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Years. The u. S. Has been without a defense secretary all year since the departure of former defense chief jim mattis in december. This is live coverage on cspan 3. Our meeting will come to order consistent with our policy to start on time. We will be doing that. Good morning. Today were considering the nomination of dr. Mark espy to be secretary of defense. We thank you all for being here today. We anticipate during your opening remarks, dr. Espy, that you will introduce any members of your family who are here and other support groups. It is standard we do have the eight required questions yo...

Our meeting will come to order consistent with policies to start on time. Well be doing that. Good morning today were considering the nomination of mark esper to be secretary of defense. We thank all for being here today. We anticipate doing your opening remarks, dr. Esper, introduce any members of your family here and other support groups. It is standard we have the eight required questions to respond to audibly to get that in record. Adhere to laws governing conflict of interest. Yes, sir. Assumed duties taken any actions that would appear to presume the outcome of the confirmation process ....

Office. That event getting underway momentarily. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] bythis period is marked mostly difficult, negative news, with one good news at the very end of this period of six months, the announcement of the agreement between the european union, 20 years in the making. Whether the agreement will be obviously, remains, a question mark that we will detail in negotiations. Different elements of the agreement. It is a ...

Records, documents, Electronic Communications in a timely matter when requested by this committee, subcommittees, or other appropriate committees of congress, and to results with the request or basis of any good to consult with the request or basis of any good faith delay or denial in providing such records . Yes, sir. Will you ensure your staff can go with deadlines of the production of the reports, records, and other information, including timely responding to hearing questions for the record . Yes, sir. Will you cooperate in providing witnesses and briefs in response to congressional reques...

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