Otherwise known as a National Security adviser. I want to welcome all of you here who are able to join us and the audience watching on livestream from the hudson web site but also a special welcome to our cspan audience who will be following this event on cspan2 today and we are to have you here if only virtually and delighted to have everyone who could participatete in this discussio. As i think is going to be one of the most interesting and significant events that we have done here at hudson particularly given the fact that we are less thanan a week away from the election. So many of these issues we are going to be talking about today the question of what americas going to do and where americas going to go from here those issues are going to be decided very soon and so what happens in our discussion here i think will help us to understand the guide to what takes place regardless of who it is who will be sitting oval office come january january 21. I want to say a few words about our
Hours. Haidi tencent buys a 5 stake. Rishaad coming clean, President Trump rolls back Climate Change, saying he is ending the war on coal. Looking forward to 1 30 p. M. Brussels time when the clock will start taking on britain leaving the European Union when the British Ambassador to the European Union hands that letter signed by theresa may to donald tusk. That is the start of a twoyear period of negotiation later today. Haidi thats right. Two years of no doubt contentious negotiations. What will it mean for sterling . 1. 36 for theey see pound, but a very big if counting down to that brexit trigger day. We are 30 minutes away from the open in china and hong kong. We have had this risk on rally on the table with a blowout Consumer Confidence number out of the u. S. Will that trickled through when it comes to the asian session. Lets get it over to sophie to see how we are faring. Sophie we do have stocks outside japan advancing, building on gains for a second day, stocks in sydney lead
Forms that can dominate any battlefield of the world today and i believe theyre concerned about their ability to respond in a conventional arena. Therefore, it is logical from their cave to continue to modernize sources including Nuclear Forces in all areas. The second piece is that also watch the power of our partnerships. They are challenging the status. Quo across europe in crimea in a number of areas, pushing into creative tension within our partnerships and alliances, which is another significant damage the United States has built over the last 20 years, sarah. I thank you under general. Thank you, mr. Chairman. And think to ask a few questions, maybe one before it leaves. General hyten, synchronizing our warfare efforts in years ago things were jamming radar and now cyberis a big part of this domain. Can you give us your thoughts on the interaction between Electronic Warfare the traditionalists i suggested and also the role of Cyber Command . Just your thoughts. As commissary. I
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Dollences to the family of the brave family killed by isil. Together with jordan we mourn the loss of a hero that that galvanized the nation and the world. I hope this heinous crime helps us put in place what thus far has been lacking, comprehensive strategy to achieve goal to degrade and destroy isil. Let there be no doubt we still do not have a viable strategy to counter isil. And if you are not winning in war, you are losing. America has no greater ally in the fight against terrorism than jordan. As we made clear to King Abdullah in our meeting yesterday, this committees concern is to ensure jordan has equipment and resources necessary to continue taking the fight directly to isil. Many of us on this committee will be sending a letter to the administration on this urgent issue of concern and we invite all of our fellow Committee Members to join us on that letter. I think there was a consensus on both sides after the meeting with King Abdullah that we would send a letter out this mor