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The air force general in cargestarge of the u. S. Strategic command as well as air force secretary Heather Wilson and congressman mike rogers were part of a discussion of National Security in space from the Reagan National Defense Forum and the Reagan Library in simi valley. This was moderated by cbs pentagon correspondent david martin. Mr. Martin the Breakfast Panel which was moderated by our cbs colleague margaret brennan, there you saw the future of cbs news. Im what the militarywould call the legacy ystem. [laughter] the cold war ring and repurposed for the 21st century. A couple years ago, i did a story called the battle above for 60 minutes. It was about u. S. Space command. At the time, the commander was general hyten and he was one of the main characters in our story. To get ready for this panel, i went back and reread the transcript online of that story. I made the mistake of continuing on and reading some of the comments. One of the first comments i came across said, shame on
Quorum call ms. Stabenow mr. President , i would suggest an extension of the quorum call. The presiding officer is there objection . Without objection. Ms. Stabenow i would suggest suspension of the quorum call. The presiding officer without objection. Ms. Stabenow before asking unanimous consent, and we will do that as soon as its appropriate to do, i just want to stress again why we have been on the floor this afternoon, and that is that we know that we have bipartisan support, not only for the Childrens Health Insurance Program, but for the Health Centers where they get their health care, which is community Health Centers, and that we can address this without pitting children against children through the unanimous consent in the amendment that im offering along with senator brown and senator casey, and in addition to that, there are Critical Issues that normally get done before the end of the year that did not relating to rural hospitals, ambulances, other issues that relate to preg
Next, defense secretary james mattis and general paul seldom the before the armed Senate Armed Services community. Secretary mattis stressed the need for Stable Funding for the military to be fully trained and ready. This is a 90 minute portion of the hearing before members went to the closed session. The committee will come to order. The Committee Meets today to hear testimony on the nationalations Defense Strategy and Nuclear Posture review. We welcome back the secretary of defense and vice chairman of the joint chiefs of staff to discuss these important documents. I cannot count the number of times i have heard members of this Committee Talk about the importance of having a Defense Strategy to help guide decisions the executive branch have to make. Now we have one. It is a component of the Broader National Security strategy released in december, and it has within it the Nuclear Posture review, the first of its kind since 2010. A lot has changed since 2010. And both documents come at
Hill this week to testify on the pentagons National Defense strategy and a recent review of u. S. Nuclear capabilities and security. The services hearing took place a full a few days before Congress Approved a twoyear budget deal that raises defense spending by 165 million. It is 90 minutes. May you come to order. The Committee Meets today to her testimony on the administrations National Defense strategy and Nuclear Posture review, both of which were recently released. We welcome back secretary of defense and vice chairman of the joint chiefs of staff to discuss these important documents. I cannot count the number of times i have heard members of this Committee Talk about the importance of having a Defense Strategy to help guide decisions that we and the executive branch have to make. Now, we have one. It is a component of the Broader National Security strategy released in december, and it has within it, the Nuclear Posture review, the first of its kind since 2010. A lot has changed si