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
Ms. Bashford, you have the con. Before we get started, apparently, in order to speak, you need to hit request, and when youre done, hit the part that says speak. In any event, mr. Sullivan, thank you and good morning. I want to welcome the members and everybody in attendance today on valentines day to the 16th Public Meeting of Defense Advisory Committee on the investigation, prosecution and defense of sexes yule assault Sexual Assault in the armed forces. Were going to given by taking attendance. General anderson. [roll call] judge bris boy and judge walton could not be in attendance today, but with 11 members present, we have a quorum. Created by the secretary of defense in 2016 in accordance with the ndaa for fiscal year 2016. Our mandate is to advise the secretary of defense on the investigation, prosecution and defense of allegations of Sexual Assault and other Sexual Misconduct involving members of the armed forces. em if. We will hear from two retired army judges, a retired navy
U. Where the i would look and i would think how are we hearing e a motion to dismiss a Sexual Assault case how are we even hearing this. Why are we hear . That is not a credibility determination nap is just a base level facts, have they met this burden, if youre there that tells me that something went really wrong with your case or that you didnt fully consider if this case should see the inside of a courtroom. To have it happen once, to me, is problem matic. That is an ethical call that the lawyer ought to be making. I sat as a judge a number of times ruling on motions where both sides would present evidence and facts, the motion was when did article 32 change . That is a fact. That is a fact. Experienced defense prosecutors did not give anyway fact. If done intentionally, thats an ethical violation. I dont think it was done intentionally so there is no ethical follow up, but it is an ascertainable fact. How i know, i googled, it exists. But the reality is that at the end of the day y
Cspans q a. Cspan, your unfiltered view of government. Created by cable in 1979 and brought to you today by your television provider. Defense secretary mark eer and mark milley were on capitol hill to testify for the 2020 request for the pentagon. They were also asked about military moderation efforts and defense funds for border wall construction. The Committee Meets today to receive testimony in the department of defense fiscal year 2021 budget request and our witnesses we thank them for our service and both dr. Marques per and general mark. We have a pair of marks this morning. This committees top priority is ensuring the effectiveness adjacent to a National Defense strategy thats our vote we had heard in hearing for a long period of time now, about three years. Unfortunately, the last administration we asked our military to do more with less. That got us in trouble between 2012 and 2017, we boost 150 billion to sequestration. Our Defense Budget in the redness of our forces were dev