Today as the u. S. Military mission in afghanistan and the implications to the Peace Process on u. S. Involvement. We are doing this hearing both with some members present and some members remote. We also have two of our witnesses that will be remote. So we are its the first time weve bee back for a full comttee meeting, House Armed Services mmittee since the covid outbreak so i urge all of you participating and watching be patient as we work out the bugs and give everybody the chance to say what they need to say and run the committee in an orderly fashion. Before we start the basic rules and outline of how were doing the hearing. And i welcome those joining us remotely and those members are reminded they must be visible onscreen within the Software Platform, joining the establi established meeting and remaining a quorum and they must use the video platform during the proceeding unless they experience connectivity prlem. If a perso remotely have issues, the staff will help you get reco
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Secretary, the va is set to fix the broken va system. Finally, before i open it up to take your questions, as youre all very well aware, oddly, we have quite a few of them going on. Major garrett, happy birthday. But even more importantly, im pretty lucky. I think i have two of the best parents in the world. Its my dads birthday, so happy birthday, dad. And its my nieces birthday. I get to knock out a lot of stuff today. My only niece caroline turned 4 today. So with that, i will take your questions sarah, there seems to be acrimoniy between the president and congressional leadership. How do you prepare this relationship going into the fall . Look, i think the relationships are fine. Certainly, there are going to be policy differences. But there are also a lot of shared goals, and thats what were focused on. Were disappointed that worker, they failed to get it repealed and replaced. But at the same time, President Trump has worked with leader mcconnell to reach out to other members and
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