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A year-long continuing resolution would force the Navy to miss deadlines on delivering the first Columbia class ballistic missile submarine, the service’s top officer told House appropriators Wednesday. In prepared testimony on Columbia, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday told the panel that “since the shipbuilding account is uniquely line-item appropriated, the CR provides […]

The RQ-170 drone, apparently in a test configuration, was spotted over the desert south of Edwards Air Force Base.

>> so what do you say to the experts who say that we should send our advisers into taiwan wearing uniforms and admit that theyre there? the taiwanese leadership has come out publicly saying there are the u.s. advisers there. >> well, you know, again, bret, i think were doing a lot to support taiwan right now. were going to look for ways to do more. and, you know, my leadership, my service chiefs, combatant commanders will all stay engaged and make recommendationsen on the best way to -- recommen...

[By Jimmy Drennan] The ongoing supply chain crisis is a sobering reminder that American maritime...

This comes up, but just to see americas top general as essentially the star witness, even though the defense secretary was here and some of the other combatant commanders were there, for milley to be there and to the point a moment ago we talked about it so lets just listen. in the book, in "the peril" book nancy pelosi said she was having this conversation is the president going to launch a military attack. you know hes crazy. thats what he said and nancy pelosi said he agreed with her. he says...

To cut that out. that members of the defense department need to be ready for the questions that we have asked and that were going to ask. and so i object to the continuation of that in this hearing today. while im at it, i would also point out, general milley, i appreciate your statement and ive read it. and i understand what youre trying to say. but further than what you mentioned, the mention is that you told combatant commanders to report back to you. our clear understanding is that they are ...

The defense department need to be ready for the questions that we have asked and that were going to ask. so i object to the continuation of that in this hearing today. while im at it, i would also point out general milley, i appreciate your statement and i read it and i understand what youre trying to say. but further than what you mentioned, the allegation is that you told combatant commanders to report back to you. our clear understanding is that they are not in the -- you are not in their cha...

Administration at our last classified hearing that we need to cut that out. that members of the defense department need to be ready for the questions that we have asked and that we are going to ask and so i object to the continuation of that in this hearing today. while im at it i would also point out general milley i appreciate your statement and ive read it and i understand what you are trying to say. but further than what you mentioned, the allegation is that you told combatant commanders to ...

0 also a key part of the plan was to maintain an embassy in kabul and maintaining that embassy would allow us to continue to engage the government, to continue to provide resources to support the afghan security forces so it was -- the plan was to leave a diplomatic presence there, and in conjunction with that plan we also were going to leave a small military force there to help secure the embassy, so that was the plan, senator. >> but you didnt address the issue that you made -- if it was your ...

0 theres no doubt in my mind that our efforts prevented an attack on the homeland from afghanistan which was our core original mission. and everyone who served in that war should be proud. your service mattered. beginning in 2011, we steadily drew down our troop numbers, consolidated and closed bases and retrograded equipment from afghanistan. at the peak in 2011, we had 97,000 u.s. troops alongside 41,000 nato troops in afghanistan. ten years later, when the ambassador signed the doha agreement...