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Welcome to brookings. As you know, i had the privilege and honor of welcoming back to brookings chairman mack thornberry, from the 13th district of texas to discuss matters of defense policy, budget and many other subjects under the sun. He is the chairman of the Armed Service committee. A texan who goes back to ranting in the 13th district as far back as 1881, probably wondering what he was doing on a rainy washington dealing with the federal budget when he couldve been back home in the texas springtime but we are grateful for your service. We are both grateful for being here today. Its a momentous time in American Foreign policy and defense policy and we will get quickly to matters of the Defense Budget, defense spending and where the entire debate may go with tomorrows release of the president s budget and congress gearing up in its normal hearing steering on the subject. Just to get us energized on a good monday morning if you could please join me in welcoming the chairman to brook
House Armed Services Committee Chair mac thorn perry sat down to talk about military ready did iness and defense spending. Interviewed by the Brookings Institution Michael Ohanlon. This is an hour. Good morning, everyone and welcome to brookings. Im Michael Ohanlon in the Foreign Policy program. As you know i have the privilege and honor welcoming back to brookings, congressman mac thornberry, from texas to does defense policy, matters, many subjects up the sun. The chairman of the Armed Services committee. First texan have that role. His family goes back to ranching in the 13th district to 18811. Wonder what he is doing in rain any washington dealing with federal budget when he could be back home dealing with texas springtime. Were grateful for your service. Were grateful for you being here today. It is a momentous time in american Foreign Policy and defense policy well get quickly to matters of the Defense Budget, defense spending where the entire debate may go with tomorrows release
He is the chairman of the House Armed Services committee. The first texan to ever have that role and a texan whose family goes back to ranching in the 13th district as far back as 1881. Probably wondered what he was doing in a rainy washington up here dealing with the federal budget when he could have been back home in the texas spring time but we are grateful for your service and to all of you for being here today. District as 1881. Probably wondered what he was doing in a rainy washington up here dealing with the federal budget when he could have been back home in the texas spring time but we are grateful for your service and to all of you for being here today. It is a momentous time in American Foreign policy and defense policy. Well get quickly to matters of the Defense Budget, defense spending and where the entire debate may go with tomorrows release the president s budget and Congress Really gearing up in its normal hearing season on these subjects but i thought just to get us en