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Weve done a lot of reform over the past two years, that includes acquisition reform, a new military retirement system, major changes in military healthcare, com satisfactory reform, reright of the military code of justice, as well as significant organization zational reform. While a lot has been done, a lot more needs to be done. The world around us is simply moving too fast for us to sit still and assume that the organizations and processes of the past will suffice for today and especially for ...

Weve done a lot of reform over the past two years, that includes acquisition reform, a new military retirement system, major changes in military healthcare, com satisfactory reform, reright of the military code of justice, as well as significant organization zational reform. While a lot has been done, a lot more needs to be done. The world around us is simply moving too fast for us to sit still and assume that the organizations and processes of the past will suffice for today and especially for ...

System. This is two and a half hours. Committee will come to order. This week the committee will hold two hearings that focus on the two major pillars of our agenda. Tomorrow we will hear from the Service Chiefs of repairing and rebuild the military. Today well concentrate on the other pillar which is defense reform. We have done a lot of reform over the past two years. That includes acquisition reform, a new mail tear retirement system, mayor changes in military health care, commissary reform, ...

Good morning everybody. Thank you for being here today and jim miller president and ive had involvement with Missile Defense over a number of decades. Starting on capitol Hill Services committee in the late 80s and early 90s. And continuing on through my time including undersecretary defense of the obama ministration. We have a great panel here today. Youve already met some jericho who is senior fellow here in International Security program at csis. Tom will talk about in particular his importan...

Missile defense over a number of decades starting on capitol hill, House Armed Services committee in the late 80s, early 90s and continuing on through my time including as undersecretary of defense in the Obama Administration. We have a great panel here toda youve youve already met tom karako, senior fellow in the International Security program at cis, director of the Missile Defense system. And tom will talk about in particular his report Missile Defense 2020, next steps for defending the homel...

Thank you for being here today. Of the president strategies and had involvement with missiledefense. On the secretary defense of the obama administration. Yorty met the director of the missiledefense program. Tom will talk about missiledefense 2020 and next steps. Laura is a Senior Scientist in the program. Aboutso has a book missiledefense and will speak to that and a number of issues, i think. Our third panelist is a major general, retired friend, and his last posting was the director of strat...

Committee on the future of the u. S. Armed forces and recommendations to improve the services. Including cost savings and efficiencies, incentivizing and managing the civilian work force. [ gavel ] committee will come to order. This week, the committee will hold two hearings that focus on the two major pillars of our agenda. Tomorrow well hear from the Service Chiefs on repairing and rebuilding our military. Today, however, well concentrate on the other pillar, which is defense reform. Weve done...

Call the roll call on items 13 cohen aye farrell aye kim aye mar aye peskin aye tang aye weiner aye yee aye avalos aye breed aye campos aye there are 11 aye those items are finally passed and approved unanimously. [gavel] x item, please item 4 and speed is to appropriate 100,000 from the general reserves the department of Emergency Management to provide leave to earthquake victims in italy for 201617 will call both on item 4, cohen aye farrell nay kim aye mar aye peskin aye tang nay weiner aye y...

Breed, here. Campos, present. Cohen not present, farrell, present. Kim not present, mar not present, peskin, present. Tang, present. Weiner, present. Yee, present. Kim, present. Mar, present. That president you have a quorum thank you. Please join us in the pledge of allegiance. [pleage of allegiance] thank you. Mdm. Clerk any communications width lunch report mdm. Pres. Colleagues any changes to the september 20 20 sitting board minutes . Seeing none, is her motion to approve those minutes . Mo...

Present. Kim not present, mar not present, peskin, present. Tang, present. Weiner, present. Yee, present. Kim, present. Mar, present. That president you have a quorum thank you. Please join us in the pledge of allegiance. [pleage of allegiance] thank you. Mdm. Clerk any communications width lunch report mdm. Pres. Colleagues any changes to the september 20 20 sitting board minutes . Seeing none, is her motion to approve those minutes . Motion by supervisor campos second by supervisor avalos. Col...