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The next army secretary. Other nominees included the defense undersecretary for intelligence and for personnel and readiness and the assistant defense secretary who advises on weapons of mass destruction to the committee is chaired by her son senator john mccain. This is just under two hours. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] the Senate Armed Services Committee Meets today to consider the nominations of mark espers to be secretary of the army or robert l. Wilkie to be undersecr...

Opioid epidemic. After that, a border oversight hearing. Yesterday the United Nations called for the lift on the u. S. Embargo against cuba. Several Defense Department nominees testified at conformation hearing earlier. Well hear from mark esper asked about Army Readiness and Sexual Assaults in the military. The Senate Armed Services committee is chaired by arizona senator, john mccain. Good morning. Senate Armed Service s committe meets to consider the nominations of mark t. Esper for secretary...

Service, has been tested. Routinely theyve proven their courage, skill and determination. The burden imposed on our soldiers only gres as threats to our nation increase and sequestration remains the law of the land. Given current operational demands, restoring readiness must be the armys First Priority. Weve made some progress this year towards improving ready brigads ready for deployment. But the army still does nautd plan to return to full Spectrum Readiness until 2021 at the earliest. Meanwhi...

John s. Mccain iii good morning. The Senate Armed Services Committee Held a confirmation hearing for several Defense Department nominees. Among them was mark espers to be the next Army Secretary. Other nominees included the defense undersecretary for intelligence and for personnel and readiness and the assistant defense secretary who advises on weapons of mass destruction to i would like to say that ive been pleased with the reaction of the secretary of defense and the administration being coope...

Off a flight. And destructive storms hit several states leaving debris in the heartland with millions still under sthreat of Severe Weather today. Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Well, a temporary aboutface by President Trump on a key campaign promise. The president agreed not to pull out of the north American Free trade agreement at this time. He calls on the leaders of americas nafta partners canada an...

Off a flight. And destructive storms hit several states leaving debris in the heartland with millions still under sthreat of Severe Weather today. Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Well, a temporary aboutface by President Trump on a key campaign promise. The president agreed not to pull out of the north American Free trade agreement at this time. He calls on the leaders of americas nafta partners canada an...

Payer advocate, it is been nearly 20 years since Congress Seriously considered reforms to the irs. I am hopeful we embark on a new effort to improve the agency that can work handinhand our members on both sides of the aisle, working together confident will find Common Ground and make progress. Its important to emphasize that our effort to reform the irs is not seen as a punishment of the employee. Instead we need to recognize the irs mission is very important. Every Government Entity whether pri...

Payer advocate, it is been nearly 20 years since Congress Seriously considered reforms to the irs. I am hopeful we embark on a new effort to improve the agency that can work handinhand our members on both sides of the aisle, working together confident will find Common Ground and make progress. Its important to emphasize that our effort to reform the irs is not seen as a punishment of the employee. Instead we need to recognize the irs mission is very important. Every Government Entity whether pri...

On the foreign intelligence act or fisa. The Senate Judiciary committee is and just a clarification senator ranks member is diane fi finestien. This should start in just a moment. Todays public hearing will be followed bay classified briefing tomorrow afternoon. This Committee Last held an oversight hearing on section 702 in may of 2016. Since then the drum beat of terror attacks against the United States and other countries particularly our allies has continued. A month after our hearing a terr...

[ chatter] matthew olson, first of all welcome to all of you. Matthew olson is cofounder of iron that cyber security, previously serving as the National Security council center, where he reported to president obama on counterterrorism opportunities. Generalously served counsel and essay focusing on surveillance, law, and cyber security. Under the bush administration, he served as National Security division, doj. Mr. Olsen served as special counsel director of the fbi and special prosecutor for m...