Back the National Defense authorization act as the defense policy bill seen on the hill is the best passed bill especially this is how much we will pay members of the military how many planes, ships, guns will buy, buy, and includes policies with overseas exercises. Its the pool that sets the next five years of military planning is something that is seen that they need to get done every year is a big enterprise every year and that prize the congressional leadership this year might be a little bit tricky we will see what happens there is confidence every year this is a bill at the end of the day they will come together to make sure it goes tough. Host there are two different versions how far apart are they quick. We just went through the conferencing process so essentially now we know there is one version that they came together to make agreements. With a Republican Senate and Democratic House there were issues of contention but the leadershipe of the house and Senate Armed Services com
Climb to glory and command the third corps and the commanding general of u. S. Army forces command. One accomplishment that is not in his bio and one he is very proud and he is a proud son of a marine and the picture is the Fourth Division going over the jima. At iwa general, we are proud to have you with us today. A difficult duty is coming up for you and remain neutral at this years armynavy game. We have Great Expectations for your neutrality. Thank you what you have done for our country and allies around the world. I would like to turn it around senior fell oove who will kick off the conversation about the defense challenges that you face and we face as a nation and hell conclude with questions and answers. The session is on the record today. If you have questions, send them. Edu. Nts ooth brookings over to you, mike. Mike thank you, john. And i add my personal gratitude not only for you joining us today and for the men and women in the military families and veterans who have sacri
A discussion with the brookings institution. Topics included operations in afghanistan, military readiness and the importance of emerging defense technologies. This is one hour. John ladies and gentlemen, good morning. It is a sincere pleasure for me to welcome our featured and honored guests today. The chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general mark a. Milley, United States army. Since becoming the 20th chairman of the joint chiefs in 2019, general milley has worked to realize the u. S National Defense strategy, which prioritizes competition with china and russia in American Defense planning. Chairman milley has worked tirelessly with civilian and uniformed leadership towards developing the u. S. Armed forces into a truly modern armed force capable of deterring and heading off the threats of all types that we may be facing today, including those emanating from nearpeer competitors that have now really pronounced once again the idea of Great Power Competition. He simultaneously kep
Substance, feeble in fact. That the court notwithstanding that strict scrutiny virtually always ruled for the government. Were going to leave this recorded program at this point. You can watch it online at cspan. Org. We go live now to a joint Economic Committee meeting looking at the impact of covid19. Watching live coverage on cspan3. Senator peters from michigan and many others who will be joining us from the house and the senate. Before i deliver my opening statement, i would like to acknowledge that today the United States passed another sad milestone that weve lost more than 200,000 americans to covid19. Our hearts go out to their families, to the husbands and wives, mothers and fathers, children, grandchildren, even grandparents. Americans everywhere must fight harder to stop the virus from spreading so we can protect millions more from experiencing this loss. Members of congress and members of this committee, were all united to do our part. With that, let me turn it over to our
Im going to hold on the 11 british has managed to protect its residents entirely from code 19 thanks to a cost are in lockdown including staff living in tents and caravans because. Theres been a surge in news in the number of virus cases in latin America Brazil has overtaken russia to become the 2nd worst affected country in the world right after the United States confirmed infections are now above 3 130000. 00 and the death toll was more than 21000. 00 its thought the true total though could be even higher infections in brazil are not expected to peak until next month presents are boston r. O. Has also been defending a tirade against a Senior Police officer that was caught on tape cells on her up the any reports votes. The day after he was seen on video explaining why he wanted to sack the federal police chief in an expletive ridden Cabinet Meeting brazilian president was in damage control mode but without a hint of remorse. He dismissed accusations by his former Justice Minister said