[indiscernible conversation] i call this hearing to order. I would like to welcome our witness. Besident trumps nominee to the next director of National Intelligence. Dan, congratulations on your nomination. Welcome back. I am sure you did not expect to be welcomed back to these holes so soon after your retirement. I would also like to welcome back your wife and my good friend, marcia, and i would like to thank her for sharing you with the rest of us. Ive known both of you for many years and seen firsthand the strength of your relationship that you so thoughtfully described in your statement for the record. Our goal in this hearing is to direct the committee to consider tor coates for the consider him for the nomination. He is already responded to more than 100 questions. Today, of course, members will be able to ask additional questions in both open and closed sessions. Withoats comes to us Honorable Service in the house, the senate, and as an ambassador. Those of us who have had the
Inches around their metro region. We told you we could see windchills in the 20s. 29 degrees, 20 hagerstown, 11 in state college. It gets colder than that tomorrow morning. Tomorrow morning were talking about windchills anywhere from about 515 degrees across the area. Right now were at 40 degrees. As we move into the overnight hours, if youre heading out tonight, its still breezy overnight. Were around 33 tomorrow morning, waking up to a temperature of 326. So many people running in the rock n roll marathon. They werent training for temperatures that feel like the 20s. The Cherry Blossoms will also see damage this weekend. Were thinking 10, 20, maybe little bit more of the blooms will likely die off. All of the focus on tuesday. We think school delays, highly likely School Closures as well. A major noreaster moving up forecast in about 15 minutes. This cold weather is coming at a very bad time for our citys famous Cherry Blossoms so close to the peak bloom. Many of them could take a hi
Nicholas lambert talk about the marylandnds voyage to , the german naval expansion and british Army Blockade in the war. This is a 50 minute event. Our two speakers artistically naval historians. Are distinguished naval historians. Gary weir is the chief historian of the Geospatial Intelligence agency. Served 19t, dr weir years as a department of the navys history and heritage command. One of the leading experts on undersea warfare, intelligence, tradecraft, and related technologies. His books include building the forged in war the Naval Industrial complex and american submarine tide theon, rising Untold Stories of the western submarines that fought the cold war russian submarines that fought the cold war. The winner of the Richard Leopold prize. Also the former editor of the National Journal of naval history. Dr. Weir is here to comment on the Technological Development of the submarine, and the role and plans of the german navy as world war i developed. This was this is his first appe
History and when edward sent me the dawn of victory it was pristine. I have never said that about a man new script. I get paid to help dekrurbgtconstruct peoples writing. It was a fantastic telling of a story that is often overlooked. It is so under rated and edward dust a magnificent job of doing justice to an incredible phase of the civil war the make it or break it point. As he will share with us it is the breaking point that leads to the end. Without further ado i would like to introduce my friend mr. Edward alexander. Edward thank you very much for that kind introduction, chris, and to all my colleagues at emerging civil war for putting on a fantastic symposium that i hope everyone has enjoyed so far. It is a privilege to talk to this group and thanks to all of you. We would not be here just talking we might be here talking to an empty room but it is great to have such a wonderful turnout to explore the great attacks of the civil war. I believe and this will be a very biased opini
Mr. Thornberry mr. Speaker, i want to start by thanking the 63 members of the Armed Services committee, not only for all of their work in putting this bill together but for the seriousness with which they take our duties under the constitution to help provide for the common defense. Our members dont always agree, but were able to work our way through our differences most of the time and think about the larger cause. You might say we sacrifice some of our individual differences or preferences in order to support the men and women who sacrifice so much for us. And i want to thank all the members of the house. Weve had a lot of members over the last two days who have come down to the floor and talked about their amendments. Who have and all of those amendments have helped make this bill a better bill. And thats the way that for 54 straight years congresses of majorities of both parties and president s of both parties have defense bill, a last year was a little iffy but its happened. There