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Secretary matus and general dunford, i hope you will provide insight on what the strategy may be. What are we getting ready for . What are the priorities . That is not a hard question an important question if we are being asked, it is a Readiness Package the department is wont improve readiness and it is disconnected from strategy the administrations package proposes 18 billion in cuts to nondefense programs to offset military spending. The administration provided no detail on these cuts but we know what is on the shopping the block. There are extremely reckless cuts for agencies in the state ...

Upcoming fiscal year budget. Senator probation subcommittee held this hearing wednesday. The subcommittee on defense appropriations of the United States senate will come to order. Today, we are receiving an update on military readiness and Defense Budget matters. We are pleased to welcome to the committee honorable james mattis secretary of defense, general Joseph Dunford junior chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. The fiscal year 2017 department of defense appropriation agreement has been approved by the other bodies, house of representatives. I look forward to our completing work on that t...

Nonfiction authors. Panel featured discussion on civil rights, education policy, Mississippi State history and the 2016 president ial election. Notable authors include john meachum. And former Senate Majority leader trent discussing book on political polarization, crisis point. Go to booktv. Org for the complete weekend schedule. Our cspan campaign 2016 bus is in chicago this week at the National Conference of state legislatures asking what issue is more important to you, your district, and your state. Probably the most important thing issue is education by far. All of the things that were top...

What i have encouraged is that we get started on that work immediately and we pushed through over the next several outs and try to leave extraneous issues that may prevent us from getting a budget agreement. I know, for example, that there are many republicans who are angry about planned parenthood. I deeply disagree with them on that issue, and i think that it is mischaracterized it has mischaracterized what planned. Arenthood does but you cannot have an issue like that potentially wreck the entire u. S. Economy any more than i should hold the entire budget hostage to my desire to do somethin...

John thanks for coming out again, i want to see you coming every 6 months we need those discussions and ill say it like it is ill say a commission now, you know, weve got a lot of tough issues facing us and i couldnt be working with a better group of commissioners even with the seal rise weve got to show true leadership open which way to take our waterfront in the city you said even with transportation and things like that that requires coalitions thinking out of the box because i know a lot of times people say seattle and new york but San Francisco has its own flare and were not no other city...