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Mr. Carper mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from delaware. Mr. Carper mr. President , i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be vitiated. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Carper thank you mr. President. Well mr. President Congress Says here we do a lot of oversight, oversight thats focused on what is going right and also what is going wrong in our government. Theres a lot of each actually. That oversight is critically important work. Sometimes overlooked but cr...

Dollences to the family of the brave family killed by isil. Together with jordan we mourn the loss of a hero that that galvanized the nation and the world. I hope this heinous crime helps us put in place what thus far has been lacking, comprehensive strategy to achieve goal to degrade and destroy isil. Let there be no doubt we still do not have a viable strategy to counter isil. And if you are not winning in war, you are losing. America has no greater ally in the fight against terrorism than jor...

Responsibilities it is important that this committee and other appropriate committees of the congress are able to receive testimony, briefings and other communication of information. Have you adhered to applicable laws and regulations governing restrictions . I have. Have you taken any actions for the process . No. Will you assure that your staff adhered to deadlines, including records for the hearings. I will. Will you cooperate with briefers in response to congressional questions . Yes. Will t...

A lasting defeat. And in order to do that we need a partner. And we are trying to build that partner in terms of a moderate syrian force and local forces from the region that can with our air power and other kinds of assistance, inflict defeat on isis and then make it a lasting defeat. Thats how i would characterize what i see. Im obviously not in the councils of comfort. Thats what i infer. When you were in my office we talked about i having just returned from ukraine. When i first walked in se...

Implementation to goad and exhort and encourage. I think thats really good. With respect to the whole subject, you are familiar with the document issued december 10. Yes, im familiar with it. I assume that you and your i. T. Expert let me not assume assume. Was that a helpful document in terms of laying out goals and objectives . Yes. You concur. It set the foundation for key initiatives going forward. And for example when it talks about we ought to approve funding of major i. T. Programs only w...

A communist in their parliament in ukraine. So we have that problem at the same time as the others youre addressing. What do you think about our european strength as it is right now . Are we adequate . Are we becoming inadequate . I think that our strength in europe is our alliance with nato and the political solidarity that that represents, which is very important when it comes to the Baltic States and also the response in ukraine, which while not a nato nation is certainly a european nation an...

I think we need to do both and can do more in the way of securing fiscal materials and the wherewithal with Nuclear Weapons and also biological weapons around the world. And i also believe that the United States needs a safe, secure and reliable nuclear deterrent, because as much as we would like to see Nuclear Weapons and other weapons of mass destruction rid from the earth, that doesnt look like its something thats going to happen soon and its important that the american deterrent that we prov...

Our air power and other kinds of assistance inflict defeat onnist skpis then make it a lasting defeat. Thats how i would characterize what i see. Im not in the counsels of government, but thats what i infer. I appreciate that very much. When you were in my office we talked about having just returned from ukraine and also when i first walked in senator heinrich was talking about lithuania and that area. Their concern was all of our attention seemed to be in that part of the world concentrated on ...

Was announced by the paymaster and in a sevenday timeline, to the mutual consensus involved the National Action plan. I was very happy to see the agenda of the summit that we are having here in the United States. At least 11 or 12 points in the National Action plan coincide with the agenda items of a summit that is taking place here in washington. So im very happy to exchange views in the International Community and our friends with the United States of america and other partners to try and iden...

Ask consent that the call of the quorum be dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Leahy mr. President , the senate will vote later on the confirmation of dr. Ashton carter to fill a critically important cabinet position, that of secretary of defense. I think we all know that dr. Carter is a dedicate, a distinguished public servant. Hes actually been confirmed twice unanimously to two senior positions in the pentagon. Hes a fourtime recipient of the department of Defense Dis...