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They discussed increasing access to health and dental care, and modernization efforts. Also, a brief mention about cybersecurity and the investigation into the recently leak of documents by an air National Guardsman. This is about an hour and a half. Good morning, we are going to call this committee to order. Thank you all for being here to discuss your fy 2024 budget priorities, i think this is your last appearance before this committee, we extend a particularly warm welcome to you and wish you the best in your upcoming retirement, and we dont really care whether chair tester good morning. I am going to call this committee to order. I want to begin by welcoming our witnesses. I want to thank you all for being here to discuss your fy24 budget priorities. General bellon, i think this is your last appearance before this committee. We extend a particularly warm welcome to you and wish you the best in your upcoming retirement. And we dont really care whether you retire in maine or montana.
Yv States Government is a cash flow budget. And the recapitalization of the Nuclear Triade is a capital investment. We are talking 40 and 50year assets. One of the problems we are facing in our budget is it all comes out, it looks like its in the Defense Budget. I call it the pigon. There is this bulk of nuclear phodendization that should be considered capital investment. I think thats important for people to realize when you look at the Defense Budget there is a piece of it that is really something that probably should have been done over the past 30 years that we are trying to do in a hurry. Is that your reading . General cotton it is, sir. The way like to describe it is am responsible for maintaining and the components under me are responsible for maintainin on behalf of the president of the United States. Senator king general whiting you talked about we have the best Space Capabilities and have for many, many years. Thats the good news. The bad news is, the dependency that we have
Brigade, difficult tasks of Election Commission employees. They are starting to broadcast a new day on the russia channel. In the studio olga mishcheryakova. Hello. Our center Group Fighters destroyed another abrams tank near avdeevka. The ministry of defense reports this. First, infantry soldiers entered the battle with the sixtyton vehicle. They destroyed the tanks track with a handheld grenade launcher. Then abrams finished off the ghoul attack drone crews. More. One target hit the second engineering vehicle based on the abrams chassis. This technique is used for mine clearance. The enemy also lost three bradleys in one day. Meanwhile, our units in the avdeevsky direction continue to occupy more advantageous positions. A ukrainian Ammunition Depot burned down near georgievka. And our lancet liquidated with a precise strike the electronic reconnaissance station of the armed forces of ukraine in zaporozhye. In the kupinsky direction , Russian Troops inflicted fire damage four brigades
Host but did they treat you with respect . One of them complained the did not respect them but a lot did not complain about that. Host what do you think needs to happen at this point . These women are obviously the 40 women we are talking about it is such an obvious case. But there are many others who dont fall neatly into a category, what are you hearing from the community from the afghan families, and how are they getting by right now . I think a lot of frustration and disappointment. Because keep in mind i think post 9 11, the u. S. Arrival in afghanistan was extremely welcomed. We still call on the u. S. As our allies and i do say i am not the ambassador, as part of my job but i still care regardless to keep the ties between the two nations of peoples. Because i know how warm everything had been in terms of when individuals like you all reached out and try to make sure to bring those who were in danger to the u. S. Now we are stuck in this chaos of paperwork and processes. And proc