. [applause] and Army Air Force veteran who served in world war ii between 1941 and 1945. He enlisted on his 18th birthday just two months after the bombing of pearl harbor. After graduating from the airfield as a Fighter Pilot in august of 1943, at the ripe old age of 19, he spent the remainder flying to p. 47 and p. 51 in the n pacific with the 78h fighter squadron. He participated in the first landbased fighter mission over Japan December and april 1945 and has the unique distinction of having flown the final combat mission of world war ii on the 14th of august, 1945, the data combat ended. On this mission his wing man was the last man killed in a combat mission in world war ii. His experience as a Fighter Pilot ar