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Secretary of state Rex Tillerson testified last month before a Senate Appropriations subCommittee Hearing on his departments 2018 budget request. The Trump Administration wants to get 30 of the budget for the state department. South carolina senator Lindsey Graham chairs this twohour hearing. The subCommittee Hearing will come to order. Id like to welcome secretary of state tillerson. We need to increase defense spending. But once you do that, then if youre not going to deal with entitlementeds, you have to go to nondefense discretionary funding to find the off sets. And this account gets pret...

Agenda targeting what they call corporate monopolies and apple and the rock, what that Partnership Means for the future of content well start with earnings. The heaviest week of earnings season begins this week. 13 dow components. 180 companies are set to report. You can see the list right there beginning with google but all week long, mcdonalds, caterpillar, three of the fang names are this week alone. This is a week where it is one of those where i urge people to understand, its going to happen so fast you cant keep track of them. There are some, tomorrow morning, caterpillar, mcdonalds, wed...

Secretary of state Rex Tillerson testified before a Senate Subcommittee about his departments budget request. Sanctions against russia, cuba policy, and the north Korean Nuclear threat. The hearing was chaired by South Carolina senator lindsey graham. Subcommittee hearing will come to order. The hearing today is on the president s fiscal year 2018 funding request and budget justification, department of state. Like to welcome our witness, secretary of state tillerson. After Opening Statements from myself and Ranking Member we will hear from the secretary. Well accept your written testimony and ...

I had the opportunity to work at several embassies around the world, white house, united nations, pentagon. In 2011 i became assistant secretary for nonproliferation, which is an appointed position chosen by the president and confirmed by the senate. I did that job since 2011. After our election, like every other president ial appointee, i tendered my resignation. I sent a simple letter to the white house saying i am prepared to leave service if the new president does not want me, otherwise i am prepared to stay. During the transition to the Trump Administration, i tried to work with the Trans...

Talked about last week, 54 billion of additional defense spend, we have more details today on where that money is going. We have increases at the v. A. , increases at the department of justice, increases within the department of Homeland Security for things that include Border Security and immigration control. Increases within the department of energy. To deal with nuclear triad. And then corresponding reductions, similar amounts, offsetting dollar for dollar, in other programs. The largest reduction if youve seen the budget already is a 31 reduction in the Environmental Protection agency. The...