Good afternoon. I am chris miller, acting secretary of defense for the United States and am here today to update you on president trumps plan to bring the wars in afghanistan and iraq to a successful and responsible conclusion and to bring our brave Service Members home. And kabul to kandahar fallujah, hundreds of thousands of americas sons and daughters who answered the call to serve in our Armed Services have brought us to this point. Their efforts and sacrifice will go down in history as it did amazing the strength as strength,g the commitment of a force that is unlike any the world has ever seen. Just last night, i joined Vice President pence and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff to have the soldiers who perished on duty in the middle east. This was a somber and humbling moment that reminded us of the tremendous sacrifices made by the men and women of the United States military in service of freedom and security. Our armed forces take an oath to support and defend the constitut
Now live to london for british Prime Ministers question time. He tweaked the house of commons is in session we bring you Prime Minister Boris Johnson taking questions from members of the house of commons live wednesday mornings on cspan2. We invite your participation via twitter using hashtag pmqs. Members are finishing up other business prior to question time. Now to the floor of the british house of commons. To ensure that we have the future in wales. If the honorable gentleman has any doubts, look at the work my right honorable friend did to reassure seltzer receive 30 million pods, 800 jobs i wales, our commitment to the industry. We go to questions for the Prime Minister. Questions for the Prime Minister to answer the engagement question and then call the supplementary. Thank you, mister speaker. You have been updated on the leak investigation you referred to on the second of november and i take this matter seriously and return to update the house in due course. This morning i hav
At 202 7488003. You can join the conversation by texting us at that same number, also going to twitter cspanwj or facebook. Com cspan. The acting defense secretary outlined the president s decision yesterday. [video clip] by january 15, 2021, our forces, their size and afghanistan will be 2500. Iraq will alsoin be 2500 by that date. With ouronsistent established plans and strategic objectives. Supported by the American People. It does not equate to a change in u. S. Policy or objectives. Moreover, this decision by the president is based on continuous engagement with his National Security cabinet over the month past. Including ongoing discussions with me and my colleagues across the u. S. Government. I have also spoken with our military commanders and we all will execute this repositioning in the way that protects our fighting men and women, partners in the Intelligence Community, diplomatic corps, and our superb allies that are critical to iraqiding afghan and Civil Society. Secretarya
You are probably the busiest person on the planet. I just wanted to say what an honor it is for us. Secretary esper has been secretary of defense for the past year. He was previously secretary of the army and a very distinguished record of Public Service having served active duty after graduation from west point 10 years and then the reserve for 11 years. We are looking forward to a good conversation. I think you have met the moderator before. He is a mutual friend, dave mccormick, the ceo of bridgewater associates. He also has a distinguished career as undersecretary secretary of the treasury and undersecretary of commerce. Dave and i worked together in the george w. Bush administration in those roles. Dave is also a graduate of west point. Nothing euro secretary esper, but they were at west point at the same point. Dave, i will turn this over to you. Thank you, nick. Secretary esper, thank you for joining us today. It is great to see you. Nick forgot to mention you were born and grew
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