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Watch booktv this weekend on cspan2. President biden has picked Denis Mcdonough to head the Veterans Affairs department. He previously served as white house chief of staff during the last four years of the obama presidency. His confirmation hearing he was asked about veterans access to healthcare, modernization efforts in the das responds to covid19. This is just over two hours. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] i i want to call this evening to order. I want to welcome everybody. I appreciate all that are here, all those that are online. The purpose of this hearing is due from the i president s nominate to serve as secretary of Veterans Affairs, Denis Mcdonough. Before i talk about him i just want to say i appreciate this committee all the re ....
Yesterday, we approved 18 chairs and was pretty exciting for us. We had three contested races, and that included congresswoman rosa delauro, now chair of the Appropriations Committee, following in the footsteps of the first woman to serve in that capacity, nita lowey, paving the way. All three candidates were women for chair of the appropriations. The chair of the Foreign Affairs committee, greg meeks of new york, greg meeks of new york, following in the footsteps of another new yorker, eliot engel. And the chair of the ag committee, david scott from georgia, the first africanamerican ever chosen to be the chair of the agriculture committee. Pretty exciting. Following in the footsteps of the great leadership of collin peterson. Greg meeks is also africanamerican. Pretty historic. A woman and africanamerican. In contested races. Throughout our leadership, half of th ....
In afghanistan, military readiness, and the importance of emerging defense technologies. This is an hour. Ladies and gentlemen, good morning. It is a sincere pleasure for me to welcome our featured an honored guest today, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff general mark milley, United States army. Since becoming the 20 the chairman of the joint chiefs in 2019 general milley has worked to realize the u. S. National Defense Strategy which prioritizes competition with china and russia, and American Defense plenty. Chairman milley has worked tirelessly with civilian and uniformed leadership towards developing the u. S. Armed forces into a truly modern armed force, capable of deterring and heading off the threats of all types that we may be facing today including those emanating from nearpeer competitors that have now re ....