Our meeting will come to order consistent with our policy of starting on time and say good morning to the Committee Meets today to consider the nomination of general mark milley to be chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. We thank you for being here today and are grateful for your decades of distinguished service to our nation, we also welcome why you are family and friends and invite you at the appropriate time to introduce those that you feel are appropriate. Its standard for the committee to ask certain questions. These are the required questions, we will ask them fast and if you would audibly respond to them i would appreciate it very much. First if you adhere to the applicable laws and regulations governing conflicts of interest . Yes. Do you agree if confirmed to appear and testify upon request before this committee . Yes, chairman. Do you agree to provide documents including copies of the forms of communication in a timely matter when requested by a duly constituted committee o
Competitor. Another one is the vulnerability of the network, the command and control. We have to do a lot more to make those more resilient. A detailed briefing on that. If youd like. I look forward to that. Thank you. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Congratulations and thank you for your service and to your wife and family. I appreciate your acknowledgment of general dunfords service. I agree on the exceptional job hes done. I certainly believe youre the officer to fill those shoes. I want to comment quickly. My colleagues have talked about these vacancies. None of them have mentioned the unprecedented obstruction that they have undertaken under senator schumers leadership to block and put 30 hours of debate on every almost every nominee. Lets get the vacancies filled, but lets quit the obstruction. Thats a good way to work through this. Its an issue that doesnt get enough attention. The issue that the chairman raised, which i think is the an important one with regard to readiness, he mentio
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