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Monday night at 8 00 eastern on cspan two. The Trump Administration released its 575 billion. Efense budget this week defense under secretary and chief Financial Officer john ross outlines the details and Spending Priorities during a pentagon briefing. This is 45 minutes. Hello, everybody. Welcome budget relief day. Today, we are grateful to have with us mr. John ross, performing the duties of the undersecretary of defense, and Lieutenant General anthony, joint staff, director for resources and ...

To join us here today and before i introduce them, though, i want to take a moment to acknowledge that while i cant imagine there being a better place to work than the Strategic Forces subcommittee apparently somebody thinks theres a better job in washington, d. C. We this is the last hearing that steve will be in the current position, he is leaving us to go to work for secretary of defense, to be the assistant secretary of defense for space policy. And our loss is the secretarys gain. So were g...

Because this is the week thats realized and internalized the fact that for as long as donald trump is president they will be beseeched. They recognize the russia investigation between whats going on with prosecutors and the multiple committees on the hill that are investigating this, that there is at least months, probably years of investigations. Rose and we conclude with a conversation with ben sasse, junior republican senator from nebraska. Its not good for the kids to be in this protected ca...

So thank you all for sticking around for our panel and im sure it comes as no surprise that we would be discussing north korea today given the increased tensions on the Korean Peninsula and the north korean policy review. That President Trump has just completed. sover north korea watchers, when he 17 has been an interesting year. The President Trump decided to review policy for north korea shortly after his inauguration and he came back with a policy that emphasizes maximum pressure and engageme...

Mass destruction. He spoke to the Arms Control Association about the Trump Administration strategy for north korea, relations with russia and the iran nuclear agreement. Welcome back everyone. Welcome back then please find your seats so we can resume here at the Arms Control Association net annual meeting with our first keynote speaker of the day. Thank you. Once again, im darrell kimball, director of the Arms Control Association. My friends are here for our 2017 Arms Control Association annual ...

That. I dont think donations are disqualifying at all but if you represented the Clinton Foundation or clinton herself, it would be a bit disturbing to me but i will take care of that. As to russia, do you have any doubt that the 17 Intelligence Agency report that was submitted last year or early this year, that russia interfered in our election is acted . Senator, this is an issue discussed in my confirmation rate and trouble of you attended that. At the point i access only to the public right....

We remain in a campaign to defeat isis where u. S. Troops are helping to destroy isis and reclaim mosul and raqqah. Meanwhile threats around the world continue to grow more complex and severe. North korea is closing in on the development of a Nuclear Capable Intercontinental Ballistic Missile that can target our homeland and iran continues to destabilize the middle east and seek to drive the United States out of the region. At the same time, weave entered add new era of power competition. Russia...

We remain in a campaign to defeat isis where u. S. Troops are helping to destroy isis and reclaim mosul and raqqah. Meanwhile threats around the world continue to grow more complex and severe. North korea is closing in on the development of a Nuclear Capable Intercontinental Ballistic Missile that can target our homeland and iran continues to destabilize the middle east and seek to drive the United States out of the region. At the same time, weave entered add new era of power competition. Russia...

Senator mccain well, good morning. The Senate Armed Services Committee Meets to receive testimony on the department of defenses fullyear 20 budget request. We welcome secretary matus, general dunford, thank you for your leadership of our minimum and in uniform. Before we begin, we all want to acknowledge the service and sacrifice of Sergeant Eric howe, Sergeant William baze, and corporal dylan aldrich. These three soldiers were killed this weekend in afghanistan. But thoughts and prayers of this...

Committee meets to receive the testimony of the secretary of defense and the chairman of the joint chief of staffs on the administrations fiscal year 2018 budget request. We welcome secretary mattis for the first time before our committee and we welcome chairman dunford back. The question today, as it is each year for this hearing, is how well the administrations proposal meets the security needs of the nation. Factoring in both the external threats and the current state of our military. This co...