Required length of time. Is there a motion to favorably report these 3,196 military nominations . So moved. Second . Second. All in favor say aye. Aye. The motion carries. Xh tig the Committee Meets this morning to consider the nomination of general Joseph Dunford for reappointment as chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. General ton ford, this Committee Thanks you for your decades of distongue wished service to our nation. We are grate to feel your wife, ellen, for the support she has always provided to you, and to all who serve our nation in uniform. Id also like to well yom couco son patrick. Patrick. Unfortunate fortunately, you look like your mother, patrick, who is joining us this morning. Joe and kathleen send their support from afar even as i bet they are a little relieved they do not have to sit through your interrogation. In order to exercise its legislative and oversight responsibilities its important this committee and other appropriate committees of the congress are able
Nominations . So moved. Second . Second. All in favor say aye. Aye. The motion carries. The Committee Meets this morning to consider the nomination of general Joseph Dunford for reappointment as chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. General dunford, this Committee Thanks you for your decades of distinguished service to our nation. We are grateful to your wife ellen for the support she has always provided to you and to all who serve our nation in uniform. Id also like to welcome your son patrick. Patrick. Fortunately, you look like your mother, patrick, who is joining us this morning. Joe and kathleen send their support from afar even as i bet they are a little relieved they do not have to sit through your interrogation. In order to exercise its legislative and oversight responsibilities its important this committee and other appropriate committees of the congress are able to receive testimony, briefings and other communications of information. Have you adhered to applicable laws and r
Recommendation to expand registration to include women. Author and former Obama Administration official cass ,unstein talks about his book impeachment a citizens guide. Host there are eight dead and anleast 11 injured following attack in new york city yesterday. Reportedly he shouted god is great in arabic after the attack. The attack was carried out in the name of isis. That we will tell you about in the first hour of washington genesys morning. We invite your phone calls on the attack and related issues stemming from that great you want to give us a call this 202 7488001 democrats. 202 7488002 republicans. 202 7488005 independents. Can post on our facebook page. Abc News Highlights some of the him thison about morning saying he became a legal permanent resident of the United States. He lived in cincinnati, tampa florida, most recently paterson new jersey where he lived with his wife and three children and that he rented the vehicle at a nearby home depot. He also worked as a uber dri
Almost exactly to a t the instructions that isis has put out in its social Media Channels before with instructions to their followers on how to carry out such an attack. Paul judge Michael Mukasey served as the 81st attorney general of the United States, and he also presided over the criminal prosecution of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing suspects. Judge, good to have you here again. Good to be here. Paul you heard john miller. This is the kind of nightmare scenario for people who are trying to prevent this. Somebody selfradicalizedded here, very hard to stop. Well, selfradicalized is one of those phrases that, frankly, id like to bury because he didnt invent the doctrine, he didnt create the videos, the support system and Everything Else that goes with it. He was alone, in a sense, but somebody who had passed through the radar before. Paul what i mean by that is there is not links that would have shown him to have popped up on the screen where the fbi or nypd could say, aha, hes s
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 a lot of reform over the past two years. That includes acquisition reform, a new military retirement system, major changes in military health care, commissary reform, a rewrite of the uniform code of military justice as well as significant organizational reform. While a lot has been done, however, 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 tomorrow. Yes, we all have an obligation to see taxpayer dollars are spent as efficiently and effectively as possible, especially in fulfilling the first job of the federal government which is to defend the country. But we all know from the news and from our In