The meeting will come to order. What were going do do is have our Opening Statements of senator reid and myself and then well recognize dr. Wilson for a very important introduction. All right . We the Committee Meets today for the nomination of general john e. Hyten to be Vice President of the joint chiefs of staff. We thank him for being here today. We welcome your family who is here and your friends, dr. Hyten. They can be introduced at the time you are recognized for your Opening Statement. And we have our boring seven or eight questions you have to respond to first. Have you adhered to applicable laws, recognitions or any conflicts of interest . Yes, sir. Do you agree if confirmed to appear and testify before request before this committee . Yes, sir. Do you agree to provide documents including copies of electronic forms of communications in a timely manner when requested by a duly constituted committee or to consult with the Committee Regarding the basis of any good faith denial or
Many of you know is the chief National Security correspondent and cnn anchor and the author of the new book shadow war inside russia is operations to defeat america. The book was extracted in various forms in the atlantic and most of the wall street journal. And its had a lot of good critical success. You may not know jim was also the chief of staff at the u. S. Embassy in china. Hes a graduate of the university in washington with his wife and former journalist for abc news and they have three children and he is reported hed around the world in asia and europe and the middle east and made some opening observations throughout the book and then we will open up for qanda. Thanks to all of you for taking time out of your busy friday and the folks at home appreciate having you here as well. Thank you to peter. He was one of the first few people to read the manuscript of the book early on and since he didnt throw it back in my face i thought i was probably okay moving forward with this and h
The meeting will come to order. We will have our Opening Statements. The Committee Meets today for the nomination of general john hyten to be vicechairman of the joint chiefs of staff. We thank him for being here today and we welcome your family who is here, and your friends. They can be introduced at the time you are recognized for your Opening Statement. And then we have the questions that you have to respond to first permit do have any governing conflicts of interest . No sir. The orgreave confirmed to appear or justify upon request before this committee . Yes sir. Do you agree to provide documents including copies of electronic forms of communication when requested by a committee or to consult with the Committee Regarding the basis of any good faith denial or delay in such documents . Yes sir. Do you agree when asked to give your personal views even if they differ from the rescission in power . I do, sir. Will you ensure that your staff complies with deadlines for requesting commun
The meeting will come to order. What were going to do is have our Opening Statements of senator reid and myself and then well recognize dr. Wilson. We thank you for being here today. We welcome your family who is here and friends who can be introduced at the time you are recognized for your Opening Statement. Boring seven or eight questions you have to respond to first. Have you here to laws and regulations on conflict of interest . Yes, sir. Do you agree if confirmed to appear and testify before request before this committee . Yes, sir. Do you agree to provide documents including copies of electronic forms of communications in a timely manner when requested by a duly constituted committee or to consult with the Committee Regarding the basis of any good faith denial or delay in such documents . Yes, sir. Gen. Hyten yes, sir. Do you agree when asked to give your personal views even if those differ from the administration in power . Gen. Hyten i do, sir. Will you ensure that your staff c
Accused him of Sexual Assault. This is 2. 5 hours. What were going do do is have our Opening Statements of senator reid and myself and then well recognize dr. Wilson for a very important introduction. All right . The Committee Meets today for the nomination of general john e. Hyten to be Vice President of the joint chiefs of staff. We thank him for being here today. We welcome your family who is here and your friends, dr. Hyten. They can be introduced at the time you are recognized for your Opening Statement. And we have our boring seven or eight questions you have to respond to first. Have you adhered to applicable laws, recognitions or any conflicts of interest . Show yes, sir. Do you agree if confirmed to appear and testify before request before this committee . Yes, sir. Do you agree to provide documents including copies of electronic forms of communications in a timely manner when requested by a duly constituted committee or to consult with the Committee Regarding the basis of any