The bus during washington journal starting at 9 45 a. M. Here. Next, a forum on security threats in regions of north africa. The center for strategic and International Studies hosted a daylong discussion on the issue with regional and Security Experts from touchdowns, algeria and morocco. This portion of the event is an hour and ten minutes. Good morning, everybody. Welcome. My name is john hamre and im very pleased to have all of you join today for what is going to be a fascinating conversation. I was talking with our very distinguished speakers just as we were waiting for people to gather and said that, you know, in washington, north africa is kind of a blank spot, you know . There is so much in this region that we dont know and we tend to look at we tend to look at europe, we tend to look at africa, we tend to look at middle east, but we dont tend to look at the maghreb and think about it in a systematic, thoughtful way. Thats going to be the opportunity for today. Were going to hav
Officials, journalists and a representative from the International Crisis group. Good morning, everybody. My name is john hamre and im very pleased to have all of you join us today for what is going to be a fascinating conversation. I was talking with our very distinguished speakers just as we were waiting for people to gather and i said you know, in washington, north africa is kind of a blank spot. So much in this region that we dont know. We tend to look out your appeared we tend to look at africa and the middle east. We dont tend to look at the mall grub and think about it in a systematic awful way. That is going to be the opportunity for today. We are going to have a dad with these remarkable leaders and i do want to stay thank you for coming. Im very proud that you would be here. We are going to explore three Different Things today. We are going to take an honest look at terrorism in the maghrib. We are going to analyze what the governments of the region are doing and how they are
Year 2018 budget requests. We welcome secretary mattis for the first time before our committee. We welcome chairman dunford ba back. The question today, as it is each year for this hearing is, how well the administrations proposal meets the security needs of the nation. Factoring both the external threats on the current state of our military. This committee has repeatedly heard testimony over the last two years that our country faces more serious complex pretty challenges now than we have ever faced before. The hearings and briefings we held on the current state of our military have been disturbing. The ministration budget request of 306 billion for base requirements a 6 above the 17 an active level and 3 above the last obama proposal. Its also 37 billion below what this committee assess last fall was needed and about 58 million below the fy 12 gates budget which was independently validated by the bipartisan National Defense panel. The issue is not about numbers. Its about what those n
Committee meets to receive the testimony of the secretary of defense and the chairman of the joint chief of staffs on the administrations fiscal year 2018 budget request. We welcome secretary mattis for the first time before our committee and we welcome chairman dunford back. The question today, as it is each year for this hearing, is how well the administrations proposal meets the security needs of the nation. Factoring in both the external threats and the current state of our military. This committee has repeatedly heard testimony over the past two years that our country faces more serious complex security challenges now than we have faced before. The hearings and briefings we have held on the current state of our military have been disturbing. The administrations budget request of 603 billion for base requirements is 6 above the 17 enacted level and 3 above the last Obama Administration Budget Proposal. Its 37 billion below what this committee assessed last fall was needed and 58 bi
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