Good morning. I am the director here in brookings but i want to welcome everybody to the event today. How much money for defense is enough . This event began with a call i got from someone i respect he said to me, simply, how do we decide how much money the u. S. Should spend on defense . I know a bit about the federal budget, but i have to confess, im a lot more comfortable talking about things like Social Security, low Income Home Energy assistance programs, the state and local Tax Deduction and about the Defense Budget. So i called michael hamlin, my colleague here, and i put the question to him. How much of the u. S. Spent on defense. Mike said, funny last, i just finished a 20,000 word answer to that question. So here we are. You could read it on her website, but he promised me he wont try to read them all today. I want to start today with a question i can answer. How much the u. S. Spent on defense. The short answer is, we spend a lot on defense. There are lots of ways to measure
All right lets get right to our top story today. Alvin braggs star witness Michael Cohen is not only a liar but he is a thief and embezzler from the Trump Organization. Our own lydia hu has the latest from the new york state Supreme Court, downtown new york city. Lydia, what can you tell us . Reporter hi, there, larry i just stepped outside of the courtroom. As we near the finish line of this time it is getting tense. Objections from both sides, intense debate and arguments over evidentiary matters which are really important because they determine what information the jury will hear in the final days of this trial. The prosecution rested its case within the past hour. The defense was able to call their first witnesses. One of them being a witness that was used to document some of the phone calls that have been exchanged. Most importantly their second witness is now attorney Robert Costello. We know him as the onetime Legal Advisor to Michael Cohen and costello, im getting notes from ou
Mr. President , madam vicepresident , secretary austin, distinguished guests and family and friends, good morning and thank you all for being here today. Mr. President , thank you for your unwavering leadership guiding our great nation and the trust you placed in me. When you were inaugurated you didnt have to do that, but you did and i appreciate it. Your steadfast commitment to our troops and their families has strengthened our military, making us stronger and more capable than ever before and ive seen you in the breach. Ive seen you on the watch. And i know firsthand that youre a man of incredible integrity and character, so thank you for your leadership. And secretary austin, thank you for leading our department with character and courage and also incredible integrity. Youve served our nation consistently for nearly five decades now in and out of uniform. The silver star recipient, a man of enormous courage, both moral and physical. Im personally thankful for your guidance and your
I want to welcome everybody to the events today. How much money for the defense is enough . This began with a call i got from someone i respect who said toyo me simply how do we decide how much money the u. S. Should spend. I have to confess im more i ame comfortable talking about things like Social Security, the opportunity and about the defensee budget. I called my colleague here at brookings and i put the question to him how much should the u. S. Spend on defense and he said funny you asked i just finished an answer to that question so here we are and you can read all 20,000 words on the website but he wont try to read them all today. I want to start with the question i cant answer how much did the u. S. Spend, so can we get the first slide. The short answer is we spend a lot on defense. Theres lots of ways to measure but letsd start with a few basics. This is a pie chart that shows how we spent the federal budget in the last fiscal year about 900 million on defense roughly one out
I want to welcome everybody to the events today. How much money for the defense is enough . This began with a call i got from someone i respect who said toyo me simply how do we decide how much money the u. S. Should spend. I have to confess im more i ame comfortable talking about things like Social Security, the opportunity and about the defensee budget. I called my colleague here at brookings and i put the question to him how much should the u. S. Spend on defense and he said funny you asked i just finished an answer to that question so here we are and you can read all 20,000 words on the website but he wont try to read them all today. I want to start with the question i cant answer how much did the u. S. Spend, so can we get the first slide. The short answer is we spend a lot on defense. Theres lots of ways to measure but letsd start with a few basics. This is a pie chart that shows how we spent the federal budget in the last fiscal year about 900 million on defense roughly one out