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Preventive defense project. Please help me welcome our speaker this morning, former secretary of defense william perry. applause what a pleasure it is to be aboard this symbol of americas millery power, the uss macon island. What a pleasure it is to be among the men and women of our armed forces and the men and women of the First Responders of the San Francisco bay area. Fleet week for many years in San Francisco was a somewhat [inaudible] affair and it has been transformed into this great comin...

Continuing work weve got to do in afghanistan as well. Same number of of things added together. Also, there is a persistent bad from elements like al qaeda and al qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula that has the ability to generate a threat to the homeland. So that is very, very important. Are we going to be able to meet those with the troops that are projected to be there . Are we going to accomplish anation . Weve had so many families in this country sacrifice. Is it going to be worth it to that . ...

David winston and democratic strategist steve mcmahon. Then a discussion on Cyber Security with the president and ceo of Internet Security alliance. And the president of the plow shares fund talks about north Koreas Nuclear program and his book, bomb scare. Washington journal, live at 7 00 a. M. Eastern on cspan. Tomorrow, live coverage of the forward crime rally on the National Mall here in washington. Speakers include a vote by the senator sheldon whitehouse, van jones and representatives from...

Brookings institution. This is over an hour. Good morning, everyone, and on behalf of brookings and our center for 21st century security, were honored to have the chief of staff of the army, general ray odierno, to speak. You are aware of the challenges of the budget process and our future military planning as well as current operations. No one could be more distinguished and a more thoughtful person to discuss these matters than general odierno, who is a friend of brookings and the broader Defe...

Years, the longest in our history. But today, in my opinion, the greatest threat to our National Security is the fiscal uncertainty resulting from a lack of predictability in the budget cycle, a series of continuing resolutions, a threat of sequestration hanging over our heads, our countrys inability to put its fiscal house in order compromise is the full readiness of the joint force, army, and will impact our ability to provide our security to our nation. We have two problems as i sit here toda...

Caller i think they are representing my ideas, my belief system, and my conservatism. I think they are doing the right thing. Host any leaders in particular . We saw senator rubio give the gop response. Caller i think mark rubio, john mccain, ted cruz, a lot of these congressmen who have been in government for a while, and some of the new ones are doing the job that they were sent there to do. They are representing the constituency from where they are from. The democrats do the same. I know we h...

This is two hours. [inaudible conversations] good morning everybody and welcome. This morning the Committee Considers the nominations of two very distinguished officers to two of the most active and challenging combatant commands. General lloyd austin United States army nominated to be commander u. S. Central command and general David Rodriguez u. S. Army to be nominated to be commander of the u. S. Africa command. These two combatant commands centcom and africom are the centers of gravity for o...

Gilmore and officials with the Government Accountability office. The report highlights Government Programs and agencies that may be vulnerable to fraud, waste and abuse, and mismanagement. This is just over 90 minutes. The committee on Homeland Security, somebody on oversight and management and efficiency, will come to order. The purpose of this hearing is to examine the efficiency of this department of home and security and how widely the are spending taxpayer dollars. Let me begin by extending...

Of the San Francisco bay area. Fleet week for many years in San Francisco was a somewhat [inaudible] affair and it has been transformed into this great coming together by the military and the first responders, the great coming together of our uniformed personnel and a great [speaker not understood] of San Francisco. This amazing transformation in the last few years was due primarily to the vision and the dedication of three people, george and Charlotte Schultz and mike myers. Id like to pause to...

That letter of solidarity for israel. The same. The same thing as a clearing the rain and revolution guard a terrorist group. He was one of only four who did that. So i would only say, this is not a filibuster. Everybody knows its not a filibuster. I hope the media is listing that they are. This is the same thing required by the democrats and the cases john doe tim steve johnson, the case of rob portman. It is the prerogative of the senate. Its not a filibuster. They nearly won a 60vote margin. ...