Command. This is hearing of fiscal year 2018 priorities and National Security Space Enterprise. Were honored to have a panel of expert witnesses in our Space Program to join us here today and before i introduce them, though, want to take a moment to acknowledge that while i cant imagine there being a better place to work and for the subcommittee on the House Armed Services committee, apparently somebody thinks theres a better job on washington, d. C. This will be the last hearing that steve can tell you will be in his current position. Hes going to work for the secretary of defense, assistant secretary of defense for space policy. Our loss is the secretarys gain. So were going to miss him. Hes been with us for a long time. I know hell do a great job for our country in his next capacity as well. So good luck, buddy. This committee does a great job for our country. Lieutenant general david buck, betty sapp, director of National Reconnaissance office and robert cardillo, spacial intellige
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 going to miss him. Hes been with a long time. Did a great job and will do a great job for our country in the new capacity, as well, so good luck, buddy. Today we have some witnesses that are very familiar to this committee. General john jay raymond, Commander Air force Space Command. Commander ray buck for space. Betsy sapp, director of National Reconnaissance office and robert cardillo, director of national geospay shallintelligence agency. John heel for defense and space policy. And after we fi
With me, stephen sackur. Today, the bbc is running a series of programmes about democracy, the idea and the reality. Its a theme our guest today has reason to consider in great depth. Wuerkaixi was one of the leaders of the Tiananmen Square Student Protest in beijing in 1989. He became one of the Chinese Governments most wanted men. He escaped, and he now lives in exile in taiwan. And today, hejoins me, and a hardtalk audience here in london. Applause. Wuer kaixi, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you very much. We could use more platforms like this to voice our ideas. Well, i want to talk to you all about your ideas. And i want to begin by taking you back to 1989. You made a stand as a Student Leader for freedom and for democracy. And looking back at it now, it has cost you your life as you knew it then in 1989. On a personal level, do you have any regrets . Well, i survived in a Great Movement and im proud to be part of it. But it ended up as a massacre. Regret can sometimes be an understat
With me, stephen sackur. Today, the bbc is running a series of programmes about democracy, the idea and the reality. Its a theme our guest today has reason to consider in great depth. Wuerkaixi was one of the leaders of the Tiananmen Square Student Protest in beijing in 1989. He became one of the Chinese Governments most wanted men. He escaped, and he now lives in exile in taiwan. And today, hejoins me, and a hardtalk audience here in london. Applause. Wuer kaixi, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you very much. We could use more platforms like this to voice our ideas. Well, i want to talk to you all about your ideas. And i want to begin by taking you back to 1989. You made a stand as a Student Leader for freedom and for democracy. And looking back at it now, it has cost you your life as you knew it then in 1989. On a personal level, do you have any regrets . Well, i survived in a Great Movement and im proud to be part of it. But it ended up as a massacre. Regret can sometimes be an understat
The chair notes the presence of a quorum. Committee meets today to consider and mark up h. R. 2010, the National Defense authorization act for fiscal year 2018. For 55 straight years, under congresses and president s of both parties, and annual ndaa has been signed into law. Im certain that this you will be no different. The members of this committee have an overwhelming commitment to the duty placed on us by the constitution to support the men and women who serve our nation in the military. Every member of this committee has contributed to this legislation. Committee member suggested 1531 separate legislative provisions for consideration in the marks. Over 330 amendments were filed for today. But members also contributed by asking thoughtful questions at our briefings and hearings, by traveling to visit our troops at home and overseas, by sharing their personal experiences and insights, and by talking with one another about how to solve problems. And so first i want to express my appr