Who is Deputy Editor and Senior Pentagon correspondent for defense news here with us to talk about the efforts to pass the Defense Authorization bill. Aaron, the bill sets programs and policies for the pentagon. How important is it for pentagon operations and for the funding that those programs require . So the national Defense Authorization act, essentially, its the defense policy bill. This is seen on the hill and its one of the mustpass bills and this is how much well pay members of the military and this is how many plane, how many ships and how many guns were going to buy and this is how we want to invest and it can include policy, and regarding some movements in some cases and overseas exercises and things like that. It is very much the bill that sets the next year of the military and in some cases the next five years of the military planning. It is seen in the pent fwon as something they need to get done every year and it is done as a point of pride they get done every year and i
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Welcome to todays hybrid hearing to have subcommittee on the committee of oversight and government reform. Some members will appear in erson and others will appear remotely via webex. Pursuant toe latest guidance from the house attending physician, all individuals attending this hearing in person must wear a face mask. Members who are not wearing a face mask will not be recognized. Let me also make a few reminders for those members that are appearing in person. You will only see members and witnesses appearing remotely on the monitor in front of you when they are speaking in what is known as active speaker mode. A timer is visible directly in front of you. For the members appearing remotely i know that you are all aware by now. But let me remind everyone of a few points first. You will be able to see each other speaking during the hearing. Whether they are in person or remote as long as you have your web said to active speaker mode. If you have any questions about this activation, plea
That begins at 8 00 pm eastern. Enjoy booktv every weekend on cspan2. Good afternoon. I am director of the center on National Security, i am delighted to be joined by ali soufan, author of the black banners declassified how torture derailed the war on terror after 9 11. You probably know ali soufan from some of the events weve done together, a special agent with the fbi, investigated highprofile terrorism cases before, during and after the 9 11 attacks. Is in recent years brought his investigative skills to the private sector, ceo of the founder of the center, his specialty is Global Security affairs from governance culture to state actors to nonstate actors and i will explore as much of that today as we can. I want to deck out each day, we publish the intel brief which is something you should read every day. It is a wonderful deep dive into timely issues that go to the heart of what we are thinking about even if it is not in the headlines. From white to premises him to what is happeni
Recognized by the chair. Members are also reminded that they are responsible for muting and on muting themselves and to commute to themselves after they finished speaking. Consistent with the regulations accompanying House Resolution 965 will only mute members and witnesses as appropriate. When not recognized for inadvertent background noise. Members are reminded that our house rules relating to the order and the decorum of the hearing. This hearing is entitled insuring against a pandemic challenges and solutions for policies and i now recognize myself for three minutes to begin with an opening statement. According to the Congressional Research service, 110 Million People could enter a state of extreme poverty do that to the Global Economic contraction and here in the united states, 67 Million People filed for Unemployment Insurance since march of this year. The harmful effects of this pandemic are the stability of Small Businesses like restaurants cannot be overstated. Thereve been li