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[applause] good afternoon, everybody and thank you for that warm introduction, and thanks to the sponsors for pulling such Amazing Group of professionals together this afternoon. It is took an honor for me to share the stage with general joe votel. He was a fantastic colleague but also a wonderful role model of the sort of servant leader for all of us who were in government. Joe, you served as commander of u. S. Socom, as commander of Central Command during probably the busiest time ever for armed forces in the middle east. You are an avid and regular consumer of intelligence. I wonder given t...

The [inaudible conversations] the Committee Meets today to hear at all Mike Boettcher is. You have more titles than anybody else. The commander of the u. S. Cyber command, director of the agency and chief of the Security Service given your upcoming retirement this might be the last time you are dropping in. As the recent National Defense strategy identified renewed great power with russia and china and that kind of stands along with what the general said when he said that we are losing our qualitative and quantitative edge as we move into this 3to National Defense strategy. As we approach the ...

The president S Administration is National Wear red day to prevent heart this these in the National Catholic schools week the president will be signing executive orders back to lenders and borrowers. And another great deal was reached with Lockheed Martin with the intervention 55 planes were purchased for u. S. Military u. S. Military had a net 455 million savings for the u. S. Taxpayers and average Cost Reduction of 7. 5 . Speaking of good numbers the economy added within 227,000 new jobs effectively more than the one of its 75,000 expected it reflects Consumer Confidence that the Trump Presi...

Further to that point of order, two words. Well done. Back in the u. S. , Mcdill Air Force base in tampa, florida, President Trump made his first visit to a u. S. Military command, visiting the heads of Central Command and the special Operations Command and speaking and having lunch with soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines, heres part of his comments earlier today. Ladies and gentlemen, introduce the president of the United States, commander, United States Central Command, general joseph votel. Please, please, sit down, theres actually somebody more important than the sent come commander he...

Today that works well as a joint force. However, i do believe that given the change in our strategic environment, particularly in the last three or four years, that it is time to do a review. With reference to your specific question, i dont know that theres a need for the change. I report to the secretary of defense and if if confirmed ill report to the secretary of defense and the president. But i think what we need in this environment is we also, and i think what general dunford was suggesting, is we need the ability to have agility in our Decision Making and deployment of assets. Very few o...