Victims of the Florida School shooting. Mr. President . The senator from florida. Mr. President , those were all our children. Those of us who are parents, you can imagine the parents of those children wondering what else can be done. Because yesterday a former student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in northern broward county, parkland, florida, walked on to the campus with a gas mask, smoke grenades, and carrying an ar15 assault rifle. He pulled the fire alarm. He waited for the students to come out into the hallway and he opened fire. And as a result, 14 families are grieving. Their worst fears have become reality, and more than a dozen other students who were injured, theyre in the hospital and some of them in critical condition. At some point weve got to say enough is enough. At some point we as a society have got to come together and put a stop to this. This senator grew up on a ranch. I have hunted all my life. I have had guns all my life. I still hunt with my son. But a
Morrow. The book cost 8. 95 plus shipping and handling. To get your copy go to cspan. Org landmark cases. Yesterday treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin testified before the house ways and Means Committee regarding the president s 2019 budget request for his agency. On most of the questions from lawmakers focus on the budget and tax reform related matters, the secretary was asked about his thoughts on gun violence after 17 people were killed in a shooting in parkland, florida. The treasury secretary urged congress to look at these issues and said he would talk to the president and other cabinet members by how to address it. This hearing is one hour 40 minutes. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] the meeting will come to order. Before we get started today i want to take a moment to offer our committees deepest condolences to all those impacted by yesterday tragic shooting in florida. Our hearts go out to all the victims an
I will post some questions to the group. We will say the last part of our we will save the last part of our time in the session for questions from the audience save the last part of our time in the session for questions from the audience. Let me quickly introduce our group. We have the Principal Assistant deputy administrator at nsa, where he runs the defense program. Anita is the acting system secretary of state from the bureau arms and control. I am very pleased that we could gather this group here and we are looking forward to this discussion. We will start with entered option and go with the following order we are going to start with greg, then we will go to phil, anita. Greg, over to you. Greg what i thought i would do in my brief remarks is give you a little more insight into the approach that 3 departments took in conducting the Nuclear Posture review over the last year. It will emphasize what general hyten said. Which is consistent with the National Defense strategy. This is a
Clocked in for 35 35 years, rad a good family, you are a hero, too. And i think too often in our society we put certain folks on pedestals as he rose because of something they missed they did for the sacrifices they did, but every day, i mean, i was walking over here just from the hotel looking at people curious about the sacrifices they have made for their own kids or for their marriage or for caring for an ill person. So for me while the veterans and war and Everything Else have become close to my heart, it reaffirmed my belief that everyones got a great story. Everyone should share that story even if you think your story is important, make sure you share it with someone. Make sure you share with your kids. Unfortunately those folks that pass away, when you talk to them right before death, often they will say their biggest regret isnt i didnt write a a book r star in a movie will make more money. Its i wish id spent more time with my kids, or i wish i told my kids a little bit more a
Mr. Rosenstein good morning. The indictment charges 13 russian nationals and three Russian Companies for committing federal crimes while seeking to interfere with the United States political system, including the 2016 president ial election. The defendants allegedly conducted what they called Information Warfare against the United States with the stated goal of spreading distrust towards the candidates and the political system. According to the allegations of the indictment, 12 of the individual defendants worked at various times for a Company Called Internet Research Company Research agency llc, a Russian Company based in st. Petersburg. The other defendant funded the conspiracy through companies known as concorde management and consulting llc, concorde catering, and many other affiliates and subsidiaries. The conspiracy was part of a larger operation called project latka. Project latka included multiple components, some including domestic audiences and others targeting foreign audien