Alliance for democracy and a senior fellow at the in your moderate for today. With that to introduce our special guest both have had the pleasure of working with. David is the author of race, america russian 100 years of covid interference. Foreignpolicy reporting going the new york times, the new yorker in foreign affairs. Steven is pursuing a doctorate in natural relations at the oxford up as a marshall scholar. He is an associate fellow at Yale University where he received his undergraduate and masters degree i got to know david his interning on Hillary Clintons president ial campaign. John brennan is a distinguished fellow he is a former scholar the university of texas in austin. His director of the Central Intelligence agency where he spent many hours in the situation room and previously served as assistant to the president , Homeland Security and counterterrorism. Specialists in middle Eastern Affairs and counterterrorism, john has received cell several awards for his contributio
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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
Records. The dow has added about 2,800 points. Leading the way were the same things that have led since the election. Banks, industrials, materials. The question is simple. Should investors stick with what has led since the election sf in trump we trust. Yes. And i think weve been pretty steadfast on this. A couple times, the market has tried to throw us off course. All along we said we havent seen a selloff. The market doesnt give this long the sell the highs. As long as he doesnt provide specifics, the market rallies tomorrow. I dont think he thought it would be 300 dow points but here we are. As long as it stays above the level. 1 three, the transits, above 160. The s p has more room. Im not going to pretend im some raging bull because im not. I thought the s p would pop to 2,400. You have to say it. What led . Right out of the elections. What leads . Utilities, protection. Some days theyre on. Some days theyre off. If you want to participate, along the index. Be long. Pro business