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Acts 25th anniversary, a panel of government officials and policymakers discuss their role in implementing the legislation. This 80 Minute Program was cohosted by the National Security archive. The carnegie corporation, the Carnegie Endowment and the Nuclear Threat initiative. Ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much for your attention. We have some real heroes of the implementation of nonlugar. I turn this panel over to David Hoffman to moderate the biographies of these extraordinary individua...

Implementation of nonlugar. I turn this panel over to David Hoffman to moderate the biographies of these extraordinary individuals. They are in your program. I will not spend our time going over those, but i want to turn it to David Hoffman for his penetrating questions and authoritarian moderation. [laughter] david thank you all again for joining us for the second panel. You heard in the first panel some discussion about the hopes and also some of the disappointments, but where the rubber meets...

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, ...

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...

Committee will come to order. I would like to welcome our Witnesses Today as the Committee Examines military Cyber Operations. I note that just about exactly two months ago, president obama confirmed for the first time that the u. S. Is conducting Cyber Operations against isis. And as the leadership of the department of defense was discussing this, they said it was the first time that Cyber Command has been given the guidance to go after isis. Just like we have an air campaign, we want to have a...

Document. When secretary signed the document, he directed the department to focus its efforts on three primary missions in cyber space. One, defend the department of information, department of Defense Information Networks to assure our dod missions. Two, defend the United States against Cyber Attacks of significant consequence and, three, provide full spectrum cyber options to support contingency plans and military operations. Another key part of our strategy is deterrence. Dod is supporting a c...

Of biggest servicers accountable for breaking the rules, because they were more or less too big to fail. This has to stop. Past Performance Matters if the Department Grants another massive new contract to a company with a track record of harmling students and members of the military, or if the company is facing state ag and federal lawsuit investigations, then i think thats a serious problem. I know that you want real reform. That means holding these student loan servicers accountable. I know th...

Literal rejoicing that we had achieved a consensus in a complex area that affected so many millions of americans families. And brought some stability to elementary and secondary education policies. So i am hopeful that after the regulations are finally done, that well still feel the same way. In that spirit, let me continue the conversation you and i were having. I only have five minutes. So i want to get in two or three questions. When we wrote the law, we envisioned that states would have time...

I dont think so, except to show that he supports her. His popularity is going up, as you know. In North Carolina i think it is 50 or higher now. So i think it helps her to be safe with him and it certainly he continues to have a lot of supporters here, particularly minorities and democrats and if he can excite them for her, that will help her get them to turn out in six months. As far as legislators, do we know of anybody here as far as the delegation thats going to be part of this event or atte...

Thank you for being here today, mr. Secretary. Thank you for coming today. Bringing you cast of thousands. Youve got a lot of support here today. Big budget, big support. Were proud to have secretary mcdonald be here today. We were proud to have in order danny, doctor, thanks. Ronald waters. Laverne counsel. Ed murray. We appreciate all of you. With all that support, mr. Secretary, im sure youre going to do a great job. Ill make my Opening Statement and then turn to blumenthal then to your testi...