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this past week, secretary of defense james madison and joseph dunford testified on the 2018 budget request for the pentagon. u.s.were also asked about strategy in afghanistan. well, good morning. the senate armed services committee meets to receive testimony on the department of defense s full-year 20 budget request. we welcome secretary matus, general dunford, thank you for your leadership of our minimum and in uniform. before we begin, we all want to acknowledge the service and sacrifice of sergeant eric howe, sergeant william baze, and corporal dylan aldrich. these three soldiers were killed this weekend in afghanistan. but thoughts and prayers of this committee are with their loved ones. the sacrifice of these heroes is a painful reminder that america is still a nation at war. that is true afghanistan or after 15 years of war. we face a stalemate and urgently need a change in strategy and an increase in resources if we are to change this situation around. we also ....
[inaudible] [indiscernible] mr. sessions: mr. chairman, if i might, friends, i would like to thank richard shelby, my colleague and senators susan colleague susan collins for their introduction. it was moving and touching for me. it s hard to believe the three of us have served together in this body for almost 20 years. when i arrived in the senate in 1997, i probably would not have anticipated becoming so close to the colleagues from maine. [indiscernible] mr. sessions: it took a while to understand our accents but once we did, we never had a problem. he has been a steady fast friend and we have been a good team representing the interests of alabama and the united states. i want to thank president-elect donald trump for the confidence and trust he has shown in me by nominating me to serve as attorney general of the united states. i feel the weight of an honor traders and i aspire to. if i am confirmed, i will commit to do and to the american people to be worth the ....
what you just did so thank you very much. a few moments we have a very special guest is coming out the former vice president of united states joe biden. [applause] along with vice president we have a proud president jason romain. yes, louder. and along with jason romain senator bob dole republican from kansas. they will also have tom daschle democrat from south dakota. and george mitchell also democrat from maine. nevertheless this is a very very special moment for us so i would please ask that all of you please silence your cell phones and if you wouldn t mind when the gentlemen come up to the stage if you wouldn t mind doing this. thank you very much. and of course i just forgot to introduce my boss. so nevertheless i m very proud to chase the founding president of the bipartisan policy committee and that is jason romain. i m very nervous tonight, i don t know why. [applause] we will let our gang a symbol for just a moment. [inaudible conversations] [applause] [inau ....
tony, we now know from investigators that there were ne skid marks from that school buss before it struck the mta bus here on frederick avenue in southwest baltimore.timo let s fill you in on some of the dead and the injuries. we that there were a total 616 people involved. section are dead, 0 injured, five people killed on the commuter bus, including the driver. one killed on the l school bus,, that is a 67 year old driver. we know that the aid who was on the school bus survived. bus. there are now two people inin critical condition still in the hospital today. tod now, we want to tell you that a at 5:00 we had told you that baltimore police said that when the bus came down frederick avenue it first struck this fence over here.e. but we know know that s notnot correct. the baltimore police back tracked onalti that. they athe accident first ath happened when the bus came and struck the rear of a mustang officer. then it continued down the street hitting a pillar in fron ....
donald trump is gaining ground on hillary clinton even though he still faces an up hill battle. > president of vote american.te i want to start with this.is. one recurring theme we ve hearde from a lot of people is thatat neither one of these candidatesa are really reaching out or at o least talking about the millenial vote.mi what issues appeal to younger voters? the future voters of tomorrow? are any candidatesdae fitting that bill right now. no. no candidates are. and thank you i m glad you asked that question. no cdi issues that directly affect millenials. vote america now just hosted a town haul at baltimore criminall justice. one of the main issues that he we a hear about on a consistent basis, education, jobs, education reform, especiallyrefo with the recent events that aret happening in our nation. look at the divide we have between community and police relations. it s horrible. they had a debate in st. louis right in the heart basically in community relations ....