Government funding deadline, the january 19 deadline. Republican leaders on the hill huddled with the president at camp david over the weekend. What do we know of what they talked about when it comes to resolving this budget impasse . They are talking about the priorities for 2018 and what they should be. As far as the budget goes, what they are concerned about is what they see as a lack of military spending. They feel that the military has overstretched all the branches. Is i dont want to say alltime low, but speaker out a Statement Last week. Week, if you look at military readiness in the early 1990s compared to now, it is much to grated. I think they want to focus on boosting that defense spending number over whatever increased other programs get. There is also talked on the hill about getting an immigration fix is part of the spending bill is probably not going to happen. The immigration negotiations are not as far along as the spending deal is. Behind the scenes, democrats and rep
Of us here, welcome. Happy new year. Glad to discuss an issue we all know will likely be quite important in the new year and we hope with positive developments. We are all anxious about the state of the north korean prices. In todays discussion, which by the way you can see as being telecast on cspan and also as a japanese translation, todays discussion will begin with some by unitedat was done states and japan respectively with various other realizations and support. This is looking at United States and japanese attitudes toward the crisis across a range of issues. We will begin with that. Panelwe will convene a discussion at which time we will giving hismr. Kudo thoughts to further understand and embellish the japanese conventions. Richard bush, the head of our east Asia Policy Center along with others, he will broaden the discussion to think about south korea, obviously an interested actor in this equation and an important factor and will try to understand a little bit about Public
I at the same time you have to improve the intelligence capabilities of south korea and japan and our capabilities as well. Mike knows more about this than i can tell you but the reality is it is a hard target, north koreas tough, not easy to figure out what this guy is going to do as we have been trying to do that and we had some success in trying to penetrate it, we need to improve our intelligence, continue to squeeze on the sanctions and continue to put pressure on china to convince north korea to come to the notion negotiating table. One of the most important things to do is develop a Missile Shield, and effective Missile Shield not only using south korea and japan but our own capabilities so that these missiles the take off we have the capability to hidden quickly and make sure we can do an effective job but we have to pay a price for this constant testing they are involved with in the only way to do that is improve our missile capability which is essential to our ability to prot
I think we better get it going. The committee will come to order. To this mornings hearing. Today, the committee will consider the nomination of alex to servee in the as the secretary of health and Human Services. I would like to welcome him this morning. I want to thank them for being here. Thisillingness to serve in capacity, as well. He has his work cut out for them. Health and Human Services is a massive, Sprawling Department that oversees trillions of dollars in spending and liabilities, encompassing all areas of our Nations Health care system. Confirmed, his decisions will impact the lives of every single american. Knowledge, experience, and most importantly, strong leadership. Our nominee brings all of this to the table after nearly do decades of experience after nearly two decades of experience. Hhs, mr. Azare at played key roles in implementing policies, including the Medicare Advantage program. He was also a leader in hhss response to the anthrax attacks shortly after 9 11, t
Drug prices and his experience as an executive at eli lilly. He was introduced by tommy. Hompson i think we better get it going. The committee will come to order. Order. To this mornings hearing. Today, the committee will consider the nomination of alex to servee in the as the secretary of health and Human Services. I would like to welcome him this morning. I want to thank them for being here. Thisillingness to serve in capacity, as well. He has his worcut out for them. Health and Human Services is a massive, Sprawling Department that oversees trillions of dollars in spending and liabilities, encompassing all areas of our Nations Health care system. Confirmed, his decisions will impact the lives of every single american. Knowledge, experience, and most importantly, strong leadership. Our nominee brings all of this to the table after nearly do decades of experience after nearly two decades of experience. Hhs, mr. Azare at played key roles in implementing policies, including the Medicare