I moved into the army job last year is that the army has cut, to protect force structure, cut that procurement budget pretty substantially. And so that where you go for one, youve got that threelegged stool of the people, the equipment and the training that you do. And to you have to one of those other leg ares will need additional force structure for the recommendation. [inaudible] part of what we, i think when people first hear about strategy, their minds always wander to the air force and the navy. And whether or areas for the army, robotics, autonomy, different types of issue people dont necessarily need right away. Lucky for us bob bork gets back, got that right away. But there are tremendous opportunities and ways we can enhance capability for soldiers. If i can just ask one last question, mr. Secretary. You look for fulfilling the responsibilities, for young people, young women and men, their parents, families. They consider military service. What would you tell them why they ou
Rulemaking have. And so just want to just remind you that i havent forgotten about that. But i want to ask you about s. E. C. Rulemaking and Small Business. As you know, senator heller and i introduced a bipartisan bill that would create an office of Small Business within the Small Business advocate within the s. E. C. Im wondering if you had had a chance to review that legislation, if you have an opinion. Well, first, let me say that i think we have really prioritized the, you know, the interests of and perspectives if i can say that, and special needs of Small Businesses since pretty much the day i arrived at the commission and taken a number of steps. We have in our division of Corporation Finance an office of Small Business policy, which responds to, you know, a thousand plus sometimes nearly 2,000 requests for how do i navigate the rules, how do i do that, how do i do that, they look at all of the rules from the perspective of how is this going to impact Small Businesses. I think
Local Police Departments. And a black trauma surgeon who treated some of the officers who were shot in dallas shared an emotional take on last weeks deadly shootings. Take a listen. I understand the anger and the frustration and distrust of Law Enforcement but theyre not the problem. The problem is the lack of on discussions about the impact of Race Relations in this country. And i think about testify day. And i was not able to save the cops when they came here that night. Clearly emotional there Holding Back Tears as much as possible. Five officers were killed in the dallas massacre another nine officers and two civilians were hurt. Protesters held an antigun rally at the white house today and demonstrators calling on legislation. They want law makers to reinstate the ban on assault require universal background checks and of course the no fl fly, no buy rul and traffic in philadelphia came to a stand still this morning meantime as dozens of demonstrators filled the streets outside of
And certainly ramped up that activity. And as it relates to those that we have concerns with and the intelligence gathering and sharing particularly from the federal bureau of investigation will be beneficial to ensure that there is not an between what happened over there and the individuals we might have over here. Reporter the reality that even the city is vulnerable. And its like making you think of people who you know sometimes it hits home. Reporter now, back live, you can see crowds here in Grand Central terminal, which you typically see around this lunch hour. A lot of them are tourists and people who work in this mid town area and most telling us they dont feel deterred by what happened in brussels but its on the tops of their minds this afternoon. And later this week, the commissioner plans to travel to federal authorities the further discuss these attacks and he will continue working closely with the fbi and for the foreseeable future, you will expect to see heavy security at
Cause the long until next year coast along until next year. Ms. Swain as a passing legislation and fund it through the traffic fund and find it later on . Ms. Caygle what they do next week is moving the date. They are reauthorizing the policy. With thenot dealing next shortterm funding extension and that has not attracted the same kind of fireworks as when they move a funding bill. Ms. Swain it is sounding like the next six weeks is like the six weeks we just finished. A lot of wrangling over spending and interparty working with republicans. A calendar of chaos. Ms. Swain we look forward. Thank you for joining newsmakers. Mr. House thank you. Ms. Caygle thank you. I stay in the wings and dont come out very often so that this quite unusual. I want to thank you for your support and planning this wonderful evening for me. Thanks to the young people for this great welcome. She was the first republican first lady to address a national convention. She traveled more widely than any first lady