The Committee Meets today to receive testimony from the department of defense fiscal year 2021 budget request. Welcome our witnesses and thank them for their service in both dr. Mark esper and general mark we have a pair of marks in this morning. This committees top priority is ensuring the effectiveness of the National Defense strategy. Thats our vote that we had heard, adhere for a long period of time now. About three years. Unfortunately, the last administration we ask our military to do more with less and that got us into trouble between 2012 and 2017 we lost 150 billion to sequestration. Our Defense Budget in the readiness of our forces were devastated. I think we all understand that. As a result, when President Trump came to office, he inherited American Military and crisis, thankfully he delivered on his promise to begin rebuilding the u. S. Armed forces. He negotiated the highest level of defense spending ever, a down payment toward getting our military back to where it needs t
And joint chiefs of staff chair general mark milley were on capitol hill to testify on the president s 2021 budget request for the pentagon. They were also asked about military modernization efforts and defense funds being diverted from border wall construction being diverted for border wall construction. [indiscernible conversations] [indiscernible conversations] the Committee Meets today to receive testimony for the 2021 budget request. We welcome our witnesses and thank them for their service. After mark esper and general mark milley. Top priority is ensuring the effectiveness and implementation of the National Defense strategy. Unfortunately under the last administration, we asked our military to do more with less, and that got us into trouble and 2017. 12 we lost 150 billion to sequestration. Our forces were devastated. I think we all understand that. As a result, when President Trump came to office, he a country in crisis. Rican military and crisis, thankfully he delivered on his
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