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We will bring to order the senate of Armed Services committee. We receive testimony on global challenges in the National Security strategies to meet those threats. It is my honor to welcome our distinguished witnesses. Farmers secretaries of state Henry Kissinger and george schulz, and the former deputy secretary of state richard armitage. Your careers of service have been unbelievable and great, we are so honored to have you folks here. I want to begin by reading a brief welcome from our chairman mccain, who regretfully is unable to be here for todays hearing. I am quoting him now. With the rising global challenges and increasingly complex and competitive strategic environment, America Needs leadership, wisdom, and experience that only statesman of this stature ....
Consider the nomination of mr. David cotter to serve as assistant secretary of treasury for tax policy. Mr. Cotter, welcome to the finance committee. We appreciate your willingness to appear before us today. We also appreciate your willingness to serve in this capacity. And im sure that the significance of this position at this crucial time is not lost on you. Its not lost on any member of this committee. Tax reform has been a major focus of our committee for some time now and we are grateful to have you here to discuss your thoughts on these matters. On a number of occasions, i stated my view that president ial leadership will be a key component to any successful tax reform effort. Just the last week i quoted president obama in a speech on the senate familiar back in 2012. He said things like, quote, our current Corporate Tax system is outdated, unfair and inefficient, unquote. The problem was that president obama never really got ....