The subcommittee on defense appropriations to the United States senate will come to order. Today we are receiving an update on military readiness and Defense Budget matters we are pleased to welcome to the committee the secretary of defense and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. Fiscal year 2017 department of defense appropriations agreement i look forward to completing the work of that bill in the coming weeks. We are well into the fiscal year and members of the subcommittee understand that legislation as we complete our work of the 2017 appropriation agreement, we also recognize request for additional appropriations fiscal year 2017 that has been submitted to congress. We welcome comments from the panel as well as the submission on 2018. Did is an honor judge the secretary of defense before us with his first appearance as secretary. I am pleased to welcome back to the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff before the committee. With the forward to hearing more about your prior
Woodruff all that and more, on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by its hard not to feel pride as a citizen of this country, when were in a place like this. Bnsf railway. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff the United States senate formally opened debate today on Supreme Court nominee neil gorsuch, and headed toward a bruising battle. Republicans said they will change the rules to permit a simple majority to confirm gorsuch if they cant come up with what is called cloture, the 60 votes necessary to close off a democratic filibuster. It appears as if cloture will not be invoked, but well find out on thursday. But either way, well be moving toward confirming judge gorsuch on friday. Senator mcconnell would have the world believe that his hands are tied that the only option af
Woodruff all that and more, on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by its hard not to feel pride as a citizen of this country, when were in a place like this. Bnsf railway. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff the United States senate formally opened debate today on Supreme Court nominee neil gorsuch, and headed toward a bruising battle. Republicans said they will change the rules to permit a simple majority to confirm gorsuch if they cant come up with what is called cloture, the 60 votes necessary to close off a democratic filibuster. It appears as if cloture will not be invoked, but well find out on thursday. But either way, well be moving toward confirming judge gorsuch on friday. Senator mcconnell would have the world believe that his hands are tied that the only option af
Scene of intense political clashes in recent months. So much so that on wednesday, u. C. Berkeley canceled the appearance of right wing pundit ann coulter out of safety concerns. A day later, the university reversed itself and invited coulter back. Joining me to talk about this further is frances dinkelspiel, cofounder of berkeleyside. Com. Thank you for being here. Thank you for having me. Theres been a flurry of activity in the last 24 hours. Bring us up to speed. What are the details of u. C. Berkeleys new proposal, and how are ann coulter and the Berkeley College republicans reacting to that, that group being the Group Florida invited her . The university that group that invited her . The University Extended an olive branch to coulter and the College Republicans saying, look, we cant accommodate you april 27th, but well accommodate you may 2nd. It turns out that that date is not available supposedly to ann coulter, and shes not happy its in the middle of dead week, when no students
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