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I want to make sure that we have the opportunity to recognize them this morning. Yes. Ms. Bordallo would you kindly stand up, please . Chairman wittman i knew it. [laughter] chairman wittman i knew it, i knew it. Fantastic. She always does, she only does. Good morning. I want to think all of you for being here for the readiness hearing on the 2017 budget requests and readiness posture. This is the first of four hearings, and in december and january the services testified on increase readiness risks. Heg how the air force budget request enables a readiness Recovery Plan and where we continue to...

Challenges facing u. S. Cyber command. I would like to thank you for convening this forum. Its an honer to represent the individuals of this fine organization. Im grateful and humbled by the opportunity to lead this impressive team. Im confident you would be proud of the men and women of u. S. Cyber command if you saw their commitment to mission and hard earned successes on a daily basis as i am fortunate to do. While my written statement goes into detail, i would like to highlight the challenges we face in todays environment. And some of the initiatives the command is pursuing to meet those c...

What i announced last week was what the chairman and i recommended. Would he approved in last fall what we call the accelerants of that time was what the chairman and i recommended. That doesnt mean hes going to approve our recommendations. Im giving you those as examples. He is the commander in chief. But we tell it straight to the best of our ability. I can certainly speak for myself. In observation i can speak for the chairman as well. I cant speak for my distinguished predecessors. I will address one final question general dunford which goes back to secretary gates and pinettas comments. T...

Ill ask the chairman to chime in. Thanks for going there and seeing our guy and gals our fantastic partners in the jordanians. Youre right. For on a per capita basis they have absorbed an enormous refugee situation. Yes, we were actually talking a lot about the northern parts of both iraq and syria. But were very mindful of the both southern iraq and southern syria. And the possibility that as we apply pressure to the north in both mosul and raqqah, that isil as the expression goes squirt to out to the south. We talked to the jordanians about that. Talked to the iraqis about that and talk toda...

Thank you. In many of the countries where our News Organization operates, this doesnt resonate because the notion of independence doesnt exist in a lot of countries around the world. You know, and particularly for news agencies. I think the standard definition of the news agency in most countries is something that is tied government. And the type of agency that ap and reuters are is sometimes hard for people to comprehend. When i was based in asia, i often had to explain that ap didnt stand for american press. I think intellectual, it is the difference between government and independent but th...